"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Seeing the ninja flying towards him from the sky, Hozuki Eiji immediately formed hand seals.
"Water Release: Water Ball Technique" Hozuki Eiji condensed water into a sphere in front of him, calculated the trajectory of the falling water, and sent the water ball directly to the falling position.
"Bang!" The flight captain landed accurately on the water sphere and was caught successfully. The eagle, however, was not so lucky. It fell into the thorn bushes and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.
After rescuing the flight captain, everyone immediately surrounded him, asking what had happened. They had heard the explosion earlier, but since they couldn't fly, they could only stand there anxiously.
"Hey! Hey! What happened? Where did the others who were with you go?" Hozuki Eiji released the water ball spell and shook the flight captain who was on the verge of death.
"The others sacrificed themselves, we were ambushed, be careful..." Before he could finish speaking, the first flight captain was killed.
"What are you being careful about! Just finish what you were saying! Ugh, what a waste." After shaking the flight captain and seeing that he was completely dead, Hozuki Eiji instantly lost interest.
"What bad luck! We were ambushed by the enemy on our first mission to scout the terrain. Ugh! What bad luck!"
After cursing his bad luck, Hozuki Eiji immediately began to give orders: "Everyone, divide into four groups and clear a path from the southeast and west to clear obstacles for the main force behind you."
The group then split into four teams of five thousand men each. Hozuki Eiji was in charge of clearing the east side, while Tsunade, not wanting to be in the same team as Hozuki Eiji, went to the west side with Orochimaru.
Before the battle even began, everyone started clearing the way. Clearing the way with ninjutsu was quite fast, not to mention with so many ninjas, they could clear a path in just over ten minutes.
Hozuki Eiji also reported the situation here to the Raikage and Hokage through the sensory ninja who relayed the information.
Ai frowned slightly after hearing Hozuki Eiji's words. "Does Uchiha Tensei think he can stop us in this way? He's too naive."
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, what do you think Uchiha Tensei is really thinking?" A looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen beside him.
"I think he's trying to stall and wear us down as much as possible. After all, with so many of us ninjas, he definitely wouldn't dare to confront us head-on," Hiruzen Sarutobi said after a moment's thought.
"Heh, it seems that even after all these years and he's been by your side for so long, you still don't really understand Uchiha Tenki. In my opinion, he definitely has a purpose in doing this, but I don't know what that purpose is." After mocking Hiruzen Sarutobi, Ai started to think about Tenki's purpose.
However, with his limited intelligence, it's impossible for him to guess Tianqi's purpose.
Hearing the Raikage mock Tianqi for not understanding him after all these years by his side, Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't angry. He admitted that he hadn't really understood Tianqi over the years, and if he had, this situation wouldn't have happened.
Seeing Sarutobi being mocked, Danzo, Sarutobi's second-in-command, spoke up, "Lord Raikage, since you say we don't understand Uchiha Tenki, then tell us about his purpose."
"Hmph! Although I don't know his purpose, I'm sure this thorn forest isn't just for blocking the way," Ai said, glancing at Danzo with disdain. To be honest, he really disliked Danzo's gloomy personality.
"Now that we know it won't just be used for blocking, should we warn the ninjas to be careful and not let their guard down?"
"Hokage, don't worry. We have to clear this thorny forest before we can move forward. I want to see what Uchiha Tenchi is up to." Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's cowardly look, Ai looked disdainful.
Seeing that Sarutobi was always being suppressed by A, Danzo was itching to fight back. "Sarutobi, why don't you confront him? What are you afraid of? You're such a fool. You're getting worse with age." After cursing Sarutobi in his heart, he smiled contemptuously, "Don't wait until you fall into Uchiha Tenki's trap and suffer heavy losses before you regret it."
"Hmph! Great things are never done without sacrifice. I'm not like you Konoha people, afraid of this and that," Ai rolled his eyes at Danzo.
Hearing this, Sarutobi frowned slightly. "Raikage, let's focus on the battlefield and not bring up our respective villages. It will affect the alliance."
Danzo stood there trembling with rage, cursing Raikage A and Sarutobi in his mind. "Damn Raikage A, what's with all the arrogance? If I were Hokage, I would team up with Uchiha Tensei and beat you to death, you bastard."
And Sarutobi, I've never seen anyone as cowardly as you. I really don't know what the teacher saw in you. You're such a loser.
In the allied command center, the men exchanged curses about each other's families in their hearts, while the ninjas on the front lines were desperately clearing away the thorns.
"Wind Release - Wind Slicing Technique"
"Water Escape - Water Severing Wave"
Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique
...
With the ninjas clearing the way with their various ninjutsu, a five-meter-wide road was cleared, and it would be completed in another kilometer.
Tianqi also sensed that his thorny forest was about to be cleared away. He smiled and prepared to form a hand seal.
Suddenly he sensed someone from the western thorns. "It's her! She's come after all, and she's the vanguard. How careless of her!"
"Anyway, the chakra is almost gathered now. Let's clear out the small fry and go meet her." Tianqi opened his eyes, stood up, and immediately formed hand seals.
As Tianqi completed his hand seals, the thorny forests on the three sides, except for the west side, began to explode.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."
"Ah! Run! This forest is going to explode!"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
...
Some people were killed by the explosion, some were impaled by spikes thrown out by the blast, and some were buried alive by trees.
The sound of explosions mixed with the screams of ninjas, and the surroundings were no longer as quiet as before, but as lively as a marketplace.
"Enjoy this moment," Tianqi said with a slight smile after finishing his task, and headed west towards where Uchiha Yuming was.
Tsunade and the others heard the explosions and screams, and not knowing what they had discovered, and since they weren't far from other places, they sent people out to check what had happened.
Hearing the continuous explosions, the main force quickened its pace.
As soon as Onoki heard the explosion, he was overjoyed. "Hahaha, the Allied Shinobi Forces are engaged in battle with Uchiha Tenki. Everyone, guard these retreat routes and don't let him escape."
He had no idea that the allied forces had already begun to suffer casualties before even engaging Tianqi in battle; if he had known, he probably wouldn't be laughing.
At this moment, Hozuki Eiji was trying to dodge the explosions while cursing the Tenki family, "Uchiha Tenki, you little bastard, if you have the guts, fight me fair and square! What kind of skill is it to ambush us? Uchiha Tenki, you bastard..." (Here, he cursed the Tenki family for a thousand words).
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