Chapter 442: With a Bang, Everything Was Gone

Before this, the Rain ninjas and the Leaf had already had countless skirmishes.

Although this was the first time a large-scale conflict had officially broken out, Salamander Hanzo felt he had some understanding of the combat power of the Leaf ninjas.

Salamander Hanzo understood that even if the Rain ninjas' surprise attack successfully seized the initiative,

once the Leaf reacted and stabilized their footing, they would likely be killed back by the Leaf very quickly.

After all, the gap in individual soldier quality between the two sides was quite obvious.

But the scene before him seemed a bit different from what he had imagined?

In just a few minutes, the Rain ninjas easily tore through the boundary of the Leaf camp and killed their way into the interior of the camp.

Not only that, the combat power of the Leaf ninjas swarming out of the camp was also extremely poor, and they had already been pushed into the interior of the camp by a large number of Rain ninjas.

Seeing this, Salamander Hanzo's brows furrowed even tighter.

Something was wrong!

Even with the Rain Tiger at Will Technique as interference, even if it was a surprise attack initiated by the Rain ninjas.

But all of this seemed a bit too smooth!

The Rain ninjas not only broke through the camp's barrier without any effort, but even killed their way into the interior of the Leaf camp without any effort.

When things go wrong, there must be a demon; a bad premonition suddenly arose in Salamander Hanzo's heart.

He stood on the spot, his face uncertain for a while, unable to make up his mind for a long time.

But seeing that nearly half of the Rain ninjas had already killed their way into the Leaf camp, Salamander Hanzo finally gritted his teeth and roared fiercely.

"The situation is wrong, retreat!"

He concluded that the Leaf ninjas could never be so vulnerable!

There must be a trap in this!

Hearing this, the group of Rain ninjas were stunned on the spot, not understanding why Salamander Hanzo suddenly issued a retreat order when they were currently unstoppable.

Even worse, some Rain ninjas had already pushed deep into the camp and could not receive Salamander Hanzo's order in time.

Under Salamander Hanzo's order, the momentum of all the Rain ninjas' attack came to a halt.

The so-called "first drum, second exhausted, third depleted."

Stopping the advance suddenly at the moment of seeing success would have a huge impact on morale.

But helplessly, ninjas need to obey orders; since Salamander Hanzo had ordered a retreat, these Rain ninjas could only stop their pursuit and obey Salamander Hanzo's retreat order.

In a hidden corner of the Leaf camp, Orochimaru was observing everything happening at the edge of the camp through a lens.

Ninja Art: Telescope Technique.

This move was the one the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, used to peep at the women's bathhouse in the original story.

Clearly, it was the Third Hokage's lecherous behavior that dragged down the status of this ninjutsu; in fact, it was an extremely useful detection ninjutsu.

Especially in war, the caster could use the Telescope Technique to check the situation inside the camp at any time, and its great utility goes without saying.

At this moment, all the actions of Salamander Hanzo and the Rain ninjas were captured by Orochimaru through the Telescope Technique.

"Pity."

Seeing Salamander Hanzo actually pull back from the brink, a trace of disappointment flowed in Orochimaru's eyes.

But even so, the Leaf's plan had already succeeded.

At this moment, a trace of determination flowed in Orochimaru's snake pupils; he reached out his hand, quickly bit his finger, formed hand seals, and summoned a group of snakes.

Summoning: Flame Snakes.

After countless small, bright red snakes were summoned by Orochimaru, they burrowed down through a hole in the ground.

Similar to the various toads of Mount Myoboku, the Ryuchi Cave, the summoning holy land contracted by Orochimaru, also had a massive population of snake summoning beasts.

Just some small snakes that could spit fire, that naturally didn't count for much for Ryuchi Cave.

As the small snakes burrowed into the ground, Orochimaru gradually revealed a somewhat perverted smile.

Next, the earth began to tremble, and red patterns began to spread on the surface.

Who knew when, but the entire underground of the Leaf camp had already been buried with explosive tags!

The next second, terrifying firelight soared into the sky.

Then, the firelight gradually swallowed Orochimaru, who was revealing a sickly smile. Then, the intense firelight spread from the center of the Leaf camp to the surroundings.

Thousands of explosive tags erupted with earth-shattering power simultaneously; this momentum was enough to compare to a full-strength strike from some transcendent powerhouses.

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Firelight soared into the sky from within the Leaf camp.

Salamander Hanzo knew they were finished; the Rain ninjas had indeed fallen into a trap!

And the moment they saw the firelight rising, the Leaf ninjas in the camp who were pretending to panic and run back and forth also stopped in their tracks, revealing a gratified smile.

Clearly, these Leaf ninjas were all specially selected death squads.

The massive Leaf camp actually had fewer than a thousand ninjas inside; the rest had already evacuated, and the ninjas left behind were just death squads.

For the victory of the war, these Leaf ninjas were willing to sacrifice their lives for the village.

"Boom!!!"

The explosive fire swallowed everything, including the ninjas under Salamander Hanzo who had penetrated deep into the camp and could not retreat in time.

"Go!"

At this moment, Salamander Hanzo could only grit his teeth and endure the pain of cutting off his arm to save his life, leading the remaining Rain ninjas to retreat in a panic.

Although he was furious to the point of tearing his eyes, he still couldn't change anything; he could only force himself to calm down and then issue the order to retreat.

Currently, the enemy was in the dark and they were in the light, plus they had encountered an ambush.

This battle was already a crushing defeat for the Rain ninjas; if Salamander Hanzo still didn't stop, the entire army would likely be wiped out.

— Author's Notes —

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