Chapter 84: Obito's Surprise

The next afternoon, having already entered over a hundred miles into the territory of the Land of Fire, the ninjas from the Leaf finally spotted some vanguard squads of Cloud Ninja.

Upon seeing the main force of the Leaf, those Cloud Ninja immediately turned and left. Uchiha Feiyu, standing at the very front, narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke to the three, including Kakashi:

"Wait here for a moment; I'm going to go pluck a few heads first!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than his entire body transformed into a bolt of lightning, disappearing from before the three of them.

Standing beside Uchiha Feiyu, Minato narrowed his eyes, his voice sounding somewhat startled and uncertain:

"Feiyu-kun, has he actually improved the White Fang sword technique to this extent? The lightning on his body has already formed a Lightning Release Armor; although it is far inferior to the Third Raikage, it is already enough to withstand ordinary C-Rank Ninjutsu!"

Minato had once seen Hatake Sakumo in action and was very clear on the principles behind the various ninjutsu of that White Fang of the Leaf.

By using Lightning Release to stimulate the body and Wind Release to reduce wind resistance, Hatake Sakumo might not have been slower than the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, but his defensive power was about the same as an ordinary ninja—still at a level where he could be stabbed to death by a Kunai.

Don't look at this layer of Lightning Release Armor as seemingly weak, capable only of defending against things like C-Rank Ninjutsu, Kunai, and Shuriken; in reality, for an ordinary Chunin, C-Rank Ninjutsu already counts as a powerful ninjutsu.

On the battlefield, ninety-nine percent of attacks are composed of these C-Rank Ninjutsu, Kunai, and Shuriken. Higher-level ninjutsu are considered ultimate moves even among Elite Chunin, and only Jonin can use them with ease.

With such a layer of defense, at least on a chaotic battlefield, there is no need to worry about being hit by "stray bullets," and one could say the efficiency of slaughter is greatly increased.

"I'm not entirely sure either... although I am his teacher, Feiyu's strength is no worse than mine, and the path he walks is completely different from mine."

Orochimaru shrugged his shoulders and spoke indifferently.

"However... his strength is indeed improving very quickly, especially after having been to the battlefield; it seems as if his potential has been unlocked, and his strength has become much stronger in a short period of time."

Just as Orochimaru and Minato were talking, several screams came from the distance. A moment later, Uchiha Feiyu reappeared before them, carrying several heads.

"Teacher, go find a ninja from the Yamanaka Clan to search the brains of these people; at the very least, we might be able to get some intelligence."

He handed the blood-stained heads in his hand directly to Orochimaru. Orochimaru did not say much; after receiving these heads, he gave a look to the ninjas behind him, and naturally, a ninja from the Yamanaka Clan came forward to take the heads away.

The heads were taken away by the Yamanaka Clan, and the corpses were snatched away by a giant snake summoned by Uchiha Feiyu, prepared to be sent into the Blood Pool. The souls were likewise controlled by Uchiha Feiyu. It could be said that not a single bit of these ninjas was wasted from head to toe.

The current Uchiha Feiyu was also gradually feeling that he was very much like someone from the Demonic Path; the "usefulness" of ninjas in his eyes seemed to be increasing more and more.

"Should I create some things like a Nether Bone Banner in the future? The current Soul-Summoning and Spirit-Commanding can no longer control so many souls, and as my foundation is polished, the role of ordinary souls is no longer significant."

While Uchiha Feiyu was still deep in thought, his few subordinates on the side were already full of shock.

Kakashi Hatake was fine; his personality was calm, and his strength was strong enough—he belonged to the top tier of geniuses. Plus, with a black mask on his face, one couldn't see too much of a change.

The surprised expressions on the faces of Obito and Rin could not be contained at all. Especially Uchiha Obito, who opened his mouth wide and stared with straight eyes; he even shrank back in fear when he saw the few heads.

"Fei... Feiyu, how... how are you so strong?!"

Although Obito's question was a bit strange, it also made Kakashi Hatake and Nohara Rin very interested. For a moment, the three young ninjas all looked at Uchiha Feiyu with burning gazes.

Unlike Orochimaru, who was knowledgeable and had watched Uchiha Feiyu's transformation bit by bit, and Minato, who had never seen Uchiha Feiyu before, Uchiha Feiyu used to be their classmate.

Although Uchiha Feiyu's strength at that time could not be considered weak, it undoubtedly could at most only be called dominant within the Ninja Academy.

As a result, after only a year or so of not seeing him, this older classmate's strength had soared to the Shadow-level. To describe it as "advancing by leaps and bounds" was not even enough; it was simply a rebirth, as if he were a different person!

Having never seen Uchiha Feiyu take action before, Obito and the others did not have a clear concept in their minds. Now, seeing Uchiha Feiyu's speed, which was faster than lightning, and substituting themselves into the situation, the three discovered with horror—

If Uchiha Feiyu wanted their heads, it seemed it would also only take such a flash of time!

"As long as you are on the battlefield like me, hacking down hundreds or thousands of ninjas, your strength will also become this strong!"

Uchiha Feiyu said with a smile. Of course, these words were pure perfunctory talk—without Uchiha Feiyu's strength, where could one go to hack down hundreds or thousands of ninjas?

"Thousands of ninjas..."

Obito shrank his head and stopped talking. Although it had been more than a year since he graduated from the Ninja Academy, Obito had at most the lives of a few bandits on his hands; he hadn't even killed a real ninja yet.

A pile of thousands of ninja corpses would be a small mountain. Let alone whether he could kill that many, just thinking about having to kill so many people made the tip of Uchiha Obito's heart tremble.

Even the pupils in Kakashi's eyes trembled slightly, and he looked at Uchiha Feiyu inexplicably—this disciple of his father was truly an out-and-out murderer!

Fortunately, there were plenty of lunatics among ninjas, so being a murderer really didn't count as a problem. The others just muttered a few words in their hearts and didn't say anything else.

"Lord Orochimaru, the intelligence has been organized!"

The ninja from the Yamanaka Clan who went down with the heads had only spent a few minutes before walking back, speaking with a serious face:

"Lord Orochimaru, according to the intelligence we obtained from these heads, the Cloud Ninja have already built a camp in the Land of Fire, just 20 kilometers ahead!"

"Tsk, the speed of these barbarians is really fast..."

Orochimaru spoke and narrowed his eyes:

"It looks like these guys really want to take a bite out of the Land of Fire!"

There is still a slight difference between a Ninja Village and a country, because ninjas themselves do not collect taxes; apart from the commission from missions, their finances all rely on appropriations from the Daimyo.

Therefore, even in a Ninja World War, it is rare for things like occupying the territory of other major powers to occur. Because ninjas cannot directly benefit from the act of occupying territory, taxes and the like still have to go through the Daimyo, and then it depends on whether he will increase military spending.

(End of chapter)