Watching each of his comrades cover him with such unspoken resolve, Sasuke felt his fighting spirit begin to boil!
At that moment, he saw nothing else. There was only the tumor not far ahead!
"Die!"
Sasuke roared and charged forward.
He didn't need to worry about his footing, because he knew vines would rise to support him. And he didn't need to worry about the tentacles, because he knew his comrades would help fend them off one by one!
Whoosh!
In an instant, Sasuke, wearing the Akatsuki Organization's hooded Red Cloud outfit and a Hawk Mask, became a streak of black light and shot straight toward the tumor!
Sensing the threat, the tumor contracted violently and sent its tentacles at Sasuke again and again.
But its countless tentacles were either entangled by Karin and Yakumo's Wood Release, slowed by Ido's Red Dragon Eye technique, knocked back by Haku's Water Lily Bodhisattva, or stopped by Neji and Kimimaro in their Fusion State!
In that instant, not one of its countless terrifying tentacles could touch Sasuke, whose entire body had almost become a streak of black light!
Boom!
To everyone's anticipation, Sasuke didn't disappoint. Like a spearhead, he plunged into the tumor in midair, and a tremendous boom rang out.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!
The tumor, contracted to its limit, was pierced in an instant by Sasuke's Chidori wreathed in Amaterasu's Black Flame. Then it rapidly swelled, before finally exploding with a bang.
Flesh and blood sprayed through the air in a torrent, like a waterfall of blood!
On the high cliff not far away.
Shion froze for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "We did it!?"
Shinji didn't answer. He continued watching in silence, though he still felt a faint trace of surprise.
He hadn't expected the tumor that had been able