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Chapter 331 The Edo Tensei Army Makes its Appearance

Fire Release: Fireball Technique

As the Konoha ninja completed his hand seals, he blew out a fireball the size of a human head, which flew towards the opposite side at a moderate speed, and then with a bang, blasted a White Zetsu to pieces.

The shattered body of the White Zetsu was not dead yet, wriggling as if trying to recover, but was stepped on by the White Zetsu next to it, followed by more feet, and soon it became completely still.

Even if they weren't stepped on, they wouldn't survive; White Zetsu's healing ability isn't that advanced.

Bai Jue didn't need to form hand seals; he simply spat out a cloud of white mist, which drifted away and, luckily, wasn't caught by any ninjutsu. Instead, it landed on a desperate Konoha ninja.

Wood Release: Spore Technique

The next moment, the Konoha ninja was enveloped by the expanding white substance, all his chakra was drained, and he was powerless to break free, suffocating to death.

Neither the White Zetsu nor the ninjas dodged.

It wasn't that they didn't want to hide, but rather that they were surrounded by their own people, leaving them no room to escape.

Even more terrifying was that the sky was filled with ninjutsu: fireballs, spore mists, wood-style spikes, rocks, wind blades, and ball lightning flying around.

Ninjutsu techniques interfere with each other, sometimes colliding and annihilating each other, sometimes brushing past each other and changing their trajectory, and no one knows where they will end up.

In such a chaotic situation, even someone with the three-tomoe Sharingan would be unable to make a judgment in advance, unless the ninjutsu had already hit their face.

Of course, it was too late to hide then.

The characteristics of the ninja profession are high attack and high speed. Most ninjas have very poor defense and can be killed instantly by a single ninjutsu.

The main way ninjas protect themselves is by dodging and hiding.

Normally, a three-person ninja team would spread out in a formation of 15 to 20 meters to avoid being killed by a C-rank ninjutsu that could injure two members.

A 30-person ninja squad can deploy within a 300-meter radius, preventing two squads from being wiped out simultaneously by a single B-rank ninjutsu.

Similarly, a 300-person ninja squad could spread out to a distance of 1000 meters.

A battle involving tens of thousands of ninjas from both sides could cover an area of ​​several hundred kilometers.

The ninjas stretched the war out to such a large area in order to gain room to dodge and avoid being easily taken away by ninjutsu.

After all, if you can't dodge it, you'll only die.

However, the Fourth Shinobi World War was different. There were too many ninjas and White Zetsu participating in the war, and the battlefield was too narrow. All the people and monsters were crowded together.

The deaths were happening far too frequently, and the atmosphere on the battlefield was more brutal and bloody than ever before. The cruelty was insane, and even the ninjas who had been living on the edge of death could not bear it.

This is not the kind of war that ninjas in the ninja world are familiar with. This is a completely new mode of warfare, which the ninjas all find unfamiliar, and this unfamiliarity breeds fear.

Fear then fueled madness, leading to even more horrific killings.

Neither side had a way out but to keep adding troops, thus increasing the density of the battlefield.

The ninjas in command couldn't take it anymore and suggested to their superiors, "Let's retreat. We're suffering too many ninja casualties; we can't keep fighting like this."

The ninja armies from all four directions offered nearly identical suggestions, which flowed like water to the General Staff Headquarters accompanying the army.

However, the retreat at this point was not a tactical adjustment, but a campaign-level decision on whether to fight or not, which exceeded the authority granted to the General Staff by the Fifth Hokage, Natsume.

Nara Shikaku then handed this difficult problem over to the front-line command.

The Fourth Raikage, Third Tsuchikage, Fifth Mizukage, and Fifth Kazekage at the front-line command post were also dumbfounded; they didn't know what to do either.

After some debate, the Raikage and Kazekage insisted on attacking, while the Tsuchikage and Mizukage supported retreating, resulting in a stalemate of two to two.

The Fourth Raikage then turned on the communicator and informed the Fifth Hokage of the situation.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Zuo made a decision. He set the Fourth Raikage's communicator to speaker mode and transmitted his voice to the Fourth Kage's ears through the microphone.

"My decision is simple: continue the attack, increase the intensity, and launch a full-scale attack."

Xia Zuo did not feign modesty, but stated directly that this was his decision, a decision that brooked no questioning from the Four Shadows.

However, he also gave a specific explanation: "Those white monsters are called White Zetsu. They have the ability to conceal their presence, the ability to disguise themselves by even mimicking chakra fluctuations, and the ability to infiltrate underground. Their combat strength is basically equivalent to that of a Chunin."

"White Zetsu is a monster that survives on Wood Release chakra. It can go for months without food or water, does not need to use ninja tools in battle, and has no logistical support. It is the most suitable monster for guerrilla warfare, which is familiar to ninjas."

"But the Allied Shinobi Forces can't do that. Every ninja needs to eat and drink. If they really back down and start a guerrilla war with the White Zetsu, it will drag the war indefinitely, at least for three to five years."

"Gentlemen, the daily consumption of 17 ninja troops is staggering. Not to mention Konoha Village, even the combined wealth of the five great ninja villages could not withstand the consumption over the years."

"The format of the Fourth Shinobi World War is very unfamiliar, and I know that the shinobi on the front lines are having a very tough time."

"But we must note that this fiercely contested battlefield is even less friendly to White Zetsu, and their combat power is weakened even more."

"Therefore we must persevere and completely crush the White Zetsu army in order to avoid even greater losses that will inevitably follow."

Xia Zuo's resolute attitude persuaded the four Kage, and the order was relayed to the front lines through the General Staff, suppressing the discontent of all the ninjas and pushing the intensity of the battlefield to an even higher level.

Unlike ninjas who actively respond, White Zetsu lacks this awareness of reacting upwards.

As a weapon of war, White Zetsu's execution is extremely resolute, making it far superior to ninjas in this respect.

So while the ninjas wavered because of the bloodshed, White Zetsu obeyed orders in a rigid manner, unhesitatingly throwing himself into the meat grinder on the front line, resolutely advancing before turning into clumps of minced meat.

The White Zetsu thus gained the upper hand on the front lines, forcing the front-line commanding ninjas to deploy their reserves in order to maintain stability.

However, the initiative of ninjas is never all bad. When the Fifth Hokage issued his order, all the ninjas felt Xia Zuo's determination.

The ninjas had no choice but to grit their teeth and fight, and begin to focus their attention on the battlefield, studying this unfamiliar battlefield and unfamiliar enemies.

The ninjas quickly identified the characteristics of White Zetsu and, based on these characteristics and their own ninjutsu, developed various targeted tactics.

Tactics that prove successful in practice will be discovered by the General Staff and quickly shared with other fronts, continuously improving the combat effectiveness of all ninjas.

The Allied Shinobi Forces quickly regained the upper hand and began to put pressure on the White Zetsu army.

Nagato looked at Madara Uchiha, who shook his head and said, "White Zetsu is ultimately just a tool; it cannot replace a ninja's combat ability."

"It's already confirmed that this kind of battlefield is not suitable for White Zetsu to perform, so let's deploy the powerful resurrected ninjas to the battlefield. By using the ninjutsu of these powerful ninjas, we can break up the enemy's organization and restore the balance."

Madara Uchiha continued, "I don't care how many White Zetsu die. I want to see how many ninjas die that the Five Kage can't afford."

"As long as the Five Kage waver and choose to let the ninjas retreat, they will not be able to reorganize their attack tomorrow, and we will have won."

He pointed south and said, "Our biggest weakness is in this direction. The Edo Tensei ninjas have appeared, so I should go and stop the Konoha ninjas."

"I'm leaving the rest to you, Nagato."

Nagato nodded, slightly moved, and solemnly promised, "Please rest assured, no matter where the problem arises, I will resolve it."

Meanwhile, Konan formed hand seals, urging the reanimated ninjas who had been hiding among the White Zetsu to attack.

The situation on the battlefield has changed once again.

A white cube appeared in front of the Iwagakure ninja, and the Iwagakure ninja who was enveloped by the cube instantly turned into ashes.

【Dust Release: Particle Style Detachment Technique】

A short, stocky child appeared before the Hidden Mist ninja and the Hidden Leaf Village ninja who were assisting them.

It emitted a strong oily smell, and under the attack of the Hidden Mist Ninja, it emitted increasingly frighteningly high temperatures, eventually exploding into a thick cloud of scorching steam.

Enveloped in the explosion and steam, the Hidden Mist ninja and Konoha ninja let out heart-wrenching screams, but soon lost their lives.

[Water Escape Secret Technique - Steaming Danger and Violent Power]

A blue-haired ninja appeared before the Sand Village ninja. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a storm of golden sand that swept over them, crushing any Sand Village ninja who were covered into a bloody pulp.

【Magnetic Escape. Golden Sands and Tidal Waves】

The ninja who appeared before the Cloud Village ninja was even more frightening. He was an old man with dark skin, light yellow hair and a long beard, a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his chest and a "thunder" tattoo on his right shoulder.

The old man didn't use ninjutsu attacks; instead, his entire body crackled with electricity as he punched and kicked the Cloud Village ninja, knocking one of them down with a single punch.

[Lightning Release: Lightning Chakra Mode]

When these images of ninjas were transmitted to the front-line command, the Four Kage were in an uproar once again.

"What?" The Fourth Raikage jumped to his feet. "Father?"

The Third Tsuchikage stared in disbelief: "This...this is my teacher?"

The Fifth Kazekage was dumbfounded. If the Fourth Raikage hadn't been faster, he probably would have called out "Dad!"

The Fifth Mizukage sighed repeatedly, "How could we be so unlucky? How could it be the Second Mizukage? He's the most dangerous Mizukage!"

Before they could react further, a cloud of white smoke suddenly exploded in the command center.

The Fifth Hokage appeared at the command center using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and he also brought Naruto Uzumaki with him.

Then two more puffs of white smoke exploded, and the Second Hokage appeared with the First Hokage, followed by the Fourth Hokage with the Third Hokage.

Inside the command post.

It's quite reasonable for Konoha Village's spaceship to have the Flying Thunder God Seal placed in advance.

Seeing the five Hokage appear at the same time, four of them had cracks on their faces and black whites in their eyes, just like the dead people on the front line.

The four Kage were immediately startled and almost jumped up to confront the Fifth Hokage.

But then they realized that none of the four of them could defeat the Fifth Hokage, and that the other party had four other Hokage, so they had no chance of winning and gave up and sat back down.

Xia Zuo said, "You should all know our Konoha Village's First Hokage, Second Hokage, Third Hokage, and Fourth Hokage."

"To explain, this is the effect of the [Impure World Reincarnation Technique]. It uses the flesh and blood of the dead to summon the soul that has not yet dissipated from the Pure Land to the present world."

"The deaths at the front lines were also due to this technique. The caster was a spy sent to our Konoha Village by Sasori of the Red Sand. He stole this technique from Orochimaru."

"I don't think anyone will blame me, right?"

As he spoke, the Fifth Hokage scanned the faces of the four Kage with his eyes, exuding a strong sense of pressure and a threatening attitude.

The four Kage really wanted to curse. The battle on the front lines was going well, and the ninjas from each village had figured out how to deal with White Zetsu, making the fight easier and easier.

Just when things were looking up, a bunch of dead bodies suddenly appeared. They were all senior experts from the Four Kage. It was obvious that this was the work of the rogue ninja from Konoha and the Second Hokage, that forbidden technique maniac.

Before they could even open their mouths to question him, that bastard Fifth Hokage jumped out on his own.

Not only did he admit without any remorse that it belonged to Konoha Village Inui, but he also shamelessly demanded that the Four Kage not blame him.

Damn it, it was clearly the ninjas from your village who did it, so why can't you, the current Hokage, be blamed?

However, since no one could beat him, they really didn't dare to curse this shameless and vicious guy.

Under the Fifth Hokage's piercing gaze, the four Kage recalled the victories he had achieved against their own villages, so they set aside their unnecessary pride and wholeheartedly accepted the Fifth Hokage's request.

"Yes, yes, how can you blame the Fifth Hokage?" the Fourth Raikage said through gritted teeth.

The Third Tsuchikage's eyes widened in anger, his tone stiff: "In such a large village, it's normal for mistakes to happen occasionally—we have rogue ninjas in my Iwagakure village too."

The Fifth Mizukage bit his full lower lip, and after a long pause, finally managed to utter, "When it comes to spies, our Kirigakure has far more, ahahaha, hahaha—"

The Fifth Kazekage's lips moved, but in the end, he said nothing.

He's still too young and has too much pride.

But Xia Zuo was already quite satisfied. He withdrew his gaze from the four Kage and argued without changing his expression, "I discovered the spy's activities in advance, so I awakened the Hokage of all generations to deal with this moment."

"Those appearing on the front lines now are all outstanding Kage from past generations. Their techniques are very dangerous, and we need you all to deal with them."

"If you feel you can't win, you can request support from a Hokage."

"After all, there are definitely more than just these four dead people who have been awakened."

More and more images were being transmitted from the front lines, each one eliciting a gasp of surprise.

The Third Hokage: "Hanzo the Salamander!"

Fourth Raikage: "Brubi!"

The Fourth Hokage breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Hyuga Hizashi. Thank goodness."

The Third Tsuchikage remained unfazed: "So it was Hunting."

The Fifth Kazekage exclaimed in surprise, "There's even Lady Yekura here?"

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