A few days later, at the Konoha border.
A Konoha Ninja who was patrolling in a forest as part of their daily routine suddenly heard some movement.
He immediately stopped, jumped to the top of a tree, and looked towards the source of the sound.
"What... is that?"
When he saw the massive group of shadows suddenly emerge in the dark night in the distance, the Konoha Ninja was stunned, his scalp tingling.
As a patrol officer responsible for guarding the front line, he was also a Sensor Ninja.
"Sunagakure?"
After the restless figures drew a little closer, the man's pupils constricted. He immediately prepared to turn and flee to notify his companions at the Stronghold.
Even if he found it unbelievable and impossible, Sunagakure—had truly and undeniably appeared!
Moreover, judging by their aggressive momentum, they were clearly here to start a war.
The Land of Rivers was the land corridor between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, as well as a war buffer zone for the two great nations, and it held the value of balancing the wars between the two countries.
But in previous major wars, no matter how the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire slaughtered each other, both sides would always hear some rumors beforehand.
Because this was a political strategy for small countries to survive; the Land of Rivers dared not offend either of the two great nations.
But now—they in Konoha had absolutely no intelligence regarding the offensive from the Hidden Sand Village.
Swoosh!
Although this Konoha Ninja had detected the movement of the enemy attack, the personnel running at the very front of the Sunagakure force obviously also included Sensor Ninja types.
Just as he was about to turn and escape, a large number of hidden weapons and tools were fired directly at his location.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—
In an instant, the massive Sunagakure force, like a plague of locusts, quickly rushed into the sea of forests within the territory of the Land of Fire.
"What's that noise?"
Not far away, in a Konoha Stronghold, several Konoha Ninja heard the sound.
They sensed something was wrong.
The Hidden Sand Village army was large, and their rapid advance naturally caused quite a commotion—even triggering some defensive mechanisms set up by Konoha.
It was difficult to completely conceal their tracks.
But here, under the leadership of Yubi and others, Sunagakure had a clear goal, and their actions were without any hesitation.
Even if some mechanisms in the forest exploded or were triggered, it was difficult to stop their advance.
The speed was remarkably fast.
They were waging a blitzkrieg.
On the Konoha Stronghold side, the squad leader had just extinguished the campfire and told his teammates to be on full alert when a large number of ghostly shadows flashed in the forest ahead, followed by an overwhelming barrage of hidden weapons. The few of them only managed to resist for a moment before dying in this tidal wave of an attack.
Above the fallen corpses, one Sunagakure figure after another leaped from the trees, wave after wave.
"Disperse! Using this as the center, Sensor Ninja go ahead to scout, locating all Konoha Strongholds in the area—after eliminating the targets, the First Unit will remain to set up traps and mechanisms. Medical Ninja and logistics personnel should quickly prepare to garrison and familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment. All teams, follow the pre-war deployment and split into squads. The rest of the personnel, continue to advance forward."
Yubi jumped from the air onto a tree trunk and immediately said in a deep voice.
"Understood."
Several surrounding Sunagakure leaders nodded and immediately fled.
The entire large force began to split up.
Konoha had clearly not anticipated their offensive.
Just as they had envisioned, there were not too many personnel stationed at the Strongholds along this border area. They, the Sunagakure side, had an absolute numerical advantage, and rooting out the Konoha personnel was a certainty.
It was only a matter of time.
Soon, with the issuance of the operational orders, the entire silent border line of the Land of Fire instantly became boiling under the cover of night.
The sounds of slaughter and explosions echoed throughout the forest.
Not long after, the Konoha Stronghold located in the second line of the warning zone behind the Konoha border was attacked by Sunagakure.
The speed of Sunagakure's Breakthrough was simply too fast; they had completely destroyed the front-most Strongholds with brute force.
Primarily—Konoha had never expected Sunagakure to appear, and they were caught off guard.
Now the most important thing—is to notify the Village!
However, for the Konoha Ninja in the rear, the only advantage was that the fall of the front line gave them some awareness of the enemy attack, allowing them to make some reactions.
——
Some scattered Stronghold forces also quickly gathered together, forming an effective force that could briefly clash with the Sunagakure army and buy time.
Even if the time they could buy was very limited—at least, it would ensure that intelligence Ninja could transmit the battle report out.
Escape first.
"Damn it, it's Sunagakure!"
"The Sunagakure army is attacking—they have started a war!"
"There are too many enemies; our front-line Stronghold personnel cannot hold them off at all. Notify the Village immediately!"
A disheveled Konoha Ninja panted heavily and ran back to the station.
Their camp was the unified command Stronghold for the entire border combat zone, with a relatively large number of personnel, several dozen people.
They were usually responsible for managing resource supplies and task distribution for various Strongholds. They were not front-line combat Ninja, their strength was relatively average, and most were logistics or administrative personnel.
"Zhijiu and the others have already gathered together and are blocking Sunagakure from advancing here, but it looks like—they won't be able to hold out for long. We must move quickly. All non-combat personnel, evacuate immediately! Takumi—you few go first. If the others are caught up to by Sunagakure, prioritize covering Takumi and the others to bring the intelligence back—"
Half a minute later, a Jonin, who was also the person in charge of this camp, appeared in the area, wounded.
He was not in the least bit panicked and immediately made combat arrangements for everyone.
In the field, some people had uneasy expressions. Although they didn't understand why Sunagakure had suddenly appeared at the border, since the war had already broken out and the situation was critical, they couldn't afford to think too much.
Everyone still followed the instructions in a well-trained manner.
They didn't even bother with some of the supplies in the camp and prepared to evacuate first.
Bang!
However, the next second—something eerie happened.
Several Konoha Ninja suddenly looked dazed and froze in place.
Then, their Physical Body suddenly began to swell—
Their expressions became hideous—subsequently, their bodies exploded like gunpowder, splashing a field of blood and flesh.
The sudden death immediately shocked all the Konoha Ninja.
The Konoha Jonin was the first to react, turning sharply to look at a figure in the distance who was standing on a tree trunk, not knowing when he had arrived. It was a young man.
A pair of red pupils with dots of golden light were watching them.
Swoosh!
The Konoha Jonin raised his hand and shot a Kunai, however—this interfering strike of his was deflected by some invisible force as it approached the youth.
"Hidden Sand Village—Blood Doctor Yubi!"
The Konoha Jonin's expression became extremely grave.
What kind of eyes were those?
A Dojutsu?
Never seen it before—
"Careful! Don't make eye contact with him!"
"Retreat quickly, everyone else join me in stopping the target—"
The Konoha Jonin erupted with Chakra, preparing for a fight to the death.
He knew very well how powerful the enemy before him was; even as a Jonin, he might not have a chance of survival.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the opponent was just a youth—
However, just as he gave the order, the Konoha Jonin's face went blank, and his pupils began to dilate.
He had warned his subordinates—but he himself had clearly fallen under a Genjutsu.
It was just in the blink of an eye, with a swoosh, a sharp sound of breaking air struck.
A single drop of blood instantly pierced through the Konoha Jonin's brow and flew out from the back of his head.
The Konoha personnel who hadn't yet managed to move saw this and felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
Swish!
In the distance, the youth who had been standing on the tree a second ago instantly flashed in front of them.
His expression was cold.
He clapped his hands together forcefully.
A cold whisper echoed in the ears of all the Konoha Ninja.
"Blood Release: Supernova."
As the youth's voice, which carried a sense of judgment, fell.
The Void Realm around him suddenly manifested a large amount of blood, dispersing into a red curtain of blood composed of dense blood droplets.
Then, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh—
Countless blood droplets, like a torrential downpour, shot out towards all the Konoha Ninja in the entire camp.
In an instant—blood flashed, and one body after another was instantly pierced through, falling to the ground in an instant.
The pungent smell of blood and the suffocating murderous intent—had completely turned this Konoha station into a Shura field like Hell.
War—has no temperature.