Jiraiya gritted his teeth, determined.
He had no choice but to gather Chakra on his body and frantically activate his hair secret technique.
Secret Technique: Needle Jizo!
His white hair turned into long needles, attacking Hanzou's lower body, while Tsunade, standing nearby, leapt into the air and kicked at Hanzou's upper body with her Heavenly Foot of Pain.
She and Jiraiya worked in perfect harmony, directly defending against attacks from multiple directions.
Hanzou the Salamander, the Demigod, truly lived up to his reputation!
Facing their attacks, he used the Water Flicker Technique to pull away at the limit; when used, the Water Flicker Technique was as fast as a space-time secret technique.
In the Land of Rain battlefield, a light rain continued to fall, and Hanzou could be described as "a fish in water."
Tsunade stomped down hard, but Hanzou easily dodged it, causing Tsunade, unable to retract her force in time, to kick a crack into the earth.
The massive tremor made even Salamander Ibuse sway.
"Great opportunity!" A very cute voice belonging to the Slug rang out; the Slug from Shikkotsu Forest seized the chance and sprayed a mouthful of acid onto the Salamander's back.
Gamabunta was equally quick-witted.
This toad, wielding a giant blade, slashed sideways at Salamander Ibuse's short forelimbs; he wanted to drive the opponent towards Manda.
"Wah! Uwah!"
With a few roars, Salamander Ibuse, feeling the pain in its front claws, opened its huge mouth and spewed out a torrent of toxins.
Ibuse's intelligence might not be as high as the Sannin's summoned beasts, but its combat power was not the least bit inferior.
Unable to dodge Gamabunta's dual blade strikes, it tightened its skin and withstood the hit head-on.
Ibuse used its slippery, mucus-covered body to quickly sidestep, and Gamabunta's massive blade slid off, as if cutting into a slanted block of ice, deflecting along the slime.
This attack caused absolutely no damage to the Salamander!
The wide-range poison mist sprayed from Ibuse's mouth caused the Sannin to inhale quite a bit.
Even more troublesome were Hanzou's Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and peculiar sword techniques.
[Sword Technique: Chain Sickle - Second Strike!]
Facing the siege of the Sannin, Hanzou intended to break the formation by targeting a single point.
He used his unique sword technique to attack Jiraiya, who had been protecting Tsunade.
Jiraiya was exceptionally frustrated at this moment.
Since the battle began, Tsunade had been somewhat absent-minded, constantly looking towards the western hillside, which forced him to help Tsunade defend against attacks that were difficult to dodge.
Now, facing Hanzou's sword technique, even if Jiraiya wanted to dodge the chain sickle, there was nowhere to hide.
Needle Jizo!
Earth Release: Multi-Layered Hardening Technique!
Two overlapping Ninjutsu instantly enveloped his body.
Jiraiya rolled, trying his best to protect his vital points.
But Hanzou's weapon was different from ordinary swords; it had the special effects of entanglement and hooking.
The moment Jiraiya thought he had blocked it, the sickle, which had circled around with the chain, deeply gashed his abdomen.
It was fortunate that during the Second Ninja World War, the Sannin liked to wear heavy armor to enhance their protection.
Otherwise, this strike would have directly left Jiraiya severely wounded.
"Jiraiya!" Tsunade held Jiraiya and quickly flashed to the side.
She first used medical Ninjutsu to control the bleeding as much as possible, then had the Slug split into smaller slugs to continuously treat Jiraiya.
Orochimaru, seizing the moment while Hanzou had not yet retracted his sickle, used his Snake Secret Technique to bite the opponent.
Rainwater. Muddy water. Bloody water...
The battlefield here was a muddy mess.
Several giant summoned beasts were still rolling through the mud.
The immensely powerful Salamander Ibuse held a significant advantage on this massive, swamp-like battlefield.
Hanzou counterattacked with Water Release, the water flow roaring.
He flushed all the Konoha Ninja who had been knocked unconscious by the toxins into a narrow valley.
By this point in the battle, those Konoha Ninja who had just been poisoned had become hostage-like cannon fodder.
At the scene of a battle between Kage-level experts, even a KonohaJonin could not intervene.
People always mistake their own perceptions for reality.
Little do they know, that is merely wishful thinking.
Facing the powerful Hanzou, the three of them—Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya—had to admit:
It was a huge strategic error for Konoha to keep Uchiha Fucheng and Sakumo Hatake only in the distance to suppress the formation.
Orochimaru's venomous snakes did not cause Hanzou any serious injury.
Instead, the venomous snakes that bit Hanzou were dyed blue-purple one by one by the neurotoxins leaked by Hanzou.
"Snake venom is ineffective! Hanzou's resistance to poison is too strong!"
Orochimaru came to Tsunade's side, helping to block the Water Release current, "Tsunade, how is Jiraiya?"
Tsunade supported Jiraiya and shook her head helplessly, "It's not so serious that he can't fight, but Jiraiya has lost too much blood."
Jiraiya heard this and didn't care, instead stubbornly holding his head high.
"Ibuse has already been suppressed by the three summoned beasts. Don't lose heart, we can win!"
Hanzou didn't care.
Standing high above with his arms crossed, he coldly looked down at the Sannin.
At this moment, Hanzou truly had the air of an expert.
Hanzou stood on a giant rock, scanning the battlefield coldly; the Konoha Ninja who had been knocked unconscious by the toxins had all become prisoners of Hanzou's poison.
"Sannin of Konoha, if you continue to fight, these poisoned subordinates of yours will only have a dead end."
Tsunade frowned.
Jiraiya turned his head in anger, looking at the fallen Konoha Ninja, and clenched his fists in frustration.
Orochimaru, however, saw through Hanzou's inner concerns.
That's right!
It must be the western battlefield!
Just now, Hanzou had looked towards the west several times from the top of the giant rock.
Something must have happened on the western battlefield for Hanzou to have an attitude of seeking peace!
Connecting this to the fact that Tsunade had also been absent-mindedly looking towards the west earlier, Orochimaru guessed that something unexpected must have happened on Konoha's flank.
Jiraiya was hindered by excessive blood loss and failed to notice this for a moment.
But Jiraiya's intelligence analysis ability was on par with Orochimaru's.
Now that he saw Orochimaru looking thoughtful, he immediately associated it with Hanzou's "special expression" from before.
"Could it be that Uchiha Fucheng or Sakumo Hatake appeared on the flank?"
...
The final battle for Amegakure was quickly compromised as Hanzou swiftly backed down.
What Hanzou saw from high above was that terrifying Mangekyo "Susanoo" on the western battlefield!
The memories regarding Uchiha Madara made Hanzou, the Demigod of the Ninja World, recall the ceiling-level strength of the "True God of the Ninja World," Hashirama, and Madara.
Using the poisoned Konoha Ninja he held in his hands as a bargaining chip, he took the initiative to propose a ceasefire and surrender, giving the Sannin an excellent "step down" for the ceasefire.
...
The battle ended.
The Sannin, who hurried to the western front, saw the small half of Amegakure that had been completely destroyed.
Although medical treatment was administered, because Kato Dan had used a suicide secret technique, the Kato Dan that Uchiha Fucheng rescued was merely a physical body without a soul.
"Dan!" Tsunade, in extreme grief, lay on Kato Dan's body, weeping her heart out.
Without a soul, Kato Dan was left with only a vacant expression, his eyes staring blankly at the sky.
Even though he had always considered Kato Dan a rival in love, Jiraiya couldn't bear to look, and turned his head away with a sad expression.
Of the Konoha Ninja who had previously been guarding Kato Dan, only one remained.
He recounted the details of the attack on the Amegakure prison to the Sannin in full.
Only then did Orochimaru and Jiraiya realize the true reason for Hanzou's "eagerness to seek peace."
"It was Susanoo!"
Hanzou was standing high up before; perhaps he had seen Uchiha Fucheng's Susanoo!
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