The attack failed, but Uchiha Makito was not irritated. After all, he knew very well what kind of people his opponents were.
In the next second, his figure vanished directly, and Kushina disappeared together with him.
"This guy..."
"Where is he going?"
Seeing the pitch-black Susanoo and Kushina both vanish, Minato and the old man Sarutobi felt a surge of unease.
Gekko Chizan directly asked Chōmei and Tagitsuhime.
After all, one of them could sense, and the other had insect vision. As for himself, he had to keep an eye on Nagato and his five bodies in front of him.
"Chizan, that bastard seems to have gone to your village."
"His dōjutsu can pull and shorten distance. I'll go— you'd better hurry back."
Tagitsuhime used senjutsu energy to sense for a moment. In the next second, she froze, because the other party was already inside Konoha Village.
What?
Damn it, this bastard— how insidious.
"Hmph! An opening!"
"Banshō Ten'in!"
"Missile launch!"
Gekko Chizan was momentarily stunned, but Nagato would not hesitate. Under the control of Banshō Ten'in, even the enormous body of the Titan Python was dragged in an instant.
The Asura Path erupted all over, its mechanical body firing countless missiles.
"Boom!"
A point-blank barrage directly blasted Gekko Chizan into a daze. He wasn't injured, but the continuous explosions shook him badly, his ears ringing.
"Chizan!"
"I'll help—"
Minato immediately prepared to activate Flying Thunder God, but in the next second, a clone appeared in front of him.
It was Gekko Chizan's shadow clone.
"Minato, old man, back to the village!"
"Now!"
As soon as the words fell, a violent explosion erupted in the direction of the village.
"Boom!"
Firelight instantly ignited the night sky.
At this point, even without Gekko Chizan saying anything, Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen knew where Kushina had gone.
The two Hokage figures both changed expression.
"If Kushina goes berserk and a battle breaks out in the village, you know the consequences."
"Leave this side to me. You handle that side."
After saying this, Gekko Chizan's clone disappeared.
Then Namikaze Minato and Sarutobi Hiruzen also vanished.
One was the clone dispersing; the other two used Flying Thunder God to leave.
In the end, only Gekko Chizan and Nagato remained on the battlefield.
"Nagato, now there's really nothing left to get in the way."
"Come— fight!"
The Titan Python let out a sky-shaking roar and charged again.
The missiles from earlier were nothing more than a scratch to it. With ample senjutsu chakra support, even if part of its body was blown apart, it could recover rapidly.
...
At the same time, far away in Takigakure, Tagorihime and Ichikishimahime appeared simultaneously. They exchanged a glance and then looked south in unison.
"They've clashed. That's Chizan's aura."
"Who is his opponent, to make him this angry?"
It wasn't that the two of them didn't want to go. It was because Gekko Chizan had given them the task of protecting Pakura, and they also trusted Gekko Chizan's strength greatly.
"With Tagitsuhime there, it should be fine."
"After all, even if we don't want to admit it, she really is more suited for battle than the two of us."
There was still a trace of worry in Tagorihime's eyes, but when she thought of Tagitsuhime's other side, she dismissed the thought.
The Three Snake Princesses usually appeared in human form. Even when they fought, they only revealed a hint of snake traits— because they had never gone all out.
Once they went berserk, that would be a true nightmare.
...
"Chizan, hehehehehe..."
"Today, with only me here, I'll let you truly see my power as one of the Three Snake Princesses of Ryūchi Cave."
"Hiss! Facing the Rinnegan— not bad!"
Tagitsuhime's slightly crazed voice suddenly rang out.
But in the next second, the red snake's body was bombarded by a barrage of missiles.
"Summoning Technique!"
At the same time, the Animal Path and the Human Path returned. They destroyed all the formula kunai belonging to Gekko Chizan in the surrounding area.
After returning, they immediately joined the battle.
Three plumes of white smoke rose at once.
In the next second, countless bubbles surged out, directly covering both the Titan Python and the red snake.
Two massive pincers suddenly thrust out from the white smoke.
It was a gigantic crab with numerous black rods embedded in its body, its massive form utterly terrifying.
Two more figures emerged— a colossal centipede was already moving in to encircle the two snakes.
A huge bird soared into the air, with the Human Path and the Animal Path standing on its back.
"Tch, troublesome summoned beasts!"
"Crash through them!"
Who was Gekko Chizan? With Sage Mode activated, he completely changed his usual fighting style. At this moment, his mind was filled with nothing but killing.
"Ahahahahaha!"
"All food!"
"Chizan, dodge!"
"Snakes give birth to all things!"
The bubbles were completely scattered as a red light suddenly exploded forth.
Tagitsuhime, transformed into a crimson snake, thrust her tail fiercely into the ground.
In the next second, the entire ground began to tremble.
One beam, two beams— countless red lights began to emerge from the earth.
In Nagato's Rinnegan, innumerable snakes glowing with red light instantly appeared.
These snakes were entirely red, with only a single black line along their bellies, looking extremely eerie.
"Snake Cage Hell!"
"Eat them!"
At this moment, the crimson snake formed by Tagitsuhime wore a ferocious expression, utterly mad. The senjutsu chakra surging from her body made even Gekko Chizan feel palpitations, and he couldn't help murmuring:
"So this is the true strength of the Snake Princesses of Ryūchi Cave..."
One had to know that the Three Snake Princesses of Ryūchi Cave were snakes that had cultivated for over a thousand years. The senjutsu chakra contained within them was far beyond what he could compare to.
The entire area was completely under Tagitsuhime's control alone.
And the swarm of snakes activated by her senjutsu chakra immediately entangled the crab and the centipede.
Snake mouths clamped down one after another. The paralyzing venom caused these two powerful summoned beasts to instantly lose their combat capability.
"Hmph, a sage from the Three Great Sacred Lands?"
"Almighty Push!"
Seeing the red snakes around him bite toward him, Nagato raised his hand and unleashed an Almighty Push.
The energies of both sides collided, and everything red shattered into crimson fragments.
Just when Nagato thought the opponent had been eliminated, those red fragments began to gather bit by bit, reforming into the same red snakes as before— not a single one missing.
"And there's me too, bastard!"
"Rasengan!"
Suddenly the ground shattered. A blue-gray snake tail burst forth violently, and Gekko Chizan charged out from it.
In his hand, he held a Rasengan.
Seizing the five-second cooldown of Almighty Push, he rushed straight in.
"Hmph!"
With a cold snort, the Asura Path stepped directly in front.
Seeing the Asura Path appear, Gekko Chizan suddenly smiled.
A smile that was eerie, treacherous.
The Rasengan struck the Asura Path. In the next second, countless invisible powders exploded outward, scattering in all directions.
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