Chapter 210: Explosion

"What happened?"

"Just as the Rock Ninja's sensory ninja noticed something was amiss, the tall building-like structure situated in the middle of this camp..."

"A middle-aged Rock Ninja wearing the Rock Ninja forehead protector and a red headscarf together on his head suddenly had a vague sense of unease,"

"But before he could hear a reply from his subordinate nearby, at that moment a black, slender bird's beak, accompanied by a dull thud, broke through the building's main gate and appeared before his eyes."

"Following that came a continuous series of heavy object impact sounds."

"Both he and his subordinates were left somewhat bewildered."

"\"Where are the sensory ninjas? What's going on? Enemy... \""

"Before he could voice his question, as a Jonin he felt danger looming close."

"He lowered his head and saw that within the bird's beak that had appeared inside the building, there was a faint hissing sound being emitted."

"\"Explosive tag!! \""

"He only had time to let out a shrill alarm; this Rock Ninja Jonin then activated a ninjutsu, escaping underground, hoping there was still time to avoid the ensuing explosion."

"And at that moment, it wasn't just the building he was in; the several tallest structures in the camp..."

"... were all taken care of by these wide-winged chakra constructs."

"Either they directly smashed through the doors, or they used their long, sharp beaks to pierce deep into the walls. When they drove their beaks into the walls, a flash of lightning could be seen."

"This allowed them to smoothly breach the Rock Ninja's astonishingly thick walls."

"At that same time, within the entire camp, ghost-like figures appeared, throwing kunai through doors and windows into the smaller buildings."

"Through the faint, flickering firelight in the camp, one could vaguely see that behind the circular rings at the ends of these kunai hung sheets of paper covered in demonic symbols."

"These were precisely the explosive tags that Dong Shilang had previously bought on the black market."

"And the figures throwing these deadly weapons into the Rock Ninja buildings were precisely the Uchiha members who had just been shaken off the backs of those flying creatures."

"Relying on the ninjas' physical abilities surpassing those of ordinary people, together with their prior preparations, they overcame the discomfort brought by the 'air drop'."

"Without daring to delay, each of them, at their fastest speed, shot the pre-prepared explosive tags in their hands into the houses where Rock Ninja might be present."

"They all knew that if this surprise attack failed to effectively injure the Rock Ninja in this camp, what they would all have to face next would be the frenzied retaliation of the surviving Rock Ninja."

"Whether we ourselves could survive depended on the effect of this raid."

"Thus, we dared not be negligent in the slightest~"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Only a short three to five seconds had passed, and the barrier Dong Shilang had set up had just risen when successive explosion sounds began to ring out from building after building."

"Following that came blinding firelight and smoke."

"Especially those several tall buildings that received special attention, their explosion sounds were even more deafening."

"In the mouths of the chakra constructs created by Dong Shilang's Super Beast Imitation Drawing, Dong Shilang had stuffed a full thirty explosive tags."

"Together, five of them, with a total of one hundred fifty explosive tags detonating at once, produced a momentum that, even compared to the effect of a typical S-rank ninjutsu, was no more than this."

"Crash!"

"As the continuous explosion sounds subsided, from time to time some building debris, mixed with severed limbs, fell from the sky."

"\"The truth of war is explosion! \""

"Using the intermittently flashing firelight, one watched the buildings collapsing due to explosions, as well as the frightened screams faintly audible amidst the explosion sounds."

"Illuminated by the flickering firelight, Dong Shilang, expressionless, gave a different lament!"

"This raid, counting the 600 explosive tags he purchased plus those they already had, totaled over 800."

"Besides each person keeping a few for emergencies, nearly all were used. And although the effect hasn't been examined in detail, even just the audiovisual impact was already astonishing."

"It seems fitting for all the preparation he's put in these past days!"

"For this raid, he can be said to have exhausted every method he could think of."

"You should know, the entire Rock Ninja camp is enveloped by a layer of sensory barrier, although the distance isn't far—less than two kilometers."

"However, any ninja who enters this range will be detected by the Rock Ninja's sensory ninjas. Moreover, the structures in the outpost have all been specially reinforced by the Rock Ninja."

"Attempting to seize this outpost by stealth attack can be said to be doubly difficult! Let alone destroying it!"

"Just the outermost layer of that sensory barrier alone makes it so that no one can approach them silently."

"Although the barrier has some loopholes, it will produce some reactions to ordinary animals that intrude, leading to occasional false alarms."

"But with those lookout personnel, the possibility of a sneak attack can basically be eliminated."

"This is also an indispensable defensive measure for every Rock Ninja outpost, intended to prevent ninja sneak attacks."

"And to overcome this, Dong Shilang began preparing three days ago, occasionally controlling somewhat larger animals or directly using Super Beast Imitation Drawing to create chakra sources that trigger the sensory barrier, causing it to constantly alarm, thereby paralyzing those sensory ninjas."

"Doing this merely aimed to gain about ten seconds, because once he had those ten seconds, the flying creatures he produced and controlled could, with the added speed of a dive, cross that sensory barrier of less than two kilometers."

"Before the raid, he also worried immensely that this probing and deception might backfire, causing the Rock Ninja in the outpost to develop vigilance."

"But he had no choice but to take this risk!"

"Only in this way could he launch this raid; otherwise, the attack options available to these people would become very few."

"Besides a frontal assault, there basically aren't any good alternatives."

"But doing so, their casualties would be nearly uncontrollable. From his observations these past days, the resident population of this Rock Ninja outpost is no less than sixty."

"Adding those who come for supplies, treatment, and rest, the Rock Ninja numbers could easily approach a hundred, and they also hold the geographical advantage."

"Even if he activated Sage Mode, he likely wouldn't have a good way to deal with this camp~"

"And those clansmen behind him have virtually no chance of survival; aside from him alone, it's estimated that each and every one will meet a cold end~"