Chapter 171

Due to the time constraints, Tsunade had no time to interrogate the Rain ninjas she encountered along the way, so she had no choice but to rely on luck.

Tsunade walked slowly into the courtyard, looking around in all directions to search for a place that might be used to hold prisoners or hide intelligence, and she quickly rushed toward a building that looked somewhat like an intelligence agency.

Just at this moment, the hair all over Tsunade’s body stood on end.

Giant Force Impact!

A unique taijutsu developed by Tsunade using her monstrous strength; she can strike the ground with immense force, causing the surrounding rocks to splash up for defense.

It can also be used to directly collide with enemies, causing them to become stunned under the massive force.

As Tsunade smashed her strength into the ground, a layer of earth rising up all around perfectly defended her surroundings.

At the same time, six figures hidden in the shadows struck out simultaneously, each holding an incredibly sharp ninja blade, stabbing toward six vital points on Tsunade’s body.

The exquisite coordinated attack left Tsunade with nowhere to hide for a moment.

Fortunately, Tsunade had insight in advance, causing the six people's attacks to land on the layer of earth used for defense.

But one attacker's ninja blade still pierced through the earth layer and cut Tsunade’s arm.

Immediately, a feeling of numbness spread from the wound on her arm throughout Tsunade’s entire body.

"It's poisoned!"

Looking at the blue-tinted blade in front of her, a trace of gravity flashed in Tsunade’s eyes.

This wasn't over; over a dozen Rain ninjas appeared simultaneously on the rooftops, tree crowns, and the ground, throwing ninja tools attached with explosive tags toward Tsunade.

Several ambushers suddenly pulled back and retreated; the moment the few Rain ninjas left, leaving no gaps, the ninja tools with explosive tags had already arrived at Tsunade’s side.

"Boom!"

Before the aftermath of the explosion had dissipated, more and more elite Rain ninjas emerged from the shadows, and in a short while, dozens of elite Rain ninjas deployed layer by layer from all directions of the residence, surrounding the center of the explosion tightly.

In just a few seconds, a net of heaven and earth had already been formed.

After the smoke of the explosion cleared, the scene behind the smoke was revealed.

Tsunade, who was at the center of the attack, had already disappeared, and in her place was a fat, blue-and-white slug.

Facing the slug that had replaced Tsunade, all the Rain ninjas did not act rashly.

Dozens of Rain ninjas just gripped the blades in their hands, staring coldly at the fat slug.

Compared to other Rain ninjas, these Rain ninjas appearing before Tsunade now had obvious differences in both strength and equipment.

These Rain ninjas not only wore the same style of respirator as Hanzo of the Salamander, but they also wore one-piece raincoats made of black rubber and held standard-issue steel blades coated with poison.

A cold, silent aura of death constantly emanated from these Rain ninjas; it would be more appropriate to call these Rain ninjas "killing tools in the shape of humans" rather than ninjas.

These elite Rain ninjas were the true core strength of the entire Rain Village.

These Rain ninjas, whom Hanzo of the Salamander had always kept by his side, had undergone even more brutal training and cultivation; they were not only more elite but also more cold-blooded.

The cold night rain drifted down slowly from the sky, and in the pitch-black environment, there was only the sound of raindrops falling for a time.

The Rain ninjas did not swarm up directly; even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

They knew that the strongest Rain ninja in the depths of the residence would arrive soon, and they had absolutely no need to be greedy for merit and advance rashly for the sake of a few seconds.

At this moment, these Rain ninjas were very clear that what they needed to do was to stall Tsunade and prevent her from escaping.

They only needed to wait for the arrival of the Wolf King, and they would be able to hunt this water buffalo without any effort.

At this moment, Tsunade was hiding inside the body of her summoning, Katsuyu.

At the critical moment just now, she had blocked the damage caused by the explosion through her summoning, Katsuyu.

The summoning Katsuyu herself can not only spray acid and heal, but Katsuyu’s mucous body can also withstand a large amount of damage.

And the arm that Tsunade had had slashed by the Rain ninja's poisoned blade had already healed by now.

The poison on the blade might be quite troublesome for an ordinary ninja, but for Tsunade, it was insignificant.

The title of the number one medical ninja in the ninja world was not just empty talk.

"Little Tsunade, the situation is not looking good."

"There are at least fifty elite ninjas with decent strength nearby."

"Now you must find a way to escape as soon as possible."

"I can prepare a reverse summoning array for you in Shikkotsu Forest, but it will take some time."

A gentle female voice rang in Tsunade’s ear; the one speaking was Tsunade’s summoning, Katsuyu.

In fact, without Katsuyu saying much, Tsunade also clearly knew the current crisis; unknowingly, she had fallen for the opponent's strategy of luring the enemy deep and was completely trapped in the opponent's encirclement.

This was not what she was most worried about; since the opponent had made arrangements here long ago, then the leader of the Rain ninjas, Hanzo of the Salamander, might not have left here either.

Facing the siege of more than fifty jonin, Tsunade was already struggling, and wanting to escape was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

If a Kage-level powerhouse like Hanzo of the Salamander were added, then there was a high probability that Tsunade would end up here today.

"Lady Katsuyu, how much time do you need?"

Tsunade asked silently in her heart, placing her last glimmer of hope on Katsuyu’s reverse summoning.

By forming a contract with a summoning, not only can a ninja summon the summoning at any time to fight.

Under specific circumstances, a summoning can also reverse-summon a ninja to its side, but for a summoning to reverse-summon a human, it requires certain preparations and cannot be done anytime, anywhere.

It is actually not hard to understand; summoning jutsu itself is a ninjutsu used by humans.

And summonings mostly rely on their own talents and bodies; few summonings have the talent to use ninjutsu, and even if they do use ninjutsu, they are all unique secret techniques that only summonings can release.

To make a summoning use human ninjutsu requires certain preparations and prerequisites.

If it were an ordinary summoning, it would be perfectly normal to spend ten or eight hours in the preparation process.

But because Tsunade’s summoning is Katsuyu from Shikkotsu Forest, known as one of the "Three Great Sage Regions," it is naturally far from what an ordinary summoning can compare to.

And Shikkotsu Forest has one major difference from other summoning races.

That is, the entire Shikkotsu Forest actually only has one summoning, and that is—Katsuyu Sage!

The Katsuyu that Tsunade summoned is just an insignificant clone of the Katsuyu Sage's main body, equivalent to a part separated from the Katsuyu Sage's main body that is not even as good as a strand of hair.

So even Tsunade does not dare to have the slightest disrespect for the summoned Katsuyu.

"I need at least ten minutes."

Soon, Katsuyu gave the answer.

Hearing this, Tsunade took a deep breath.

She knew that everything here today was the price she paid for her own rashness.

Persisting for ten minutes under the siege of fifty jonin is not something that can be easily accomplished.

Blindly escaping is useless; the only plan now is to try every possible way to buy herself time.

Thinking of this, Tsunade dispersed the Katsuyu that was wrapping her body.

And the moment Tsunade revealed her figure, an overwhelming attack of ninja tools accompanied by explosive tags came again.

What Tsunade didn't know was that during her breakthrough process, her attack method had already been noticed by these elite Rain ninjas.

So these Rain ninjas knowingly chose to avoid head-on combat as much as possible.

Earth Style: Earth Wall!

Tsunade quickly formed hand seals, and her palms struck the ground, forming a rock wall around her body.

"Boom!!!"

The violent explosion sound accompanied by smoke once again surrounded Tsunade.