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Qingwu also realized that Kakashi... had really changed a lot and had started to care about his comrades.

"Take a rest, half an hour later—launch the attack!"

Kakashi didn't say anything more and closed his eyes.

Qingwu hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'm feeling alright, so... I'll go try it first?"

The restorative effects of natural energy are clearly incomparable to those of chakra.

He's fine now, except for feeling a little sleepy.

Kakashi opened his eyes: "'Elephant,' what do you mean?"

Qingwu turned his head to look at the stronghold in the distance, which stood like a sturdy, earthen-yellow city between the mountain passes.

This is a core supply point of Iwagakure within the Land of Grass.

Unlike the previous medium-sized strongholds, this one actually had a "city wall"—a three-zhang-high earthen wall built against the mountain, with several watchtowers standing on top.

Just kidding, four people attacking such a "city"? Nobody would believe it if I told them. I don't know if the Third Hokage was testing him or what he was thinking.

“Since we can’t avoid alerting them, why don’t we let my spirit beast give it a try?” Qingwu said.

At that moment, he thought of one person... Sasori of the Red Sand!

It is said that the number one puppeteer in the ninja world once had the glorious feat of conquering an entire city single-handedly.

Qingwu felt that... if the Deadwood Guardian were also there, he could probably do it too.

The problem now is that the Drywood Guardian is stationed in the territory, and the highest level of Pegasus he can use is four Jonin-level Pegasus.

However, the losses of basic troops were no longer a big deal for him. He wanted to take advantage of the Iwa ninja's lack of preparation to see how much effect he could achieve.

"Summoning beasts..." Kakashi thought for a moment, then looked at the sky, and finally agreed:

"You are only allowed to use summoning beasts to test the strength of the Iwa ninja's defenses. If things go wrong, retreat immediately! We will provide backup!"

"Alright!" Qingwu stood up excitedly.

Chapter 79 was overlooked.

The mountain valley was shrouded in mist at dawn.

Visibility was even lower.

Qingwu did not recklessly charge onto the city wall.

Instead, he cautiously summoned Pegasus and rode one of them into the air.

Then, control three more Pegasus horses within range to launch a surprise attack on the watchtowers on the city wall.

"call--"

With their wings spread wide, the powerful impact of the three Pegasus horses made it seem as if wind blades were attached to the two-meter-long sword in the elven knight's hand.

"Beep—"

The piercing alarm was triggered as soon as Pegasus entered within 100 meters of the outpost.

Many figures appeared on the city wall in an instant.

However, at Pegasus's full sprint speed, the 100-meter distance is covered in an instant.

"Boom! Boom!"

Two loud explosions followed, and a watchtower, along with its inhabitants, was cleaved into pieces by the impact of the Pegasus.

The Pegasus continued its charge, and more than a dozen Iwa ninjas screamed as they fell from the city wall. It was unknown how many of them would survive.

At the same time, as a barrage of iron cannons came hurtling towards him, Pegasus soared into the sky, dodging all the attacks.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spear!"

Several thick, long earthen spears shot into the sky, aiming straight at the Pegasus, but the Pegasus was agile and used the wind to dodge to the side, disappearing into the mist.

"hateful!"

The Iwa ninja captain on the city wall immediately ordered his men to rearrange the defenses.

The air force's surprise attack was unexpected, and as he expected, they would likely turn back.

Yes, Qingwu's goal is to find opportunities to expand the results of the battle through harassment by air units.

As long as the Tsuchikage Onoki is not in this base, Pegasus should have no "natural enemies".

Moments later, Pegasus landed again and smashed another watchtower.

Meanwhile, the Iwa ninja also realized what was happening, and more than a dozen squads jumped down from the city wall to search for the controller of the "summoning beast" in the fog.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Qingwu used the only Earth Release ninjutsu he knew.

The earthen wall was erected, and he summoned 10 great elves to stand on it.

From a high vantage point—whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The first volley of arrows killed a third of the Iwa ninja who had left the city.

Seeing this, Qingwu thought of a better solution.

"Leaving the city, is that it? Here's your chance."

He pretended to escape on a flying horse, and sure enough, more and more Iwa ninjas chased after him.

The trees around the outpost appear to have been cut down.

Otherwise, he would be more at ease.

Seeing that the pursuers were far enough away from the stronghold, Qingwu turned around, and a full 60 centaur leaders suddenly rushed out from the side.

"Oh no, an ambush!"

The Iwa ninja immediately stopped using Earth Release to try to control the "cavalry's" charge.

However, the Great Spirit's barrage of attacks threw the Rock Ninja's formation into chaos.

The Iwa ninja were careless.

The centaur leader achieved his most glorious victory since his birth.

In such guerrilla warfare, dwarves are actually of little use.

Qingwu, relying solely on the centaur leader and the great elf, nearly wiped out the entire group of Iwa ninja who had left the city, leaving only one Jonin captain to escape back in a sorry state.

“A large base is usually guarded by 100 to 200 ninjas.”

Qingwu sat on his flying horse, deep in thought, while he had already killed more than forty people.

Unfortunately, the Jonin reacted quickly and was not captured.

"I wonder how many Jonin are inside... and whether Kari is in there..."

Pegasus returned to the outpost's walls to wage guerrilla warfare.

This time, however, no Iwa ninja came out.

They began to systematically use Earth Release combined with ninjutsu to defend against Pegasus's surprise attack.

With more experience in dealing with them, Pegasus's attacks became increasingly difficult to execute.

In fact, ninjas have a very diverse range of combat methods. The reason why the Shadow Guard was able to achieve such great results was because Iwagakure lacked intelligence.

Iwagakure knew that Konoha had two Wood Release ninjas.

However, Qingwu never appeared on the battlefield, and only showed his skill of the Drywood Guardian during the Chunin Exams.

This has resulted in his fighting style being largely unknown.

Moreover, military units that are "strictly disciplined" are indeed well-suited for warfare.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Seeing that no one came out, Qingwu built another earthen wall and had the great elf stand on the wall to indiscriminately blast the light into the city.

After several rounds of scattering, several figures suddenly appeared in the fog.

One of the voices came from below Pegasus: "Got you, brat!"

"boom--!!"

A colossal clay giant rose from beneath Qingwu, its massive arms outstretched to grab him and Pegasus.

"not good!"

Qingwu quickly maneuvered his Pegasus upwards, narrowly avoiding the attack.

Without his control, more than half of the twenty-odd great elves below were instantly slaughtered.

Qingwu suppressed his heartache, rode his Pegasus around once, and retrieved the remaining great elves.

Earth Release: Heavenly Cover!

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

However, at this moment, there were two more shouts, and two large-scale Earth Release ninjutsu attacked Qingwu in mid-air from above and below.

"It's a decapitation strike!"

Qingwu realized that someone who could use ninjutsu of this level was at least a Jonin.

So... just how many Jonin are there in this base?

"Explosive Release: Pressure Fist!"

Qingwu barely dodged the giant "pot lid" falling from above, and then heard a loud shout from beside him.

"This guy is here too!" Qingwu thought anxiously.

Using the earthen wall as leverage, Shou charged towards him through the air.

At the same time, the giant formed by the Earth Release: Steel Legion Technique also slapped him.

Qingwu disregarded everything else and summoned two dwarves to swing their warhammers at Shou in mid-air.

Then they awkwardly dodged the giant's slap.