Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 372: A Desperate Gamble (Part 1)

Outside Konoha Village, in the Forest of Death.

A gigantic white snake, its body pierced with numerous black rods, was wreaking havoc within. With the slightest movement of its massive body, the towering trees of the Death Forest collapsed and were crushed into pieces.

As the giant white serpent moved, it continuously spewed flames, lightning, and gales, and its attacks were directed in only one direction: the direction of Konoha.

At this moment, a large number of huge tree roots grew out of the ground, forming a huge wall of trees that blocked all the flames, lightning, and gales that were aimed at the leaves.

Not only that, a giant purple tengu samurai swung his huge katana repeatedly, unleashing massive chakra slashes that struck the giant white snake one after another.

However, the giant white snake was currently covered with dense blue-white electric currents, making it seem as if it was wearing a sturdy lightning armor. The chakra slashes that the purple tengu warrior unleashed, which were powerful enough to cut giant trees and rocks in half, could hardly cause any damage to it.

Upon seeing this, the purple-haired woman within the chakra crystal between the purple tengu warrior's brows lit up with a faint light in her purple eyes, and several enormous chakra chains instantly grew from the purple tengu warrior's body, shooting rapidly toward the giant white snake.

At the same time, a white-haired, blue-eyed little girl standing on a giant tree not far away had a green light in her eyes. Then, she clapped her hands, and a large number of tree roots immediately grew from the ground around the giant white snake, surrounding and strangling it.

Faced with the combined attack of the purple-haired woman and the white-haired little girl, the giant white snake soared into the air and used some kind of wind-riding technique to quickly move through the air, neutralizing their combined attacks one by one, before once again spewing out raging flames.

The flames transformed into nine giant fire pythons, which opened their huge mouths and lunged at the purple-haired woman and the white-haired little girl.

Then, a sudden gust of wind arose, and the nine giant fire pythons swiftly transformed into dragons in the wind, rushing towards the two with even greater speed and ferocity.

The next moment, the purple-haired woman's purple tengu warrior suddenly swung its sword, and a purple lightning bolt flashed across the sky. With a thunderous roar, the nine fire dragons were instantly cut in half and extinguished unwillingly in mid-air.

"Hahaha~, Kirito Tohsaka, is that all you've got? You're only sending out these two special puppets to deal with the puppets I created using the White Snake Sage's body. Isn't that a bit too overconfident? If you keep dragging this out, Konoha will be destroyed sooner or later."

As long as the White Snake Sage remains intact, Konoha's calamity will not end.

The giant white snake, seeing its attack once again neutralized by the enemy, felt no displeasure but rather increased its joy. Suddenly, it spoke in human language, emitting a deafening sound.

As soon as she finished speaking, the purple-haired woman clapped her hands together, unleashing a powerful burst of Earth Release Sage Chakra, and a terrifying gravity suddenly descended.

Sage Art: Earth Release: Super Heavy Rock Technique!

The White Snake Sage, Pain of the Animal Path, was suddenly thrown from the sky. Then, a large number of tree roots rose from the ground and bound him tightly. More than ten purple chakra chains followed closely behind, successfully binding the White Snake Sage.

At this moment, a chakra fluctuation emanated from the white-haired little girl, vibrating the air, and a cold voice suddenly appeared:

"Konoha doesn't belong to me alone. It's just a minor disaster. They can handle it without me. As for you, you should worry about whether you can leave in the future."

Despite being captured by the combined sealing techniques of the Thunder God Puppet and Kirito's newly created Wood Release Puppet, the Grass God Puppet, Pain showed no panic. He sneered, "Is that so? Then I'll see how those ants can withstand my army of undead. It's time for Konoha, the ninja village founded by me and Hashirama Senju, to become history."

"I'd like to see how you make Konoha a thing of the past!"

Kirito's cold voice appeared again.

As they spoke, the Thunder God puppet controlled the Susanoo giant and strode toward the White Snake Sage.

At the same time, the Grass God Puppet clapped his hands, and a huge wooden figure grew out from a giant tree root, striding towards the White Snake Immortal.

Then, the two reached out their large hands towards the White Snake Immortal, making a gesture as if to pull out the huge black rods from his body.

These black rods are what Madara Uchiha used to remotely control the White Snake Sage's body. Once these rods are removed, the White Snake Sage will be completely defeated, and Madara Uchiha will lose the White Snake Sage as Pain's clone.

But just as the two giants were about to pull out two of the black rods, a huge snake head suddenly burst out of the White Snake Sage's body and bit the Purple Tengu Warrior's head in one bite.

Immortal Technique: Shedding Skin!

This is a sage technique that the White Snake Sage painstakingly developed after suffering a great loss at Kirito's sealing technique. Originally, this sage technique was a powerful medical sage technique that the White Snake Sage used to heal his injuries. After being improved, it can resist sealing techniques to a certain extent.

Theoretically, the snake molt is used as a protective garment to isolate the sealing effect of the sealing technique to a certain extent.

Now, the White Snake Sage has been transformed into the Preta Path Pain by Madara Uchiha, and this powerful Sage Technique has also fallen into Madara Uchiha's hands.

Caught off guard, the Thunder God Puppet suffered a severe blow. The core head of the Susanoo Giant was severely damaged, and a crack appeared in the purple chakra crystal on its chest. A large amount of blood flowed out of the Mangekyou Sharingan inside its body.

The Grass God Puppet reacted immediately. It controlled the giant wooden figure to grab the upper and lower jaws of the snake's head with both hands, and the wooden dragon wrapped around its body quickly wrapped around the snake's body as well.

But at this moment, the White Snake Immortal breathed out flames, and his body was also engulfed in raging flames.

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Sage Art: Fire Release: Snake Fire!

The wooden man and the wooden dragon were immediately severely injured.

The Grass God Puppet remained unfazed, clapping its hands together, and countless more tree roots sprouted from the ground, relentlessly entangling the White Snake Immortal.

At this moment, the Thunder God Puppet also used the Thunder Transformation Technique to break free from the White Snake Sage's mouth, and the samurai sword in its hand, which was wrapped with highly condensed Sage Art Storm Release Chakra, quickly slashed at the White Snake Sage from a distance.

The massive purple chakra slash struck the White Snake Sage's head with tremendous force, penetrating deep into the wood and nearly slicing his head in two.

Despite being severely injured, Pain, the Animal Path cultivator, was still laughing loudly: "Hahaha~, Kirito Tohsaka, do you really still have time to dawdle here?"

Kirito, who was in the underground laboratory of the Konoha Orphanage, heard Madara Uchiha's words through two puppets. His brows furrowed and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

Meanwhile, far to the north of the Snow Country, a giant wooden figure with five scarlet eyes suddenly broke through the thick, solid ground covering it and crawled out of the ground with a roar that shook the heavens.

"roar!"

The enormous roar contained astonishing chakra, instantly shattering the snow and clouds within a radius of hundreds of miles, revealing a sky full of stars and a full moon in the night sky.

(End of this chapter)