Soon, Takeru arrived at the battlefield being ravaged by giant snakes. Facing the three giant snakes, ordinary Chunin and Special Jonin had no means of resistance at all, and using all their strength, they could barely slow the snakes' advance.
Not to mention, Sunagakure's Ninjas would also take the opportunity to attack Konoha's Ninjas on the side.
"We must find a way to stop it here. Hasn't support arrived yet?!" Watching the giant snake continuously destroying Konoha's buildings, Ibiki felt a deep sense of helplessness.
Then, watching his comrades fall one after another beside him, and the Sunagakure's Ninjas moving quickly...
'We can't hold it back!' Despair crept into Ibiki's heart.
"Hail Fury Leap!" However, at that moment, everyone heard a clear voice, and then noticed the sky seemed to darken.
They instinctively looked up, only to see a massive blue sphere appear out of thin air above. The sphere was so large, several times bigger than the giant snake.
Then, the enormous sphere descended at incredible speed towards one of the snakes.
Boom! Bang!
With the sound of a massive impact and a shockwave, everyone saw the giant snake's head affected by the ice sphere, vomiting blood and collapsing to the ground, unsure if it was dead or unconscious.
Afterward, everyone stared blankly at a figure standing atop the huge ice sphere. The newcomer was truly Takeru. [Hail Fury Leap] was a skill Takeru learned from Esdeath. Although useless for himself, it was very effective for clearing out such monsters.
"What kind of Ninjutsu is that?" Seeing this unfamiliar Ninjutsu, Ibiki was also puzzled. He never knew anyone in Konoha could use Ice Release...
"Long time no see, Ibiki-san. It seems your situation is quite dire." Casually suppressing two snake heads, Takeru standing on the ice sphere looked at Ibiki with a light laugh.
"You are... Nara Takeru, a candidate from this Chunin Exams?" When he clearly saw Takeru's appearance, Ibiki was stunned.
Although he hadn't interacted much with Takeru, as a candidate who passed the first exam, a Ninja like him wouldn't forget so easily.
He never expected a Genin participating in the Chunin Exams could easily suppress a monster that many Chunin and Special Jonin couldn't stop.
Jiraiya, who was hidden and ready to act, was also stunned. The Summoning Technique he was about to use halted.
Looking at Takeru, he only felt unfamiliarity. Being able to use Ice Release of this level, yet he had never seen him before, made Jiraiya somewhat wary.
Takeru naturally sensed the hidden Jiraiya. Jiraiya, with his immense Chakra, was very prominent in Takeru's Observation Haki perception. However, it seemed he was just about to act.
Takeru had just beaten him to it. Noticing this, Takeru didn't mind at all and instead showed a smile. It seemed his arrival was quite timely.
After Takeru casually dealt with one giant snake, the other two snakes warily watched Takeru. Many Sunagakure and Konohas's Ninjas also stared dumbfounded at Takeru's cool entrance.
However, while these people were stunned, Takeru had no intention of dazing.
With a light snap of his fingers, dense clusters of ice spikes instantly appeared in the air above Takeru.
It was the [White Ice Shards] Takeru used earlier against Gaara, but this time the number was even larger, and the ice spikes were even bigger.
"Go, White Ice Shards!" As Takeru lightly waved his hand, a massive number of ice spikes flew towards the two giant snakes and the Sunagakure's Ninjas.
Squelch... Squelch...
With the continuous sound of blades piercing flesh, many Konoha's Ninjas stared blankly at this spectacular scene. The giant snakes' bodies were riddled with countless ice spikes, bleeding profusely. Many Sunagakure's Ninjas who couldn't dodge in time were also pierced by the huge ice spikes, falling to the ground.
Most importantly, all the ice spikes seemed to have eyes, directly avoiding Konoha's Ninjas.
"Roar!"
The immense pain made the two giant snakes roar in fury. Although the ice spikes caused great damage, they weren't enough to kill them immediately, so they angrily counterattacked Takeru.
Seeing both giant snakes' heads crashing towards him, Takeru remained calm, extending his right hand and clenching his fist.
Soon, a snake head closer to Takeru charged at him first.
"Be careful!" Ibiki below, seeing Takeru not dodging or evading and understanding the snake's power, could only shout a warning to Takeru.
Boom!!
A sound even louder than the ice sphere's impact rang out. Everyone soon saw the giant snake head, upon contact with Takeru, fly backward even faster.
Ibiki clearly saw the snake's jaw had a large hole torn open, bleeding profusely.
Takeru himself also sensed the snake's blood raining down, nearly touching him. Takeru directly used his will to intercept all the blood, not wanting it to dirty him.
After blasting away one snake, the other snake's attack soon arrived before Takeru. This time, Takeru didn't violently knock it away but easily blocked its charge. Then, its massive body began to freeze.
A few seconds later, a giant snake-shaped ice sculpture appeared before everyone, looking vivid under the sunlight.
With Takeru's sudden intervention, the Sunagakure's Ninjas were terrified. The leading Ninja, without thinking, directly shouted for the remaining Sunagakure's forces to retreat.
He clearly understood that such a figure was not someone they could handle. If they really tried, they wouldn't be enough.
Seeing them trying to escape, Takeru didn't intend to let them go. With another thought, several massive phantom Thunder Dragons appeared in the sky.
"Go, Thunder Dragons!" Takeru called lightly. The huge Thunder Dragons crashed into the fleeing Sunagakure's Ninjas. With crackling electrical sounds, many Sunagakure's Ninjas' bodies turned charred, forever remaining in Konoha.
Of course, although Takeru's attack was fierce, a small portion who fled early escaped the Thunder Dragons' baptism. Seeing the Sunagakure's Ninjas fleeing far away, Takeru could have caught up but chose not to pursue further.
Nodding to Ibiki, he disappeared from the spot.
Although the area with the snakes had the most Sunagakure's Ninjas, other places still had many Otogakure and Sunagakure's Ninjas attacking. Takeru intended to completely drive them out...
With Takeru's activity, soon, the Otogakure and Sunagakure's Ninjas attacking Konoha were all slain or driven away by Takeru.
After roughly circling Konoha once, Takeru returned to the main stadium.
At this moment, Orochimaru and Hiruzen were still in their final standoff.
Hiruzen was very confident that although Orochimaru's attack was somewhat sudden, Konoha's Ninjas could definitely handle it.
Simultaneously, Hiruzen told Orochimaru that the world's strongest power wasn't just mastering Ninjutsu, but that true Ninja power emerges when protecting loved ones.
"It seems I don't have the strength left to pull out your entire soul. But your ambitions end here!" After such a long stalemate, Hiruzen accepted it. Looking at Orochimaru, he made a certain decision in his heart.
"It's not over yet! My ambitions won't stop!" Hearing Hiruzen's words, Orochimaru shouted loudly.
"You are addicted in Ninjutsu, wasting Ninjutsu. I will give you the punishment most fitting for you. I will take away all the Ninjutsu you have mastered!" Hiruzen shouted at Orochimaru.
"What are you saying?!" Hearing his words, Orochimaru felt a sense of foreboding.
"Aaahhh!" Before he could think more, Hiruzen used great force again, vigorously pulling out the souls representing his arms.
Then, he had the Shinigami specter swing its blade, severing the souls of his arms.
Under Orochimaru's somewhat despairing gaze, Hiruzen completely sealed away the souls of his arms.
"My hands!" Watching his arms rapidly necrotize, Orochimaru couldn't accept it.
"Now your hands are completely useless. Since you cannot use your hands, you cannot perform hand seals. You can no longer use Ninjutsu. Your plan to destroy Konoha has failed!" In his final moments, Hiruzen shouted at Orochimaru.
"You old bastard, give me back my hands!" Orochimaru roared at him furiously.
"You've become foolish, Orochimaru. Although it's a pity I can't take you with me, my disciple, we will meet in that world sooner or later!" Feeling his soul being continuously consumed by the Shinigami, Hiruzen was convinced Orochimaru would join him there soon.
"You senile old man on your last breath, how dare you... how dare you take away my Ninjutsu?!" Orochimaru was somewhat hysterical looking at Hiruzen.
Hiruzen could no longer see clearly, slowly closing his eyes.