Chapter 116: Chapter 116: Eight Flash Strikes, Thunder and Lightning Explosion
'What...'
Jiraiya looked at the thunderstorm coming toward him.
The terrifying lightning was even more shocking than the one Sasuke had unleashed earlier.
However, what struck Jiraiya as most unbelievable was that within this lightning, he felt the chill of a sharp blade's edge.
Dodge!
But at this point, it was already too late.
Jiraiya could only watch as the lightning slammed into his chest.
In an instant, Jiraiya felt as though his chest had exploded open.
The horrific lightning was rampaging across his body, but it didn't cause any numbing sensation. Instead, Jiraiya felt the intense burning pain of fire.
Thud!
Jiraiya's body crashed heavily to the ground, rolling several times before finally coming to a stop.
He quickly staggered to his feet, but his steps were unsteady, nearly causing him to fall again.
His face was pale as he looked at Sasuke, who was still struggling to escape the swamp.
Jiraiya lowered his gaze to his chest.
His chest was a bloody mess, his clothes shredded to pieces.
The intense pain made Jiraiya's consciousness blur.
'What a powerful blow...'
'Is this ninjutsu?'
No!
It couldn't be ninjutsu. Sasuke hadn't used any hand seals and had launched the attack directly with his ninja sword.
Swordsmanship, taijutsu!
To think there was such a powerful long-range taijutsu!
Jiraiya quickly took a deep breath as he watched Sasuke struggling to free himself from the swamp.
He raised his hand and swiftly formed seals. He couldn't let Sasuke escape so easily.
If Sasuke were to get away, with his speed and current condition, things would become very troublesome.
Using taijutsu to fight, Sasuke's speed alone was already overwhelming, and his attacking power was equally terrifying.
Jiraiya could no longer easily defend against Sasuke's attacks.
'Damn kid... I underestimated you.'
If he were in Sage Mode, Jiraiya would be confident that even Sasuke's powerful taijutsu wouldn't be much of a problem for him, and his speed wouldn't be much slower than Sasuke's.
But in the current situation, there was no time to accumulate chakra and enter Sage Mode.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"
A much more powerful Great Fireball erupted, its scorching flames racing straight toward Sasuke.
Sasuke, who was still struggling to break free from the Underworld Swamp, saw the oncoming flames.
He desperately leaped out of the swamp at the last possible moment.
He dodged the Great Fireball's attack, but Sasuke was a little disheveled as he rolled across the ground.
Now, Sasuke could continue using Thunder Breathing to quickly deal with Jiraiya.
However, as Sasuke was getting up, a series of footsteps suddenly rang out.
Sasuke looked up.
Several Jiraiyas rushed toward him at the same time.
At the same time, a series of hair needles rapidly shot toward him.
"Hair Needle Thousand Hands!"
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Jiraiya, while dodging Sasuke's Great Fireball, showed no intention of stopping.
He had already felt Sasuke's strength, and in this situation, if he hesitated for even a moment, today might be the day he falls to Sasuke's hands.
However, Sasuke was breathing heavily.
In Curse Mark mode, controlling his breath wasn't that easy.
Now, after Sasuke had unleashed several attacks with the Breath of Thunder, only after escaping from the Hellswamp did he feel that his body seemed to be reaching its limit.
Although he had hit Jiraiya earlier, looking at the current situation, Jiraiya still had the strength to fight.
Sasuke's Sharingan spun rapidly, and suddenly his gaze locked onto a figure retreating behind the shadow clones.
Whoosh!
He exhaled softly.
As he watched the hair needles almost completely cover his position and prepare for indiscriminate attack—
In the next moment, Sasuke activated the Breath of Thunder again.
"Breath of Thunder!"
"First Form!"
"Thunderclap Eight Flash!"
Swish!
Electricity exploded from Sasuke's body, and in the instant he charged forward, he dodged the hair needle's attack range.
Simultaneously, he flashed continuously, rapidly passing through Jiraiya's shadow clones, eliminating them all in an instant.
The speed of the seven consecutive flashes stacked to its peak.
The final flash!
Sasuke pierced through Jiraiya's neck with a single strike, but the next moment, Sasuke's expression changed to one of horror.
Boom!!
This Jiraiya was also fake!
A shadow clone!
"Damn!"
Sasuke gritted his teeth and breathed heavily.
Though it was just the First Form, eight consecutive flashes had already pushed Sasuke, who was near his limit, to the breaking point.
Turning around!
Jiraiya had already jumped to a distance.
The moment Sasuke locked onto Jiraiya's figure, he suddenly inhaled deeply.
"Breath of Thunder!"
Poof!
Blood dripped from the corner of Sasuke's mouth. Forcing himself to use the Breath of Thunder in this state was already extremely difficult for him.
"Sixth Form!"
Zzzzt...
Lightning erupted from Sasuke's ninja sword, and at that instant, Jiraiya understood.
"What is this ninjutsu? Using chakra through a ninja sword?"
Just as Jiraiya was thinking this, a sudden burst of lightning erupted.
"Thunder Strike ~ Lightning Crash!"
Sasuke's ninja sword suddenly slashed toward Jiraiya from afar.
The explosive lightning immediately surged forward, turning into a net of electricity that rushed at Jiraiya like a tidal wave.
Where it passed, the ground shattered as though crushed by some giant creature's foot.
Jiraiya's eyebrows twitched.
"This move... is stronger than the previous attack!"
"This kid can still perform such an attack in that state, this must be his final strike!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Chakra gathered wildly in Jiraiya's hands.
Double Great Rasengan...
Boom!
The collision between lightning and Rasengan erupted.
This explosion was even more intense than before.
The Konoha ninjas on the roof silently swallowed their saliva.
The battle before them was simply... too... intense!
Sasuke's Eight Flash earlier had once again amazed the Konoha ninjas, and now the visual shock brought by the Thunder Strike Lightning Crash was equally overwhelming.
Lord Jiraiya was injured, but Sasuke didn't look much better either.
The rumble continued.
Could it be that the legendary Sannin would be defeated by a mere Genin?!
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