Chapter 260 The Shadow of the Famous Tree of Man
Chapter 260 The Shadow of the Famous Tree of Man
Hashirama looked at the flames of war in Konoha and complained, "Tobirama, I told you that you shouldn't study this kind of technique that desecrates the dead, and now you see something went wrong."
He tried to move his hands and feet and found that he could still control himself temporarily, but he could not attack the caster.
Senju Tobirama looked calm, his eyes also swept over the Third Hokage who rushed forward to confront Orochimaru, but he did not reminisce with his disciple, "It's okay, he shouldn't have used my forbidden technique to summon me."
As he said this, Tobirama was about to use the means to cancel the Impure World Reincarnation, but he found that he was restrained when he was about to form a seal.
"Haha, Second-generation Master, how could I not be careful when summoning you, the founder of forbidden techniques?"
Orochimaru smiled sinisterly. He did not summon the two men in their prime, and he was always ready to exert restraining force at their side, so there was no chance for the second generation to lift the forbidden technique.
As he spoke, he controlled the Mizukage who had returned to block the Third Hokage's attack again, while inserting a control spell into the back of Tobirama's head.
After doing all this, Tobirama lost his self-will and was left with only the instinct to fight to drive him.
"teacher!"
The Third Hokage was overwhelmed when he saw this scene. He felt that Konoha was in real danger today.
The First Generation watched helplessly as Orochimaru controlled Tobirama. He tried to release his power, but found that the power this body could exert was less than one percent of his peak power, and he was unable to break free from the caster's control.
"You are Hiruzen, right? You are so old? Why haven't you found a new Hokage?"
The first generation looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and frowned slightly, wondering why the village still let the old Hiruzen be the Hokage. Is there no young and strong new generation?
"Hehe, there was a Fourth Hokage, but he died in battle, so the old man took over again."
Orochimaru answered the question for the Third Hokage and laughed sarcastically.
"How come the fourth generation died in battle? What about the fifth generation?"
The First Hokage asked in confusion.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen was feeling a little embarrassed, he inserted a kunai into the back of the first generation's head, saving the third generation.
On the other side, the third coffin opened, and a man with short red hair and a delicate face walked out. He turned and looked at Orochimaru, "Orochimaru, I didn't expect to see your disgusting face even after death. Is this a mission from the organization?"
When the explorers on the battlefield saw this third master of Impure World Reincarnation, they all turned pale, because Orochimaru summoned Scorpion of the Red Sand. A puppeteer of this level can be called the king of the battlefield. In addition, Scorpion is now an Impure World Reincarnation body, so his physical weaknesses have been infinitely reduced.
"A little personal matter, but if the opportunity arises, Scourge and I might consider capturing the Kyuubi."
Orochimaru said with a smile that he originally wanted to try to summon the Fourth Hokage, but failed for some reason. Scorpion's body was a gift of surrender from Voldemort and the others to him.
No one knew how these mercenaries had managed to not only steal Scorpion's body, but also his puppet forbidden technique scroll.
"I didn't catch one, but the Nine-Tailed Fox is not bad either."
Scorpion said expressionlessly, "But if you dare to bother me again next time, I will definitely kill you."
Orochimaru didn't care about the threat from the dead man Scorpion, and said politely: "Then I'll trouble your old partner."
Unlike the first and second generations, Orochimaru had no intention of using talismans to control Scorpion, because Scorpion had a deep hatred for Konoha. His parents were killed by Konoha, and Scorpion had no psychological burden at all to take action against Konoha.
Although Scorpion and Orochimaru cannot be said to have a good relationship, they were once partners after all. Scorpion feels a little guilty for messing up the mission in the Sand Village. Now that Orochimaru says he wants to catch the Nine-Tails, although he is unhappy that Orochimaru summoned his dead self, he is happy to attack Konoha and try to capture it.
While Orochimaru was talking to Sasori, the Third Hokage took the opportunity to observe the situation on the battlefield.
Without the support of Fudelitsa and the others, the other ninjas of Orochimaru's Otogakure were slaughtered one-sidedly by the Konoha ninjas.
But this phenomenon soon ended because Yagura and Hoshigaki Kisame joined the battlefield.
However, the overwhelming victory that Orochimaru had expected did not occur, because there were many outstanding ninjas in Konoha. A series of elite ninjas such as Might Guy, Asuma Yuanfei, and Kurenai Yuhi rushed to the battlefield, and even Kakashi, who had just recovered from his injury, came.
Many elite jonin joined forces, making it impossible for Kisame and Yagura, who were fighting only on instinct, to advance the front line, and the battle situation came to a stalemate for a while.
The Third Hokage felt relieved when he saw this, but he knew that he was the one in the most dangerous position.
Looking at the look in Orochimaru's eyes, one could tell that this disciple of his had probably always been resentful of him in his heart because he had not given the position of Hokage to Orochimaru.
At this time, he needed to face the siege of Orochimaru, the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and the S-rank rebel ninja Sasori, four Kage-level powerful men. Even if the two Hokage were unable to exert their peak combat power, he would not be able to deal with them.
"Wooden Escape. The tree world is coming!"
Under Orochimaru's control, Hashirama Senju immediately released the Tree World Advent, cutting the battlefield into pieces and creating a battle area belonging only to Orochimaru and the Third Hokage.
Obviously, Orochimaru didn't want his time with his teacher to be disturbed.
He actually didn't care the most about the destruction of Konoha. He was just unwilling to accept it and wanted to get an explanation from his teacher.
After the tree world descended and surrounded the Third Hokage, the Second Hokage also released the Darkness Walking Technique (TV original, it was Hashirama's technique in the comics), taking away the Third Hokage's vision.
It was originally dark at this time, and the light was blocked by the descending tree world. Then he was hit by the Darkness Walking Technique, and the Third Hokage suddenly became blind.
It was his battle-hardened instinct that saved his life, allowing the Third Hokage to barely dodge the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God attack.
"Ape Demon, the vision is in your hands!"
The third generation knew that his vision was limited when he was besieged, and he would be dead in a few minutes if he continued fighting like this. He could only trust his good partner.
The area surrounded by the tree world was nearly one kilometer long, and it directly shattered the buildings on Konoha's front street, turning them into their original state.
The unlucky ninjas were also included. They did not choose to withdraw from the dangerous forest immediately, but considered supporting the Third Hokage. Unfortunately, there were four Kage-level enemies in this forest, and the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God was even more elusive. Every ninja who approached the core battlefield died at his hands.
Suddenly, the forest turned into a forbidden land of death. The third generation, who noticed this phenomenon, shouted: "Fight the invading enemies with all your strength. Do not enter this forest. Leave Orochimaru to me!"
The Sandaime shouted loudly, "In the name of Hokage, I will definitely protect the village!"
Although he shouted like this, he just didn't want the village's combat power to come here in vain. In fact, he didn't see any hope of winning at all.
He does possess a powerful sealing technique that can seal those summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation, but if he cannot deal with Orochimaru, the caster of the technique, it will be useless for him to just seal a few strong men. God knows what other means Orochimaru has.
So unless he could find a chance to seal three powerful men and Orochimaru at once, he would have no chance of winning.
"Hokage? Protect?"
Scorpion's cold voice was heard in the descent of the tree world. He, who had not taken action until now, moved after hearing the words of the third generation.
He took out a scroll from his back, "Red Secret Technique: Hundred Machine Maneuvers!"
In an instant, hundreds of puppets in red robes appeared on the battlefield. Some of them were controlled by Scorpion with chakra lines to kill the Third Hokage, while the other part blocked the periphery of the Tree World and sniped any supporters who might come.
At this time, in Konoha Village, Kakashi, Might Guy and other elite jonin contained the offensive of Yagura and Kisame who were fighting on instinct without much effort. They were even considering whether to send troops to rescue the Hokage.
After the explorers in Konoha Village saw that Orochimaru's plan to destroy the wood industry was "just like that", they no longer had any reservations and all showed up, joining the battlefield and trying to get the treasure chests.
But after the explorers joined the battle, they found that there was a big pit in this war.
As soon as they joined the war, they received a mission from space, which was the "Defense of Konoha". The content required them to kill as many enemies as possible in the war to accumulate mission points. If they could stop the person who defeated Konoha's destruction plan, they would get a dark gold treasure chest.
But the difficulty limit of this task... is certain death!
So, the explorers who had just been so brave on the battlefield and slaughtered the ninjas of Sound Village suddenly became weak and calm, and started to think about what the fatal point of this mission was.
Orochimaru?
That shouldn't be the case, right? Although he successfully summoned three strong men this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen shouldn't be taken away by Orochimaru without any injuries, right? At least he can change a Hokage, right?
Moreover, Konoha has so many powerful fighters, and those two masters are still observing the situation for them. What could go wrong?
Yes, the explorers with strong perception have discovered that Tsunade and Jiraiya have arrived at the battlefield. Tsunade has already started to take action and joined the frontal battle. With one punch, she hammered Kisame into a strange shape.
However, Tsunade's fighting ability was very unstable. After throwing a punch, she froze. It was obvious that she had a hemophobia outbreak and she didn't dare to continue.
Jiraiya was lurking in the shadows outside the Tree World, waiting for something unknown.
This was actually arranged by the Third Generation. He believed that Orochimaru's attack this time was unusual, and even with the addition of a few masters who were resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation, it would be impossible to defeat the Konoha Village.
So he was afraid that Orochimaru had some other conspiracy to lure people into the game, so he asked Jiraiya to observe in secret and be ready to support the overall situation at any time.
But at this moment, the third generation found that he was under too much pressure. The three powerful men beat him to a pulp. If it weren't for the Ape Demon who helped him block several waves of attacks, he would have died.
"Jiraiya, do it!"
The Third Generation's shouts were heard during the arrival of the Tree World. Apparently, he felt that he could not hold on any longer on his own. If Jiraiya, who had originally kept it as a backup, did not take action, this old man would die here.
After hearing this, Jiraiya no longer hesitated and could no longer hold back his desire to beat up the bastard Orochimaru.
But just as Jiraiya jumped up and was about to rush into the tree world, a roar exploded from the east wall of Konoha.
He subconsciously turned his head and saw a huge red snake rushing out from the darkness and crashing through the city wall. It was like an ultimate chariot, and no one could stop it wherever it passed.
Not only that, dark red waterfalls fell from the sky and bombarded the land of Konoha, leaving huge pits amid the explosions. Fortunately, the civilians had already completed the retreat, otherwise this wave of land washing would have reduced Konoha's population by 20%.
Although only the buildings were destroyed, many nearby ninjas were also injured. Some of the ninjas who were hit were seriously injured or even died, and they were motionless after falling to the ground.
In the fierce wind caused by the flames and explosions, the man standing on top of the scarlet snake had his hair flying wildly. His face was cold as he looked down at the defeated Otonin, "You are really useless."
The Konoha ninjas used the firelight and the arcs of electricity in the air to see the faces of the newcomers, and they became extremely nervous.
The name of the shadow of the tree, the story of Tianzai single-handedly destroying the Kirigakure has long been spread throughout the ninja world. He is recognized as an invincible person who is stronger than the average shadow!
"Land from!"
Jiraiya recognized this junior who was active in the Third World War at a glance. He admired this young ninja very much back then and thought he would be a good opponent for Minato.
It's a pity that the other party went astray and actually followed Orochimaru's example to conduct human experiments to harm the villagers. Now he is even colluding with Orochimaru to attack Konoha.
"Old man, just hold on for a while. I'm going to deal with Lu Li!"
Jiraiya shouted and gave up the idea of supporting the Third Hokage. He believed that a ninja like Lu Li had too much destructive power on the battlefield. If there were no strong men like himself to stop him, Lu Li would be able to wipe out all the elite ninjas of Konoha in an instant.
As he soared into the air, he formed hand seals and used summoning techniques, and a giant toad appeared on the battlefield.
Gamabunta had a ninja sword on his waist and a pipe in his mouth. He was very dissatisfied with the interruption of his night life. Just as he was about to complain to Jiraiya, he saw Manja fighting with Akimichi Choza in the distance.
But this was nothing. What really made it look serious was the big red snake, "Xin Ya..."
It immediately drew out the ninja sword from its waist, "Jiraiya, the enemy is very difficult."
Zilai didn't have time to explain, he just rolled a ball, jumped from above Gamabunta's head, and hit Lu Li.
(End of this chapter)