Chapter 97: Main Story Quest
Li Jiexuan, in Dragon Sage Mode, hovered silently in midair, radiating divine authority like a god!
From a corner, Orochimaru—rarely one to intervene—spoke up to dissuade him. "Jiraiya, give up. You're not Li Jiexuan's opponent…"
Hearing that, Jiraiya clenched his teeth and stubbornly replied, "I will never give up!"
Before his words had even finished falling, Jiraiya charged straight at Li Jiexuan. The kunai shot directly toward Li Jiexuan's throat, its sharp edge embodying Jiraiya's resolve!
However…
"Ding!"
The crisp clash froze Jiraiya on the spot. The razor-sharp kunai slammed viciously into the scales on Li Jiexuan's neck. No matter how hard Jiraiya strained, he couldn't break through the defense of those scales.
The gap in strength was simply too great!
Jiraiya was never a genius-type ninja to begin with. It wasn't until he entered Mount Myoboku that he gradually grew stronger…
With Li Jiexuan's current strength, even if he stood still and let Jiraiya attack, it would be meaningless. Li Jiexuan raised two fingers and lightly clamped the kunai—using just a bit of force, he snapped the hardened blade clean in two…
"You're too weak!"
As he spoke, Li Jiexuan casually threw a punch. Jiraiya was sent flying, only stopping after crashing through two walls.
"Pff—"
Jiraiya spat out a mouthful of blood. Just that single punch had broken four of his ribs.
"Give up. You're not Li Jiexuan's opponent!"
"I will never give up! Even if I can't beat you now, one day I will!"
Jiraiya roared through gritted teeth, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, yet he didn't care in the slightest.
Orochimaru shook his head helplessly. Only someone who had personally fought Li Jiexuan before could truly understand how terrifyingly fast his growth was…
Last time, Li Jiexuan had only relied on that recovery secret technique to defeat him. But now…
Even if Orochimaru himself stepped in, the outcome would probably be no different from Jiraiya's!
"What a meaningless kind of persistence!"
Li Jiexuan actually despised this sort of blind confidence. Out of respect for Jiraiya's reputation as a hero, he had chosen to deal with him in his strongest state.
But this baseless stubbornness felt like a trampling of Li Jiexuan's dignity…
Persistence without strength was as disgusting as chewing gum stuck under a shoe!
"Even if you're being willful, you still have to face reality!"
Another brutal punch landed, caving in Jiraiya's entire chest. Yet even so, Tsunade didn't spare him a single glance!
Love was like this—just like Sakura and Naruto. No matter how much Naruto did, he could never change her heart!
Blood streamed steadily from the corner of Jiraiya's mouth as he completely lost consciousness…
Fortunately, this was a hospital, so his life wasn't in danger. Still, he'd likely be bedridden for several months…
After dealing with Jiraiya, Tsunade finally voiced the source of her sorrow:
Senju Tobirama was injured!
Shamon had led several hundred Sand ninja in an ambush. If not for Senju Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique, he would have died on the spot…
Originally, Konoha's strength far surpassed that of the Hidden Sand. But with four fronts of warfare, Konoha's forces had been stretched far too thin. Even though the other three major villages hadn't launched large-scale wars, the Konoha allied forces on the Wind Country border still couldn't withstand the Sand ninja's all-out assault!
"Grand-Uncle said recently that he's going to the Land of Lightning," Tsunade said. "As long as peace talks with the Cloud ninja succeed, the troops that can be withdrawn will be enough to defeat the Sand ninja!"
She frowned, shaking her head with deep worry. "But for some reason, I just can't shake this feeling of unease…"
The Land of Lightning. The Cloud ninja!
Li Jiexuan frowned deeply. He hadn't expected Senju Tobirama to die this early—barely at the beginning of Konoha Year Thirteen.
In matters like this, individual strength was almost negligible. For the sake of the bigger picture, no one could stop the peace talks from proceeding.
And with Gold and Silver—two shadow-level powerhouses—wielding Nine-Tails chakra and the Sage of Six Paths' ninja tools, they would go on a killing spree…
In this era, it was practically an unsolvable situation!
The deaths of the Second Raikage and the Second Hokage were the best proof of that. This was power beyond what humans could stop…
"I just hope nothing happens to Grand-Uncle…"
"Ding…"
Main story quest triggered: Save Senju Tobirama.
Quest content: When a beauty sheds tears, a hero cannot bear it. As Tsunade's boyfriend, you have the responsibility and obligation to rescue Senju Tobirama.
Quest completion reward: 100,000 points, one Shadow-Level Treasure Chest.
Quest failure penalty: Randomly strip away one A-rank or higher ninjutsu.
Li Jiexuan froze on the spot…
What was this? A main story quest?
More importantly—with Li Jiexuan's current strength, where even killing Reto with pills was a struggle, how was he supposed to stop Gold and Silver, who were stacked with equipment buffs and possessed super–Shadow-level power?
In an instant, Li Jiexuan felt an overwhelming pressure bearing down on him…
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