Chapter 266: Kara VS Akatsuki
As the Nine-Tails' voice fell, a layer of golden flame instantly appeared on the surface of Naruto's body. Two large chakra hands extended, grabbing Jiraiya and Gaara on the left and right, and then transformed into a streak of light, disappearing from their original spot.
In the next instant, the area with a radius of a hundred meters, centered on where Naruto had previously been, was enveloped in a chain of explosions.
Jiraiya, who was brought to a safe location, first let out a sigh of relief as he looked at the place where the explosion occurred, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
You must know, Jiraiya had been through a lot in the ninja world for so many years and had faced many sneak attacks. However, no matter what form the sneak attack took, it was impossible for there to be absolutely no chakra fluctuation at all. What's more, the scale of the explosion in front of him would require at least nearly a thousand explosive tags to achieve. The fluctuation caused by the chakra needed to detonate this scale of explosive tags would make it absolutely impossible for him to have no time to react at all.
Naruto, who had entered the perfect Kurama Mode, instantly locked onto the direction of the source of the malice. And then, a look of astonishment also appeared on his face.
For no other reason than that the ten or so enemies he had locked onto had chakra fluctuations on the same level as Kakashi. Among all the ninjas Naruto had ever seen, besides Kakashi, this amount of chakra was at most at the level of an ordinary Chunin. Yet, the other party had just created such a large-scale explosion.
"Could it be that they are all geniuses like Big Brother Kakashi?" Naruto hesitated in his heart.
The smoke and dust from the explosion slowly dissipated. Jiraiya looked at the several figures slowly revealing themselves in the smoke and shouted, "Who are you?"
The newcomers were all wearing white robes underneath. On top of the robes, they were wearing various mechanical devices. On their futuristic-looking visors, a red light flickered. On their chests, they all had a shell-like pattern.
Facing Jiraiya's questioning, the other party did not seem to intend to answer. The leader spread his arms. After a series of clicking sounds from the mechanical armor on his arms, two dark cannon barrels appeared in the eyes of Naruto's group. In the next instant, the energy storage device behind the mechanical armor sizzled, and ethereal blue energy gathered towards the cannon barrels along the pipes on the armor.
"This? What is this?" Jiraiya's eyes widened. This energy was definitely not any kind of energy he was familiar with. However, just by looking at it from a distance, he could feel what terrifying power this energy contained.
"Grandpa Jiraiya! Stand behind me!" Naruto shouted loudly. The golden chakra wave on his body suddenly expanded, and a giant golden fox rose from the ground. The fox opened its large mouth, and violent chakra condensed and compressed within it.
At the same time as the other party pulled the trigger and dozens of surging energy beams shot towards the giant nine-tailed fox, the Nine-Tails also spat out a Tailed Beast Ball.
The two completely different energies collided in mid-air. The terrifying impact destroyed all the surrounding rainforest, clearing out a huge open space.
However, what Naruto had not expected was that in this collision, the Tailed Beast Ball, which had always been invincible in the past, was actually at a disadvantage. That special energy of the other party, the moment it came into contact with the Tailed Beast Ball, actually began to decompose the chakra within it.
Fortunately, the amount of chakra Naruto had input this time was large enough, which was just barely enough to block the opponent's attack.
After the impact of the explosion dissipated, the other party immediately launched a second round of attacks.
Jiraiya, seeing this, broke free from the protection of the Nine-Tails' cloak, intending to launch a surprise attack on the other party from the side to share some of the pressure for Naruto.
"Grandpa Jiraiya, that kind of energy can decompose chakra!" Naruto hurriedly shouted a reminder upon seeing this.
"Such a thing actually exists in the ninja world?" Jiraiya gritted his teeth and formed the seal for the Summoning Jutsu, summoning the Iron Arm Toad and the two Sage Toads, Fukasaku and Shima, and then said, "Iron Arm Toad, you go to the side and help Naruto share some of the pressure. You two Sages, assist me in entering Sage Mode."
The summoned Iron Arm Toad sensed the chakra fluctuation on the other party's body and looked at Jiraiya beside it with some surprise.
"Jiraiya, what on earth is going on? The chakra fluctuation on the other party is at most at the level of a Chunin. Do we really need to come out and help for this kind of enemy?" the Iron Arm Toad asked.
"There's something strange about their armor," Jiraiya gritted his teeth. "Their strength is definitely not just that of an ordinary Chunin. Their attacks can counter a Tailed Beast Ball. According to Naruto, the energy in that armor has the effect of decomposing chakra."
"Sage Fukasaku, you are very knowledgeable. Do you know what this energy is?" Jiraiya asked.
"I don't know," Sage Fukasaku shook his head, then turned to look at the Nine-Tails not far away, which was clashing with the other party with a Tailed Beast Ball. "However, if that kind of energy can decompose chakra, then we can only try using Sage Art chakra. It's just a pity that child Naruto hasn't completely mastered Sage Mode yet. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so passive at this moment."
The opponent's attacks became fiercer wave after wave, and the time for Naruto and the Nine-Tails to condense a Tailed Beast Ball became more and more rushed. In just a short while, the Nine-Tails fell into a disadvantage in this pure energy confrontation.
"Stinking fox, you're not so great after all!" inside Gaara, Shukaku couldn't help but laugh loudly at seeing the Nine-Tails in a difficult situation.
"Shut up!" the Nine-Tails roared angrily.
"Hmph, stinking fox, how about it? Want this great me to help you? As long as you beg me, I will graciously help you. How about it?" Shukaku said smugly.
"Idiot! Don't you find the aura of the power these guys are using a bit familiar?" the Nine-Tails said angrily. "That's the aura of that existence when we were just created by the old man, when it hadn't completely dissipated yet!"
"Hmm?" Shukaku was stunned upon hearing the Nine-Tails' words. After recalling for a moment, a look of terror immediately filled its fat face made of sand. "You mean that thing? But didn't that thing disappear after we were born?"
"How should I know! I only know that this group of people is definitely here for us! If you don't want to not even have a chance to be reborn, then lend a hand!" the Nine-Tails roared.
That's right, the energy flowing in the armor of these people of unknown origin was almost the same as the energy of the Ten-Tails, which was split into nine Tailed Beasts by the Sage of Six Paths back then. After the somewhat unclear memories from a long time ago were recalled, this fear from the level of life made Shukaku no longer dare to just watch from the sidelines.
"Brat! Open your mind! Receive my power!" Shukaku shouted at Gaara in a hurry.
And Gaara, who had been behind Naruto all this time, was also secretly anxious seeing Naruto at a disadvantage in the confrontation. But he knew that without the power of the Tailed Beast, with his current strength of at most an ordinary Jonin, he couldn't help at all in a battle of this level.
So, the moment Shukaku spoke, Gaara opened his mind. Soon, a whirlwind of yellow sand rose up, condensing into a huge tanuki.
The moment it appeared, Shukaku began to form seals with its seemingly plump hands.
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!" Violent wind-natured chakra condensed in front of Shukaku.
"Idiot! Didn't you see that even the Tailed Beast Ball could only barely block that light beam? What's the use of you using this!" the Nine-Tails immediately roared upon seeing this.
"This great me doesn't have as much chakra as you! And this isn't a desert!" Shukaku also immediately cursed back. The continuous drizzle in the Land of Rain falling on his body made of sand had already greatly reduced his strength. Plus, the Nine-Tails was still nagging on the side, making Shukaku naturally extremely irritable.
After Shukaku threw out the condensed Drilling Air Bullet, it was directly disintegrated by the light beam shot from the opponent's cannon barrel, not even leaving a single ripple. Seeing this, Shukaku gritted its teeth and began to form a new seal, while shouting loudly, "Stinking fox! Buy me 5 minutes of time!"
At this time, the Iron Arm Toad was also trying to harass the other party from the side. However, the leader of the other party, upon seeing the Iron Arm Toad approaching, directly took out a device from his waist, pressed the button on top, and threw it at his feet.
In the next instant, a pale blue force field instantly spread out, directly forcing back the Iron Arm Toad. The repelled Iron Arm Toad looked down at its pair of special arm guards attached with Sage Art chakra. At this moment, on the arm guards that were originally extremely hard under the protection of Sage Art chakra, the chakra part in the Sage Art chakra was actually completely decomposed by this special energy force field. The remaining natural energy, having lost the restraint of chakra, began to slowly corrode the pair of arm guards.
"Sage Fukasaku, this thing can separate the chakra part from the Sage Art chakra!" the Iron Arm Toad shouted a reminder. However, this power didn't seem to be able to counter pure natural energy!
"So that's how it is?" Sage Fukasaku, standing on Jiraiya's shoulder, nodded.
Just then, Jiraiya also suddenly opened his eyes. At this moment, his pupils had turned into horizontal toad eyes, and red eye shadow appeared at the corners of his eyes. The nose, which had become huge, also had a layer of warts.
"Little Jiraiya, did you hear that? Use that move!" Sage Shima, standing on Jiraiya's shoulder, said.
"I know!" after Jiraiya nodded, he stomped forcefully on the ground, and his whole person instantly rushed towards the enemy's direction at high speed.
Upon seeing this, the leader who was dueling with the two Tailed Beasts took out another force field bomb, intending to repeat his old trick.
But this time, the moment the force field spread in front of Jiraiya, the rushing Jiraiya suddenly punched the empty air.
The secret technique of Mount Myoboku to control natural energy—Frog Kata!
A sound of breaking wind swept past. The pale blue force field was torn open with a huge gap out of thin air. Jiraiya's figure charged into the formation of the squad that was continuously firing light beams at the two Tailed Beasts.
Jiraiya's intrusion instantly caused a commotion in the enemy's formation.
At this time, the opponent's leader took out a strangely shaped short stick from his waist. After pressing a button on top, a pale blue laser instantly emerged from one end of the short stick, forming the shape of a lightsaber. While slashing at Jiraiya, he ordered his subordinates behind him.
"You continue the capture battle. This guy is mine!"
"Capture? You're here for the Tailed Beasts?" Jiraiya's brows furrowed deeply upon hearing this, but in the next moment, the lightsaber in the opponent's hand chopped down at his head.
Jiraiya looked at this lightsaber, which contained an eerie energy that looked even more solid than the force field and rays from before, and his expression also became extremely grave. He used Frog Kata to control natural energy to block.
After the two had clashed for several rounds, Jiraiya also discovered the problem. The opponent's taijutsu foundation could be said to be a complete mess, but relying on the power of his weapon, Jiraiya also had no good way to deal with him. The only means Jiraiya currently had to block the opponent's slashes was the natural energy controlled by Frog Kata. However, the amount of natural energy controlled by this secret technique was actually not much. He had to rely on extremely delicate control to block the opponent's haphazard slashes with limited natural energy.
Although for a short while the opponent had no way to deal with Jiraiya, the Frog Kata secret technique of Mount Myoboku was constantly consuming Jiraiya's already not-so-abundant Sage Art chakra. And the speed at which the two Sage Toads on Jiraiya's shoulders could gather Sage Art chakra was far less than the consumption required to control natural energy!
"Little Jiraiya! Retreat first!" Seeing that the situation was not right, Sage Shima hurriedly shouted a reminder.
"Hmph, trying to escape! Too late!" The opponent sneered upon seeing this and once again sped up his random hacking.
After just two short minutes, the toad features and the red eye shadow at the corners of Jiraiya's eyes grew fainter and fainter. Just as he was about to be defeated, at this very moment, a gaping mouth suddenly shot out from the ground beneath their battle, swallowed Jiraiya, and disappeared from the spot.
The opponent's slash also missed its target in that instant.
"To dare to run wild in the Land of Rain, it seems you are prepared to endure the wrath of a god?" In the sky, a figure in a black robe with red clouds slowly descended. A pair of Rinnegan eyes stared at the attackers before him. He slowly opened his mouth, his voice suppressing his anger.
Nagato, who had set out to see Jiraiya and his never-before-met clan leader, had, after hearing the commotion here, immediately summoned the Six Paths of Pain puppets and rushed over.
Soon, behind the two Tailed Beasts, the King of Hell from the Naraka Path broke out of the ground, opened its mouth, and spat out Jiraiya and the two Sage Toads together.
"Nagato?" Jiraiya, having escaped from the tiger's mouth, looked up at the figure hovering in mid-air. He first breathed a sigh of relief, then shouted a reminder, "Be careful! This group of people has the ability to counter chakra!"
After hearing Jiraiya's words, the Deva Path Pain turned back and nodded slightly at him, then raised his hand towards the mechanical troops below who had already aimed their cannon barrels at him.
"To offend the dignity of a god, then you shall experience the ultimate pain of this world! Almighty Push!"
(End of chapter)
♧♧♧
-> SUPPORT ME WITH POWER STONE
-> FOR EVERY 200 PS = BOUNS CHAPTER
♧♧♧
-> 20 Advanced chapters Now Available on Patreon!!
-> https://www.patreon.com/c/Segais
(Just remove the hyphen to access patreon normally)
If you like this novel please consider leaving a review that's help the story a lot Thank you