Chapter 1038

A violent wind whistled past, and a strange sound of breaking air came. Su Xiao, wearing a hood, subconsciously blocked his face with his arm.

With a clatter, a large amount of fine gravel hit his hood.

"How much further?"

Su Xiao's voice was a bit strange; he seemed not to want to open his mouth when speaking. This was because of the 'rock rain' unique to the Land of Earth. If one opened their mouth to speak, stones would be blown into it.

The so-called rock rain is caused by the climate unique to the Land of Earth. Most of the Land of Earth is desolate rock walls, Gobi deserts, etc. It is arid, barren, and the wind whistles, similar to its neighbor, the Land of Wind.

What blows in the Land of Wind is sand, while what blows in the Land of Earth is stones, very fine stones.

Clang, clang, clang...

On the Gobi desert, which was a hazy yellow as far as the eye could see, came the sound of metal being struck. It was an old man carrying two buckets of water. This was a passing merchant. The goods they sold were very special: a type of cactus-like fruit that passing travelers often bought to quench their thirst.

The Land of Earth is very short of water, so this kind of traveling merchant is very common in the Gobi desert.

Judging from the environment, the climate of the Land of Earth is worse than that of the Land of Wind, and resources are barren. But surprisingly, the Land of Earth is not poor; it is much richer than the Land of Wind and the Land of Water, slightly inferior to the Land of Fire, and similar in economic level to the Land of Lightning.

The reason for this is that the Hidden Stone Village is extremely united internally, like a great mountain formed of rock, even more united than the Hidden Cloud Village.

Unity represents being of one mind, and there is no arbitrary exercise of power. Moreover, the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, is a ruthless person. He knows how barren his country is, so he sends people to surrounding small countries to seize resources. He only cares about the civilians under his rule; as for the civilians of other small countries, Onoki chooses to ignore them.

As it happens, there are many small countries around the Land of Earth: the Land of Waterfalls, the Land of Frost, the Land of Grass, the Land of Birds, and seven other small countries that need to offer resources to the Land of Earth all year round. This is what made the resource-barren Land of Earth rich.

If one compares the happiness of the residents of the Naruto World, without a doubt, the one ranked first is the Land of Earth, because the resources of their country are 'seized', and the citizens enjoy these resources at a very low price.

Assuming that a civilian in the Land of Fire can buy five days' worth of rations with the money earned in one day of work, then a civilian in the Land of Earth can buy at least half a month's worth of rations with one day of work.

For the residents of the Land of Earth, war is more like a pastime after tea and dinner. As long as a large-scale war does not break out, it will not affect them at all, unlike the civilians of the Land of Wind who are so miserable.

Higher happiness means that the civilians of the Land of Earth love the Daimyo of the Land of Earth and the Hidden Stone Village more, and are more willing to become a Hidden Stone ninja.

Shuyan Village, a small village located in the mountains, is surrounded by mountains. The village has a population of about a thousand people. Because it is very close to the Hidden Stone Village, the economy here is even more developed than some small towns.

The sunset of dusk shrouded Shuyan Village. Smoke from cooking fires rose in the village. The idle civilians were either chatting in front of their doors, and several children were chasing each other laughing on the street.

An old man sat on a bluestone at his door, holding a long-stemmed pipe in his mouth. A smile appeared on his wrinkled old face. From the age spots on his face, it could be seen that he was over seventy years old. Such a healthy old man is rarely seen in the Naruto World.

Caw~ caw~ caw~

The cawing of a crow came from the sky. The old man's hand paused. His rich life experience allowed him to recognize that this was a crow, but there was no such bird in the Land of Earth.

Under the sunset, several figures stood above the rock wall on the east side of Shuyan Village.

"Quick battle, quick decision. That old man Onoki has already been dragged away."

Obito spoke. At this moment, the Hidden Stone Village, a few kilometers away, was in chaos because someone had invaded the Hidden Stone Village; it was Bai Jue.

"There are at least 8 Jonin here. It is said that Kitsuchi is among them. That guy is known as the Wall of the Hidden Stone, an expert in Earth Release. Even Onoki trusts his Earth Release very much."

The Jonin Kitsuchi mentioned by Obito is not nearly as famous as Kakashi or Asuma and others, but Kitsuchi's strength might be stronger than Kakashi and Asuma.

Su Xiao had noticed this ninja named Kitsuchi in the original work. This is a low-key Earth Release ninja. His appearance is very ordinary, like a slightly chubby middle-aged man, but he is tall, at least over two meters.

The reason Su Xiao values Kitsuchi is that he used a large-scale Earth Release to suppress the Ten-Tails in the original work. That's right, it was this low-key Hidden Stone ninja without a Kekkei Genkai.

"You are responsible for the external Jonin. I will break into the prison under the village in a short time. After rescuing Deidara, we will retreat immediately."

Before arriving at Shuyan Village, Su Xiao and the others had already formulated a strategy. First, Bai Jue is responsible for infiltrating the Hidden Stone Village a few kilometers away and exposing himself, thereby causing chaos to drag down the Tsuchikage, Onoki.

Obito is responsible for dragging down the ninja stationed inside Shuyan Village. Su Xiao will go straight in, quickly arrive at the prison located under Shuyan Village, find Deidara in a short time. If Deidara can be rescued, take Deidara and retreat immediately. If he cannot be rescued, give Deidara a quick end.

Deidara has been captured for a few days, during which he may have been tortured. Even if Deidara is no longer in human form, Su Xiao would not feel surprised; this is a normal situation.

"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique."

After Obito quickly formed hand seals and pressed his palms together, chakra surged from Obito's body, and hundreds of small fireballs appeared in front of Obito. This is just a C-rank ninjutsu. The effect of ninjutsu does not lie in the rank, but in the grasp of the timing.

Hundreds of small fireballs flew into the high sky and gradually scattered. A few seconds later, these small fireballs fell into Shuyan Village like a rain of fire.

"Ah!!"

A female scream broke the peace of Shuyan Village. The fireballs had already smashed into the houses in the village. A few seconds later, firelight emerged everywhere in the village.

Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of figures darted onto the roofs. They were all ninja of the Hidden Stone Village, some were Jonin, and most were Chunin.

"They're here. Act according to the predetermined plan. In five minutes at most, the main force will arrive."

These Hidden Stone ninja were not panicked at all; they seemed to have long expected that this place would be attacked.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...

Washinoki Washinoki Jishi more figures appeared. This village of only about a thousand people actually had more than a hundred ninja stationed. In the past, even if this was a secret prison of the Hidden Stone Village, at most it would have 2-3 Jonin and a dozen Chunin stationed.

Although Onoki did not quite believe that the Akatsuki organization would come to rescue Deidara, his cautious personality made him make corresponding arrangements to prevent the Akatsuki organization from really coming to snatch the person.

A raging fire ignited in the village, and a stranger scene appeared: after the initial panic, the civilians actually retreated neatly to the west side of the village. Because it was surrounded by mountains, that was the only exit.

"That old fox, the Tsuchikage."

When Obito saw the reaction of the civilians, he already knew that today's matter would not be as smooth as expected.

"Moo!"

A bull's roar came from beside Obito, shaking Obito's head slightly to the side.

Amu roared, and it jumped down from the rock wall dozens of meters high, smashing into a burning house below.

Boom!

Like a bomb exploding in the house, burning wood flew horizontally, and sparks splashed.

Crack, crack...

The broken wood snapped. Amu waved its large hands, brushing aside the burning wooden boards beside it, and broke out of the house.

"Moo!!"

Amu roared again. Its main task was to attract firepower, commonly known as taking a beating.

In the village, on the roof of a stone house, a dozen Hidden Stone ninja were crouching. No matter how scattered the surroundings were, they were watching coldly, because they had a mission.

"Be sure to hold this place."

A Jonin spoke.

"Hmm."

"Understood."

"Those thieves of the Akatsuki organization are really not afraid of death, actually daring to attack this place."

A young Chunin spoke. Just as he finished speaking, the leading Jonin glared at him.

Suddenly, a subtle sound of breaking air came. The young Chunin turned his head in confusion.

Zing!

A dazzling blade light reflected in his eyes. From beginning to end, he still did not know what had happened.

Blood splashed, and severed limbs rolled off the roof. Several Chunin were slashed to pieces in one encounter. Su Xiao stood on the blood-stained tiles.

"Is this the entrance?"

Su Xiao looked at the stone house under his feet. According to Karin's sensing, this was the entrance to the underground prison.

Several pairs of terrified eyes looked at Su Xiao. Blood was still sliding down the faces of some of them. One of the young Chunin's legs began to tremble uncontrollably. He recognized Su Xiao. It was no wonder; Su Xiao's actions in the Naruto World had already made him a notorious villain.

Before seeing Su Xiao in person, the young Chunin's thought was that if he could personally eliminate Su Xiao, that would make his reputation spread throughout the ninja world, and perhaps he could even be promoted to Jonin? No, it definitely would.

And after seeing Su Xiao, the young Chunin's thought was, could he escape?

"Calm down, hold him off first, soon there will be..."

Before the Jonin on the roof finished speaking, he discovered a pair of eyes looking at him.

"Earth Release..."

Zing.

The crisp sound of the blade striking came. The Jonin jumped to the side with a painful expression on his face, and a severed arm flew in mid-air.

"The speed... is too terrifying."

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