Konoha Crush Plan 4

The next moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi's figure crumbled into a heap of mud.

"No! It's an Earth Clone!" Orochimaru reacted first, his expression changing.

The "Hiruzen Sarutobi" they had struck rapidly broke apart into brown earth. Worse, the Earth Clone was packed inside and out with countless Explosive Tags!

BOOM!

A deafening explosion swallowed everything. Scorching flames and thick black smoke engulfed all three of them!

"Cough, cough!" Naraka waved away the smoke and dust, looking somewhat battered.

Mahito's spirit form rippled in the explosion, its shape briefly unstable.

Orochimaru had taken the blast with part of his serpentine body, his face dark.

But the attack was not over!

"Ninja Art: Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Bullet!"

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

"Earth Release: Earth Flow River!"

Before they could steady themselves against the blast and smoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi's calm, rapid incantations rang out from every direction!

Five powerful elemental techniques tore through gaps in the smoke like a storm, their paths and timing seemingly calculated in advance. Together, they formed a deadly net with no opening!

The lightning dragon roared, the fire dragon thrashed, wind blades shrieked, and the water dragon surged forward. Beneath their feet, the ground turned into a muddy swamp that threatened to swallow them whole!

"Damn it! How is he so fast?" Naraka swept his demonic aura through the barrage of wind blades and the water dragon, retreating again and again.

Mahito's spirit form twisted under the elemental onslaught, and he roared in fury. He tried to warp the incoming fire dragon with Idle Transfiguration, but the immense Chakra within the flames burned away his spiritual power in an instant.

Orochimaru tried to counter with Five Elements Ninjutsu, his hands flying through Hand Seals:

**"Earth Release: