How could a Shuriken with Exploding Tags attached, infused with high-quality Wind Release Chakra, be blown away by a soft and weak Wind Release: Great Breakthrough? Although it caused some deceleration, its speed was still lightning-fast.
They lost their last chance to use Ninjutsu for defense. Second Body closed her eyes, forming a single-hand seal, sensing the location of the Exploding Tag Shuriken.
Once she confirmed the Exploding Tag Shuriken had reached two or three meters above the Sunagakure Ninja's heads, she immediately controlled these Exploding Tags to detonate.
"Oh no! It's Exploding Tags! Run!" Although the Sand Village Jonin only saw a few Exploding Tag Shuriken flying towards him, he felt a deadly crisis.
"Captain! Don't worry, it's just a few scattered Shuriken. They can't kill many people. These despicable Konoha Ninja are ambushing us; we must make them pay!"
Another Sand Village Jonin felt there was nothing to worry about. With his Body Flicker Technique, there was no way he could be killed by the explosion. The Konoha Ninja could only resort to petty tricks.
"Boom!" The explosion of the Exploding Tag Shuriken did not harm anyone. Many Sunagakure Ninja no longer cared about these scattered Exploding Tags.
However, the careful Sand Village Jonin captain noticed that after this Exploding Tag exploded, several new Exploding Tags appeared in that spot, burning.
His face immediately turned pale with fright. Without hesitation, he overloaded and mobilized all his Chakra, sacrificing Chakra consumption and Ninjutsu strength to cast an Earth Release defensive Ninjutsu that covered his head.
Unfortunately, he still underestimated the power of Mutual Exploding Tags. One Exploding Tag summoned two or three more, and the number multiplied exponentially.
The Sand Village Jonin who had previously mocked Second Body's Exploding Tag Shuriken had already been blasted away by the continuous explosions of Exploding Tags.
He was lucky; he only had one arm blown off and suffered some internal injuries, but the continuous explosions kept spreading, threatening to cover the area he was in.
"Ah! No! I don't want to die! Ah!" The Sand Village Jonin fled frantically, using both hands and feet, while the Chunin and Genin were even more miserable.
Many were so scared they wet themselves, wishing their parents had given them more legs, but unfortunately, it still couldn't change the fact that they were engulfed by the explosion zone.
This was just one company in a concentrated area; other companies also experienced similar scenes. From the sky, the ground was dotted with blossoming flowers of fire.
These were also flowers of death; without exception, the covered areas had only one in ten survivors. Some lucky Sunagakure Ninja who stood in areas not covered by the explosions were also terrified.
They were blown by the shockwaves of the Mutual Exploding Tags, unable to open their eyes, only smelling gunpowder and blood, and an extremely enticing scent of roasted meat.
Sunagakure's front-line position was almost completely destroyed. Second Body only expended a trivial amount of about forty thousand Exploding Tags, with each Exploding Tag's landing point only mutually summoning over two thousand Exploding Tags, yet it caused such a one-sided massacre.
The number of Sunagakure Ninja directly killed or crippled by Second Body's explosions reached over three hundred. Only a small number, less than a hundred, remained completely unharmed and alive, but facing Konoha's rapidly advancing army, they couldn't even make a ripple before being captured.
At the Hidden Sand Village's base, Ebizo was currently processing intelligence, while Pakura was also handling base affairs. At this moment, they suddenly sensed the ground shaking.
And as the slight tremor continued, after a while, successive explosions echoed, immediately alarming all the Sunagakure Ninja at the base. They all ran out of their tents, wanting to check what was happening.
Unfortunately, very few Ninja in the Hidden Sand Village could use Sensory Ninjutsu, and even fewer were proficient in it. Fortunately, Ebizo excelled at Sensory Ninjutsu.
He closed his eyes, placing one hand on the ground, sensing the direction and distance of the explosions through the earth's vibrations. Pakura quietly waited for Ebizo's sensory results.
"Not good! Something has happened at the front-line position! The Konoha army is attacking! We must retreat immediately and regroup with other defending forces in the Land of Wind to have a chance to fight."
Ebizo, as expected of an elder who had experienced the First and Second Great Shinobi Wars, was rich in experience. He immediately gave instructions, allowing the valuable Medical Ninja and Edo Tensei Corps to leave first, followed by the Puppet Master unit, and finally the ordinary Sunagakure Ninja.
Ebizo and Pakura brought up the rear. Although they sensed the attack's arrival in advance, judging Konoha's position by sound alone was clearly already a bit late.
By the time the sound and vibrations reached them, the Konoha Ninja were not far from their location. Second Body was fully sensing the Hidden Sand Village's base location.
Soon, she found dense Chakra light points in a hidden valley a few kilometers away, immediately sending out a signal and adjusting direction to guide them.
"Second Body has sent out a signal and changed direction, it seems she has sensed the Hidden Sand Village's base! Everyone, accelerate forward and crush the Hidden Sand Village in one fell swoop!"
Minato watched Second Body's movements in the sky and immediately, along with Orochimaru, began to lead the high-spirited Konoha Ninja towards the direction Second Body was heading.
By the time the Hidden Sand Village's base had packed up and was ready to retreat, Second Body had already arrived one kilometer away from them. At this point, both sides could almost clearly see each other.
Ebizo, along with over a thousand ordinary Sunagakure Ninja and Pakura, began to retreat. The Medical Ninja and other skilled personnel who had left before them had already run a few kilometers.
"Immediately set up temporary traps and place poisons to slow down the Konoha army!"
Ebizo's orders were executed precisely. They hastily and quickly set up traps while retreating. Although their speed wasn't fast, it would still take some time to catch up.
Unfortunately, Second Body's flying speed far exceeded their escape speed. Soon, Second Body arrived above Ebizo and Pakura, watching with interest the woman known as the "Ninja World's Most Beautiful Back."
"Lord Ebizo, there's a bird in the sky, it must be from Konoha!"
Pakura immediately summoned several Scorch Release: Fireballs to float around her, vigilantly watching the movements in the sky. Unfortunately, Second Body's flying altitude was outside the attack range of her Scorch Release: Fireballs.
"Hmm! It's a Super Beast Imitating Drawing. It is indeed a Konoha Ninja, but by the looks of it, her age seems to be less than ten. Konoha truly is full of freaks."
Ebizo sighed at the endless emergence of Konoha geniuses, because the young girl in the sky gave him a very strong sense of threat. He might even meet his end here today.
Second Body's attack target was not these two Kage-level powerhouses, but the thousand Sunagakure Ninja who were fleeing. So, she directly bypassed them and flew towards the Sunagakure army.
"Not good! Her target is the Sunagakure army! It seems the explosions were caused by her. Although I don't know how she did it, we must immediately scatter and escape!"
Ebizo immediately notified the various company captains of Sunagakure via radio, telling them to lead their subordinates to disperse, and to be wary of attacks from above.
Second Body quickly arrived above the Hidden Sand Village Ninja, noticing their preparations to scatter and escape. However, Second Body had many methods; she directly separated several Escaping Rabbit Shadow Clones, then used Super Beast Imitating Drawing to create flying birds to scatter and attempt to capture them all in one go.
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