Konoha!
Jiraiya!
Instantly, Kurumi felt a piercing chill spread from her spine and wildly sweep through her entire body.
Stunned!
Horrified!
Terrified!
And then came...
A death-defying resolve!
'Kill!'
At this moment, Kurumi didn't hesitate in the slightest. Her sword flashed as she swung it directly towards Jiraiya's face.
She was the blade in Sora's hand. Even if the enemy was Konoha's Sannin, she must charge forward without hesitation.
This… was the mettle of Kirigakure!
The next moment.
The fight descended into the most brutal close-quarters combat stage.
The Kirigakure's Anbu team, facing enemies twice their number, showed no intention of retreating. They raised their swords and charged forward.
The other Chunin in the team charged without hesitation towards the positions of Hizashi and Shisui.
Meanwhile, the Jonin, Yato Toden, roared as he pounced towards Jiraiya at the forefront of the Konoha's group.
Thump!
At this moment, a loud sound rang.
Jiraiya, though moving later, arrived first. His speed was extreme. The instant Kurumi's sword slashed down, he accelerated, dodging the blade's trajectory, and then delivered a fierce elbow strike hard onto Kurumi's shoulder.
Crack!
The sound of bone fractured rang.
In just one exchange, Kurumi was severely injured by Jiraiya. Her body, under the tremendous force, was sent flying backwards like a cannonball.
It can't be helped!
Her opponent was Jiraiya!
Challenging one of Konoha's Sannin at the Chunin-level, surviving even a single blow was already incredibly lucky!
After sending Kurumi flying, Jiraiya's cold gaze swept over the several Kirigakure's Ninjas, and he said coldly, "Keep one alive. Kill all the others."
Having said that, Jiraiya's gaze didn't even linger on the Kirigakure's Ninjas before him. Instead, he looked with extreme gravity towards the direction of the explosion in Tengen Town.
'Judging by their methods, these are elite Kirigakure's Ninjas. Even a Jonin is playing a supporting role. There must be a bigger fish behind them. It seems...'
'...the one coming means trouble!'
At this time, the battlefield had turned into a complete mess.
Even Matsunaga Yuzuki, who had been sent flying by the Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm earlier, had no time to lie on the ground posing.
He rolled on the ground and rejoined the fray.
Instantly, two Kirigakure's Jonin and one Kirigakure's Chunin were locked in fierce combat with the arriving Konoha's Ninja Team.
A bloody close combat ensued!
Swords and kunai clashed violently and continuously!
Clang clang clang!
Clang clang clang!
Sparks flew everywhere!
At such close quarters, no one dared to use large-scale Ninjutsu anymore. Who knew if the enemy or your own teammates would die first if you shot out a Great Fireball.
Matsunaga Yuzuki's gaze swept over the Konoha's Ninjas, and he felt his scalp go numb.
The enemy had a full seven Ninjas. Not only did they have Kekkei Genkai Users from the Hyuga and Uchiha Clans, but they also had Jiraiya, a bug-like Sannin.
Moreover, their side had two Jonin, while the enemy had at least five Jonin. The disparity in paper strength was too great!
Cold sweat poured down Matsunaga Yuzuki's face. In such a desperate situation, even the usually unserious Yuzuki had no mood to joke or comfort himself.
'Damn it...'
'The numbers gap is too big. We must reduce their numbers first!'
In a flash, Matsunaga Yuzuki fixed his eyes on the most inconspicuous little boy, Uchiha Shisui, in the Konoha's team.
'Pick the weaker one first!'
'You're it!'
As he thought so, Matsunaga Yuzuki used shuriken to temporarily force back the surrounding Konoha's Jonin, then took advantage of the momentary opening to charge right in front of Shisui.
"Kid!"
"Die!"
Matsunaga Yuzuki was murderous.
However, what greeted him was the sudden transformation in Shisui's eyes into a field of crimson… the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!!!
'Three Tomoe!??'
Matsunaga Yuzuki was horrified, his face pale with shock. He never expected this Uchiha brat to already have the Three-Tomoe Sharingan!!!
However, faster than the change in his expression was the short sword in Shisui's hand.
Swoosh!
Sizzle sizzle!
In an instant.
Flames ignited on the short sword.
Then, Shisui flickered forward with extreme speed, swinging the burning short sword in a slash.
"Uchiha Style - Blaze Sword!!!"
In that instant, Matsunaga Yuzuki could even sense a trace of Wind Nature Transformation within the opponent's sword!
"Bloody hell!"
"Are all Konoha brats this monstrous!??"
Matsunaga Yuzuki cursed loudly while being forced back by Shisui's fierce attacks, having already lost the best opportunity for a kill.
If the weaker one of Konoha couldn't be dealt with, then in front of Jiraiya, this Kirigakure's Anbu Team became the cannon fodders!
Actually, if it were just ordinary Jonin vs. Jonin, even two against five, they wouldn't be defeated so quickly.
Deciding the outcome would require a fierce battle of at least a few minutes.
These were Jonin!
The high-end combat power of Ninjas! Every Jonin was a battle-hardened veteran who had crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
However, the Kirigakure side indeed had ordinary Jonin. But the Konoha side? Not so!
After all, Jiraiya was no ordinary Jonin!
He is a Tailed-Beast-level monster disguised in a Jonin's skin!
Therefore, in less than half a minute, the Kirigakure's battle line completely collapsed.
The other Kirigakure's Chunin was directly killed.
The two Jonin, Matsunaga Yuzuki and Yato Toden, were severely injured and crippled by Jiraiya himself, nearly losing their combat ability.
Facing the legendary Konoha's Sannin, an ordinary Kirigakure's Anbu Team simply couldn't make waves!
"It's over!"
"We're dead for sure!"
Matsunaga Yuzuki looked at the signal flare that had risen into the sky right at the start of the fight, the despair in his eyes finally fading a little.
At this moment, it was a hopeless situation.
'Now, as long as Sora-sama could see the retreat signal flare and avoid disaster, that would be the one piece of good fortune in this misfortune!'
Simultaneously.
Hizashi had already walked up to the kneeling, blood-spitting Kurumi. He prepared to use Gentle Fist to strike her Tenketsu and capture her alive for interrogation.
His hand slowly raised.
Hizashi's Byakugan focused intently on the Chakra Pathway and Tenketsu on Kurumi's body.
However, just as he was about to strike…
A sudden change occurred on the battlefield.
Snap!
A crisp sound rang!
The next moment, Hizashi's arm was severed directly from his shoulder, flung away violently.
Blood sprayed wildly.
Hizashi was terrified, a scream welling up in his throat.
At that moment, the Konoha's Ninjas were shocked to discover that, at some unknown time, a figure with an incredibly cold and fierce aura had abruptly appeared in front of the young Kirigakure's Kunoichi.