Chapter 95: The Great War Begins

With Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, the two of them spent less than half a day, relying on constant space-time shifting to return to the main camp of Konoha.

At this moment, near the Konoha camp, the figures of large groups of Cloud Ninja could already be seen, but Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique was incredibly fast, flashing past in an instant, which was the only reason they weren't intercepted by the Cloud Ninja.

Returning to the command room of the camp, Uchiha Feiyu also discovered that the atmosphere in the command room had become extremely tense; all the Jonin had solemn expressions and were ready for battle.

"Lord Orochimaru, we have returned!"

Just after entering the command room using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato spoke up immediately. Orochimaru swept his gaze over the two of them and nodded slightly:

"You have worked hard. The mission was executed well; the barbarians of the Cloud Ninja were truly provoked quite quickly this time."

While speaking, Orochimaru cast a subtle glance at Uchiha Feiyu. Even a cold-blooded ninja like Orochimaru felt that attacking those disabled and wounded soldiers was truly a bit too much.

It was mainly because those disabled ninja could never return to the battlefield anyway and would only become a burden to the Cloud Ninja; killing them offered no profit other than provoking the Cloud Ninja, which was why Orochimaru had such superfluous sympathy.

But Orochimaru also had to admit that Uchiha Feiyu's approach was indeed very effective under the current circumstances. Look, the Cloud Ninja were directly provoked into wanting to conduct a decisive battle.

Regarding Orochimaru's subtle gaze, Uchiha Feiyu turned a blind eye, directly found a seat, sat down, and asked:

"When are we planning to start the war?!"

"Tomorrow. It just so happens you can rest tonight and recover your spirits!"

In terms of a ninja's foot speed, 20 kilometers passes in the blink of an eye. When the ninja of both sides could see each other face-to-face, the original large ninja forces had already scattered, forming one small squad after another; this was precisely the most common way for ninja to fight.

"Have those guys from Konoha finally decided to have a decisive battle with us? Let's go, set out with me and crush them!"

"You insidious brat who plays with snakes, have you finally come out of your Konoha turtle shell?!"

Twenty li outside the perimeter of the camp, the ninja of the Cloud Ninja Village had long since arrived. Several sensory ninja sensed the chakra aura of the large ninja force and hurriedly found the Third Raikage to report.

Ninja actions have always been swift and decisive. Early the next morning, all the Leaf Ninja in the entire camp were fully prepared for battle.

With a wave of the Third Raikage's large hand, the group of Cloud Ninja under him immediately let out a shout and, following behind their boss, charged out with equally aggressive momentum.

"Set out!"

Following a wave of Orochimaru's hand, the ninja troops that had originally gathered together scattered like fleas, swooshing out of the camp.

Standing at the very front of the main Leaf Ninja force was naturally the commander, Orochimaru, and on his left and right sides were Minato and Uchiha Feiyu.

Standing on the front line, the Third Raikage, accompanied by the AB Combination, looked at Orochimaru before him and laughed loudly as he spoke.

Because the previous ninja force had been wiped out by the Third Raikage's center-breaking attack, Orochimaru's camp design this time could be called insane, with layer upon layer of Barriers stacked; this was precisely why the Third Raikage called it a turtle shell.

"Heh, to be so righteous even while acting as a bandit, you Cloud Ninja truly open my eyes!"

"Less nonsense. This world has always been about the weak being prey to the strong. Since you in Konoha cannot compare to us Cloud Ninja, you should naturally yield the benefits that do not belong to you!"

"Tsk, then let's see the real results in battle!"

Orochimaru was no successor to the Will of Fire and also agreed with the principle of the weak being prey to the strong. Seeing this, he didn't engage in a war of words, but directly performed the Seal with both hands and slapped the ground:

"Summoning Technique!"

Following a burst of thick smoke, the massive form of Manda immediately appeared on the battlefield, only now, the image of this Manda was vastly different from before.

The originally purple scales had now transformed into a brilliant silver, the two tiny horns on its head presented a somewhat bone-like, jade-smooth quality, and most surprisingly, the snake fangs in its mouth had now turned into crocodile-like serrated teeth.

Furthermore, judging from its aura, the strength of the Manda before them was definitely a cut above what it used to be. Uchiha Feiyu had never seen a true Tailed Beast, but in his internal estimation, Manda was probably not much worse than those weaker Tailed Beasts.

"Is this using the method from when the Silver-Scaled Poisonous Snake was cultivated? To think that even a giant snake like Manda could be cultivated successfully!"

Seeing Manda's shimmering silver scales, Uchiha Feiyu immediately understood the origin of this giant snake's changes.

However, it was estimated that only a genius in research like Orochimaru could improve that original cultivation method to this degree.

"Go, Manda! All the Cloud Ninja before you are your food!"

Orochimaru spoke softly. Manda hissed, and without another word, it charged straight ahead.

"Manda seems to be much more obedient; that is likely the effect of Orochimaru's cultivation..."

Watching Orochimaru and Manda charge toward the Third Raikage, Uchiha Feiyu nodded slightly. It was good that Orochimaru had been strengthened; at the very least, he could fight the Third Raikage for a longer period, which would allow him to find an opportunity for a sneak attack.

"Uchiha brat, where are you looking?!"

Just at this moment, a roar came, and the Fourth Raikage transformed his entire body into a bolt of lightning, charging directly toward Uchiha Feiyu!

"Big dummy, do you think I'm afraid of you!"

Having regained his focus, Uchiha Feiyu let out a long laugh. Lightning also flared across his body, and the Kusanagi Sword in his hand, carrying a ghastly white light, charged toward the Fourth Raikage as well.

"Lightning Style: Raidoushin-Sutorei-Tou!"

An Iron Fist wreathed in lightning swung out. Uchiha Feiyu suppressed the urge to retort, "Isn't this just a straight punch?", and the Kusanagi Sword in his hand, flashing with blinding white light, swung out as well.

As the two bolts of lightning intersected, the air was blasted apart inch by inch. When the blade and the fist made contact, the Fourth Raikage's expression suddenly changed.

The high-concentration lightning chakra wrapped around his fist completely collapsed the instant it touched the Kusanagi Sword, as if it were being crushed. The cold blade instantly sliced into the fist; skin, muscle, blood vessels, and bone were no sturdier than a thin sheet of paper before that sharp blade, instantly turning into a mist of blood!

A shrill scream erupted from the Fourth Raikage's mouth. As a famous tough guy among all the Cloud Ninja, under normal circumstances, even if he were smashed to pieces, the Fourth Raikage would not have let out such a scream. However, the damage to his Soul caused by the Evil-Breaking Qi brought pain ten times stronger than physical injury!

(End of chapter)