Grind is My Ninja Way

After disengaging from the battle, Seimei returned the way he came and found the main force a few minutes later.

At this time, the main force had stopped advancing. Nara Shikaku and some other Jonin were gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

Seeing Seimei return, Nara Shikaku asked without waiting for him to speak, "Seimei, what's the specific situation on your side?"

The information that the whistle could convey was already extremely limited, and at the time, Seimei was being watched by dozens of Iwa-nin, so he didn't dare to blow it for too long.

Therefore, the information he transmitted was even more limited, just a few words: "Ambush ahead!"

Because of this, although Nara Shikaku and the others knew there was an ambush at Seimei's location, they didn't know the enemy's numbers or strength.

So, they didn't dare to advance rashly.

Now, seeing Seimei return, they immediately began to inquire about the details.

Seimei didn't waste any words and immediately told them that there were twenty enemies in the vanguard, with more behind them.

Hearing his words, Nara Shikaku and the others' expressions turned grim.

Seimei glanced at the Jonin present and immediately spotted the other members of the combat team. His bad feeling intensified.

So, he asked directly, "How's the situation on your sides?"

Hearing this, a member of the combat team shook his head and said, "Not good. Basically, there are enemies in every direction."

The meaning was clear: they were surrounded.

"No wonder those guys didn't care if I sent a message or not. They were so confident!"

Instantly, the doubts in Seimei's mind cleared up.

At the same time, it also confirmed his premonition. The current situation was indeed not ideal.

However, judging by the expressions of Nara Shikaku and the others, the situation shouldn't have deteriorated beyond recovery.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

After some communication, Seimei learned that apart from the Iwa-nin in his direction, the total number of enemies discovered in other directions, plus those chasing from behind, was only around four hundred.

Even if there were a hundred Iwa-nin in the direction he had just scouted, the total number of enemies was only a little over five hundred.

And on their side?

Although they had just gone through a fierce battle over half an hour ago and lost some people, the number of surviving ninjas was still three hundred and eighty-two.

In other words, the enemy's numbers were at most only one and a half times theirs. Considering the difference in average combat power between the two sides, they weren't in too bad a shape.

That's why Nara Shikaku and the others weren't too anxious.

However, they couldn't get entangled with these Iwa-nin for too long, because these five hundred were definitely just the first wave of Iwagakure's reinforcements, and more would surely follow.

After all, some of Iwagakure's strongholds were quite far from their location. Even if Iwagakure had mobilized troops in time, they wouldn't be able to arrive immediately.

Therefore, it was best for them to break through first.

And this was also the opinion of the other Jonin.

Finally, after some discussion, everyone unanimously decided to break through from the southeast direction, where the number of Iwa-nin was the smallest and the difficulty of breaking through was the lowest.

With a decision made, everyone didn't waste any time and immediately led the team forward.

This time, it wasn't Seimei and the other members of the combat team who cleared the way, but several Hyuga clan Tokubetsu Jonin.

In this situation, those with the Byakugan were undoubtedly the best guides.

This could help them avoid many battles.

...

Time passed by.

Half an hour later.

The Hyuga clan Tokubetsu Jonin scattered in front of the team stopped one after another.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Seimei looked at a Hyuga ninja beside him and asked.

"There's no way forward," Hyuga Linghuo replied.

"No way forward?"

Seimei frowned, "What do you mean?"

"All the paths ahead are blocked by the Iwa-nin. It seems they've discovered our intentions and are conducting a net-like search. We can't avoid them."

Hyuga Linghuo replied while observing the movements ahead using the Byakugan's X-ray vision.

Soon, Nara Shikaku also received the news. After confirming that there was indeed no way to avoid the Iwa-nin's search, he directly ordered everyone to charge in one direction.

Anyway, there weren't many Iwa-nin ahead. As long as they charged through, even if the Iwa-nin pinpointed their location, they would have to rearrange their encirclement.

And this had already achieved their goal of delaying the enemy's reinforcements.

At this time, the Iwa-nin ahead didn't know that Seimei and the others had already started their charge. By the time they realized something was wrong, Seimei and the others were already close.

'Wind Style: Great Breakthrough~'

The first to attack was Seimei. With a powerful Wind Style ninjutsu, he directly forced out all the hidden Iwa-nin ahead.

Next was a middle-aged Jonin. He quickly formed hand seals, opened his mouth, and spat out a stream of water.

The water touched the ground and transformed into a wave, rushing towards the Iwa-nin. The places it passed turned into a lake.

This was none other than the B-rank ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave, a high-level Water Style ninjutsu capable of altering the terrain.

Seeing the rapidly approaching wave, the Iwa-nin quickly retreated.

Only one person stepped forward. He quickly formed the "Snake - Hare - Dog" hand seals with both hands, then slapped the ground, and used the B-rank ninjutsu - Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall.

The next moment, an earthen wall over ten meters high rose from the ground, blocking the Iwa-nin.

The wave crashed against the earthen wall and quickly rebounded, then was swept up by the second wave and crashed into the wall again, rebounding once more.

In this way, the waves impacted again and again, shaking the surrounding ground, but they couldn't break through the earthen wall.

A few moments later, the middle-aged Jonin stopped using the ninjutsu.

Seeing this, the Iwa-nin standing on the earthen wall secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that the opponent would continue using the technique and eventually break through the wall.

"But..."

Everyone looked at the Iwa-nin Jonin in front and thought to themselves, "Fortunately, it's Jonin Nogawa. If it were any other Jonin, they might not be able to withstand the attacks from the enemy Jonin."

However, Nogawa Ki, the focus of everyone's attention, didn't show any signs of relaxation. He looked at the Konoha ninjas on the lake ahead with a serious expression.

Clearly, he knew this wasn't over. As long as the Konoha ninjas wanted to leave from here, they would definitely find other ways to break through his obstruction.

Sure enough, with a crackling sound, everyone saw a lightning bolt shoot out from the Konoha crowd, piercing straight into the earthen wall like a spear.

As everyone knew, Lightning Style had a counteracting effect on Earth Style.

Therefore, when this Lightning Style: Lightning Rod technique hit the wall created by the Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall, it immediately created several cracks about a foot wide on it.

Then, two long dragons, one water and one fire, sprang out from the Konoha team and swooped down towards the earthen wall and the Iwa-nin standing on it.

"Scatter!"

Seeing this, the Iwa-nin Jonin who was desperately maintaining the Earth Style: Earth-Style Wall immediately shouted.

At the same time, he himself also jumped back.

But at this moment, a pair of blood-red Sharingan filled his vision, quickly occupying his entire field of view.

"No! It's the Sharingan!"

Sensing the abnormality, Nogawa Ki cursed inwardly and was about to form hand seals to dispel the genjutsu. But before he could take any action, his consciousness was pulled into the illusion.

On the lake, Seimei lowered his hands.

Looking at the Iwa-nin Jonin who was directly crushed to death by the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, he muttered to himself, "As expected of Lv6 Genjutsu, its effects are truly domineering!"

That's right, what he had just used was the Lv6 Genjutsu: Sharingan.

It had to be said that when used with sufficient preparation, the effects of this technique were truly overbearing.

Even from such a long distance, he easily pulled that Iwa-nin Jonin into the genjutsu.

You know, this was a genuine Jonin. Even so, after falling for it, they had no power to resist. From this, you can imagine what would happen to other ninja if they were caught in it. The result probably wouldn't be much better than this Iwa-nin Jonin. The only pity is that it takes a few seconds of preparation to achieve this effect. And such an opportunity almost never exists in a battle with ninja of the same level.

Shaking his head, Seimei stopped dwelling on it and turned his attention back to the battlefield.