Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 896 Escape (Happy May Day everyone!)
Because Jiraiya's counterattack was so swift, Orochimaru and Manda had no time to dodge.

Therefore, the snakes could only curl up their bodies and rely on their harder scales on the outside to withstand the attack head-on.

Ding Ding Ding ~
A series of sounds like metal colliding were heard.

The hard needles shot by Jiraiya hit Mandrake, making its scales jingle.

If that were all, then it would be fine. Wanshe would just have to endure it and it would be over.

The key to the problem is that some of the needles shot by Jiraiya pierced into its flesh along the gaps in its scales, which made Manza feel a little uncomfortable.

Screams of pain continued to come out of its mouth.

Finally, Wanshe couldn't bear it any longer and once again used the life-saving ninjutsu - the Snake Shedding Technique!
The next moment, the speed of the Ten Thousand Snakes increased sharply, and they escaped from the attack range of Jiraiya's "Senjutsu·Thousand Needles", leaving only one snake skin to bear the damage.

Having escaped from danger, it became more ferocious and did not try to move away. Instead, it used its high-speed movement capabilities to arrive in front of Jiraiya in an instant, attempting to swallow him in one gulp.

However, after activating the 'Sage Mode', Jiraiya's strength, speed, and reaction ability have all increased significantly.

Therefore, the moment it rushed over, Jiraiya reacted.

He first dodged and accurately avoided the bites of thousands of snakes.

Then, he stretched out his right hand, palm facing forward, and aimed at the heads of the ten thousand snakes, and performed another magic technique - the Super Large Jade Rasengan!
In an instant, a dazzling blue-white light appeared.

Then a huge Rasengan formed by fairy chakra appeared in Jiraiya's palm, and he pressed it towards the head of Managikaze.

A strong sense of crisis came over him, and even with Wanshe's cruel and tyrannical character, he couldn't help but feel panic.

At this moment, a rare expression of fear appeared in its cold eyes.

At the critical moment, it shouted to Orochimaru on its back: "Orochimaru, why don't you take action? If you continue like this, I will leave!"

I don't know if its threat worked or if Orochimaru was already prepared.

In short, before Jiraiya's "Senjutsu: Super Large Rasengan" hit Manjutsu, Orochimaru performed an A-level ninjutsu - Manjutsu!

In an instant, a large number of colorful poisonous snakes were summoned by Orochimaru and rushed towards Jiraiya like a tide.

For people with trypophobia, this scene is like a dimensionality reduction attack.

If you happen to be afraid of snakes, then congratulations, you can just faint.

Although Jiraiya was not afraid of snakes, he couldn't help but twitch his eyes when facing so many snakes.

However, he still endured the discomfort and continued to push the 'Super Large Rasengan' in his hand forward.

Boom~
These poisonous snakes collided with Jiraiya's "Senjutsu Super Large Rasengan". Even though the Rasengan condensed by the senjutsu chakra was terrifyingly powerful, it was unable to immediately break through the obstacles of the snake tide.

If Jiraiya kills a poisonous snake, Orochimaru will summon ten. If Jiraiya kills ten, Orochimaru will summon a hundred. It can be said that the number is endless.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a moment. Jiraiya frowned slightly. He looked at Orochimaru behind him. For some reason, he always felt something was strange.

So, he didn't waste any more time and immediately stopped performing the 'Immortal Technique: Super Large Jade Rasengan'. He dodged a few times and retreated, creating a certain distance between him and the snake tide.

Then, he glanced over his shoulders and said to the Sennin Fukasaku and Sennin Shima who were standing there: "Sir Fukasaku, Sir Shima, please cooperate with me in performing Fire Release."

Hearing this, Fukasaku Sennin nodded without any further ado, while Shima Sennin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jiraiya, we will cooperate."

The three of them communicated quickly, and Jiraiya wasted no time as he began to form hand seals right away.

At the same time, Sennin Fukasaku and Sennin Shima also began to form seals in sync.

In the blink of an eye, the man and two toads completed the seal.

The next moment, a large amount of toad oil spurted out of Jiraiya's mouth like a water gun, shooting at the snake tide in front, as well as Manda and Orochimaru behind.

Next came the hermit Shima, with red flames spewing from his mouth.

As soon as the flame and toad oil met, the effect of one plus one being greater than two immediately occurred.

This is not the end.
At the moment when the flames erupted fiercely, Fukasaku Sage used the Wind Escape Technique.

As the saying goes, fire takes advantage of the wind, and wind helps the fire.

In an instant, the wind escape technique he released completely ignited the fire in front of him, making the fire fueled by the toad oil even more powerful.

The ninjutsu performed by these two toads was not any other ninjutsu, but the fairy technique - Goemon!
underground.

Qingming watched this scene, feeling the terrifying heat of the flames, and even with his concentration, he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly. If we talk about which fire-style ninjutsu is the most powerful in the ninja world, Qingming believes that no ninjutsu can surpass "Senpo Goemon", not even "Amaterasu" which is said to burn everything.

After all, there are still many ways to deal with 'Amaterasu' before it completely burns up, but once hit by 'Senjutsu Goemon', you can basically just wait for death.

Such a terrifying high temperature is simply not something that the fragile ninjas with high attack and low defense can resist.

The best way to deal with it is to avoid it.

like now
Mandra, who had only verbally threatened Orochimaru to withdraw, decisively cancelled the "Summoning Technique" the moment he saw Jiraiya perform the "Senjutsu Goemon", and fled from the world without saying goodbye, returning to the Ryuchi Cave.

Suddenly, Orochimaru was the only one left there.

Boom~
The flames instantly covered the area.

Orochimaru didn't have time to move before he was engulfed by flames.

There was silence in the field.
When Jiraiya saw this scene, he was startled at first.

But then he realized something and his expression suddenly turned ugly.

With a thought in mind, Jiraiya stopped performing ninjutsu and looked in front of him where Orochimaru had originally stood.

At this time, there was nothing there, neither the remains of Orochimaru being burned to death, nor any traces of his escape.

And it is impossible for Orochimaru to be killed so easily, and die so quietly.

Then, there is only one answer. The one who just stayed there was just a shadow clone of Orochimaru. The other party directly released the "Shadow Clone Technique" and left.

But in the battle just now, Orochimaru had no chance to perform the "Shadow Clone Technique", so how did the opponent deceive everyone?

Looking at the words that Mandrake used to threaten Orochimaru, we can see that he had no idea that the Orochimaru in his body had been replaced by someone else.

Jiraiya was thinking, and Qingming underground was also thinking.

Because he couldn't use his Byakugan to observe the two people in the field, Qingming was not quite sure when Orochimaru turned into a shadow clone.

First of all, one thing that is clear is that the Orochimaru who fought with Jiraiya before was definitely not a shadow clone.

Otherwise, after suffering so many injuries, the other party should have collapsed long ago.

So, the answer is in the last few minutes.

Qingming closed his eyes and carefully recalled the entire process of the battle just now.

Soon, he locked on a time point, which was the scene where Manabu pretended to be dead with the help of the "Snake Shedding Technique" and then attacked Jiraiya and Gamabunta from underground.

Since then, Orochimaru has never fought Jiraiya at close range again, and his willingness to fight is not very high. He is threatened and reminded by Manabu before taking action.

so.
"Did the other party perform the 'Shadow Clone Technique' to replace the body during the brief time when the Ten Thousand Snakes went underground?"

Qingming thought so in his heart.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

"Oh~, this is true."

For a moment, Qing Ming didn't know how to evaluate Orochimaru.

In this regard, he could only say that Orochimaru was Orochimaru after all, and his ability to escape was truly first-rate!
The other party probably made plans to escape the moment he saw Jiraiya successfully perform the "Sage Mode".

After all, even an outsider like Qingming could see that in terms of head-on combat power, Jiraiya was better than Orochimaru.

As someone involved in the situation, Orochimaru naturally knows better than anyone that he needs to face the pressure from Jiraiya.

And this is just Jiraiya under normal circumstances.

After he successfully activates the 'Sage Mode', his abilities in all aspects will be further enhanced. In this case, Orochimaru will be no match for him.

In this case, his escape is not so difficult to understand.

just
"How do we find each other next?"

Qingming hesitated.

(End of this chapter)