Chapter 535: Blow Him Up!!

Several clay bombs were thrown down. These clay bombs looked like grasshoppers, exploding the moment they landed.

*Boom, boom, boom! *

The sound was deafening, and mud splashed around Jiraiya.

Su Xiao in the distance didn't fire; he would only fire when Jiraiya was dodging attacks or releasing ninjutsu, to interrupt Jiraiya's ninjutsu.

Gamaken jumped out from the smoke and dust, covered in burns.

"Gamaken, are you okay?"

Jiraiya was somewhat worried that Gamaken was forcing himself.

"I... I'm fine."

Gamaken's expression was listless, and a pool of blood soon formed beneath him. Jiraiya discovered this situation and immediately performed hand seals, preparing to dispel the summoning beast.

"Although I am clumsy, I can still fight, Mr. Jiraiya."

"You've already helped me a lot. Rest first; I'll summon your brother."

"That... alright."

Gamaken turned into white smoke and disappeared.

"Summoning Technique."

*Bang. *

White smoke rose again, and Jiraiya summoned his second summoning beast.

"Jiraiya?"

A toad with red skin, smoking a pipe, appeared. Its size was similar to Gamaken's, but the weapon it used was different: a large, guardless short sword. The short sword was only relative to Gamaken's size; this "short sword" was five meters long.

Gamabunta, Gamaken's brother.

"Bunta, jump!"

Jiraiya on Bunta's back shouted loudly, the reason being that Deidara had dropped several more bombs.

"Fire Style..."

*Bang! *

A bullet flew over, Jiraiya barely dodged it, and the ninjutsu was forcibly interrupted.

*Crack*, fresh blood splashed. The size of the toad summoning beast was too large; it couldn't dodge the Spider Queen's bullets at all.

"So painful, which bastard's attack is this?"

Gamabunta drew that large short sword and, without a word, slashed at the Third Kazekage. The Third Kazekage was caught in the crossfire.

*Boom! *

The power of the slash was terrifying. Although the slash didn't hit the Third Kazekage, it almost slashed Sasori, who was hidden inside Hiruko.

Gamabunta was much more ferocious than Gamaken. As soon as he appeared, he slashed wildly at the Third Kazekage and Hiruko. Sasori began to dodge; the Third Kazekage he controlled was a bit more sluggish than before.

"The enemy is strong, hmm."

Deidara stopped throwing bombs, and the mouth in his palm continued to chew, seemingly brewing a big move.

*Bang, bang, bang... *

Su Xiao pulled the trigger continuously, and several blood holes blasted open on Gamabunta's body, and the attack immediately slowed down.

"Bunta, help me buy some time."

Jiraiya knew that he couldn't hide his strength anymore; the enemy's tactics were simply too disgusting.

Close-quarters combat was dragged down by the Third Kazekage + Sasori, bombs were dropped from the sky from time to time, and not only that, there were ultra-long-distance attacks from the distance, often interrupting his ninjutsu.

Jiraiya dipped his fingers in some blood, drew semicircles under his eyes, put his hands together, and a strange fluctuation spread.

Bunta knew what Jiraiya was going to do and no longer actively attacked Sasori, trying his best to protect Jiraiya.

The coordination of Su Xiao's trio gradually became tacit. Sasori controlled Hiruko to spit out senbon and shuriken from time to time, all coated with deadly poison. Deidara was brewing a big move, while Su Xiao was looking for opportunities to snipe Jiraiya; if there was no opportunity, he would snipe Bunta.

The sounds of explosions and ninjutsu collisions continued to come.

Gamabunta not only had fierce sword skills, but the ninjutsu he released was also not weak, actually suppressing Sasori, who hadn't used his full strength, for a time.

Sasori didn't use his full strength, and Deidara was the same. Coincidentally, Jiraiya was the same. Several people were probing each other, looking for the other party's flaws. As for Su Xiao, he was the safest one on the field.

And at this moment, Jiraiya prepared to fight for his life; if this dragged on, he might die.

Bullets were fired one after another. Su Xiao had already emptied three magazines, and the barrel of the Spider Queen was somewhat hot.

"Ji... Jiraiya, are you done yet? I can't hold on anymore."

Gamabunta was covered in blood holes, and there was a ferocious wound on his front leg, where iron sand could be vaguely seen.

"Done."

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief. He had prepared that technique, and the blood-covered Gamabunta turned into white smoke and disappeared.

"Welcome my art."

A loud shout came. Deidara in the sky air-dropped a clay bomb.

This clay bomb was in the shape of a circular doll. Just as it left Deidara's hand, he performed hand seals, and with a *bang*, the doll's volume expanded. Because of gravity, the falling speed of the doll bomb gradually accelerated.

This was Deidara's killer move, No. 18, with his highest level of chakra mixed into the clay bomb.

Sasori below no longer entangled with Jiraiya, using several low-level puppets to drag Jiraiya down, and turned to run.

This action aroused Jiraiya's vigilance. Just as he wanted to flee, bullets flew over, and Jiraiya could only dodge.

"Little Jiraiya, what is going on?"

An old toad squatting on Jiraiya's shoulder spoke.

"Father of the children, the attack is coming. Protect little Jiraiya."

The toad squatting on the other side of Jiraiya's shoulder spoke.

At this time, Jiraiya's appearance changed greatly: his nose became larger and uneven, and red marks appeared under his eyes.

"Sage Mode, huh."

Through the scope, Su Xiao discovered Jiraiya's change. The two old frogs squatting on the other party's shoulders had backgrounds; they were the Toad Sages of Mount Myōboku, namely Sage Fukasaku (male) and Sage Shima (female).

Jiraiya in his normal state and Jiraiya in Sage Mode were two different concepts. However, he was about to welcome Deidara's bombing.

Clay bomb No. 18 landed. This move had once leveled a village.

Blinding white light spread. At this moment, there was not a single sound.

The white light wrapped Jiraiya inside. Even Sasori, who had already run far away, was affected; Hiruko was blown away, and Bubu Wang, further away, exclaimed: "What a big firework."

"Explosion is art, hmm!"

Deidara appreciated his masterpiece, while Su Xiao covered one eye. The white light was enhanced by the "8x Optical Infrared Detection Scope (Active)," stinging his eyes painfully.

*Boom! *

The shockwave spread to the surroundings, the ground was lifted, and the forest not far away was instantly leveled.

The white light disappeared after a few seconds. Looking at Jiraiya's location now, there was a large dirt pit within a radius of 400 meters. The dirt pit was slightly concave, and the mud on the surface had already vitrified, reflecting light under the sunshine.

There was a "flesh sac" at the center of the explosion. The "flesh sac" had already been mostly destroyed; it looked like the stomach of some creature.

"*Cough, cough, cough. *"

Jiraiya staggered out of the stomach sac. The shockwave of the explosion had injured his internal organs.

"What kind of explosive power is this? Fortunately, I summoned it in time."

Sage Shima had just spoken when a bullet whistled toward her.

Jiraiya dodged to the side, the bullet flew past, breaking a few of his somewhat scorched hairs.

"Start counterattack."

Jiraiya kicked the ground under his feet. The mud under his feet surged. At this time, his strength could only be described as terrifying.

*Whoosh~*

Jiraiya rushed toward Hiruko, which Sasori was entangled with. Sasori just wanted to control the Third Kazekage, but discovered that the Third Kazekage could no longer be controlled; it was Sage Shima using her tongue to entangle the Third Kazekage.

"Frog Call."

The toad sages squatting on both sides of Jiraiya's shoulders puffed up their cheeks, releasing a special wavelength. This was a special sound-based attack ninjutsu.

Hiruko stood frozen in place, motionless. Jiraiya kicked Hiruko's head.

With a *crack*, Hiruko was kicked to pieces, and Sasori inside flew high into the air.

"This is the true body."

Jiraiya just wanted to attack Sasori's true body when he discovered that the two giant birds in the sky had approached.

*Ding, ding, ding, ding... *

More than a dozen iron rods several meters long were nailed around Jiraiya.

*Zzz~*

The sound of metal wires shrinking came. The Boundary Breaking Line used the iron rods to form a siege net.

The Spider Queen had already been put away by Su Xiao, and dozens of white small frogs jumped out from his sleeves, falling toward Jiraiya.

Deidara wasn't idle either, dozens of clay bombs were tossed out by him.

"Explode."

"Explode."

*Boom, boom, boom... *

The sounds of explosions were endless, and the iron rods Su Xiao had inserted around Jiraiya were all blown away.

The explosions stopped after dozens of seconds. When the smoke and dust dissipated, Jiraiya was nowhere to be found.

This disciple of the Third Hokage, master of the Fourth Hokage, companion of the Fifth Hokage, and grandmaster of the Sixth Hokage, and life mentor of the Seventh Hokage, had been driven away by the combination of Su Xiao, Sasori, and Deidara—sniping + puppet + bombing.

"Tch, consider this guy running fast."

A smile appeared on Deidara's face, but in reality, his clay bombs were already used up.

Sasori in the distance stood up, and an arm fell to the ground with a *pat*.

Su Xiao sat on the back of the clay bird, fresh blood overflowing from the dozen or so tiny wounds.

Although they all paid a not-insignificant price, the three of them had almost kept the Three Sannin Jiraiya here forever. ===== CHAPTER 536 =====