Jiraiya's words made Naito's mouth twitch slightly, and then he was too lazy to pay attention to him, but continued to think about Orochimaru.
It is normal for ninjas to improve their strength rapidly in the early stage, but after reaching the shadow level, it becomes very difficult to go further. Many ninjas only reach the peak of their lives in their thirties and forties, and then they can no longer make progress.
Orochimaru can continue to improve, but the speed is expected to become very slow. Naito estimates that Orochimaru's strength has not reached the peak of the shadow level after three battles.
After all, according to the performance in the original work, when Orochimaru defected, Sarutobi Hiruzen still seemed to have the ability to kill Orochimaru.
Of course, this also reflects from the side that Sarutobi Hiruzen is very strong.
In the original work, I almost didn’t think much of Hiruzen Sarutobi, but since there are ANBU who say that Hiruzen Sarutobi is the strongest Hokage in history, even if this statement is very watery, it still shows that Hiruzen Sarutobi is strong.
As for how strong it is... he can use the changes in the properties of the five attributes of chakra freely, and his mastery of various forbidden arts and secrets is definitely no less than Danzo. Naito estimates that even if Sarutobi Hiruzen did not reach the super shadow level at his peak, he would still be at half the level. The degree of step shadowing.
Existences above the Kage level are extremely rare in the ninja world.
Naito simply divided the existence above into two levels, Super Shadow Level and Six Paths Level.
Nagato, who possesses the Samsara Eye and can exert some of its power, is at the Super Shadow level.
The representative figures at the peak of the super shadow level are Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama. Both of them have terrifying strength that can easily sweep a country by one person and overwhelm the entire ninja world.
Further up, those who possess the power of the Six Paths, condense the Seeking Jade and activate the Six Paths mode, are those who belong to the Six Paths level.
Whether it is the Six Paths level or the Super Shadow level, it has almost crushing strength when facing existences of ordinary Shadow level or even below the Shadow level. Yu Ye's current strength is still completely insufficient when encountering a strong person of that level. Yes, so Naito still needs to become stronger.
After teaming up with the three ninjas and defeating the big BOSS Sanshouyu Hanzo, Naito was ready to practice all the way until he could open the fourth gate of the True Eight Gates Dungeon, and he would no longer pay attention to what was going to happen next, the Second Ninja World War, in a short period of time. Local war.
"Okay, let's go."
After Tsunade looked at Orochimaru and Jiraiya, she nodded sternly, and then the four of them led an elite force and left the Konoha camp.
Since we are just holding back Sansho Hanzo, we naturally don't need to lead too many ninjas, we can just bring some elites.
With the four people leaving, Konoha's camp became completely empty.
Just after the four people left, Konoha's camp suddenly squirmed strangely, and a white figure emerged from the muddy ground.
It's Bai Jue!
"I'm leaving now. I think I'm going to fight Sansho Hanzo... Forget it, let's report it to Madara-sama first."
Bai Jue looked at the direction in which Yu Ye and the four people were leaving and muttered to himself, then disappeared into the ground again.
…
An unknown underground place in the ninja world.
In the dark depths, there was a slightly dim flame burning, and an old man who seemed to be dying at any time was sitting there.
This old man looked so weak that he could fall down with just a poke.
However, there is an aura of disdain in him, as if he is above everything and arrogant to all things!
The pair of eyes were unruffled, just looking at the ground in front of them in a daze, but the depth within them was as unexplorable as an abyss.
He... is Madara Uchiha!
Alongside Senju Hashirama, he truly stands at the pinnacle of the ninja world!
"That brat Onoki has not grown much. It seems that Iwagakure Village is not participating in the war at all."
Silently, White Zetsu appeared in front of Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Madara's eyes were slightly brighter and he spoke calmly.
"Yes, Madara-sama, Iwagakure Village has shrunk and even given up some occupied territory."
Bai Zeze spread his hands towards Uchiha Madara, and then continued: "By the way, Madara-sama, the Naito you are paying attention to is about to fight against the demigod of Amegakure Village, Sanshouyu Hanzo."
"Demigod? Humph!"
When Uchiha Madara heard this word, there was a trace of ridicule in his eyes.
Sansho Fish Hanzo, what is that thing and dares to claim to be a god? !
Even if he is just a demigod, it will not work if he has a divine character!
"This kind of clown can also take the title of God... The current ninja world has indeed been in a mess since Hashirama's death, but this is also conducive to my actions."
After shaking his head, Uchiha Madara said in a deep voice, "Just continue to observe secretly. If the kid named Naito died in the hands of such a guy, it would not be worth paying attention to."
"Yes, Madara-sama."
Bai Zetsu nodded towards Uchiha Spot, then disappeared into the ground again.
Uchiha Madara's eyes once again became silent and dim, as if they were as unpeepable as an abyss.
…
In the Land of Rain, in a slightly muddy hilly area, Naito and Tsunade and their group were moving forward rapidly.
At this time, the weak division of strength can be clearly seen.
Naito, who was the fastest and perhaps the strongest, ran at the front, and closely behind, almost side by side with Naito, was Orochimaru.
As for Tsunade, she is a little faster than Jiraiya. In the original work, Jiraiya may not be at the bottom of the list, but now Tsunade has mastered the teleportation technique of Taijutsu, so she is one point stronger than Jiraiya.
Along the way, Naito deliberately increased his speed and found that Orochimaru could still keep up, so he became more and more certain that Orochimaru should have made a breakthrough and transformation on the battlefield, and had almost reached the shadow level.
As we walked, a forest appeared in front of us.
Naito slowed down, and Orochimaru and others also slowed down, and soon the group came to the front of the woods.
"The art of ninja, the art of Soulin."
Orochimaru took a few steps forward, formed a seal with his hands, and pressed it on the ground. In an instant, dozens of small snakes swished into the woods and disappeared, while Orochimaru closed his eyes.
After about a few minutes, Orochimaru opened his snake eyes and said: "There is no ambush."
"Okay, keep going."
Yu Ye nodded, and immediately led everyone into the woods. After quickly passing through the woods, he continued to move deeper into the Kingdom of Rain.
Along the way, even Naito himself was very vigilant, and would carefully explore the path when encountering the woods, because no one knew whether Sanshouyu Hanzo would ambush somewhere.
Other Kages may not do such an act as ambush, but Sanshouyu Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure Village who acts extremely cautiously and will rarely take action unless he wins, it is normal for him to do something like an ambush.