"Move!"
"Fourth Kazekage Rasa" gave a soft shout.
The next instant, the guards behind him immediately pulled out specially made black-smoke explosives and hurled them in every direction.
Boom!
Amid the explosions, countless shattered tiles and stones mixed with black smoke and fire, spraying outward and engulfing the main viewing stand.
Kakashi, Guy, Kurenai, and the others in the stands, along with numerous Anbu and Uchiha Sasuke in the arena, all turned at the sound.
Black smoke rose in curling plumes, quickly shooting high into the sky, visible for dozens of miles around.
"It's the signal!"
"Summon them immediately!"
Outside Konoha, the Sound Ninja and Sunagakure Ninja who saw the black-smoke signal were instantly galvanized and acted at once.
A squad of Sunagakure summoning ninja had long been standing ready. Upon seeing the signal, they immediately formed the final Hand Seals and slapped their respective summoning scrolls onto the massive summoning formation.
Bzzzz...
Amid the trembling hum, a colossal three-headed serpent, over a thousand feet long, roared into existence and charged viciously toward Konoha.
The Sunagakure Ninja and Sound Ninja followed behind the giant serpent, their killing intent overwhelming.
The moment the black smoke rose from the main viewing stand, Jiraiya flashed to Hiruzen Sarutobi's side, while Hatake Sakumo gripped his blade and charged straight in.
"White Fang of Konoha, Jiraiya... heh heh heh, interesting."
"Fourth Kazekage Rasa" ignored them and pressed directly toward Hiruzen Sarutobi. As for those two, someone would naturally deal with them for him.
"Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"
Houka's Hand Seals were truly as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning.
At the very instant Orochimaru approached Hiruzen Sarutobi, he stripped Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo of their sight!
For experts of Jiraiya and Hatake Sakumo's level, losing their vision only hindered them for half a