Chapter 64 Summoning Beast Battle
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Jiraiya finished the hand seals, gently bit his finger, pressed his palm to the ground, and his blood instantly transformed into a ninjutsu array!
"Spirit Summoning Technique: Gamaken!"
Jiraiya struck his signature pose, and then with a bang, a large cloud of white smoke exploded!
Where Jiraiya was, a giant, purplish-red toad, no smaller than Manda, appeared!
Gamaken, with U-shaped black markings on his face, carries a pot-lid-shaped shield on his back and wields a U-shaped trident covered in thorns.
This is a top-tier summoning beast from Mount Myōboku, the holy land of toad summoning beasts!
"Gamaken! Please!"
Jiraiya stood atop Gamaken's head, pointed to the second Great Wall of Earth Flowing for Ten Thousand Miles in the distance, and laughed heartily, saying:
"Smash a hole there for me!"
"I understand. Although I'm clumsy, I'll still try my best."
Gamaken answered in a deep voice, holding a shield in one hand and a trident in the other, and ran forward a few steps with a rumble, then suddenly jumped up!
The Great Earth Flow Wall was originally quite far away, but thanks to Gamaken's enormous size and super jumping ability, he leaped over the Sand Village and Iwa Village where they were fighting below!
"Stop this summoned beast!"
Captain Soseki of the Iwagakure Flying Squadron gave a loud order, and the members dropped their explosive rune stones.
However, when Gamaken raised his pot-lid-shaped shield, a series of explosions rang out, but the shield remained completely undamaged!
While the toad was blocking the attack, it slammed its barbed harpoon down hard, and with the force of its jump, it smashed down a section of the earthen wall.
"Keep going! Make a big hole!"
"Okay, although I'm clumsy, I can still do this kind of small thing."
While raising his shield to defend against the Iwagakure's counterattack, Gamaken repeatedly smashed the earthen wall with his harpoon, creating a large gap in the blink of an eye!
With a shield and weapons, Gamaken is both offensive and defensive, far more capable than his two brothers, Gamahiro and Gamabunta, making him more suitable for forcefully breaking through the enemy's defenses in this situation.
Kitsuchi led his elite Earth Release troops, forming three massive earthen walls to block the enemy.
Sunagakure broke through the first wall, then slowed down their offensive before the second, no longer forcibly charging the defensive line, and instead engaged in a more stable battle with Iwagakure.
However, this meant that most of the Iwagakure members in this location had already exhausted a lot of chakra, greatly reducing their counterattack power.
That's why Jiraiya dared to come and cause trouble with only Gamaken.
Ordinary Chunin don't have much chakra.
They can barely unleash a few powerful ninjutsu two or three times.
If they don't have enough chakra to cast ninjutsu, they can only throw kunai and shuriken, or at most, explosive tags.
These things can be used to hit people, but using them to fight top-tier summoned beasts?
They're completely useless; they can't even scratch a layer of skin!
"Jiraiya, shall we continue to destroy the next earthen wall?" Gamaken asked.
"Hmm...no need. Let's wait until our people arrive and we've established a firm foothold before we talk about it."
Jiraiya answered in the same way, looking towards the third Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles of Earth Flow ahead.
Two huge plumes of white smoke exploded, and Iwagakure's Kitsuchi and another elite Jonin summoned two enormous summoning beasts that were not much smaller than Gamaken.
Giant Panda and giant centipede!
The Giant Panda has extremely strong defense, and the giant centipede is agile and can restrict the enemy's movement by entanglement.
Both are very suitable summoning beasts for blocking enemies.
Furthermore, Kitsuchi and his companion used Earth Escape techniques to harden and petrify the two summoned beasts, further enhancing their defensive capabilities.
Furthermore, the Iwagakure forces over there have not yet been weakened, and their counterattack is very powerful, which may even attract an attack from Onoki.
The power of Dust Release is extremely terrifying.
Although it is difficult to hit, once it does, even a top-tier summoning beast like Gamaken will either die or be crippled.
Therefore, it is not advisable to force your way in.
Jiraiya looked at the two summoned beasts and analyzed the situation in his mind:
"Gamaken attacks directly with a U-shaped fork, which isn't very effective against opponents specializing in physical defense.
However, if I bring Gamabunta along, my chakra will be greatly depleted...
Forget it, let's not rush things and proceed cautiously!"
Having made his decision, Jiraiya said to Gamaken:
"Gamaken, take it easy and proceed cautiously.
We Konoha ninjas will cooperate with you and advance step by step!"
"Okay, although I'm clumsy, I'll try my best."
As he spoke, Gamaken struck down with his fork, destroying another section of the earthen wall.
Behind them, Minato waved his hand and addressed the crowd:
"Quick! Jiraiya-sensei has already breached Iwagakure's second line of defense for us.
Let's catch up! Everyone, follow the previous assignments and begin the battle!"
"yes!"
"Mitokado Homura looked at Minato's command, nodded slightly, and felt satisfied.
Normally, in this situation, it would be the advisor, rather than Minato who was the vice-captain, who would give the order.
However, in order to increase Minato's prestige and make it easier for him to succeed as Hokage in the future, this matter was given to Minato.
He already possesses considerable strength and shows significant potential for further improvement, while also exhibiting the qualities of a leader, which is truly rare.
Minato was indeed more suitable to succeed Jiraiya and Orochimaru as Hokage!
As Souji advanced, he looked at the massive battle ahead, where three enormous summoned beasts were fighting so fiercely that the earth shook, and a hint of envy appeared in his eyes.
"Having a large summoning beast is great! Summoning it in a large battlefield is like piloting a Gundam.
It's powerful and impressive. I need to get one someday!"
Both the giant panda and the giant centipede were summoning beasts that Pain's Animal Path had summoned in the original work.
However, since it was already known from Konoha's intelligence that they were now owned by Iwagakure, it was not surprising that Souji saw them at this time.
Summoning beasts don't just spring from rocks; they exist in later generations, so it's normal for them to exist at this point in time as well.
As far as he knew, among the summoned beasts that the Animal Path had summoned, there were the Great Rhinoceros and the Great Bull in the Hidden Cloud Village, and the Chameleon in the Hidden Sand Village.
It's estimated that Pain later used his Six Paths powers to forcibly seize and control it.
Iwagakure had its ordinary ninja take turns defending and counterattacking while retreating towards the Land of Earth.
The army's retreat was covered by three elite units: Earth Release, Explosion Release, and Flying Release, as well as the Tsuchikage, Onoki.
Iwagakure is most proficient in Earth Release ninjutsu, including a large number of techniques such as Earth Flow Wall, Rock Pillar Prison, and Earth Corridor, which are used to block and trap enemies and are very suitable for the current situation.
The attacks by ordinary Sunagakure did not actually cause many casualties to Iwagakure.
Their main effect was to deplete Iwagakure's chakra.
The real main force in killing the enemy was Hanzo and Chiyo, both Kage-level warriors, who were going all out.
Together, these two probably caused more than a thousand casualties to Iwagakure, but now they have slowed down.
As for the Tsuchikage Onoki, he has used Dust Release Laser Cannon three times so far, as well as several large-scale Earth Release ninjutsu, which consumes almost another Dust Release jutsu.
Based on intelligence, the Konoha members estimated that Onoki could use Dust Release 7 to 8 times, and if he went all out, he could use it two or three more times.
Chakra is composed of a mixture of physical and mental energy.
Ninjas can indeed perform exceptionally well and unleash their full potential by relying on emotions such as willpower, resolve, and anger, and temporarily generate even more chakra for themselves.
However, there are limits to how many times he can unleash his power, and it is estimated that he will not exceed 10 times at most.
That is to say, Onoki has already consumed about half of his chakra.
Now is indeed the best time for Konoha to make its appearance.
The Souji looked at the Iwagakure flying units that were constantly moving across the battlefield sky.
"I'll take care of these guys.
They're a well-known special forces unit in Iwagakure.
They're not bad as stepping stones to my reputation."
"While others may have a hard time dealing with these flying creatures, unfortunately... I can fly too!"
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