This Water Shadow is very strong, but overly cautious.

Then, Wen Ya nodded directly, closed his eyes, and placed his hands on the ground.

For a moment, all the (money-related) situations in the vicinity were fed back into Wen Ya's mind.

As the saying goes, those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future, and knowing shame will lead to courage. After experiencing the previous failure, Wen Ya's strength officially entered the threshold of the shadow, that is, the level of "quasi-shadow".

Especially his perception ability, the improvement is extremely significant.

Sure enough, with Wen Ya's quasi-shadow-level detection ability, the situation inside Lake Taki was clearly perceived.

"There are approximately 4,000 ninjas hiding in and around the lake, probably..."

After the investigation, Wen Ya told Huang Tu everything about the situation in the lake.

"Very straight!"

Then, a relaxed smile appeared on Huang Tu's face, which had been serious and tense.

With their already overwhelming advantage in combat power, and Wen Ya's "hack-level" detection capabilities, Takinin, who originally had the advantage of concealment, was completely exposed. Huang Tu didn't know how to lose this battle.

Chapter 511, who can tell?

In the lake, under the personal leadership of the Takinin leader, all the elite Takinin gathered here.

At this moment, the actions of both parties were unexpectedly synchronized.

The Taki ninja in the lake was also using perception ninjutsu to sense the movements of the Iwa ninja outside.

"Chief, they're approaching! It's the main force of the Iwagakure!"

A Taki ninja who was good at perception reported to the Taki ninja leader with a nervous look on his face.

However, his perception ability was certainly not comparable to Wen Ya's, so he could only vaguely sense the other party's arrival.

But he had no idea how many people were coming or from which direction the enemy would attack.

"understood."

Upon hearing this, a trace of solemnity flashed across the face of the Takinin leader, but he remained relatively calm.

"Don't be impatient. Wait until the opponent gets close enough to search and then attack. Take advantage of Taki no Lake."

The Takinin leader spoke eloquently, his words resembling those of a great general. But before he could finish, a dull, low echo began to reverberate in everyone's ears.

The sound was as if a monster of extremely terrifying tonnage was slowly approaching.

"This is"

The Takinin leader was suddenly speechless and his face suddenly looked a little panicked.

He couldn't wait to surface and saw a scene that shocked him.

Because he saw: the mountain moved!

840 ..

The breeze quietly blew across the originally calm lake surface, quietly stirring up some ripples.

But suddenly, ripples began to appear on the calm surface of the lake, until these ripples spread into waves and raging tides, causing the entire Taki Lake to seem to tremble violently, and the surface of the lake was covered with endless waves.

A huge earthen hill seemed to have grown legs at this moment, and was actually moving towards Taki Lake!

Unless you witness it with your own eyes, ordinary people will never be able to understand the shock they will feel when faced with such a scene of mountains shifting and rivers collapsing.

Before Takinin in the lake could be frightened, one wave after another arose.

"Chief, look!!!"

A Taki-nin patted the Taki-nin leader's shoulder anxiously, signaling him to look back.

The Takinin leader turned around, the fear in his eyes growing more intense.

Because on both the north and south sides of Lake Taki, there was a collapsed earth mountain moving towards Lake Taki!!!

The two earthen hills on the left and right were like the hands of the God of Earth. In an instant, it seemed that thousands of Taki ninjas in the lake would be destroyed to the bottom of the lake with a single slap.

Earth escape technique!!

This move is famous even among all the group ninjutsu of Iwagakure.

Especially when multiple Rock Ninjas performed this move at the same time, it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as "mountains and rivers collapsing".

The purpose of the Rock Ninja is very clear. Don't you want to use the water system of Lake Taki to resist stubbornly? Well, I will directly use the Earth Mountain Technique to fill up the lake and force you to come out for a head-on confrontation.

In an instant, the Takinin leader was in despair.

Faced with this mighty force that could move mountains and fill the sea, he suddenly felt extremely confused. How could he continue to fight?

Since Iwagakure started with a "king bomb", Takigakure's fighting spirit was instantly shattered, and there was no need to say more about the subsequent battle process.

A few hours later, the extremely embarrassed Takinin leader fled towards the Takigakure Village with a group of defeated soldiers around him.

This group of people looked extremely embarrassed at the moment. It was normal for them to throw away their weapons and armor. One of them even lost his shoes.

Although this Takinin leader was indecisive, he still had some skills. While retreating, he was also gathering the retreating Takinin. When he fled to the Taki Waterfall, more than a thousand retreating Takinin had gathered around him.

The sun was setting, and it was dusk. The Takinin leader had a somewhat wooden look on his face.

He never expected that the resistance that gathered all the strength of Takinin would end in such a tragic defeat.

There were more than 4,000 Taki ninjas, but after the battle, only more than 1,000 were left. Such a defeat was probably second only to the annihilation of the entire army.

If the Takinin leader still had a glimmer of hope before, then the bleak reality at this moment was undoubtedly equivalent to a slap in the face.

Thinking of this, the Takinin leader, who was known as the "overlord of a small country" and the "uncrowned king", could not help but shed tears of regret.

In a trance, he seemed to recall everything that happened on the battlefield.

For a moment, his body trembled slightly and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

Mountains collapsed and rivers flowed backwards.

The vast Taki Lake flooded instantly due to the collapse of two huge earth mountains. Large areas of the lake were occupied by mud and gravel, and some of the Taki ninjas hiding in the lake were instantly crushed to pieces.

Then, countless Iwagakure ninjas suddenly rushed out, and the Takigakure ninjas who were hastily fighting were almost defeated. Even his leader lost all his fighting spirit and collapsed and retreated after just releasing a few ninjutsu.

The rest of the time was basically spent by Takinin constantly running away and being chased.

In general, the gap in combat power between the Taki Ninja and the Iwa Ninja is objectively existing and cannot be made up, but the reason why the Taki Ninja lost so badly is also largely related to the improper command of the Taki Ninja leader.

You know, even though the Cloud Ninja, who are also one of the five major nations and have an advantage in attributes, would try their best to avoid direct confrontation with the Rock Ninja in the early stages of their battle with the Rock Ninja.

Taki's idea of ​​defending the lake was correct, but his mistake was that he underestimated the capabilities of the Iwagakure and his strategy of defending with all his strength.

As the saying goes, when the enemy comes, we will fight him; when the water comes, we will block it with earth. When the Rock Ninja faces the Taki Ninja, he already has a huge advantage in terms of attributes.

With Taki Ninja's combat power, how can he fight Iwa Ninja head-on on the battlefield?

It is only natural that they would be defeated in one battle.

And the facts have proved that commanding large-scale ninja battles is beyond the ability of this Takinin leader.

In fact, in the ninja world, there are only a few people who have the ability to command large-scale ninja battles.

There is no other reason. Ninja battles are very different from ordinary battles, and Taki Ninja has never experienced any decent war before. Therefore, it is normal that the Taki Ninja leader does not understand strategic command.

Perhaps he was "too ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong" after the defeat, or perhaps he was so demoralized by the battle that he completely lost all confidence.

The leader of the Takinin was not in a hurry to return to the Takinin Village, but stopped in front of the Taki Waterfall and did not move.

As the sky darkened completely, Takinin received good news and bad news.

The good news is that after the victory, the Rock Ninja did not choose to continue the overnight forced march as they did in the previous few days.

This means that Taki Shinobi has one more night to survive.

The bad news is that if nothing unexpected happens, the Iwagakure army, which has undergone a round of rest tomorrow, will still ruthlessly break into the gate of Takigakure.

No matter what, this news calmed the anxious hearts of the remaining Taki ninjas.

At the same time, other defeated and fleeing Taki-nin on the battlefield gradually gathered more and more at the Taki Waterfall. Finally, combined with the defeated Taki-nin that the Taki-nin leader gathered at the beginning, there were actually two thousand of them.

In other words, in the Battle of Lake Taki, the actual number of casualties on the Takinin side was actually more than 2,000.

As for whether these two thousand or so men actually died in battle, or simply fled the battlefield after seeing the Takinin's imminent collapse and realizing they were powerless to save the situation, turning to the dark side of the ninja world and becoming renegade ninjas, who can truly say?

Chapter 512, Life-saving Straw

In the darkness of the night, the Takinin leader sat before the campfire with a wooden expression. Under the dim and uncertain light of the fire, his expression was filled with an unpredictable mood.

At this moment, he was listening to the report from his subordinate Taki Shinobu, but his expression was still expressionless, making it hard to tell whether he was really listening or just staring at the campfire in a daze.

"leader"

Takinin called out to the Takinin leader in front of him with concern. His voice seemed to wake up the dazed Takinin leader, and some inexplicable colors flashed in his eyes.

"Go and call all the elders here."

He spoke slowly, his voice hoarse and dry.

After all, he hadn't had a drop of water since the retreat from the battlefield, so it was expected that his throat would be dry and his voice would be hoarse.

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Takinin immediately went to carry out the command, leaving the wooden quasi-shadow master sitting alone in front of the campfire, standing in a daze.

After a while, a group of elders with uncertain expressions were brought to the presence of their leader by Takinin.

The Takinin leader twisted his stiff neck and glanced at the ten familiar faces in front of him.

"Everyone, I think you should all be clear about the situation.

"Now come up with a solution."

The Takinin leader once again used his dry throat to make an unpleasant and hoarse sound like rust.

Hearing this, the elders looked at each other, but no one was willing to speak.

Whether they were in favor of war or peace, they all stood there speechless, like wooden men who could not speak.

As high-ranking officials of Takigakure, these elders naturally have their own intelligence channels, and they are naturally very clear about the disastrous defeat at Taki Lake in broad daylight.

It is hard to imagine in such a scene that this group of people were arguing fiercely over their respective ideas not long ago.

Seeing that no one spoke, the Takinin leader turned his neck and looked at one of them with a numb gaze like a dead fish.

That person was none other than the elder who had previously insisted on surrendering. Under the pressure of the strange look from the Takinin leader, he finally spoke with a choked throat.

"I suggest"

"We can try to negotiate with the Iwagakure."

The surrender elder said this with some reluctance. He thought that the "old rivals" present would jump out and raise objections.

But who would have thought that as soon as he finished speaking, the Takinin leader couldn't wait to speak.

"very good!"

"In that case, I'll leave this matter entirely to you."

"Please be sure to go and discuss this tonight."

At this moment, the tone of the Takinin leader was so firm and decisive that it surprised everyone.

Obviously, today's defeat has completely shattered the lucky thoughts in the heart of the Taki ninja leader. After seeing the combat power of the Iwa ninja, he no longer has any hope of resisting stubbornly.

The purpose of summoning these ten elders here now is to "seek peace".

But who would have thought that after hearing this, the surrender elders' faces turned green.

He looked around, whether it was the five political opponents who once advocated war, or the four "teammates" who once shared the same stance as him.

They all took a step back at the same time, as if they were blind and didn't notice his dark face at all.

This made the leading figure of the Takinin surrender faction cry out in pain instantly.

It is easy to understand why there are two completely different schools of thought when facing a strong enemy: fighting and surrendering.

These elders who are trying hard for peace, no matter what their purpose is, are ultimately afraid of death and want to protect themselves.

As the elders of Takinin, they are also well-known figures in the ninja world. How could they not know the darkness and cruelty of the ninja world?

Once Takinin is defeated, it is inevitable that it will be plundered and annexed, but more importantly, Takinin will probably face a purge by Iwanin next.

Previously, this surrender-faction elder had repeatedly requested to take the initiative to "negotiate peace". In fact, he also had the intention of submitting a "letter of surrender" to the Rock Ninja in advance in order to avoid the Rock Ninja's purge.

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But the problem remains, you can't surrender just because you want to.