Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 136 The Art of Roof Collapse!

Jiraiya struck a pose, his voice echoing through the forest: "Now it's our turn to shine! From this moment forward, ninjutsu will be replaced by sage art!"

"With bare backs and an open sky, gazing upwards! Heroes have always been like this!"

Fukasaku looked at Boruto with a solemn expression, and slowly warned Jiraiya, "Don't let your guard down! Little Jiraiya, there's a chilling aura emanating from him."

Jiraiya nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Kakuzu's gaze was icy as he swept over Jiraiya and Boruto, who had already transformed. He slowly spoke, "To actually destroy two of my hearts... it's been a long time since I've felt this kind of threat..."

As Kakuzu summoned, the two-headed masked monster behind him, formed by the fusion of Fire Release and Wind Release, began to rapidly approach Kakuzu's back and then merged directly into his body.

With the integration of the masked monster, two ferocious masks appeared on Kakuzu's shoulders.

Kakuzu's body transformed under the activation of the Earth Grudge Mode, with black threads continuously gushing from under his skin and from his mouth.

Kakuzu unleashed eight giant tentacles formed from chakra meridians from his body, which quickly extended and, without much hesitation, swiftly attacked Boruto and Jiraiya.

"Ninja Art: Needle Jizo!" Jiraiya hardened his long silver hair with chakra, enveloping his entire body and releasing a needle hell to block Kakuzu's tentacle attack.

Momoshiki conjured a giant Rasengan in front of him, then launched it, colliding directly with the tentacles that Kakuzu was attacking. The vortex instantly exploded, severing the tentacles, and the Rasengan continued to advance forward.

Momoshiki's Rasengan was not only powerful but also had a wide attack range, encompassing not only Kakuzu but also Jiraiya, aiming to eliminate these two insects in one fell swoop.

Just then, as Momoshiki released his Rasengan, Hidan grabbed him from behind and used the tether around his waist to make the scythe in the distance spin at high speed, piercing right through his body.

After Hidan's body was pierced by the scythe, the scythe did not stop moving forward, carrying Hidan's blood, and continued to stab at Momoshiki.

The moment Hidan suddenly grabbed him, Momoshiki slammed his elbow backward, striking Hidan directly in the abdomen, causing Hidan's body to bend and thus preventing both of them from being pierced by the scythe.

Nevertheless, Momoshiki's arm was still slashed by Hidan's scythe, leaving a bloody mark.

Momoshiki then grabbed Hidan by the face and flung him away, throwing Hidan far away from him.

After seeing that his tentacle attack had been successfully intercepted by the two of them, Kakuzu began to gather the chakra within his body and launch the next wave of attacks.

"Composite Ninja Technique: Strange Face Explosive Flame!"

Kakuzu combines the Fire Release Masked Monster and the Wind Release Masked Monster, using both simultaneously Fire Release: Head Carving and Wind Release: Pressure Damage to create a vast sea of ​​fire.

"This move is very bad!" Fukasaku the Hermit spat out a powerful jet of water that shot straight into the sea of ​​fire, and the intense collision of water and fire generated a large amount of steam.

"Honey, I'm here to help you!" Sage Shima mobilized the surrounding natural forces, creating a violent sandstorm: "Sage Art: Wind Release: Sandstorm!"

Immediately afterwards, the sandstorm summoned by Shima swept in, like an invisible hand, sweeping up the fierce flames and further dispersing and controlling their power.

As the flames gradually dissipated and his vision cleared, Jiraiya seized the opportunity, leaping into the air and using the power of Sage Mode to quickly condense a giant Rasengan in his palm.

This Rasengan was dozens of times larger than a normal Rasengan, tearing through the surrounding air as Jiraiya shouted loudly.

"Sage Art: Super Giant Rasengan!" Jiraiya hurled this enormous Rasengan at Kakuzu on the ground.

Kakuzu stared at the enormous Giant Rasengan in Jiraiya's hand, a sense of unease rising within him. Even his modified, powerful heart could not withstand the direct impact of such destructive power.

As Jiraiya's massive Rasengan slammed into the ground, the ground where Kakuzu was standing was instantly torn apart by the enormous impact, forming a huge crater.

The energy wave generated by the explosion spread outwards from the Rasengan as the center, blowing away the surrounding dust and blurring the view on the battlefield.

As the commotion caused by the Rasengan gradually subsided, a black wind-style masked monster summoned by Kakuzu appeared before Jiraiya.

The wind-attribute masked monster remained motionless for a moment, then its body began to convulse, gradually losing its physical form and turning into a pool of inky black liquid that spilled onto the ground.

When Kakuzu faced Jiraiya's attack, he had no time to dodge. Before it hit him, Kakuzu removed the Wind Release Mask Monster from his shoulder and used it to block Jiraiya's fatal blow.

The Wind Release masked monster met the Rasengan in mid-air, taking on a tremendous impact. At the same time, Kakuzu's main body used this momentary opportunity to quickly escape backward, avoiding the direct impact of the Rasengan.

Although Kakuzu successfully saved Jiraiya's fatal attack, the Wind Release Masked Monster was destroyed as a result.

Jiraiya saw Kakuzu evade his attack through the black monster, and a thought flashed through his mind. He quickly formed hand seals and whispered a command.

"Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld!" As Jiraiya completed his Earth Release technique, the earth began to tremble violently in response to his chakra.

The ground tremors grew stronger and stronger, and the ground began to crack. Soon after, a large amount of mud gushed out of the cracks, quickly spreading and forming a huge swamp.

This swamp not only covered the area where Kakuzu was located, but also continued to expand, making the surrounding space muddy and impassable.

This swamp, created by Jiraiya, not only trapped Kakuzu and Hidan within it, but also, thanks to the Sage Mode, made the techniques even more powerful and covered a wider area.

Jiraiya knew that Boruto had gained the ability to float in mid-air after being possessed by Momoshiki, so he didn't need to worry about Boruto being swallowed by the swamp.

The swamp can not only alter the terrain and destroy the magic circle drawn by Hidan, thus breaking the evil curse, but it can also restrict their movements, allowing him to deal with Boruto in peace.

......

After using ninjutsu to restrain the two Akatsuki members, Jiraiya leaped onto a branch of a large tree and looked up at Boruto in the sky: "Quickly return Boruto's body!"

Momoshiki scoffed, "The data decompression of the 'Wedge' inside that kid's body is finished, his consciousness no longer exists, so give up."

First of all, Jiraiya wouldn't easily believe his nonsense, and secondly, Boruto was someone he brought out, so he had to bring him back safely no matter what!

Kakuzu and Hidan struggled in the swamp, gathering their chakra around their bodies to form a protective barrier that effectively resisted the swamp's suction and slowed their descent.

Kakuzu further utilized his Earth Grudge ability to release a large number of black threads that extended towards the distant trees. The threads tightly wrapped around the trees, providing him with a foothold.

Hidan's face showed obvious annoyance. He regretted in his heart that if he had been able to pierce his heart directly, the brat would have died from the curse. But now he and Kakuzu were trapped and in a very unfavorable situation.

The previous curse array had been destroyed. Although he still had that brat's blood on him, he was too deep in the mud to draw a curse array.

......

Jiraiya asked the two sages on his shoulders, "I want to try to suppress his consciousness with genjutsu so that Boruto's consciousness can be awakened."

Master Shima pretended not to understand Jiraiya's intentions and said in a low voice, "Little Jiraiya, if you want to use illusion magic, just use it. Why are you asking us?" After all, he was already quite old and still wanted to sing a duet with the father of his child.

Jiraiya seemed a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and frankly stated, "As you all know, I know absolutely nothing about illusion magic."

After some negotiation, Shima realized that using illusion magic might be the best option in the current situation, so she nodded and agreed to the request to use illusion magic.

"Magic Illusion: Toad's Song!" The two immortals collaborated to create an extremely powerful auditory illusion using the croaking of frogs. Once the melody was heard, the opponent would be trapped within the illusionary barrier and rendered unable to move.

However, Momoshiki has extremely high resistance to genjutsu, so he was not greatly affected by the genjutsu. Instead, he raised his hand, condensed a Rasengan, and threw it at them: "How noisy."

"Sage Art: Goemon!" Fukasaku used Wind Release, Shima used Fire Release, and Jiraiya used Oil.

Fukasaku's Wind Release technique dispersed the oil into tiny droplets, while Shima's Fire Release technique ignited these droplets, causing them to burn in the air.

With the help of the two sages, Jiraiya's oil rapidly heated up to thousands of degrees, forming a scalding sea of ​​oil that eroded towards the Rasengan.

The Rasengan and Jiraiya's Sage Mode collided fiercely in mid-air, producing a deafening explosion. A massive shockwave spread outwards, and thick smoke rapidly engulfed the surrounding scenery, plunging the battlefield into chaos.

Momoshiki discovered that the combined Sage Art attack from Jiraiya and the others was generating a continuous stream of boiling oil, like a burning river, which was constantly eroding the outer edge of the Rasengan and weakening its power.

Under the continuous high temperature and the corrosive effect of the flames, the Rasengan's defenses are rapidly crumbling, and it is rushing towards its own position.

As the boiling oil drew ever closer, Momoshiki frowned, then reached out and used the power of Takao-san to guide and absorb the blazing oil into his body.

Fukasaku Sage Momoshiki absorbed the Sage Art that the three of them had used together, and couldn't help but show a surprised expression, muttering to himself in disbelief, "It actually absorbed the combined Sage Art of the three of us."

Jiraiya's gaze was fixed on Boruto in the air, recalling his previous battle with Urashiki. It was by absorbing Urashiki's ninjutsu that he broke free from control, allowing Boruto's consciousness to awaken.

Jiraiya noticed that Momoshiki did not use his ability to absorb ninjutsu in this battle as he had before, which made him even more convinced of his own idea.

As expected, Boruto's consciousness began to awaken. His other tightly closed eye slowly opened, revealing a hint of confusion as he tried to adapt to the environment and situation before him.

Momoshiki remained unusually calm in the face of Boruto's awakening, saying indifferently, "Very well, I'll let you awaken one last time..."

Boruto had fully regained his senses by now and angrily questioned, "Momoshiki! What do you mean? What do you mean by 'this is my last awakening'?" Then Boruto realized what he meant by what he said.

Momoshiki suddenly noticed Hidan lying on the ground drawing a magic circle in the distance. Momoshiki then tried to control his body to stop Hidan, but Boruto's consciousness had already awakened and was fighting for control of his body.

This made it impossible for Momoshiki to control his body as freely as before, so he hurriedly reminded her: "If that guy dies, you will die like him."

After struggling for a while, Hidan finally broke free from Jiraiya's Swamp of the Underworld, but he was in a very bad state, covered with burn marks all over his body, and his lower body was gone.

Hidan attempted to free himself by separating the Fire Release Masked Monster from his body, but he had exhausted a lot of chakra in the previous battle and was somewhat powerless to continue.

Faced with this situation, Hidan had no choice but to use his immortality to sever the part of his body that was stuck in the swamp. Although this self-mutilation was painful, it was a way for Hidan, who was immortal, to escape from his predicament.

After escaping the swamp, Hidan's face was extremely gloomy. He smeared Boruto's blood, which he had taken earlier, on his hands, intending to draw a new curse circle on the ground, wanting to repay Boruto for the pain he had endured tenfold.

......

Boruto nodded thoughtfully at Momoshiki's prompting, and after taking a deep breath, said, "Leave it to me!"

Boruto then forcibly controlled his hand, put his finger to his mouth, and bit down hard with his teeth. Blood immediately oozed from the bitten fingertip. He then began to form hand seals with extremely awkward movements.

A moment later, Boruto finally completed the hand seals, pointed his slightly trembling hand in the direction of Hidan, and prepared to release the ninjutsu.

Seeing Boruto point his hand at Hidan, Momoshiki felt a sense of foreboding and asked Boruto nervously, "Kid! What are you doing!?"

When faced with Momoshiki's questioning, Boruto smiled smugly and replied softly, "You'll find out soon enough."

"Spirit Spell: Roof Collapse Technique!"