Konoha's Hextech Ninja

The difference might be less than a second, but in the fast-paced ninja battles, even a fraction of a second can sometimes determine who is superior or even whether they live or die.

As for the high spirit attribute bonus brought by the [Soul Devouring] Hextech, it can only be considered as a way to address Yagami Yoruichi's weaknesses.

After all, those who died at the hands of Yagami Yoruichi were mainly genin and chunin, whose attributes weren't particularly high.

Given Yagami Yoruichi's attribute panel, even adding several thousand points to her 'Spirit' attribute wouldn't result in a significant improvement.

More accumulation is needed before there can be a more significant improvement.

After glancing at it a few times, Yagami Yoruichi closed the system panel and looked up at the scene.

After resting for more than two hours, Xing said that although her body had not yet fully recovered, it had shown significant improvement.

The more optimistic 'four-hour' break time is getting closer and closer.

"Has everyone had enough rest?"

Yagami Yoruichi spoke up, "How about we continue?"

"can."

Hatake Sakumo nodded, looked at Yakushi Nonou, and asked, "Can you still hold on?"

All four members of the team were strong enough. Even Mokumo, who had the worst physical talent, was still at a pretty good level among Jonin.

After a short rest, you can quickly recover most of your strength.

Of all the ninjas, Yakushi Nonou was the weakest, both in terms of physical fitness and ninja skills, and he recovered slowly when he rested.

At this moment, she still looked pale and exhausted, covered in sweat.

"I can manage!" Yakushi Nonou forced herself to stand up and said, "However, if I maintain my previous speed, I might only be able to last for half a day. You'll need to take turns carrying me."

When they were escaping, the team members took turns carrying Yakushi Nonou to help her speed up and reduce her energy consumption.

Even so, she was the first in the team to give up.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the first to give up on the rest of the journey.

“Let’s travel a little further,” Yagami Yoruichi said. “I remember there’s a great canyon about two hundred kilometers ahead. We can shake off our pursuers there.”

"The Grand Canyon?" Sakumo Hatake frowned and said, "That's not on our planned route."

“But on the backup route,” Yagami Yoruichi said, “I have a technique that might be useful in that kind of terrain.”

After a slight hesitation, Yagami Yoruichi continued, "This teleportation ninjutsu, similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique, can teleport everyone for tens of kilometers. Although it will exhaust my chakra, there will be no trace within tens of kilometers, which is enough for us to temporarily shake off our pursuers."

Yagami Yoruichi was very clear about Hatake Sakumo's personality.

If I don't clearly explain my trump card, "Curved Mirror Leap," he definitely won't agree to temporarily change the retreat route.

After all, the main retreat route chosen was the one with the lowest difficulty in retreating.

The alternative route is merely a temporary backup plan in case the original route encounters problems and evacuation cannot continue.

"Space-time ninjutsu?!"

Sakumo Hatake, Kosuke Maruhoshi, and the others all showed expressions of surprise.

Sakumo Hatake exclaimed excitedly, "Yoruichi, you've mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique?!"

“It’s not the Flying Thunder God Technique.” Yagami Yoruichi shook his head.

Yoruichi Yagami hasn't even mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique yet.

She had only just begun her research when Sakumo Hatake pulled her into this task, leaving her no time to continue her studies.

Unable to explain the system's issues, Yagami Yoruichi made up a story: "It's another ninjutsu developed based on the principles of the Flying Thunder God Technique. It's not very suitable for combat, requiring some preparation time. But in the current situation, this technique can help us shake off our pursuers."

"Great!" Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's words, Hatake Sakumo did not hesitate for a moment and immediately said, "Then let's change the route! I'll take the 'VIPs,' Yoruichi, you lead the way, and get to the Grand Canyon as fast as possible. We'll use the terrain there to shake off our pursuers!"

The group quickly sprang into action, erasing any trace of their encampment, stepping onto the treetops, and swiftly disappearing into the distance.

On the way, Yagami Yoruichi sensed the memories transmitted back from the dissipation of her shadow clone in the metropolis of the Land of Earth. She silently took out a special soldier pill from the Akimichi clan from her ninja tool pouch and put it in her mouth. With the help of the nutrients and medicinal power provided by the soldier pill, she began to refine her chakra.

Two hours later, the group arrived at their destination.

Ahead, a massive canyon tears the earth apart, with an astonishing span of over twenty kilometers between the cliffs on either side.

Below is a bottomless abyss.

The cliffs on both sides are almost vertical, perpetually shrouded in mist, and covered with a layer of slippery moss.

Even a skilled ninja could find themselves in serious trouble if they accidentally fell.

"This is the Grand Canyon. Even at its narrowest point, the two banks span more than ten kilometers."

Yakushi Nonou, who had been lurking in Iwagakure for many years, knew the area very well. She said, "Almost no one has ever been to the bottom of the canyon. Even the ninjas of Iwagakure are definitely not familiar with the environment here. If we can cross over, they will have to take a detour, which will at least buy us a day."

"How are you, Yoruichi? Is there any problem?" Sakumo Hatake asked Yoruichi with concern.

If Yagami Yoruichi's 'Space-Time Ninjutsu' can't teleport everyone to the other side of the canyon, then things will be in trouble.

This canyon is thousands of kilometers long, so if you want to take a detour, you'd have to go around it in a huge circle.

"No problem, just a moment." Yagami Yoruichi said, closing her eyes and focusing on gathering her chakra.

A vast amount of chakra overflowed from his body, condensing into a huge array under Yagami Yoru's foot.

The formation of the array has a completely different structure from the sealing techniques of the ninja world. If there were a master of sealing techniques here, he would be completely dumbfounded at first glance and start to question his life.

As chakra was injected, the array gradually became complete, and at the same time, a stream of chakra extended from Yagami Yoruichi, linking everyone together.

Just to be on the safe side, Yagami Yoruichi did not choose the minimum teleportation distance that was just enough to cross the canyon, but instead set it to thirty kilometers.

Target: the other side of the canyon!

A few seconds felt like an eternity.

The moment the formation was fully completed, the five figures vanished from their original positions.

Chapter 151 Teleportation: Escaping the Pursuit

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

A series of whooshing sounds rang out.

A group of ninjas dressed as members of the Iwagakure ninja clan returned from different directions and gathered at the edge of the cliff.

"Lord Huangtu, no trace of the enemy has been found."

An undercover agent reported, "After they escaped here, it was as if they vanished into thin air."

Huang Tu was not surprised by this answer.

They are ninjas with extremely high overall quality, and they have already conducted a preliminary reconnaissance.

The secondary check in the shadows was merely to prevent any subtle traces from going unnoticed.

Now that they have confirmed the information, Huang Tu can no longer rely on luck.

"Lord Huangtu, could it be that they flew away?" The Eastern Dead looked at the canyon ahead, and a faint outline could be seen in the cliff face on the other side of the canyon.

Iwagakure has flying ninjutsu, although currently only the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, has mastered it.

Therefore, upon seeing the terrain, their first thought was that the enemy had crossed the canyon ahead by flying to reach the other side.

This also explains why the enemy's tracks completely disappear when they reach the edge of the cliff.

“It seems very likely right now,” Huang Tu nodded, “but we can’t fly there…”

“If we take the detour, it will take at least a day,” the Eastern Dead Man said.

"This distance is too far. If it were closer, I could use the Gangli Technique to create a rock giant and throw the person over there..." Huang Tu muttered.

“My hometown is nearby, so I’m very familiar with the area,” a Chunin from Iwagakure Village said. “If you go north for a while, you’ll reach the narrowest part of the canyon, which is only a dozen kilometers long.”

“More than ten kilometers…” Huang Tu thought for a moment and said, “We can give it a try. Monkey, you contact the village and find a few homing pigeons to come over. The rest of you, come with me.”

As he spoke, Huang Tu had the Chunin who was familiar with the terrain lead the way to the narrowest part of the canyon.

The weather is nice today, and the canyon has a wide and open terrain, so you can clearly see the scene on the other side from this spot.

"It's about eleven kilometers by visual estimation."

Huang Tu looked at the Dead Man to the East: "Dead Man to the East, if I throw you over from this position, how confident are you that you'll land safely?"

He would have to use all his strength to create a giant rock giant using the Gangli style technique to throw a person that far.

However, this also brings up a problem.

A person can leap more than ten kilometers like a cannonball; the impact is terrifying.

The biggest problem is how to land safely.

Dong Siren was nervous inside, but he put on a confident look and gritted his teeth, saying, "Come on, I'm absolutely fine with it!"

"After you get there, confirm the enemy's whereabouts. If you do find them, notify us immediately via carrier pigeon," Huang Tu instructed, quickly forming hand seals and slamming his hands onto the ground: "Earth Release - Hardened Form Technique!"

A rock giant over 100 meters tall rose from the ground, and every move it made caused the earth to tremble.

"Eastern Dead Man, come up here." Huang Tu controlled the rock giant to extend his hand.

The Eastern Dead Man leaped onto the giant's palm, releasing chakra from his feet to firmly attach his body to the giant's hand.

Under the control of the loess, the rock giant straightened up and assumed a throwing posture.

The next moment, the rock giant swung his arm violently, throwing the Eastern Dead Man in his hand toward the other side of the canyon with all his might.

The Eastern Dead Man flew across the canyon at an astonishing speed, tracing a parabolic arc before plummeting towards the cliff on the opposite bank.

"At that speed, a direct collision would really kill you!"

The wind was so strong that Dong Siren couldn't even open his eyes. He desperately gathered his chakra, formed hand seals, and released one ninjutsu after another in mid-air.

Stone pillars grew out of the East Dead Man's palm, slammed heavily into the ground, and then broke apart, dissipating the force of the recoil.

After releasing several ninjutsu techniques in succession, the speed at which the Eastern Dead Man fell finally decreased to a relatively safe level. Only then did he dispel the ninjutsu and land heavily on the ground.

Having landed safely, Higashi Shijin breathed a sigh of relief, muttering to himself, "Half of my chakra was gone. That was dangerous!"

Standing up, he checked himself over and, confirming that he was not injured, Dong Siren turned around and waved to Huang Tu and the others on the other side of the canyon.

But at such a great distance, even though a ninja's five senses far exceed those of a normal person, he still cannot see his movements clearly.

Unless they are ninjas with special eye techniques.

Without much thought, Dong Siren immediately created several shadow clones and began searching for any traces the enemy might have left behind along the cliff edge.

……

On the other side.

Yagami Yoruichi and his group had already run several hundred kilometers.

"We should be able to shake off the enemy for now and rest here for a bit."

Yagami Yoruichi said, "I need to recover my chakra."

The [Curved Mirror Leap] technique just now consumed 30,000 chakra points, further depleting the chakra that Yagami Yoruichi had painstakingly recovered.

With only a little over 20,000 chakra left, it's an extremely dangerous number for Yoruichi Yagami.

Taking advantage of the enemy's inability to catch up in a short time, restoring chakra as quickly as possible is of paramount importance.

As long as she has enough chakra, even in the worst-case scenario—if caught by the enemy—Yagami Yoruichi can activate [Curved Mirror Leap] again, bringing with her a bloody aura.

Sakumo Hatake and the others naturally had no objection to this.

"I'm going to find something to eat. We're still in danger and can't start a fire to cook, but there are some foods in the wild that can be eaten raw to replenish our strength."

Kosuke Maruhoshi volunteered to take on the task of finding food.

"Although we have temporarily shaken off our pursuers, the Land of Earth is the home ground of the Iwagakure people. They will eventually track us down again, so we cannot let our guard down."

Hatake Sakumo glanced at Yakushi Nonou, then quickly looked away and said, "The Iwa ninja should have already confirmed our identities, or at least have some suspicions. If we return directly through the Land of Grass or the Land of Rain, the Iwa ninja might have already sealed off the border. I suggest we change direction and detour through the northern part of the Land of Taki, returning to Konoha via the Land of Iron."

A map of the ninja world appeared in Yagami Yoruichi's mind.

The Land of Earth is bordered by the sea to the north, and to its northeast lies the Land of Taki, and further east is the Land of Iron.

Traveling south from the Land of Iron, one can return to the territory of the Land of Fire.

If they can successfully leave the Land of Earth, the intensity of the Iwa ninja's pursuit will inevitably decrease.

After all, although Takigakure is a small country, Takigakure is not weak. It ranks in the first tier below the five great ninja villages, and Iwagakure must also consider the impact on diplomacy.