Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 245 Battle of Lucang Mountain (3)

Hamaken caught the harpoon with his right hand and swung it upwards with all his might, while his left hand gripped the shield and held it slightly above his head.

With a loud bang, the harpoon struck the rock, sending up a large amount of rubble.

The huge rock split open from where it was hit, creating four deep cracks that quickly spread upwards, eventually forming a cross-shaped ravine.

Splash!

The massive rock collapsed, breaking into burning stones of all sizes that fell like a meteor shower.

These stones range in size from larger than a horse-drawn carriage to the size of a human head; being hit by one could cause considerable injury.

Letting them fall will interfere with Kyosuke and the others' battle.

Gamaken had anticipated this, so he raised his shield with his left hand and rammed it left and right, knocking the surrounding rocks in other directions to cover Kyosuke and the others below.

After doing all this, just as the toad was about to land, preparing to insert the harpoon into the mountainside, suddenly a huge rock protruded from the cliff, its sharp edges piercing its abdomen.

On a nearby mountainside, a rock softened and fell into the sand, revealing a passage.

At the exit of the passage stood two Sand Ninja who were forming hand seals.

"Don't even think about acting recklessly!"

A Sand Ninja opened its mouth and spat out a large cloud of black sand, forming a sandstorm that rushed towards Gamaken, attempting to block his vision.

Another Sand Ninja used Earth Release, splitting the surrounding rocks into sharp stone spears that shot continuously towards Gamaken in mid-air.

Faced with the triple attack, Gamaken, in mid-air, pressed down with his left hand, and his shield struck the protruding rock directly. As he shattered the rock, he used the momentum to move to the side, dodging the attacks of numerous stone spears.

Only the black sandstorm, under the spellcaster's control, made a turn in the air and continued its pursuit of Toad Jian.

At the same time, more Sand Ninja appeared on the surrounding rocks, attacking Gamaken using their own methods.

Gamaken was fighting them and for a moment he couldn't care less about Kyosuke and the others below.

At this moment, Kyosuke is lamenting the gap between his ideals and reality.

Before the battle, it was all arranged perfectly: Shisui and Kakashi would be the forwards, he would be the center forward, and the others would be the wings.

Everything would fall apart if a fight broke out.

Shisui and Kakashi remained at the very top, constantly charging towards the summit and defeating some enemies along the way.

But the enemy wasn't stupid; they didn't attack along a single line. Instead, they bypassed the two of them and rushed in from all directions, which Shisui and Kakashi couldn't stop at all.

Forwards and centers, it's all a chaotic mess.

"Watch out for falling rocks!"

Standing on a rock at a 90-degree angle, Kyosuke tried his best to control his somewhat confused sense of direction as he charged upwards, reminding everyone at the same time.

The battle between Gamakatsu, Shisui, and Kakashi above caused a flurry of falling rocks, occasionally dropping corpses or aerial acrobats, which disrupted the others.

Kyosuke smashed a rock with a Rasengan and immediately jumped to the left. A centipede-shaped puppet burst out of the rock, its upper body protruding from where Kyosuke had just stood. Its mouth was open, and two sharp curved blades formed teeth that interlocked.

In order to reach the summit as quickly as possible, Kyosuke took the lead, charging ahead of the shadow clones like a lead goose, thus becoming a primary target for the Sand Ninja.

There's nothing that can be done about it, since the shadow clones are still not as strong as the main body, and they automatically fall behind the main body in the endless battles.

Seeing that its sneak attack had failed, the puppet centipede crawled out of its eight- or nine-meter-long body, and its numerous slender jointed legs easily inserted into the mountain wall, moving quickly and rushing towards Kyosuke along the mountainside.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Behind Kyosuke, two shadow clones used ninjutsu, and waves of flame instantly engulfed the centipede.

The centipede was burned by the high temperature, and pieces of it, still burning, fell to the ground.

"Watch out! There's a trap ahead!"

Not far behind Kyosuke, Hinata Noriko saw through her Byakugan that Kyosuke was about to step into a trap and immediately warned him.

"Hmph! Kid, you'd better mind your own business first!"

A Sand Ninja stepped onto the fallen rocks and went straight to Hyuga Noriko. He suddenly leaped up and swung his long sword at Hyuga Noriko.

"Gentle Fist!"

Hyuga Noriko dodged the blade and struck the Sand Ninja in the chest with both palms. Her chakra penetrated deep into his heart, severely injuring him.

The Sand Ninja spat out a mouthful of blood, seemingly unable to hold onto his longsword any longer, letting it fall to the ground. However, his eyes were filled with madness as he unleashed his last bit of strength, gripping Hyuga's arm tightly with both hands.

"Cough...cough...Let's go to hell together!"

Above them, on the mountain wall, lay two gecko puppets, their mouths open, revealing firing ports.

shhhhhh!

In an instant, countless thousands of kimonos were unleashed, threatening to completely engulf Hyuga Noriko and the Sand Ninja in front of her.

"Death squad!"

Noriko Hyuga understood that the enemy wanted to eliminate her first, thus depriving her of the intelligence advantage.

Therefore, the other party was willing to perish together with him.

"Earth Release·Earth Rock Wall!"

Nearby, a shadow clone of Kyosuke immediately formed hand seals, and an earthen wall appeared above Hyuga Noriko, blocking the senbon needles.

The next second, the shadow clone was dispersed by a Sand Ninja.

At that moment, Hyuga Noriko saw the Sand Ninja's stunned expression and the grip on her arms instantly weakened.

She kicked the Sand Ninja away, and the Sand Ninja's corpse fell to the ground.

Through her Byakugan, Noriko saw that it was Obito beside her who had used his Sharingan to cast a genjutsu on the Sand Village ninja, thus helping her.

At that moment, another Sand Ninja rushed over, and Noriko could only thank Obito in her heart.

In just a minute or two, the group fought and advanced, climbing a cliff nearly a hundred meters high, which was extremely exhausting.

Rasengan!

Kyosuke knocked a Sand Ninja away, and after taking two steps forward, a simple jutsu appeared beneath his feet, while an explosive tag emerged from the rock.

Kyosuke knew something was wrong: He'd fallen for a trap! This Sand Ninja had deliberately led him this way!

Boom!

The detonation tag exploded, and two shadow clones rushed over. One stood in front of Kyosuke, while the other carried Kyosuke out of the flames.

The pant legs below the calves were burned, revealing red, steaming skin.

The injury is not serious.

Feeling the burning sensation in his right leg, Kyosuke didn't pay much attention to it.

With the help of Jinchūriki's abilities, this burn will heal quickly.

He didn't blame Hyuga Noriko for not reminding him.

The intense and continuous battles had exhausted Hyuga Noriko's physical and mental strength, making it impossible for her to take care of everyone at the same time.

That's war. Unless you have the ability to crush the battlefield, anything can happen.

Wounds and deaths are the very essence of war.

Looking up, Kyosuke saw that the cliff was still dozens of meters long, but he smiled.

Gamaken broke through the Sand Ninja's interception and rushed up the cliff, then threw down his shield.

"Grab the rope!"

Kyosuke grabbed the strip of cloth on the shield and shouted something down.

When Obito and the others saw the strip of cloth beside them, they breathed a sigh of relief and immediately grabbed it.

The shadow clones around them were defending against the approaching Sand Ninja.

At the mountaintop, Gamaken raised his harpoon with his right hand and swept it horizontally, forcing back the Sand Ninja beside him. He then grabbed the strips of cloth with both hands and lifted them up sharply.

Kyosuke and the others jumped up to the top of the mountain using the strip of cloth.

"Huff, huff, huff... I almost couldn't make it up..."

Standing on the flat ground atop the mountain, Dai Tu wiped the mountain water from his head and felt his muscles tremble slightly.

The others weren't much better off; they were all extremely exhausted.

"Now is not the time to rest!"

Kyosuke created hundreds of shadow clones and continued charging forward.

Opposite the shadow clone stood more than a hundred Sand Ninja, each with eyes filled with hatred and killing intent.

"kill!"