Chapter 162: Civil War of the Konoha Sannin

Jiraiya and Orochimaru began their battle, and after a moment of hesitation, Tsunade joined the fray.

With the civil war of the Konoha Sannin as the core, the battlefield was divided into three layers: inner, middle, and outer.

The core of the battlefield was the fated duel of the Konoha Sannin, with Orochimaru fighting alone against two top-tier Shadow-level powerhouses: Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Outside the core Shadow-level ninja battlefield, the toads of Myoboku Mountain faced off against the giant snakes of Ryuchi Cave; the clash of these giant summoning beasts shook the earth and mountains, and was certainly not something ordinary ninja could participate in.

Beyond the battlefield of the giant summoning beasts was the main battlefield for the two major ninja groups.

Yamanaka Chujiu commanded the Konoha-Kirigakure Allied Forces, using precise micro-management to strike at the Iron Country Samurai, wandering ninja, the Akatsuki organization's Kirigakure Rogue Ninja, and the defected Konoha Ninja.

After the fighting began, the three-layered battlefield immediately entered a state of climax.

The roar of Ninjutsu exchanges, the sound of weapons clashing, the angry shouts and dying screams of ninja, and the hissing of summoning beasts were incessant.

On the core battlefield, Tsunade's chakra boiled, her figure flashed, instantly crossing a distance of several dozen meters, and her heavy fist, carrying the force of ten thousand jun, slammed directly toward Orochimaru's face.

Tsunade's Strength Enhancement Technique is the pinnacle of ninja taijutsu in the Ninja World; a single punch can collapse houses, shatter boulders, and possesses terrifying destructive power.

Facing Tsunade's full-force attack, the corners of Orochimaru's lips curled into an arc.

"Tsunade, after so many years of wandering, you still haven't changed a bit; your temper is as irritable as ever."

"I admit, in terms of taijutsu, I am no match for you, just as I was no match for Teacher Sarutobi."

"Back then, facing Teacher Sarutobi's Adamantine Staff, I could only seek help from outside forces, so this time, I will also seek help from outside forces."

As he spoke, Tsunade's heavy fist slammed into Orochimaru, but Orochimaru instantly turned into a snake shedding.

The immense force of the punch tore the snake shedding apart and then slammed fiercely into the ground, blasting out a giant crater over ten meters in diameter.

Orochimaru appeared not far away, bit his right thumb, and pressed his hand onto the ground:

"Summoning Jutsu: Impure World Reincarnation!!"

Two coffins rose from the ground, the lids fell directly to the earth, and two figures, one tall and one short, walked out.

The next second, Tsunade, who had been brimming with fighting spirit, froze; her muscles tensed, her pupils contracted to pinpricks, and she stared fixedly at these two figures.

Her body trembled uncontrollably, cold sweat instantly soaked her palms, and her violent chakra dissipated directly.

Sorrow and surprise surged into her heart, completely destroying her fighting spirit.

"Nawaki..."

"Kato Dan..."

Tsunade's only weakness is hemophobia.

A single drop of blood is enough to make her lose her composure and reduce her combat effectiveness to zero.

But Orochimaru did not intend to use such a despicable tactic.

Using the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu, he summoned Tsunade's younger brother Nawaki and her boyfriend Kato Dan from the Pure Land.

This move would not harm Tsunade's body in the slightest, yet it could precisely pierce her weakness and completely seal her combat power.

"Damn it...!"

Veins bulged on Tsunade's forehead: "Orochimaru, how could you disturb the peace of the dead?"

Orochimaru clicked his tongue in wonder: "Tsunade, don't you like it?"

"If you don't like it, why don't you stop leaning in?"

"Eh? You're already hugging them!"

While Tsunade complained with her mouth, her body honestly ran over, grabbing the two most important men in her life, crying until her face was covered in tears and snot.

Her peak Shadow-level combat power had been neutralized just like that.

"Hehe, how fragile."

Orochimaru turned his head to look at his other old classmate: "Jiraiya, now it's just the two of us left; do you want to see who is the head of the Konoha Sannin?"

Jiraiya had seen the scene that just occurred, but he did not move to stop it, and only now did he shout: "Orochimaru! Then let's fight!"

A majestic amount of chakra erupted from Jiraiya's body, and at the same time, he swallowed a large amount of natural energy, synthesizing it into Senjutsu Chakra.

Myoboku Mountain markings appeared on his face, his chakra level instantly surged several times over, and his aura soared into the clouds.

Orochimaru looked left and right, then suddenly asked: "That's not right, Jiraiya, when did you become able to absorb natural energy autonomously so quickly?"

"You guy, when did you summon the Toad Sage of Myoboku Mountain?"

As Orochimaru exposed Jiraiya's secret, Fukasaku and Shima no longer hid, crawling out from behind Jiraiya's collar and standing on his left and right shoulders respectively.

Jiraiya's figure turned into a green blur, instantly breaking through the air resistance, a massive amount of Senjutsu Chakra gathered in his palm, and he unleashed an ultimate Ninjutsu with a roar.

"Sage Art: Super Big Ball Rasengan!"

A giant Rasengan half a meter in diameter formed instantly; the high-speed rotating Senjutsu Chakra tore through the air, emitting a piercing shriek as it headed straight for Orochimaru.

Wherever the Big Ball Rasengan passed, the soil on the ground was churned up, the momentum terrifying.

Facing Jiraiya's Senjutsu attack, Orochimaru was unperturbed; countless snake scales emerged from his skin, and his immense chakra condensed into a phantom giant white snake.

"Yamata no Orochi: Ultimate Barrier!"

The dense scales shifted from phantom to solid, condensing into armor plates that shimmered with a cold, piercing light, relying on their powerful defense to forcibly withstand the attack of the Super Big Ball Rasengan.

Boom—!!!

The collision of extreme chakra erupted instantly, and a blinding, intense light shot into the sky.

The violent shockwave spread crazily from the point of impact; rocks, trees, and the ground within a hundred-meter radius were all razed to the ground, and gravel and dust filled the sky.

Before the shockwave smoke had even dissipated, Orochimaru and Jiraiya were already locked in combat.

Orochimaru's physical body had undergone decades of Forbidden Jutsu modification; his body was as tough as a giant summoning beast, no longer that of an ordinary ninja, and had even transcended the realm of humanity.

His movement was elusive and bizarre, as if a great snake were coiling and traversing, completely devoid of human form.

Jiraiya's foundations were solid, with no weaknesses in offense, defense, or speed.

In Sage Mode, his perception, speed, strength, defense, and recovery exceeded the limits of the human body.

The two let go of all restraints, fighting each other with all their trump cards revealed.

In close-quarters taijutsu combat, fists and palms crossed, the force of the wind cracking bones, and every collision caused the void to tremble.

Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation clashed against Manshe Fentian, a sea of fire and poisonous flames intertwining and colliding, annihilating one another.

Sage Art: Toad Oil Flame Bullet clashed against Forbidden Technique: Snake Prison Myriad Poisons, with poisonous mist and raging flames sweeping across the entire highland.

Orochimaru possessed an immortal and indestructible modified body, with a margin for error that was nearly infinite.

Even if an accidental mistake caused his body to suffer heavy damage from Senjutsu Chakra, he could instantly regenerate using the Snake Shedding Technique, his injuries healing in an instant.

Jiraiya's Sage Mode provided both offense and defense, his endurance and explosive power were unrivaled in the Ninja World, and he likewise possessed extremely strong self-healing capabilities.

They completely lacked the "glass cannon" flaw of ordinary ninja, and the outcome could not be decided in a short amount of time.

The all-out slaughter between the two strongest ninja in the Ninja World caused the heavens and earth to change color, and countless rocks were ground into powder by the aftershocks of the battle.

At the same time, the duel between the summoning beasts on the second battlefield was also fought until the sky turned dark, the situation of the battle being tragic and fierce.