Chapter 452

Although Jiraiya had already estimated Hanzo of the Salamander's combat power as high as possible in his heart, he found that he still somewhat underestimated Hanzo of the Salamander's strength.

Previously, although he knew that the opponent had the title of "Demigod," in Jiraiya's heart, no matter how strong Hanzo of the Salamander's strength was, it couldn't be higher than his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But now it seems that it is not the case.

Hanzo of the Salamander's combat power has already exceeded Jiraiya's imagination.

Jiraiya only withdrew from the battle for more than ten seconds, but the three Konoha Jonin who replaced him in close-quarters combat with Hanzo of the Salamander were already in precarious situations, and in another two rounds, they would probably lose their lives under Hanzo of the Salamander's sickle.

Just at this moment, an elite Konoha Jonin who was constantly launching long-range attacks on Hanzo of the Salamander from the periphery had his eyes light up; he seemed to have discovered Hanzo of the Salamander's weakness.

There were two blue camouflage marks on this Jonin's cheeks; those familiar with Konoha all know that this is the mark of Konoha's Inuzuka clan.

"You three, hurry up and get out of the way, let me do it!!!"

Hearing this, the three Konoha ninjas responsible for close-quarters entanglement with Hanzo of the Salamander all chose to trust their companion and retreated backward.

Ninja Art: Fang Passing Fang!!!

This ninja of the Inuzuka clan had a sharp look in his eyes; he controlled his ninja dog, and the momentum of both the person and the dog soared at the same time. The next second, both the person and the dog rotated at the same time, turning into a silver storm and attacking Hanzo of the Salamander.

This Inuzuka clan member confidently used the Inuzuka family's beast-taming secret technique, attacking from both the left and right flanks of Hanzo of the Salamander at the same time.

Through a period of observation, this Inuzuka Jonin with exceptionally keen perception discovered that Hanzo of the Salamander's two wings seemed to be extremely uncoordinated whenever they were attacked.

So he was extremely confident, thinking that this was Hanzo of the Salamander's weakness.

The two silver whirlwinds turned into by the person and the dog attacked Hanzo of the Salamander at the same time. Seeing this, Hanzo of the Salamander revealed a slightly bloodthirsty smile.

Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation.

Hanzo of the Salamander quickly waved his hands to form seals. Immediately, two red streams of light on his left and right sides drilled into the silver whirlwind with lightning speed.

"Not good!!!"

Jiraiya, who took everything into his eyes, had his expression change drastically. He naturally understood that this Inuzuka Jonin had fallen into a trap!

The flaws he had mistaken from beginning to end were all intentionally revealed by Hanzo of the Salamander!

I don't know when, but Hanzo of the Salamander had already set traps on his left and right sides, just waiting for someone to drill into them.

"Die!"

A trace of murderous intent flashed in Hanzo of the Salamander's eyes, and then he directly activated his ninjutsu.

Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation is extremely similar in nature to the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju; both are an application method for explosive tags.

It's just that Hanzo of the Salamander's usage method is to bury the explosive tags in advance and then wait for the enemy to approach before quickly entangling them.

It can be considered a landmine with a tracking function.

At this moment, the explosive tags that Hanzo of the Salamander had buried earlier had all stuck to the person and the dog of the Inuzuka family.

"Boom!!!"

Following a burst of fire rising into the sky, foul-smelling liquid, whether it was human blood or dog blood, splashed all over the sky along with the explosion.

The elite Konoha Jonin, the elite Jonin of the Inuzuka clan who was good at using ninja dogs, died.

"Inuzuka!!!!"

Jiraiya was immediately furious! At this moment, he couldn't care about anything else and got up again to kill Hanzo of the Salamander.

Seeing this, Hanzo of the Salamander's expression was still extremely calm.

From beginning to end, he had never taken these dozens of ninjas, including Jiraiya, in front of him seriously; just now, he was just playing with these people.

He hadn't even brought out his real skills yet.

Hanzo of the Salamander's most proud and most terrifying Salamander poison had not yet been used. If Hanzo of the Salamander really went all out, it would be no problem at all to kill all the Konoha ninjas who were surrounding and attacking him today.

It was just that because the defeat was already set today, Hanzo of the Salamander did not intend to choose to expose all his trump cards; he only needed to pin down Konoha's main force here and buy time for the Rain ninjas' retreat.

Subsequently, Hanzo of the Salamander shifted his gaze to the Rain ninjas who were retreating on the side. Seeing that most of the Rain ninjas had already rushed out of the Konoha ninjas' encirclement, a trace of depth flashed in his eyes; it was also time for him to leave.

Killing an elite Konoha Jonin can also be considered a warning to Konoha.

Thinking of this, Hanzo of the Salamander ignored Jiraiya who was rushing over and formed seals indifferently.

"Bang!"

Summoning Technique: Salamander Ibuse!

"Ying!!!!"

A huge salamander with a strange appearance and a cry similar to a baby's in its mouth was summoned by Hanzo. Hanzo of the Salamander stood on top of the salamander's head and lightly threw a series of ninja tools from his tool bag, forcing back Jiraiya's rushing footsteps.

He just stood on top of the summoned beast, looking down from a high position, and swept a glance at the surrounding Konoha ninjas with an indifferent expression.

For some reason, looking at Hanzo of the Salamander's indifferent and cold eyes, they suddenly remembered the blood rain in the sky just now, and the Konoha Jonin couldn't help but feel a chill.

Only then did they suddenly realize that this was not a battle they could participate in at their level at all; it was because Hanzo of the Salamander hadn't been serious before, otherwise, dealing with them would have been easy.

"Konoha ninjas, this time it can be considered that you have the upper hand."

"I look forward to meeting you again another day."

Hanzo of the Salamander said slowly. Knowing how to win and how to lose, Hanzo's words fully demonstrated the demeanor of the Demigod of the Ninja World.

As the voice fell, he patted the top of the salamander's head under his feet. After the salamander received Hanzo's order, it directly opened its scarlet mouth.

"Not good, retreat quickly!!!"

At this moment, Jiraiya seemed to have sensed something and immediately shouted to the surroundings.

Fortunately, Jiraiya shouted in time, and the group of Jonin used their own methods and quickly fled backward.

The next second, a burst of purple poisonous mist was spat out from the salamander's mouth and spread toward the surroundings.

In an instant, Hanzo of the Salamander, along with the summoned beast Salamander Ibuse, disappeared into the poisonous mist.

The poisonous mist continued to spread on the battlefield. Some Konoha ninjas who didn't react in time were hit on the spot, instantly turned purple in the face, clutched their throats, and fell to the ground. After twitching twice, they had no reaction.

The power of the poison is actually so terrifying!

Fortunately, the scale of the poisonous mist released by the salamander was not large, and it disappeared after a short while.

When the poisonous mist dissipated, Hanzo of the Salamander, along with the summoned beast Salamander Ibuse, had already disappeared, leaving only a pitch-black pit on the ground.

Needless to say, the salamander Ibuse, which is good at digging holes, had already taken Hanzo of the Salamander and left from underground.

"Damn it!!"

Jiraiya looked at the messy surroundings and directly smashed a punch onto the ground with all his might, with a bit of powerlessness on his face.

"Lord Jiraiya..."

A group of Konoha elites looked at Jiraiya, all showing worry in their eyes, each of them wanting to speak but stopping.

— Author's Notes —

...Seeking flowers...