Reborn wind shadow: Attack the country of fire in the beginning

Regarding Jiraiya's ninjutsu, Rasa chose not to confront it with ninjutsu.

Because there was no chance of winning.

Although Jiraiya wasn't using Sage Mode at this time, the effect of toad oil alone increased the power of his Fire Release ninjutsu several times over, so a head-on collision was obviously the dumbest approach.

"Magnet Release: Shukaku Manifestation - Shukaku Impact!"

Under Rasa's control, Shukaku's manifestation directly crossed its arms, curled its body, protected its body with its tail, and the entire body transformed into a mountain-sized sphere, rolling towards Jiraiya and Gamahiro like a wheel.

Jiraiya's flames were powerful, but fire, as a force, lacked substance besides heat. Being hit by such a large sand clump wouldn't matter at all. Instead, it carried the momentum of destroying everything as it rolled towards Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's reaction was also swift.

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!"

Instantly, a large swamp appeared beneath the rolling Shukaku manifestation, and Shukaku's entire body sank into it, unable to move.

Seeing this, Jiraiya grinned.

"Now we're both stuck!"

Unfortunately, his smile only lasted for a second, and then he saw the originally immobile Shukaku manifestation turn into endless grains of sand, attacking him. Moreover, countless violet patterns began to appear on the sand.

You must know that Rasa's Shukaku manifestation wasn't a living being; it was just a sand puppet made of sand. Rasa could freely control its shape changes.

Seeing these sand grains, carrying Shukaku's power, attacking Gamahiro, Jiraiya understood Rasa's intention.

"You should go back now, Gamahiro!"

He didn't dare let Gamahiro be sealed by Rasa as well.

"Poof!"

Gamahiro directly turned into white smoke and dissipated, and Jiraiya's figure also descended from the sky.

These sand grains, finding that their target had disappeared, immediately grabbed towards Jiraiya.

Jiraiya directly formed hand seals.

"Wind Release: Thousand-Faced Wind!"

Dense wind blades slashed towards the incoming sand grains, directly cutting the sand controlled by Rasa into countless pieces, and Jiraiya also used the recoil of the Wind Release to forcefully land on the ground quickly.

At this moment, Jiraiya let out the same exclamation as Minato.

"As expected of the Kazekage, although young, he's just as troublesome!"

Fortunately, Jiraiya wasn't without options, because Minato had told him that this Kazekage seemed very resistant to close combat.

There was certainly the reason of fearing the Flying Thunder God Technique, but it was also possible that this Kazekage's taijutsu was indeed not very good.

Plus the Spiraling Tail!

Thinking of this, Jiraiya had an idea, and his entire body merged into the earth.

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As the sand grains reassembled, Shukaku's manifestation appeared on the battlefield once again.

However, Rasa, standing on top of Shukaku's manifestation's head, had lost track of Jiraiya.

"Can't even sense him, is it Earth Release or a summoning technique!"

If it were ordinary Earth Release, Rasa shouldn't be unable to sense him unless Jiraiya had an unknown technique to shield his senses. Although Rasa had information about Jiraiya, he wouldn't rely on it entirely. After all, this was a real ninja world.

Since that's the case...

Rasa's figure directly merged into Shukaku's manifestation's body.

With such a huge body, even if Jiraiya had sensory abilities and could confirm his location, with Shukaku's manifestation's thick defense, it would be difficult for Jiraiya to directly attack him.

Hidden in a corner, Jiraiya frowned upon seeing this.

"He's as troublesome as a tortoise shell, I must find a way to force him out of this monster!"

Thinking of this, Jiraiya had an idea.

"Earth Release: Earth-Moving Core!"

Instantly, with the area under Shukaku's manifestation's feet as the center, the ground cracked, and the surroundings began to collapse rapidly. Because there was no ground beneath its feet, Shukaku's manifestation had no foothold, and its entire body fell into the huge sinkhole.

Only then did Jiraiya reveal his figure, without the slightest pause.

"Earth Release: Mud Technique!"

Countless sticky black mud fell from the sky, directly pouring towards Shukaku's manifestation in the sinkhole.

"Watch me burn your sand into pottery!"

"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet Technique!"

Mud combined with high temperature.

Clearly, he wanted to fix all of Rasa's sand in place and then dry it with high temperature, solidifying it into a single piece.

That way, Rasa would no longer be able to control it.

"As expected of the Sannin!"

Unable to do anything, Rasa could only control the sand to fly out before all the sand was solidified.

And that was what Jiraiya wanted.

"Ninja Art: Lion's Mane Technique!"

Jiraiya's white hair instantly grew rapidly, transforming into a huge lion's head, biting towards Rasa, wanting to restrain his body.

As Jiraiya's signature ninjutsu, Rasa really didn't have a good way to counter this move.

Don't underestimate this technique formed by Jiraiya's hair, but with chakra activation and the addition of other attribute chakra, Jiraiya's hair is not only incomparably hard but also extremely tough. Moreover, because hair is a part of the human body, it's more flexible to control than Rasa's sand.

What's even more troublesome is that among the five elements ninjutsu, Fire Release is also what Rasa is not good at.

Fortunately, Rasa can still fly!

"What!!!!"

Looking at Rasa, who was controlling the gold dust to fly in the air, directly away from the Lion's Mane Technique, Jiraiya's eyes were stunned.

"This guy can actually fly? That's too much of a cheat!"

Although Jiraiya can control the growth of his hair, there is ultimately a limit, and he can't compare to Rasa, who can directly fly into the sky.

In fact, according to Jiraiya's judgment, when dealing with ninjas like Rasa who fight from a distance, genjutsu is the best choice when unable to engage in close combat, but unfortunately, among all the techniques, Jiraiya is least proficient in genjutsu.

And Rasa, after all, is the Kazekage of Sunagakure.

Without Rasa actively attacking, unless Jiraiya uses Sage Mode, although there is a gap between the two, the gap is not so large that Jiraiya can quickly defeat the other party.

But Jiraiya couldn't drag it out any longer.

Although the two had been fighting here all along, Jiraiya could also sense the situation of the Konoha camp behind them.

Overall, the situation was not optimistic. Minato was held back by that ninja named Pakura, which led to Konoha's ninjas being slaughtered unilaterally without the cover of high-level combat power.

Since that's the case, then there's no choice. Thinking of this, Jiraiya put his hands together, ready to activate Sage Mode.

But at this moment, a scene that stunned Jiraiya appeared. Rasa actually took the initiative to attack him...