Jiraiya's entry into Sage Mode was quite arduous, because when he summoned the two Great Toad Sages, they would bring with them a massive amount of natural energy to the current world.
And corresponding to the difficulty of summoning, once Jiraiya summoned the two Great Sages, he could instantly enter Sage Mode. At the same time, he could use "Sage Art: Amphibian Technique" to fuse with the two Great Sages. This way, during battle, the two Great Sages could be responsible for continuously absorbing natural energy for him. The result was that Jiraiya's Sage Mode was particularly long-lasting.
Originally, the characteristic of Sage Mode chakra was that it wouldn't cause the user's body to become fatigued. Coupled with the fact that Jiraiya could continuously generate Sage Mode chakra, he could maintain a very high combat power for a long time.
"Lord Jiraiya's current appearance… What's going on?"
Most Konoha ninjas didn't know what exactly was happening. They only knew that Jiraiya seemed to have become incredibly powerful… Except for Jugo, this innate natural energy user, at this time, only Jiraiya could use Sage Techniques in the ninja world. Ordinary ninjas simply didn't have access to this level of information.
And just as both the enemy and our side were shocked by Jiraiya's "new skin," a bolt of lightning suddenly approached Jiraiya from the side at high speed… It was the Fourth Raikage.
Whether it was comparable to the Yellow Flash or second only to the Yellow Flash, in short, the Fourth Raikage's speed was unquestionable. He approached at high speed and then struck without hesitation:
Lightning Release: Liger Bomb.
Under normal circumstances, most ninjas would be instantly killed by this move. If those ninjas couldn't be instantly killed… Imagine what Hawk Sasuke would feel like. Note: This references Sasuke's fight with Killer B, where he was nearly killed by the Liger Bomb
However, Jiraiya was currently in Sage Mode, which gave him super-sensory abilities and exaggerated nerve reflexes. He simply ducked and bent his body to dodge the Raikage's attack. Then, as the opponent passed by his side, he grabbed the opponent's wrists with both hands. Then he raised his right leg, first kicking the Raikage's head, and then with a sideways kick, he whipped the person away with a leg sweep.
Boom!
The Fourth Raikage was like a cannonball, directly smashing through a large tree.
The specialized body in Sage Mode could greatly enhance a ninja's offensive and defensive capabilities. At this time, Jiraiya could directly confront the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
This was the second time the Raikage had been knocked away by Jiraiya. Since point-to-point attacks were difficult to be effective, then he would directly use area-covering attacks to crush him. So after the Raikage, an Eight-Tails tentacle smashed towards Jiraiya.
"The Eight-Tails? I always have to deal with such troublesome guys."
Fukasaku looked up at the Eight-Tails' tentacle, seeming very dissatisfied with the current situation.
"This time it's the most troublesome situation."
Shima, unusually, expressed the same opinion this time.
Although they said this, these two toads, who had lived for hundreds of years, didn't seem particularly concerned about the Eight-Tails' physical attack. Fukasaku puffed up his belly, pursed his lips, and then a slender, high-pressure stream of water sliced towards the Eight-Tails' octopus leg:
Sage Art: Water Release: Water Severing Slash.
Among the Tailed Beasts, the Eight-Tails was always known for its delicate body and tender, delicious flesh. Fukasaku's high-pressure water stream effortlessly cut deep into this tentacle, instantly splitting it in two.
"Bang!"
Half of the heavy tentacle directly crashed to the ground. Jiraiya's "Sage Trinity" could really go toe-to-toe with a Tailed Beast.
The jinchuriki was, after all, not a mindless Tailed Beast. In this kind of mixed battlefield with both enemies and allies, Killer B couldn't really release a Tailed Beast Bomb at close range.
Not to mention Jiraiya fighting one-on-two, starting an intense battle with the AB Combo, at this time, Habara, who had retreated slightly and left the core battlefield, stared intently at Jiraiya's figure.
He felt… different.
It wasn't that Jiraiya's Sage Mode was different from his use of natural energy. This was inevitable. Jiraiya was using Sage Mode chakra to fight, while Habara was using "chakra + natural energy" to fight. The two were far apart.
After personally seeing Jiraiya's Sage Mode and feeling the opponent's Sage Mode chakra, Habara felt that the difference was…
Natural energy seemed to be different.
Uh, it wasn't that natural energy was different, natural energy was the same. It was just that Habara seemed to feel that the natural energy he usually used seemed to be further divisible.
He took a few more steps back, then closed his eyes and carefully felt and distinguished.
Seeing this situation, Tenzo silently guarded beside him… Honestly, for Habara to "slack off" on the battlefield, to put it nicely, he had absolute confidence in Sage Jiraiya. To put it bluntly, he was a bit tired of living.
And after closing his eyes and feeling for a while, Habara seemed to finally grasp the thread. It was like pulling out the thread from a ball of tangled yarn, or like finding the end of the transparent tape he had used last time. In short, after finding the thread, he pulled hard, and everything became clear.
Then Habara suddenly opened his eyes. He raised his left hand. After removing the metal defense layer above, he found that the Blood Exile Technique patterns had reappeared on his skin. However, unlike the usual dark red patterns, the patterns on his arm now showed a dull black color.
"So smooth?"
He succeeded with just a slight attempt. This level of smoothness surprised Habara. However, what he didn't know was that during the short time he lost control during the Nine-Tails incident, a similar change had already occurred on his body. And that couldn't be considered an accidental phenomenon. It was clearly happening under the deliberate control of his unconscious self.
So what was the difference between Habara in this state and when he usually used the Blood Exile Technique?
The difference was that he had gained amazing sensory abilities.
He felt the bright spots of light around his body, the brightest of which belonged to Jiraiya, the largest of which belonged to the Eight-Tails. Further away, there were many bright spots rushing towards this side, but most of the bright spots remained still, maintaining two "lines of light" confronting each other… The entire map of the Land of Fields seemed to be displayed in his mind.
But then came another problem. If, if natural energy was also divided into two types, temporarily considered Yin and Yang, was this the fundamental reason why the Sage Techniques passed down by different sacred places were different? Because different Sage Techniques focused on using different natural energies?
Another thing was, assuming that the natural energy Habara was using now was Yin, and the one he usually used was Yin + Yang, why did he only gain sensory ability when he used a single attribute alone, but didn't feel any sensory ability when he used the more comprehensive full natural energy?
Well, this might be because half-baked Sage Techniques were ultimately not true Sage Techniques. A slight difference could lead to various problems.
In short, these problems could be ignored for now. Now he could first test the benefits of this sensory ability for combat. Habara re-covered his arm with the metal defense layer, and then he began to increase the output of natural energy.
Ninja Art: Arc-Gradual Seven-Fold Rhythm, activate!
"Habara, is there a problem?"
Tenzo on the side felt that Habara now seemed to be different from just now, but he couldn't say exactly how.
"Nothing… I'll try the Eight-Tails again."
Saying that, Habara rushed towards the Eight-Tails again.
And unlike before, when he could only act as a sandbag with high defense, this time, after arriving beside the Eight-Tails, relying on his keen sensory ability, he skillfully dodged the Eight-Tails' tentacle attacks. His body continuously dodged and weaved, and he wasn't hit by the Eight-Tails even once!
However, after all, the Eight-Tails' attacks were slow and heavy. Fighting it couldn't show how strong Habara's sensory abilities were in sensory mode. So… if possible, Habara hoped to try Killer B's eight-swords style again, instead of playing games with the octopus here.
Thinking of this, Habara switched from defense to offense and began to attack the Eight-Tails.
With the Eight-Tails' size, Habara didn't have to worry about his attacks missing at all. He moved sideways to dodge a tentacle, and then threw a mercury ball at this tentacle.
Secret Technique: Mercury Lamp.
By now, Habara was no longer worried about exposing this technique. What? Some Root ninjas died from similar techniques? Please, you also said that it was only similar. Who can be sure that the two are the same technique?
Roots of tightly stretched mercury threads easily pierced the Eight-Tails' tentacle. But then the Eight-Tails' reaction was a bit unexpected. It wasn't an exclamation of the power of this move, but…
Killer B shouted, "It's you!"
His voice showed a feeling of "solving a case," which made Habara a little confused… Habara didn't know that Killer B had seen his technique.
Killer B, regardless of the pain in his limb, used the tentacle with the "Mercury Lamp" to smash at Habara again. Habara dodged sideways, and the tentacle almost brushed past his body and hit the ground. And at this time, Habara's hands were already holding a six- or seven-meter-long mercury longsword. Then he held the sword and slashed upwards fiercely, and then he cut off this tentacle.
The cross-section cut by the mercury longsword with ultra-low temperature was very smooth, and even instantly formed a layer of frost on the Eight-Tails' wound, making it look like it had just been taken out of the refrigerator… To say something a bit inappropriate, Habara felt that the feeling of cutting the Eight-Tails' tentacle was really very good.
It was more than very good, it was simply addictive.
And when this tentacle fell to the ground and Habara's line of sight was no longer blocked, he happened to see the Fourth Raikage standing on the other side.
It is said, it is said that the Rasenshuriken can strip the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Wind Release beats Lightning Release, but it was unknown if Habara could do such a thing.
So he decided to try.
So, a mass of high-density chakra in the shape of a large shuriken suddenly spun and flew towards the Fourth Raikage…
A special trembling sound filled the entire battlefield.
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