It broke! Seeing the water sphere before them rupture like a spiked ball, water spraying across the sky, the Kumogakure ninja could not help but stop retreating, a glimmer of hope flashing in their eyes!
Lord Third Raikage...
Even Dodai halted, staring intently at the shattering water sphere as joy rose in his heart. He could tell that the reason Little Monster had been able to break Lord Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Cloak was by compressing an enormous amount of water to its limit, raising its pressure to a terrifying degree and crushing the cloak in an instant.
What had shattered the Lightning Release Chakra Cloak was that terrifyingly powerful water pressure. Now that the water sphere had ruptured, it meant Lord Third Raikage no longer had to endure that pressure. Little Monster's attack had failed!
He still had not managed to break the Lightning Release Chakra Cloak. The cloak would soon repair itself, and with such a colossal volume of water—the water contained in those twenty Water Lotuses combined was no less than a lake or ocean—the Chakra consumed had to be terrifyingly immense. Along with those twenty Shadow Clone Jutsu, Taki Chiba's Chakra, even if it was at Tailed Beast level, had suffered a massive drain. On top of that, Little Monster might have used some life-risking Forbidden Jutsu or Secret Technique... All of it pointed to one thing.
That was...
Little Monster could no longer use this kind of ninjutsu combination, and the Third Raikage could not possibly fall for the same trap again. With so much Chakra consumed, Little Monster's strength would likely begin to decline from here on.
In other words...
They were finally about to get rid of Little Monster! How could they not rejoice? Just moments ago, they had been in mortal