Yet Feng Yao's gaze remained calm, without the slightest panic.
The Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan miraculously passed right through Feng Yao!
"What?!"
Immediately afterward, Jiraiya also passed through Feng Yao's body.
Intangibility!
Jiraiya's pupils contracted sharply!
He immediately activated the two sages' technique, Toad Confrontation Chant!
Waves of genjutsu sound swept through the air!
Yet the genjutsu had no effect on Feng Yao whatsoever.
The Sharingan could be called a natural counter to genjutsu, let alone Feng Yao's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
How was using genjutsu in front of him any different from showing off before a master?
Seeing this, Sage Shima immediately unleashed Fire Release, shooting a stream of fire toward Feng Yao.
"Pa!"
"Got it!"
Having worked with Shima for years, Sage Fukasaku already knew what to do!
Sage Fukasaku unleashed Wind Release Ninjutsu with one hand, sending it toward Feng Yao together with the stream of fire.
Sage Art: Hair Needle Senbon!
Seeing this, Jiraiya also used his signature move, his previously soft long hair instantly hardening!
The next moment, all his hardened hair shot out like a torrential downpour.
Thousands of white hairs fired at once, forming an impenetrable rain of needles that hurtled toward Feng Yao.
Feng Yao's expression remained calm.
The attacks still passed through his body, leaving no trace on him.
"Even ninjutsu doesn't work?"
Jiraiya landed on a rock, his gaze wary and solemn.
"Little Jiraiya, that boy's ability seems to let him ignore physical attacks. I suspect it's his Mangekyo ability!"
"Indeed. Ninjutsu and taijutsu don't do much against that boy, and genjutsu is his specialty..."
"But I suspect that ability to ignore attacks must have a time limit!"
"Exactly, little Jiraiya. Here on Mount Myōboku, we can wear him down. I refuse to believe he can maintain that ability forever!"
Hearing the two sages' analysis, Jiraiya also felt that Feng Yao could not maintain his ability forever.
And here on Mount Myōboku, natural energy was abundant. With the two sages' help, he could wear that brat Feng Yao down.
Feng Yao also landed on a rock, his gaze calm, as though he had merely been warming up.
Only the slight upward curve of Feng Yao's lips betrayed his thoughts.
"Damn it..." Jiraiya was furious. He was going to show this guy what he could do today!
"Summoning Technique!"
Three giant toads appeared: Gamabunta, who had just been sent flying and whose face was still swollen; Gamahiro, carrying two swords on his back; and the toad swordsman, carrying a large bowl on his back and holding a round-pronged fork.
The toad swordsman carried a large bowl on his back and held a round-pronged fork.
"Go!"
"Many against one?"
Feng Yao formed hand seals, creating nine clones!
Each clone was assigned three toads!
The golden Susanoo transformed, reaching its third stage in a single breath.
Moreover, these Susanoo had complete, full-body forms and held straight swords.
The three toad brothers: "..."
Looking at themselves engulfed in shadow, the three brothers began to question everything!
Seriously, man, are you cheating?!
The corners of Jiraiya's and the two sages' mouths twitched, and they were secretly alarmed as well.
"Damn it, don't underestimate us!"
Gamabunta drew his blade and leaped high, trying to get past the clones, only to be kicked away by one Susanoo as two others punched at once!
Gamabunta ended up belly-up again...
"Damn it..."
Jiraiya felt helpless. He had never expected Feng Yao to have become this strong.
And wasn't his chakra far too excessive?
Gamabunta lay belly-up, while Toad Ken and Gamahiro were also being bullied.
He had exhausted every means...
Jiraiya knew he could no longer do anything to Feng Yao.
Feng Yao had merely been holding back throughout their earlier battle.
Feng Yao had won the wager.
"Alas..."
Old man...
"Feng Yao, stop. You win..."
Jiraiya knew he was no match for Feng Yao.
This was not a fight to the death, so why fight as though it were?
Charging headlong into a fight he knew he could not win was just asking for a beating, wasn't it? He had no masochistic tendencies.
Jiraiya considered himself no sore loser.
Hearing this, Feng Yao dispelled his clones, and all nine immediately dissolved into smoke.
Once their opponents disappeared, Toad Ken and Gamahiro lay on the ground like dead dogs.
They were utterly exhausted...
Jiraiya deactivated Sage Mode, and its physical features receded like the tide.
The two sages, Fukasaku and Shima, jumped down from his shoulders, looking at Feng Yao as though he were a monster.
Another "Madara Uchiha"...
The younger generation truly was formidable. Truly formidable.
First little Minato, and now this Uchiha boy. The shinobi world really did keep producing talent...
The two sages marveled inwardly.
"Thank you for the match, Jiraiya, honored sages..."
Feng Yao used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside them and smiled faintly, showing no intention of being modest.
Jiraiya curled his lip. "This guy..."
"Boy, was that ability you used to ignore attacks your Mangekyo ocular technique?"
Sage Shima asked.
"Yes, that was my Mangekyo ocular technique."
Shima nodded and asked no further questions. Fukasaku and Jiraiya had no intention of asking more either. Everyone had their own secrets.
"Feng Yao, once you learn Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode, it looks like you'll get even stronger..."
Jiraiya could not help sighing.
"But learning Sage Mode is still very difficult. Back then, even Minato took several years to learn it."
Yet Jiraiya's expression instead held a hint of gloating.
The thought of Feng Yao having to smear himself with toad oil and eat multicolored bugs while training in Sage Mode...
Made Jiraiya feel much better.
The two sages, Fukasaku and Shima, wholeheartedly agreed.
"Ahem, well, haven't you misunderstood something?"
Feng Yao coughed and spoke with a serious expression.
Hearing Feng Yao's words, Jiraiya and the two sages all froze.
"I never said I wanted to learn Sage Mode..."
"What?!"
Jiraiya sprang upright, staring at Feng Yao with wide eyes.
"Then why did you come to Mount Myōboku?!"
"Uh..."
For a moment, Feng Yao was stumped. Was he supposed to tell Jiraiya he had come to check in?
Then Feng Yao grew unabashed. "Can't I just want to come to Mount Myōboku to enjoy the scenery?"
Seriously, who enjoys the scenery like this?!
The two sages and the three toad brothers all stood straight, speechless...
The corner of Jiraiya's mouth twitched...
In the end, Feng Yao declined the bugs Sage Shima offered him and returned to the shinobi world through the Reverse Summoning Technique.
Just as Jiraiya was also preparing to return through reverse summoning, a small toad hurried up to them.
"Pa, Ma, Jiraiya, the Great Toad Sage has woken up! He told me to hurry and bring you over!"
Hearing this, Jiraiya and the two sages exchanged a glance and headed into the great toad hall.
An elderly giant toad sat upright on a cushion, his eyes repeatedly narrowing as though he were struggling against drowsiness.
"Great Toad Sage, we're here!"
"Oh, it's you. Did you need something?"
The Great Toad Sage asked in return.
The corner of Jiraiya's mouth twitched, though the two sages were already used to it.
"Great Toad Sage, weren't you the one who summoned us?"
"Oh, me? Let me think..."
"Oh, right..."
As though he had remembered something, the Great Toad Sage immediately grew serious.
"In the near future, many major events will occur in the shinobi world."
"...I can't remember exactly what. There seemed to be a white figure beneath a lone red moon, and... and many... enemies..."
Before long, the Great Toad Sage fell asleep...
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