Chapter 177: Rock Iron Cannon

Perception Ninjutsu, this is an extremely important category in the ninja system.

In actual combat, it proves to be unusually important.

It can generally be divided into chakra perception, spiritual perception, and five-senses perception, plus some methods using one's own raised ninja beasts or secret techniques to sense the enemy's presence.

However, these perception ninjutsu mostly share a trait: one must focus one's energy, using the power of chakra to expand this aptitude.

Only then can one extend the range of what one can perceive to a much greater distance, allowing one to discover the opponent a step ahead.

Moreover, when sensing, one usually must remain still, mobilizing the chakra within one's body, so as to unleash the maximum range and accuracy of one's perception.

Otherwise, aside from the occasional wind-blown grass and trees around oneself, no one can constantly feel the movements within a large area twenty-four hours a day.

Whether it's Dong Shilang or this Rock Ninja who is sensing the abnormal situation, they are all alike.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As the Rock Ninja named Qingyan marked each suspicious location one by one, the Uchiha hiding in the forest finally revealed their trail.

At this point, they no longer needed to stay hidden; since that's the case, they might as well openly reveal their presence.

Furthermore, after revealing their figures, these people showed no hesitation and directly launched a medium- to long-range attack consisting of shuriken, kunai, explosive tags, and the like.

One could see that this group of Uchiha ninjas were mostly around twelve years old, the oldest no more than fifteen, totaling fourteen individuals, and compared to them they were at a clear disadvantage.

"Hahaha! I never expected that among these brats there would be two ninjas possessing kekkei genkai—this is fantastic! It seems my collection will gain another two pairs of extraordinarily valuable items!"

Looking at the opponent, after merely being detected by the perception ninja without any hesitation launching an attack on us, the heart of this veteran Jonin named Gangshan remained undisturbed.

He merely lowered his eyelids slightly, avoiding eye contact with the two Uchiha possessing Sharingan, and also reminded his comrades: "Everyone, be careful—do not stare directly into the eyes of those two bloodline ninjas, and watch out for their genjutsu!"

"Yes! Gangshan Jonin!"

While responding to his superior's reminder, he hid behind the Earth Flow Wall created by his teammates.

"Be careful, their shuriken technique is equally excellent; watch out for the movements of those kunai equipped with explosive tags!"

It seemed he was recalling something unpleasant; this Rock Ninja Jonin's face grew somewhat grim as he continued to warn his subordinates, while his hand did not cease its motion.

After deflecting several kunai in midair that were aimed at the earth wall behind him, these were his comrades who bought this bloody lesson with their lives.

At that time, when his squad first encountered these Uchiha, some of his comrades lost their lives because, after hiding behind the Earth Flow Wall, they relaxed their vigilance and fell victim to the unpredictable shuriken technique.

Especially those kunai with explosive tags attached to their rings caused massive casualties to their side, allowing the enemy to easily gain the upper hand and crush their squad.

However, fortunately, under the cover of his comrades he gained a chance to escape, but his comrades then……

Whenever he thinks of this, he cannot help but experience emotional ups and downs!

"Second battle plan! First, from a distance consume the enemy's chakra, then move in for close combat to reap these brats!"

He had just carefully observed that the opponents were generally young, their chakra surely insufficient; as long as he engaged them for a while, those brats would be like naked beauties, letting him take whatever he wanted.

No threat at all!

The only thing to worry about is those two ninjas who have awakened their own kekkei genkai; they require a bit of attention.

But once their companions are all dead, they become fish on the chopping board!

"Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon!"

At this moment, a large squad of nearly twenty Rock Ninjas simultaneously formed seals with both hands, spitting out from their mouths stone balls the size of jujube seeds, filled with earth-attributed chakra.

As these balls left their mouths, slowly, under the effect of chakra, they began to change nature, becoming millstone-sized flying stones that hurled toward the group of Uchiha brats.

This is the Rock Ninjas' regular mode of attack: utilizing their earth attribute's traits, they create individual earthworks that can envelop themselves, then employ this low-consumption, long-range ninjutsu to wear down the enemy.

Thanks to the advantage of the Rock Iron Cannon ninjutsu, the Rock Ninjas can each be said to be walking catapults. Whether facing solid fortifications or ordinary skirmishes, they can relatively easily gain the upper hand.

Furthermore, this ninjutsu has another feature: the more people involved, the grander its momentum when unleashed.

No matter what kind of stone fortress it is, if given time they are confident they can destroy the enemy's defenses.

For example, right now a large group of nearly twenty stone projectiles—each either millstone-sized or as big as a wheel—squeezes the air with a rumbling sound, carrying an overwhelming force of devastation, and across a distance of several tens to over a hundred meters they smash forth.

"Look out, everyone dodge quickly!"

If it were only a few flying stones, they'd be relatively easy to handle, but now nearly twenty stone shots are flying toward them, and they have no good countermeasure here.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

The leading female ninja, somewhat resigned, issued the order! At the same time she performed a Great Fireball Technique, hoping this would slow those stone projectiles, thereby buying time for her allies.

These stone projectiles are quite troublesome; relying on their own volume and the momentum they carry in flight, ordinary C-rank Fire Release ninjutsu and things like shuriken have little effect on them.

Even the Great Fireball Technique, due to its nature and the chakra being too dispersed, can only reduce their flight speed, unable to destroy them.

Moreover, employing powerful Fire Release ninjutsu to defend against these attacks is really not cost-effective.

Given her chakra amount, using up to two B-rank ninjutsu is already her limit; wasting it here is truly not worthwhile.

In that case, when the frontline clash occurs, our side will find itself in a highly disadvantageous position.