Chapter 129: Confrontation

At the northeastern border of the Land of Fire, the battle was fierce.

In a snowy forest at the border with the Land of Hot Water, the five or six remaining Konoha ninjas looked miserable. Most of them were wounded to varying degrees, but they remained calm and fought and retreated.

Behind them were large groups of Cloud Ninjas, chasing them closely.

Boom.

Boom.

Among the large group of Cloud Ninjas shuttling between the branches of the snowy forest, two flames suddenly burst out in succession. Without a doubt, this was the most common effect of the detonation of the detonation tag.

Amid the loud noise, several Cloud Ninjas who touched the detonation tag trap were instantly blown to blood and fell down.

Beside them, the Cloud Ninjas who were closer to them couldn't help but look more solemn after seeing the tragic scene of their companions. At the same time, they slowed down their pace of pursuit involuntarily and became more cautious during the pursuit, fearing that they would follow in their footsteps.

After noticing that the speed of the pursuing Cloud Ninja slowed down slightly, the few remaining Konoha ninjas who were retreating in front of them were also able to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Damn it, I didn't expect that these guys from Konoha would set so many traps in advance."

In the vanguard of the Cloud Ninja, a sturdy, dark-skinned man looked at the enemy figure that was slightly away in front of him, and couldn't help but spit and curse.

As the vanguard captain, he felt something strange since the raid on the northeastern border of the Fire Country began. Because the members of the Konoha ninja team stationed on the border that they encountered had been discovered in advance by the perception ninja before they sneaked into the warning range of the Fire Country border.

After a brief fight between the two sides, he soon realized that this group of Konoha ninjas stationed on the border not only exceeded the regular organization in number, but also seemed to be stronger than ordinary border ninjas.

And these are not the most important. The most important thing is that in this snow forest at the junction of the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Spring, a large number of traps such as detonating talismans were deliberately set up in advance. The existence of these traps greatly slowed down their speed of action. This cannot help but make people wonder whether their plan of attacking the Land of Fire and fighting Konoha without declaration has been leaked.

Could it be that the strategic action that the top leaders have planned for a long time has actually been discovered by Konoha?

No, this is impossible!

The leader of the vanguard of the Cloud Ninja quickly abandoned this absurd idea, and then as he moved forward, his sensitivity in searching for nearby traps suddenly increased a little.

Before starting this attack on the Land of Fire, he knew that the internal part of the Cloud Village had secretly started preparations for war and personnel mobilization a long time ago.

In particular, the action of strictly sealing off the Cloud Village and investigating spies on a large scale was almost the most powerful one in history.

Just from the rumors he heard, there were more than a dozen spies lurking in other major villages who were investigated before and after. Therefore, in his mind, it was basically impossible for the village's combat intention to be leaked under such a tight information blockade.

That's right, Konoha just raised its alert because of the war in the Land of Grass.

The captain of the vanguard of the Cloud Ninja thought so subconsciously at this time.

On the other hand, the Konoha ninjas who were being chased in front were actually not as relaxed as they seemed on the surface.

The massive traps in the snow forest at the border were indeed arranged by them in advance, but this could only slightly slow down the speed of the invasion of the Cloud Ninja Vanguard. They relied on knowing the location of each trap, although they could prevent the Cloud Ninjas from catching up for a while, but this was not a long-term solution.

After all, it won't take long before this trap area will be crossed, and no matter how big the snow forest at this border is, there is an end...

"Captain Linjiao, we are about to pass through the trap area."

Among the Konoha ninjas, a border ninja who was holding his injured and bleeding arm and struggling to keep up with the speed of the crowd looked ahead and reminded anxiously.

He was the only border garrison who survived among the people of Konoha. All his Chunin subordinates had died in battle not long ago.

He was able to evacuate here with Linjiao and others because he had the strength of a Jonin. And a few days ago, the Anbu ninjas around him who were suddenly assigned to the border to perform the task of strengthening defense and alerting also tried their best to cover him in the previous evacuation battle.

Originally, Linjiao led a class of Anbu members and suddenly arrived at the northeastern border a few days ago. The border captain did not take it seriously at first.

He thought they were ordered by the Hokage to check the duty of their border garrison, but later, under the leadership of Linjiao, they set up a large number of traps and increased the scope of alert. After this series of actions, he gradually realized that there might be a war on the northeastern border.

Sure enough, this morning, a large number of Kumogakure ninja troops suddenly emerged from the direction of Yuzhiguo and invaded directly.

They immediately sent urgent information to Konoha, and then retreated here while fighting.

Linjiao was not dressed in ANBU attire today. Together with the three members of the ANBU squad beside him, they all wore Konoha forehead protectors and tactical vests, wearing the most common Konoha ninja combat uniforms, blending in with the border ninjas.

It was also for this reason that the vanguard captain of the Cloud Ninja Force was surprised by their combat power.

Lin Jiao had naturally noticed the reminder of the Konoha border captain in advance. He first glanced at the current state of the crowd, and then used the perception ninjutsu to detect the distance ahead. Then he calmly responded with an unchanged expression: "It's okay. The order given to us by the Hokage is to do our best to delay the invasion of the Cloud Ninja Army."

"After we exit this snow forest, we will trigger the last trap and then evacuate safely..."

When he heard this decision, the Konoha border captain was relieved.

Among the five people, only he was the most seriously injured. At this time, not only was there little chakra left, but even the ninja tools were basically used up. The only left hand that could still fight was undoubtedly unlikely to bring him much combat ability.

So he was very afraid that Lin Jiao decided to let everyone fight to the death to resist the Cloud Ninja Army, because this was definitely a mantis trying to stop a chariot...

Who would want to die if they could live?

Fortunately, the decision made by this middle-aged Anbu captain with short brown hair, who was gentle and had no murderous aura, was still very rational and reasonable.

Not long after, the view in front of several people finally opened up instantly.

Outside the snow forest, there was a wide field.

Before the Cloud Hidden Army, the people who left the snow forest first quickly identified the direction because they were familiar with the terrain and scattered.

Only Lin Jiao jumped a few times and quickly landed on a snow stone with a special mark more than 50 meters away from the edge of the snow forest. When he just confirmed that the reserved mark was under his feet, the opposite Rock Ninja Army finally followed.

"The trap area has passed, quickly get rid of these guys in front of you, and then target the southwest direction and attack Konoha directly!!"

The captain of the Cloud Ninja Vanguard rushed out first. When he saw Lin Jiao and the other surviving Konoha ninjas suddenly dispersed and stood still, as if they were ready to resist stubbornly, he didn't care in his heart.

He just shouted loudly to the Cloud Ninjas who kept rushing out from behind.

While speaking, his footsteps did not stop, but rushed straight to Lin Jiao.

Behind him, a large number of cloud ninjas appeared like locusts and rushed out of the snow forest one after another. Then, the sound of response was heard one after another. In this situation, facing the overwhelming momentum of the cloud ninjas, only those with strong psychological quality could not be overwhelmed by the momentum of so many ninjas rushing towards them at the same time.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, and was already more than 50 meters away from him, Lin Jiao's calm eyes suddenly burst into a cold light, and then he roared and began to seal:

"Come on, you bastards of the Cloud Village, this is the last gift for you..."

When he started to seal, the other three Anbu almost cooperated tacitly at the same time, and their fingers turned flexibly.

Almost at the same time, the four people who completed the seal slapped their palms on the snow together and shouted in unison: "Fire Style: Detonation Flame Formation!!"

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