Chapter 421: Sage Art: Underworld Path
Gonbee racked his brain, searching through his past battles and studies for experience. After thinking for a long time, he found that he was helpless against the current situation. It was the first time he had encountered such a terrifying and unsolvable ninjutsu!
He couldn't do anything, but Genpaku surely could! That was a ninja in his nineties, a guard of the First Mizukage, a wise man who had personally experienced three great ninja wars.
"Lord Genpaku..." He looked to his side, only to find that Genpaku's cane had fallen to the side. The old ninja was curled up in a ball, his body hunched over, his face, covered in age spots, full of exhaustion.
It was as if the moment "Sage Art: Underworld Path" appeared, this old ninja had aged another ten years.
"Quick, leave the range of this ninjutsu... Quick!" Genpaku grabbed his sleeve weakly, not even noticing that his own cane had fallen to the side.
Gonbee respected Genpaku as if he were his own father. Seeing his most respected father so weak, he immediately had a ninja take Genpaku out of the village.
Seeing his most respected person being rescued, he felt he should be very sad, but upon reflection, he wasn't. There wasn't a single emotional fluctuation in his heart, only dead silence. All his emotions had been sucked away by the enemy's ninjutsu.
"This is not right! You bastard! There's also a genjutsu effect in this ninjutsu!" Gonbee suddenly woke up. He used all his strength and shouted, "Everyone, pull yourselves together! Lady Mizukage will be here soon! Attack! Defend our homeland! Fight!"
He was like a split personality, forcefully suppressing the strong desire to just lie down and give up, forcing himself to use a Water Dragon Bullet to smash into the Immortal Zombie.
He didn't want to die! He wanted to live!
The other Mist ninja all attacked, but their attacks were all weak and feeble. The magnificent scene of countless ninjutsu bombarding the Immortal Zombie was completely gone.
As Chojuro's teacher, Gonbee's combat experience was very rich. Affected by "Sage Art: Underworld Path," his thinking became more and more rigid and slow, but he still managed to summarize some general information about the "Underworld Path."
"Old people, quickly leave the range of this ninjutsu! This ninjutsu will absorb your lifespan!"
"The core of her jutsu is still partly Water Release. Use Earth Release to suppress her! Suppress this broken path of hers!"
"You are all Mist ninja! Think of your families, think of your children! Pull yourselves together!"
The Immortal Zombie had to remain motionless to maintain the "Underworld Path." The Mist ninja's attacks fell on it sporadically. Ino completely ignored their attacks, concentrating on maintaining the jutsu.
The Mist ninja, supporting the old and young, fled the range of the ninjutsu like refugees.
Thirty li! This was Ino's current perception limit, and also the duration range of the "Underworld Path" ninjutsu.
In order to have enough intelligence to analyze and think of a way to break the situation, Gonbee also led his men to retreat outside the village.
The farther he was from the Immortal Zombie, the faster his intelligence recovered. The "just die already" thought of lying flat soon could no longer affect him.
He sent people to urge Mei Terumi to return to the village and quickly deployed troops. At the same time, in front of his many subordinates and villagers, he pointed to the sky and swore an oath that he would definitely kill Ino Yamanaka today!
Ino didn't pay any attention to Gonbee. Without a Kage-level powerhouse or a Jinchuriki, the Mist Village posed no threat to her. She maintained the jutsu on one hand, and directed Sai to work on the other.
Taking such a big risk, and coming all this way, she couldn't return empty-handed.
Since I'm already here, zero-cost shopping, let's go!
As a Root ninja, Sai's first priority was always to obey orders. Before they left, Danzo had given him an order: listen to Ino during the mission. Now that Ino was commanding him, he had no thought of refusing.
"That thing on the ground over there, yes, yes, is that Genpaku's cane? There must be something good inside. Quick, put it away."
"The building at my three o'clock, second floor, first room on the left, there's a money box inside. It looks pretty full, take it."
"Look at the three-story building on your right. Isn't that Mei Terumi's house? Is it? It is, good luck. See if there's anything valuable in her house, take it all."
From Genpaku's cane to the common people's gold rings and necklaces, Ino didn't miss a thing.
Sai was like a hamster, running back and forth. When he had a pile of things, he would use a sealing scroll to store them, and then go and move more things.
According to Ino's understanding, the central area of the Mist Village could pretty much be equated with a dead land from now on. After the jutsu ended, those items contaminated with too much negative energy would be taken to the real Underworld Path. Rather than throwing these things into the underworld, it was better for her to take them.
If I throw them into the underworld, who will use them? The Sage of Six Paths?
Don't be polite, take it all!
The furious Mei Terumi received the news from the village and was about to withdraw her troops. She wanted to tear Ino to shreds this time, but she was tied down by Shikamaru's army.
Shikamaru was an excellent executor. Give him a clear objective, and he would complete it beautifully.
Under his command, the pirates harassed from the flanks, and the Konoha ninja would fight for a while and then retreat. When the Mist wanted to run, the Konoha ninja would stick to them and fight again.
Shikamaru automatically mastered the military strategy of "the enemy retreats, we advance; the enemy retreats, we pursue." He didn't fight a decisive battle head-on, just wore them down.
Ino's previous order to him was to stall, for as long as possible.
Mei Terumi was disgusted. The battle of Red Spot Island had been fought until dark, and she still hadn't completed her retreat. Either a large number of genin were tied down, or the steamships were destroyed by the Konoha ninja.
Through the battle, she learned that Konoha's commander was Shikamaru Nara. I might have a hard time fighting Ino Yamanaka, but do you, Shikamaru Nara, have that kind of combat power? Nothing to say, decapitation tactic!
And then she was blocked by Konoha's "real Yellow Flash"!
It was pitch black, and it was impossible to see who this person was.
All she could see was the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Rasengan, and long blond hair. To impersonate Ino, Minato Namikaze even sprayed the same perfume and fought in women's clothing!
He killed the Mist ninja as easily as chopping vegetables. But to impersonate Ino and mislead the Mist ninja, he still suppressed his battle record a bit.
When it came to the Flying Thunder God Technique, Ino, who had leveled up later in life, was ultimately no match for the naturally fast-reacting Minato Namikaze. To reach a similar level, "Speed" 10 was just the basics. The three-tomoe Sharingan was a notch below; she had to open the Mangekyo.
Minato Namikaze didn't want to expose his existence yet. He suppressed some of his strength, protected Shikamaru all night, and left after dawn.
Even though he hadn't fought much, he had still killed twenty Mist jonin in one night, and even Mei Terumi had been stabbed by his kunai.
Shikamaru pursued in victory, and the Mist ninja were utterly defeated! Red Spot Island, the gateway to the Land of Water, fell into the hands of the Konoha ninja.
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