Chapter 75: Welcome to Sunagakure

"Crystal Release: Crystal Spikes Killing Array!"

Immediately, countless crystal spikes burst from the ground around him, piercing through his legs and arms!

He was firmly bound to the spot, and the crystal serpent also tightly coiled around his neck, increasing its pressure.

His face turned purplish-black, and his companions wanted to help, but they were held back by Hiruzen and the others, powerless.

With a snap, his head drooped lifelessly, beyond dead.

After dealing with this person, Torifū immediately went to help Naori, but unexpectedly, Naori had already taken care of the enemy.

She even gave him a bright smile.

Torifū signaled Naori with his eyes to attack the Sand Village rogue leader together.

Naori nodded and drew her long sword, slashing towards him.

"Wind Release: Breakthrough!"

The rogue leader spat out a strong storm from his mouth!

Accompanied by sand and dust, everyone's movements became significantly slower.

"Ice Release: Ice Wall." Torifū slapped the ground with his hand, and a huge ice wall rose from the ground, completely blocking the sandstorm.

Actually, he could have used Earth Release, but he just wanted to try out the Ice Release ninjutsu.

He usually didn't have the chance, and it just so happened that he ran into a few punching bags today.

"Ice Release: Eternal Frost Ring!"

Torifū suddenly unleashed a large amount of chakra, then stomped his foot heavily on the ground!

In an instant, a blue-white halo rapidly spread out from under his feet, freezing everything in its path!

A large area of sand dunes was covered in ice and snow, looking like a snow mountain from a distance.

The Sunagakure rogues who attacked Torifū and the others were all frozen into ice sculptures, still maintaining their last expressions in life.

Hiruzen and the others were unharmed, and even felt quite cool.

Hiruzen took a step and accidentally slipped, almost falling.

"Torifū, this Ice Release is truly amazing, a desert artifact!"

Torifū smiled slightly without saying anything.

Naori poked the rogue frozen into an ice sculpture. "Should we just leave the corpses here?"

Torifū shook his head. It's best for ninjas not to leave traces of battles, thus he began to form hand seals.

"Wind Release: Wind Needles!"

He spat out a thick ball of wind, which then exploded into countless wind needles.

The frozen corpses were very fragile, and each wind needle left a hole as it passed through.

Before long, nothing was left around.

To prevent anything from being left, Naori also spat a mouthful of fire onto the ground.

Only then did everyone leave with peace of mind.

They encountered rogues as soon as they arrived in the Land of Wind, which was quite unsettling.

But these were all minor scenes for Torifū and the others. Except for Naori, everyone in the squad was Jonin or Elite Jonin level.

As long as a Kage-level ninja didn't come in person, it was unlikely that anyone could beat them.

According to the direction on the map, they should be getting closer and closer to the Sand Village.

At their current speed, they should be able to reach the Sand Village in no more than two days.

Speaking of which, they haven't been to other ninja villages yet, and they don't know what the difference is between them and Konoha.

It probably wouldn't be much better; after all, the ninja villages were all created by imitating Konoha, and it's only been a few years, so it's difficult to have anything new.

The group continued to travel, and apart from occasionally encountering two or three wandering ninjas, there were no major crises.

They were also lucky at night, finding an oasis.

This was undoubtedly an an excellent place to spend the night. The temperature difference in the desert at night was still very large, and they might get sick.

Fortunately, Hiruzen had asked about some coping skills before leaving, and the night passed peacefully.

The next morning, the group set off again. At Hiruzen's request, they quickened their pace, hoping to reach the Sand Village in the afternoon.

After traveling at high speed for nearly half a day, a valley-like place finally appeared on the distant horizon.

"Everyone, look, that should be it! Let's go a little faster!"

Hiruzen reminded his companions.

Everyone's stamina was still very abundant, so they all picked up the pace again.

As they got closer and closer to the 'valley,' everyone became happy, and they could confirm that it was the Sand Village.

It was exactly as Hashirama described.

To resist the desert storms and sand, huge sand walls were built around the village, forming the unique symbol of the Sand Village.

When they were less than a thousand meters away from the Sand Village, the group slowed down and began to adjust their breathing.

"Remember not to put on airs towards the people of other villages, and don't cause unnecessary trouble."

Hiruzen repeatedly urged his companions that being away from the village was not the same as being in the village, and it was better to avoid trouble.

Everyone understood this principle.

Before everyone could walk to the village entrance, a ninja threw a kunai from the shadows, landing in front of Hiruzen's feet.

This indicated that if they took another step, they would be attacked.

It seemed that the other party knew that Hiruzen and the others were Konoha ninjas, so they were warning them.

"We are ninjas from Konoha Village, and we have been ordered by the Hokage to invite the Kazekage to Konoha to attend the Five Kage Summit."

A voice came from somewhere: "How do you prove it?"

Immediately, Hiruzen took out the letter drafted by Tobirama and written by Hashirama from his arms. Of course, this was just a copy.

A gust of wind blew, and the letter in Hiruzen's hand was blown away. Hiruzen didn't intend to chase it.

Immediately, a group of Sand Village ninjas appeared from the yellow sand, surrounding Hiruzen and the others!

A young man walked forward from the crowd. He was clearly the leader of this group, and he was holding the blown-away letter in his hand.

"I am Ebizo, a Jonin of the Sand Village, please come with me."

Then he turned around and led the Sand Village ninjas back to the village.

Hiruzen and the others immediately followed.

In this way, they had successfully entered the Sand Village, and the mission was half completed.

Moreover, there was no conflict, which was what made everyone the happiest. Who likes fighting and killing all day long?

Try to avoid doing things if you can talk it out.

When Hiruzen and his party walked to the entrance of the Sand Village, they truly saw how thick the sand wall was!

It was more than ten times thicker than the small broken valley before, and it took some time just to pass through the wall to enter the village.

"You guys have come from afar, I will first help you arrange a place to stay and rest for a while."

Ebizo said; his voice was not cold, and even had a comfortable feeling.

As if they had known each other before.

"When will we meet the Kazekage?" Hiruzen asked.

Ebizo smiled slightly. "Tomorrow we will arrange for you to meet the Kazekage, please don't worry."

Hearing this, Hiruzen didn't say anything more. Urging repeatedly would not get results, but would make people feel rude.

You can't tarnish the image of Konoha Village when you're away from home.

Finally, they passed through the sand wall of the Sand Village and officially saw the full picture of the Sand Village.

The buildings in the entire village seemed to be built on sand and soil, looking like strange little sand dunes.

Ebizo turned to look at Hiruzen and his party, and said: "Distinguished guests from Konoha Village, welcome to Sunagakure."