As is widely known, the Great Fireball Technique, a powerful C-rank offensive ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan, is second to none in the ninja world when it comes to philanthropy.
From the beginning to the end of the Naruto storyline, the Great Fireball Technique caused almost zero direct damage to enemies.
Chiyo, a powerful figure on par with the Five Kage, was naturally not going to break this ninja world record just because the Great Fireball Technique was unleashed by the Uchiha clan head.
While dodging Tsunade's monstrous punch with her body flicker, Chiyo also incidentally dodged Fugaku Uchiha's Great Fireball.
"Heh!"
"You brat of the Uchiha clan, your fire style and Sharingan are ultimately a nuisance!"
"Lie down obediently for this old woman!"
Chiyo naturally had some understanding of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan.
She knew that after the Uchiha clan activated their Sharingan, their powerful observational abilities could clearly capture chakra threads invisible to the naked eye.
The previous instance where Fugaku easily nullified Chiyo's attack with a simple shurikenjutsu was the most obvious example.
As the flames dispersed, Chiyo snorted coldly at Fugaku Uchiha, who stood in front of her. With a flick of her fingertip, a chakra thread pulled the bald puppet instantly in front of Fugaku Uchiha.
"White Secret Technique Execution: Bind!"
A rattling sound came from the five holes on the bald puppet's head, and tenacious chains tightly encircled Fugaku Uchiha.
"Sealing Technique: Lion's Roar!"
At the same time, an opening suddenly appeared on the puppet's chest, and a pre-drawn scroll unfurled instantly. The light of the sealing jutsu runes illuminated, and almost simultaneously as Fugaku Uchiha was trapped by the chains, a powerful sealing technique capable of sealing the chakra flow within a ninja followed.
Besides powerful puppet jutsu, Elder Chiyo of Sunagakure also possessed formidable sealing techniques.
The seal on Gaara's body containing Shukaku in later generations was personally placed by Chiyo. This alone demonstrated the height of Chiyo's attainments in sealing.
Fugaku was greatly alarmed, not expecting Chiyo to be able to control ten puppets while simultaneously unleashing such a peculiar sealing technique.
For a moment, the inexperienced Fugaku in combat was somewhat flustered.
"Zing!"
A clear sword cry sounded, and the sword light of snow suddenly appeared beside Fugaku Uchiha. As the sharp blade cut through the chains, a pitch-black tentacle wrapped around Fugaku's waist, pulling him back to Orochimaru's side, narrowly dodging Chiyo's sealing technique.
"Fugaku-kun, while the Sharingan's observational ability is strong, facing an experienced ninja like Elder Chiyo, an unevolved Sharingan is still somewhat lacking."
Orochimaru retracted his tentacle and, with a swing of the Empty Sword from his sleeve, the bald puppet split neatly in two from the middle.
"Kōjin-sama, thank you!"
Still recovering from the shock, Fugaku Uchiha finally understood that Orochimaru had saved him. He looked at Chiyo opposite him with a solemn expression and sincerely thanked Orochimaru.
"Leave the rest to me and Tsunade. Fugaku-kun, if you have the chance, you can try using the Sharingan's genjutsu to disrupt Chiyo's actions."
"Yes!"
Orochimaru instructed, retracting the Empty Sword from his sleeve. He brought his hands together in front of him, and his aura instantly became ethereal and transcendent.
"Sage Mode: Activate!"
Puppets inherently lack life, so they do not generate killing intent within when attacking, unlike humans. Orochimaru's dark sensory abilities were almost useless against Chiyo.
However...
The natural energy accumulated within his body was perfectly utilized in this situation.
Although Orochimaru had not yet learned the specific Sage Art techniques from Ryūchidō, his extremely enhanced sensory abilities in Sage Mode, combined with the myriad of snake-like summoning jutsu in his memory, were enough for Orochimaru to completely disregard the puppets' surprise attacks.
"Sage Art: Shadow Snake Hand!"
The simple summoning array inscribed on the front of his right arm lit up. Orochimaru's entire arm twisted, and his five fingers instantly elongated and transformed into several thick venomous snakes, opening their ferocious fangs and biting ferociously towards Chiyo.
The shadow-like summoning jutsu performed under Sage Mode was naturally different from the simple, low-level techniques in his memory. Not only was the attack range significantly increased, but the venom on their fangs also carried the nature of Sage Chakra unique to Ryūchidō.
A single bite from an ordinary ninja would likely cause them to lose all ability to act due to the erosion and assimilation by natural energy.
Chiyo's pupils constricted. She vaguely sensed that something was amiss with the chakra flowing from this unfamiliar Konoha ninja. She dared not test the power of this bizarre attack on her own body.
Without time to summon puppet reinforcements, Chiyo disappeared from her original spot with a body flicker, reappearing behind three puppets with long, extended tongues.
"The chakra flowing from this person..."
"Why does it make this old woman feel suppressed?"
Chiyo gathered her thoughts and looked at Orochimaru with a solemn expression. While controlling the horse-faced and blue-faced puppets to entangle Tsunade, who was trying to charge forward, Chiyo focused most of her attention on Orochimaru.
"White Secret Technique Execution: Attack!"
Under Chiyo's control, the two hand puppets spun their bodies into a whirlwind, creating a terrifying storm of bladed winds that roared towards Orochimaru.
A cold glint flashed in Orochimaru's eyes. The snake-like limbs of his right arm flexibly turned, its mouth wide open, and it fearlessly bit into the vortex of blades.
"Chirr chirr..."
Flesh and blood flew, and snake scales scattered.
The five thick snake bodies, under the shredding of the blade storm, let out a cry and turned into a mass of shredded meat.
However, Orochimaru showed no sign of pain. He raised his left hand in a palm strike and shouted:
"Sage Art: Twin Snake Attack!"
The wound where his snake limbs were severed wriggled, and more, thicker venomous snakes swarmed out from Orochimaru's right arm.
One venomous snake, under Orochimaru's control, shot out and spat a long sword from its mouth. The snake's mouth clamped onto the sword's hilt, and it fiercely stabbed down at the spinning dual-blade puppet.
This was Orochimaru's classic tactic from his future memories, merely skipping the part where he spat out snakes himself and directly proceeding to the snake spitting out a sword.
"Clang clang!"
With two crisp sounds, the two large cleavers held by the dual-blade puppet, which were not of the highest quality, snapped in response.
Without their weapons, the dual-blade puppet was like a tiger without teeth. The remaining snake heads on the snake limbs naturally did not hold back, swarming towards the puppet.
Some bit onto its neck to restrict movement, some used their venomous fangs to clamp onto the puppet's joints, and some directly wrapped their bodies around the puppet's body for brute force crushing...
Before Chiyo could even recall them, the dual-blade puppet was torn to shreds by a group of giant snakes empowered by Sage Chakra. Repairing it would likely take considerable effort.
"The third puppet!"
Orochimaru retracted his snake limbs, re-sheathed his right arm, and chuckled twice at Chiyo.
"Heh heh!"
"Elder Chiyo, what are you waiting for?"
"If you wait any longer, your Ten Puppets of Chikamatsu might all be destroyed here."
"And besides..."
Orochimaru slightly raised his chin, gesturing behind Chiyo.
"It seems the fight with Senior Shirabuki is about to be decided!"
Chiyo's heart leaped in surprise, and she instinctively turned to look behind her.