Chapter 317: Flying Raijin
Bang, bang!
The Ice Golem behind her had long since been repaired by Haruno Sakura. At this moment, following Sakura's thought, it rushed forward, fearlessly swinging the sharp sword in its hand, meeting Orochimaru's Fire Style!
The Ice Golem's steps were both heavy and light.
When it stepped on the ground, its crystal-clear toes were taller than Sakura herself. Its huge body was a full hundred meters high. Every step was so heavy that it could make the ice layer sway and tremble, creaking under the unbearable load!
But it was also light and nimble; in a few steps, it leaped out from behind Haruno Sakura, jumped over her head, rushed in front of Sakura, and fearlessly met the blazing fireball!
The giant ice blade was swung by the Ice Golem, slashing at the fireball!
The moment the ice blade and the flames met, a huge explosion occurred in mid-air. Endless light, heat, flames, and roars dispersed from the center of the explosion; all colors and brilliance paled in comparison to the intense firelight. The strong light made the sun look dim, and the huge sound resounded through the entire sky!
The exquisite appearance of the Ice Golem instantly melted and blurred. Most of its body was evaporated clean, leaving only a little wreckage.
The broken icebergs floating on the sea also melted in the rolling heat waves, either disappearing or breaking into ice fragments and drifting away, leaving only the small piece of ice protected by the Ice Golem.
Behind the Ice Golem, Haruno Sakura was simultaneously forming hand seals.
The moment the explosion occurred, the blazing light shone on her, casting her in stark black and white, light and shadow trembling;
The scorching flow of flames flowed past her, avoided by the surging chakra all over her body, scattering into a faint wave of air.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, unmoved. Her hands did not stop moving, and she even sped up her hand seals a bit, completing the ninjutsu amidst the roar: "Water Style: Great Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
Five water dragons emerged from behind Sakura—
First came the sturdy and hard skeletons, then filled with thick and powerful muscles, then covered with tough and strong skin. Under the carving of the Water Style shape transformation chakra, scales grew layer by layer, sharp teeth and claws extended long, and details were filled in one by one, depicting the giant dragons vividly!
ROAR—!
The newborn giant dragons let out earth-shaking roars. The sound was so huge that even the roar of the Ice Golem colliding with the Fire Style was completely drowned out by them!
"Five of them?" Attracted by the roar, Orochimaru looked up. In an instant, his pale face seemed to become a few shades whiter!
"Trouble..." Watching the five giant dragons writhing their bodies and diving down at him, the man in the kimono muttered.
This is already a super-S-rank ninjutsu...!
He bit his finger, and his hands quickly formed seals: "Summoning: Triple Rashōmon!"
The ferocious demon gates appeared on the battlefield for the third time; this time, Orochimaru summoned three giant gates in one breath.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—! Three water dragons collided head-on with the demon gates, smashing the Gates of Hell to pieces while also scattering into countless water splashes; the remaining two giant dragons drove straight in, rushing straight at Orochimaru!
Orochimaru jumped with all his might, his figure flashing continuously, avoiding the high-speed charges of the two water dragons; before he could catch his breath, the two water dragons that had charged past had already turned their heads, staring at him covetously, opening their bloody maws and continuing their charge!
"Persistent spirits!" Orochimaru's eyes narrowed, and he said fiercely.
"This ninjutsu has been infused with the nature transformation of Yin Release..." Haruno Sakura looked at Orochimaru coldly, saying in her heart, "They will chase Orochimaru to the ends of the earth! And under my control, their movements will be more agile..."
"Hmph!" Orochimaru narrowly avoided another charge from the giant dragons. The spirited eyes of the water dragons made him realize that Haruno Sakura had added something extra to the ninjutsu.
"It's the power of Yin Release! Haruno Sakura has injected a large amount of spiritual power into the water dragons, making them abnormally agile..." He was awestruck in his heart, and quickly thought of the key point. "This will be endless if it goes on like this!"
Risking being hit by the water dragon, Orochimaru fully controlled the Second Hokage, who had just been repaired, to launch the next wave of surprise attacks!
Bang—
The distracted Orochimaru was hit hard by a water dragon!
And on the other side, Tobirama Senju also launched his second wave of attacks—
Flying Raijin Slash!
SWISH—! This was a Body Flicker even faster than the "Instant Water" just now. Even Haruno Sakura, who had activated Sakura Rush Phase Three, couldn't react in the instant Tobirama Senju disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of her!
SWISH—!
A cold light flashed. In a flash, the long sword in the Second Hokage's hand was already thrusting towards Haruno Sakura's heart.
The sword edge cut through the air, bringing with it a sharp whistle.
The cold light appeared suddenly, and the long sword turned into an afterimage, piercing into the body of flesh and blood.
The sharp blade pierced through the ice armor, pierced through the clothes, cut open the skin, fat, and muscle, and came out the other side!
The figures of the two froze at this moment.
Fresh blood and minced meat splattered, falling onto the Second Hokage's face.
With a light plop, blooming spots of blood color!
A smile suddenly appeared on Tobirama Senju's cold face.
"Except for my elder brother and Madara, you are the first..." Tobirama Senju revealed a cruel smile. "Person who was not instantly killed by being hit in a vital point!"
He looked down. This slash had missed the girl's vital point!
At the moment of the clash, Haruno Sakura realized the moment Tobirama Senju appeared, her body did not wait for her brain to react, and had automatically made a response!
In the instant the Flying Raijin slashed over, before her consciousness could catch up, she had already exerted force from her waist, instantly twisting the position of her chest; at the same time, she reached out with both hands and grabbed Tobirama's wrist.
Action before thought!
Before the thought of dodging arose in her mind, her body had already made the dodging motion.
Under Orochimaru's full control, this slash from the Second Hokage had almost fully utilized his strength in life! But it was dodged by Sakura by a hair's breadth.
The blade grazed her heart, inserted from the front of her chest, and penetrated out from the back!
The counterattack was launched the moment her hands grabbed Tobirama's arm—"Nin-taijutsu: Wing Chun Hidden Leg!"
This was the fastest kick among all of Sakura's taijutsu movements. Just as Tobirama Senju's brow furrowed, the Wing Chun Hidden Leg had already swept to his waist.
As the long sword pierced into her chest cavity, the girl twisted her waist and lifted her hips, her long leg whipping up fiercely. A sharp and swift mid-level side kick snapped the Second Hokage in two at the waist!
Plop. The lower half of Tobirama Senju fell to the ground, scattering into a pile of dirt.
Even the immortal Second Hokage became weak at this moment; the Second Hokage forced a smile and said, "The Flying Raijin mark is on your left elbow! Quick!"
"I know..." Haruno Sakura gritted her teeth and let out a breath of turbid air.
Just now, the Second Hokage had actually left the Flying Raijin mark on her arm in the instant she had lifted her elbow to shatter his wrist... No wonder he could instantly move in front of her!
What terrifying combat awareness! Haruno Sakura was awestruck in her heart, gaining a new understanding of these older generation ninja who had come out of the war.
The moment he realized he couldn't dodge, he was already prepared to counterattack... and this was under the condition that he wasn't using his full strength, no, it should be said under the condition that his soul was resisting exerting force!
After hearing the Second Hokage reveal the location of the Flying Raijin mark, she unhesitatingly punched the immobilized Second Hokage, completely blasting him into dust.
Then, dozens of burning explosive tags fell from Tobirama Senju's shattered left hand!
"Explosive tags?" Haruno Sakura was startled and sucked in a cold breath!
She suddenly realized that in the moment the Flying Raijin Slash failed to kill her instantly, the Second Hokage was already casting the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags technique!
BOOM—!
The explosive tags exploded with a roar!
Smack! Haruno Sakura was thrown out in a sorry state by the blast wave of the explosion. The ice armor condensed on her body at the moment of the explosion was already tattered, and there were several deep bloody gashes on her exposed skin and face...
Her whole body was covered in wounds, almost not an inch of skin was intact; the huge penetrating wound on her chest was gushing blood, dyeing half of her body and clothes red!
However, fortunately, they were all minor injuries. Even that ferocious wound on her chest had not touched a vital point.
The moment she was blown away and thrown out, she had already begun to cast Yang Release medical ninjutsu; the chakra, which was still abundant in the Yin Seal, poured out as if it were free, covering her body. In just a few seconds, when Haruno Sakura stood up, the wounds on her body had completely healed.
She should be glad that she moved fast enough, shattering Tobirama Senju's body the moment he cast the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, preventing him from summoning more explosive tags. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been as simple as a few more scratches on her body!
Haruno Sakura took a deep breath.
She stopped Sakura Rush Phase Three and returned to the level of Phase Two. Then she tore off the sleeve of her left arm. The mark left by Tobirama Senju was clearly visible; Sakura frowned slightly, condensed an ice blade, gritted her teeth, and cut off that piece of skin directly, cutting it into fragments, and then healed the wound.
Fighting an opponent like the Second Hokage was truly mentally exhausting. Especially in close combat, his attacks came one after another, simply endless, giving one no rest for a moment!
She had finally temporarily smashed him into pieces.
"It won't take long for him to recover." Haruno Sakura's gaze was grave as she looked to the other side. "I must take this time to knock Orochimaru down first!"
Her confrontation with the Second Hokage had only taken a few seconds, but over there, the water dragons that Sakura had specially infused with the Yin Release nature transformation had fallen into a disadvantage. With the Second Hokage temporarily smashed to pieces, Orochimaru finally didn't have to be distracted to control the battle on the other side. Recovering from the predicament of being pursued by Water Style ninjutsu, these two giant dragons were also quickly defeated!
"Secret Technique: Soft Physique Modification: Snake Step!"
During the giant dragons' attack, Orochimaru found an opening, gathered his chakra, and with a flick of his hands, two huge pythons instantly shot out from the water, charging head-on at the water dragons! The pythons' huge bodies were comparable to the several-hundred-meter-long water dragons. Entangled with each other, the two were entangled together, both unable to move, and perished together in the water.
When Haruno Sakura looked over, she happened to see the scene of Orochimaru summoning the giant snakes to perish together with the water dragons.
"Just now, you two were ganging up on me..." Sakura said coldly, looking at Orochimaru, who was panting slightly on the water surface. "Now it's my turn to gang up on you!"
"I won't give you time to catch your breath!"
Her hands quickly formed seals. All the chakra in her body was mobilized in one breath again!
"Ice Style: Legion Ice Clone Jutsu!"
Orochimaru, sensing the movement under his feet, jumped up sharply; jumping into the air at the same time as him were the overwhelming number of ice clones created by Haruno Sakura!
Hundreds upon thousands... no, thousands upon thousands of ice clones surrounded Orochimaru!
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