Summoning Technique!
At that moment, a giant lobster suddenly appeared before Jiraiya, raising its large claws to strike at him.
Sage Art: Senbon Needles!
Jiraiya clasped his hands together and shouted angrily. His hair instantly grew longer, and white strands shot out like senbon towards the giant lobster with a "ch-ch-ch" sound.
The giant lobster was quickly riddled with holes and disappeared. But Tendo Pain, who then arrived, kicked Jiraiya away. At the same time, a black rod shot out from his hand, striking downwards like a stake.
Jiraiya's chakra surged, and he managed to stop himself. However, a tongue suddenly appeared and wrapped around him. Seeing the black rod coming, Sage Shima quickly spat fireballs from her mouth, shattering the black rod. But just then, the Human Path, hidden within the chameleon's mouth, also emerged.
"Chameleon, you summoned it early and hid it?" Sage Fukasaku was slightly surprised. He then looked at the approaching Human Path, his unease growing stronger.
"What exactly are this guy's abilities?" Sage Fukasaku tensed up, not daring to be careless. He quickly used a water gun to cut through the chameleon's tongue and growled, "Little Jiraiya, hurry and go!"
"I can't. I haven't figured out their abilities yet. If I go back now, Konoha will be in big trouble." Jiraiya landed steadily on the ground, and two Rasengan, each about two people wide, quickly formed in his palms.
"Neji, I'm counting on you!" Jiraiya thought to himself and roared, "Sage Art: Super Giant Ball Rasengan!"
One of them was blocked by the Preta Path, but the other directly pressed down on the Human Path.
"No matter what, I have to test their abilities."
However, things didn't go as planned. Just as Jiraiya was about to hit the Human Path, an indescribable repulsive force suddenly knocked him flying back. The Rasengan he had managed to form dissipated.
"What?" Jiraiya gritted his teeth. "My body won't obey me!"
Almighty Push! Tendo Pain's expression was unchanged. Before Jiraiya could even land, he was sucked back. A black rod suddenly appeared in his hand and with a "chira" sound, pinned Jiraiya to the ground.
"Teacher, you can't possibly understand true pain." Tendo Pain looked indifferently at the wounded Jiraiya and said coldly, "This black rod can disrupt your chakra. Teacher, be prepared."
At the same time, the Human Path and Preta Path immediately rushed in front of Jiraiya. They attacked together, one constantly absorbing Jiraiya's chakra, while the other pulled his soul out.
But at this moment, faint ripples appeared beneath the water, unnoticed by anyone.
Barrier: Toad Mouth Trap!
Wild Lion's Mane Technique!
Jiraiya dived into the water, secretly formed hand seals to perform ninjutsu and the barrier, and then quietly moved under Pain's feet. Two long tongues and a large mass of thick white hair, while the Six Paths of Pain were not paying attention, suddenly dragged the Animal Path, Hell Path, and Asura Path into the water.
"What?!" The other three Pains were shocked and instinctively looked at Jiraiya, who was lying on the ground.
"He's still here, what's going on?" Tendo Pain muttered, not very worried. With three Pains together, very few people could emerge unscathed.
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After being dragged to the bottom of the water, the three Pains suddenly found themselves in a strange place, like a toad's stomach, filled with digestive fluid.
They stood back to back, standing on a rock that wouldn't easily melt, and watched their surroundings vigilantly.
"Don't underestimate me! Sage Art: Fire Release!" Jiraiya's voice came from above. Toad oil, strong winds, and fierce flames, a mixture of three substances, instantly formed a terrifying sea of fire that engulfed the three Pains.
Surrounded by digestive fluid, they couldn't move at all. Jiraiya hid in the dark, launching this most powerful killing move by surprise. The three Pains were instantly consumed and fell into the digestive fluid.
"Phew~ Finally got rid of them." Sage Fukasaku took a deep breath.
Hit by this kind of flame and then falling into stomach acid, no one could survive.
Jiraiya thought so too, and let out a sigh of relief, slumping to the ground.
"Heh heh, haha..." Jiraiya couldn't help but laugh and murmured, "The Shadow Clone Technique using blood that I learned from Neji, it seems I learned it correctly."
The Blood Shadow Clone Technique, one of the secret techniques Neji looted from Orochimaru, creates a clone with about 80% of the user's strength using half of their own blood. Unless the user willingly dispels it, or their chakra is depleted or they are killed, it will persist even if severely injured.
However, the drawback is obvious. Extracting half the blood at once, if Jiraiya weren't powerful and hadn't learned the Sage Mode, he would have died long ago. This is also why Orochimaru, with his "sickly constitution," couldn't use this clone technique.
"Yes, but you're very weak now, and it's really not suitable for you to fight them any longer," Sage Fukasaku advised. After using the Blood Shadow Clone and then the Fire Release, Jiraiya was now extremely weak.
"No, I must die today!" Jiraiya suddenly said. "This is Neji's plan. I trust him, so I must seize this opportunity to verify an idea in my heart and completely solve the mystery of Pain."
During the recent battle, Jiraiya had vaguely understood the origin of Pain and wanted to verify it again.
"Little Jiraiya, you're crazy! If you die, you won't be able to come back. Now we've completely figured out all of Pain's abilities, we should just leave!" Sage Shima said.
Repulsion, ninjutsu absorption, soul extraction, summoning techniques, special weapons, and resurrection-like abilities. Knowing these is enough.
"Honey, trust Little Jiraiya, and trust that Byakugan kid too. After all, he indirectly 'revived' Minato," Sage Fukasaku said.
Sage Shima finally spoke after a long pause, "If you can't bring him back to life, I won't forgive you lightly."
"Ah, don't worry," Jiraiya said with a carefree smile. He then retrieved the bodies of the three Pains floating in the digestive fluid and had Sage Shima take them away.
"Big brother, remember to use the Reverse Summoning Technique to bring my body back to Konoha. Don't let me really die, okay?"
"Okay," Sage Fukasaku nodded, and Jiraiya jumped out of the water with him.
"As expected, Nagato isn't here. Pain is just a puppet, a person who has already died." Seeing the other Pains, Jiraiya instantly recalled the scenes of his past encounters with them and sighed.
"Jiraiya-sensei, you're really amazing. You defeated three of them by yourself again," Tendo Pain said coldly.
"Heh heh, it seems Nagato, you're not going to hide it anymore." Jiraiya gave a wry smile, then forced himself to cheer up and said, "Let me write the final chapter of Jiraiya's Heroic Tale."
Then, the three Pains and Jiraiya clashed fiercely once more.
As the sun set, Tendo Pain, with his injured right arm, walked up to the dying Jiraiya. Looking at the Preta Path and Human Path who had fallen beside him, he also felt a mixture of emotions.
"You took down eight Pains by yourself, and even damaged the Tendo Path this badly." Tendo Pain pierced Jiraiya's heart with a black rod and murmured, "If you die, many people will feel pain."
Then, he turned and left, leaving Jiraiya to sink into the sea. But he didn't notice Jiraiya's disappearance.
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