Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 36 Crushing

As a desert country, the Land of Wind is not only lacking in resources, but its supply lines are also so poor that they would drive any army to despair. It is only because ninjas are different from ordinary armies that the Sand Ninjas have some room to take the initiative in attacking.

Even though ninjas made logistics and transportation much easier by using various ninjutsu and storage scrolls, and reduced their reliance on logistics, it still couldn't change the objective situation of insufficient logistics and extremely difficult transportation in the Land of Wind.

However, the relatively abundant resources of the Land of Rivers greatly alleviated the plight of the Sand Village. By directly plundering the Land of Rivers, the Sand Village's army of several thousand people was finally spared from having to eat grass roots and chew tree bark.

"In other words, the villages and towns in the Land of Rivers that are relatively rich in resources are probably all targets of the Sand Village!"

"That's right, Captain Touyu. Besides guerrilla warfare, the more important goal of the squad sent by Sunagakure is to plunder the entire Land of Rivers."

"In that case, let's just wait and see! Find the key location for grain production in the river region, and I'm sure the Sand Village will definitely not give up on it."

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River Country, River Valley Town.

The country is called the River Country because it has many rivers and abundant waterways. Water is the source of life, and the River Country, with its many rivers, also has a highly developed agriculture.

If we're talking about the most fertile land in the entire River Country, then River Valley Town would definitely be one of them. A river flows right through the center of this valley between two mountains, bringing a lot of moisture, while the silt washed down from the middle and upper reaches also makes the land incredibly nutritious.

Normally, thanks to the fertile land, the villagers in the villages near River Valley Town lived relatively well. As long as they planted some grain, they would almost always have a good harvest the following year. Unfortunately, when the war broke out, the villages and towns that had wealth but no military strength were ravaged by the ninjas of the Land of Wind.

These ninjas stormed into the villages surrounding River Valley Town, looting all the villagers' stored food. If any brave warriors dared to resist, they were rewarded with a kunai. In just over half a month, several villages around River Valley Town were completely ransacked.

"As expected, the Sand Village left quite a few squads here. If the Leaf Village hadn't also sent a lot of ninjas here, even the River Valley Town would probably have been destroyed and looted."

Having just arrived in this area, Yamanaka Seiichi had already detected a number of chakra reactions. Upon hearing his subordinates' report, Uchiha Touyu couldn't help but sigh.

The Konoha ninjas weren't idiots either. What the Sunagakure village was trying so hard to achieve, they naturally tried to sabotage. The two sides' forces were intertwined here, and at least a hundred ninjas were gathered around the town of River Valley.

"Captain, what should we do? Should we go find our ninja village's forces first...?"

Before Yamanaka Seiichi could finish speaking, Uchiha Touyu shook his head:

"No need for such trouble... You point out the direction, and I'll handle the rest!"

Yamanaka Seido stopped speaking immediately and instead used his telepathic ability to transmit the chakra location he sensed through sensory ninjutsu to Uchiha Tou's brain.

Uchiha Touyu chuckled, drew his short sword, and vanished instantly amidst flashes of lightning.

In a dense forest, several Sand Ninja had set a trap, and a smug smile appeared on their faces as they looked at the Konoha Ninja who seemed to be heading this way.

The hissing sound of lightning piercing the air rang out, and the Konoha ninjas rushing towards them immediately stopped and looked around.

The Sand Ninja who were lying in ambush felt a sudden chill run down their spines, and one of them, who possessed sensory abilities, immediately shouted:

"Watch out, enemies are coming..."

Before he could finish speaking, a figure as swift as lightning instantly parted the jungle, and a sword of light as sharp as lightning slashed down, instantly splitting the Sand Ninja in front in two.

Of the remaining three Sand Ninja, one raised his hand and released a large number of poison needles, but they only grazed Uchiha Touya's afterimage. Another Sand Ninja slammed his hands on the ground.

"Earth Release... the technique of the Underworld Marsh."

The earth turned into mud and spread out. This move, the Swamp of the Underworld Ninjutsu, is the best choice to deal with high-speed ninjas. However, Sakumo Hatake, who is now possessing Uchiha Touya, is a veteran of many battles and has long had a way to deal with this situation.

A faint crackle of electricity shot out from beneath Uchiha Hiyu's feet. The original Yellow Springs mud, upon contact with the electricity, instantly turned into parched land—this was an application of the principle of the counteracting effect of lightning and earth in ninjutsu.

The Yellow Springs Swamp only blocked Uchiha Hiyu for a moment before it was broken. Before the ninja who used the ninjutsu could form the hand seals again, a blade of light had already slashed across his throat, blood gushed out, and the ninja's head immediately fell off.

Of the remaining two ninjas, the one who used the poison needles lunged forward, spreading his arms wide, trying to grab Uchiha Touya. With a cracking sound, the ninja's clothes tore, revealing many sharp thorns.

The Sand Village has never had a Shikotsumyaku ninja from the Kaguya clan, so this "ninja" covered in spikes must have been a puppet.

As for the other sensory ninja, he had already retreated like the wind into the jungle behind him, trying to escape.

Uchiha Touyu's short sword suddenly glowed white light, transforming into a lightsaber nearly three or four meters long. With a light slash, the onrushing puppet was cleaved into eight pieces.

Then, Uchiha Hiyu pushed off with his feet and burst out from the large pieces of puppet fragments. His lightsaber swept across, and with a scream, the fleeing sensory ninja was cut in half at the waist.

At this moment, the puppeteer hiding in the tree trunk was already pale and trembling. Uchiha Touyu turned his head and saw that the big tree next to him was shaking and making thumping sounds. He immediately sneered, stretched out his hands to form a hand seal, and spat out a huge fireball.

Amidst a piercing scream, a figure engulfed in flames burst forth from the burning remains of the tree trunk. The unfortunate puppeteer ran a few steps before finally breathing his last, collapsing to the ground and leaving behind only a pile of charred remains.

"Tsk, I actually defeated my opponent with the Great Fireball Technique. I think my Great Fireball Technique must be ranked number one in Naruto."

Despite joking, Uchiha Touyu frowned and took two steps back. The smell of burnt protein still emanating from the corpses of the ninjas burned to death by fire release made Uchiha Touyu, who was about to unleash his second massacre, feel nauseous.

He reached out and retrieved the clusters of soul light that only Uchiha Tou could see. Just then, a series of sounds came from the jungle behind him, and Yamanaka Seiichi emerged with several Konoha ninjas.

(End of this chapter)