As the sky grew brighter, the situation of this major raid on Konoha gradually became clearer.
At the beginning, Konoha was beaten a little confused and was double-teamed by the opponent, but as time passed, the battle gradually became a stalemate.
The most critical reason is that the Kirigakure ninjas from the Watermelon Mountain Blowfish Demon Division did not appear where they were supposed to appear as planned.
In other words, the disappearance of these hundreds of ninjas made the original strategy unsustainable, thus affecting the troops who were landing on the beach.
Even so, Kirigakure could only be considered a minor defeat at best, but with the sudden appearance of Uchiha Tatsu holding Samehada and entering the battlefield, the balance of the war began to tilt towards Konoha.
Especially since he alone restrained Terumi Sora and several other high-end combat forces, and still had the energy to kill other Mist ninjas, the Konoha ninjas were stunned.
They finally understood why this eighteen-year-old Uchiha ninja would become a frontline commander and enjoy special allowances from the Konoha Elder Council, while they were just ordinary ninjas.
"Withdraw!" As the sun rose, Terumi Sora's bleeding mouth finally squeezed out this word.
His voice suddenly rang out on the battlefield, and the remaining four seven people, Biwa Juzo, Kurisuke Kushimaru, Murashi Jinpachi, and Oniden Ouzuki, all withdrew from the battle circle without hesitation and moved towards The seaside suddenly swept away.
When the rope tree pierced the heart of Tongcao Yebaiman, he also turned his gaze and prepared to choose the next target.
However, he had used slugs before and fought with the wild bait man for a long time before barely killing him. Now his chakra is not exhausted, but he cannot sustain it physically.
But he still forced himself to continue fighting, because the enemy's retreat was a good opportunity to pursue them.
At this time, Rizu's condition was not much better than that of the rope tree, or even worse. After all, he did not have the recovery ability of the Senju clan.
But he also rushed to the seaside without any hesitation. It was obvious that he had the same thoughts as Rope Tree.
"Water escape water dragon bullet technique!"
Seeing that the opponent's commander wanted to escape, Chen formed seals with his hands and turned into several water dragons, blocking Terumi Sora's retreat in different directions.
"The art of melting and escaping monsters!"
Terumi Sora also had reservations. A large amount of corrosive liquid spurted out from his mouth, and a barrier seemed to be formed in front of him, hindering Konoha's pursuit.
"Boom!"
Several water dragon bullets hit it, but they were all blocked by Melt Escape.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Terumi Kutou rushed out without looking back.
"Kill!"
The Kirigakure troops who received orders from Terumi Sora were also retreating at this time, but the ninjas of Konoha were already red-eyed. They jumped over the corpses of their companions and roared to chase the enemy.
The Konoha ninja's pursuit did not end until they were hundreds of meters away from the coastline of the Land of Fire.
Chen, who was standing at the front, waved his hand and asked Himeji who was following him to fire a signal flare to signal the troops to stop.
There is nothing wrong with chasing, but if you chase too much, you can easily fall into the opponent's trap. In this sea area, Kirigakure has no fewer traps than Konoha.
Moreover, all the ninjas are extremely exhausted, and now they are only relying on their anger to support themselves. If they continue, they will not gain much results.
Nara Shikun in the distance watched Chen launch the signal flare and breathed a sigh of relief.
It is true that Chen is the commander, but after all, young people are bound to be impulsive, and he is really afraid that he will pursue him desperately.
In fact, Chen Neng's coming to serve as commander on the battlefield is inseparable from Lu Yun's proposal.
Over the years, he had secretly observed this child for a long time and found that he was mature and steady in his actions, which was completely different from the average Uchiha.
The Nara clan will never be the Hokage, nor will they compete for this hot position, but they are the Hokage's right-hand men and the top leaders of Konoha, and this will never change.
It is not easy to do this. Uchiha has been excluded from Konoha's rights for so many years.
Therefore, the strength of the family is one thing, but what is more needed is extraordinary political wisdom and keen sense of smell.
In this regard, the Nara clan can be said to be very successful.
This is true whether the first Hokage founded Konoha when the Nara clan took the lead in joining with Ino and Butterfly, or later when the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen came to power.
Many ninjas didn't know this, but based on Shikakumo's observations, he discovered that the third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, already wanted to retire... In other words, after this war is over, Konoha's political landscape may change.
Although many ninjas think that the Sannin and White Fang are the fourth generation favorites, he is more optimistic about Uchiha Tatsu, who is now becoming more and more influential.
This is not just a matter of Chen's personal strength and merit. The most important thing is that he has constructed a huge network of relationships invisibly, intentionally or unintentionally.
This network of relationships started with Xiaochun, who moved to the top management, to the medical department, the ANBU, the sealing team, and even the security team.
In these key departments of Konoha, there are ninjas who have good relations with them and hold real power.
Even the core ninjas of the next generation of their family, such as Shikaku and Dingzao, have a good relationship with Chen.
How terrifying this is.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, Chen did an outstanding job from the moment he appeared on the battlefield to the end of the battle. He used the fastest speed to successfully establish his prestige as a commander... He is not mature at all. young people.
Lu Yun became more and more optimistic about this young man.
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At this moment, about a few hundred meters away from the battlefield, there was a pitcher plant-like creature observing the battle situation.
"It failed." Bai Jue said with a smile. It was obvious that it didn't have much reaction to the death of Mist Ninja, but instead felt a little gloating about it.
"I didn't expect that little girl from the Hinata family to channel the thunder of Konoha." Bai Zetsu clicked his tongue.
"Konoha's lightning is indeed tricky." Black Zetsu said in a deep voice.
Even from its perspective, Chen's talent ranks among the top in the history of the Uchiha clan. It just lacks an opportunity to activate the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"It seems we have to find an opportunity to kill him, otherwise it will affect future plans."
"Really? This is not easy to kill." Bai Jue glanced at Chen Dao in the distance.
"Being a ninja has weaknesses, and he still has many weaknesses. The little girl from the Hinata family is one of his weaknesses." Black Zetsu said with twinkling eyes.
"But didn't Fugaku say that he would be the one to deal with the Konoha Lightning?"
Black Zetsu curled his lips: "Fugaku is no match now, and he will be no match when Konoha's lightning activates the Mangekyō Sharingan."
From Hei Zetsu's point of view, Fugaku is incomparable to Chen, and even less to Madara. He is asked to implement the plan, but he doesn't know how long it will take.
"It seems that we have to find a chance to resurrect Madara." Hei Jue said secretly.
"Let's go, Fugaku is still waiting for news from us."
As Hei Jue finished speaking, the giant pitcher plant slowly sank into the ground.
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