Chapter 110: The Hidden Grass Village Has No Reason to Continue Existing

The trees growing wildly were nothing like ordinary trees. Instead, they radiated a vicious killing intent.

"Damn it! What kind of ninjutsu is this?"

"Could this be the legendary Wood Release of the First Hokage of Konoha?!"

"Damn it, why are these trees so hard?!"

"Ah! Th-this tree is absorbing my chakra!"

A large group of Hidden Grass shinobi was sent tumbling by the trees that had suddenly erupted from the ground.

Some tried attacking the trunks, only to discover that the trees were extraordinarily tough.

If they weren’t careful, the branches growing wildly from every direction would wrap around them, rapidly absorbing their chakra and causing it to drain away.

Some tried attacking the trees with ninjutsu. Even if they successfully broke one tree, before they had time to celebrate, new towering trees would burst from the ground.

Some of the Hidden Grass shinobi were frightened and no longer dared to attack. They turned around and tried to escape the forest.

They struggled to dodge branches that could suddenly shoot out from anywhere, only to discover that this forest seemed completely endless!

For a moment, many of them even felt despair.

How were they supposed to fight this?!

Their opponent had merely released a single ninjutsu, yet it had effortlessly trapped their entire group.

"Ahem. As expected of Wood Release."

Reiji leisurely enjoyed watching the Grass shinobi struggle.

With something as simple as Deep Forest Emergence, as long as he had enough chakra, the number of ordinary shinobi basically became meaningless.

No matter how many came, he could trap them all!

In terms of strength, the trees created by Deep Forest Emergence could not even be broken by weaker ninjutsu!

Even if they were broken, they would immediately grow back.

And more importantly!

Deep Forest Emergence could absorb the chakra of the shinobi trapped within it!

The chakra of those trapped would gradually be drained away.

That chakra would then further strengthen the forest, allowing it to suppress the shinobi trapped within even more effectively!

It truly deserved to be called a power capable of ending an era of chaos.

"So powerful!"

Karin’s eyes widened.

It had been so easy.

All those villains who had once bullied her mother had been completely suppressed!

"Come to think of it, the one who sacrificed your mother to that monster should be this guy."

Reiji looked toward a figure struggling to leap and dodge through the distant forest.

It was Mūi, the lord of Hōzuki Castle.

Reiji raised his hand from afar, controlling the trees to rush toward Mūi.

This time, facing trees attacking him simultaneously from every direction, Mūi finally fell into despair.

He barely managed to release Fire Release several times and struggle for a while before ultimately being bound by the trees.

Countless branches tightly wrapped around his body, squeezing him so tightly that he could barely breathe.

As the branches moved, Reiji remained standing where he was and controlled layer after layer of trees to bring Mūi over.

Mūi swallowed nervously.

He had completely lost the will to resist.

"May I ask why you have come?"

"Earlier, the Hidden Grass Village was forced to participate in this war because of pressure from the Hidden Stone Village. The Hidden Grass Village absolutely had no intention of becoming enemies with Konoha. We were simply forced into it by the circumstances!"

The revival of the Hidden Grass Village, the Box of Ultimate Bliss—none of that mattered anymore.

For now, saving his own life was the priority!

With that thought, Mūi immediately betrayed the Hidden Stone Village without hesitation.

"If you agree, the Hidden Grass shinobi on the front lines can immediately join forces with Konoha and counterattack the Hidden Stone!"

"You’re just fighting the Hidden Stone Village. Do you really need to use an entire village for that?"

Reiji chuckled.

"No. I originally came to the Hidden Grass Village simply to teach it a lesson."

Hearing this, an ominous feeling rose in Mūi’s heart.

"But what I saw in the Hidden Grass Village and this prison disgusted me."

Reiji glanced at Karin, who was hiding behind him, making Mūi feel even more uneasy.

Could he be planning to stand up for this little girl from the Uzumaki clan?

"So, the Hidden Grass Village has no reason to continue existing."

Reiji’s voice was cold as he pronounced the fate of the Hidden Grass Village.

The people of this village truly disgusted him!

"..."

Mūi’s mind went blank for a moment before his expression became furious.

"You want to wipe out our Hidden Grass Village?"

"With such wanton behavior, isn’t Konoha afraid that the other shinobi villages will unite against Konoha?!"

Crack!

Mūi let out a miserable scream.

The branches binding him had suddenly tightened even further, breaking several of his ribs!

"What are you supposed to be, to threaten me with that?"

"With a bunch of weaklings like you, you actually dare talk about joining forces against Konoha? You’d better take a good look at whether you’re even worthy!"

Reiji’s expression was filled with disdain.

The Hidden Grass Village really thought it was something important!

It was merely a village established in a country used as a buffer zone between the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, yet it actually dared to turn around and threaten Konoha!

It was simply laughable!

Suddenly!

The sound of something cutting through the air came from above!

Satori, flying in the sky, rapidly dove downward, its sharp claws on its slender arms reaching toward Reiji!

"I ignored you for a while, and you actually thought you could launch a sneak attack."

Reiji raised his head and directly controlled Mūi, who was bound by the branches nearby, using him as a shield!

The sharp claws pierced straight through Mūi’s abdomen!

Blood gushed out.

Mūi screamed, his face suddenly turning deathly pale.

At the same time, countless trees rushed toward Satori from all directions, startling it into rapidly flapping its wings and dodging.

"Damn bastard!"

Satori cursed furiously.

How dare this guy call him a bug?!

When had he ever been bullied like this?!

However.

Satori sadly discovered that all he could do now was fly around frantically, constantly dodging the endlessly growing trees.

Once he was bound, even he would have difficulty breaking free.

And if he were restrained even briefly, his opponent could use that explosive technique from earlier and hit him with another blast!

How was he supposed to survive?!

"Can’t you read people’s minds? Come on, let’s see how you dodge this technique."

The corners of Reiji’s mouth lifted.

He brought his hands together!

"Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs Jutsu!"

Countless trees turned toward Satori in the sky.

One wooden spike after another continuously shot toward him!

Wooden spikes more than a meter long and roughly ten centimeters thick tore through the air with sharp whistles, filling the sky like a rain of arrows!

"Damn it!"

Satori cursed furiously!

Why was it another large-scale technique?!

The densely packed wooden spikes covered the sky, making it impossible to dodge them all!

Satori, furious enough to want to kill someone, flapped both wings.

Countless feathers shot out, desperately attempting to block the wooden spikes flying toward him!

The sharp feathers collided with the wooden spikes, stopping most of them.

However.

Under the barrage of countless wooden spikes, quite a few still broke through the defense.

Satori had no choice but to dodge and block them as best he could.

Wooden spikes tore across his body, leaving him looking extremely disheveled.

Many of the wooden spikes fired toward the sky were not stopped.

They eventually changed direction and fell toward the ground!

As a result.

Although they failed to hit Satori, the Grass shinobi below became the victims!

They were already dodging branches attacking them from every direction, and now a "rain of wooden spikes" had begun falling from the sky!

For a moment, screams rang out throughout the forest.

Many people were directly pierced by the wooden spikes falling from above and pinned to the ground!

"Damn it!"

Mūi, whose abdomen had been pierced by Satori and whose blood was pouring out, watched the Hidden Grass shinobi rapidly being killed and was so furious that he nearly vomited blood.

That bastard really intended to wipe out the entire Hidden Grass Village!

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