Traveling through Naruto with Heroes of Might and Magic.

Watching the strange creature strike and disappear behind a tree on the other side, hope was filled with astonishment.

Although I couldn't sense any chakra, the strange creature from before was clearly not an ordinary person.

However, before he could react, three more centaurs charged out from one side.

"What the hell is this?!"

The female ninja looked at the charging centaur in horror. This time she finally saw it clearly; the centaur's half-human, half-horse form was beyond her comprehension.

"Scatter!" the bald captain roared, charging forward to meet the spears, his hands crackling with lightning, "Lightning Release: Lightning Storm Fist!"

"Boom boom boom—!"

The front half of the spear was shattered by Thunder Fist, demonstrating the bald captain's formidable fighting prowess.

However, the centaur seemed to be very "intelligent," abandoning its spear and speeding past as it unleashed its lightning chakra.

What shocked the bald captain even more was that a flash of green light appeared in the hands of these monsters, and their spears reappeared out of thin air.

"A psychic creature? A puppet?" the female ninja exclaimed. "Someone must be controlling it from the shadows."

"So it's the Cloud Ninja!" A clear voice rang out from behind.

"They're behind us!" Sensing ninja hope turned around first.

A black-haired boy wearing a Konoha headband stood quietly on the wall.

It turned out that while the centaurs were harassing them, Qingwu had already flanked them and surrounded the two teams of Cloud Ninja.

"A Konoha ninja!" The bald captain secretly winked at his teammates.

The female ninja silently disappeared behind a tree.

Qingwu pretended not to see it, but in reality, no movement in his territory could escape his "eyes".

hope was very puzzled.

If my senses are not mistaken, the boy in front of me has very ordinary chakra, probably only at the genin level.

But how could he dare to appear so brazenly in front of six powerful Cloud Ninja?

"Found you, kid!"

The female ninja suddenly sprang up from the corner of the wall at Qingwu's feet, her speed leaving a trail of afterimages in her wake.

"Oh? An assassin-type ninja?"

Qingwu did not dodge at all.

He simply raised his hand, palm facing the female ninja holding a kunai.

"Magic Arrow!"

The emerald green energy arrow condensed and took shape in a hundredth of a second, tearing through the air with a sharp whistling sound.

"what--"

The female ninja let out a sharp scream. At such close range, she had no time to react before an arrow pierced her chest.

Boom!

The body lay in the corner, and several Yun ninja were stunned.

The bald captain's pupils suddenly contracted.

No hand seals! No wind-up animation! What kind of technique is this?!

Chapter 22 So My Soldiers Were This Strong

His "no-seal ninjutsu" intimidated the remaining 5 Cloud Ninja.

Just then, a triangular formation of three dwarves appeared behind the Cloud Ninja who was facing Qingwu.

"later!"

It was hope who first discovered it.

Creatures without chakra are not easily detected by ninjas.

"What is this again..."

The strangeness permeating this place made all the Cloud Ninja uneasy.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The three dwarves launched an attack. Their warhammers were not swung fast, but they were powerful and heavy, forcing the Cloud Ninjas to dodge with each blow.

"Lightning Release: Earth Walk!" One of the Cloud Ninjas slammed his hands on the ground, attempting to force the dwarf back with Lightning Release.

Blue arcs of electricity shot up the ground and towards the dwarf.

However... the dwarves merely stomped their feet, their bodies trembling from the lightning, yet they still swung their warhammers.

"impossible……"

Caught off guard, the Cloud Ninja who was maintaining Lightning Release was smashed into a bloody pulp by the powerful warhammer.

"These guys... are immune to Lightning Release?" hope exclaimed in surprise.

"It's not immunity, it's magic resistance..." Qingwu responded in her mind.

While a 40% magic resistance doesn't achieve complete immunity, it significantly reduces the effectiveness of control-type ninjutsu like "Lightning Release: Earth Walk".

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

On the other side, the dull thud of a dwarf's warhammer striking the ground could also be heard.

But then three more dwarves surrounded them.

Lightning Release: Lightning Barrier!

Before the bald captain could think, a blinding lightning bolt formed an arc-shaped shield in front of him once again.

But only for a moment...

A burst of lightning struck, and the bald captain, who had been hit head-on by the three warhammers, was sent flying, coughing up blood.

Can't carry it!

Even the Cloud Ninja, renowned for their ninjutsu, could not withstand the heavy blows of three dwarves' warhammers head-on.

"Retreat!" the bald captain roared. "The intelligence is wrong! Retreat immediately!"

He was afraid.

He lost two Chunin teammates in a short period of time, and he himself also suffered serious injuries.

However... it was too late.

Perhaps due to a lack of intelligence, the Cloud Ninja overestimated the dwarves' combat strength, but the dwarves did successfully stall the entire battle.

At the same time, the six and a half centaurs who had been hiding in the shadows had already sneaked in and sped out from an unexpected direction from the Yunren.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

One of the Cloud Ninja who was protecting Xi was pinned to the ground by a spear.

The bald captain could no longer care about the others. He left behind his clone to deceive the dwarves, grabbed hope, and jumped over the wall.

"Trying to run away?" Qingwu's voice was playful.

The wall beneath his feet came to life, with countless thick roots instantly filling the entire space.

"Wood Release!!!"

The bald captain was terrified.

He threw hope aside and tried to use the substitution technique.

However, the roots grow too fast and cover too wide a range.

As soon as he finished the hand seal, several roots simultaneously wrapped around his waist, legs, and arms.

At the same time, the sound of a spear piercing flesh came again from behind.

The twelve centaurs that suddenly appeared on the field had already surrounded and annihilated the remaining unlucky ones.

Qingwu didn't turn her head, but looked at hope, who was panting heavily.

He felt that the kid in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a moment.

"What's your name?"

Qingwu did not kill him again, because the remaining Yunren could no longer pose a threat to him, and since they looked familiar, they should be characters from the original work.

"..." hope gritted her teeth, looking in horror at the dense roots waving around her like snakes.

"Never mind, it's not important!" Qingwu muttered to himself, and tied hope up as well.

The six Cloud Ninjas killed four and captured two in no time.

"Perfect!" Qingwu was satisfied with his command.

Of course, he also knew that tonight's battle was more of a surprise attack on the Cloud Ninja.

On their "home turf," the Cloud Ninja suffered heavy losses from the start due to insufficient intelligence, making the rest of the battle much easier.

But then again, he didn't use his full strength.

The withered tree guards only made their move at the very end... when the Cloud Ninja, who was suspected to be the leader, was escaping.

【Ding! 】

[Mission Complete!]

[Reward Received: Healing (Basic Water Magic)]

【Ding! 】

[Victory!]

[Battle Results: Experience +400, Natural Energy +40, Gold +40]

A series of system notification sounds rang out.

Qingwu pursed her lips. The energy and experience rewards were good, but the amount of gold coins was...