The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 242 Earth Explosion Star, Toad Immortal

Qin Ye slowly walked up to Tian Dao, his black and red energy surging and boiling around him, making him look as if he were wearing a layer of demonic armor.

He looked down at the heavens from his high vantage point, a cold light gleaming in his dark pupils:
"So, do I deserve it?"

The Heavenly Reincarnation Eye rotated, and a cracking sound came from its neck as it struggled to raise its head.

With each cracked lip, words uttered remained cold and indifferent:

"Only by accepting this will you be qualified."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his scarred arm, and a pitch-black sphere formed from highly compressed chakra flew from his palm, soaring straight into the sky.

The black sphere, like a massive celestial body, suddenly unleashed a terrifying gravitational force the moment it hovered high in the sky.

The earth began to tremble violently under the influence of this gravitational force, and countless pebbles and tiles rose from the ground. Rocks of all sizes were pulled by an invisible force and continuously adhered to the surface of the black sphere.

As more and more rocks accumulated, the black sphere, originally the size of a palm, expanded into a colossal object tens of meters in diameter in the blink of an eye, and it is still growing at an astonishing rate.

Qin Ye was also sucked into the air along with the ground beneath his feet.

If he does nothing, he will be firmly attached to the gradually enlarging rock sphere in less than a minute, eventually being squeezed and enveloped by countless rocks, and completely sealed inside.

地爆天星
"A boring trick."

Qin Ye spread his right hand, and Thousand Blades, summoned, emitted an excited buzzing sound, transforming into a streak of light and flying over, obediently placing the hilt in its master's palm.

The moment the weapon was acquired, the crimson lightning of the Blade Master began to swirl around its blade.

A chilling aura of destruction emanated from the area.

As Qin Ye swung his arm down, a crimson lightning bolt that stretched across the heavens and earth suddenly erupted.

Boom——

Wherever the lightning passed, the space itself rippled with distortion.

The newly formed Earth-Exploding Star couldn't withstand this terrifying attack for even a moment, and in an instant, it disintegrated amidst a deafening explosion.

The blinding light of the explosion instantly illuminated the night sky of the Land of Hot Springs, and the shockwave from the explosion tore a huge ring-shaped gap in the clouds.

Countless pebbles were reduced to dust by this destructive force, scattering and falling in abundance.

A hot spring inn not too far from the battlefield.

Jiraiya, who was collecting materials, leaped onto the roof, his waist-length white hair flying in the wind, his gaze fixed on the direction from which the explosion came.

There, the crimson lightning still lingered in the air, casting an ominous blood-red hue over half the sky.

"This level of fluctuation"

The lewdness on Jiraiya's face disappeared, replaced by a deep solemnity.

He didn't know who the fighters were, but anyone capable of generating such a powerful aura was definitely not an ordinary ninja.

He's with Naruto now; if the other side is after the Nine-Tails...
"Hey, you perverted sage, what are you doing on the roof?" Naruto's sleepy voice suddenly came from below. The boy rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked up at Jiraiya: "What was that sound just now?"

Jiraiya looked down and saw Naruto standing barefoot in the courtyard, wearing only a thin nightgown, clearly awakened by the sudden explosion.

He thought for a moment and quickly made a decision: "I'll be gone for a while. Don't go anywhere. Go back to the room and keep an eye on your luggage."

With that, Jiraiya leaped towards the site of the explosion.

"Huh?" Naruto scratched his messy hair, not understanding what Jiraiya was up to again, only thinking that the other must have been spying on women behind his back again.

He didn't know what was so interesting about it.

He curled his lip in disdain and went back into the house.

As the smoke and dust from the battlefield gradually dissipated, Qin Ye's figure slowly descended from mid-air, surrounded by a gentle breeze.

The incomplete body of the Heavenly Dao still lay in a pool of blood, its eyes frozen in an incredulous, astonished purple.

"The Demonic Statue of the Heretic is ready; it awaits my arrival."

Qin Ye looked down at Payne's mangled body from his high vantage point, his voice indifferent and devoid of any emotion.

After saying that, he stepped on the ground.

With a sickening cracking sound of bones breaking, Tiandao's head exploded like a ripe watermelon, splattering red and white matter all over the ground.

After surveying the surrounding chaos, Qin Ye sheathed his sword, closed the gate of life, and the surging black and red energy around him receded like a tide, eventually dissipating into a few wisps of dark light.

He raised his hand and beckoned, and Little White in the distance immediately shrank, turning into a stream of light and leaping onto his shoulder.

Just as he turned to leave, he suddenly stopped.

Out of the corner of my eye, in a patch of grass bent over by the aftershocks of the battle, sat a toad the size of a palm.

The toad had green skin and a white belly, just like any other toad, but Qin Ye could clearly feel that the toad was staring at him.

If Qin Ye encountered such a common small animal elsewhere, he wouldn't care at all and would simply ignore it.

Considering that the man was in the Land of Hot Springs, this toad seems rather strange.

It won't waste too many brain cells; you'll know whether it's right or wrong once you cut it.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Ye's figure suddenly blurred.

The ground beneath his feet cracked into a spiderweb pattern under the force of his stomp, and his figure almost instantly traversed a distance of tens of meters.

With a clanging sound as the blade was drawn, a thousand blades traced a sinister arc of light.

"Quack!!!"

The toad leaped up in alarm, but was caught up by the flash of the blade in mid-air.

After the dull thud of the blade piercing flesh, the two pieces of frog carcass fell to the ground, then vanished into smoke with a 'thud,' leaving only a line of blood in their place.

really
Qin Ye's lips curled up. They actually delivered themselves to his doorstep. It was truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it."

They summoned Xiaobai to transform into a fox spirit, and the two of them soared into the sky.

In the distance, in a secluded corner.

Jiraiya's lips twitched involuntarily.

The ferocity of the opponent far exceeded his expectations. It was only because a scout frog glanced at it a few times that it charged up and attacked without hesitation.
Could it be that they've seen through us?
The image transmitted back by the scout frog perfectly matched the person who had seriously injured Tsunade.

Jiraiya rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

He then sighed and quickly ran towards the inn.

He decided to take Naruto away from the Land of Hot Springs immediately.

If it really is the same person, it would be dangerous for them to stay here with Naruto for even a second longer.

High in the clouds, Qin Ye looked down at the rapidly moving white figure below, a dangerous smile playing on his lips.

"found it."

Jiraiya returned to the inn and hurriedly left with a bewildered Naruto. Under the cover of night, the two moved quickly along the damp alley.

Naruto asked several times, but received no response.

Soon, the two arrived at the dock.

Just as Jiraiya was searching for a usable boat, a figure whistled down from the sky and landed steadily in front of the two of them.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Jiraiya was slightly taken aback, then raised his hand to scratch his messy white hair, a look of annoyance appearing on his face.

"Tsk, I shouldn't have gone to check it out."

"Give him to me, and you can leave anytime." Qin Ye's blade pointed directly at Naruto Uzumaki, who was hiding behind Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's fighting strength may not be as great as Pain's, but in terms of how difficult he is to deal with, this legendary Sannin is definitely no less formidable.

He is proficient in all kinds of ninjutsu and can be described as a well-rounded warrior with no weaknesses.

He's much harder to deal with than Orochimaru.

"As expected, they're after the Nine-Tails." Jiraiya's expression turned serious, his previous lazy demeanor vanishing. "If you want to take Naruto away, you'll have to make me fall first."

Before he finished speaking, he clasped his hands together with his fingers interlocked.

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow, leaped forward, and drew a sharp arc with his Thousand Blades.

The sound of the blade slicing through the air was sharp and piercing, aimed straight for Jiraiya's throat.

Jiraiya neither dodged nor avoided the attack. Suddenly, his white hair, like a lion's mane, grew wildly, with each strand standing upright and gleaming with a metallic sheen in the moonlight.

In the blink of an eye, thick white hair enveloped his entire body, like a silvery cocoon.

Ninja Technique - Needle Jizo!

Clang—the Thousand Blades Slash struck the hair with a crisp, metallic clang, sparks flying everywhere.

At the same time, the space around Naruto Uzumaki suddenly twisted strangely, and a mass of fleshy red growth appeared out of thin air and disappeared in an instant.

The boy also disappeared along with them.

Seeing this, Qin Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, radiating a dangerous light:
"Looks like you really don't want to live."

"Hahaha, I can't just give you the Nine-Tails for free, can I?" Jiraiya laughed heartily, showing no sign of the urgency one would expect when facing a powerful enemy. His hoarse, deep voice came from his hardened white hair: "What exactly is your Akatsuki organization plotting, hunting down tailed beasts everywhere?"

Qin Ye naturally wouldn't answer that question. With a sharp clang, he abruptly withdrew his Thousand Blades.

The sharp edge rubbed violently against the hardened white hair, sparking a series of dazzling sparks.

Immediately afterwards, a ball of blazing dark purple flame suddenly rose from the blade.

As the blade struck, it created a crescent-shaped wall of flames, the scorching heat distorting the surrounding air.

Almost at the same instant, Jiraiya's needle Jizo also changed again.

Suddenly, the stiff white hairs began to writhe as if alive, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant white python with its jaws wide open. The sharp strands of hair gleamed like venomous fangs as it lunged at the flames.

boom--

The two forces collided in mid-air, unleashing a ring of fire.

Jiraiya was sent flying backwards through the flames, sliding several meters across the ground before regaining his footing.

At this moment, he looked rather pitiful. His once flowing white hair had turned black and curly, with wisps of smoke rising from the ends. Broken strands of hair fell like black snowflakes.

"What kind of fire jutsu is this? I've never seen fire jutsu used like this before."

With just one meeting, Jiraiya knew that the rumors were true.

Seeing the enemy silently charging towards him, he remained silent.

Jiraiya's cheeks suddenly puffed out, and without any visible hand seals, a mouthful of chakra oil gushed from his mouth. At the same time, he ignited it with Fire Release, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into rolling flames.

Fire Release: Flame Bullet!

The fire-oil mixture fire style is Jiraiya's signature style. It is more powerful than ordinary fire styles and has an adhesive quality, making it difficult to get rid of once it gets on you.

However, this surging oil and fire escape was cleaved in two by a dark purple blade of light. The long blade, wreathed in raging purple flames, sliced ​​the oil and fire in two as easily as cutting tofu.

"They're really fierce."

Jiraiya was certainly not naive enough to think that he could defeat his opponent with a single Fire Release technique.

In fact, the moment he unleashed the fireball, his right hand had already slammed into the ground.

Bang!
As a cloud of smoke rose, a giant toad with purple skin and black stripes appeared out of nowhere.

The large purple toad held a pot-lid-shaped shield in its left hand and a harpoon covered in thorns in its right. Its thick hind legs were in a standard fighting stance, clearly indicating that it was a battle-hardened old toad.

Jiraiya stood atop Gamaken's head, quickly bit his thumb, and drew two bright red lines below his eyelids before clasping his hands together.

"Gama Ken, I need to summon those two immortals to activate Sage Mode, which will take some time. During this time, my hands cannot be separated. Please help me buy some time, thank you."

"I understand, though I'm quite useless," Toad Jian replied humbly, his yellowish-brown frog eyes nervously watching the tiny human figure ahead.

As a battle-hardened spirit beast, it keenly sensed this enemy.

very dangerous!
Faced with this large, ready-to-fight toad, Qin Ye simply snapped his fingers calmly.

The next moment, a violent whistling sound came from high above.

Jiraiya suddenly tilted his head back, his pupils shrinking sharply: "Gamaken!"

Hamajian reacted extremely quickly; with a kick of his thick frog legs, his massive body leaped nimbly and swiftly more than a hundred meters away.

boom--

Just as it left its original spot, a huge white figure crashed down like a meteorite, stirring up a dust wave tens of meters high.

After landing, the six-tailed giant white bird pounced straight at Gamaken, and the two immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

The muffled thuds of the two giant beasts locked in fierce combat shook the earth.

Despite Toad's impressive skills, including both a fork and a shield, he was still completely overwhelmed by the numerically superior Little White.

With each clash, Gamaken's shield would groan under the strain, and his thick frog legs would be forced back by the immense impact.

Jiraiya was forced to jump off Gamaken's head; he never expected that the opponent's summoning beast would be so powerful.

He kept his hands clasped together, knowing full well that without activating Sage Mode, his chances of winning this battle were slim.

"Hama Ken, if things get bad, retreat. Don't try to hold on!"

Jiraiya shouted a warning, then turned and sped off toward the shimmering sea.

However, he hadn't run far when he suddenly realized that the surrounding environment had inexplicably turned dark.

It wasn't the darkness of the dead of night, but a pure, unadulterated darkness, as if everything around us had been swallowed up by the darkness.

But strangely, he could still see in the darkness.

He turned around and saw the figure holding the knife walking towards him unhurriedly.

Although one was running wildly and the other was walking slowly, the distance between them was still mysteriously shrinking.

"It's no use. Give up. You can protect Naruto for a while, but you can't protect him forever. As long as the tailed beast is still inside him, I will eventually find him."

"Hand Naruto over to me, and I guarantee he'll live. He has the blood of the Uzumaki clan, so he won't die even if the tailed beast is removed."

The chilling words echoed in the dark space.

(End of this chapter)