From Danmachi to God of Ninja

Chapter 88: Chapter 88

"Charge!"

"Kill them!"

"Wipe out these Sunagakure bastards!"

"Long live Sunagakure!"

The moment the war began, it immediately entered a hot stage.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough."

"Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel Technique."

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage."

"Wind Release: Net."

Sunagakure’s offensive was extremely fierce.

Each of them fought as if they had activated Berserk and Hardening buffs at the same time, throwing powerful ninja tools and ninjutsu toward the Konoha shinobi as if they cost nothing.

That reckless, life-for-life fighting style frightened many Konoha shinobi at first.

Their usual battles had always involved exchanges, probing, and countering moves as they came.

But this group came up and immediately fought like madmen, catching Konoha off guard for a while and causing serious casualties.

But Konoha’s shinobi were still an elite force.

After surviving the initial confusion, they quickly stabilized their footing and even began organizing counterattacks.

As the intensity of the battle continued to rise, both sides grew furious. They bit down on each other and refused to let go, and the battle began to take on a crazed edge.

"Summoning Jutsu."

With a thick cloud of white smoke rising and spreading, a giant serpent dozens of meters long appeared in the center of the battlefield.

It was Orochimaru’s signature summon.

Manda.

Orochimaru stood high atop the serpent’s head, looking down over the battlefield from above. His eyes were cold, like a god gazing at mortals.

"Manda, crush them."

"Oh, what a delicious smell of fresh flesh and blood."

Manda let out a pleased moan.

What he loved most was fresh human flesh and blood.

In the past, Orochimaru had to offer him a large number of living sacrifices if he wanted to command him.

But now, Manda could simply do the work himself and eat his fill.

So the moment he heard Orochimaru’s order, Manda immediately began moving.

A massive ninja beast dozens of meters long and several meters thick was a terrifying killing weapon on the battlefield by size and weight alone.

Wherever he passed, large numbers of Sunagakure shinobi were crushed into paste.

"Bastard!"

Many Suna-nin’s eyes nearly split with rage.

They turned their attacks toward Manda beneath Orochimaru, and all kinds of powerful ninjutsu and ninja tools slammed into him.

Boom, boom, boom!

These ninjutsu were no simple tricks, and the number of them was enormous. If they had landed on an ordinary ninja beast, they would have been enough to turn it into a pile of rotten flesh.

But when they landed on Manda, they only caused intense pain.

And that pain made the king of snake summons feel deeply offended and enraged. His body began slithering across the ground even faster, sending Suna-nin flying wherever he passed.

Their bones cracked loudly in midair before they went completely still.

Throughout the entire process, Orochimaru stood with his hands behind his back and never personally killed a single Suna-nin.

He looked every bit like a lonely master too proud to lower himself against mere foot soldiers.

It was not that no Suna-nin tried to attack Orochimaru, but most of them were knocked away by Manda’s body before they could get close.

Their ninjutsu were also avoided by Manda’s agile movements, proving that he was indeed one of the top-tier summons.

Compared with the commotion caused by Orochimaru, the disturbance caused by Kiriya was not inferior in the slightest.

As the second strongest fighter in Konoha’s army after Orochimaru, Kiriya received an extremely high level of "special treatment."

Basically, only chūnin were qualified to approach the battlefield around him, while the core area was filled with veteran jōnin who had fought through many battles.

Even so, such powerful forces were still not enough in front of him.

Kiriya moved like the wind, one man with one sword.

Wherever his blade reached, nothing could stop him.

Almost no one could withstand a single attack from him.

Among the yellow-dominated ranks of the Suna-nin, one blood-red rose after another bloomed in a terrifying, beautiful spray.

More and more people noticed Kiriya and called their companions to surround him. Powerful Wind Release and Earth Release ninjutsu were thrown at him without mercy.

Unfortunately, Kiriya was too fast.

The insight of his Sharingan further enhanced his reaction speed.

Often, before their ninjutsu could even reach him, Kiriya had already flashed behind them and ended their lives with his sword.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Just as Kiriya was about to finish off a Suna-nin, the ground beside him suddenly exploded open.

A series of black shadows shot toward him from several directions, front, back, left, and right.

Kiriya saw them clearly.

They were poison needles fired from puppets.

Thud, thud, thud, thud!

The steel needles pierced into Kiriya’s body, but no blood sprayed out.

Instead, they made dull sounds like nails sinking into wood.

"Wood Release: Wooden Armor."

As Kiriya’s research into chakra nature transformation continued to deepen during this period, his use of Wood Release had become more and more effortless.

Mainly, it now consumed less chakra, had higher precision, and possessed greater power.

The wooden armor on his body was already as hard as iron and stone, so blocking these poison needles was naturally no problem.

"What?"

The puppeteer hiding in the dark had a drastic change of expression.

He could not understand why the seemingly slender Kiriya could withstand steel needles of such density and speed.

Not only that, Kiriya quickly locked onto his position. While avoiding the attack of a chūnin, he threw a kunai toward the puppeteer’s hiding spot.

"A kunai? What is that supposed to do?"

The puppeteer controlled his puppet to swat the kunai away. Along with his confusion, a little contempt rose in his heart.

’Was there something wrong with this guy’s brain?’

But the instant that thought appeared, sharp pain came from his throat and the back of his neck.

Then he sank forever into darkness.

"Flying Thunder God Slash."

After dealing with that puppeteer, Kiriya swept his gaze across the entire battlefield and threw the kunai in his hand one after another, specifically targeting areas where Suna-nin were densely gathered.

Then came Flying Thunder God, followed by a sword swing.

Kiriya became like a cold, efficient killing machine. Wherever he passed, life withered.

It was not that no one tried to knock away Kiriya’s kunai.

But often, the moment their weapons struck the kunai, Kiriya’s blade had already cut them down completely.

A man who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique was simply that domineering.

With Orochimaru and Kiriya as the two MVPs of the entire battlefield, Konoha’s morale rose sharply. Their attacks became more flexible and more ruthless.

Meanwhile, Sunagakure’s casualties continued to pile up until they finally reached a critical point.

"Run!"

No one knew who shouted it, but someone turned and fled into Withering and Flourishing Valley.

That action seemed to flip a switch.

A chain reaction immediately followed, and the entire Suna-nin formation quickly collapsed.

"Charge!"

Seeing this scene, Konoha’s side felt that this was a heaven-sent opportunity. Failing to seize it would be an unforgivable crime.

So they roared and charged forward, chasing after the Suna-nin and harvesting many more heads from behind.

The Suna-nin ran even faster, and the Konoha shinobi behind them chased even harder.

Orochimaru keenly sensed that something was wrong and immediately ordered the entire army to stop pursuing.

But at this point, the momentum had already formed.

Even Orochimaru, the commander, could not stop a flood that had already burst through the gates with a single order.

Soon, nearly half of Konoha’s forces surged into Withering and Flourishing Valley.

Just as they were about to continue the pursuit, they discovered that many Suna-nin had already stopped.

The eyes those Suna-nin used to look at them no longer held the panic and fear from before.

Instead, it was as if they were looking at dead men.

"What’s going on?"

The Konoha shinobi sensed that something was wrong and wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.

"Earth Release: Moving Earth Core."

As a series of loud shouts rang out, thick earthen walls rose from the ground one after another, completely sealing off the entire valley.

Then, carried by a strong wind, a cloud of purple smoke blew into the valley!

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Gonna try to fix any chinese sounding words and sentence from now on, do tell me if its too informal or some words appear hard to understand.