Jiraiya spoke with great confidence, but deep down he had no confidence at all. His original trump card was Sage Mode, but now that it had been taken over by the Setsugetsu organization, he couldn't think of a way to deal with Setsugetsu attacks. What worried Jiraiya even more was the subordinates surrounding Aizen.
It turned out that, at some point, the Konoha Ninja surrounding Aizen had all become listless and expressionless, like walking corpses.
This display of being under Genjutsu worried Jiraiya, but it also surprised him even more.
You should know that the ninjas you trained were all Jonin, and they basically had no weaknesses in Genjutsu. But even with such strength, they were all unknowingly controlled by the enemy's Genjutsu without making a sound.
This means that the enemy's Genjutsu technique is extremely advanced, capable of silently controlling Elite Jonin.
Even he himself felt immense pressure facing such a master of Genjutsu.
"Where did the Light Organization come from? And where did they find these powerful ninjas with special abilities?"
Just Jiraiya was worrying about what was going to happen, he heard Aizen speak from the edge of the battlefield.
" Setsugetsu, Jörmungandr, are leaving. The main force of Konoha is coming."
In Aizen's perception, thousands of people were heading towards their current location from the direction of the Konoha camp.
This was not good news for Aizen and his group. It wasn't that they were afraid of a siege from Konoha; as long as Setsugetsu and he were there, they weren't afraid of any number of Konoha ninjas. What they were worried about was that the large force of Konoha would cause trouble for their plan to take away Roshi, since they couldn't actually kill Konoha Ninja.
Therefore, once the main force of Konoha arrives at the battlefield, their mission will become even more complicated.
On the other side, Jörmungandr, who was engaged in close combat with Minato, heard Aizen's words and his expression of joy at fighting Minato immediately turned into annoyance.
He was having a great time fighting Minato when the main force of Konoha was about to come and disrupt things. This interruption of his good time Jörmungandr feeling awkward and unsatisfied. But there was nothing he could do.
With a frustrated mood, Jörmungandr's expression changed. He quickly Hand Seals and shouted, " Dark Release: Devouring World Technique!"
In an instant, a transparent light screen, resembling a deep purple barrier, appeared around Jörmungandr's body, followed by a push from Jörmungandr's palm.
The purple light curtain immediately spread outwards from Jörmungandr at an extremely fast speed.
In an instant, everything from rubble and broken wood to the craters on the battlefield was covered by Jörmungandr's light barrier, leaving no blind spot untouched.
Upon seeing Jörmungandr's attack, Minato immediately frowned.
Through their previous encounters, Minato had learned that Jörmungandr, in addition to his exceptional Taijutsu skills, possessed a Kekkei Genkai called Dark Release. This Kekkei Genkai allowed him to absorb Chakra, which had caused Minato considerable trouble in their previous battles.
Now, Jörmungandr unleashed a massively wide-range Dark Release technique, which would be formidable even to an idiot, let alone Minato.
Therefore, faced with the ever-expanding purple light curtain before him, Minato retreated rapidly.
It wasn't that Minato didn't want to intervene, but Minato he knew that no matter what Ninjutsu he used, it would be ineffective against the Dark Release that could absorb Chakra. In fact, the Chakra he used in his Ninjutsu would only become an asset to the enemy.
And he couldn't possibly use the Flying Thunder God Technique to walk right into a trap.
So, under these circumstances, what else can be done if the Minato doesn't recede?
As Minato retreated, the range of the Devouring World Technique grew larger and larger. In the end, even Jiraiya and Gamabunta Jörmungandr, had to retreat.
Finally, after expanding to a very large area, the purple light curtain stopped expanding.
After Jörmungandr stopped what he was doing, Setsugetsu began to act.
She manipulated the enormous Ice and Snow Valkyrie, thrusting its ice blade vertically into the ground, and then forcefully swung it at Jörmungandr's Devouring World Technique. A massive, snow-white slash flew from the Ice and Snow Valkyrie's blade, cleaving the Devouring World Technique in two with a single strike. This sudden attack startled Minato and Jiraiya, who couldn't understand why the enemy would suddenly attack their own teammate.
"Boom!"
And so, the powerful white slash swept across the ground, sending countless fragments of stone and dust flying in all directions.
Furthermore, due to the extremely cold freezing air emitted by the ice blade's strike, a massive, snow-white ice wall immediately rose from the ground as the blade sliced through.
This ice wall was both tall and thick, spanning the battlefields of Jiraiya and Minato.
At this moment, Jiraiya and Minato both understood Aizen's plan. First, Jörmungandr use Dark Release to force their side to retreat and break free from their entanglement. Then, the powerful Ice and Snow War God would create an indestructible ice wall to isolate themselves from the enemy.
With such combined tactics, it would be difficult for them to take any further action against Aizen and his group.
Minato and Jiraiya were right; Aizen was indeed planning to use the ice wall to escape the pursuit, but his plan wasn't limited to just these two steps.
The third step was the real decisive blow, and it was also the key to his confidence in escaping Jiraiya and the others' pursuit.
"Now, it's time to put them to good use."
Aizen looked at the Konoha Ninja he had controlled with Genjutsu and thought to himself.
And so, the expressionless and blank-faced Konoha Ninja, with an air of fearlessness, passed through the Setsugetsu and rushed madly toward Minato and Jiraiya's location.
When they reached Minato and Jiraiya, their blank expressions suddenly turned into furious and ferocious ones, as if Jiraiya and Minato were their mortal enemies who had killed their wives and children and destroyed their families.
They attacked Jiraiya and Minato with a frenzied, suicidal attitude.
For a time, Minato and Jiraiya were busy dealing with the situation and unable to break free to pursue Aizen.
Sensing this, Aizen nodded in satisfaction; his ultimate move was indeed effective.
Then, with a casual gesture, he grabbed Roshi, who was lying on the ground, turned around and left, with Jörmungandr and Setsugetsu quickly following behind.
And so, Aizen and his group successfully escaped from the battlefield. And it was not yet six in the morning.
On the other side, Aizen and his group escaped successfully, but Minato and Jiraiya were extremely busy and overwhelmed.
Because those ninjas controlled by Aizen's Genjutsu were too insane, they used mutually destructive fighting methods against him, completely disregarding their own lives.
This resulted in them being suppressed by the ninjas despite their strength far surpassing theirs. More importantly, because they were in poor condition after fighting Aizen and his Aizen, they were nearly injured by the crazed ninjas several times.
Fortunately, they were both excellent ninjas, and after a period of struggle, they successfully knocked out all the ninjas who were trapped in the Genjutsu.