Strong Enough to Be Terrifying, Jiraiya's Crushing Defeat

Uchiha Shadian looked at Jiraiya and said indifferently, "Dodging is no fun, Jiraiya. If you're a man, face me head-on. Let's have a satisfying battle."

Hearing this, Jiraiya stomped hard, instantly shattering the ground. He sprang to a spot not far from Uchiha Shadian and fixed him with a sharp gaze, as if declaring that his own strength was capable of destroying heaven and earth.

"Now that's more like it!" Uchiha Shadian was brimming with fighting spirit. He had long wanted to test the power of his perfect Sage Mode, and Jiraiya's Sage Mode was undoubtedly the best test subject.

"Is this guy really from the Uchiha Clan? Why does he have silver hair?" Shima suddenly asked. She had never seen an Uchiha with silver hair before.

"Dyed, maybe!" Fukasaku replied instinctively.

"Uh, you two sages, we're still fighting!" Jiraiya reminded them. "But I can tell you that Shadian's hair has been naturally silver since birth."

Uchiha Shadian was speechless as he listened. At a time like this, they were still discussing his hair color? He could only condense a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken to snap them out of it.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

A piercing howl of wind rang out.

"Jiraiya, why does that look like your Rasengan?" Shima asked as she stared at the Wind Release: Rasengan in Uchiha Shadian's hand.

Jiraiya frowned. "It is a Rasengan, but he seems to have incorporated wind-nature transformation into it, causing the Rasengan to undergo a qualitative change. Shadian actually figured out the Rasengan's nature transformation. It looks like a tiny storm compressed to the absolute limit. If it hits you, you'll definitely die."

"Water Release: Water Slash." Fukasaku spewed out a column of water that shot toward Uchiha Shadian as fast as a cannonball.

The water column was fast, but under the combined perception of the Mangekyo Sharingan and Sage Mode, its trajectory was crystal clear to Uchiha Shadian.

With a flash.

Uchiha Shadian vanished from where he stood.

The instant he disappeared, the water column crashed into the spot where he had just been. With a bang, its terrifying power blasted apart the ground and bored deep into it, its depth unknown.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

A sharp sound came from behind them.

"Watch out, Jiraiya! He's behind you!" Fukasaku's expression changed drastically.

Bang!

The Wind Release: Rasengan struck Jiraiya directly like a falling meteor.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The Wind Release: Rasengan swelled and expanded, enveloping Jiraiya's entire body. Countless tiny blades of light sliced and pierced through him, blasting his body full of countless microscopic holes.

However, the struck Jiraiya soon turned into a log with a bang.

Crack.

The ground split open nearby, and Jiraiya leaped out from within.

Looking back at where he had just been, Jiraiya broke out in a cold sweat.

The place where he had stood was now a massive crater.

"Pretty quick reaction, Jiraiya." Uchiha Shadian stared at him coldly. "Awake now?"

"Use genjutsu, Little Jiraiya. Use it to interfere with his vision," Fukasaku suggested.

"Fine, then I'll leave it to you two." Jiraiya took a deep breath and nodded. Uchiha Shadian's Flying Thunder God Technique ambush from behind had truly frightened him.

With the Flying Thunder God Technique, the Mangekyo Sharingan, and Sage Mode at his disposal, the longer this battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would become for Jiraiya. He had to catch him off guard and end this quickly.

He would use genjutsu to disrupt Uchiha Shadian by surprise, then deliver a fatal blow and swiftly end the battle. Afterward, he would seal this cave that was constantly devouring Konoha, preferably closing the passage to the Netherworld Cave completely.

Fukasaku and Shima began forming hand seals at the same time.

"Are they about to use a genjutsu that can even ensnare the Rinnegan?" Seeing Fukasaku and Shima's hand seals, Uchiha Shadian roughly understood that they intended to cast genjutsu on him.

Fukasaku and Shima quickly finished preparing and cast their genjutsu at Uchiha Shadian.

"Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant."

The corners of Uchiha Shadian's mouth curled upward. The instant Fukasaku and Shima released their genjutsu, he used the Shadow Clone Jutsu, leaving behind a shadow clone while his real body directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave the area.

If he had not known about Jiraiya's senjutsu, this move might very well have killed him. Even Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, had lost three Pains to this technique! If those three Pains had not been empty shell clones, then Nagato would have effectively died three times from this attack.

Therefore, Jiraiya's combined sage technique was still extremely formidable. Once caught in it and plunged into confusion, one would definitely be seized by Jiraiya in Sage Mode and killed with a single blow.

Jiraiya's technique was powerful, but unfortunately, he had encountered Uchiha Shadian, a transmigrator who knew everything.

"We got him, Little Jiraiya! Hurry up and finish him!"

Seeing Uchiha Shadian's shadow clone completely fall for it and sink into the illusion, Shima hurriedly shouted to Jiraiya.

Though he felt no personal hatred toward Uchiha Shadian, he had to do this for Konoha.

Jiraiya hesitated for only a moment before ruthlessly driving his stone sword through Uchiha Shadian's chest.

A spray of blood burst forth and splattered across Jiraiya's face.

It splashed across both sages' faces as well.

"Something's wrong. Why does this blood taste like ketchup?" Shima said, touching her mouth.

"Oh no, that isn't his real body." Fukasaku's expression changed drastically.

"Too late." A cold voice rang out behind them as a sharp sword pierced straight through Jiraiya's chest.

Pfft!

Jiraiya violently spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Tongue Binding!" Fukasaku suddenly shot out his tongue toward Uchiha Shadian, trying to force him back and rescue Jiraiya from his grasp.

Flash!

Uchiha Shadian instantly vanished from where he stood, and Fukasaku's attack struck nothing but air.

"Damn it, the Flying Thunder God Technique again. This guy is too slippery," Shima cursed.

"Little Jiraiya, how are you? Are you all right?" After forcing Uchiha Shadian back and preventing him from inflicting further harm on Jiraiya, Fukasaku leaped down from Jiraiya's shoulder and immediately asked with concern.

Pfft!

Jiraiya spat out another mouthful of blood, dropping to one knee and gasping heavily.

"Uchiha Shadian has Sage Mode, powerful sensory abilities, and the Flying Thunder God Technique. It'll be difficult to hurt him. Dear, let's take Little Jiraiya and retreat first."

Shima took out a smoke bomb and threw it onto the ground. Using the cover of the smoke, she summoned the stomach of the Rock-Dwelling Great Toad and quickly fled through it.

When the smoke cleared, Uchiha Shadian looked around and found that Jiraiya was already gone.

"He ran pretty fast. But for a while, Jiraiya won't be able to interfere with me again." He held no hatred toward Jiraiya, and there was some affection between them. Still, Uchiha Shadian had long been mentally prepared for the day they would stand against each other. Jiraiya cared deeply about Konoha. Even if Tsunade, the woman he loved, did something to betray Konoha, he would strike against her without mercy.

Uchiha Shadian looked at the Gamabunta he had controlled and chose not to kill it. He would keep it around as a mount for Naruto in the future.

The moment he released his control over Gamabunta, the great toad immediately turned into a cloud of smoke and vanished without a trace, afraid that if it delayed even a little longer, it would be skinned, dried, and used as Chinese medicine.