"Roar!!"
Ronglin charged forward, and the Wood Dragon coiled around the Wood Golem moved first.
"Boom!!"
The Wood Dragon burrowed underground at high speed, then burst out from beneath the earth. Like a vine, it rapidly closed in on Ronglin and Susanoo.
"You've already died several times. Why bother?"
Seeing the Wood Dragon charge first, Ronglin shook his head, pitying it. It had died again and again, yet each time it still rushed forward without regard for its life. But trying to treat him like the Nine-Tails was a grave mistake.
Since he could kill it once, twice, there would be a third time—and perhaps even a fourth.
"Time: Slaying Blade!!"
Besides flames, a streak of silver light appeared upon the black longsword. Susanoo gripped the blade tightly with both hands and brought it down upon the Wood Dragon as it lunged up from below with its jaws wide open. Black and silver flashed past, and the Wood Dragon that had burst from underground froze briefly in midair.
Its massive body slowly split apart. Its entire head, along with half its body, was cleaved in two by Ronglin's strike.
The Sharingan changed once more, and Ronglin's control over time improved yet again.
He could now freely attach the Power of Time to any weapon, or even to his own body for attacks. The previously incomparably stubborn Wood Dragon was directly split apart with a single slash, with no room for negotiation.
"Rumble!!!"
The invincible Wood Dragon had been cut apart with one slash, as though it were made of tofu. Though it was made of wood, its hardness was something that ninety-nine percent of people could not hope to shake.
Yet in Ronglin's hands, it had no ability to resist at all.
Tsunade and the others were stunned. The Nine-Tails,