In a moment.
Hundreds of meters around Naruto were covered in dense white hair senbon.
"It's not over yet! Sage Art: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"
Jiraiya's attacks were seamlessly linked. Knowing that the hair senbon couldn't harm Naruto, he retracted his white hair and performed a combination Ninjutsu.
He opened his mouth and spewed viscous toad oil, like a river breaking its banks, covering an extremely wide area. At the same time, the Sage Fukasaku on his shoulder took a deep breath and fiercely spewed out scorching hot flames!
"Boom—!!!"
Oil and fire met, instantly transforming into a golden sea of flames that seemed to incinerate the sky and boil the sea. The terrifying high temperature distorted space, and the golden waves of fire, carrying an all-consuming momentum, surged towards Naruto, who had just finished defending against the Hair Needle Senbon!
This was a Sage Art combination powerful enough to instantly evaporate rocks!
"Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet is already powerful, let alone a Toad Oil Flame Bullet cast with Sage Chakra."
Facing such a terrifying sea of Sage Art flames, there was no panic in Naruto's eyes.
With a few "Puff puff puff" sounds.
Five Shadow Clones appeared beside Naruto. Together, they formed hand seals and quickly unleashed a Sage Art Ninjutsu: "Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
Five enormous water walls, far surpassing ordinary Water Formation Walls, incredibly thick and with rapidly rotating water, rose from the ground!
This was not ordinary water, but "Sage Water" infused with Sage Chakra, its properties greatly enhanced!
Moreover, the quantity before them was comparable to a tsunami!
"Whoosh—!!!"
The golden sea of flames fiercely collided with the Super Water Formation Wall!
A huge burst of steam instantly erupted, rising like a mushroom cloud. Water and fire fiercely clashed, emitting a deafening hiss!
Steam filled the entire battlefield.
"A chance!"
Jiraiya keenly seized the moment when Naruto's vision was obscured by the steam. He slammed his hands onto the ground: "Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"
The hard rocky ground beneath Naruto instantly softened and liquefied, transforming into a vast, bottomless, muddy swamp emitting an ominous aura! A powerful suction instantly entangled Naruto's legs, threatening to drag him into a bottomless abyss!
"Got him!" Jiraiya rejoiced in his heart.
However, Naruto's calm voice came from the steam: "Sensei, take this move first!"
"Sage Art: Rasenshuriken!"
A sphere emitting a piercing whine, spinning at high speed, with countless sharp Chakra blades like Fuma shuriken extending from its edges, and terrifying Sage Chakra compressed at its core, instantly formed!
The destructive energy it contained made even the distant Sages Fukasaku and Shima feel a sense of dread.
"Go!"
Naruto fiercely threw the Sage Art: Rasenshuriken towards Jiraiya!
"Not good!" Jiraiya's expression changed. He could feel the terrifying tearing force and energy contained within that thing.
He dared not take it head-on and quickly formed hand seals: "Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
With a "rumbling" sound, a huge, thick earth wall instantly rose in front of Jiraiya, shaking the ground.
Under the enhancement of Sage Mode, this Earth Flow Wall was practically comparable to an Earth Flow Castle Wall.
However, under the terrifying destructive power of the Rasenshuriken, the Earth Flow Wall couldn't withstand it at all. It directly disintegrated with a loud "bang,"
drilling a huge hole and flying straight towards Jiraiya.
"What terrifying power! This kid, not only did he learn the Rasengan, but he also developed such a powerful Ninjutsu based on the Rasengan!"
"Sage Art: Needle Jizo!"
Jiraiya, who had no time to perform other Ninjutsu, while marveling and being alarmed, clapped his hands together. His hedgehog-like white hair behind his head instantly grew explosively,
enveloping him tightly into a giant white spiky ball.
Every strand of hair was infused with powerful Sage Chakra, making it harder than steel!
"Boom—!!!"
Sage Art: Rasenshuriken fiercely collided with Needle Jizo!
"Screeching—
—
Extremely piercing sounds of cutting, tearing, and explosion mixed together.
Countless sparks flew.
A violent energy storm raged!
The giant white ball formed by Needle Jizo was violently smashed away by the terrifying impact, crashing into a giant toad-shaped rock statue in the distance before stopping!
Countless broken white hairs scattered and flew, and fragments of the stone statue fell all over the ground.
When the storm subsided slightly and the hair dispersed, a somewhat disheveled Jiraiya was revealed. His red robe was damaged in a few places, and his aura fluctuated slightly, but his defense had, after all, blocked this terrifying blow.
"The Ninjutsu just now was an S-rank Ninjutsu formed by adding wind-nature Chakra's nature transformation to the Rasengan, and then applying shape transformation."
"The seemingly huge Rasenshuriken is actually a collection of countless tiny Chakra blades. Amazing! As expected of the Child of Prophecy mentioned by the old geezer!"
Sages Fukasaku and Shima also had solemn expressions in their eyes.
"Good—good kid!" Jiraiya gasped for breath, but his eyes burst with even stronger fighting spirit and an incredibly excited disbelief, "An S-rank Ninjutsu?"
"Do you want to keep fighting?"
Jiraiya hesitated.
Of course, he still had many powerful techniques he hadn't used.
In terms of offense alone, there was Sage Art: Great Ball Rasengan, and Sage Art: Goemon.
Besides that, there were various Genjutsu, Sealing Jutsu, and Summoning Jutsu.
The two toad Sages on his shoulders hadn't really made a move either.
But this wasn't a battle to the death; stopping at this point was enough.
Just then, Sage Fukasaku suddenly urged, "Little Jiraiya! Pay attention to your Sage Mode!"
Jiraiya's heart tightened, and he immediately sensed his own state.
Indeed, the natural energy transmitted by Sages Fukasaku and Shima on his shoulders began to become unstable. The orange eye shadow around his eyelids began to fade and blur at a visible speed, and even subtle frog-like skin markings appeared at the edges!
Sage Shima lectured, "Little Jiraiya, you've been slacking off on your training recently. You still need to cultivate the Two Great Sage Arts properly, otherwise, with the assistance of this old woman and my husband, your Sage Mode definitely wouldn't last only this long."
"Hahaha, I know."
Jiraiya gave an awkward laugh and a perfunctory reply, then looked towards Naruto, who had already escaped from the Swamp of the Underworld.
His "Sage face markings" were as clear as ever, without the slightest tremor, and his golden ribbons floated without wind, exuding an ethereal and transcendent aura.
His breathing was steady and long, as if the intense battle and the consumption of powerful Sage Art had no effect on him.
That pure, stable Sage Mode state, as if he had merged with nature, left Jiraiya deeply shocked and with a hint of powerlessness.
"Is this Perfect Sage Mode?" Jiraiya thought with a bitter smile, "No need for others' assistance, no fear of energy consumption, no risk of frog transformation… This is simply cheating!"
Jiraiya suspected that Naruto might be using cheats.
Naruto also noticed Jiraiya's change in state and had no intention of continuing the battle. He asked with concern, "Pervert Sage, are you alright?"
He should be fine, after all, the battle just now was merely a spar, and he hadn't even used thirty percent of his strength.
Putting aside other things, just stacking Sage Mode with markings, Eight Gates Formation, and Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Naruto would be like Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan; his strength could rise even further!