"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" A gale whipped up!
The purple poison mist was swept backward by the gale!
It was Orochimaru!
Orochimaru had launched the first counterattack!
The next moment!
"Akimichi!"
Orochimaru's hoarse roar rang out sharply over the gale.
"I'm here!" A response like a muffled thunderclap boomed. An Akimichi Clan elite jōnin's body swelled wildly, like a skin filled with an enormous amount of air. In the blink of an eye, he became a mountain of flesh that blotted out the sky.
Without a moment's hesitation, he drew his thick limbs in against his torso and curled into a huge, rapidly spinning ball of flesh. With enough force to crush a city wall, he slammed toward Ibuse, who was as big as a small mountain!
"Human Bullet Tank!"
Orochimaru didn't pause. He took a deep breath, his chest swelling, then exhaled a gale even more violent than before!
[Wind Release: Great Breakthrough]
[Fire Release: Flame Bullet!] Jiraiya needed no reminder. The moment Orochimaru inhaled, he knew what his comrade intended and followed up almost instantly!
Flames burst from Jiraiya's mouth, then a gale sprang up! In an instant, it blew the flames across the sky, making the darkened Rain Village glow red!
This was our chance!
There was light now!
Nara Ruzan formed a hand seal with one hand. A shadow as black as ink shot from beneath his feet like a living thing, hugging the ground.
A spreading blaze was the perfect setting for his jutsu. The firelight illuminated the entire sky, but it also made the Akimichi jōnin's shadow, cast by the Human Bullet Tank, swell to an immense size!
Nara Ruzan's jutsu hid perfectly within the enormous shadow cast by the Human Bullet Tank. Like a hunting snake, it slid soundlessly toward the solitary figure