The Road to the Throne of White Eyes

Chapter 147: Fight against foreign aggression or maintain domestic stability

Although it was an attack condensed from the remaining palm power, its power was still far beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other two only felt an invisible and powerful force pressing in from all directions, and they felt like they had dived into the deep sea and couldn't even breathe the air.

Jiraiya was in the best condition. Relying on the help of Needle Jizo and the huge body of the toad under him, he resisted the attack in time. In the end, he only broke a few ribs and a few ounces of blood spurted out of his mouth.

Of course, the big toad under his feet screamed and turned into smoke and disappeared in mid-air, leaving behind a large amount of toad blood gushing out, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen's head and face sticky.

Orochimaru thought that the triple Rashomon could block the attack, but he didn't expect that this attack was all-round. At the last critical moment, he summoned a giant snake to swallow himself into its stomach, and the next second he was mixed into a ball with the giant snake's flesh.

Fortunately, his body had undergone soft tissue modification. Although blood was gushing from his mouth and his limbs were severely injured, he still had some mobility.

Compared with his two disciples, Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a much worse situation. The defensive ninjutsu he chose was Doryubi, but he didn't expect that attacks would come from all directions.

By the time he felt the impact, it was too late. Even though he forced himself to swing the diamond stick to counter the qi force, he could only block part of the attack and ended up falling to the ground seriously injured and bleeding profusely.

Just at this moment, a wave of toad blood fell from the sky, and Sarutobi Hiruzen collapsed on the mud covered in blood, unable to move.

"Old man, how are you?"

Jiraiya had been attacked by Tsunade many times and was quite experienced. He endured the pain and straightened his ribs and bandaged himself several times. Seeing that Orochimaru could still move, he quickly came to Sarutobi Hiruzen and prepared to help him up.

"Ah, stop, stop, stop!"

As soon as Jiraiya's hand lifted a corner of Sarutobi Hiruzen's body, the old monkey broke away from his original weak state and screamed miserably.

The cry scared Jiraiya so much that he quickly put down Sarutobi Hiruzen's body. The shock caused him to scream and spit out some blood.

"Well, old man, your limbs seem to be broken into pieces, and even your sternum and ribs are broken in many places."

Jiraiya quickly checked Sarutobi Hiruzen's body and was shocked by his serious injuries. It would be difficult for anyone in the entire ninja world to cure this kind of injury except Tsunade.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had now recovered from the numbness caused by the impact and could clearly feel the severe pain in his limbs.

But the situation at the moment didn't allow him to struggle and cry out in pain. Sarutobi Hiruzen suppressed his anger and fear, and endured the waves of pain that came over him, reminding Jiraiya: "I won't die yet. Quick, go check on Orochimaru, don't let him get away!"

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's angry words, Jiraiya, who had originally said that he would keep Orochimaru even if it meant breaking his limbs, seemed to react much slower. He first briefly restrained Sarutobi Hiruzen before turning to look at Orochimaru.

Naturally, there was only an empty shell of a human body left where Orochimaru had been, and Orochimaru himself had completely disappeared!

"Hokage-sama, Jiraiya-sama!"

Just as Jiraiya was telling Sarutobi Hiruzen that Orochimaru had left, they heard the respectful voice of an Anbu member.

The Anbu ninjas who were watching the battle outside the barrier were also slightly affected by the attack from the sky and were blown away for a long distance without any resistance. Fortunately, they only suffered a marginal shock wave.

But even so, they only recovered at this time, and then limped over to salute Jiraiya and the others.

Today's experience gave them too much of a shock. The battle between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru had already amazed them, but they did not expect that there would be such a terrifying and incomprehensible palm attack. At this moment, several Anbu were still uneasy and could only look at Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen expectantly and wait for orders.

In fact, at this moment Jiraiya was frightened by the powerful and magical attack. He had only seen the palm print from a distance before. Although it felt very powerful, he still didn't have a very intuitive feeling.

However, the residual power of an attack could actually gather again to attack after sensing the fluctuation of chakra, and could even beat himself and Orochimaru and the others into this state in one fell swoop. This was too amazing.

Jiraiya had observed the sky in many ways, but had found nothing. However, after the attack of that palm print, Jiraiya always felt that a terrible crisis seemed to be brewing in the sky, and he dared not relax at any time.

"Jiraiya," Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head weakly a few times, looked at several Anbu, and tremblingly instructed his disciples, "The village is now in great crisis. There are enemies invading from outside, and people are sneaking in to cause chaos from within.

I'm already seriously injured and unable to fight, so I can only rely on you from now on!"

In front of outsiders, Jiraiya still gives face to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He responded seriously, "Teacher Sarutobi, take a good rest. I will protect the village!"

"Um"

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned his head slightly away and spoke in a very hesitant voice.

“It will inevitably be difficult to simultaneously defend against internal and external attacks, causing greater chaos.

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Jiraiya, please deal with the enemies within the village first. As for the invaders, Kakashi and his men have already gone there. I will also send Anbu to each family to gather people to resist the invasion together."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was out of breath when he said this, and his eyes were flickering a little, as if he was embarrassed.

But at the end his tone stabilized, and he looked at Zilai with a resolute attitude, his eyes seemed full of pleading.

"Old man," Jiraiya hesitated for a few seconds as he looked at his seriously injured teacher, but finally nodded and agreed.

Turning around and looking at the Anbu, Jiraiya said with a stern and solemn expression, "You guys protect the Hokage, I'll deal with the intruders."

After saying this, Jiraiya left without looking back, but his departing figure looked rather embarrassed and escapist.

In the sky, Hinata Feng watched the last scene and nodded with satisfaction.

He had deliberately broken the barrier at the last moment to save Sarutobi Hiruzen. To let him die like this was not in Hyuga Kaze's best interest, nor would it have been comforting.

Judging from Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude of choosing to risk his life at the last moment, he still had some passion and original intention to protect the village in his heart.

But that was in a desperate situation. Hinata Feng really wanted to see how long Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was seriously injured, his family was almost extinct, and he had been abandoned by major families and other ninjas, could maintain this original intention.

If he had maintained his previous confused and dark state, then Sarutobi Hiruzen's survival would have been the biggest drag and weakening on Konoha's development. Only by allowing Konoha to see more darkness would his rule appear brighter in the future.