White smoke drifted away, and colossal figures from the Three Great Sage Locations stood tall, casting huge shadows outside Whirlpool Tide Village.
"The situation is critical, Katsuyu, I need you to fight the enemy before us together with Jiraiya and Gamabunta!" Tsunade said with a solemn expression.
Katsuyu, a split body from the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest, is snow-white with blue stripes on its back. Its main body is as huge as an island, but with Tsunade's current strength, she can only summon less than one-tenth of the Slug Sage's main body.
As a split body of the Slug Sage, Katsuyu also has the ability to split. Its own Natural Energy contains powerful Yang Release Chakra and vigorous vitality. It can not only heal injured people on a large scale, but each split body can also share vision, transmit information in real time, and transmit Chakra remotely.
"That's... Shin'ya?"
Katsuyu had just appeared when it recognized the identity of the crimson giant snake with its excellent experience.
"Who is Shin'ya?" Tsunade's heart stirred, and she immediately confirmed the information.
"It is a great snake with inverted scales, deep in the most violent snake nest in Ryuchi Cave. It is powerful, but its personality is extremely violent. Even the snakes living in Ryuchi Cave hate it." Katsuyu said, its two huge tentacles moving slightly, "Tsunade-sama, the opponent's venom can petrify all living things, we must be careful."
Although its appearance was frightening, its voice was unexpectedly gentle, quiet and elegant, like a clear spring flowing through a mountain stream.
Jiraiya's expression was grave, he was also listening.
After Katsuyu finished speaking about Shin'ya's information, Tsunade and Jiraiya exchanged glances, and their years of tacit understanding allowed them to quickly determine a battle strategy.
On the other side, unlike the tension of the two, Orochimaru stood on Shin'ya's head with his arms folded, his tone even a little relaxed:
"Facing the inheritance of Mount Myoboku and Shikkotsu Forest at the same time, Shin'ya, how does it feel?"
"Tch, don't underestimate this great one, you bastard!" Shin'ya's eyes shifted, directly skipping Gamabunta, and when he looked at Katsuyu, a hint of imperceptible caution flashed in those vertical pupils, "But that slug is indeed a bit tricky."
"Will we win?"
"We will win!"
Listening to Orochimaru's slightly teasing voice, Shin'ya's eyes immediately became violent, his tail swayed, and he launched an attack first.
The exaggerated size did not affect Shin'ya's speed. The snake's tail instantly turned into a crimson streamer, the strong wind howled, and with the force of sweeping everything, it lashed out like a whip.
"Boom!"
The ground exploded, Gamabunta showed excellent jumping ability, his frog palm pushed off, and he immediately jumped away from the spot, easily avoiding the sweep of the snake's tail, and jumped into the air with Jiraiya and Nawaki.
But Katsuyu beside him was not so flexible. Compared with the agile Gamabunta, she was huge and slow, so she didn't make any evasive movements and was directly cut in half by the snake's tail!
"Puff!"
Shin'ya was slightly stunned, and a rare trace of astonishment flashed in his fierce eyes.
It didn't get any sense of hitting anything. It only saw the long shadow sweeping across, and Katsuyu split into two identical slugs in front of it.
"Damn it!"
It was a little irritable, the snake's tail rolled back, and it whipped twice in a row like a steel whip, the air filled with rapid wind sounds.
However, the result of doing so was that four slugs appeared in front of it.
Although the size was no longer the original size, the aura did not weaken in the slightest.
"It's immune to physical attacks, don't do stupid attacks anymore, Shin'ya!"
Orochimaru reminded, then suddenly his eyes sharpened, and he abruptly raised his head.
A shadow loomed overhead, expanding like ink spreading on rice paper, completely covering the person and the snake.
Gamabunta, with the force of Mount Tai pressing down, plummeted straight down, Jiraiya's loud voice carrying through the whistling wind:
"Food Cart Destroyer Technique!"
The giant toad crashed heavily onto the earth, the sound shaking the heavens. Under the powerful kinetic energy, circular shockwaves spread in all directions, even causing the Whirlpool Tide Village's Barrier to passively manifest, rippling in layers.
Because he was attacking Katsuyu, Shin'ya didn't manage to dodge this attack in time and was smashed into the ground by Gamabunta, letting out an angry roar.
Jiraiya immediately craned his neck, looking down, his gaze piercing through layers of dust, trying to find Orochimaru's figure near Shin'ya, but clearly, he had lost his target.
A violent tremor came from below his feet, it was Shin'ya struggling madly. Clearly, that attack hadn't seriously injure it, but instead enraged this violent snake.
Jiraiya immediately came back to his senses, steadying the tottering Nawaki.
Gamabunta didn't stop moving, its toad face showing a human-like solemn expression. It firmly stepped on Shin'ya's body, suppressing the opponent, while drawing the short knife from its waist with its backhand, and stabbing straight down at the snake's head!
Shin'ya nimbly twisted its snake neck, opening its mouth and advancing instead of retreating. With a "clang," it bit Gamabunta's short knife, venomous fangs grinding against the blade, sending out fine sparks.
"Don't give it a chance!"
Jiraiya shouted, forming hand seals with both hands, "Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"
The earth surged, quickly turning into a flowing reddish-brown swamp, and in just a few breaths, it transformed into a swamp with a radius of a hundred meters.
The ground suddenly changed from solid to soft and wet, and Shin'ya immediately lost its support. Its massive body sank inch by inch as Gamabunta pressed down, splashing countless mud.
"Too concerned about Shin'ya?"
A hoarse voice rang in his ears, like an icy wind, making Jiraiya's back feel cold.
"Master... be careful..." Nawaki shouted belatedly. By the time he reacted, a ghostly figure had already passed him and attacked Master's back.
"Buzz..."
The buzzing of airflow came from behind. Jiraiya desperately turned his head, but it was too late. In a hurried glance, Orochimaru's disheveled hair flew wildly as he held a crystalline Chakra ball, pressing it hard against the back of his heart.
"Rasengan!"
Blue light flickered, airflow surged, and accompanied by Orochimaru's clear shout, the Rasengan suddenly erupted!
Under the powerful thrust, Jiraiya's body seemed to lose control, spinning and flying out, smashing into the distant earth.
On top of Gamabunta's head, Nawaki stared blankly at the figure in front of him, tears silently overflowing from his eyes.
Orochimaru felt something, slightly turning his head, his golden vertical pupils emitting a cold and unfamiliar light.
"Nawaki, long time no see, have you become Jiraiya's disciple?"
Nawaki opened his mouth. He had indeed seen this person a few times when he was young, and he had quite a good impression of him at the time.
"You..."
"The time for reminiscing ends here." Orochimaru's lips curled up. "Jump down yourself, and you'll have a higher chance of surviving."
After saying that, he leaped down and disappeared from the top of Gamabunta's head.
Gamabunta learned that Jiraiya had been attacked and wanted to help, but he really couldn't get away because Shin'ya was struggling more and more violently.
Suddenly, a snake tail emerged from the mud, tightly constricting Gamabunta's round belly.
"Get lost!" Shin'ya roared, and with an explosion of force, threw Gamabunta far away, sending him crashing into the mountains.
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