It wouldn't be safe on the island; in fact, it would be more dangerous, not only due to the Salamander's poisonous mist and enemy attacks, but also because we'd have to search dangerous places for the potential intelligence scrolls, both upper and lower.
However, if your strength is high, you can still exploit a bug. Ling could directly take her teammates to the entrance of the battle arena and then block the door.
Unfortunately, Ling had to protect other Konoha teams because they entered the lake at different locations, and visibility on the lake was too low to easily find teammates. However, Ling was very clever and had already placed Flying Thunder God Marks on them.
As the time arrived, Ling, Shisui, and Kamikawa Shuji were ready. When the Amegakure Ninja raised the horizontal bar, Ling was the first to charge into the lake.
"Come out, Full Elephant!" Ling used the Ten Shadows Technique to summon Full Elephant, intending to ride Full Elephant across the lake instead of riding Nue or the flying birds from Super Beast Imitating Drawing.
"Moo~ Moo~" As soon as Full Elephant appeared, it plunged into the lake, splashing water several feet high. Fortunately, Full Elephant could swim, and its speed was not slow.
Ling immediately jumped onto Full Elephant's head. The twenty-meter-long Full Elephant could easily seat more than a dozen people, so there was no need to waste Chakra walking on water to the island.
"Ling, is this your Summoning Beast? It's huge!" Shisui put aside his surprise at the elephant and, along with Kamikawa Shuji, jumped onto it.
"Sort of. Let's go. We'll pick up the nearest teammates." Ling determined the Konoha Ninja's location based on the clarity and direction of the Flying Thunder God Mark's perception.
Full Elephant swam very fast, heading towards the direction Ling indicated. Perhaps due to the great commotion Full Elephant caused, the waves created by its swimming alone were enough for people in the vicinity to notice.
Soon, people from other Ninja villages came to investigate, but when they approached and saw Full Elephant's massive size, they couldn't escape.
A torrent of water burst from Full Elephant's trunk, forming a falling water curtain. The damage was no less than a Water Release Jutsu cast by a Jonin, and many Ninja were knocked unconscious before they could react.
However, some clever ones had already submerged themselves in the water and didn't pass out; they only felt a surge of blood and suffered minor internal injuries.
Ling was too lazy to pursue them. As long as they weren't deliberately provoking her, she didn't want to harm anyone's life. So, after Ling and her group passed, the Ninja who hadn't fainted immediately pulled their teammates out of the water to rescue them.
Not long after, Ling encountered Konoha's first squad, Shiranui Genma's squad. Upon seeing Full Elephant, they were initially panicked and fearful, but then, seeing it was Uchiha Ling, they relaxed.
After picking up Shiranui Genma and his two teammates, Ling once again headed to the next location. Some strange fish in the lake, facing Full Elephant's might, also dared not approach, which reduced a lot of trouble.
Just as Ling was about to approach Might Guy's team, Ling sensed a violent fluctuation of Chakra in the mist, indicating that someone had started fighting.
Several kilometers away, Iwa Ibuse, Might Guy, and their Jonin teammate stood back-to-back, wary of the fast-moving enemy Ninja in the mist.
"It's people from Hidden Cloud Village. Be careful not to stray too far from me." The Konoha Jonin's expression was grim. They had only traveled a few kilometers before encountering an ambush, and it was the kind meant to kill. If he hadn't sensed the danger in advance, Shiranui Genma and Aoba Yamashiro would have been hit.
"Heh heh, Konoha Ninja, you are truly weak. So weak, yet you occupy the richest region of the Ninja World. You truly deserve to be targeted!"
The voices in the mist echoed from all directions, making it impossible to determine where the enemy would attack from. They didn't even know how many people were attacking them.
Facing the Kunai and Shuriken flying out of the mist from time to time, they could only clumsily block with their Kunai. Even when they counterattacked by releasing Ninjutsu in the predicted direction, they often missed.
The opponents, however, seemed only to be toying with them, not using powerful Ninjutsu to attack, which left them somewhat confused.
The Konoha Jonin used a Shadow Clone to send it into the mist to probe. Unfortunately, as soon as it entered the mist, it was hit by concentrated Lightning Release Ninjutsu. Even with the Shadow Clone's full evasion, it was destroyed by the lightning in the water.
"There are at least three people. They seem to be able to detect our location. There must be a Sensory Ninja. My Sensory Ninjutsu isn't good enough; I can't beat them."
The Konoha Jonin felt the unpleasantness caused by the environment for the first time. This feeling of being passively beaten was truly terrible. Shiranui Genma and their teammates already had cuts from Kunai on their bodies.
The Konoha Jonin understood that the opponent's raw strength was not much stronger than theirs, so they were now using this tactic of messing with morale and exhausting the enemy to expand their advantage.
Ling made Full Elephant head in her direction, then disappeared from Full Elephant's back with a Flying Thunder God, leaving Shisui to watch worriedly at where Ling had vanished.
In such dense fog, if the opponent mixed Chakra into the fog, even the Sharingan would not be able to see through it. However, Ling had Curse Power perception, which was not affected by the Chakra system.
At this moment, Might Guy and his team were all injured, and even the Konoha Jonin had a scorched patch on his body, clearly from a Lightning Release attack.
This was because he had previously tied an iron wire to a Fuma Shuriken, intending to sweep through the mist, but he was hit by the opponent's Lightning Release. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would probably have been severely injured and fallen to the ground.
"Hey, Might Guy, you guys look pretty miserable." Ling suddenly appeared in front of them, startling them as they were fully on guard. However, seeing it was Ling, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain, I sensed an opponent's teammate suddenly appear. Their Chakra volume is completely undetectable."
The Hidden Cloud Village Sensory Chunin said to a tall, dark-skinned man. At this moment, his expression was no longer so calm.
"He disappeared, ah! So fast, it's too late…" As the Sensory Chunin's last sound echoed, Ling appeared beside him. With a single hand chop, the sound abruptly stopped.
Then, Ling lifted the Sensory Ninja and with a single flick of her finger, shattered his cervical spine, rendering him a quadriplegic. Only then did the Hidden Cloud Village Jonin see a small Konoha girl suddenly appear beside them.
"So the little mouse was hiding here, how naughty!" Ling held the Hidden Cloud Village Sensory Ninja, whose cervical spine was completely fractured and who would never be able to stand again, and looked at the Iwagakure Jonin with a smile.
"Damn it! What did you do to Amoyi!" The Hidden Cloud Village Jonin looked at the limp Amoyi, his eyes nearly popping out. That was the Hidden Cloud Village's most scarce Sensory Ninja!
"I didn't do much, just gave him a neck massage. Uh, I didn't realize my skill wasn't refined, and I accidentally crushed his cervical spine. From now on, he won't be able to move anything except his head. You won't blame me, will you?"
Ling held the Hidden Cloud Village Sensory Ninja, who was like a dead dog, with an expression of utmost grievance, as if she truly was accidental and not deliberately accidental.
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