Chapter 220 212 The Death of Kalay

"Whoosh!"

Blue lightning tore through the air, its trajectory erratic, instantly bypassing the shadow spike and heading straight for the heavily injured Akimichi Torifu.

Danzo had a severed arm, and Akimichi Torifu was heavily injured; the former was a high-ranking official in Konoha whose status was second only to the Third Hokage, while the latter was also a companion of the Third Hokage and the strongest pillar of the Ino–Shika–Chō three clans.

Which one will the three of you protect?

This was a difficult problem posed by Fourth Raikage A to the three old heads of the Ino–Shika–Chō with his actions.

"Human Bullet Tank!"

Without any hesitation, the old head of the Akimichi Clan had already made his choice a step ahead; his massive body curled up into a ball, his hair growing long and hardening to cover his entire body, turning into a fleshy ball that rolled in front of Akimichi Torifu and violently collided with Fourth Raikage A.

He didn't even have time to think, as his body had already reacted a step ahead.

The ultimate collision between the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and the human bullet tank erupted with a dull, thunderous roar.

The old Akimichi Clan head let out a muffled grunt, and the giant sphere was forcibly knocked back dozens of meters, plowing deep trenches into the ground, while the figure of Fourth Raikage A was also sent flying backwards due to the massive kinetic energy.

Danzo's popularity in Konoha was not good; not only did he target the Uchiha, but as the Third Hokage's black glove, he was also unpopular among the Ninja clans.

On the contrary, Akimichi Torifu was a member of their Akimichi Clan and the pillar of the three-clan alliance. With him around, they had no reason to abandon Akimichi Torifu and choose Danzo.

And Danzo was actually not completely ignored.

That injured Root Ninja resolutely guarded in front of Danzo with more than ten Root members at this moment, forming a human wall to block the Third Raikage for him.

Only in front of the completely mad Third Raikage, these loyal Root elites together could not intercept for more than a few seconds before all of them died in battle, as fragile as paper.

Seeing this scene, Akimichi Torifu instantly grew somewhat anxious.

Although he was saved by the Ino–Shika–Chō trio, they could stop Fourth Raikage A, but it would be very difficult to stop the deranged Third Raikage.

Looking at Danzo with a severed arm and feeling his weak limbs, Akimichi Torifu's gaze turned fierce, and he hurriedly shrank his body, pulling out a small wooden box from his bosom.

Green spinach pills, yellow curry pills, and blood-red chili pills.

The Akimichi Clan's forbidden drugs, the Three-Colored Pills, could stimulate the human body to burst forth with even greater strength, but they also came with different costs.

The spinach pills and curry pills at most resulted in exhaustion—the former being milder and the latter heavier—while the chili pills carried the danger of depleting Chakra and dying on the spot.

But correspondingly, the chili pills would also cause the strength of the one who swallowed them to skyrocket.

Under the circumstance where he was already heavily injured and might be beaten to death by the Third Raikage alive, Akimichi Torifu naturally swallowed the chili pill.

Things had reached this point, what was there to hesitate about.

"Gulp."

Chakra that had almost condensed into substance emanated from Akimichi Torifu's body, soaring straight into the sky.

The massive Chakra flow produced friction as it passed through the spine and shoulder blades, causing Akimichi Torifu's body to tremble violently, and the Chakra on his back was now visible to the naked eye, condensing into a pair of brilliant butterfly wings.

The Akimichi Clan's strongest state, Butterfly Transformation Mode!

"Boom!"

The butterfly wings vibrated, and the huge iron rod was swung up once again!

At that moment, Akimichi Torifu possessed the strength to go head-to-head with the Third Raikage in terms of power, and under the state enhanced by the butterfly wings, his speed also made up for his weakness in agility.

The shadow shield dissipated, revealing Danzo's pale face. Forming hand seals with one hand, he struggled to spit out Wind Style to support Akimichi Torifu.

Under the circumstance where Akimichi Torifu also began to burst forth with his life on the line, he could temporarily block the Third Raikage, giving his Wind Style room to output.

Both of them were disciples of Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and they had cooperated quite a bit since childhood; working together, they naturally had tacit understanding.

After all, the two of them were direct disciples of the Second Hokage, and the tacit understanding of fighting side by side in their youth was already engraved in their bone marrow. Akimichi Torifu took the lead in attacking, and Danzo immediately seized the gap to spit out Wind Style for harassment and support, actually managing to firmly drag down the frenzied Third Raikage for a time.

The anomaly on the battlefield was far more than just this place.

The two powerhouses, Fourth Raikage A and Buruhibi, left the original battle formation to save the Third Raikage, which directly resulted in Orochimaru's pressure being greatly reduced.

Totai had to frantically squeeze out a large amount of Chakra, frequently using the Bashosen and casting countless Ninjutsu in order to temporarily force Orochimaru back.

However, Orochimaru's target was not Totai.

In the sea of fire after the Bashosen was fanned, countless snakes and pythons painfully twisted their bodies, letting out hisses.

And Orochimaru among them bizarrely transformed into mud in the sea of fire, melting into the ground.

A-rank Ninjutsu, Earth Style: Mud Clone.

At the same time, at Karai's location.

A section of snake body that had turned into charcoal twitched weirdly under his feet, opening its mouth to spit out a small ice-blue snake.

The next second, smoke emerged, the snake disappeared, and replacing it was Orochimaru covered in blood. His complexion, which was usually somewhat pale, became somewhat ruddy at this moment.

"Splat!"

A slender Kusanagi Sword burst out from Karai's chest.

"You— — Orochimaru— — You are not— —"

With his heart pierced, Karai immediately spat out blood, his voice trembling. Lowering his head to look at the Kusanagi Sword that pierced through his heart, blood continuously surged from his mouth, and his eyes were filled with incomprehensible horror.

"For this perfect timing, I paid quite a heavy price."

Orochimaru chuckled, his throat rolling as he swallowed a special Military Rations Pill.

He had already swallowed the second one.

To create this opportunity, he had suffered quite a few injuries beforehand.

Using injuries to trick the enemy and coordinating with clones to launch a fatal kill.

It was precisely because he had such a method to quickly recover from injuries that he dared to play such a trick of using injuries combined with clones to deceive the enemy.

But the battle results were worth it.

Orochimaru kicked Karai's corpse away, smoothly pulled out the Kusanagi Sword, and his figure flashed to appear a hundred meters away. He flicked the blood droplets off the sword, looking smilingly at the frantic Totai.

The Third Raikage had fallen into a desperate situation of certain death, yet Karai had died even faster than him.

"Teacher!"

Totai's eyes cracked with rage, and he let out a roar, waving the Bashosen desperately to fan towards Orochimaru.

"Hehe, don't rush, now it's your turn."

Orochimaru retreated with a Body Flicker Technique, saying with a smile.

Totai clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes bloodshot, remaining silent.

Karai was dead; relying on himself alone, even with the Bashosen which was one of the Six Paths Ninja Tools in his hand, it was impossible to beat Orochimaru.

Being able to save his life under his hands was already his limit.

And what changed was not only the battle between top-tier combat forces.

The entire Kumogakure battle situation was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.