Chapter 442

Among the Five Great Nations, only the Land of Earth's terrain is mainly plains.

Similar to the other four countries except Konoha, although the territory within the Land of Earth is vast, the useful resources are not rich.

Although the terrain of the Land of Earth is flat, it is mostly barren plains and exposed rocky land.

Areas like forests and hills are extremely scarce resources for the Land of Earth.

At this moment, few people know that the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, Onoki, has left the village located in the hinterland of the Land of Earth and arrived in the Land of Frost, a small nation between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.

Under the frozen soil of the Land of Frost, the Rock ninjas fully exerted their own specialties and dug out a hidden rock cave.

About twenty elite members of Iwagakure were all lurking in the rock cave, quietly waiting for orders.

And the leader was none other than the current Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure—Onoki.

"Tsuchikage-sama, this is the news from the Rain ninjas '740' side."

"Please take a look."

A Rock ninja handed a piece of intelligence to Onoki.

After Onoki took the intelligence, he quickly browsed through it, a flash of sharpness in his eyes.

As early as before the war broke out, he had already taken precautions and reached an agreement with the leader of the Rain ninjas, Hanzo of the Salamander.

The Rain ninjas' offensive was merely a feint.

Next, Iwagakure and the Rain ninjas would tacitly withdraw their troops together.

Afterward, the Rain ninjas would turn to attack Konoha, while the Rock ninjas would take the opportunity to seize control of a small nation called the Land of Moon in the buffer zone between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth.

Of course, if everything went smoothly, the Rock ninjas would not mind taking the Land of Frost, the Land of Tea, and other small nations belonging to Konoha's sphere of influence along the way into their pockets.

Now, Onoki had made up his mind, and was just missing an opportunity.

"You go and rule the main force."

"Now cross the border and march toward the Land of Moon!"

At that moment, Onoki directly ordered the Rock ninja in front of him, his tone full of seriousness.

"Yes, Tsuchikage-sama!"

The Rock ninja lowered his head and responded, then quickly escaped underground and rushed toward the direction of the Land of Earth.

In the rock cave, Onoki's expression flickered uncertainly.

All things in the world have their give and take.

Standing from the perspective of Iwagakure, everything seemed to be an opportunity arranged by heaven for the rise of Iwagakure.

Kumogakure's Tailed Beast experiment could be hidden from Sunagakure thousands of miles away, and could also be hidden from Kirigakure on an isolated island overseas.

But it was impossible to hide it from Konoha and Iwagakure, which were close at hand.

Plus, for many years, Onoki had been paying close attention to Kumogakure's state, so he naturally knew that this neighbor of the Land of Earth had fallen into a state of weakness.

Onoki clearly knew that a Tailed Beast experiment not long ago had consumed a large amount of Kumogakure's combat power and caused the Third Raikage's injuries to not have healed to this day.

If it were just this, Onoki would only be moved and would not take action.

After all, rashly launching a war against Kumogakure is a major matter.

Even Iwagakure, as one of the Five Great Nations, has the possibility of being destroyed if not careful.

Especially at this moment, Konoha and Kumogakure are allies; with the shrewdness of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, it is very likely that he would take this opportunity to help Kumogakure deal with Iwagakure, so as to gain benefits from Iwagakure.

But the Rain ninjas' sudden counterattack gave Onoki an opportunity!

If the Rain ninjas launched a war against Konoha, with the Rain ninjas' containment, Onoki could take advantage of the situation to snatch food from the tiger's mouth from Kumogakure!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Onoki, who had endured for more than ten years, could not continue to sit and watch such an opportunity slip away.

If you don't cut when you should, you will suffer from chaos!

At this moment, Onoki had made up his mind to use Kumogakure as a stepping stone on Iwagakure's path forward.

At the junction of the Land of Rain and the Land of Earth.

During the day, both sides once again conducted a battle full of bloodiness.

Although there were many casualties and bloodshed, it still did not constitute any impact on the combat power of both sides.

Because the main force sent by both sides was still cannon fodder troops led by "Genin" and led by Chunin.

According to the reality of the Ninja World at present, even the loss of one hundred Genin is not as great as the loss of one Jonin.

Reality is just that cruel.

Just cannon fodder at the Genin level, both sides have as many as they want.

In a bloody battle, both sides left behind hundreds of corpses each.

Time once again stepped into late night.

And tonight, the turning point of the Ninja World's fate is destined to occur on this battlefield.

In the main camp of the Rain ninjas.

Hanzo of the Salamander sat in the main seat, bowing his head and pondering.

Although he still looked extremely calm, if one looked closely, one would find that Hanzo of the Salamander's eyes were filled with thick anxiety.

Finally, a Rain ninja rushed into the tent.

"How is it, what actions do the Rock ninjas have?"