Chapter 155: Leave Someone for Us
Chakra surged from Renjiro's palm into the hill, and the hill began to collapse.
In just three seconds, the entire hill caved in!
The Hidden Mist rogue ninja felt the ground beneath their feet tremble.
The next second, rocks began to fall! Their expressions all turned grim!
At that time, there were only eleven ninja gathered there, and three more hadn't yet reached that chamber.
They understood that they needed to escape! However, escaping toward the cave entrance was very dangerous!
Realizing his dire situation, the rogue leader formed hand seals. Immediately, a Water Prison began to form around them. He shouted, "Pour all your chakra into this jutsu, everyone, hurry!"
The rogue ninja wasted no time and immediately began injecting chakra into the leader's Water Prison Technique. The water barrier grew larger and denser due to everyone's chakra.
Rocks continuously smashed against it but didn't damage it.
However, the first dangerous moment was when the ground beneath their feet collapsed. The water sphere also fell with it, making it extremely difficult to maintain its form.
After everyone's desperate efforts, they finally held on!
The second dangerous moment was when the water sphere hit the ground! This time, they couldn't maintain it. The impact with the ground, combined with the falling rocks, broke the jutsu!
However, four ninja immediately used Water Wall jutsu for protection.
Outside the hill:
As the mountain collapsed, the Yugakure ninja were battling traps. Takeshita built Earth Walls to protect everyone.
The ninja themselves used kunai to block the incoming senbon.
They successfully withstood this wave of trap attacks. When one of them fell to the ground, Takeshita was a bit worried.
One immediately walked toward the fallen person and checked his condition. Everyone else gathered around him. He said, "He's fine, just two senbon in his thigh."
He removed the needles and observed them. The others were worried the needles were poisoned. After examining them and the fallen ninja, he said, "The needles are coated with some anesthetic; he might sleep for a while."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Takeshita said, "You stay here and ensure his safety. Everyone else, follow me; it seems they've already started fighting, and we can't fall behind!"
Kaito, Hodaka, and Mieko took up positions in the front row, watching the small hill collapse.
However, they weren't too surprised. By now, they had witnessed many powerful techniques continuously displayed by Renjiro.
The three immediately focused their attention on the rogue ninja in the ruins. Kaito unfurled his Chakra Field to sense them.
There was no longer any need to remain hidden. He formed several hand seals and prepared a Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet. Hodaka and Mieko also got ready!
Inside the collapsed hill, there was chaos! It took the combined effort of eleven people to avoid serious injury.
However, most of them sustained minor injuries from falling rocks. One chunin suffered a minor concussion.
However, the three who weren't with them suffered. Two of them specialized in Water Release, and the last one specialized in Earth Release.
All three were awakened by the ground tremors emitted by the leader. However, they were in a deep sleep and only woke up a few seconds later.
By the time they started to move, the mountain had already begun to collapse!
They didn't understand. Similar thoughts flashed through their minds: "What in the world happened? We were sleeping peacefully! Why is this happening? It was the same just before we left that cursed place!"
The two Water Release ninja tried to protect themselves but were crushed by rocks.
The Earth Release ninja tried to burrow underground. However, the ground beneath his feet collapsed directly!
But he still managed to build an Earth Wall in time to protect himself. He was buried under the rubble but was still alive.
Before the two sides had even officially engaged, Renjiro had already eliminated almost a quarter of their numbers!
Seeing his efficiency, Kaito had only one thought in his mind: "Does he even need a squad? You've got to be kidding!"
Renjiro formed another set of hand seals, then slammed his palm on the ground, casting Earth Release: Earth Spike Jutsu.
Seeing Renjiro cast another jutsu, the same thought resurfaced in the students' minds: "Sensei, please leave someone for us!"
At the same time, the leader formed several hand seals and cast Water Release: Water Shockwave.
He spewed a stream of water that hit the rubble above them.
Upon contact, the water stream exploded, blowing away the rubble and creating an escape opening for them.
However, just then, hundreds of earth spikes appeared on the ground around them, instantly shooting toward them.
They all noticed these spikes, but their reaction speeds varied. Those who noticed immediately jumped out of the hole.
Six of them successfully jumped out of the range of the earth spikes. Three people were grazed by a few spikes. One person was stabbed by more than a dozen spikes but sustained no fatal injuries.
However, the last person was very unlucky. He was the slowest to notice and jump. He became a pincushion and died!
He didn't die alone. The last rogue ninja member who wasn't with the group also died under the jutsu. He had trapped himself within an Earth Wall and couldn't escape or defend himself quickly.
The number of rogue ninja was reduced to ten! But their suffering wasn't over yet!
After jumping out, they still had to protect themselves from surprise attacks by the students of the man who had caused them so much misery!
The first person to leave the cave entrance was the leader. As soon as he stepped out, he saw three shuriken flying toward him.
He quickly blocked the shuriken and looked in the direction of their origin. His eyes fell on Renjiro, and they widened. He exclaimed, "Damn it, it's Senju Renjiro!"
As soon as the other rogue ninja left the cave entrance, they were greeted by shuriken precisely thrown by Mieko.
Mieko aimed at the first two people to leave the ruins. Both of these were jonin and easily blocked her shuriken.
Unlike Mieko, Hodaka and Kaito both wanted to choose one target to attack.
Hodaka was ambitious! He wanted to target a jonin. Kaito, on the other hand, chose a more efficient strategy.
Hodaka ultimately chose the sensor ninja as his target.
The sensor was the third person to leave the ruins. Hodaka aimed a Vacuum Palm at his heart.
The sensor felt Hodaka attacking him. He spewed Water Bullets in retaliation. The Water Bullets collided with the Vacuum Palm, neutralizing it.
Kaito aimed at the fifth person to leave the ruins. His chakra was higher than that of an average chunin.
Kaito guessed he was a Special Jonin, so he chose him. As soon as he appeared, Kaito shot a Vacuum Bullet toward his heart.
Unlike the sensor, Kaito's target didn't have sensory abilities. Moreover, Kaito's Vacuum Bullet was many times faster than Hodaka's Vacuum Palm.
He didn't even see the attack coming, and his heart was pierced!
The Hidden Mist rogue ninja finally landed on the ruins. They watched with grim expressions. Seven of them were killed before they even clearly saw who their enemies were!
At the same time, the Yugakure ninja also arrived, landing beside Team Renjiro.
Seeing the scene before them, they all widened their eyes! Beside them were two headless corpses impaled by earth spears.
The hill where the rogue ninja were supposed to be had completely collapsed. And the nine enemies they saw all had some injuries, while the Konoha ninja didn't even have a single scratch!
The leader immediately analyzed the situation and shouted, "Scatter!"
He instantly used Body Flicker to escape. The others followed him.
Renjiro and Takeshita's squad immediately gave chase. Renjiro created a shadow clone. He himself pursued the leader, while his shadow clone pursued the sensor. Takeshita pursued the third jonin.
Kaito, Mieko, and Hodaka each chose a chunin as their target.
Mieko and Hodaka looked for chunin with higher chakra, while Kaito went after the injured chunin.
The remaining Yugakure ninja reacted half a beat slower. They were about one to two seconds behind the others.
Normally, Takeshita would command them, but due to their poor performance so far, he felt pressured.
Therefore, he quickly took action, trusting that his subordinates would do their job.
They also quickly gave chase. One pursued a chunin alone. The remaining four pursued in pairs.
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