Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 503 Jiraiya vs. Pain

Pain glanced around with lifeless eyes; a large number of ninjas had already surrounded him and Konan.

"Lord Jiraiya, let us help you."

Now that only two enemies remain, the Allied Shinobi Forces, feeling invincible, are eager to assert their presence.

"You guys stay away, I'll handle these two by myself."

Jiraiya shook his head and refused to help.

It wasn't that he was arrogant, or that he wanted to settle things with his disciple alone.

Rather, he had learned through intelligence how terrifying Pain's ninjutsu was, and how easily these ninjas could be affected and killed.

Jiraiya formed a cross hand seal, and a wisp of white smoke billowed from his side, summoning a shadow clone.

After completing the above actions, immediately use the Immortal Technique: Thousand Needles Shot at the two.

With five fewer Pain members, Pain's accuracy skyrocketed. He could no longer keep up with this attack, even though his body couldn't keep up before. Now, he easily dodged it.

On the other hand, although Konan's body is fundamentally indestructible, due to the characteristics of her ninjutsu, she can turn her body into a blank sheet of paper, directly ignoring this physical attack.

Jiraiya had anticipated this move. The shadow clone had been poised to strike, and the chakra accumulated in its throat burst forth in an instant, turning into a sticky oil bomb that splashed onto Konan, preventing her from continuing to move using the Shikigami Dance.

Toad Oil Bomb

Jiraiya knelt on one knee and slammed his hands on the ground.

Xiao Nan's body was affected by toad oil, causing her speed to decrease. Even though she reacted in advance, it was still too late. It felt like her feet were stuck to something, making it impossible for her to jump. When she came to her senses, her surroundings had changed drastically, and pink, sticky fleshy walls appeared.

Ninja Art: Toad Mouth Binding Technique

By summoning the stomach wall of the Myoboku-san toad, one can trap the opponent, rendering them unable to move. This is perfect for dealing with immortal beings like those reanimated by the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Just as Konan was about to completely disappear into the flesh wall, an extremely powerful suction force suddenly pulled Konan out of the flesh wall and straight towards Pain, the Deva Path, outside the stomach wall.

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Jiraiya quickly formed hand seals, followed the direction Konan flew in, breathed out flames, sculpted a fire dragon, and pounced with flaming fangs.

Not only was Konan drawn in, but also a ferocious fire dragon. Pain changed his approach from drawing in to repelling, using Shinra Tensei to send both the fire dragon and Konan flying.

The trees along the way swept through the forest like a plowshare, creating a massive shockwave. When the smoke cleared, a straight trench was clearly visible. At the end of the road, about a kilometer away, objects that looked like scraps of paper gradually gathered and shaped into a human figure.

Since Konan is a reanimated body, there's no need to worry about this move harming allies.

Konan was resurrected through the Impure World Reincarnation technique. Looking around, she saw a group of people surrounding her, including one of Jiraiya's clones. She thought to herself, "This is fine..."

According to Aokiji, Pain has a technique called Super Shinra Tensei, which has an extremely large attack range and could even destroy Konoha.

If Pain is truly pushed to the limit and uses this move, Jiraiya might still have a chance to survive, but none of the Allied Shinobi Forces will likely survive.

Jiraiya's clone led the Allied Shinobi Forces to drive Konan in the opposite direction from Pain, away from him, while he himself faced Pain's Deva Path alone in his true form.

Taking advantage of the moment when Pain had just finished using Shinra Tensei, Jiraiya seized the opportunity, formed hand seals, and inhaled, completing the action in one smooth motion.

Immortal Technique: Goemon

Jiraiya, Fukasaku, and Shima unleashed their attacks simultaneously, their oil, fire, and wind chakra energies merging together to create a vast, uncontrollable sea of ​​fire.

As this effect occurred, the surrounding temperature rose sharply, and water molecules in the air evaporated rapidly. Ordinary people would feel as if they were in an oven just by standing nearby, and the heat would be unbearable.

Pain leaped into the air, dodging the engulfing sea of ​​fire, and a black rod emerged from his palm.

Jiraiya stared intently at Pain, who was flying into the air.

In the blink of an eye, the black rod broke through and struck. Jiraiya observed the trajectory of the attack, jumped to the side to dodge, and glanced at the black rod that had landed on the ground out of the corner of his eye.

This thing has the ability to interfere with chakra. If you are unlucky enough to be hit by it, in a battle where every second counts, the outcome is basically decided.

You must never be penetrated.

Jiraiya became extremely vigilant, constantly calculating the countdown to Shinra Tensei in his mind.

Five seconds had passed since that exchange, and Jiraiya cursed, "What a shameless ninjutsu!"

Even if you know the mechanism, seizing the opportunity in just five seconds is easier said than done.

"Give it a try..."

Jiraiya muttered something to himself, then charged toward Pain, throwing a punch at his face as he unleashed the Frog Kyuubi technique.

Having learned his lesson from this attack, Pain developed a countermeasure, diving low to dodge it.

The Frog Kumite has a short attack range and can only attack from one side. In addition, with the power of the Rinnegan, it is not difficult to see through this move.

While Tendou Pain avoided the frog kumite, he struck with his backhand. A black rod emerged from his palm and plunged straight into Jiraiya's chest.

Just when things seemed to be hanging by a thread, Shima, the sage on Jiraiya's shoulder, flicked out her tongue, wrapping it around Tendo's arm and stopping the attack: "Don't forget."

Jiraiya's Sage Mode isn't perfect, but in some ways it's even more powerful than the perfect Sage Mode. After all, he has two Sage-level summoning beasts on his shoulders, ready to attack and defend at any time, and he can maintain his Sage Mode through the two Sages.

The only weakness is that these two immortals cannot leave the body. If they leave the immortal mode, it will be canceled, and it will be difficult to enter it again.

It requires a long time to charge up, and both palms must remain clasped together during the process, making it virtually impossible to use in combat.

Jiraiya clenched his fist, conjuring flames that enveloped his knuckles, and unleashed a powerful punch.

Fire Release: Flame Strike.

The attack method is similar to Chidori, which concentrates chakra in the hand. The difference is that Chidori is lightning, which enhances the penetrating effect and also has a paralyzing effect, while Flame Strike is fire. During the process, "explosion" is added, which produces a more powerful effect than explosion tags when it hits the target, and also causes a burning effect.

Pain, undeterred by the danger, charged forward to meet the punch head-on.

The two fists collided, creating a cloud of smoke from the explosion. One person flew through the smoke and rolled awkwardly on the ground.

In the previous exchange of blows, Jiraiya was undoubtedly the victor, but he couldn't be happy; instead, a deep sense of caution appeared in his eyes.

Pain could have used Shinra Tensei to deflect the attack, but he didn't. This means that the opponent already knows Jiraiya's strategy of using Shinra Tensei when it's off cooldown, and he no longer uses Shinra Tensei carelessly, thus revealing a weakness.

Before Pain could get up, Jiraiya's mind raced. He crouched down and slammed his hands into the ground, channeling chakra into it.

The ground beneath Pain turned into a sticky, cement-like substance, binding his opponent's movements.

That wasn't all. It then violently writhed and rolled, collapsing and contracting around a central point, intending to bury Pain within it.

Earth Escape·Huangquan Marsh

This should force Shinra Tensei to be unleashed...

With that thought still in mind, Jiraiya's body suddenly went out of control, his legs lifted off the ground, and he flew straight towards the Swamp of the Dead.

Myriad phenomena guide the heavens.

Pain used the Universal Pull technique with one hand and conjured chakra rods with the other, turning the tables and waiting for Jiraiya to get close so he could stab him with the chakra rods, advancing and exiting simultaneously.

Jiraiya had considered this possibility beforehand. He used the suction of the Universal Pull to his advantage, steeled his resolve, and condensed a massive amount of chakra in his right palm, forming a red chakra ball shaped like a Rasengan. The ball was bright red and radiated intense heat.

Sage Art: Fire Release: Super Great Flame Rasengan.

This technique is based on the Giant Rasengan, incorporating fire-attribute chakra properties. Its development difficulty is between S-rank and A-rank.

It is considered to be the strongest single-target burst damage output that Jiraiya has mastered.

Shinra Tensei repels all surrounding objects and ninjutsu, damaging them in the process. However, Shinra Tensei is not invincible; if the damage output is strong enough, it can be directly broken.

Jiraiya knew this information, so he planned to unleash his strongest single-target attack to see if he could break through Shinra Tensei without brute force.

Pain sensed the immense chakra contained in the ball in Jiraiya's hand. If it were to be directly hit, it would exceed Pain's tolerance, causing his body to be destroyed.

Not daring to be careless, they changed their attack method. The incredibly strong suction force just now immediately turned into a powerful repulsive force, and they managed to withstand the attack of the Super Flame Rasengan.

Even this move couldn't break through Shinra Tensei?!

Jiraiya's eyes widened in disbelief.

"boom."

Shinra Tensei and Super Rasengan were locked in a stalemate for a while, but the powerful repulsive force sent both the attack and Jiraiya flying hundreds of meters away.

Jiraiya rolled around on the ground in a sorry state, and the two great sages on his body separated from him.

Jiraiya, supporting himself on his knees, slowly rose to his feet. The red lines on his face gradually faded, and Sage Mode was forcibly deactivated.

(End of this chapter)