Chapter 722: A Terrifying Assault!
Shikaku had stationed over 400 clan ninjas in the stadium. Along with the Anbu ninjas, various sensei, the ninjas who looked after the Chunin Exams and some civilian ninjas who came to spectate, the number of Konoha ninjas in the stadium was close to 600!
As such, Konoha wasn't at much of a disadvantage numerically. On the contrary, once Shikaku diverted more ninjas to the arena, Konoha would gain numerical superiority. However, the issue was that very few knew about the arrangements Shikaku made. Since Shikaku sent everyone under disguises, most Konoha ninjas didn't know how many allies they had in the stadium.
Hence, when the Konoha ninjas saw the seven hundred enemy ninjas rushing into the arena, their hearts grew cold. The civilian ninjas in the stand were shocked while the clan ninjas understood why they had been training for the past month. Believing that they were at a disadvantage, they resolved to fight until their last breath. And, those were experienced ninjas. There was no need to mention how terrified the Genins like Sakura and students like Hanabi were.
The seven hundred Suna and Oto ninjas moved in seven divisions, each consisting of around a hundred ninjas and led by an Elite Jounin. Each division approached the arena from different directions and entered with great momentum, further building up the pressure on Konoha ninjas.
Unfortunately for them, Fujin had long sensed their location with his Space Time Sensing Technique. All their preparations to hide themselves were useless against that technique. He disappeared using the chaos created by the Genjutsu, hid in the mini-forest in the arena and attacked with the Vacuum Cluster Bullets jutsu right when they jumped across the wall.
Not expecting to be attacked even before they stepped foot in the arena, the entire division was caught completely off guard! The Konoha ninjas and the enemies mixed in the audience saw dozens of Vacuum blades appearing out of thin air, cutting down nearly a hundred unsuspecting Suna ninjas! Their dismembered bodies rained down while their blood washed the mini-forest inside the arena as everyone watched!
Despite being seen as the more gifted sibling and someone who had the right attitude towards being a ninja and a leader, Hanabi couldn't help but shiver and puke at that sight. The sight was just too horrendous. Sakura barely managed to hold herself and asked while shivering, "What is that? How did so many ninjas die? And, who killed them so brutally?"
Even several experienced ninjas felt nauseated at that sight. Sasuke, who was still in the arena, looked at the gore with a stunned expression and exclaimed, "What the hell?"
Temari and Kankuro, who entered the arena to check up on Gaara, were no different. In fact, they felt even more terrified considering that the ninjas who died were their comrades. Baki had a dark expression as he was one of the few who realized what truly happened.