Chapter 170 Jiraiya VS. Kari
Chapter 170 Jiraiya VS. Kari
"Explosive Release: Landmine Fist!"
With a furious roar from Shou, the air seemed to be struck by a heavy hammer, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable pressure.
Instead of charging directly at Jiraiya, he threw a punch at the air behind him.
"boom!"
The recoil from the violent explosion instantly propelled Hunter away like a cannonball.
He was incredibly fast, his entire body transforming into a red afterimage as he swept across the viscous Yellow Springs Swamp.
"Oh? Using the reaction force of the explosion to move?"
Jiraiya stood on a piece of driftwood in the center of the swamp, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his originally lazy posture instantly shifted to a defensive stance.
"A very creative idea, but it also means... you have no way out."
"A way out? I don't need a way out!"
Hunting's figure had already reached Jiraiya, his right fist clenched tightly, chakra highly compressed on his fist, emitting a chilling white light.
If that punch had landed, even Jiraiya would have had a hard time surviving.
"Die, Jiraiya!"
Before the punch even landed, the shockwave from the explosion had already slightly deformed Jiraiya's facial muscles.
Faced with this attack, Jiraiya did not choose to fight back directly.
"Ninjutsu: Needle Jizo!"
His long, silvery-white hair enveloped him once more, but this was merely a feint.
Just as Hunt's fist was about to touch the hair, the white "hedgehog ball" suddenly retreated rapidly, while the swamp mud below exploded violently.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"
A ferocious mud dragon rose from Jiraiya's feet, opened its huge mouth, and crashed directly into Gari in mid-air.
"This thing thinks it can stop me?!"
Hunting grinned maliciously, changed his fist into a palm, and slammed it hard on the dragon's head.
"burst!"
"BOOM—!!!"
The mud dragon's head was instantly blasted to pieces, and mud splattered everywhere.
Using the smoke and dust from the explosion as cover, Gari's momentum did not diminish. He even stepped on the broken mud and accelerated towards Jiraiya a second time.
"That's interesting."
A hint of admiration flashed in Jiraiya's eyes.
Although he was an enemy, this guy's mastery of Explosion Release was truly superb.
"You want to fight in close combat, huh!"
Jiraiya dispersed the needles from Jizo, formed hand seals, and puffed out his cheeks slightly.
"Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
This is a penetrating ninjutsu that compresses flames into a straight line, with a straight line of fire shooting directly at Kari's face.
"Too slow!"
Hunting couldn't get any leverage in the air, but he still had his other hand.
"Explosion Release: Double Rush Fist!"
He slammed his fists down, using the blast wave to forcefully elevate his body, narrowly avoiding the line of fire. Then, he somersaulted in mid-air, using the momentum of his descent to bring his legs down like a battle axe.
"If I just touch you, you're finished!"
Hunt's eyes were filled with madness; every attack he made was for that one moment of contact.
Jiraiya certainly understood this.
His shoes slammed onto the driftwood, and he slid backward.
"Bang!"
Hunt's feet slammed into the driftwood, and the half-meter-diameter log instantly exploded into a shower of wood chips, blasting a deep crater into the mud below.
Mud splashed everywhere, obstructing visibility.
"Chance!"
Kari keenly caught the slight stiffness in Jiraiya's eyes as he retreated.
Ignoring the mud smearing his eyes, he plunged his hands into the mud beneath his feet, frantically channeling his chakra.
"Explosive Escape: Mine Collapse!"
"Rumble, rumble—"
The entire swamp seemed to be boiling, with countless explosions detonating simultaneously beneath the mud.
This move wasn't meant to inflict damage, but rather—to create a blockade.
The violent tremor caused Jiraiya's footing to completely disappear, and his body inevitably fell into a state of imbalance.
"Got you!"
Hunting's figure pierced through the mud and rain, appearing to Jiraiya's side and behind.
His right hand was already pressed against Jiraiya's back, his fingertips even touching Jiraiya's vest.
"It's over, the Three Ninja!"
A victorious grin curled at the corner of Hunt's mouth.
however.
In that instant, he saw Jiraiya's face turned to the side.
There wasn't much emotional fluctuation on his face, only a faint hint of mockery.
"Have you forgotten...?"
Jiraiya's voice clearly reached Kari's ears.
"This is my home turf."
"What?!"
The alarm bells rang loudly in the hunter's heart.
The next second, he felt something tightly wrap around his wrist.
It's not the hair, it's not the hands, it's...
A sticky, long tongue with suction cups!
"Croak!"
Suddenly, a toad about half a person's height emerged from the swamp, its tongue, like a rubber band, precisely wrapping around Hunt's right hand, which was about to explode.
"A summoning beast? When?!"
Hunting was terrified and tried to detonate his chakra to sever the tongue, but the tongue seemed to secrete some kind of paralyzing toxin, causing his chakra flow to stagnate for a moment.
"Goodbye, demolition genius."
Taking advantage of this opening, a deep blue chakra sphere was spinning in Jiraiya's right palm.
This is precisely the A-rank ninjutsu developed by Minato.
"Rasengan!"
Jiraiya's palm, along with the rapidly spinning chakra ball, slammed heavily into Kari's chest.
"boom!!!"
In that instant, Kari felt as if he had been struck by a spinning drill.
His ribs cracked with a sickening sound, his chest collapsed instantly, and his body spun violently under the torque of the Rasengan.
"puff--"
Huntie spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs, and flew backward, crashing heavily onto a rock and shattering it into pieces.
The smoke and dust cleared.
Hunting collapsed in the pile of rubble, his arms hanging limply at his sides, completely incapacitated.
Jiraiya landed at the edge of the swamp, looking at the unconscious but powerful enemy without relaxing in the slightest.
Because the battle is not over.
"kill!!!"
The surrounding Iwa ninja, their eyes bloodshot with rage, did not scatter; on the battlefield of thousands, the shouts of battle still shook the heavens.
Jiraiya shook his slightly numb arms, stood on high ground, and cast his gaze toward the battlefield a little further away.
There, he saw a scene that was unfamiliar to him, someone who had lived through two Shinobi World Wars.
On the high ground of the battlefield.
A member of the Hyuga clan is using his Byakugan to give instructions into a microphone.
"Three o'clock position, cover fire!"
"Buzz—Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Dozens of electromagnetic sniper rifles fired simultaneously, the blue and white streaks of light forming a dense web of death that instantly wiped out the charging Iwa ninja squad.
And at the very forefront of that network of firepower.
A golden figure was flashing rapidly.
Minato Namikaze.
He had just sealed the Four-Tails and had very little chakra left, but he still did not retreat.
"Body Instantaneous Movement Technique!"
With a flash of golden light, Minato appeared behind an Iwa ninja who was trying to flank and ambush the sniper position. His kunai swept across the ground, leaving a trail of blood.
He was like a tireless guardian, building an insurmountable golden barrier around the sniper squad.
"Minato-sensei! To the left!" Obito shouted.
"Leave it to me."
Minato's figure appeared instantly on the left, blocking a fatal rock for Obito. Although his breathing was already a little rapid, his back remained upright.
Not far from the water gate, Nishikawa Tetsu switched between using electromagnetic guns and electromagnetic cannons, and every time he pulled the trigger, an enemy would be killed.
Jiraiya watched this scene unfold: the black-haired boy reaping lives, the blond boy protecting his comrades, and the ninjas wielding new weapons and working in perfect harmony.
He suddenly felt like he was getting old.
"Although I don't want to admit it..."
Jiraiya sighed, but a relieved smile appeared on his lips.
"But times have really changed."
"but……"
He looked at Minato and Nishikawa Tetsu, who were still fighting.
"These kids are much more reassuring than our generation."
Jiraiya took a deep breath, rallied his spirits, and charged toward the remaining Iwa ninja who were still putting up a fight.
"Since times have changed, I, this great one, can't fall too far behind! Let's go!"
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