Dongxiong Bingbao had originally focused all his attention on the Ten-Tails. He had already made up his mind that if that enormous monster made any unusual move, he would immediately retreat and flee.
But when he saw Sarutobi Toru actually punch the One-Horned White Whale with his bare fist, surprise still appeared on his face.
"Is something wrong with this guy's head? He's actually using his fist to take a ninjutsu head-on?" Dongxiong Bingbao was both shocked and delighted. "If this guy gets killed, I might even be able to take the summoned beast behind him!"
"Then I can surpass Nadare Rōga and become the strongest in the Land of Snow!"
Unfortunately, thinking he could turn the tables was one of life's three great delusions. Dongxiong Bingbao had only just begun dreaming when he heard the explosive boom of air bursting beneath the fist.
Then, the enormous white ice whale shattered completely, inch by inch, like glass smashed by an iron hammer.
Amid the terrifying howl of wind and crashing explosions, Sarutobi Toru's fist wind roared past, forming a massive white cylindrical Air Cannon that swept over the heads of every Snow Ninja in an instant.
"Ahhh!" The gale stirred up by the cylindrical shockwave merely grazing the ground sent many Genin-level Snow Ninja tumbling several times. They screamed in terror.
Dongxiong Bingbao stood motionless on the ground, his face seemingly expressionless. Only his teeth were chattering without stop.
The white column of air formed by Sarutobi Toru's fist wind had passed only inches above the head of Dongxiong Bingbao, who had been standing at the front. That horrifying pressure felt as though a dreadful cannonball had swept over his head.
Sarutobi Toru swaggered up to Dongxiong Bingbao and casually patted him on the shoulder. "Chubby, don't be so hot-tempered.