"We must follow our plan."
Jiraiya gazed at the smoke rising in the distance and spoke solemnly, "No one should act recklessly, we must scatter the Pain of Six Paths and Konan and defeat them one by one!"
"Understood."
The others nodded gravely.
Beneath the city walls, the ninja battle groups were also listening to their General's instructions, as each team of ninjas would be responsible for supporting a specific ninja on the wall.
The seven individual strongest ninjas.
Seven battle teams assigned to cooperate with these seven ninjas.
The murderous atmosphere before the great battle was somewhat terrifying.
All seven present had attended the pre-war meeting, and they were well aware of the opponent's immense strength, figures standing at the pinnacle of that group of Akatsuki monsters!
Gaara, Rock Lee, and Uzumaki Naruto, who had never before faced such a great battle, had chakras that were slowly starting to surge uncontrollably, drawing the attention of others.
"Such youthful and energetic little fellows!"
Terumi Mei covered her red lips with her hand and chuckled a few times, praising, "Do you all have girlfriends yet?"
Rock Lee: "..."
Gaara: "..."
Uzumaki Naruto: "..."
Is this really the time to talk about girlfriends?
Not to mention these three young brats, even Hatake Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Might Guy beside them are still single!
However, Terumi Mei's teasing caused the tension on Rock Lee and the youngsters' faces to gradually dissipate a lot.
"Alright, let's end our chit-chat here!"
Jiraiya suddenly clasped his palms together, Fukasaku Sage and Shima Sage on his shoulders did the same, and the three of them shouted in unison, "Sage Mode: Open!"
In the next moment, Jiraiya's aura surged dramatically!
Everyone watched in slight amazement at the completely transformed Jiraiya, except for Uzumaki Naruto, who frowned and muttered, "The first Shadow Clone has finished absorbing Natural Energy, the second Shadow Clone should prepare to absorb Natural Energy!"
"Sage Mode: Open!"
Uzumaki Naruto's aura burst forth instantly, his eyes tinged with a hint of orange, gradually becoming somewhat frog-like.
This was the only clumsy method he could choose.
Because of the Nine-tail within Uzumaki Naruto, he could only independently perform the transformation of Sage Mode, but in the midst of battle, this was evidently something he couldn't manage, so they devised two solutions.
The first solution: Uzumaki Naruto would form two Shadow Clones to preemptively absorb and store up Natural Energy, so that upon dissolving a Shadow Clone, the Natural Energy within it would return to the main body, directly activating Sage Mode.
The second solution: Uzumaki Naruto would create over ten Shadow Clones at once, carefully calculating how much Natural Energy was needed for each one to fuse with his body upon reabsorption, allowing the second Shadow Clone to slowly extract Natural Energy after the first is dispersed.
Each Shadow Clone must remember the amount of Natural Energy being absorbed, as they all absorb different amounts.
This aspect is quite troublesome.
If too little, the Natural Energy would go to waste.
If too much, frogification would occur.
Fortunately, several toads from Mount Myoboku were observing Uzumaki Naruto's Shadow Clones as they absorbed Natural Energy, ready to dispose of any unused Shadow Clones to inform Uzumaki Naruto if any issue arose in the process.
This battle.
Konoha had truly exhausted every thought.
"Lee, we can't fall behind either!"
Might Guy pointed a thumbs-up at Rock Lee, then tightly clenched his fist, the Chakra surging through his body began to simmer!
Rock Lee also gritted his teeth, his aura starting to synchronize with Might Guy, "Yes, Guy-sensei! Eight Gates... Sixth Gate: View Gate: Open!"
Rock Lee could easily open the Sixth Gate, and if desperate, could even open the Seventh Gate, though the risk of death would be high.
Might Guy could effortlessly open the Sixth Gate, and opening the Seventh Gate was also very simple, though it did consume much energy.
"It is truly terrifying..."
Gaara wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand, glanced at Rock Lee and Might Guy in the Eight Gates state, and then at Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto in Sage Mode.
Gaara and Terumi Mei's gaze began to converge, ultimately slowly resting on Hatake Kakashi, they also assumed Hatake Kakashi possessed a similar Jutsu, right?
"Ahem..."
Hatake Kakashi adjusted his Forehead Protector and coughed a few times, "I don't have a similar Jutsu, only the Mangekyo Sharingan, disappointing both of you."
"...Oh."
Terumi Mei and Gaara slowly withdrew their gaze.
"Alright, let's go!"
Jiraiya was the first to leap off the wall, leading everyone towards the position of Pain, loudly saying, "Terumi Mei-sama, strike at Konan! I'll go for the strongest Pain, Guy, go for the Pain that absorbs Chakra! Kakashi, handle the one that can transform into weapons! You three kids, go tie up the remaining three Pains!"
"Got it!"
The figures swiftly darted through the forest, and behind them, thousands of ninjas followed into the forest, chasing in their direction!