Chapter 112: You Stone Shinobi Have Been Surrounded by Me Alone

On the battlefield between Konoha and the Hidden Stone Village.

"Sage Art: Massive Rasengan!"

Jiraiya had already entered Sage Mode. He leaped high into the air from atop Gamabunta and suddenly struck toward the Third Tsuchikage, ōnoki, who was flying in the sky!

Boom!

The enormous blue Rasengan slammed into the rock shield, easily crushing it!

However.

In that brief instant, ōnoki’s figure had already continued drifting upward.

Jiraiya couldn’t fly, so he could only watch as his body began falling.

"Sage Art Rasengan? Its power really is formidable."

ōnoki, floating in midair, sighed with emotion.

The Earth Release defense he had hastily used just now had been shattered in an instant.

If he had been hit head-on, there was absolutely no way he would have survived!

He might not even have been left with a corpse!

Fortunately.

He could fly.

Just now, Jiraiya had only managed to attack him because he had been standing on Gamabunta’s head and jumped from there.

As long as he paid attention and didn’t let the opponent get close, it would be fine.

There was nothing the opponent could do against someone who could fly.

"Not good, Great Elder Fukasaku! Doesn’t Mount Myoboku have any Sage Arts that can let someone fly?"

Jiraiya looked at ōnoki flying in the sky, feeling extremely anxious.

After jumping into the air, he could only remain there for a short time and seize the opportunity to attack ōnoki.

But with such a short window, his opponent only needed to defend himself slightly and fly a little higher.

Afterward, Jiraiya could only helplessly fall back down.

"Of course there’s no such Sage Art!"

Sage Fukasaku, standing on Jiraiya’s shoulder, rolled his eyes.

On the other side, Sage Shima suggested,

"Since the opponent can fly, close-range combat is difficult. We should try to use long-range ninjutsu to attack him."

Jiraiya frowned. He immediately jumped back onto Gamabunta’s head, while the long white hair behind him suddenly stiffened.

"Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!"

Sage chakra was infused into his white hair, turning it into countless sharp senbon that shot rapidly toward ōnoki in the air!

ōnoki was already prepared.

White light appeared in his hand, forming a cone containing a massive amount of chakra. He aimed it toward Jiraiya.

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"

The beam directly annihilated the countless hair senbon before shooting toward Jiraiya!

"Not good! Bunta, dodge!"

Jiraiya’s heart pounded wildly.

Gamabunta beneath him had also sensed the powerful chakra fluctuations coming from the other side in advance and quickly leaped away.

Gamabunta was simply too enormous.

Although he had sensed the attack beforehand, there was only enough time for him to leap.

The white beam grazed Gamabunta’s body and struck the forest behind him!

There was no sound at all.

The trees, rocks, and earth struck by the white beam were decomposed into atoms and vanished instantly!

"Whew... That was dangerous."

Jiraiya wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

ōnoki’s Dust Release was simply too troublesome.

The slightest graze was enough to kill someone, and even Sage chakra was useless against it.

That was also why Jiraiya had to keep ōnoki occupied.

If he allowed ōnoki to use Dust Release against the Konoha shinobi, a single Dust Release attack could wipe out at least dozens of Konoha shinobi.

Fortunately, the charging time of his technique was relatively long.

Moreover, under Sage Mode, Jiraiya’s sensory abilities had been greatly enhanced. Before ōnoki could launch Dust Release, Jiraiya could sense the chakra reaction and dodge in advance.

"He dodged again. What a nuisance!"

Jiraiya found ōnoki troublesome, but ōnoki likewise found Jiraiya troublesome!

After entering Sage Mode, all of Jiraiya’s abilities had been greatly enhanced!

They had fought once before.

ōnoki had used Earth Release to strengthen his power and defense, confidently taking one of Jiraiya’s punches head-on.

The result was that his waist had nearly been broken.

Ever since then, whenever facing Jiraiya’s attacks in Sage Mode, ōnoki would dodge whenever possible.

With the advantage of flight, dodging was still relatively easy for him.

However.

It was equally difficult for him to hit Jiraiya.

Jiraiya’s sensory abilities in Sage Mode were extremely powerful.

And because Dust Release required a long charging time, Jiraiya could sense the chakra fluctuations while ōnoki was preparing it every time.

The two of them were now unable to do anything to each other.

They could only continue restraining one another like this.

"Should we use that technique?"

Sage Fukasaku suggested.

"No!"

Jiraiya immediately rejected it.

He knew exactly which technique Fukasaku was talking about.

Sage Art: Five Right Gate Men!

He would use oil, Fukasaku would use Wind Release, and Shima would use Fire Release, combining their techniques into an enormous wide-area Sage Art Fire Release!

But that was precisely the problem.

The range of Sage Art: Five Right Gate Men was simply too large.

Once the massive amount of toad oil was ignited by Fire Release and spread with the aid of Wind Release, it could cover nearly half the battlefield in an instant!

At that point, forget about whether they could hit ōnoki.

The Konoha shinobi below would definitely be caught in it as well.

"Then there’s no choice. We can only fight him through attrition."

Sage Fukasaku helplessly sighed.

"Don’t worry. I’ve been looking for an opportunity."

Jiraiya stood atop Gamabunta’s head, staring intently at ōnoki in the sky as he waited for the right moment.

Suddenly!

ōnoki, flying in the sky, felt his body stiffen.

"I can’t move... What’s going on?"

ōnoki rapidly released chakra, desperately trying to break free from the control.

Looking downward, he saw a thin black line beneath him, connected to his position.

The Nara Clan’s Shadow Imitation Technique?!

Below, Nara Shikaku, who had been hiding in the shadows, let out a muffled grunt.

ōnoki was flying high in the sky, but he still had a shadow. It was simply difficult to locate.

However, as long as Shikaku confirmed the position of ōnoki’s shadow, he could use his clan’s secret technique to control him temporarily!

He could barely control ōnoki for one or two seconds before ōnoki broke free.

Taking advantage of that brief opening, Jiraiya quickly leaped into the air, and a gigantic Rasengan instantly appeared in his hand.

"Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!"

"Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique!"

ōnoki rapidly performed two ninjutsu.

The rock fist, enhanced by the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique, suddenly smashed toward the Rasengan!

In front of the Rasengan enhanced by Sage chakra, the rock fist was still easily crushed!

Just when Jiraiya thought this attack would finally land, ōnoki suddenly dropped downward!

Jiraiya was stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened.

The opponent had used the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique and therefore could not simultaneously use the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique.

In other words, he could no longer remain airborne.

By using that brief moment when Shikaku had held him back, ōnoki had allowed himself to fall and dodge the attack.

"Ah! My waist!"

ōnoki screamed as he fell, hurriedly using Earth Release: Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique again to prevent himself from crashing into the ground.

His weight had increased dramatically when he used the Added-Weight Rock Technique just now, instantly injuring his old waist.

He had already suffered an injury before, and now it had taken another hit!

ōnoki felt that his waist was probably never going to recover.

"Damn it!"

Seeing ōnoki fly back into the air again, Jiraiya was completely out of options.

Shikaku had temporarily controlled ōnoki, giving him the chance to launch an attack.

Even that had failed.

He had no other reliable techniques left.

There were simply too many Stone Shinobi!

The battle between the Konoha shinobi and Stone Shinobi below was also unfavorable for Konoha.

Konoha was short on manpower.

Even though their average quality was higher, they still couldn’t withstand such a large number of Stone Shinobi.

"Why did Uchiha Reiji go deal with the Grass Village first? Wouldn’t it have been better to drive back the Stone Shinobi here first?"

Jiraiya couldn’t help complaining inwardly.

Suddenly.

A golden arrow crossed several hundred meters and shot straight toward ōnoki in the sky!

"What is that?!"

ōnoki raised an eyebrow.

His figure flashed through the air, dodging the golden arrow.

Looking toward the direction from which the arrow had come, he saw a golden giant rapidly charging over.

In the blink of an eye, it had arrived behind the Stone Shinobi!

"You’ve already been surrounded by me."

Reiji had directly launched a surprise attack from behind the Stone Shinobi.

In Susanoo’s hands, two Yasaka Magatama simultaneously appeared and were hurled directly into the densely packed ranks of the Stone Shinobi!

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