Ninja World: I, Kisame Hoshigaki, am no longer human!

"He's here!"

Orochimaru and Tsunade's expressions changed instantly, and they prepared to fight desperately. Just then, they heard a voice from behind them: "Let me handle this."

The two looked back and found that Jiraiya had finally opened his eyes from the state of absorbing natural energy and entered Sage Mode.

At this moment, Jiraiya's hands and feet had turned into frog webs, many small particles appeared on his nose, and red eyeshadow formed around his eyes, making him look like a "frogman".

On Jiraiya's left and right shoulders, the two sages, Fukasaku and Shima, also clasped their hands together, becoming one with Jiraiya as if they had grown onto his shoulders.

Immortal Technique: The Art of Two Lives.

This technique allows Jiraiya to draw upon the power of two sages and extend the duration of Sage Mode, maximizing its effectiveness.

"Boss, Big Sister, it's time to go!"

As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, he charged headlong towards Kisame.

Shhhhhh.

Kisame spread his wings and shot out countless black feathers, which covered Jiraiya like a blanket.

Jiraiya was equally unwilling to be outdone. He crouched down, and his long, white hair, resembling a furious lion's mane, suddenly hardened and shot forward like a storm, colliding fiercely with countless black feathers.

Immortal Technique: Thousand Needles of Hair.

This technique is the fastest and has the widest attack range of all Jiraiya's ninjutsu. Moreover, when he fired the hair needles at Kisame, the two sages on his shoulders helped him activate his hair roots.

In this way, Jiraiya could shoot out thousands of needles without limit or stop.

In the fierce battle, Jiraiya proved to be the superior fighter, his white needles suppressing the black feathers and forcing Kisame to retreat.

Sage Mode is indeed powerful.

Seeing this, many Konoha ninjas were overjoyed, seeing hope for victory.

"Try this."

Kisame leaped backward to dodge the incoming needles, then took a deep breath and suddenly exhaled.

Splash!

As if a tsunami had struck, endless streams of water spewed from his mouth, along with thousands of shark-shaped chakra water bullets, which surged toward Jiraiya and the Konoha members behind him.

Facing the surging, roaring waves and sharks.

"My lords, which move should we use!"

Jiraiya shouted sharply, and the two immortals immediately understood. The three of them simultaneously formed hand seals and opened their mouths to exhale.

Fukasaku used Wind Release, Shima used Fire Release, and then combined it with Jiraiya's oil.

At this moment, the three techniques combined to create a large-scale, scorching wave of fire that surged forward.

Immortal Technique: Goemon.

This technique utilizes wind and oil to amplify the power of Fire Release to its limit, theoretically capable of burning away all tangible matter.

Chi Chi Chi.

On the battlefield, the water and fire collided, instantly generating a large amount of steam. Countless shark-shaped water bombs were swallowed up, turning into puffs of white smoke and disappearing with a series of "bang bang bang" sounds.

Jiraiya once again suppressed Kisame, forcefully using Fire Release to counter Water Release.

"Well done! Jiraiya, keep up the momentum and take down this monster in one fell swoop."

The immortal encouraged him.

Jiraiya, full of fighting spirit, rushed to Kisame in an instant, ready to cooperate with the two sages to use the sealing technique of Mount Myōboku to subdue Kisame.

Kisame seemed to sense the danger and stopped confronting Jiraiya head-on. Instead, he suddenly flapped his wings and soared into the sky with a "whoosh".

Kisame quickly flew into the air, temporarily escaping Jiraiya's attack range.

"Kisame Hoshigaki, are you scared?"

Jiraiya was unable to get close to Kisame, so he could only stand on the ground and shout loudly, trying to provoke Kisame into coming down.

"Yes, I'm so scared."

Kisame cackled, emitting a sinister sound. Then, changing the subject, he said, "However, little Jiraiya, my transformation form can be maintained indefinitely, but how long can your Sage Mode last? Three minutes, or five minutes?"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya's expression immediately darkened. He hadn't expected that the opponent would know even the weaknesses of Sage Mode so well.

"Hahaha."

Seeing that Jiraiya could only glare at him from the ground, Kisame laughed even more wildly.

Actually, he wasn't really afraid of Jiraiya. Even if Jiraiya entered Sage Mode, with Fukasaku and Shima assisting him, Kisame was confident he could defeat him head-on.

However, Konoha has more than just Jiraiya; there are many other powerful figures lurking nearby, eyeing the danger.

Once the fight starts, Kisame could easily fall into an encirclement.

In a situation where he is outnumbered, he will inevitably suffer a loss. If he is not careful and gets trapped by the opponent's powerful sealing or barrier spells, he will be doomed.

Magical Toad's Song, Vajra Lock, Corpse Demon Seal, Four Symbols Seal... these techniques pose a great threat to Kisame.

Although Kisame desperately wanted to destroy Konoha, unfortunately, he probably couldn't do it with his current strength.

Therefore, Kisame had to change his battle strategy.

With that thought in mind, he bypassed Jiraiya and flew straight to the skies above Konoha Village. Then he opened his mouth and began to conjure an energy sphere within.

"not good!"

Upon seeing this, the three legendary Sannin of Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others realized what Kisame was about to do, and their expressions changed.

call out.

A ball of light containing destructive energy flew out of Kisame's mouth and headed straight for Konoha Village below.

The ball of light was about to hit the ground.

At the crucial moment, it was that man who stepped in again.

Minato Namikaze leaped from the ground into the air, wielding a Flying Thunder Kunai, and drew a huge spell in the void, like a giant net blocking the energy ball.

Then, he used the same trick again, moving the orb of light to a primeval forest dozens of kilometers away.

However, this attack was merely Kisame's probing.

"Let the world feel pain!"

He floated at a height similar to that of Pain in the original story, looking down at Konoha Village below. He opened his mouth again and released all the energy he had accumulated from killing five thousand Konoha ninjas.

call out!

A ball of light flew out of Kisame's mouth and expanded rapidly as it fell downwards, its diameter quickly growing from five meters, ten meters, twenty meters, until it reached nearly thirty meters.

The destructive power contained in this ball of light far exceeded that of the Tailed Beast Ball, enough to completely raze the entire Hidden Leaf Village to the ground.

We can't let him succeed!

Minato Namikaze was still in the lead, leaping into the air once again, attempting to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer the ball of light.

But Kisame already had a plan.

Snapped.

With a snap of his fingers, the enormous sphere of light, thirty meters in diameter, shattered instantly, splitting into hundreds of smaller energy spheres.

Shhhhhh.

To Minato's horrified gaze, these energy orbs plummeted from the sky like a shower of petals, flying towards every corner of Konoha Village.

Even if Minato Namikaze tried his best, he could only move three or five light orbs.

On the ground, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and other Konoha ninjas also made their moves, and in an instant, all sorts of dazzling ninjutsu soared into the sky like fireworks.

Boom boom boom!

In mid-air, the ball of light falling from the sky collided with the ninjutsu rising from the ground, causing a series of violent explosions. The loud noises and bright lights from the explosions made people deaf and unable to open their eyes.

Despite the Konoha villagers' best efforts to stop them, many of the hundreds of light orbs still managed to break through their encirclement and fall into Konoha Village like meteors.

then.

Amidst a series of deafening roars, Konoha's commercial streets, hotels, newspaper buildings, ninja academies, Jonin apartments, hospitals, and even the ninja cemetery were bombarded by the light spheres.

Everything was reduced to ruins.

Apart from the most heavily guarded Hokage Building, almost none were spared.

Looking down from mid-air, the once prosperous and beautiful Konoha Village now resembled a plowed field, riddled with holes. Thick smoke, flames, and ash billowed into the sky.

It's completely ruined.

The only saving grace for Konoha was that all the villagers had been evacuated to the underground shelter in advance, so no one was injured.

This is the first time in decades since Konoha was founded that its homeland has been attacked, and the enemy has succeeded.

"hateful!"

"The village is destroyed, how could this happen..."

On the ground, numerous Konoha ninjas looked at the village reduced to ruins before them, their defenses breached.

What angered them even more was that the enemy who was destroying the village was right above them, yet they could only watch helplessly as the enemy moved in the air.

This is the importance of air superiority.

Kisame had long noticed a problem: in the history of ninja warfare, the major ninja villages had always had a very weak concept of air superiority and paid it very little attention.

Of course, a major objective reason behind this is that, in the entire ninja world, ninjas with the ability to fly are extremely rare.

Flying ninjas are often quite powerful in combat, which means they can control the air on the battlefield and thus take the initiative.

The most typical example is the incident in the original work where Deidara invaded Sunagakure and captured Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast.

Facing Sunagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Deidara dared to launch an air raid at night all by himself, riding a clay bird.

So many Sand Village ninja could only stand on the ground and sigh helplessly, unable to do anything about him.

The only one who could stop Deidara was Gaara, the Kazekage, who also possessed the ability to fly. However, in order to protect the villagers of Sunagakure, he had no time to consider his own safety and was ultimately defeated by Deidara.

During this process, the ninjas of Sunagakure could only watch helplessly as their Kazekage was kidnapped by Deidara.

If Deidara had invaded Konoha, flying over the village in the middle of the night and dropping a massive bomb, even if Konoha's barrier sensed it, it would probably be too late.