Chapter 243 Star Hidden Village in the Country of Bears
"This is the 'Bear's Abyss'? It is indeed a very rare natural hazard, but if the Fourth Star Shadow wants to rely on this place to resist us, it would be too naive!"
Guan Liyuan marveled at the canyon in front of him that was filled with miasma and poisonous gas and stretched for an unknown length of time.
The Bear Abyss is an underground canyon that covers almost all the borders of the Bear Country...
Unless they fly over or quickly build a bridge, even with a gas mask, ordinary ninjas cannot last long in the poisonous gas of this canyon.
Of course, a small number of ninjas can pass by using ropes, but when two armies are confronting each other, ropes are obviously not very reliable...
Since the Warring States Period, the Bear Kingdom has relied on the Bear Abyss to establish its country, so that the surrounding countries do not dare to invade.
However, it is also restricted by the "Bear's Abyss" and it is difficult to fight externally. Once the supply line is cut off by the enemy, the troops outside will lose all support from their own country...
However, the Star Ninjas are not subject to this restriction - because they can fly!
Legend has it that in the Warring States period before the Ninja Village appeared, a meteorite fell in the Bear Country. A ninja from the Bear Country discovered the special function of this meteorite, which was to practice beside the meteorite. With the help of the power of the meteorite, he would be able to Carat is violently activated...
Then he has the star chakra that is almost substantial and can be used as a weapon or turned into wings!
After being ended by Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha during the Warring States Period and entering the Ninja Village Era, this ninja from the Bear Country also established the Hoshigakure Village and named himself the first generation "Hoshikage".
The Star Ninja, who could fly for a short period of time, was a perfect match for the Bear's Abyss natural barrier, and soon became the allied Ninja Village of the Bear Country.
Because of the special geographical advantages and relatively strong strength, the arrogant behavior of calling himself a "shadow" has not been sanctioned.
Although the strength of the so-called first-generation Star Shadows is far from that of the real first-generation Five Shadows, due to the geographical advantages of the Bear Country, this area was also in a relatively stable and peaceful environment during the Warring States Period, so it accumulated a lot of mid-level combat power. …
Moreover, the so-called "First Generation Star Shadow" only screamed happily, but actually showed no signs of activities outside the Bear Country, so no one paid attention to him.
The "meteor" that can activate chakra has indeed attracted the attention of many ninja villages for a period of time...
But after getting the information about Konoha from Orochimaru, Guan Liyuan also understood why no one had troubled him!
Although the Star Hidden Village is not as good as the five major ninja villages, its strength is still ranked among the second-rate. The smaller ninja villages are not its opponents at all, and the five major ninja villages know the side effects of the so-called "meteor".
Maximizing the activation of chakra is not that easy. Using external power to forcibly achieve this goal will cause the practitioner's body to suffer great backlash...
This is different from what Guan Liyuan saw in the animation... It seems that all the original parts of the animation are similar to the actual situation only in general direction, but there are many details that are different!
After becoming genin, chunin, and jounin, the ninjas of Hoshiyin Village will undergo the "Star Trial" around the "falling star". Hoshi ninjas who have completed the genin trial can become extremely powerful elite genin, chunin, and jounin. The same goes for forbearance. According to legend, there is the strongest "final test", but only a few people have passed it since ancient times...
The cost of the "Star Trial" is also very obvious, that is, for those who fail the trial, although their chakra will be somewhat strengthened, they will never be able to improve.
The side effects for those who succeed are more serious. According to Konoha's information from Orochimaru, the five major ninja villages have long discovered that the average life span of ninjas in Hoshigakure Village is very low, and the probability of "sudden death" is extremely high...
The more powerful the star ninja is, the more inexplicable his death will be...
Konoha once sent ninjas from the Hyuga clan to investigate and found that the bodies of all star ninjas were being eroded by special chakra to varying degrees!
Therefore, although the five major ninja villages have strength, they have little interest in the "falling star".
After all, in their view, the so-called "star power" is only equivalent to a special blood inheritance limit with great side effects.
Just "the chakra of those who fail the trial will no longer be able to improve" is something that the five major ninja villages cannot accept...
For this reason, there are a very large number of genin in Xingyin Village. According to the information obtained by Guan Liyuan, there are currently nearly a thousand ninjas in Xingyin Village, and there are only more than 30 chuunin... On the contrary, the proportion of jounin is not small, including those who have just come to power. There are six fourth-generation star ninjas in total!
This ratio is the result of more than ten years of steady development under the cultivation policy of Three Generations of Star Shadows, otherwise it would be even lower!
Guan Liyuan remembered that in the animation, after the third generation of Xingying was assassinated by the hard-liners in the village, the leader of the rebels only acted as the agent Xingying in name... But according to what he now knows, Xingyin Village already has the official fourth generation of Xingying in charge!
Previously, he was very arrogant and cut off the arm of the Tianyin Village envoy, and even shouted that it was okay to form an alliance, but Tianyin Village must worship the fourth generation Xingying as its leader... This especially angered Guan Liyuan.
"Advisor Guan, we have calculated that the length and height of the siege bridge we brought is enough to cross the Bear Abyss! After that, as long as we and the four second-generation people, wearing chakra armor, fly to the opposite side to occupy the holding point, and then Then we can build a bridge and let the large troops pass!" Huan Youwan reported to Guan Liyuan.
This time, Guan Li went on an expedition to conquer the Bear Country. He brought with him Genyoumaru, Jugo, and Orochimaru, who used the four people's genetic data to create the second-generation cursed seal four people. A total of six ninjas with jounin strength, fifty There are ninjas with Chunin strength, thirty-five of them are Chunin with curse seals or special physical abilities, and fifteen are Chunin from the Taketori clan.
As well as a genin force of three hundred composed of Hara Oto ninja, Tian ninja, a small number of specially summoned Taki ninja, Yuki ninja, and a bunch of ninjas from Xiaonin Village who have formed an alliance...
In addition, there is Fu who may not obey orders.
The reason why we brought along a few Taki-nin who were not very effective in combat, as well as the Snow-nin who could not use Ice Release after leaving the Land of Snow, and the ninjas from small villages, was undoubtedly to demonstrate the strength of the alliance and to enhance recognition of the alliance. feel.
With the technical support of Snow Ninja Village, a portable siege bridge that can cross the "Bear's Abyss" has long been built. It looks like several large siege equipment vehicles, but once the carriages are unfolded, a temporary bridge will be formed...
Much more stable than ropes and much more efficient in passage!
They also brought several pairs of chakra armors. If the Star Ninja thought they were the only ones who could fly, they would probably die miserably!
"Wait a minute. Let's rest here for a day. If the opponent wants to defend here, just fight the Star Ninja here... If you don't dare to do it here, we will push the front directly tomorrow." Guan Liyuan said confidently.
In a terrain like the "Bear's Abyss", it is obvious that the defensive side takes advantage.
However, Guan Liyuan has a great advantage in holding the flying dragon in his face. He is ready to completely crush the opponent when the Star Ninja has the most objective advantage!
Star ninjas who are used to such arrogance will have a greater chance of surrendering, and they will have the strongest deterrent effect on other ninja villages that have not yet joined the alliance!
In fact, the sentient ninjas who were exploring the surroundings have discovered many ninjas from other ninja villages lurking around. They are not many in number and have no intention of getting involved in the battle. It is obvious that all parties are paying attention to the Northern Alliance and Hoshigakure. The result of the battle in the village...
Guan Liyuan's goal is no longer to win, but to win beautifully and shock the northern countries in one fell swoop!
After the Star Ninjas discovered the actions of the Northern Alliance, they naturally would not react without response. If they were so timid, they would not behave as arrogantly as before.
Since more than half a month ago, Tianyin Village began to recruit ninjas, and Star Ninja Village also shrank its strength...
On the afternoon when Guan Liyuan arrived at the "Bear's Abyss", nearly twice as many Star Ninjas as the Alliance Army appeared opposite the Bear's Abyss...
"The number is really large..." Guan Liyuan said.
"Indeed, Consultant Guan, now should be the peak period of the Star Ninja!" Huan Youwan always followed Guan Liyuan and looked up to him very much.
Guan Liyuan also understands the reason for the recent surge in Xing Nin's strength...
Compared to the previous two generations of hardline Hoshikage, the previous three generations of Hoshikage were much more tolerant. During their tenure, they abolished the rule that all Hoshinin must undergo the "Star Trial" and disclosed the side effects of the "Star Trial".
Therefore, the number of star ninjas increased significantly during the reign of the third generation Hoshikage... However, there were very few ninjas who participated in the "Star Trial", and they were all ordinary ninjas.
More than a year ago, the third generation of Star Shadows died suddenly. After the hard-line Red Star came to power, he has been advocating bullying and threats. The Star Ninjas believed that the title of "Star Shadow" was not recognized by the five major countries and was an embarrassing thing. The indignant act of contempt spreads the word that all countries are eyeing the Bear Country, the Hidden Star Village, and the "Meteor Star", and it's hard to describe the situation of being embattled on all sides...
Under his instigation, Hoshigakure Village, which had been dormant for a long time during the Third Generation's reign, once again had an overwhelming sense of presence. The ninjas who accepted the "Star Trial" continued to improve. A few months ago, the Red Sun completely abolished the policy of the Third Hoshikage and officially became the third generation of Hoshikage. The Fourth Star Shadow came to power and restarted forcing all ninjas to undergo the "Star Trial".
The previous three generations of Hoshikage have been recuperating for more than ten years and accumulated the number of ordinary ninjas, transforming them into true "Hoshinin" with stronger combat capabilities...
Although according to Guan Liyuan's thinking logic, after calculating the income of upper, middle and genin missions, this behavior of reducing the life span of chuunin and jounin is undoubtedly a "loss", but from the perspective of combat effectiveness, it is indeed the highest level of star ninja in history. The peak of strength since...
Even if Guan Liyuan hadn't taken the initiative, Red Star would probably have actively exaggerated. Otherwise, if this "loss" continued, he would soon lose all the foundation left by the third generation.
Originally, Konoha's intimidation of the North made him dare not act rashly, but Uchiha Itachi's unexpected rise to power also gave Red Star a chance...
"Then at this peak, let's smash their pride in one breath!" Guan Liyuan said, staring at the star ninja opposite.
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