The lightning on the Third Raikage's body continuously flickered, as he unleashed his strongest offensive ninjutsu, Hell Stab.
This ability of the Hell Stab earned the Third Raikage the title of "the man with the strongest spear."
The Third Raikage's figure vanished in place like a flash of lightning, a result of his extreme speed. In an instant, the Third Raikage appeared before Orochimaru, his four fingers like sharp blades, an attack capable of easily piercing most hard objects in the ninja world.
"Such speed!" Orochimaru couldn't even react, his body directly pierced by the Third Raikage's attack.
But the Third Raikage showed no joy, as the Orochimaru in his hands turned directly into mud. Unbeknownst to him, Orochimaru had already used a clone to take the brunt of the Third Raikage's attack.
"As expected of one of the Konoha's Sannin, he still has some tricks up his sleeve." The Third Raikage turned towards a certain direction, where Orochimaru reappeared.
Orochimaru did not hide; for a powerhouse like the Third Raikage, hiding would be ridiculous.
Orochimaru looked at the Third Raikage with a headache. Even if he used all his techniques, dealing with the Third Raikage would still be difficult.
Moreover, the other Konoha Ninja were also entangled with the Cloud Ninja.
Just then, a faint voice echoed from above the battlefield, followed by a figure descending from the sky.
"Orochimaru-sensei, your disciple is late." A figure gently landed on the battlefield.
"Tianyuan." Orochimaru was stunned. He hadn't expected to see Tianyuan here, especially when he was having such a headache about this battlefield.
Could Tianyuan have some kind of mind-reading ability? They encountered trouble here, and Tianyuan just rushed over by himself? Otherwise, how could he be so timely?
Well, if Tianyuan knew Orochimaru's thoughts, he would only say, "There's no other way, this is the protagonist's treatment."
Just like when Tianyuan read a book called Battle Through the Heavens in his original world, the protagonist would always appear at the most critical moment, neither too early nor too late. This is what's called the Protagonist's Halo.
To some extent, Tianyuan also possessed the Protagonist's Halo.
"Tianyuan…" The Third Raikage's expression darkened. He also hadn't expected Tianyuan to be here. Wasn't Tianyuan on the battlefield with the Mist Ninja?
Even if Konoha's intelligence had been leaked, Tianyuan couldn't have arrived so quickly. They had only been fighting these Konoha Ninja for a short time.
The Third Raikage wanted to capitalize on this time difference, but he didn't expect to miss it and instead have Tianyuan seize the time difference.
"Tianyuan." A, Killer B, and others abandoned their opponents and came to the Third Raikage's side.
They knew Tianyuan's terror. Even the Third Raikage was not Tianyuan's match before, so they wanted to unite with the Third Raikage to confront Tianyuan.
Even if Tianyuan used Susanoo, they were confident they could contend with him.
"Lord Tianyuan." The Konoha Ninja also slowly discovered Tianyuan's presence, and their eyes lit up with joy.
In the hearts of these Konoha Ninja, Tianyuan represented victory. Appearing in their time of crisis once again, Tianyuan was like their ray of hope.
"Konoha's genius, Tianyuan." Many Cloud Ninja also noticed Tianyuan's presence, filling their hearts with worry and panic.
This caused their fighting against the Konoha Ninja to slightly falter.
"Tianyuan, you're not late at all; in fact, you're very timely this time." Orochimaru smiled slightly. Tianyuan's arrival meant he didn't have to reveal his trump cards.
Otherwise, if other Konoha Ninja saw them, Orochimaru would have difficulty explaining.
Hiruzen Sarutobi would definitely ask questions then, and Orochimaru didn't want to defect from Konoha just yet; he had a strong interest in the Hokage position.
"Orochimaru-sensei, then I'll leave the battle to you." Tianyuan looked at the Third Raikage and his companions.
"Tianyuan, how did you get here? Weren't you on the battlefield with the Mist Ninja?" The Third Raikage asked with a grim expression.
The Cloud Ninja's plan might be ruined by Tianyuan again. Tianyuan truly seemed to be the bane of the Cloud Ninja.
"The battlefield with the Mist Ninja?" Tianyuan smiled faintly. "Because I'm no longer needed there."
"You're no longer needed there?" This puzzled the Third Raikage. What was going on? Did Tianyuan discover the situation here and come to reinforce them?
But that couldn't be right. The Cloud Ninja's plan had never been exposed.
"I think you're mistaken, because we've already repelled the Mist Ninja," Tianyuan said, shaking his head.
This news would eventually be exposed. After Tianyuan arrived on this battlefield, if the major ninja villages learned about Tianyuan, they would quickly investigate the battlefield with the Mist Ninja. So Tianyuan could only use a time difference.
Therefore, there was no harm in revealing the news now.
"Repelled the Mist Ninja? How can that be?" The Third Raikage and the others' faces flashed with disbelief. Kirigakure's war with Konoha hadn't lasted as long as their own battle with Konoha.
Logically, Kirigakure shouldn't have been repelled by Konoha so quickly.
Suddenly, the Third Raikage thought of one person, the person standing before him, Tianyuan.
Perhaps only he could achieve such a feat, capable of severely damaging Kirigakure single-handedly.
If the timing was accurate, Konoha might have been able to defeat Kirigakure.
Orochimaru was also slightly surprised to hear Tianyuan's explanation, not expecting Konoha to have already won on that battlefield.
"What are you going to do now?" The Third Raikage slowly asked. He knew that since things had come to this, either the Cloud Ninja would retreat, or they would fight Tianyuan here.
If they held out on the other battlefields, they still had a chance to win.
But if they couldn't defeat Tianyuan here, and were instead defeated by him, then the other battlefields would also experience a domino effect.
"What to do? The Cloud Ninja attacked our Konoha. What do you think should be done?" Tianyuan smiled faintly, forming hand signs.
"Wood Clone Jutsu."
Dozens of Tianyuan appeared on the battlefield.
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