Chapter 1066: The Counterattack of the Ragtag Army

Various attribute ninjutsu fell from the sky, and the Zetsu rushing in the front were thrown into chaos. Before the two sides could get close, Zetsu had already suffered heavy casualties.

Su Xiao had anticipated this situation, but he never expected that the team cooperation of Zetsu would be so trashy.

In an underground karst cave in the forest near the battlefield, Kabuto's face didn't look very good. As the commander of Zetsu, he had tried his best to let Zetsu maintain the formation, but unfortunately, the team cooperation of Zetsu was too poor. Every Zetsu had its own independent consciousness.

The Zetsu army was a replica of the stupid Zetsu, not a clone. That is to say, every Zetsu was an independent existence. This had advantages and disadvantages.

Shouting sounds came from the battlefield. After the Zetsu troops wiped out nearly 3,000 ninjas, they successfully rushed to the front of the Allied Shinobi Forces, and the two sides began close-combat fighting.

Unexpected things happened again. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the chunin in the front of the Allied Shinobi Forces appeared to have a large-scale collapse.

Although the battle formation Su Xiao proposed could not be achieved because the cooperation of the Zetsu replicas was too trashy and there was no time for training, the wooden shields and wooden spears in Zetsu's hands played a crucial role.

Ninjas all used kunai or shuriken. Kunai was a short weapon without a handguard, which meant the danger of using it was very high. The triangular blade meant this thing was not suitable for hacking at all and was mostly used for stabbing. One could imagine how trashy this thing was in large-scale chaotic fighting.

In fact, the Allied Shinobi Forces also knew that kunai was not suitable for war, but what could they do? Over 90% of ninjas had been using kunai for years. Changing them to new weapons was completely sending them to the battlefield to die.

Conversely, the Zetsu troops—Zetsu each held an exaggerated large shield one meter wide and two meters high. This thing was connected to Zetsu's left hand.

Kunai stabbed on the wooden shield. The best result was to stab a hole, and there was also the risk of getting stuck. The possibility of hurting the Zetsu behind the wooden shield was not high, unless the ninja's strength was very strong.

Zetsu's weapons were wooden spears, which were about 1.6 meters long. They were not too long, and the advantage was that they were relatively flexible.

A kunai only twenty centimeters long against a 1.6-meter spear—the outcome could be imagined.

Puchi, puchi...

The sound of sharp weapons piercing through flesh and blood came one after another. Ninjas fell one after another, and the screams and wails of the seriously injured were endless.

Past ninja wars had never been so cruel, because past ninja wars had never seen weapons like shields and spears that were somewhat foul-play. Ninjas were all using kunai for close-combat fighting or directly using taijutsu.

Blood saturated the yellow sand. In the first round of the two sides' charge, Zetsu's death and injury were around 4,000, and the Allied Shinobi Forces' death and injury were around 2,000.

Just for a moment, the battlefield became hell. Compared to past ninja wars, this was what war should truly look like.

"Kabuto, let Zetsu retreat."

Su Xiao stood at a high position. He was clear that Kabuto could hear him.

With a bang, a coffin appeared behind Su Xiao; it was the Second Tsuchikage, Mu.

"Why retreat?"

Kabuto was controlling Mu. It was Kabuto who spoke.

"Now the two sides haven't completely mixed into chaotic fighting. Let Zetsu take the opportunity to form a battle formation. If the pace is chaotic, shout once and take one step."

"I'll try."

Kabuto began to control Zetsu to reform the battle formation, or rather, he couldn't completely control Zetsu, he could only command Zetsu.

Soon, the Zetsu on the battlefield began to retreat slowly. They couldn't form a battle formation when charging, but it was no problem now.

The Zetsu in the front held off the ninjas' offensive, and the Zetsu in the back gradually formed a battle formation.

The Allied Shinobi Forces were all stunned. Whether it was the sensory division or Kitsuchi and others, they couldn't understand Zetsu's move. They had clearly occupied the advantage, why retreat?

Although Kitsuchi didn't understand Zetsu's intention, he immediately gathered the ninja troops that were almost scattered.

About dozens of seconds later, the Allied Shinobi Forces stabilized the situation. The disadvantage of short weapons made them suffer a big loss. However, at this time, Zetsu had already formed an array.

Zetsu took a step forward while roaring in unison. Although the marching speed was not very good, fortunately, the pace was quite neat.

At this moment, the ragtag army Zetsu actually had the momentum of a large army pressing down. Those ninjas who had spent their lives in assassination or small-scale fighting had never seen this scene, and they subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Do not retreat!!"

Kitsuchi roared. He knew that if they retreated now, there would be no need to fight the war.

Zetsu advanced with a flat push. The marching speed was not fast, but they were blocked by wooden shields in front. Those neat roars were very imposing.

The ninjas looked at the kunai in their hands, then looked at the large shields over two meters high of Zetsu, and felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were galloping in their hearts. How to fight this?

"Continue to use combination-type ninjutsu."

Kitsuchi had a certain command head. After the ninjas received this order, they immediately began to use combination-type ninjutsu.

Water flow soared into the sky, and flames raged in the desert. The Zetsu troops suffered exaggerated casualties again.

Moreover, Zetsu's advance didn't stop. They continued to approach the Allied Shinobi Forces. The commander Kabuto knew that the ninjas' chakra was limited. They couldn't use this kind of large-scale combination ninjutsu for long.

Sure enough, when Zetsu's casualties exceeded 6,000, they successfully advanced to the front of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

In this kind of large-scale fighting, the kite-flying strategy was impossible. If one didn't handle it well, it would lead to the collapse of one's own side, which was a complete kite-flying. If the kite string broke, if the Allied Shinobi Forces retreated, the Zetsu army would immediately abandon the formation and wooden shields and swarm up. By then, this group of Allied Shinobi Forces would basically be cool.

Bang, bang, bang...

Kunai stabbed on the wooden shields. Greeting them were long weapons, that is, wooden spears. Just one round of fighting, and a large group of ninjas fell to the ground.

The tragic fighting began. About five minutes later, the ninjas and the Zetsu army began close-combat fighting. The two sides were completely intertwined.

Originally, the Second Division was responsible for blocking Zetsu. Most of them were taijutsu-type ninjas. As long as they blocked the Zetsu army, the long-range troops in the back could take the opportunity to wash the ground with large-scale combination ninjutsu.

Unfortunately, the troops in the back were also held off by other Zetsu troops. Those Zetsu were thorough and thorough cannon fodder.

Once close-combat fighting began, the Second Division couldn't retreat so easily.

Su Xiao leaped down from the stone pillar. He was prepared to participate in the war. He hadn't experienced this kind of chaotic fighting for a long time.

With a rumble, the stone pillar Su Xiao was on shattered, and he leaped toward the battle group from above like a cannonball.

Boom!

Yellow sand splashed as Su Xiao landed in the middle of a large group of ninjas. Kitsuchi in the distance had been closely monitoring Su Xiao, and seeing Su Xiao leap directly into the crowd, he was clearly somewhat stunned, because in Kitsuchi's view, this was purely suicide.

"Kurotsuchi, Hinata Hyuga, Karui, Neji Hyuga, come with me to surround and kill the enemy's important member, Byakuya."

"Yes."

Hinata Hyuga was assuming the starting stance of the Hyuga style. What made people puzzled was that her right forearm was actually still intact. One had to know that the last time Su Xiao entered the Naruto World, he had severed Hinata's right forearm; however, Hinata was wearing a black glove on her right hand.