The sight before them was entirely Iwagakure Ninja rushing towards them, but such a shocking scene did not startle the two of them.
"Looks like we can fight without holding back this time."
Ren put the Thunder God Sword into his pouch, looking at the dense crowd of enemies before him, a thrilled smile appearing on his face.
Although the numbers were vastly disparate, they were not like these people.
One was the Third Raikage, whose physical strength could contend with the Eight-Tails in its rampaging state, and who was known as the "Strongest Spear" and "Strongest Shield."
The other was Ren, who mastered both Ice and Storm Bloodline Limits, had two great Tailed Beasts within him, and was the strongest of his generation.
To take down these two, who knew how many of these Iwagakure Ninja would have to die.
"Kid, I'm going in. Don't die easily."
After the old man let out a loud laugh, lightning once again erupted from his body, countless electrical arcs surging up and down, even his yellow long hair was slightly blown back by the air currents, fanning out behind him.
"Boom!"
"Ah!"
No sooner had he spoken than he vanished from his spot, and a scream came from the large Iwagakure Ninja army not far away. Following the sound, a streak of lightning was seen moving through the crowd at an almost instantaneous speed, and screams continuously echoed from everywhere it passed.
"Tsk, old people are so impatient."
Ren silently rolled his Byakugan, complaining while dispelling the dust floating in the air.
"Then I'll go too."
Ren grinned, beginning to circulate the Chakra within his body. Just then, the surrounding Iwagakure Ninja had already rushed forward; all of them with ferocious expressions, four or five Kunai and long swords and other Ninja tools stabbing towards Ren.
Just as the attacks were about to hit, Ren suddenly vanished from his spot, and the attacks of the remaining few landed in one place, producing sounds of clashing metal.
"That guy is in the sky!"
Accompanied by a cry of surprise, the people who were looking around, having lost their target, immediately shifted their gaze upwards, and quickly locked onto Ren, who was hovering in the air.
"Earth Release: Rock Bullet!"
Without hesitation, everyone formed hand seals and puffed out their cheeks in unison, aiming at Ren in the air before abruptly spewing out.
Hundreds of small pebbles continuously grew larger in the air, finally stopping when they reached the size of a human head, smashing down like a torrential rain!
Seeing this situation, Ren's scalp couldn't help but tingle. Indeed, there was a reason why quantitative change leads to qualitative change. With so many rocks falling, even the complete Tailed Beasts would feel pain, let alone his mere flesh and blood body.
Although Ren was sighing verbally, his hand movements were not affected in the slightest, and he completed the hand seals in the blink of an eye.
"Water Release: Water Trumpet!"
Ren let out a low shout, and the Iwagakure Ninja below him immediately felt the ground begin to shake. Before they could react, a thick stream of water appeared out of nowhere from the ground, then shot up into the sky, successfully enveloping Ren before the rock rain arrived.
"Boom!"
A huge sound erupted, and the water pillar enveloping Ren suddenly began to spin at high speed, instantly transforming from a water pillar into a giant water vortex.
As soon as the flying rock rain touched the surface of the water vortex, it was flung away, drawing a perfect parabola under the stunned gaze of the Iwagakure Ninja, landing in the crowd and finally hitting an unfortunate person.
"Ah!"
As the scream rang out, everyone finally woke up as if from a dream, looking at the water vortex connecting heaven and earth, their expressions immediately turned frantic, and they instinctively turned around, wanting to run towards the outer perimeter.
But due to their comrades gathered around them, they bumped into the backs of others before taking two steps, and at this moment, the rock rain in the sky, propelled by the high-speed rotation of the water vortex, also flew towards the entire battlefield.
Some Iwagakure Ninja, still unaware of what was happening ahead, continued to charge forward, not realizing that a rock was flying towards them from above, accompanied by a whistling sound.
When he inadvertently looked up, he saw a rock already flying close. He wanted to dodge, but his body didn't react in time.
"Puff!"
Under his desperate gaze, the rock directly struck his abdomen, and an intense pain instantly surged through him, causing his pupils to widen. He uncontrollably flew backward, spitting out bits of saliva in the air.
Such situations occurred all over the battlefield. The move, originally intended to knock down the opponent, was instead utilized by the opponent, and ultimately landed on their own people.
"Hmph, it's my turn!"
Ren's mouth curled into a cold smile, and his hand seals changed. The high-speed rotating water vortex first paused, then, under the terrified gazes of the surrounding Iwagakure Ninja, it crashed down like a waterfall from the heavens!
The Iwagakure Ninja standing close by were immediately slammed to the ground by the rapidly descending water flow from the sky. The immense impact instantly caused a sharp pain in their chests, followed by a sweet sensation in their throats, and their mouths instinctively opened, spewing out large amounts of blood!
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Divide!"
Just then, someone finally made a move. Below the water vortex where Ren was, the ground began to shake, and then, to Ren's slight surprise, a large section of the ground began to rise. The intense water flow fell onto it, and the impact was mostly offset before it continued to fall, but at this point, its power was no longer enough to harm the others.
And at this moment, the raised earth suddenly split in the middle, and a large amount of water flowed into it, thus Ren's Water Trumpet was easily neutralized.
Ren burst out of the water vortex, his gaze sweeping around for a moment before finally landing on a young Iwagakure Ninja with his hands braced on the ground.
"Hmm, this Chakra…"
Ren raised an eyebrow, looking at the other party with some surprise.
Although this amount of Chakra couldn't compare to his own, it was still that of a normal Kage-level strongman. Who was this? He hadn't heard of such a master among the younger generation of Iwagakure.
Just as Ren was puzzled, the discussions from below helped him resolve his confusion.
"As expected of Kitsuchi-sama, his strength is truly formidable!"
"Of course, Kitsuchi-sama is the Tsuchikage-sama's eldest son, destined to become the next Tsuchikage!"
Ren then realized. That familiar Ninja hat and large nose, no wonder he kept feeling he knew him.
Kitsuchi was still very young at this time, unlike how he would have a full beard later, which was why Ren didn't recognize him immediately.
"Everyone retreat, I'll take him down!"
Kitsuchi shouted, beginning to form hand seals.
Hearing this, the Iwagakure Ninja immediately began to retreat in an orderly fashion, quickly leaving a large open space around him.
At this moment, Kitsuchi had also finished forming the hand seals. He then slammed his palm onto the ground and shouted loudly.
"Earth Release: Mountain Earth Skill!"
No sooner had he spoken than the open space in front of him began to vibrate violently, like an earthquake. Before Ren could react, the ground beneath his feet suddenly split and transformed into two giant hemispheres that began to close in on him!
Ren's expression immediately changed. He flapped his wings, intending to escape the encirclement of these two hemispheres, but it was already too late.
Under everyone's gaze, with a roaring sound, the two giant hemispheres merged into one, and Ren was left trapped inside.