Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

"Hiruko's businesses?" Bai Yu was slightly taken aback, but it made sense. After all, rogue ninjas like Orochimaru and Hiruko were still researching various advanced forbidden techniques, which required a lot of resources and funds. The purchase of experimental equipment and materials alone would be a considerable sum.

The key to Bai Yu's early rise was Kushina's financial support, and the rapid progress of his current experiments, besides his strength and the knowledge in the "Book of Ancient Sorcerers," still relies on the Uzumaki clan's substantial financial support.

Bai Yu had invested in Beiliuhu in the past, and it's unclear whether it's time to reap the rewards now.

"I arranged to meet Hiruko here soon. If Shion isn't your daughter, I'll take some of her blood and give it to Hiruko in exchange." Orochimaru, under pressure, revealed the truth.

Bai Yu understood, but didn't say anything. Instead, he took out a storage scroll from his pocket, and then took out a test tube about the thickness of a thumb, which contained half a tube of red liquid.

"This is Ziyuan's blood. I used the leftovers when I made the demonized defensive items for her before. Consider it a thank you gift for saving her this time."

Bai Yu gave Shion's blood to Orochimaru. It's clear that after Orochimaru obtained his "Companion Python Meditation Method," he didn't fuse with his blood. It's likely that he discovered Bai Yu's spiritual imprint in the blood and wanted to find a breakthrough through the blood.

However, Bai Yu was not surprised by this. If Orochimaru directly fused with his blood, then he would no longer be Orochimaru.

The civilization of wizards and sorcerers has a history of hundreds of millions of years, and the ancient Yindo civilization even defeated the wizard civilization.

Based on this, Bai Yu painstakingly planned for more than ten years before successfully advancing to the first level of "Summoning Sorcerer". If Orochimaru could break through his mental power imprint with just a little bit of Shion's blood without understanding the key knowledge, then Bai Yu would admire him to the extreme.

However, even a fourth-level Star-level expert cannot easily break through the power of bloodline and the shackles of bloodline, let alone Orochimaru, who has never even come into contact with this civilization.

However, Shiraha greatly admired Orochimaru's spirit of exploration and thirst for knowledge.

Only when such a person becomes one of your own can you make others feel at ease.

When Orochimaru wanted to conduct research, Bai Yu directly provided him with materials. He really wanted to see how far Orochimaru could go with this limited knowledge.

"..."

Orochimaru took the test tube from Shiraha's hand and fell silent.

Bai Yu had clearly seen through his thoughts, yet he still let him continue his research. This was truly...

At that moment, Bai Yu's expression changed slightly.

"It's started in Konoha too! Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick, they're really amazing."

Through the connection between their souls, the Kodama incarnate Uchiha Issei relayed the events that had occurred in Konoha to him.

The ninjas from Kumogakure set off under the cover of night to bring Hyuga Hizashi back to Kumogakure.

Hyuga Hizashi would commit suicide when he and the Cloud Village ninja left the border of the Land of Fire, destroying his Byakugan with the Caged Bird Technique.

"What's wrong?" Orochimaru couldn't help but ask, noticing the change in Bai Yu's expression.

"It's nothing." Bai Yu smiled. "Zi Yuan has been bothering us for so long, it's time for her to go home. I still need to take her back to see Maitreya, so I have to leave now."

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru glanced at Shion and then nodded.

Bai Yu waved goodbye to Orochimaru, and as soon as he picked up Shion, Shion looked up at him and said:

"Dad, can I still come to see Orochimaru in the future? I think it's fun to be with him. Anyway, you and Mom don't have time to spend with me. I think it's okay if I want to be with your teacher, right?"

Bai Yu raised an eyebrow and turned to look at Orochimaru.

Orochimaru: (⊙?⊙)

"Let's go home first," Bai Yu said in a muffled voice, and quickly led Zi Yuan away.

......

On the way back, Shion kept mentioning Orochimaru, clearly she had been having a great time these past few days.

"I never imagined that after I poached Orochimaru's subordinate, my daughter would..."

Bai Yu had no choice but to send Shion back to the Land of Demons in his main body.

He will return here after handing Shiyuan over to Maitreya.

This matter cannot be left unresolved.

He wants to teach Iwagakure a lesson!

On the other side, "Kodama" received orders from Shiraha to depart from the Akatsuki headquarters in Amegakure and head to the Land of Rice Fields to intercept the Kumogakure delegation en route.

As for whether he would offend Kumogakure because of this, that was the Akatsuki's doing, what does it have to do with him, Yagami Shiroha?

---Aside---

P.S.: I stayed up too late yesterday for my birthday, so I'll update more in a couple of days.

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[Chapter 184. Chapter 182 White Feather VS Steam Ninja Han (Large Cup)]

boom!

boom!

boom!

In a steep mountain forest, the loud sounds of exploding tags echoed continuously, along with traces of ninjutsu being released.

Rocks cracked and thunder roared.

The two sides of ninjas are fighting.

The side with fewer people consisted of the Iwagakure ninja, with only four members.

The side with more people consisted of ninjas from Kumogakure, totaling six people.

Although the Cloud Village ninjas had a slight advantage due to their numerical superiority, the Earth Release ninjutsu could be used to its fullest potential in the steep mountain forest. Taking advantage of the terrain, the Iwagakure ninjas held off the six Cloud Village ninjas.

The six Cloud Village members looked slightly impatient. They were already in the heart of the Land of Earth, not far from Iwagakure. If they dragged this out any longer and other Iwagakure ninjas came to their aid, things would get much more complicated.

They were here to meet with spies who had infiltrated Iwagakure. Their deaths were a minor matter; if they failed to bring back any intelligence and instead exposed their identities as spies, it would be a huge betrayal of the Raikage's trust.

"Gentlemen, I think there might be a misunderstanding today. We, the Hidden Cloud Village, and you, the Hidden Stone Village, have formed an alliance. Our fighting here might affect the peace between the two villages. We just wandered in here by mistake. If you let us leave, the Hidden Cloud Village will not pursue this matter today."

The captain of the Cloud Village Jonin squad shouted loudly. As the captain of this mission, he was also a sensory ninja, which is why he was able to avoid the Iwagakure ninjas and penetrate deep into the heart of the village to meet with the spies sent to Iwagakure.

He just didn't expect that there was a sensory ninja in the Iwagakure team, and that the sensory ability was even better than his. Not only did he avoid his senses, but he also found their location.

At this moment, he sensed an extremely powerful chakra approaching, definitely belonging to a Kage-level expert.

The enemy wasn't moving fast, so it's highly likely they weren't coming to provide support intentionally, but rather just happened to be nearby. However, if the fighting continues, they'll definitely notice the commotion, and then they might not be able to leave.

"Now that you've arrived at the gates of our Iwagakure village, if we don't treat you well, Kumogakure will think we Iwagakure people are unhospitable and have neglected our guests. You'd better come back to the village with us, otherwise you can't just leave like this!"

The sensory ninja from Iwagakure responded immediately, using rather euphemistic language, but his attitude was resolute. After being sensed by him, the other party launched an attack from the very beginning, clearly intending to kill all four of them, obviously with some ulterior motive.

Two spies were recently discovered within Iwagakure. These two spies killed several Iwagakure ninjas and managed to escape. The Third Tsuchikage was furious about this, and the entire village went on high alert.

Now that we've discovered the Cloud Village people sneaking around the area, they're very likely meeting with spies. How could we just let them leave?

In particular, the chakra that was approaching was extremely familiar to him.

Whoosh—Bang!

The Jonin from Iwagakure released a signal flare that shot straight into the sky, exploded in the air, and released a burst of purplish-black smoke.

"Retreat immediately!" Upon seeing this, the captain of the Cloud Village's Jonin team's expression changed, and he ordered his comrades.

"Hold them off!"

Earth Escape·Earth Current City Wall!

Earth Escape Technique: Earthquake Core!

Earth Release: Earth Splitting Palm!

Earth Release: Earth Rising Spear!

Four Iwagakure ninja simultaneously activated Earth Release ninjutsu, causing the steep terrain to tremble violently. Then, the surrounding ground cracked inch by inch, and sharp earth spikes emerged from the ground, thrusting towards the six Cloud Village ninja.

The six men jumped up to dodge the thrusting attack. Just as they landed on the tree, the thick tree collapsed due to the ground sinking.

Just as the six people were about to jump again, a huge earthen wall rose from the ground, blocking their path.

As they landed, the ground quickly sank, and the six of them instantly fell into a deep pit.

Despite the fact that Earth Release is countered by Lightning Release, they managed to hold off the six members of the Cloud Village in an instant by taking advantage of the terrain and their excellent teamwork.

"Oh no!" The captain of the Cloud Village's Jonin team exclaimed in surprise.

Just as they used chakra to attach to the stone wall on the soles of their feet, the four Iwagakure ninja released earth-style ninjutsu again, causing the stone wall to tremble. Then the stone wall cracked and turned into pieces of rock, which kept falling into the deep pit in the middle.

The six people had only run less than ten meters when they fell down again, while constantly having to dodge falling rocks.

Lightning Release: Earth Walk!

Lightning Release: Black Spot!

Lightning Release: Raging Thunder Tiger!

The six Cloud Village ninjas had a clear division of labor: three of them continuously blocked the falling rocks, while the other three quickly used Lightning Release ninjutsu to attack the Rock Village ninjas who were constantly releasing Earth Release ninjutsu above the pit.

"what!"

The lightning bolts rising along the stone wall were dodged by the Iwagakure ninja, but the lightning leopard and lightning tiger that followed struck one of the Iwagakure ninjas respectively. Both of them screamed in pain, their bodies turned black and emitting a burnt smell, before collapsing to the ground.

"Well done! Quick! Intensify the attack!" The leader of the Cloud Village Jonin was delighted, but his breathing became a little rapid. He was a sensory ninja and not very good at combat. After using Lightning Release: Black Spot, a powerful Lightning Release technique developed by the Second Raikage, and after expending a lot of energy in the previous battle, his chakra was almost depleted. He had to leave this place as soon as possible.

The four members of the Iwagakure faction had already consumed more chakra due to their coordinated use of wide-range Earth Release techniques. Now that two of them had been knocked down, the remaining two were simply unable to maintain their Earth Release ninjutsu.

Once the offensive weakened, the number of rubble falling into the deep pit decreased sharply, and the six Cloud Village members, now free from pressure, launched a simultaneous attack.

"Retreat!" The Jonin captain of Iwagakure signaled to his companions, and the two of them each helped up one of their companions and quickly retreated.

Whoosh whoosh!

Six Cloud Village ninjas quickly climbed out of the deep pit.

Meeting the hostile gazes of the six people, the remaining two from Iwagakure instantly tensed up.

"Go!" The captain of the Cloud Village Jonin wanted to kill all four Iwagakure members, but he didn't even have enough chakra to activate his senses. If he dragged it out any longer, he would be in danger, so he quickly ordered a retreat.

"Yes!" The other five people, though unwilling, responded at the same time and prepared to retreat.

Rumble!

Just then, a huge roar of steam suddenly rang out, growing louder and louder as it approached.

boom!

Suddenly, a large plume of steam rose in front of everyone. With a loud bang, the steam quickly dissipated, revealing a small giant who was nearly 2.3 meters tall. The ground beneath his feet was covered with cracks that spread outwards like a dense spider web.