After greeting Tenki's family, and seeing the ninjas around him dying in the explosions, Hozuki Eiji gritted his teeth in anger. He couldn't save anyone now, so he could only grit his teeth and hurry away from the thorn forest.
Three minutes later.
After the explosion ended, Hozuki Eiji rushed out, covered in blood. Although he was covered in blood, most of it came from other ninjas; he had only suffered minor injuries.
Looking at the ninjas rushing out from all around, Hozuki Eiji felt utterly dejected. "Only a thousand out of five thousand ninjas have made it out. How am I supposed to explain this kind of loss?"
Tsunade's men returned from their mission: "Something terrible has happened! The Thorn Forest has exploded, and the other three units have suffered heavy losses!"
"Huh! An explosion? How could the thorn forest explode?!" Jiraiya was completely bewildered when he heard this.
"Explosion? I see. It seems this thorn forest wasn't meant to stop us; it's a trap. They waited until we were deep inside before detonating it, maximizing the damage they could inflict. Tianqi, you've got a real plan," Orochimaru said slowly.
"That's not right. If this is a trap, why didn't it explode here?" Tsunade asked, frowning.
"Who knows? Maybe it just went silent here." Orochimaru looked at Tsunade with a strange expression. He had a feeling that the reason this place hadn't exploded was because of Tsunade. Perhaps Tianqi discovered that Tsunade was here, which is why it didn't explode.
"Forget about whether it's malfunctioning or not, let's hurry up and clear the thorns." Tsunade didn't think much about it; at this moment, all she wanted was to see Tianqi as soon as possible.
Tianqi also arrived in the west, where he saw Uchiha Umei and the others who had already entered Tailed Beast Chakra Mode.
"Don't rush to attack. Let them come over. I want to play with them myself," Tianqi said, then looked at the thorny forest in front of him. "If nothing unexpected happens, Tsunade and the others will come from here soon. Come on, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, let me see how much you've grown."
Madara Uchiha watched the thorns explode, somewhat surprised. "So that's how it is. This is Hashirama's Wood Release: Great Forest Collapse Technique. It's a pity that this technique isn't powerful enough. It only wiped out some of the weaker ones. If it were powerful enough, it could definitely take all these ninjas away."
"But why wasn't there an explosion to the west? Let me see what's going on."
Then the illusory figure trembled, and the scene jumped to the western battlefield. He frowned as he looked at the person in the scene. "Hmm? This blonde girl's face looks so familiar. I feel like I've seen her somewhere before. Where have I seen her before?"
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized, "It's him. No wonder he looks so familiar. His face is half the same as Hashirama's. So this girl must be Tianqi's wife, which means she is Hashirama's granddaughter."
"Hehe, no wonder the west side didn't explode, it's because your wife is in the west. Tianqi, let's see what you do this time," Ban chuckled and continued watching.
Meanwhile, A and his team received a message from Hozuki Eiji: "Damn Uchiha Tensei! Useless Mizukage! We haven't even seen him yet and we've already lost 12,000 men, what a waste!" A slammed his fist on the table, shattering the entire surface.
"Hehe, I told you to be careful, or you'd regret it later, but you wouldn't listen. Now look what happened." Danzo was secretly pleased to see Ai so angry, and he didn't forget to mock him.
"Hmph, Third Hokage, keep your subordinates in check, or don't blame me for being impolite!" Ai rolled his eyes at Danzo and said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, not taking Danzo, a clown, seriously at all.
"Now is not the time to make a fuss, let's think about what to do." After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned. Others may not know, but he knew very well that Tenki was using the First Hokage's Wood Release: Tree Collapse.
Unexpectedly, Tianqi actually used the First Hokage's Wood Release technique. How could this ninjutsu, which pacifies the world, appear in the body of an Uchiha? Tianqi, how many secrets do you still have?
"Hmph, what else can he do? Once the main force arrives, it will be Uchiha Tenki's death day. He's just struggling in his death throes. I don't believe he can win against such a group of ninjas," Ai Leng snorted.
Hiruzen Sarutobi lacked A's imposing presence; he always felt that things weren't so simple.
On the other side, Tsunade and the others only had ten meters left to clear.
Looking at the last twenty meters of thorns, both the sensory ninja and Orochimaru sensed that there were several enemies behind them, and the leader was ridiculously strong.
"Attention everyone, the last twenty meters! The enemy is coming!" Orochimaru, as the regimental commander of the western unit, shouted the order.
"An enemy? Orochimaru, you sensed it?" Tsunade looked at Orochimaru, and Jiraiya chimed in, "Orochimaru, how many people are on the other side?"
"I think all the sensory ninjas have sensed it. There are ten of them, and judging from the senses, the leader's chakra is terrifyingly strong. I think it should be Uchiha Tenki." Orochimaru glanced at Tsunade and told her everything he had sensed without hiding anything.
"!!! Tianqi! Orochimaru, are you sure you didn't sense it wrong? He, he really is right behind here!" Upon hearing that it was Tianqi, Tsunade looked at Orochimaru with excitement.
"Orochimaru, you're not kidding, are you? He's really just twenty meters away?" Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru in shock.
"I can tell you with absolute certainty that it's 80% him."
"All ninjas, get ready! The enemy leader is coming. Be prepared and don't underestimate the enemy!" After answering his two teammates, Orochimaru turned to the remaining ninjas and said.
Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, the Allied Shinobi Forces drew their weapons and looked ahead warily.
Having received Orochimaru's affirmative answer and knowing that Tianqi was only twenty meters away from her, Tsunade lost her composure.
She stared ahead, a black diamond-shaped mark appearing on her forehead. Years of chakra accumulation had finally reached its peak. "The Hundred Healings Technique is finally complete. Tianqi, wait for me!" she said, clenching her fist and gathering chakra.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru noticed Tsunade's actions. "Tsunade, calm down! Don't be impulsive," the two advised, looking at the anxious Tsunade.
Tsunade did not stop moving; blue chakra materialized on her fist, and the chakra gathering was complete.
"Ah!!! Disappear!" Tsunade punched the ground with all her might, causing the earth to shake and crack open instantly.
Under Tsunade's full-force attack, rocks and thorns were all sent flying.
"Tsunade, you..." Orochimaru and Jiraiya swayed, looking at Tsunade in disbelief. As teammates, they had never known that Tsunade possessed such power.
The rest of the group stared in shock at Tsunade at the front, thinking, "What terrifying power! This is what Konoha ninjas are like."
Tsunade ignored everyone; her eyes were fixed on the figure she had been longing for day and night.
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