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Chapter 157 The Sand Village is playing pretty clever tricks, Boss.

Nara Shikaku occasionally worked with Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi to take down a few Sand Riders, but his eyes were always observing the entire battlefield.

The Land of Fire also has running ducks, as well as most other mutated creatures.

However, Konoha Village did not form any cavalry force. When the Third Hokage ordered the clearing of wild beasts that harmed people within the Land of Fire, only some Jonin captured some giant creatures to use as summoning beasts.

Most of the remaining mutated creatures were killed by ninjas and used as food.

Their overly luxurious and privileged living environment seems to have made them appear somewhat arrogant and pedantic.

Nara Shikaku smiled bitterly.

However, we must stop the actions of these Sarawak cavalry as soon as possible!

Nara Shikaku took a deep breath, then jumped onto the shoulder of Akimichi Choza, who had transformed into a giant, and shouted at the Konoha ninjas fleeing across the battlefield:

"Don't panic—all ninjas who know Earth Release, gather together and unleash Earth Release ninjutsu to alter the terrain!"

"Ah? Right, right..."

"Quickly! Commander Nara is right, speed is key!"

The Konoha ninjas immediately had a breakthrough and began forming hand seals to unleash Earth Release ninjutsu.

"Earth Release! Earthflow Wall!"

The solid earthen wall rose from the ground, instantly becoming an obstacle that forced the sand cavalry to run around it.

"Earth Release! Yellow Spring Marsh!"

Numerous swamps appeared on the battlefield, and many sand cavalrymen became trapped in them.

"Tsuchijutsu! Tsuchiyuwara!"

The battlefield ground cracked open in several places, creating a cliff-like feature that made the Sand Cavalry wary.

"Earth Release! Earth Flow Spear!"

"Earth Release! Earthflow Castle Wall!"

"Earth Escape!..."

The earth-style ninjutsu released by thousands of ninjas at the same time instantly turned the originally flat battlefield into a rugged terrain.

Various earthen walls, pits, spikes, cracks, swamps, and so on were scattered throughout the battlefield, immediately slowing down the Sand Cavalry's offensive.

"Hahaha...it really worked! They're not running that fast anymore!"

"As expected, Commander Nara is truly amazing!"

"kill--"

"Go! Wipe out all these sand cavalry, kill all these ducks, and take them back to make roast duck!"

"Charge!"

The Konoha ninja forces, whose morale had been somewhat low, suddenly became spirited and their morale soared!

The Konoha ninja, outnumbering the Sand Cavalry several times over, used their chakra to leap across various earthen walls and pillars on the cratered battlefield, rushing toward the enemy.

However, once they got close, the reality was different from their expectations.

"Heh, how foolish!"

The captain of the Sand Cavalry, Yekura, a ninja with the Scorching Release Kekkei Genkai, looked at the numerous Konoha ninjas attacking her with a cold expression on her delicate face.

"Do you really think that a duckling that runs through the desert year-round, constantly encountering quicksand and even sandstorms, would be so easily defeated?"

"Besides, why would our puppet armor be so inconvenient?"

Ye Cang pressed her pretty face against the back of the running duck's head, wrapped her arms around its neck, and whispered gently:

"Don't be afraid, Ah Huo, let's go!"

"Quack quack—"

Wearing armor, "Ah Huo" mustered his courage and immediately ran forward.

With the strong wind howling as she drove off, Yekura's right hand touched a button on the duck's neck. She called out to "Ah-Huo":

"Ah Huo, spread your wings!"

"Croak—"

The ducks beneath it obediently spread their wings.

As the button was pressed by Leaf, a large amount of cold light flashed from the wings of the running duck.

"That is..."

"Oh no, it's the poison needles from the puppets!"

"Watch out!"

"Quack quack quack—"

The Sand Riders did the same thing as Yekura, with a large number of running ducks firing countless poison needles, shuriken, and even explosive tags, which flew densely towards the oncoming Konoha ninjas.

Ye Cang slightly raised her pretty face, her beautiful eyes narrowed, and there was an earthen wall not far in front of her.

"Ha, do you think your Konoha tricks can defeat our teamwork with Little Duck?"

"Ah Huo, don't be afraid, keep going!"

"Quack quack—"

The fast-running duck named "Ah Huo" rushed straight towards the earthen wall without hesitation, even though it might get hurt. It always believed in its partner's words.

Soon, it arrived at the earthen wall.

"Ah Huo, jump up!"

"Croak—"

The fast-running duck under Yekura obediently jumped up.

"Wind Release! Great Breakthrough!"

Yecang opened her small mouth and spat out a whirlwind towards the ground. The whirlwind bounced off the ground and blew the fast duck, which was unable to fly before, into the air!

Ah-Huo easily leaped over the nearly ten-meter-high earthen wall!

"Scorching Release! Overheat Kill!"

Yecang lay on the back of the running duck beneath him, and suddenly several blazing fireballs appeared around him.

As "Ah-Huo" ran, the fireball was also controlled by Yekura to fly towards several Konoha ninjas nearby, instantly turning them into dried corpses!

Meanwhile, the remaining Sand Ninja also used their own methods.

Some used ninjutsu to destroy the earthen walls and spikes in advance, some learned from Pakura to perform precise human-duck coordination, and others relied on their sharp and tough metal wings to create a puppet-like fighting force, directly engaging in close combat with Konoha ninjas...

Although there were indeed some limitations, the Sand Cavalry still did not suffer defeat despite facing an enemy several times their size!

The battlefield is ever-changing. The clash between Konoha and Sunagakure has gone from disadvantage to advantage, and now to a stalemate, in less than a minute.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Tsunade not far away, would occasionally glance at the battlefield and feel an overwhelming pang of heartache.

It's important to understand that while creating a Sand Rider isn't as difficult as training a Puppeteer, and the armor on the Running Duck isn't as expensive as a puppet, but...

Watching the Sand Riders die from time to time, and the Running Ducks who have entered a frenzy under Yekura's leadership, watching the countless poison needles, shuriken, and even explosive tags being shot out.

This is all money!

How much gold would he have to collect to fund a war of this magnitude...?

Rasa felt as if his heart was bleeding; the physical pain from Tsunade's beatings paled in comparison to the agony in his heart.

Further into the battlefield, Suzuki and Kakuzu stood atop a mountain peak, watching the clash between Konoha and Sunagakure.

"They actually trained those ducks into a cavalry unit, equipped them with armor, and were overwhelming Konoha with their attacks."

"No wonder so many Sand Ninja squads ran to Loulan to steal our ducks."

"The Sand Village is really playing around, boss."

Kakuzu looked at the battlefield in amazement.

The Run Ducks were originally a product of the base, and he was even the one who personally spread them into the Land of Wind. Now they've become like this... um...

Kakuzu was at a loss for words to describe the feelings he had at that moment.

(End of this chapter)