UTBW: Ch. 90

This scene shocked everyone present, leaving them visibly pale. Everyone had complicated feelings, their expressions constantly shifting.

On the Ino-Shika-Chō side, they were naturally overjoyed.

The stronger the Uchiha became, the better. After all, they couldn't defeat the Uchiha anyway, so a bit more strength didn't make a difference.

The electric current quickly faded away.

Crack!

Boom!

Two massive craters exploded on the ground, cracks spreading like spiderwebs. Smoke rose from them, carrying a strong burnt smell. This was from the high temperature of the electric current, scorching the earth until it became brittle and charred, releasing waves of heat.

"Did he die?" The twelve Uchiha ninja looked ahead, unsure and cautious.

A huge stomach pouch appeared on the ground. They had thrust their Chidori into it, but the stomach had blocked half the force, only about fifty percent had made it inside.

One Uchiha glanced at it and tried to pull his arm out, only to find it firmly stuck to the stomach wall.

He frowned.

"Even the stomach wall can't completely block the damage."

"Jiraiya, are you still alive?"

The twelve Uchiha stared at the stomach wall, electric currents once again crackling around them.

Zzzzz!!

Blue-white lightning gathered in their hands again.

Poof!

Suddenly, the entire stomach wall turned into white smoke and dispersed. From within, a figure leapt high into the air. Smoke was rising from his body, and his hair had wrapped around him like a hedgehog, protecting him.

But now, the once-white hair was scorched black and withered, falling off in clumps.

They noticed two toads standing on Jiraiya's shoulders.

"Resisting the power of our attack must've drained your chakra quite a bit," another Uchiha said with a smile.

"That's right." Jiraiya, mid-air, looked serious and sighed. "So from here on… I'll have to rely on the two sages."

As he spoke, the two sages on his shoulders, Shima and Fukasaku, suddenly puffed up their bellies and let out loud frog croaks.

Wah! Wah! Wah! Wah!

Two visible sound waves instantly spread out, engulfing the twelve Uchiha.

Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant was a sound-based genjutsu used by the two sages using their frog croaks, this illusion trapped the enemy in place, rendering them immobile.

The twelve Uchiha were instantly frozen. Their Sharingan eyes glowed bright red, the three tomoe spinning wildly, but their movements were still sluggish.

Because this wasn't a genjutsu using Yin Release, it was a senjutsu-based, sound-type genjutsu powered by senjutsu chakra! As long as the croaking continued, the technique's effect wouldn't weaken even slightly.

"At last, I can catch my breath… cough cough…" Seeing this, Jiraiya visibly relaxed, though he couldn't help coughing.

Even with Needle Jizō, he couldn't fully block the Chidori from earlier.

He was half-dead.

If he hadn't reacted in time, he would've been instantly killed.

Cold sweat trickled down his back. He pressed his palms together.

Clap!

His withered hair fell off completely, and from the roots on his scalp, new hair rapidly began to grow.

"Wild Lion's Mane Technique!"

His hair grew rapidly and shot out in twelve strands, like sharp spears, stabbing toward the twelve Uchiha.

This was his most skilled technique. Even as he attacked, he didn't forget to give instructions to the two sages on his shoulders.

"Ma and Pa, after dealing with these twelve, please help me enter Sage Mode!"

The two toads nodded slightly, indicating their understanding.

"Thanks for the trouble…" Jiraiya sighed in relief. But before he could finish, a sharp crackling sound of electricity interrupted him.

Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!

Down below, the twelve Uchiha ninja lit up with electric light, which exploded outward in a blinding flash.

Chidori Current was a derivative technique of Chidori, released from the entire body.

"Not good!"

Jiraiya's face changed dramatically, but it was already too late to dodge. He hadn't anticipated that Chidori could be used this way. This unexpected variation caught him completely off guard.

The lack of intelligence had put him in a passive position.

Swish swish swish…

The twelve Uchiha's Sharingan flared, and their ocular power burst out like a dam breaking, forming massive bones along their bodies. These bones glowed in various colors, blue, red, yellow, brown, gray, black…

But their structure was all identical.

Crack!

Jiraiya's Needle Jizō struck the bones like they were hitting a steel shield. They barely pierced twenty centimeters before stopping dead.

In contrast, the twelve Chidori Current formed an overlapping electrical field that engulfed Jiraiya and the two sage toads.

Zzzzzz!!!

The power of Lightning Release poured down on them. Jiraiya's entire body convulsed violently, eyes rolling back, muscles spasming uncontrollably. Just before passing out, only one thought remained in his mind, filled with disbelief: You've got to be kidding me, twelve Susanoo?

Boom! Boom!

The two toad sages, struck as well, rolled their eyes back and involuntarily reverse-summoned themselves back home.

The frog croaks ceased.

The twelve Uchiha regained mobility.

"Junichi-sama's intel really is detailed," one of them remarked.

"Yeah, when did he even gather it all?"

"Maybe he's been preparing for this a long time."

"Preparing for what?"

"Obviously, for taking down the Sannin!"

"Shame Orochimaru defected. Otherwise, catching all three of them in one go would've been thrilling."

The twelve Uchiha laughed as they turned to the remaining ninjas, who were still paralyzed, unable to recover from the effects of the frog song.

After all, they weren't Uchiha.

They didn't have Lightning Release to stimulate cellular activity or resistance to genjutsu.

Now, stared at by the Uchiha ninjas, their expressions stiffened in fear.

"Take them out!" one Uchiha gave the cold command with a smirk.

Immediately, he and nine others charged at the frozen ninja.

The remaining two Uchiha walked toward the unconscious Jiraiya and began restraining him.

At the same moment, a furious roar erupted from the crater.

"Get the hell out of my way!"

A figure suddenly leapt out and smashed her fist into the surroundings.

BOOM!

Her punch exploded with tangible chakra like a cannonball.

Zzzzzz…

Lightning flickered across the twelve Uchiha's bodies, they dodged instantly. The strike only hit the ground, blasting open a crater the size of a building.

"Scary as ever," one Uchiha raised an eyebrow, smiling at the figure who leapt out of the pit. "Still didn't die, huh?"

Tsunade spat out a mouthful of blood, and the diamond-shaped mark on her forehead expanded, releasing vine-like curse markings.

A massive surge of chakra radiated from her body. It was so dense, it formed a visible blue aura, like a strange veil of energy shrouding her completely. But at that moment, she looked absolutely terrible.

Her body was riddled with bloody holes, the flesh around them blackened and withered.

This was the effect of Chidori's extreme heat, burning her wounds to charred carbon.