The Hidden Mist Blacksmith, forging the glory of the Ninja Sword Style!

"Jiraiya can also be consumed!"

"The Three Legendary Sannin are not invincible."

"Let's see who can last longer between the two of us."

Upon noticing Jiraiya's condition, Kisame Hoshigaki, whose chakra, strength, and stamina were almost completely depleted, suddenly unleashed a burst of power from somewhere.

Could it be an ambition to overcome the strong with the weak?

Perhaps it's the allure of becoming famous by defeating the Three Legendary Sannin?

Perhaps it was the excitement of seeing a glimmer of hope for victory?

However, Kisame Hoshigaki underestimated the strength of the Iron-Armed Toad.

Facing the charging Iron Wall Toad, Kisame Hoshigaki raised his Sword of Wisdom and slashed fiercely at it.

Because Uehara Osamu used the materials of the Kusanagi sword, the sharpness of the Sword of Wisdom far exceeds that of ordinary ninja swords.

Ordinary kunai and shuriken in the hands of Konoha ninjas are easily cleaved by the Sword of Wisdom.

However, after this sword strike, Kisame Hoshigaki clearly felt that something was wrong with his touch.

His own slash was blocked.

"Ding!"

The Iron Wall Toad not only blocked Kisame Hoshigaki's slash, but also, just before being hit, suddenly raised its arms forward, channeling its power into them.

This resulted in the power transmitted back from Kisame Hoshigaki being astonishingly large.

He almost dropped the sword of wisdom.

"It actually blocked the attack of the Sword of Wisdom?"

Kisame Hoshigaki's pupils contracted as he looked at the Iron Wall Toad again, his eyes no longer showing any contempt, but only apprehension.

"This toad is quite powerful!"

The sound of slaying the dragon rang out.

"Even I couldn't split it open."

"Old man with white hair, have you never won before? Can't you accept defeat?"

"Why don't you try using a ninjutsu?"

In this battle—no, in these two battles, the previous one against Orochimaru and the current one against Jiraiya—Zanryu felt extremely frustrated, having the ability but being unable to use it.

Jiraiya ignored the dragon-slaying attack and instead intensified his own offensive.

Before this battle, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Jiraiya a timeframe.

And now, it's almost here.

In this situation, Jiraiya was also in a hurry.

Defeating the Mist Nether army now seems impossible.

But Jiraiya at least wanted to defeat Kisame Hoshigaki, kill Kisame Hoshigaki, and seize the Sword of Wisdom.

In that case, Konoha's operation wouldn't be considered a complete failure.

Jiraiya felt that Kisame Hoshigaki's potential, along with the power of the Sword of Wisdom, would bring great trouble to Konoha in the future if they were not dealt with this time.

Therefore, Jiraiya simply ignored the dragon-slaying taunt.

Jiraiya and Gamaken used the opportunity created by the Iron-Armed Toad to move quickly, splitting up and arriving at three different directions from Kisame Hoshigaki, forming an encirclement.

The next moment, they suddenly surrounded Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique!"

In this situation, Kisame Hoshigaki can only use Water Release.

Physical skills and swordsmanship alone are not enough to stop them.

Water condenses into sharks.

Kisame Hoshigaki's form is among the sharks.

Suddenly, we were in mid-air.

"Toad Ken! Stop him!"

"understand!"

Gamaken raised the steel fork in his hand high and swung it at the water-style shark.

"Snapped!"

Immediately, a huge gap appeared on the water-escape shark's body.

The next moment, it shattered with a deafening roar.

However, Kisame Hoshigaki also took this opportunity to escape the encirclement of Jiraiya and the two toads.

Disadvantages remain disadvantages.

But if they're not surrounded, they can still struggle a bit.

Jiraiya leaped into the air, holding a kunai in his hand.

"Water escape, water whip technique!"

Suddenly, a water whip appeared, wrapped around one of Jiraiya's legs, and forcibly pulled Jiraiya down a bit.

This caused Jiraiya's attack on Kisame Hoshigaki to miss.

Jiraiya instinctively turned around.

Kisame Hoshigaki also looked over.

"Thanks, Fugu Demon Senior!"

The pufferfish demon nodded without saying a word.

By exchanging opponents, Ao unleashed a full-force attack, severely injuring Orochimaru. Regardless of whether Orochimaru can recover, at least for the time being, Orochimaru appears to be seriously injured.

Therefore, the pufferfish demon was freed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fuguki focused all his efforts on restoring his chakra.

However, because it was already in a state of overexertion, recovery is very difficult.

I only intervened because I saw that Kisame Hoshigaki was in a really critical situation.

In such a short time, the pufferfish demon has not recovered much at all.

Speaking is a burden for the pufferfish demon.

The state of the pufferfish demon is like a microcosm of the entire Hidden Mist army in this war.

"Out of ammunition and food!"

The Konoha ninja who arrived on the battlefield hesitated for a moment before rushing towards Jiraiya.

"Jiraiya-sama!"

"what happened?"

"Time is up."

"Are we there already?"

Jiraiya frowned.

"Can we postpone it a little longer?"

Jiraiya looked in Kisame Hoshigaki's direction.

Jiraiya could clearly sense that Kisame Hoshigaki had reached his absolute limit. If he had just one more breath, he could have killed Kisame. Retreating at this point would be a great pity.

"It can't be delayed."

The Konoha ninja said, "According to the information from the Third Hokage, Kumogakure and Iwagakure have already noticed the situation in Konoha and are mobilizing ninja."

“If we get back too late and the defenses aren’t set up, we won’t be able to stop them at all.”

"At that time, our Konoha may face annihilation."

Jiraiya frowned.

But in the end, I couldn't bear to give up.

"I'll speed up my journey."

"Give me a little more time."

Jiraiya looked in Kisame's direction again and took a deep breath.

"Toad Warrior, Iron Arm, help me!"

As Jiraiya's voice faded, both Gamaken and Iron Arm's expressions became even more serious.

Gamaken abandoned his shield and swung his steel fork with both hands.

The powerful swing put immense pressure on Kisame Hoshigaki.

Meanwhile, the Iron-Armed Toad charged toward Kisame Hoshigaki at an extremely fast speed.

Faced with the sword of wisdom, this time the Iron Wall Toad chose to directly take the damage, thus creating an opportunity to get close to Kisame Hoshigaki. Then, it used both arms to firmly embrace Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Pfft!"

The blade of the Sword of Wisdom pierced into the body of the Iron-Armed Toad.

The Iron-Armed Toad grunted, but instead of taking a step back, it hugged Kisame Hoshigaki even tighter with both arms.

Kisame Hoshigaki was startled.

"You're willing to risk your life to kill me?"

"A summoned beast can actually do this?"

Kisame Hoshigaki thought it was a bit outrageous.

Generally, summoned beasts and ninjas have a cooperative relationship.