stonecrandall Chapter 561 Contempt from High Above
Chapter 561 Contempt from High Above
The Land of Earth, Hidden Rock Village.
The atmosphere in the towering rock buildings was so oppressive it was almost oppressive.
Tsuchikage's office.
The short-statured Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, hovered in mid-air, holding a scroll of encrypted intelligence that had just been delivered by the fastest, Iwataka.
That face, already wrinkled from years of age, was now contorted into a grimace, looking even uglier than the hardest rock outside the village.
"Useless! A bunch of useless trash!"
With a roar, the scroll bearing the humiliation of Sunagakure was instantly reduced to dust in Onoki's hands.
The intelligence was simple, yet deadly.
Sunagakure has been defeated.
Before a proper battle could even take place, they were suppressed by the three-person delegation from Konoha.
Chiyo's White Secret Technique: The Ten Ninja of Chikamatsu was broken by several sword strikes, and all the village's ninjas laid down their weapons and surrendered, raising the white flag.
The key point is—
The Third Kazekage, Retsumon, was completely slacking off throughout!
"That bastard Retsumon! That old hag Chiyo! The glory of Sunagakure has been so easily thrown into the sand by them!"
Onoki was so angry that he trembled all over, and his signature bright red nose became even more vivid due to the blood rushing to his nose.
Onoki has never thought much of Sunagakure.
In his view, those guys who only knew how to manipulate puppets and use sandstorms were as weak-willed as quicksand and were utterly vulnerable.
Even so, he never expected that Sunagakure would be defeated so quickly and so completely!
This is no longer a defeat in war; it is a complete loss of dignity!
What irritated and angered him even more were the names of the three Konoha envoys in the intelligence report.
Danzo Shimura, Kagami Uchiha, and Sakumo Hatake.
Onoki still had some recollection of the first two; they were high-ranking members of Konoha of the same generation as Hiruzen Sarutobi, and their strength was considerable.
But that Hatake Sakumo... According to the village's intelligence reports over the past few years, didn't this man become the head of Konoha's farm after changing careers?
How could a farmer with two others wipe out Sunagakure?
"Hiruzen Sarutobi...you've got some skills!"
Ōnoki gritted his teeth and squeezed out the name.
He instantly understood Hiruzen Sarutobi's cunning scheme.
To defeat Sunagakure with a mere farmer is the ultimate humiliation and the most blatant boast!
He was declaring to the entire ninja world that Konoha's strength had exceeded everyone's imagination.
Even a ninja in charge of logistics has the strength of a Kage, enough to suppress an entire village!
"Father!"
A calm and loud voice rang out from outside the door, interrupting Onoki's anger.
The stone door to the office was pushed open, and a man with a burly, mountain-like figure and a square face walked in. He was Onoki's son, and the core fighting force of Iwagakure—Kiwatsuchi.
"I've said it so many times, refer to your job title at work!"
Onoki snorted coldly, landed slowly, and resumed his majestic posture as the Tsuchikage.
"Ahem, Lord Tsuchikage, according to the latest intelligence from the border, another delegation from Konoha... has already entered our territory." Huang Tu's face was solemn.
"Oh? You're here?"
Onoki's lips curled into a cold smile. "Which old geezers did Hiruzen Sarutobi send?"
"Not an old guy..."
Huang Tu shook his head and handed over another piece of information, "It's three young people, the ones from a few years ago... the Legendary Sannin of Konoha."
Onoki took the information and glanced at it only once.
Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya.
Three young names.
"The Legendary Sannin of Konoha?"
"Haha...hahahaha..."
"Fine, fine, fine. In his eyes, we're not even as good as Sunagakure."
Ōnoki looked at the three names, first chuckled softly, then burst into unrestrained maniacal laughter, "Sarutobi Hiruzen thinks he can cause trouble in my Land of Earth with just three disciples?"
His laughter was full of contempt and disdain.
"Does he think my Iwagakure is as spineless as Sunagakure?!"
"Relay my orders!"
Onoki turned around abruptly, his voice echoing like thunder in the office.
"Activate the highest level of war preparedness! Let everyone see what the true Will of Stone is!"
"yes!"
Huang Tu nodded heavily, then turned and left.
A moment later, the entire Hidden Stone Village seemed to awaken like a sleeping giant beast.
Accompanied by piercing alarms and muffled horn calls, countless Iwagakure ninja rushed toward the village's border.
A massive, hard, stubborn chakra, imbued with the scent of earth and rock, began to gather on the barren land of the Land of Earth.
……
at the same time.
On the border of the Land of Earth lies a desolate, rocky desert.
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru had just set foot on this land.
In stark contrast to the vibrant Land of Fire, the sky here is hazy, and the air is filled with the dry smell of dust and a faint sense of desolation.
Looking around, there was nothing but jagged rocks and barren mountains, not a single patch of green.
"What a horrible place."
Jiraiya kicked aside a pebble and couldn't help but complain, "You can't even see a blade of grass. If you stay here too long, you'll turn into stone, won't you?"
"No wonder they all seem so blank."
Tsunade shot Jiraiya a cold glare, and Jiraiya immediately shut his mouth in embarrassment.
Orochimaru squatted down with great interest, picked up a handful of sand, sniffed it, and then licked it with his tongue.
"The geological composition is very unique, with extremely high mineral content, and the earth-attribute chakra in the air is unusually active. Practicing earth-style techniques in this environment is twice as effective with half the effort."
He let out a hoarse laugh, his golden vertical pupils gleaming with the light of a researcher seeing a novel sample. "It's also an excellent environment for modifying the body."
Tsunade gave him a disgusted look: "Don't bring your perverse sense of humor into the mission."
Just then.
Rumbling--
The earth trembled violently without warning.
The ground beneath their feet undulated like waves, and a deep, thunderous roar echoed from the distant horizon.
Jiraiya and Tsunade immediately became alert and assumed fighting stances.
Only Orochimaru remained engrossed in the conversation.
Under the watchful eyes of the three, on the horizon in front of them, a yellowish-brown line was rising, thickening, and stretching wildly to both sides at a visible speed!
That's a wall!
A colossal wall, so magnificent it takes your breath away, constructed entirely of rock and earth.
It was like an earthen dragon emerging from the depths of hell, stretching across the heavens and earth, completely severing all sightlines and paths in front of the three.
The wall kept rising, one meter, two meters, five meters...
It extends to the left and right, as if to isolate the entire Land of Earth from the outside world.
—The War Formation of Iwagakure
On the wall, countless figures appeared, hundreds and thousands of Iwagakure ninjas standing ready.
They wore the uniforms of Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), their faces bearing the unwavering resolve and coldness of rocks. The chakra they exuded converged, forming an immense, chilling pressure.
Leading the group was a man with a towering, mountain-like physique—Huang Tu.
"Ahead, the restricted area of Konoha!"
The voice of the loess earth, like a resounding bell, echoed throughout the Gobi Desert: "Those who cross the line, die!"
High in the sky, tens of meters away.
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, was using a specially made telescope to look down at this spectacular scene.
He saw the earthen wall that could be described as an insurmountable chasm, the thousands of resolute elites of the Rock Village on the wall, and the three figures below the wall, as insignificant as ants.
"hehe."
Onoki's lips curled into a sneer of utter disdain.
He said to his trusted confidant, the captain of the Iwagakure demolition squad, in an almost mocking tone, "They're just three brats."
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, is this your answer? I'm so disappointed."
Faced with this formidable defense, Jiraiya let out a loud whistle, put his hands in his pockets, and instead of looking listless, appeared quite excited.
"Oh dear, isn't this welcoming ceremony a bit too elaborate?"
Tsunade's expression darkened. She felt the immense pressure from the combined forces of thousands of ninjas, as well as the almost unreasonable and overwhelming power contained within the earthen wall itself.
However, instead of being intimidated, Orochimaru let out his signature hoarse laugh, full of pleasure.
"Sparashi...it really is Sparashi!"
He licked his lips, and a sickly light flickered in his golden vertical pupils.
Instead of looking at the enemy on the wall, he examined the work like a critical artist scrutinizing a poorly made piece of art.