69novels Chapter 314 Akatsuki Pursuit of Kushina
Chapter 314 Akatsuki Pursuit of Kushina
The bright sunlight, like a sharp sword, pierced through the dense darkness, falling from the eastern sky and illuminating the ravaged land.
The Third Hokage struggled to raise his Vajra Staff, and with a sweeping motion, struck Orochimaru in the spine from behind.
With a crisp cracking sound, Orochimaru's body was almost shaped into a U-shape and flew more than ten meters away.
Upon seeing this, Mikami and Kakuzu, who were fighting the Konoha ninjas, immediately retreated to Orochimaru's left and right sides, watching the Konoha ninjas in front of them warily.
Over the past few hours, they had been using harassment tactics to slow down the Konoha ninjas, but the enemy was clearly stronger, especially Minato Namikaze, whose Flying Thunder God Technique was incredibly skillful, and together with the other Konoha ninjas, it caused considerable damage to Misato and his two companions.
At this moment, they were not far from Kyosuke's location, and those with strong perception could already sense the chakra fluctuations coming from afar.
Minato Namikaze left first, while the Third Hokage led his men to deal with Mikami and his two companions.
At this moment, Mi Shou raised his right hand with a kunai and directly sliced off a piece of flesh from his left shoulder. The piece of flesh fell to the ground and quickly turned into a cloud of black powder.
Now was not the time for treatment, so Mikami could only let the wound on his left shoulder bleed, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he stared at Aburame Shiguro in front of him, but his words were very calm.
"Damn bugs are everywhere, and these Konoha ninjas are all incredibly difficult to deal with. Should we continue fighting or retreat?"
Kakuzu, his body covered in black lines, said, "I have lost three hearts. Let's go and meet up with the leader first."
At this moment, Orochimaru, whose body had been broken and who was lying on the ground, opened his mouth, and a completely new Orochimaru crawled out of his mouth.
"Given Nagato's strength, he should have already succeeded. Let's go and meet up."
This is, after all, the Land of Fire, not too far from Konoha. As time goes on, more and more Konoha ninjas will surely come to support them, so the three of them dared not fight to the death and unanimously agreed to retreat first.
The Third Hokage did not stop the enemy from retreating.
He was worried about Minato Namikaze and Kushina, so he rushed to Minato's aid.
At that moment, Minato Namikaze arrived beside Kakashi.
"Sasori of the Red Sand and Tetsuka Uchiha."
Minato Namikaze recognized the enemy and noticed the two puppets floating above Sasori Akasuna's body, his expression showing some surprise.
"This is the Third Kazekage. The Sand Village actually allowed you to take his body away."
Minato Namikaze was preparing for battle when he heard Kakashi's voice: "Sensei, the enemy's main force is chasing Kyosuke. Go and support him. I can handle things here."
Kakashi's voice was very firm, as if he was worried that Minato Namikaze might not trust him and insisted on staying to fight. Kakashi said again, "With so many shadow clones like Kyosuke here, even if I can't defeat the enemy, I can buy some time."
At this time, Kakashi had not yet realized that Uchiha Tekka was stronger than Sasori of the Red Sand, and only regarded Tekka as an Uchiha ninja with the three-tomoe Sharingan.
Minato Namikaze was also unaware of this. Based on the battlefield situation, he assessed the strength of both sides and concluded that Kakashi was right. With the help of Kyosuke's numerous shadow clones, even if Kakashi was defeated, he should be able to retreat smoothly.
"Kakashi, I'll be there to help you soon."
Minato handed Kakashi a kunai engraved with the Thunder God Technique symbol, and sped off in the direction Kakashi pointed.
"It seems we've been underestimated. The Hokage disdains to fight us." Sasori's mechanical voice seemed to carry a hint of anger.
Minato Namikaze arrived and left quickly. Just as Tekka and Sasori were preparing for a fierce battle, they suddenly realized that Minato was gone, leaving only Kakashi staring at them with a resolute expression, both of them somewhat angry.
You're the Hokage, you're amazing, but we're not nobody either.
We even defeated the Third Kazekage, who was hailed as the strongest. What are you, the newly appointed Hokage, compared to us?
Tie Huo immediately activated his Mangekyou Sharingan: "Then let's quickly resolve this battle and then capture this arrogant Hokage. Isn't Yahiko going to negotiate with Konoha? We can use the Hokage as a bargaining chip."
Overuse of the Mangekyou Sharingan can lead to blindness, and Tetsuka knew this, but he also wanted to teach Minato Namikaze a lesson, so he didn't care about that.
"Kakashi, be careful! The enemy's Sharingan has changed; there's definitely something wrong. Let's go and probe first!"
Kyosuke's shadow clone knew about the Mangekyou Sharingan, but couldn't say it directly; he could only give Kakashi a hint.
However, faced with overwhelming power, even Kakashi's extraordinary performance could not change the outcome.
Three minutes later, Kyosuke's shadow clones were all destroyed, and Kakashi was also unconscious and swallowed by Sasori's lizard puppet.
At this time, Kyosuke also faced a major crisis, as Nagato and Yahiko blocked his way.
"Although it's unlikely, I still hope you can launch a sneak attack. We just want to seal the Nine-Tails and don't want to cause unnecessary casualties."
Yahiko stood before Kyosuke, his tone sincere and firm.
Kyosuke remained silent, while simultaneously creating dozens of shadow clones that surrounded Yahiko and Nagato.
Although I was mentally prepared for Kushina's death, I still had to act it out; my character couldn't be ruined.
Besides, Kushina was really good to him. Kyosuke couldn't die for Kushina, but he could fight for her once.
Perhaps by doing this, Kushina would find some solace even in death.
After entrusting Kushina to his shadow clones, Kyosuke entered Sage Mode, and the shadow clones immediately launched an attack.
"Is this Jiraiya's Sage Mode? It's really amazing."
Surrounded by shadow clones, Yahiko and Nagato showed no signs of tension. Instead, Yahiko looked at Kyosuke and sighed.
Nagato simply uttered four words: "Shinra Tensei".
An invisible gravitational field suddenly appeared, spreading outward in all 360 degrees from Nagato and Yahiko as its core. Rocks, trees, and ninjutsu were all swept away, clearing a large area of land that was left with only yellow soil.
All the shadow clones affected by the attack were wiped out.
Only because the two shadow clones who escaped with Kushina and Naruto were fast enough, or because Nagato didn't want to kill Kushina and Naruto and intentionally controlled the range of Shinra Tensei, were they able to escape.
Kyosuke used Earth Release in time to burrow underground, narrowly avoiding the impact.
Nagato raised his hand, palm facing Kushina in the distance, about to use Bansho Ten'in. A huge crack appeared in the ground, and the surrounding soil continued to crumble and fall, like an open abyss, about to swallow Yahiko and Nagato.
Yahiko and Nagato kept leaping between the falling rocks to slow their descent, while the giant bird controlled by Nagato swooped down and caught the two of them, flying them into the air.
After using Earth Release, Kyosuke, who had just jumped out of the ground, saw this scene and immediately used Summoning Jutsu.
The three brothers, Gamabunta, Gamaken, and Gamahiro, make their appearance.
"They actually summoned us all; the enemy must be quite formidable."
Gamabunta, a pipe dangling from his lips, glanced at the giant bird in the sky. When he saw the bird's Rinnegan, he couldn't help but ask, "Is this the Rinnegan?"
Since the Akatsuki intervened in the Sand Village civil war and killed the Third Kazekage, information about the Rinnegan has gradually spread, and Gamabunta has also heard about it.