The moment she roared, Shima's tongue shot out like an arrow at super high speed.
This was a toad's most basic hunting ability, but an ordinary toad's tongue wasn't this long.
Toad Tongue Bind.
A long tongue flew through the air like a spiritual snake, shooting towards Tsunade.
Tsunade, moving forward, grabbed the tongue, and then her Super Strength erupted.
Terrifying brute force!
Feeling the sharp pain at the tip of her tongue, Shima's face twitched.
"Quick!" she struggled to shout urgently.
As Jiraiya lifted off the ground, Fukasaku's Water Release activated.
Toad Water Blade.
The shooting Water Release cut through the sea of fire and the ground. Fukasaku then adjusted his unstable posture, and the Jutsu began to calibrate its target.
It sliced towards Tsunade.
Tsunade saw this and wanted to dodge, but her arm was tightly bound by the toad's tongue.
"How troublesome..."
Saying this, Tsunade's Super Strength erupted. Pulling on the toad's tongue, her body began to spin.
At the same time, Jiraiya spun rapidly due to centrifugal force, causing the Toad Water Blade to lose its target again, following the spin and cutting wildly in all directions.
Everyone was caught in the crossfire.
Facing the incoming water-cutting blades.
Hitomi drew her sword, precisely blocking with a horizontal blade. The Wind Release Chakra on the sword surged at high speed, clashing with the water stream.
Naori faced the water blade, gracefully stepping aside with a slight shift of his body.
Hakari lay motionless on the ground, ready to dodge at any moment, but the water blade never attacked him.
Orochimaru licked his tongue, and facing the trajectory of the impending water blade, he began to submerge into the ground.
After calculating the time, he resurfaced.
Miki stood still with her arms crossed. Flamebug emerged from under her clothes and flew around her body. When the water blade attacked, they surged forward, forming a cluster to block it.
Miki glanced at Orochimaru and said, "Jiraiya is in a tough fight, are you just going to watch?"
Orochimaru, half-buried in the ground, looked at Miki and said, "Jiraiya hasn't lost yet."
"Is that so?" Miki said flatly, "If you go up alone, you'll just get beaten."
"Jiraiya is having such a difficult time, let alone you, who can't use Sage Mode."
"Don't underestimate me," Orochimaru said, "I'm different from that idiot."
The most important thing in a Shinobi battle is information.
Orochimaru licked his tongue.
"Ninjutsu isn't powerful just because it has great destructive power."
He didn't intend to help Jiraiya.
"You can't use it, can you?" Miki mercilessly exposed him.
Orochimaru's mouth twitched.
After an unknown number of high-speed rotations, Tsunade, having enjoyed herself, slammed Jiraiya into the hard, cracked ground.
A dull, heavy thud.
Compared to being directly hit by Super Strength, this was quite light.
When Tsunade let go, Shima quickly retracted her tongue.
"See that? That's what happens when you stick your tongue out carelessly," Miki said blandly to Orochimaru, "If it were me, I'd just cut it off with a knife."
Orochimaru's face darkened, a planned, still-developing Jutsu was shot down.
"A sneak attack might catch someone off guard, but as a regular Jutsu, it's full of flaws," Miki said.
Indeed.
Though he agreed, Orochimaru remained silent.
Over there, Tsunade had already rushed forward, pinning down the dizzy Jiraiya. Her fists rained down like a torrent, the dull, heavy thuds continuously resounding.
Like a machine gun.
Jiraiya's mastery of Sage Mode seemed to be quite shallow.
They had witnessed it.
But they hadn't seen anything significant.
Miki looked at Chiri and Hitomi.
The two shook their heads, indicating that they hadn't seen anything either.
Under Tsunade, Jiraiya desperately protected his face.
He wanted to escape, but Tsunade's strength was too great.
The two Sages remained silent, only watching the rain of punches fall.
Miki said to Orochimaru, "It's your turn, Orochimaru. I'll connect the electricity when we get back."
Orochimaru reluctantly walked forward slowly.
Let Tsunade beat him up a bit more first.
He hadn't forgotten Jiraiya's gaze from before.
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