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"No problem, I can do it," Karin nodded seriously.
"Jūgo, if a critical situation arises, I need you to support me," Orochimaru finally turned his gaze towards Jūgo.
"Okay," Jūgo replied concisely, as if this matter was very commonplace for him.
"Very good. Tomorrow, seize victory!" Orochimaru looked at the expressions of the three, suddenly laughing relaxedly.
"Seize victory! Seize victory!" Just as Orochimaru's voice fell, the less than one hundred Otogakure ninjas outside shouted in unison. Instantly, it seemed this critical situation united everyone in Otogakure into one rope.
"Very good! From now on, all Oto ninja on alert! For Otogakure and our families behind us!" Kakuzu jumped directly onto the roof of the command room, raising his arms and shouting.
"Certain victory! Certain victory! Certain victory!"
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"A group of ants! Just wait, Orochimaru. This time I will return all the humiliation!" Hearing the shouts coming from the opposite Otogakure, Rasa snorted coldly, his face fierce. As long as tonight passed, he could write 'village battle victory' onto his resume. After all, Sunagakure hadn't tasted victory for many years. He believed this victory could stimulate the atmosphere within Sunagakure. Thinking of this, Rasa finally calmed the excitement in his heart, then returned to his tent and began meditating...
Early the next morning, following the sounds of war drums, it signaled the beginning of Sunagakure's first wave of attack! A dense army of ninjas swarmed directly across the village border like locusts.
"Hahaha! Soon we'll see art! Lord En no Gyōja, aren't you joining?" Seeing this group of ninjas approaching, Deidara began laughing maniacally.
"This old man won't go over for now. But... it really has been a long time since being so artistic," En no Gyōja stroked his snow-white beard. The long-lost artistic cells began to feel active in his head.
Boom boom boom!!!!! Just as the few were chatting idly, Sunagakure's first wave of attack had already entered the defense line preset by Deidara.
"Art is an explosion!!! Hah!!!" Deidara stood directly on a small earthen mound, an extremely excited smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. Following his loud shout, the group of Suna ninjas who came over first were all blasted away by Deidara's wave of art. Remember, these bombs now weren't just Deidara's own exploding clay; they also incorporated the explosions from the Bomb-Bomb Fruit. This power couldn't be compared to before. Instantly, amidst the explosions, about ten Suna ninjas were directly blown apart by Deidara's wave of explosions. Numerous severed limbs appeared.
"Deidara's explosions seem even stronger. Looks like life at Boss Shinji's place is really good," On a distant mountain, Ōnoki sat on a towering tree, looking somewhat gratified at the arrogance on Deidara's face. It seemed... this was the life Deidara wanted? Was his decision to always want to bring him back to Iwagakure right or wrong? Ōnoki began to doubt himself somewhat.
"There are actually traps! Truly despicable!" Seeing the people he sent out being injured by explosions, Rasa behind couldn't hold back anymore.
"Fufufu, Rasa, this is war!" Orochimaru laughed fufufu. Seeing Rasa suffer a setback seemed to make him very happy.
"Jiton! Sakin Taisō (Magnet Release: Gold Dust Imperial Funeral)!" Following Rasa's Gold Dust Imperial Funeral, streams of gold dust formed into a massive wave, instantly overturning the entire land between Sunagakure and Otogakure. And with the appearance of this Gold Dust Imperial Funeral, all the exploding clay Deidara had ambushed in the middle were blown up, continuously creating huge explosion sounds in the air. Yes, this was the corresponding method Rasa used to crack Deidara's exploding clay. Although simple and crude, it was effective. Most of Deidara's exploding clay needed to be triggered or actively detonated by Deidara. This method could be described as the simplest and crudest.
"Deidara, your method doesn't seem very useful," Karin covered her mouth and said.
"Nonsense! I'll let them know my power," Deidara said somewhat exasperatedly. A technique he researched for so long was actually cracked so simply. This made Deidara feel somewhat annoyed.
"Deidara is still too green. Then how will Otogakure respond next? Such a large number gap; this isn't a simple war," On the tree, Ōnoki calmly analyzed everything on the battlefield. As a veteran with many years of war experience, Deidara's methods still seemed somewhat naive in Ōnoki's eyes.
However, Otogakure's current crisis wasn't just that Deidara's methods were cracked. There was another point: the Gold Dust Imperial Funeral had already arrived before Otogakure! Gold Dust Imperial Funeral was much larger than Desert Imperial Funeral, and gold dust was heavier than sand. The result was that the lethality after Gold Dust Imperial Funeral fell was much stronger than Desert Imperial Funeral.
Watching the overwhelming Gold Dust Imperial Funeral, the Oto ninjas with little battlefield experience felt somewhat trembling. Compared to the power of nature, humans seemed somewhat weak.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Sanjū Rashōmon (Summoning Technique: Triple Rashōmon)!" Orochimaru glanced at the greenhorns behind him, just smiled faintly, then directly summoned the Triple Rashōmon! Inherited from the First Hokage's Quintuple Rashōmon. The wide-open mouths, summoned to absorb all attacks, were defensive walls - Rashōmon. And summoning three such Rashōmon simultaneously was the physical defense technique Orochimaru employed.
The first gate bore the brunt of the frontal attack, the second gate reduced the impact's power, and the third gate dispersed the attack pressure. By the time the Gold Dust Imperial Funeral reached the third Rashōmon, its power was already greatly diminished, even losing control and stagnating directly on the ground.
"Fufufu, this really is a troublesome ability," Orochimaru picked up some gold dust that fell on the ground, yet showed no nervousness in his eyes.
"Money! Gold dust! Orochimaru! I want to tie him up and make him find gold dust for us to sell for money!" Compared to Orochimaru's calmness, Kakuzu's entire person directly boiled up. This was all gold dust! Meaning, this was all money! How could someone think of using gold dust as ninjutsu? What a waste of heavenly gifts! What a waste!!! This kind of ability should become one of my Kakuzu's little money-making experts! Thinking that if he could capture Rasa, Kakuzu's entire gaze towards Rasa changed, turning into naked greed!
"Calm down, Kakuzu. The current crisis hasn't been resolved yet," Orochimaru looked somewhat helplessly at Kakuzu. He was good at everything, just became strange whenever money was involved.
"Ahem, that was the other heart of Earth Grudge Fear speaking just now. Has nothing to do with me," Kakuzu coughed twice to explain.
"I testify. Mr. Kakuzu's psychological fluctuation just now was very normal. He said it himself," Jūgo timely added another stab. Of course, the result of this stab was Kakuzu glaring fiercely at him.
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"Still have time for idle chat, Orochimaru!!!" Suddenly, another stream of gold dust appeared. And standing atop the gold dust was precisely Rasa with his arms crossed. Looking down condescendingly at Otogakure's side. And behind him, under the effect of the gold dust, Sunagakure's Suna ninjas were already standing on it. Instantly, Rasa directly shortened the distance between the two sides to the minimum. And following the arrival of the gold dust, the ninjas above jumped down one after another, raising the kunai and shuriken in their hands, etc., and charged directly over.
"Everyone! Attack!" Orochimaru looked at the group of approaching Suna ninjas, directly spat out the Kusanagi sword from his mouth and held it in his hand, then charged directly towards Rasa's position.
"Orochimaru!!!" Rasa saw Orochimaru running towards him, his whole person also began charging over excitedly. Mmm, mutual rush confirmed.
Instantly, the battlefield divided into several sections. Orochimaru versus Rasa. Kakuzu versus Sō Nakayama (Kage-level). En no Gyōja, Deidara versus Kobayakawa (another Kage-level). The others faced opponents five times their number. Fortunately, what they carried were Otogakure's specified kunai and shuriken, which were several levels better than the Land of Iron manufactured ones carried by Sunagakure.
"Metsuryū Mahō! Group Heal!" Karin took a deep breath, her hands forming a unique posture. Following her voice, a huge magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground. And the range of the magic circle just happened to cover all the Otogakure ninjas within it.
"What is this? Sealing technique?" Rasa was stunned by this sudden blue magic circle. This patterned magic circle was really the first time he had seen it. However, just as Rasa was stunned, Orochimaru directly rushed forward to his side.
"Sen'ei Jashu (Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)!" Numerous snakes instantly appeared from Orochimaru's hands. And these snakes flicked their tongues, rapidly flying towards Rasa's body.
"Damn it! Jiton! Sakin Sōgeki (Magnet Release: Gold Dust Spears)!" Rasa condensed the gold dust into drill shapes, performing continuous thrusts against the Hidden Shadow Snake Hands Orochimaru created. Instantly, the two exchanged blows numerous times, appearing quite at ease. For a time, it was difficult to determine a winner.
Kakuzu's side held the upper hand. Instead, En no Gyōja and Deidara's side was constantly suppressed by the opponent. Let alone the ordinary ninjas. Although the weapons in their hands indeed held a great advantage, under the absolute strength gap, many were still injured. If it weren't for the healing effect of the Dragon Slayer Magic group heal released by Karin being too strong, Otogakure's defense line might very likely collapse within ten minutes.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Manda!" Suddenly, Orochimaru slammed the floor. A huge purple snake appeared before everyone.
"Hey! Orochimaru! Don't summon this great me for such troublesome matters, bastard! Careful I don't eat you! Hey Orochimaru! Prepare 100 living sacrifices for me afterwards!!!" Deep purple snake skin, light green snake eyes stared deadly towards Sunagakure's direction. At the same time, the four horns on its head seemed somewhat transforming towards dragon horns. As soon as Manda appeared, large amounts of chakra directly pushed back the gold dust created by Rasa. Of course, how could a thorn like him come out obediently to work? His words upon appearing were almost the same as later on.
"Fufufu, Manda, aren't the people opposite enough for you to eat?" Orochimaru sneered coldly. Due to Manda's appearance, the current Orochimaru stood on Manda's head, one hand tucked into the Otokage robe, seemingly chuckling lightly while looking towards Rasa's direction.
"Manda..." Rasa looked warily at Manda. Once upon a time, he also possessed a summoning beast. But in a previous duel with Orochimaru, it was directly swallowed by Manda. Thus, Rasa became so wary of Orochimaru and his Manda. But his coming here today, or rather, his decision to attack Otogakure wasn't so simple. He wanted to crush Otogakure directly before it could develop! Of course, the main reason was still because his Sunagakure was too poor, while Otogakure was too rich. Rasa had even thought it through. As long as this battle was won, he wouldn't care about the Land of Iron. Anyway, no one brought this matter out into the open. Even the Land of Iron could only swallow this hidden loss. So, his purpose this time was simple: kill Orochimaru, destroy Otogakure, then swallow all of Otogakure's technology alone. Rasa believed that as long as he and Sunagakure grasped Otogakure's technology, then Sunagakure definitely wouldn't be as poor as now!
"Didn't expect it's an acquaintance. I remember... your name is Rasa, right? Your summoning beast was truly delicious. Did you prepare some for this great me this time?" Manda finally saw Rasa's face clearly. He still had a strong impression of this person. Back then, Orochimaru and he also spent great effort to kill Rasa. And Rasa's summoning beast back then was swallowed by him in one bite. New hatred piled upon old grudges, Rasa's expression looking at Manda had completely changed.
"Manda, this time I will definitely kill you, then put you on a rack and roast you," Rasa said fiercely, then suddenly lifted both hands. Following his action, streams of gold dust had already surfaced beside Rasa, circling around him forming rings made of gold dust.
"Fufufu, Manda. This time let us completely shatter his illusions," Orochimaru licked his lips.
"Alright. But the 100 living people mentioned before, you still have to give me," Manda laughed cruelly. To him, humans were just food on a plate.
"Naturally. So many people opposite, eat as many as you want. I won't mind," Orochimaru stated calmly. Seeing Orochimaru's expression, the Sunagakure villagers opposite couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. This person, no, these two snakes... how did they collectively induce fear in them.
"Bragging is only for now, Orochimaru. Didn't you see the surroundings?" Rasa said fiercely. Following Orochimaru's gaze towards the surroundings, unknown when, Rasa's gold dust had already permeated his surroundings. And some had even begun spreading towards Otogakure's ninjas.
"Only discovered now? Unfortunately, it's too late! Jiton! Sakin Shibari (Magnet Release: Gold Dust Binding)!" Rasa saw Orochimaru finally noticed this point, directly clenched both hands. Streams of gold dust directly materialized beside most Oto ninjas, forming chains, seemingly forming a cage, locking them all up. Moreover, these chains seemed to be rapidly shrinking inwards, looking like they wanted to crush them alive.
"Saibō Haishutsu (Cell Expulsion)!" Seeing the situation around, Jūgo's hands suddenly clapped together. Following his action, the cells on his body seemed to separate. Carried by natural energy, they arrived beside the people enveloped by gold dust. Following waves of sounds, these cells directly expanded. Without harming the people inside, they directly pushed open the cages of gold dust! Just like that, the sure-kill opportunity meticulously created by Rasa was cracked by Jūgo. And Jūgo, under this technique, his body directly shrank to the size of a small baby. Although still able to stand, it was clear due to excessive use of natural energy, he currently had no combat ability left.
"What!?" Rasa saw his sure-hit move directly cracked, somewhat astonishedly widening his eyes.
"Fufufu, Rasa, is this your means? Truly interesting," Orochimaru's words carried mockery.
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