Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 259 Twin Shadows Descend, Sweeping Across the Northwest

three days later.

Northwest defense line, the plains of the land of grass.

The battle remains fierce.

After the assassination attempt involving black market bounties, Iwagakure adopted a more conservative "ironclad" tactic.

They used massive earth magic to create a sturdy fortress stretching for kilometers, advancing step by step.

Despite his bravery, Hatake Sakumo found himself struggling against this bulldozing-like positional warfare. Konoha's casualty figures continued to rise.

Dusk. The sky was dark.

The forward position of Iwagakure.

Several Iwa ninja are on patrol.

"This awful weather is so depressing."

"I heard that Konoha is about to collapse. If we advance another ten kilometers, we can completely cut off their supply lines."

While they were chatting idly.

"Hey, look over there—"

An Iwa ninja pointed to the thick fog ahead.

Two figures are slowly walking towards them.

They did not hide their whereabouts.

"Who goes there! Stop right there!"

Iwagakure raised his kunai and shouted a warning.

The two people did not stop.

As they got closer, they could see the two faces clearly.

The patrolling Iwa ninja were all petrified.

"That—that is—"

"The Third Raikage?!"

"Impossible! He was clearly dead within our Iwagakure encirclement! I even saw his body with my own eyes!"

"Who's that next to him? That's—the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure?!"

The dead have come back to life?

"What a joke! This is just superstition!"

The patrol captain suppressed his fear and formed a hand seal.

"Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spear!"

Sharp rocks pierced through the bodies of the Raikage and Kazekage, emerging from the ground.

"Hit!"

However, the next second.

No blood flowed out.

The two bodies that had been pierced through turned into countless pieces of dust that flew around like scraps of paper, and they actually passed right through the rock spear and continued to move forward.

"Monster!"

The Iwa ninja were shocked.

The Third Raikage raised his hand.

Zizizi!

Lightning flashed.

"Hellfire Thrust - One-Shot Punch!"

Lightning ripped across the twilight sky.

It was just one strike.

The earthen walls of the Iwagakure forward position, along with the dozens of Iwagakure ninja behind them, were instantly torn apart.

"Boom!"

The explosion alarmed the entire Iwagakure camp.

"Enemy attack!"

The alarm blared through the sky.

Countless Iwa ninja rushed out of their tents.

But what awaited them was the end of the world.

The third generation of Kazekage rose into the sky.

"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Rain!"

A deluge of black iron sand rained down. Each grain of iron sand contained terrifying kinetic energy, easily piercing through the bodies of the Iwa ninja.

"Ahhhhh!"

The screams were like those of hell.

The rear of the army.

The loess soil was washed out.

He saw the two figures wreaking havoc in the crowd, and his eyes widened.

"The Third Raikage! The Third Kazekage! How is this possible?!"

These two are among the top figures in the ninja world.

The Earth Release defenses that Iwagakure was so proud of were no match for the Raikage's "strongest spear".

The Kazekage's Magnet Release is an even more powerful tool for clearing large areas.

"Use sealing magic! Quickly use sealing magic to seal them!"

Huang Tu roared and personally stepped forward.

"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Two massive hemispherical rocks attacked from both sides, pinning the Third Raikage in the middle.

"Is it under control?!"

"boom!"

Rocks are crushed.

The Third Raikage, his body enveloped in lightning, burst forth from the ruins and chopped the yellow earth with a hand chop.

Huang Tu crossed his arms to block the attack.

"Snap!"

Huang Tu's arm was broken, and he was sent flying backward.

"Commander!"

The Iwagakure army collapsed.

Ordinary attacks were ineffective, while their own chakra was being rapidly depleted.

This is a battle that cannot be won.

at the same time.

Konoha Camp.

Sakumo Hatake stood on high ground, watching the flames and lightning shooting into the sky from the direction of the Iwagakure position.

He was also shocked.

"What exactly is that thing?"

Hiashi Hyuga activated his Byakugan, his face showing shock.

"Lord Sakumo — he is the Third Raikage and the Third Kazekage."

"But they—are not living people. Their bodies contain no life force, only chakra—"

Sakumo remained silent.

He remembered the message Sousuke had sent:

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"Lord Sakumo, leave Iwagakure to me. You just need to go and reap the rewards when they break down."

So, this was the businessman's trump card.

To toy with the souls of the dead, to desecrate their bodies.

What an evil ninjutsu!

Sakumo was a traditional ninja who respected his opponents and revered death.

This method of turning former heroes into puppets made him extremely uncomfortable.

However, he could not deny that this technique saved the lives of tens of thousands of Konoha ninja.

"Is this... war?"

Shuo Mao closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

He drew his knife and pointed it forward.

"All troops, attack!"

"Target: Iwagakure's position!"

The army was defeated like a mountain.

Under the rampage of the reanimated powerful warriors and the counterattack of the Konoha army, the thousands of troops that Iwagakure had deployed in the Land of Grass were completely defeated.

They abandoned their armor and fled into the land of earth.

The northwestern defense line that Ohnoki had painstakingly built was completely destroyed overnight.

A day later, the plains of the Grass Country were littered with corpses.

Two bodies, resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique, the Third Raikage and the Third Kazekage, stood silently atop the scorched earth.

The dust slowly settled on them, healing the wounds left from the battle. Their pale pupils remained unmoved, as if the massacre had nothing to do with them.

Sakumo Hatake arrived with the Konoha troops.

The Konoha ninjas looked at the two Kage with eyes filled with awe, even fear.

Although they are weapons on our side, their existence, which defies the laws of life and death, instinctively sends chills down one's spine.

"Perfect real-world data."

A hoarse voice came from underground.

Orochimaru slowly rose from the earth, a satisfied smile on his face.

He formed hand seals, sealing the Third Raikage and the Third Kazekage into the scroll.

Sakumo walked up to Orochimaru, his brows furrowed.

"Orochimaru, this is the Second Hokage's forbidden technique, the Impure World Reincarnation?"

"Yes, Sakumo-senpai. Or rather, it's my improved version."

Orochimaru made no attempt to hide his smugness.

"This is your way of resolving war?"

Sakumo's tone was laced with suppressed anger.

"Toying with the souls of the dead, this blasphemous act—is this the Will of Fire of Konoha?"

"The Will of Fire?"

Orochimaru chuckled and looked coldly at Sakumo.

"Sakumo-senpai, you're still so naive."

"Can the Will of Fire reduce the casualties among Konoha ninja? If I hadn't used this technique, they would be the ones lying here today."

"The dead are dead; their souls are worthless in the Pure Land. I bring them back to die in place of the living, to shed their blood for them. What's wrong with that?"

"Or do you think that, for the sake of your lofty moral compass, the village's young men should be sent to fill Iwagakure's meat grinder?"

Sakumo clenched his fists, but he couldn't refute it.

Because Orochimaru was stating a cruel truth.

Without using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Konoha would have to pay a heavy price to repel these thousands of Iwa ninja.

"You're breaking precedent."

Shuo Mao still disagrees with this approach.

"Today you can reincarnate a Kage from an enemy country, tomorrow, will you also drag out the ancestors of Konoha?"

"Such a technique that breaks the boundary between life and death will inevitably face retribution sooner or later."

Orochimaru tilted his head back and smiled.

"I am the Hokage. I only care about Konoha's victory. As for retribution—if a god wants to punish me, then let him come."

Orochimaru turned and left.

"Let's clean up the battlefield, Sakumo-senpai. Next, we should talk to the Land of Earth about compensation."

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