Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 326 Countdown to the End of the Third Battle

The valley fell silent.

A scroll of ink painting slowly unfurled from the mountainside, like a camouflage being peeled off.

Behind the scroll, a blond boy emerges from a recessed mountainside, his face filled with excitement.

"Finally, I can finally get started."

However, a voice behind him interrupted his thoughts: "Hey buddy, how about considering changing jobs?"

Changxin whirled around, a palm strike coming straight at him. He had no time to dodge, and his body instantly turned into a pool of ink on the ground, only to reform into a human form a few steps away.

Hinata Kagami emerged from behind a tree, his hands tucked into his sleeves, and looked at him with a smile.

Changxin's expression was somewhat unpleasant: "You actually didn't leave, and you even discovered me... When did this happen?"

"Is it that difficult?" Hyuga Kagami pointed to his eyes. "Of course, it's about seeing with your eyes!"

Looking at those open white eyes, Changxin suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Indeed, the world always favors those with extraordinary talents. Ordinary people like him, despite their diligence, hard work, and cunning, ultimately fall short of those with a pair of naturally gifted eyes.

"Is this how your backers recruit people?"

"Don't worry about the details. Besides, I need to verify your abilities to see if you're qualified to join us."

"I'm sorry, I have no intention of betraying you at the moment."

"That's such a shame!"

The two were perfectly in sync; before the words were even finished, they attacked simultaneously.

Hyuga Kagami's palm strikes and Gentle Fist techniques flowed relentlessly, while Nagashino's Ink Release and sealing techniques were unpredictable. In just a few seconds, the two exchanged more than ten blows, neither gaining the upper hand.

Then, stop at the same time.

"This is pointless." Hyuga Kagami stopped his attack, turned around and left. "I just hope you won't regret it later."

He leaped and disappeared into the depths of the woods.

Changxin stood still, his eyes slightly shifting.

He never trusted anyone; he trusted only himself.

He looked down at the wound on his abdomen, where he had somehow managed to cut it open. He tore off a piece of his clothing, wrapped it around his neck a few times, and then headed towards the Land of Rain.

Senior sister, don't worry. I'm about to become the ruler of the Rain Kingdom.

There are countless people there suffering from poverty, hunger, and panic, waiting for you to save them.

Believe in the future, they will surely regard you as an angel.

And I will be their god.

The god who controls angels.

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The Land of Rain, frontline camp.

Negishi Kusanagi stood outside the tent, gazing at the distant sky.

There was no fighting today; neither Iwagakure nor Sunagakure made any moves, and the border was as quiet as a stagnant pool.

But he always felt uneasy, as if a stone was pressing on his chest, making it hard to breathe.

He couldn't explain why; perhaps it was too quiet.

He turned to return to his tent, but as soon as he took a step, the sky suddenly darkened.

It's not dark clouds, it's not dusk.

It's a Tailed Beast Ball!

It flew in from the sky, leaving a dark trail, growing larger and closer.

The target was the center of the camp, where hundreds of Rain Country ninjas, who had just withdrawn from the front lines to rest, were huddled together.

Negishi Kusanagi's mind went blank for a moment, and his instinctive thought was: Run, run quickly, there's a conspiracy, there's an enemy attack!

But his body reacted faster than his brain.

"Netherworld Escape: Shifting Dipper!"

He flashed to the front of the Tailed Beast Ball, opened his arms, and his chakra surged out wildly, creating a transparent vortex.

The Tailed Beast Ball crashed into the vortex, was swallowed up, and was transferred. It looked like it was about to change direction and be pushed elsewhere.

"Boiling Release: Steam Fist"

The high temperature and steam exploded at the same time, and Negishi Kusanagi's back was scalded and torn apart.

He stubbornly held on until he moved the Tailed Beast Ball away, at which point he could no longer withstand the force and was thrown into the tent several meters away.

He lay on the ground, coughed up blood, and raised his head.

Several figures slowly descended from the sky.

Onoki hovered at the top, his hands behind his back, looking down at the camp below.

Beside him stood the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and his wife, Karura, their feet resting on a patch of golden sand; a little further away, Granny Chiyo stood silently, the chakra threads on her fingers connecting to the puppet behind her.

Besides these, three more figures appeared on the grass: Rōshi, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails; Han, the Jinchūriki of the Five-Tails; and an old monk with a compassionate face.

Four top-tier masters, three of whom are Jinchūriki, my life is over!

As countless poisoned blades flew towards him, he closed his eyes. At that moment, he was filled with regret: He should have run away sooner!

"Shinra Tensei!"

An invisible force struck from the side, deflecting the falling blade.

Nagato rushed out from the depths of the camp, landed next to Negishi Kusanagi, and pulled him up from the ground.

Paper wings unfurled in the air, and Xiao Nan swooped down from above, landing beside the two.

She looked up at the sky, her gaze fixed on Onoki, her brows furrowed.

"Ohnoki."

"And there are three Jinchūriki, the Fourth Kazekage and his wife, Granny Chiyo... You really think highly of Amegakure."

At this moment, Xiao Nan's heart sank. Her usually reliable communication network had suddenly gone cold, and Changxin hadn't been seen for days. Had something happened to him?

Only then did she realize how important Changxin's message was. Their Rain Kingdom was practically dancing on a knife's edge; the slightest misstep could lead to total annihilation.

"Little girl, it's time to end this game after playing for so long." Onoki raised a hand and waved it downwards.

The opposing experts showed no mercy and attacked together.

They can't win, they absolutely can't win. Konan wants to escape, she wants to take Nagato with her.

But she wasn't the only one present who could fly; the Tsuchikage and Kazekage could also fly. Her so-called Paper Release was like paper in front of Dust Release.

Especially since everyone present was a master, and she hadn't even accumulated enough of those six trillion explosive tags yet.

Watching her flying paper pieces explode in the air, only to be blocked by the golden sand, Xiao Nan felt anxious but helpless.

She felt as if she were being completely restrained.

Not only her, but also Negishi Kusanagi was restrained, and he fought against Granny Chiyo with his injured body.

His Dark Release technique can absorb ninjutsu, but Granny Chiyo uses a puppet that has no chakra, no ninjutsu, and only pure physical attacks.

He was forced into close combat, and every move he made was draining his already dwindling strength.

Changmen was held back by the old monk and the Han.

Han's steam armor was incredibly fast, and the old monk's magnetic escape technique was unpredictable and could defend against almost anything.

Nagato barely managed to cope with the situation using his Rinnegan, but his chakra was being rapidly depleted.

In contrast, the ordinary ninjas in the camp were being slaughtered.

Old Purple's four-tailed form rampaged through the crowd, and wherever his Lava Release went, blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Ordinary ninjas from Amegakure are powerless against skilled opponents, especially since Amegakure had planned to wipe them out completely and destroy the Land of Rain.