Chapter 140: Fierce Battle

Facing a member of the Akatsuki organization, which even Orochimaru finds troublesome, Jugo naturally doesn't dare to take it lightly. As he walks, he absorbs elemental power, preparing for the upcoming Ninjutsu battle.

Jugo doesn't specialize in any particular element. Whatever element he needs, he directly absorbs from nature. His physique allows him to absorb and control various full attribute elements in a short time.

Therefore, Jugo doesn't need to risk going berserk by storing multiple elemental powers in his body. His body only contains pure chakra, and that's all he needs.

"Sage Art-Lightning Release-Electric Activation!"

"Sage Art-Lightning Release-Lightning Armor!"

Jugo steps towards the two members of the Akatsuki, his body gradually shining with blue electricity. Although he can use all attribute elemental power, his control over the lightning attribute is far less than Sasuke, who specializes in it. Therefore, he only has blue electricity, not purple.

"A ninja with lightning attribute? A troublesome guy!"

Deidara, seeing Jugo's body glowing with lightning, immediately changes his expression. The last thing he wants to face is a ninja with a lightning attribute that can make his bombs fail to ignite. Failure to ignite is an extreme insult to the explosion.

"Sage Art-Earth Release-Hardening!"

"Sage Art-Earth Release-Rock Giant Sword!"

Jugo continues to advance, his body surface shows no change, but in reality, his strength has greatly increased. At the same time, he now holds a giant stone sword over three meters long in his hand, which looks very powerful just by looking at it.

"Earth Release ninja?"

Deidara and Sasori both have martial virtues and do not act rashly. But this is only on the surface. In fact, Deidara has been eating clay with his hands behind his back from the beginning, creating all kinds of bombs.

Sasori is also waiting for Deidara's signal to launch a coordinated attack at a critical moment, shooting poison needles while Jugo is affected by the explosion. As long as Jugo is slightly scratched by his weapon and poisoned, they win. Sasori's poison is very powerful.

"Sage Art-Water Release-Twin Dragon Protection!"

"Sage Art-Fire Release-Divine Fire Enchantment!"

"Sage Art-Wood Release-Vine Armor!"

"Sage Art-Wind Release-Twin Wind Resonance!"

...

One after another, buff states are cast. Now, Jugo, wearing wooden armor, approaches with two water dragons circling behind him. The giant sword in his hand is burning with intense flames, wind patterns faintly appear on his body, and blue electricity flickers around him.

The wooden armor not only has extremely high strength, but it can also passively absorb elemental power, absorb the elemental damage received, and greatly enhance Jugo's ability to withstand attacks.

The water dragons will also automatically absorb the water elemental power from the outside world, defend against various long-range Ninjutsu from the enemy, and can actively launch powerful attacks. It is a powerful Senjutsu that integrates offense and defense.

Divine Fire Enchantment is a kind of enchantment that allows the giant sword to deal a large amount of fire elemental damage. Twin Wind Resonance is a Senjutsu that surrounds the body with wind elements to enhance speed and flexibility.

And then...

"Explosive Clay-Birds!"

Deidara let go, and the six explosive clay birds formed by both hands flew directly at Jugo at high speed. At the same time, he thought: I have already set up clay spiders in all directions around you. The specially made spiders are very small. If you don't observe carefully, even Itachi with Sharingan might fall for it.

"Hmph!"

Jugo didn't care about all that, he directly held the flaming giant sword and rushed up, slashing at several birds with one sword.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."

Explosions kept going off, and a large amount of dust spread out. Deidara looked at Jugo with disdain and muttered, "He actually used fire to attack my explosive clay. Can't he see that it's a bomb? If he used his Lightning Release, I might be a bit troubled, but Fire Release... it will only prematurely detonate those inherently unstable explosive clays."

"Be careful, don't take it lightly."

Sasori decisively reminded him, and at the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out a large number of fine needles towards the smoke. Each needle contained a strong poison. Combined with the smoke obstructing the enemy's vision, this move was a killer for ordinary people.

Unfortunately, that was Jugo!

"Ha!!"

Jugo rushed out of the unknown fog with a flaming great sword. He was not only unharmed, but also held the great sword in one hand, waving it and shouting:

"Flame... burn!"

...

In the distance, Konan watched the blazing phoenix rise into the sky, squinted her eyes slightly, looked at Pain next to her, and asked, "Pain, should we take action now, or..."

"Our targets are the One-Tail and Nine-Tails. They are now heading towards a remote place. Once they have gone a certain distance, we will directly seize the opportunity to capture them," Pain said.

"What if they don't go far?"

"Then we will take action after the Kazekage and Hokage finish fighting, kill the remaining people, and take both Jinchuriki into our possession," Pain said, looking at the two fighting.

"But, the battles on Kisame and Deidara's side don't seem to be going well. If we really wait until then to take action, won't our personnel losses be a bit too large?" Konan continued to ask.

"Sacrifices are necessary for peace."

...

Hokage, rooftop war

"Orochimaru, I didn't expect that it would be you standing here. Where is the Fourth Kazekage?" The Third Hokage was obviously surprised, but not too unexpected.

"He's dead."

Orochimaru licked the kunai and continued with a hoarse and cold voice, "Next, you will go to the same world as the Kazekage."

"You... are not the mastermind, are you?"

The Third Hokage suddenly asked.

"Hehe, quite sharp. But it's okay to tell you now, it's Danzo's plan," Orochimaru said with an indifferent smile.

"Danzo?"

The Third Hokage raised his eyebrows, finally sighed deeply, and said, "I knew it. If it were just you, it would be impossible to launch such an attack. There must be someone in Konohagakure to respond. So it's Danzo, huh? Not too surprising..."

He turned his head to look around, took another deep breath of smoke, and said, "Since you've come this far, you must be fully prepared, right? I have only one request. Before I die in battle, give me a chance to speak. I won't use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal on you."

"A chance?"

Orochimaru began to think. His strength had indeed increased a lot now, but if the Third Hokage really staked his life to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, even he would inevitably be hurt.

Death is certainly not going to happen, but once a part of the soul is cut off, the difficulty of Orochimaru's future practice of Senjutsu will be greater, and the cell optimization plan will also be difficult to advance. After all, whether there is a complete soul has a really big impact on the use of the Soul Transformation Technique.

So, it's better not to take risks!

"No problem, I'll give you this chance."

Orochimaru agreed, he looked at the Third Hokage, who didn't seem to care, and continued to ask, "Old man, have you been prepared for a long time?"

"Of course, even though that guy didn't say anything, I know he harbors hatred in his heart. He hates me and the higher-ups of Konohagakure. As long as I'm still here, he will never willingly take any position in Konohagakure."

"Moreover, we urgently need such a battle now, a battle that allows him to stand out... If I die in this battle, and he rises in this battle, and gains the coveted honor in a short time, it can lay a solid foundation for becoming Hokage in the future. If you add my will and last words, Konohagakure's future will be secured." The Third Hokage said with a satisfied smile.

"Hehe, then please go ahead and die."

Orochimaru also said with a smile.

"Sorry, sorry, that won't work. As Hokage, I have to die gloriously at the very least, I can't just die casually."

The Third Hokage tore open a piece, revealing the ninja outfit inside, and said solemnly, "Orochimaru, let me, as a teacher, check what progress you have made over the years."

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