Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 374: A Desperate Gamble (Part 3)

Hiruko had no idea what Orochimaru was talking about, and he was indifferent to it. Seeing that he could no longer rely on Orochimaru to help him escape, he continued to silently think about how to escape. Now that Konoha's most fearsome jailer, Kirito Tohsaka, was not here, this was the perfect opportunity for him to escape.

Orochimaru, seeing that Hiruko didn't understand his words, merely gave a slight sneer, then closed his eyes again, ignoring this fool who was about to die and still didn't realize it.

If you were to ask where the safest place in the ninja world is right now, this would probably be it.

A storm that will sweep across the entire ninja world is about to arrive, and he is now destined to become a spectator, only able to quietly wait for the final outcome and hope that his prepared backup plan will have a chance to be implemented.

"If I had the chance, I would really like to witness with my own eyes where this world is headed."

Orochimaru thought to himself.

On the other side, Kirito suddenly appeared in the sky above the Forest of Death.

The moment he appeared, a terrifying burst of Sage Chakra erupted from his body.

The next moment, his whole body emitted a faint golden light, a simple immortal mask appeared on his face, and his hair grew rapidly and turned golden.

Upon seeing this, Pain, the Animal Path of Madara Uchiha and the Sage of the White Snakes, burst into laughter: "Hahaha~, you've finally decided to take action yourself, huh? Too bad, it's all too late. You're destined not to save Konoha."

"So noisy!"

Kirito said coldly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying gravity suddenly descended, and Kirito was forced to use Sage Art: Earth Release: Weighted Rock Technique without any seals.

The Sage Art: Earth Escape: Weighted Rock Technique he used at this moment was several times more powerful than when he used the Thunder God Puppet to release it. The White Snake Sage's laughter stopped abruptly, and his massive body was pressed firmly into the ground, clearly enduring immense force.

At the same time, the Grass God Puppet once again used Wood Release: Silent Killing Binding Technique, manipulating a large number of tree roots to bind the White Snake Sage, thereby continuously absorbing the chakra within the White Snake Sage's body.

With this two-pronged approach, it's impossible for the White Snake Immortal to break free again in a short time.

Taking this opportunity, a small black ball quickly appeared in Kirito's right palm.

As soon as the black ball appeared, Madara Uchiha, far away in the Land of Snow, suddenly opened his eyes and exclaimed, "This kid's understanding of the Five Elements Yin-Yang Release Technique has reached such a level. That black ball contains the power of the Five Elements Yin-Yang; it's an extremely terrifying thing."

The Seeking Truth Jewel is precisely the object located in Kirito's right palm.

Since the White Zetsu clone successfully obtained the Tenseigan and created the Truth-Seeking Balls, Kirito's understanding of Yin-Yang Five Elements Release Techniques has progressed rapidly. This is because it allows for a comprehensive and insightful study of the Truth-Seeking Balls, eliminating the need to painstakingly search for the optimal ratio of these seven different chakra types.

Through his research on the Truth-Seeking Balls, Kirito has now raised all seven of his escape techniques—Yin Yang and Five Elements—to level five, completely mastering the power of all things in the universe.

As soon as the black Seeking the Way Jewel appeared, it immediately transformed into a black lightning bolt and struck the White Serpent Immortal between the eyebrows.

The White Snake Immortal's powerful body, nurtured and tempered by immortal arts for thousands of years, was instantly pierced through, leaving him defenseless like tofu.

Then, starting from the tiny hole between the white snake immortal's eyebrows, numerous cracks quickly spread across the entire white snake immortal's head, before rapidly turning into black ash.

After being hit by the Truth-Seeking Ball, Madara Uchiha's Preta Path Pain was surprisingly vulnerable.

With the White Snake Sage, Madara Uchiha's Preta Path Pain, being defeated, a large number of Ryuchi Cave's summoning beasts in Konoha instantly turned into clouds of white smoke and disappeared, leaving only some Impure World Puppets to continue wreaking havoc in Konoha.

"The rest is up to you."

The next second, Kirito used the secret mountain technique, Mind Transfer Technique, to notify the Konoha ninjas in Konoha. Then, amidst the excited shouts of the many Konoha ninjas, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared from the spot.

The site of the Five Kage Summit, where the battle had ended, was now a scene of devastation. A giant stone sphere stood on the ravaged ground left by Pain's Chibaku Tensei. Not far from the stone sphere, Tsunade, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, was pinned to the ground by a black rod.

Further away, Hinata Karen was also nailed to the trunk of a large tree by a black rod.

Suddenly, Kirito appeared in front of Karen. He looked at Karen's eyes, which had lost their light, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

He was too late after all.

However, he did not lose his composure, because he knew that being resurrected from the dead was not an impossible thing in this world.

He took the black stick, then wrapped Hua Lian off the tree trunk, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear next to Tsunade, who had also lost her life.

"When I get back, I will bring you back to life as quickly as possible."

Kirito carefully placed Hana beside Tsunade, then pulled the black rod from Tsunade's chest and said with a gloomy expression.

Things have come to this point, which is somewhat beyond his expectations.

Fortunately, the plan he had discussed with Tsunade and the others did not completely fail.

Madara Uchiha's attack on the Five Kage Summit meant that Tsunade, Karen, Minato, and others were in grave danger—a terrible outcome that Kirito had already anticipated.

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After all, he is not a god and cannot predict everything. He can only make the worst-case scenario plan and prepare in advance.

Time was of the essence. After Kirito set up a powerful sealing barrier around the two corpses, he created a pair of chakra wings and flew into the sky, quickly heading towards the Land of Snow.

Meanwhile, Pain was flying rapidly through the swirling snowstorm, pressing down on the dying Minato.

He was getting closer; he could sense that he was not far from the demonic statue of the heretics.

"As long as the Gedo Mazo absorbs half of the Nine-Tails inside this guy, the speed at which the Gedo Mazo transforms into the Ten-Tails will definitely increase greatly. At that time, no one will be able to stop me from realizing the Eye of the Moon Plan."

Pain gazed at the distant sky, thinking with immense excitement.

Soon, the blizzard disappeared, and Pain finally saw the Gedo Mazo, whose appearance had changed considerably.

At this point, the Gedo Mazo had transformed from a giant wooden figure into something resembling a tailed beast, with ten enormous tails growing from its back, its body becoming extremely bloated, and its head transforming into a monster's head with a giant, blood-red Rinnegan.

As Pain and Minato approached, a chain shot out from the mouth of the Gedo Mazo, accurately piercing Minato's abdomen.

The next moment, a giant fox with nine tails was forcibly pulled out of Minato's belly; it was none other than Yin Jiuwei.

"You bastard, you won't get away with this."

Yin Jiuwei was forcibly pulled out of Minato's body by the Outer Path Demon Statue. It immediately let out an angry roar, and then its entire body rapidly expanded like a balloon, seemingly about to self-destruct and commit suicide so that the Outer Path Demon Statue would not have the chance to devour it.

"You're still as overconfident as ever, Nine-Tails."

Just as Yin Jiuwei was about to self-destruct, a familiar, cold voice appeared in its ears.

Then, it saw a flash of red light appear in the giant blood-red Rinnegan of the Gedo Mazo, and then it knew nothing more.

(End of this chapter)