At this moment on the battlefield, the Kumogakure ninjas almost simultaneously had the same doubt… Konoha ninjas, what are these things? Their average quality is too high, right?
Well, in fact, this idea was wrong. This was a limited, contemporary view. Because objectively speaking, the average quality of Konoha ninjas was gradually approaching an all-time low. Thinking back to those glorious days, sigh.
But the most glorious Konoha had long been forgotten. Previously, they thought that the strongest Konoha ninja was only the Yellow Flash. And after the Yellow Flash, a mere young ninja made the Kumogakure ninjas have the illusion that Konoha was reviving.
Jiraiya, needless to say, could enhance his combat power through "transformation," which the Kumogakure ninjas could barely accept. He was the disciple of the Third Hokage, the teacher of the Fourth Hokage, one of the legendary ninjas, the "Sannin." He had been famous in the ninja world for a long time, so having such strength was an acceptable and normal phenomenon.
But what about Habara, this young ninja? Why could he use high-density chakra as a throwing weapon?
Previously, the Kumogakure ninjas' impression of Habara was "an overconfident person who likes to talk big." Such people were often the fastest to die on the battlefield. However, now they found that this person seemed to be more than just talk.
Pseudo-Sage Art: True Wind Release: Rasenshuriken. There was no need to doubt the power of this thing. But the problem was…
To borrow a sentence from the true developer of this technique, "It's very powerful if it hits."
When the Fourth Raikage discovered such a dangerous thing flying towards him, he immediately began to dodge at high speed. But even more impressively, another octopus tentacle had already blocked the flight path of the Rasenshuriken.
Thus, the Rasenshuriken exploded before hitting its intended target.
Then the Eight-Tails switched to his own voice and began to scream. Billions of tiny chakra wind blades completed billions or tens of billions of attacks in an instant. The pain it brought was rarely experienced by Tailed Beasts who had lived for thousands of years… Fortunately, this was a Tailed Beast, so it could scream. If it were an ordinary ninja, they generally wouldn't have the opportunity to scream.
The Eight-Tails' body was very soft, and its tentacles could regenerate. Therefore, in battle, it didn't really care about the loss of tentacles. In fact, the Rasenshuriken wouldn't sever its tentacles; it would only cause a large area of cell and nerve necrosis. So at this time, the Eight-Tails had only lost control of this tentacle.
However, after taking this blow, the Eight-Tails' huge body began to shrink. In the blink of an eye, Killer B's figure reappeared… Since he knew that the enemy could use such a ninjutsu, it was too irrational to continue using a huge body as a target.
Obviously, the Eight-Tails and Killer B didn't know that Habara could now only fire one Rasenshuriken. The remaining chakra on Habara's body was not enough to use this ninjutsu again.
On the other side, the Fourth Raikage, who had just been attracted by the Rasenshuriken, suddenly felt his wrist sink during the dodging process. Then he saw that his right hand was bound by a long tongue.
Not only that, at the same time as being bound, the tongue suddenly began to release poison gas at close range… The toads of Mount Myoboku were truly full of martial virtue.
Jiraiya's speed was naturally much faster than the poison gas. At this time, his figure appeared behind the Fourth Raikage, and even more eye-catching than him was the spherical chakra ball three stories high that he held in his hand:
Sage Art: Wind Release: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!
Obviously, after Habara displayed the Rasenshuriken, both Minato Namikaze, who was used to using Rasengan, and Jiraiya's Rasengan began to evolve. It was just that Minato evolved faster and Jiraiya evolved a little slower.
However, even if it wasn't a Rasenshuriken, the Sage Art: Wind Release: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan could still break through the Fourth Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Although the second stage power of this technique was not as good as the third stage, in the case of insufficient quality, Jiraiya obviously increased the quantity.
The next moment, the Fourth Raikage was swallowed by the light sphere of the Rasengan.
And when the Rasengan extinguished, the Fourth Raikage was already covered in blood… Wind Release beat Lightning Release, this scene was not unexpected.
However, although both the second and third stages of the Rasengan could break through defenses, the killing effect after breaking through the defenses had a clear gap… At this time, the Fourth Raikage only seemed to be seriously injured.
But just as the Fourth Raikage had just straightened his body, Habara's body suddenly burst with intense lightning. Then he began to charge forward at high speed.
"Not good!"
Killer B seemed to realize what Habara wanted to do. He quickly stepped forward to intercept, but Habara easily bypassed his side…
The Eight-Tails had just shrunk back into Killer B's body. At this time, he had no way to immediately call out the Eight-Tails again. It always took a little time to go back and forth, and it was this little time that made him watch helplessly as Habara rushed towards the Fourth Raikage.
A mercury longsword appeared in Habara's hand. His body gradually lowered, his footsteps became larger and larger, and his overall speed became faster and faster. Until the last step brought him to the Fourth Raikage's side, Habara's body and the longsword in his hand simultaneously leaned forward and thrust forward.
Having such a large Rasengan shoved in his face by Jiraiya, at this time, the Fourth Raikage surprisingly didn't lose consciousness or fighting spirit. Facing Habara rushing over, he unhesitatingly threw his right fist.
And Habara, who was in a highly perceptive mode, easily avoided the Fourth Raikage's high-speed attack. At the same time, the mercury longsword in his hand stabbed towards the Fourth Raikage's heart, and then…
Puchi.
The mercury longsword easily pierced the Raikage's body, which was no longer protected by the Lightning Release Armor. However, the position it pierced was not the chest, but the right shoulder.
"Friend, that's too ruthless, isn't it?"
Seeing this situation, Habara was first stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
The Fourth Raikage's left hand bent his fingers like a tiger's claw, and his palm pressed against Habara's mercury longsword… Just as Habara was about to pierce his heart, his left hand began to push Habara's blade to the right. So Habara's longsword drew a deep wound in front of him, but ultimately didn't injure his organs.
Next, the Fourth Raikage's palm was once again attached with Lightning Release, and then he reached out and firmly grasped Habara's mercury longsword.
Habara tried to pull out the longsword, but found that the blade was motionless.
"Big Brother!"
Killer B followed closely behind Habara. At this time, Habara certainly didn't want to be hit by a "Brotherly Love Absolute Bull Lariat," so he immediately let go of his hand and dodged to the side.
The mercury longsword then turned into a series of mercury beads and followed behind him.
Killer B also didn't bother to pursue Habara. At this time, he only wanted to confirm the Fourth Raikage's condition.
"Big Brother, are you alright?"
"I'm… fine."
Yes, the Fourth Raikage was indeed fine. At this time, he was only suffering from a concussion, deep damage from Sage Art Wind Release, external wounds and excessive bleeding in front of his chest, respiratory system paralysis from toad poison, and mercury poisoning in his body.
The most serious injury was naturally caused by Jiraiya's Rasengan.
At this point, Kumogakure's AB Combo had been completely defeated. The Raikage was unable to fight and needed timely treatment. Next, they could only consider how to escape.
Habara didn't feel particularly sorry for not truly taking down the Raikage. After all, the Fourth Raikage was much stronger than the Fourth Kazekage, especially for Habara. He had no superior advantage over the Raikage. It wasn't that easy to take down another village leader again… In fact, the small amount of success Habara had this time came from a sneak attack without any sense of fair play.
"Little Jiraiya, that kid…"
At this time, Fukasaku's attention wasn't even on the Raikage.
"Yes, I know, it's already close to Sage Techniques."
Jiraiya also cast his gaze towards Habara.
Then Killer B and other Kumogakure ninjas began to protect the Fourth Raikage and retreat. But just as the Konoha ninjas were about to pursue, Jiraiya stretched out his hand to stop them.
"Let them go first. Next, send orders to the entire army… Prepare to break through Kumogakure's defense line."
This was a standard operation. Taking advantage of the fact that Kumogakure's high-end combat power was injured, Konoha of course had to launch an attack… This kind of excellent opportunity certainly couldn't be wasted.
The Konoha ninjas began to assemble quickly, and then the ninjas, under Jiraiya's leadership, began to attack Kumogakure's defense line.
In the Third Shinobi World War, the last great battle between two military powers suddenly began, and Kumogakure's line of defense was almost undefended against Konoha.
It wasn't because the Fourth Raikage was already injured and unable to fight.
It was because after the Kumogakure ninjas had completed their assembly and Jiraiya led the Konoha ninjas to attack, he first released a ninjutsu…
A large-scale Sage Technique called "Sage Art: Goemon."
This technique could be called a formation-breaking technique.
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