"This is my latest masterpiece—C4 Enhanced Leviathan!"
Eight-Headed Serpent—Shock Value +8000
Jiraiya—Shock Value +5000
Orochimaru—Shock Value +3000
Clearly, the sheer presence of this sea beast, whose size could rival the Eight-Headed Serpent, was overwhelming.
"What is this thing?" the Eight-Headed Serpent couldn't help but feel a twinge of fear at the sight of the Leviathan.
It had been traumatized by the Otsutsuki, making it painfully aware that this was no longer the ancient era. Back then, humans were weak and had no ability to resist beings like itself.
As the Leviathan's spiked tentacles coiled around it, the Eight-Headed Serpent cautiously spat out the Kusanagi Sword and slashed horizontally.
"Hahahaha!" the Eight-Headed Serpent let out a thunderous laugh. "So this thing is nothing but a weakling!"
"Pathetic humans, thinking you can defeat me with such a thing—what a joke!"
With just a slight application of force, the Kusanagi Sword effortlessly severed the Leviathan's tentacles.
In reality, the Leviathan's tentacles were quite durable, but the Kusanagi Sword was a divine weapon, its cutting power far superior.
"Deidara, your creation isn't very reliable!" Jiraiya shouted anxiously.
But Deidara merely smirked with confidence. "My new art isn't that simple."
As it turned out, the severed tentacles began to squirm and morph into miniature Leviathans. Like parasites, they swarmed toward the Eight-Headed Serpent's body.
"Get off me! You disgusting little pests!" the Eight-Headed Serpent roared in pain and fury as the tiny Leviathans latched onto its body, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth and tearing into its flesh.
To make matters worse, the Leviathans were covered in spiked tentacles that burrowed under its skin, anchoring them firmly in place. No matter how violently the Eight-Headed Serpent thrashed, it couldn't shake them off.
"I'll just eat them!" Desperate, the Eight-Headed Serpent twisted its head and bit into one of the Leviathans, ripping off a chunk of its own flesh in the process.
Gulp! Gulp!
Driven by its bloodlust, it didn't care about injuring itself and swallowed the miniature Leviathans whole.
Seeing this, Deidara discreetly moved closer to Jiraiya and Orochimaru. "That thing still doesn't know my creations can explode. Let's hit it hard while it's off guard."
"But we need to be quick—those clay Leviathans won't last long before they're digested."
"Understood!" Jiraiya and Orochimaru nodded.
"Sage Art: Giant Rasengan!" Jiraiya's approach was straightforward—he created two shadow clones, each forming a massive Rasengan, then launched them at different snake heads.
"Get lost!" Three of the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads moved simultaneously to counter the attack, showcasing the advantage of multiple brains.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!" Four golden chains shot out from Orochimaru's back, stabbing toward another snake head.
Meanwhile, the Leviathan in the sea regrew its severed tentacles and reached out once again, attempting to ensnare the remaining four snake heads.
Kusanagi Sword!
Two of the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads spewed out elongated Kusanagi Swords, stretching endlessly toward the Leviathan's main body, as if aiming to cleave through the heavens themselves.
This was the moment!
Just as the attacks were about to collide, Deidara pressed his index and middle fingers together in front of his chest, forming the classic detonation sign.
"Katsu!"
The Eight-Headed Serpent's movements suddenly stiffened. Its body swelled in unnatural bulges as muffled explosions erupted across its surface.
"Aaaaargh!" It let out an ear-splitting scream, its massive body collapsing limply.
Jiraiya's eyes gleamed—he wasn't about to let this opportunity slip away.
"Giant Rasengan!" This time, he fully unleashed his Sage Chakra, causing the Rasengan to grow even larger at the last moment. With all his strength, he slammed it into the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads.
Like a high-speed drill, the attack tore through the snake's scales, rendering its defenses useless.
Three of the Eight-Headed Serpent's heads were completely pulverized into a bloody mess.
"My turn." Orochimaru grinned wickedly. Spitting out another Kusanagi Sword, he slashed at the head ensnared by his Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Slash!
Another head was severed. Orochimaru, pulling the lifeless head toward himself with the chains, licked his lips, his eyes burning with unrestrained greed.
"Absolutely mesmerizing..."
If the Eight-Headed Serpent weren't still alive, he wouldn't have been able to resist devouring it on the spot.
"Damn you! You'll all pay for this!" the Eight-Headed Serpent, now down four heads, went into an uncontrollable frenzy.
Summoning all its strength, it tore free from the Leviathan's grip and lunged at the closest target—Jiraiya.
"Sage Art: Earth Formation Wall!"
"Sage Art: Giant Rasengan!"
Jiraiya's real body retreated while his two clones coordinated—one erecting an earth wall to momentarily block the Eight-Headed Serpent's charge, the other launching a Rasengan the moment the snake shattered the barrier.
Whoosh!
Leviathan's tentacles swung back into action, shielding Jiraiya from harm.
However, the earlier success had been due to catching the Eight-Headed Serpent off guard. Now that it was fighting at full power, ordinary attacks wouldn't be enough to take it down.
Slash!
One of its heads swung the Kusanagi Sword in a wide arc, slicing through multiple tentacles, while another head immediately followed up with a finishing strike, preventing them from regenerating into smaller Leviathans.
Jiraiya's Rasengan struck one of the snake heads, but since it withdrew in time, the damage wasn't fatal—just a superficial wound.
Meanwhile, another head continued its relentless pursuit of Jiraiya's main body.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!" Orochimaru unleashed his signature Uzumaki technique once more, but the Eight-Headed Serpent sneered, "Pointless!"
It shattered the golden chains effortlessly and lunged straight for Jiraiya.
"This isn't good!" Jiraiya watched as the massive white snake head loomed over him, casting a shadow that made escape seem impossible.
"Sage Art: Great Fireball!" Jiraiya spewed scorching flames in an attempt to force the Eight-Headed Serpent back.
But the beast was out for blood. Even if it meant taking damage, it was willing to trade wounds for a kill—after all, it still had other heads.
"Oi! So you're ignoring me? That's a bit insulting, don't you think?"
At that moment, Deidara's voice rang out from above. A massive, majestic clay dragon descended from the sky.
The dragon seized one of the snake heads at its seven-inch vital point, lifting it into the air like an eagle snatching a serpent.
C4 Enhanced Deathwing had arrived!
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