Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 470 The Destruction of Kumogakure

No one expected that the Blood Pool Clan would be wreaking havoc that very night.

Those who guarded them, abused them, and were bored ninjas all died under their bloodline limit.

"Blood Dragon Eye - Blood Explosion Technique!"

Pairs of scarlet eyes manipulated the blood flowing from them, causing it to explode. By the time Darui realized what was happening, Kumogakure had already been breached from within, and a large number of cannon fodder ninjas stormed up the mountain through the main gate.

The people of Kumogakure began to flee. It wasn't because of the Blood Pond clan's massacre; the Blood Pond clan only killed ninjas, not civilians. The cannon fodder ninjas were too busy to care about them anyway, because they were worthless.

But those civilians knew in their hearts that they were not ordinary civilians. They were the families of ninjas. Fathers were ninjas, sons were ninjas, husbands were ninjas, brothers were ninjas. If the people of the Land of Waterfall invaded, would they let them go?

will not.

They knew this better than anyone else. So, they had no choice but to run.

Some people took a boat and fled to the sea, while others chose to disguise themselves and head to the Land of Fire. The Land of Fire was an ally, at least on the surface.

The Land of Fire shouldn't make things difficult for them. After all, they are high-ranking ninja families, whose lives are far more valuable than those of ordinary people in the Land of Lightning.

Of course, there are also some who don't know where to go, they only know they can't stay here.

No one looked back at Cloud Village.

When the news reached the Fourth Raikage's ears, it was already the next day. He was so angry that he fainted on the spot.

In his dazed state, he heard his deputy shout again, "Lord Raikage, Lord Raikage, are you alright?"

"It's alright, you can go now." The Fourth Raikage instantly slumped, his anger finding nowhere to go.

"Damn it, why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet! Why was their ninja village wiped out?"

At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. He should never have agreed to the alliance with Hiruzen Sarutobi in the first place.

"Third Hokage, it was you, it was you who ruined me!" He had now figured it out. The so-called Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces was not giving him power at all, but using him as a shield.

"What should I do now? Should I just surrender?"

Just as the Fourth Raikage was hesitating, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound coming from the sky.

He stepped out of the tent, looked up, and saw that the sun in the sky was blocked by a huge object.

At that moment, he remembered. He remembered everything. It was the Seven-Tails!

Previously, because it adopted a dispersed strategy, and because there were cities and people around, he bet that the opponent would not dare to use the Seven-Tails and launch the Tailed Beast Ball.

However, they are no match for each other if they are scattered now. In order to avoid causing more ninja casualties, he can only adopt the policy of sticking together for warmth.

But he forgot that if he gathered all the ninjas together, he would really be close to death.

"Stop! Stop! We surrender! We surrender!" The Fourth Raikage hurriedly jumped out, waving his hands and shouting, but it was too late.

Naoto stood atop the Seven-Tails' head, looking down at the scene below with an expressionless face.

"Seven-Tails, fire the Tailed Beast Bomb!"

"Understood." The Seven-Tails opened its mouth, and a dark blue chakra ball condensed, compressed, and spun inside its mouth.

It grew brighter and brighter, until it shone like a small sun.

This is not just Yin-Yang Escape; it also contains the immortal techniques he has recently comprehended, as well as the new energy attacks born after his transformation.

"Take this from my Mega Cannon!"

The Mega Particle Cannon shot out from the mouth of the Seven-Tails, leaving a long trail of flame, and blasted straight toward the main camp of the Hidden Cloud Village.

"boom--"

The earth trembled, and the light transformed into a powerful shockwave that reverberated outwards. When the light dissipated, the main camp of Kumogakure was nowhere to be found.

All that remains is a charred crater, hundreds of meters in diameter and over fifty meters deep.

The buildings, supplies, and personnel in the camp—everything—were reduced to dust.

"Why? Why do you still want to kill me even after I've already chosen to surrender?"

Because he ran fast, the Raikage dodged the attack, but most of the 10,000 ninjas behind him died in the explosion, leaving only less than 1000 lucky survivors and most of the powerful Jonin who escaped unscathed.

Naoto looked down at him and said, "There's no reason. Ever since you started attacking without any restraint, we've been locked in a life-or-death struggle."

"Oh no, run! Run! Everyone, scatter and run!"

The Raikage finally understood that the other side intended to completely exterminate them, wipe out all the noble ninjas, and utterly destroy the country.

Demons, they are demons!

No matter how domineering our Hidden Cloud Village is, we have never thought of letting others perish or be wiped out.

At this moment, he was truly terrified. He ran for his life, and the surviving ninjas also began to scatter and flee.

However, what followed was the hunt for the cannon fodder ninja. The fate of some Cloud Ninja was already sealed; they would all die in this great battle. Even those who miraculously survived would live in anonymity from then on.

The days of fleeing were harder to endure than fighting. The Fourth Raikage never imagined that one day he would be chased like a stray dog.

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed. All the ANBU ninjas who were guarding him were dead, one of his arms was missing, and there was not a single good spot on his body.

His stamina was already exhausted, his chakra was almost depleted, and even common weapons like kunai and military rations were completely used up. Yet, he was being hunted down by a group of wandering ninjas he had previously looked down upon.

At this moment, in an abandoned border town, forty or fifty wandering ninjas surrounded him.

"Fourth Raikage, I'll take your head." A man in black, wielding a blood-stained katana, slashed at him from behind.

The Raikage's Lightning Release chakra exploded on his body, blue lightning enveloping him as he shattered a blade with a single punch. However, his remaining arm was also slashed with several bloody gashes.

Seeing that he was injured, the others rushed forward. The Raikage countered again and again, and his chakra was gradually being depleted.

His body was covered in knife wounds, and he had lost too much blood, which made him feel his strength draining away, his speed decreasing, and his reactions slowing down.

Just then, his other arm was severed by a knife, and the toxins that had been suppressed in his body began to spread rapidly.

"Heh, am I going to die here?" The Fourth Raikage smiled bitterly as he fell to the ground. Before his eyes appeared phantoms: his father, his younger brother... and even the tentacles of the Eight-Tails.

Those tentacles easily swept up, crushed, and slammed those wandering ninjas to the ground.

Then came a woman's voice, "Lord Raikage, are you alright? I've come to save you."