Seeing Jiraiya spit a mouthful of stagnant blood and already be able to move freely, Third Raikage frowned.
It seemed he had somewhat underestimated these young-generation geniuses of Konoha previously; in his original thoughts, these so-called geniuses were nothing more than mere paper tigers before him.
"The young generation of Konoha is truly not simple. To take a punch of mine head-on and only spit a mouthful of stagnant blood."
Amidst his words, Third Raikage vanished from the spot once more. Focusing his gaze and spotting the direction the Raikage was advancing, Fugaku formed seals with both hands.
"Earth Release, Swamp of the Underworld."
"Wind Release, Vacuum Wave."
The Hokage and Orochimaru rapidly formed seals as well.
"Earth Release, Earth Moving Core."
"Wind Release, Breakthrough."
Successive jutsu appeared along the path of the Raikage's advance. The area ahead of the Raikage suddenly turned into a swamp, and the ground behind the swamp began to sink.
The Raikage's figure halted before the swamp, not continuing forward, and the two Wind Release jutsu attacks were easily evaded by him.
"Hokage, the way I see it, the best method to counter the Raikage currently is to mingle with Kumogakure so that the Raikage's speed cannot be brought into play.
The Raikage does not possess the Sharingan or Byakugan. As long as Konoha shinobi and Cloud shinobi are engaged in combat together, the Raikage's speed advantage will instead turn into a liability," Fugaku said softly.
The Third Hokage nodded and said, "Indeed, I have this thought as well. Once Konoha shinobi and Cloud shinobi become entangled, if the Raikage charges about so recklessly, he is very likely to mistakenly injure his own people."
Biting his finger, the Hokage summoned the Adamantine Staff and shouted, "Advance! Fugaku, Orochimaru, the two of you are responsible for