The Grass and Rain shinobi arrived one after another. This was a top-tier battle between shinobi on the level of the Sannin, and they didn't want to miss it.
Konan and Nagato also brought Tsunade along. From a mountain in the distance, they watched Jiraiya and Liao Wu fight.
Worry clouded Tsunade's face. "Liao Wu has incorporated Grandfather's Cells. He has both Grandfather's enormous Chakra and Wood Style."
"And his Sharingan's Pupil Power is almost at the Mangekyo level. Can Jiraiya really beat him?"
Even setting the Sharingan aside, Jiraiya had no way to withstand a Wood Golem Technique on Hashirama's level.
Jiraiya's strongest technique was the combined Senjutsu he performed with the Two Toad Sages—Gama-Gama.
How could that move stand up to the Wood Golem Arhat?
Besides, with her expertise as a top medical ninja, Tsunade could tell that Jiraiya's upper body was still wrapped in bandages.
Jiraiya still hadn't fully recovered from the severe injuries Madara Uchiha had inflicted on him some time ago.
Had he come to save her with his body still covered in wounds?
Konan and Nagato also looked worried. Among the Rain Village shinobi present, they were probably the only ones who didn't want Jiraiya to die in battle.
Konan glanced up at the sky and saw Madara Uchiha hovering in the air.
But that was Madara Uchiha. Everyone here was just his plaything.
Just like their Teacher Jiraiya.
Madara Uchiha could have easily killed Jiraiya with a single move, but he chose not to. He wanted to see Jiraiya struggle before he died.
Even Liao Wu was just a puppet on Madara Uchiha's strings.
Cai Lai directed the Uchiha Clan's Ninja Cats as they set up cameras to record the battle between Liao Wu and Jiraiya.
It was partly to promote Liao Wu's