"Then let me show you the beauty of explosive art!"
Standing atop his strange bird, Deidara flashed a wild, arrogant grin. The mouth in his palm spat out a small white ball.
As the ball flew into the air, it rapidly expanded into a monstrous doll.
It looked somewhat like a roly-poly toy, but it had a pair of wings and a screaming face.
"C3: No. 18!"
Deidara shouted the name of his technique.
The Konoha Ninja below were still watching for enemies that might emerge from the ground. Only when the clay doll reached the space overhead did someone notice it in horror.
But it was too late. With a furious shout from Deidara, the clay doll exploded. Flames swallowed every nearby Konoha Ninja, and the resulting shock wave flattened countless tents around them!
Towering flames erupted in the center of the camp, inflicting over a hundred casualties in an instant!
"Damn it, the enemy's above us!"
Jiraiya's voice rang out from the sea of fire.
Amid the raging flames, a blood-red intestinal tract slowly faded away.
If Jiraiya had not used the Summoning Technique to summon the Rock Lodging Great Toad's intestinal tract the instant the explosion struck, he would already have been reduced to ashes!
Jiraiya's expression turned utterly grim as he stared at the inferno before him.
"It's the Stone Shinobi's Explosion Corps."
Tsunade's voice rang out as well. She was summoning large numbers of Katsuyu to treat the wounded within the flames.
"I'll leave things here to you. I'm going after that guy."
With that, Jiraiya used the Summoning Technique again, summoning Gamabunta.
"Hot! Jiraiya, what are you doing?"
Because of his enormous size, Gamabunta was scorched by the flames the moment he appeared.
But Jiraiya had no time to explain. "Quick, get me up