Uchiha's personal opinion

Orochimaru's mind was in turmoil, and his eyes were filled with longing as he looked at Yagura.

This is simply a power capable of destroying the world!

Orochimaru, who originally held a certain disdain for tailed beasts as beings lacking intelligence, quickly suppressed the arrogance deep within him stemming from the suppression of his own intelligence.

"Cut~"

Matatabi, the Two-Tails, grumbled somewhat discontentedly when he saw the mushroom cloud, which was even larger than the explosion of his own Tailed Beast Ball.

"What a proud and aloof big cat!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu bent down and patted the big cat's head. "Yataru, are you ready?"

"Awoo!"

Two-tailed beasts let out another howl in obediently.

Orochimaru, following the pre-battle plan, pulled out a signal flare and pointed it into the sky, ready to launch it.

"Armored Susanoo!"

As the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes spun rapidly, an extremely cold eye power, carrying a massive amount of chakra, was released outwards, quickly solidifying into a chakra armor that covered the Two-Tails Matatabi.

"Roar!"

The Two-Tails, Matatabi, roared to the sky, glancing disdainfully at the Three-Tails Jinchuriki beside him before charging forward under the urging of Uchiha Tokumitsu.

The Uchiha clan's strongest Susanoo, combined with the power of the Tailed Beasts, charged towards the Akatsuki's location, where casualties were unknown, with unstoppable momentum, like a world-destroying god emerging from mythology.

The mesmerized Orochimaru almost forgot his duty to fire the signal flare, only realizing it after being reminded by the Ashina clan chief who had stepped forward again.

"call out!"

As the red signal flare soared into the sky, the ninja forces secretly lurking all around simultaneously dispelled their shielding barriers and, under the direction of the Jonin from each unit, slowly advanced.

Orochimaru put away the signal flare after firing it, and then used his Body Flicker Technique to rush forward.

Yagura, now in his tailed beast form, then launched an attack.

At this moment, signal flares rose from the direction of the Land of Rain, and anti-terrorism forces, the Fire Gate Shogunate's ninja army, and a small number of elite Rain Village troops appeared on the distant horizon.

In this small battlefield area, Uchiha Tokumitsu deployed nearly five thousand ninja soldiers at once, with the sole purpose of wiping out these troublesome outsiders!

A figure enveloped in lightning shot out from afar, joining Uchiha Tokumitsu's imposing Two-Tails Susanoo in the dust storm.

“Sakumo-kun…”

Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled slightly, then gently stepped on Matatabi's head.

"Awoo!"

In its armored form, the two-tailed Matatabi roared to the sky, its ferocious mouth wide open in preparation for a bite. With a powerful push of its hind legs, it pounced towards a massive creature emerging from the dust.

"hiss!"

The enormous creature that was pounced on was flipped over on the spot by the violent impact, and then the Majestic Two-Tailed Beast’s mouth and claws quickly bit into its body and began to tear it apart.

"Hiss hiss hiss!!!"

As it churned, the thick dust quickly dispersed, revealing a gigantic, scarred, bluish-white serpent.

Under the bite of the powerful two-tailed serpent, the bluish-white snake struggled desperately, trying to escape the attack of the two-tailed serpent's claws.

"The evil Uchiha!"

As the wind-style ninjutsu used by both sides surged, the smoke and dust quickly dispersed.

The surviving grenades and snakes had just crawled out of the tunnel when they witnessed a scene resembling an ancient giant fighting a demon.

Jiraiya held the trembling, shaking Konan in his arms and roared angrily.

Undeterred, the western border troops began firing launchers at the chaotic Ninja frogs and snakes, unleashing a deluge of explosive tags and kunai.

"hateful!"

In a state of utter panic, Jiraiya witnessed Orochi, the original form of Princess Ichikishima, being suppressed by the imposing Two-Tails and unable to fight back. He then entrusted Konan, whom he was holding, to a special ninja frog, instructing it to take the child away from the battlefield. Afterward, he took out the talisman given to him by the Great Sage from his pocket.

However, just as he was about to crush the talisman, Jiraiya hesitated again.

This talisman was personally crafted by the Great Toad Sage and possesses incredible power to pierce through the void. Although the existence of the sealing array at this moment shields the power of the talisman in its normal state, making it impossible to activate the talisman to perform a summoning jutsu by inputting chakra, as long as it is crushed, the sage power that bursts out from within the talisman in an instant is enough to break through the barrier interference for a short time, thus enabling the performance of a summoning jutsu or a reverse summoning jutsu.

In other words, if Jiraiya were to crush the talisman at this moment, his only options would be to summon or flee, but he would then have no power to intervene in the battle again.

But... facing countless Konoha ninja, even if he brings in two sages to help him, will he have a chance to defeat the overwhelming Uchiha Tokumitsu?

In a split second, Jiraiya thought about many things.

He had ideals and was willing to fight for them, even sacrifice himself, but when faced with a situation where certain death was inevitable, Jiraiya still hesitated.

This is only human nature and there's nothing wrong with it.

But as the explosive tags and kunai launched by the ninja army rang out from all directions, and the screams of the ninja frogs and snakes rose and fell, Jiraiya no longer hesitated.

With a bitter laugh, he squeezed the talisman in his hand with force, then slammed his right palm to the ground—

"Spiritual communication!"

As a white light curtain rose, two short, Myoboku-san hermits appeared on either side of Jiraiya's shoulders.

"What terrifying power..."

As soon as Fukasaku appeared, he saw the true form of Ichikishima-hime, who was being suppressed by Uchiha Tokumitsu's imposing Two-Tails and had no chance to fight back.

"I'm sorry, esteemed immortals..."

Jiraiya quickly began refining Sage Chakra.

The surrounding ninja frogs and snakes immediately understood and crowded around to protect him, remaining steadfast even as they were bombarded with exploding tags and kunai.

"This is fate..."

Shima sighed and first used the power of the Reverse Summoning Technique to sense the existence of the barrier. He discovered that he could break through the barrier's blockade by activating it with all his might. So, he and his wife Fukasaku helped Jiraiya enter Sage Mode.

As the Sage Chakra surged, Jiraiya's body began to exhibit frog-like characteristics. His hands grew semi-transparent, fleshy membranes resembling freckles, small bumps appeared on his nose, and deep red eyeshadow emerged around his eyes.

"Mount Myoboku: Sage Mode!"

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief after successfully entering Sage Mode.

Just as he was about to launch an attack on the Mighty Two-Tails, a blade of light carrying fierce lightning burst out from the ground behind him, pointing straight at his buttocks!

"Sakumo Hatake!"

Chapter 353 The Battle of Immortal Slaying

"Roar!"

Fortunately, Jiraiya had two sages on his shoulders.

Just as the relentless yet silent, sinister lightning blade was about to pierce Jiraiya's buttocks, Fukasaku turned and unleashed a roar behind Jiraiya, carrying with it magical power and a fierce chakra surge.

The sword light was momentarily blocked and the lightning dissipated.

Sakumo Hatake's hands, which had just emerged from the ground, were so impacted that he almost lost his grip on the sword.

Jiraiya then realized what was happening. After quickly using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still shaken, and looked at Sakumo Hatake, who had just emerged from the ground.

"Sakumo-kun... such despicable behavior is unbecoming of your status!"

Jiraiya forced a smile and said.

"This is the secret taijutsu technique of Konoha, the Thousand Years of Death..."

Sakumo Hatake glanced quickly at the battlefield out of the corner of his eye and, seeing that the situation was progressing very smoothly, replied calmly, "Besides, how can a ninja's sneak attack be called a sneak attack? The ninja's code is to complete the mission by any means necessary."

Then came all sorts of obscure and difficult-to-understand statements, such as "Ninjutsu is essentially a killing technique" and "This kind of theft is not the same as that kind of theft, and a backstab does not count as a sneak attack."

"Stop colluding with Uchiha Tokumitsu, okay..."

Although Jiraiya was extremely anxious, the two sages on his shoulders hinted that he was not fully prepared, so he continued to communicate with Sakumo Hatake insincerely.

"You're a rogue ninja, I'm a Konoha ninja..."

Sakumo Hatake held the White Fang short sword upright between his eyes, and the abyss-like lightning chakra condensed on the blade, while the white lightning gradually transformed from the scattered sparks into gentle flowing water.

Upon seeing this, Jiraiya's heart sank.

This is already an extraordinary level of lightning manipulation that is beyond imagination.

"you……"

Jiraiya was about to continue explaining when Fukasaku, the hermit on his shoulder, subtly grabbed his shoulder with his strange foot.

This is a signal that we have fully entered a state of combat readiness.

This also means that the two sages of Mount Myōboku and he himself will unleash their most powerful sage techniques...

Jiraiya never imagined that after mastering Sage Mode, his first opponent would be Sakumo Hatake, whom he had once admired.

"Life is unpredictable..."

Jiraiya lowered his hands and sighed deeply, looking up at the sky.

"Please surrender, and I will..."

Before Hatake Sakumo could finish his persuasion, Jiraiya suddenly opened his mouth wide, and his hands, which had been hanging down, turned so that his palms faced forward—

"Immortal Magic, Enchanted Magic, Toad's Lament!"

"Quack quack quack!!!"

A high-intensity sound wave with a wide coverage area swept towards Sakumo Hatake.

Caught off guard, Hatake Sakumo's face showed horror, his body unable to move under the illusion of the frog croaking melody.

Then five stone swords appeared out of thin air and pierced into Sakumo Hatake's body like sharp arrows.

"boom!"

Immediately, Sakumo Hatake turned into a cloud of smoke.

—It's the Shadow Clone Technique!

Jiraiya remained unmoved, then swung his right hand downwards from where he had been standing—

"Sage Art: Frog Formation!"