Chapter 854: Falling Short of Success

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

Previously, although he knew that the other party had the title of "Demigod," in Jiraiya's heart, no matter how strong Hanzō of the Salamander's strength was, it could not be higher than his teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

But now it seemed that this was not the case.

Hanzō of the Salamander's combat power had already exceeded Jiraiya's imagination.

Jiraiya had only withdrawn from the battle for more than ten seconds, but the three Konoha Jonin who replaced him in close-quarters combat with Hanzō of the Salamander were already in precarious situations, and I am afraid they would die under Hanzō of the Salamander's sickle in two more rounds.

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

This Jonin had two blue camouflage marks on his cheeks. Those familiar with Konoha knew that this was the mark of Konoha's Inuzuka clan.

"You three, get out of the way quickly, let me do it!!!"

Hearing this, the three Konoha ninjas responsible for close-quarters entanglement with Hanzō 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 glint in his eyes. He controlled his ninja dog, and the momentum of both the person and the dog soared at the same time. In the next second, the person and the dog rotated at the same time, turning into a silver storm and attacking Hanzō 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 Hanzō of the Salamander at the same time.

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

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

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

Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation.

Hanzō 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 a greatly changed expression. He naturally understood that this Inuzuka Jonin had fallen into a trap!

The flaw he had mistaken from beginning to end was actually deliberately revealed by Hanzō of the Salamander!

I don't know when, but Hanzō 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 killing intent flashed in Hanzō of the Salamander's eyes, and then he directly activated his ninjutsu.

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

It's just that Hanzō of the Salamander's way of using it is to pre-bury the explosive tags and then wait for the enemy to approach before quickly entangling them.

It can be considered a kind of landmine with a tracking function.

At this moment, the explosive tags previously buried by Hanzō of the Salamander had all stuck to the person and the dog of the Inuzuka family.

"Boom!!!"

Following a fire light rising into the sky, a foul-smelling liquid, whether it was human blood or dog blood, splashed all over the sky accompanied by 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 Hanzō of the Salamander.

Seeing this, Hanzō of the Salamander's expression remained extremely calm.

From beginning to end, he had never put these dozens of ninjas, including Jiraiya, in his eyes. Just now, he was just playing with these people.

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

Hanzō of the Salamander's most proud and most terrifying salamander poison had not yet been used. If Hanzō 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, hindered by the fact that the defeat was already set today, Hanzō 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 to buy time for the Rain ninjas' retreat.

Subsequently, Hanzō 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 could also be considered a warning to Konoha.

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

"Boom!"

Summoning Technique: Salamander Ibuse!

"Ying!!!!"

A huge salamander with a strange appearance and a cry similar to an infant in its mouth was summoned by Hanzō. Hanzō 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. ===== CHAPTER 856 =====