hotmtlnovel Chapter 31: Fame! The Three Konoha Ninja!
Chapter 31: Fame! The Three Konoha Ninja!
In the world of the water mirror, everything seems so unreal.
Jiraiya and Tsunade stood back to back, warily scanning their surroundings. In every crystal-clear water mirror, hundreds upon hundreds of Kirigaya's face, grinning menacingly, were reflected, a dense, unsettling sight.
"Damn it! These mirrors are unbreakable!" Tsunade gasped for breath. She had just punched a water mirror, but the force of her punch was like a mud ox entering the sea, only creating a ripple before the mirror instantly returned to its original state.
"And the attack could come from any angle!"
Jiraiya had several wounds on his body inflicted by the water sash, and his clothes were stained with blood.
They attempted to attack with fire-style techniques, but the flames lost much of their power once they entered the water-filled space.
This is a secret technique similar to space-time ninjutsu, trapping them in a domain completely dominated by the caster.
"Give up."
Simultaneously, mocking voices echoed from all directions: "Your chakra is being constantly absorbed by this space, while mine is inexhaustible! Enjoy your final moments of despair!"
He was telling the truth. Both Jiraiya and Tsunade felt their chakra rapidly draining away and their stamina being consumed at an alarming rate.
A feeling of despair began to spread in their hearts like vines.
"Calm down, you two."
Just then, Orochimaru's cold and calm voice rang out.
Unlike Jiraiya and Tsunade, he didn't attack randomly. Instead, he stood still, his golden snake eyes flashing with an unusual light as he rapidly scanned each water mirror.
"Orochimaru, do you have any ideas?" Jiraiya asked anxiously. Orochimaru was their only hope at this moment.
Every technique has its core.
Orochimaru didn't turn around, his voice carrying a chilling, dissecting quality, "Such a large-scale secret technique must have a central entity to maintain it. Everything else is just a projection of chakra."
"We understand the logic, but how do we find it?!" Tsunade shouted anxiously.
"He's moving."
Orochimaru's voice was low. "In order to maintain the operation of the technique and attack us from different angles, his real body must move at high speed between these mirrors. Although he concealed this with chakra projection, any movement will leave traces of chakra flow."
Jiraiya and Tsunade exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.
In such a dazzling environment, what terrifying insight and mental calculation ability would be required to discern the subtle differences in chakra flow?
Orochimaru's figure, like a ghost, slipped into the area of the Water Mirror.
Unlike Jiraiya and Tsunade, he didn't futilely attack the water mirrors. Instead, he focused his gaze on the countless figures of mist reflected in the water mirrors.
He is searching.
Searching for that one and only, the true self.
"The chakra flow in all the images in the mirrors is exactly the same... No, that's not right."
Orochimaru's golden snake eyes narrowed slightly. "There's one that's different."
His perception reached its peak at this moment.
Among the countless false chakra images, one image's chakra flow possesses an extremely subtle, stagnant quality that sets it apart from the others.
That's the trace that inevitably appears when chakra flows from the main body to the various clones during the casting of a technique.
Although extremely weak, this flaw was enough for Orochimaru, a genius in ninjutsu research.
"Found it." Orochimaru's lips curled into a cold smile.
"Jiraiya! Tsunade!" he suddenly shouted.
"What?!" Jiraiya shouted as he frantically dodged.
"Create chaos!"
Although Jiraiya and Tsunade didn't know what he was going to do, they chose to carry it out without hesitation out of trust in their comrade.
"Okay! Watch me!"
Jiraiya roared, no longer dodging, but instead gathering all his chakra in his hands.
Boom—!
The power erupted instantly.
Countless pebbles and mud were swept into the storm and indiscriminately shot towards the water mirror in all directions.
"ah--!"
Tsunade also let out a shout at the same time, concentrating her superhuman strength in her feet and stomping the ground hard.
"Sky Guard Kick!"
Click!
The earth cracked, and a massive shockwave spread out from beneath her feet.
Two different types of destructive power erupted simultaneously in that instant.
The entire water mirror space trembled violently.
"Damn brat!" Wu Liu thought in alarm. He had to divert a large amount of chakra to maintain the stability of the water mirror.
His momentary lapse in concentration gave Orochimaru a golden opportunity.
It's now!
"Found it."
Orochimaru suddenly spoke, his snake-like eyes locking onto a water mirror to his left.
It's now!
Orochimaru had been waiting for this very moment.
"Spiritual Spell: Triple Rashomon!"
He slammed his hands on the ground, unleashing the chakra within his body in an instant.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three enormous iron gates, each carved with the face of a demon, rose from the ground, forcefully tearing apart the space formed by the water mirror in an unreasonable manner.
Click—click—
With the forced insertion of the triple Rashomon effect, the spatial structure formed by the water mirrors instantly collapsed. The surrounding mirrors shattered like glass, revealing the horrified mist behind them.
He never dreamed that his secret technique would be cracked in such a simple and brutal way.
"Now! Tsunade!"
Jiraiya roared, simultaneously forming hand seals. His wild white hair instantly grew longer and harder, like countless steel needles, and shot towards the mist.
"Ninja Art: Lion's Mane Technique!"
This was to restrict the movement of the mist stream and create an opportunity for Tsunade to deliver the final blow.
"Ooh ooh ooh ooh!"
Tsunade let out a roar, stomping her foot so hard that the ground instantly cracked. She transformed into a green afterimage, instantly covering a distance of dozens of meters, and appeared in front of Wuliu.
That beautiful face was now filled with a chilling killing intent.
"Pay the price for what you've done!"
"Sky Guard Kick!"
She leaped high into the air, gathering all her strength in her right foot, and like a battle axe, cleaved down at the terrified mist!
Wu Liu tried to dodge, but Jiraiya's white hair had already entangled his limbs; he tried to defend himself, but having been severely injured by Rashomon, he didn't even have the strength to form hand seals.
He could only watch helplessly as that foot, shrouded in the aura of death, magnified infinitely in his pupils.
"No--"
Boom!
A loud bang, like a meteorite falling to earth.
The entire forest trembled, and dust billowed into the sky. When the dust settled, only a terrifying crater more than ten meters in diameter remained.
In the center of the deep pit, Tsunade slowly withdrew her foot.
As for the mist, not even a complete corpse could be found; it had completely turned into dust.
"Huff...huff..." Tsunade gasped for breath, her chest heaving violently.
"Well done, Tsunade!"
Jiraiya pulled his hair back, rushed over, and shouted excitedly, "You were absolutely awesome just now!"
"Bang!"
His response was a merciless punch from Tsunade.
"Shut up! It's so noisy!"
Tsunade rubbed her fist.
Orochimaru strolled over slowly, glanced at the deep pit, and then at Tsunade and Jiraiya.
He pulled out two vials of medicine from his pocket and tossed them over: "These are the teacher's latest military ration pills, which can quickly replenish energy."
Jiraiya caught the potion and chuckled, "Thanks, Orochimaru."
Just as the three of them relaxed their vigilance slightly and prepared to rest,
Suddenly, the drizzling rain around us stopped.
An indescribable, terrifying pressure, as if it could freeze one's soul, descended from the sky.
The three of them froze, their smiles vanished instantly, and their muscles tensed up instinctively, assuming a defensive stance.
A figure appeared silently on a tree trunk not far away, like a ghost.
He wore a huge breathing mask and the clothing of Amegakure, his eyes calm and deep, like an ancient well with no bottom.
Just standing there, he exudes a sense of awe and awe.
Sansho fish, half-cooked.
"Demigod..." Orochimaru's voice was rather hoarse.
Hanzo ignored them, only glancing down at the huge crater and the traces of the battle around him. A ripple flashed in his calm eyes.
"To be able to defeat the demon brothers I personally trained, your strength has indeed exceeded my expectations."
His voice came through the breathing mask, "It seems that the disciples of Hiruzen Sarutobi are quite skilled."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared from the tree.
The next second, he was already in front of the three of them.
Extremely fast.
The three men's pupils constricted sharply, and without a second thought, they launched their attacks simultaneously.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
"Super Strength Fist!"
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hand!"
Fireballs, punches, and venomous snakes attacked Hanzo from three directions with perfect coordination.
However, Hanzo simply and slowly drew the scythe from his back.
Clang!
A cold light flashed.
The flames were cleaved, the punches were blocked, and the venomous snakes were severed.
With a single move, he easily neutralized the combined attack of the three.
A sense of powerlessness welled up in all three of them at the same time.
However, Hanzo did not continue his attack. Instead, he sheathed his scythe, took a step back, and distanced himself from them.
"Very good perseverance and teamwork."
Hanzo's tone carried a hint of condescending praise, "Compared to those useless trash we sent to their deaths recently, the three of you are worthy of my remembering your names."
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru were on high alert, their backs soaked with cold sweat, staring intently at him.
Hanzo's gaze swept over the three of them one by one.
"Konoha is fortunate to have young ninjas like you."
"To show my recognition of your strength, I have decided to bestow upon you a title."
His voice echoed through the silent rainforest, clearly reaching everyone's ears.
"The Legendary Sannin of Konoha!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hanzo's figure transformed into a blur once more and disappeared into the depths of the dense forest. Only the declaration remained, along with the three people whose emotions were complex.