Fleeing from Konoha

Chapter 852: Chapter 30: Moryo_4

According to the villagers of this village, there are monster disturbances at night, with tall bodies that produce thundering sounds when they walk.

Their eyes even glow in the dark.

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, the villagers immediately sought help from the town’s security team.

One of the two security team ninjas crouched down, using his hand to measure the sunken footprints on the ground; the concrete road had been trampled on, and cracks appeared next to the footprints.

When that ’monster’ moves, its power is extremely strong, probably more formidable than the beasts in the forest.

"These footprints aren’t human, but they’re also very different from the footprints of any beast I know."

This ninja shook his head, unable to distinguish what kind of creature left these marks while walking.

Just simply walking could crack the hard concrete road, which is truly strange.

The other ninja also shook his head, merely writing in a notebook, accurately recording the information about the footprints.

Then he took out a camera from his backpack, photographing the footprints on the ground to have experts identify what ’monster’ left them.

At this moment, an elderly man walked over, trembling, who was the village chief of this border village.

"These might be marks made by terracotta soldiers."

"Terracotta soldiers?"

The two ninjas raised their eyebrows.

"It’s just something I suddenly remembered because the memory is so old. Terracotta soldiers are soldiers controlled by demonic creatures... only malevolent spirits can control them, and they possess the powerful force to crush the earth."

The village chief’s face was full of worry.

Malevolent spirits have always been an immortal creature lurking above the Land of Demons; many elders from the Land of Demons have heard the tale and have seen malevolent spirits controlling armies in the past, attacking human towns and causing destruction and devastation.

For a thousand years, witches have protected this country, and they have been battling malevolent spirits to this day, still unable to decide a winner.

The Land of Demons is also a dangerous country.

Despite this, many people continue to seek refuge here because the wars outside are more terrifying than the malevolent spirits.

"Is that so? Demonic creatures... we understand, do not go out for the time being. We will contact the nearby shrine, and if there are indeed demonic disturbances, we will have the shrine’s witch perform an exorcism ritual."

The Ninja Realm is filled with many strange creatures.

Demonic creatures are one of them.

The upper echelons have long given orders that if traces of demonic creatures are found, immediate support should be requested from the nearest shrine.

The only way to seal demonic creatures is by relying on the power of witches; ninjas are at a huge disadvantage when dealing with demonic creatures.

"Then I entrust you with it, and please report this matter to Mire Witch immediately. Only Lady Mire can handle such a powerful demonic creature like malevolent spirits."

The village chief appeared extremely worried; if his guess was correct, the Land of Demons would soon be unsettled.

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"Really, a Neutral Country sets up such tight military zones... do they not want to be a Neutral Country anymore?"

At night, a bonfire was lit in the cave, and several Hidden Cloud Village Ninja sat around it, with one starting to complain.

They had secretly infiltrated the Land of Demons to gather confidential military intelligence.

But in the past one or two years, they’ve had no chance to enter any of the military zones within the Land of Demons.

As soon as they got close, they would be sensed by the perception ninjas there.

The security system there is truly exaggerated.

For a Neutral Country to make such a huge move, it did not go unnoticed; however, none of the countries discusses it openly, as using ninjas to scout for intelligence is the best approach.

"There’s no way around it; it’s an order from Lord Raikage... besides, although we’ve been operating in the Land of Demons for so long, they actually discovered us a long time ago. They simply feared the power behind us in the Land of Lightning and ignored it."

The Jonin Captain sighed helplessly.

A Land of Demons with that level of vigilance couldn’t possibly be completely unaware; otherwise, they would have long infiltrated the military zones and obtained firsthand confidential intelligence.

"What should we do next?"

"Continue the mission; the higher-ups haven’t ordered us back, which probably means they haven’t given up."

"But if this goes on..."

Before the Hidden Cloud Village Ninja could finish speaking, the Jonin Captain shushed, signaling everyone to be quiet.

The other members fell silent, sensing something wasn’t right.

Simultaneously, they looked towards the cave entrance, where a sinister wind blew in, extinguishing the bonfire.

The cave immediately plunged into darkness.

"Lightning Style: Lighting Flash!"

At the moment the bonfire was extinguished, the Jonin Captain swiftly performed hand seals, then shot a sharp lightning spear from his mouth, piercing through the night’s darkness towards a certain location.

Under the moonlight, a mass of purple-black light mist flew out from the shadows.

The lightning spear penetrated through the purple-black light mist and shattered the distant rocks. fгeewebnovёl.com

"What!?"

Ignoring the Hidden Cloud Jonin’s Lightning Style Jutsu, an eerie, evil laughter emerged from the purple-black mist, quickly engulfing the Cloud Ninjas, surrounding them in the fog.

The shrill screams lasted for several seconds, and the cave then returned to silence.

Outside the cave, one by one eyes lit up, spanning the mountains and fields.

One by one, tall stone soldiers stood upright, holding stone blades, enduring the wind without moving, rendering the mountains and forests into a desolate abyss.