Esdeath came to her senses almost instantly. She slapped one hand against the ground and unleashed the power of her ice Teigu. Countless thousand-meter ice peaks burst from the earth!
In an instant, they engulfed the front half of the Dragon of the East Sea.
This had been the plan from the start. The Dragon of the East Sea was simply too enormous, and it could fly, so they first needed Esdeath to create terrain that favored them.
Otherwise, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, who couldn't fly, would have had a very hard time fighting it.
After unleashing several powerful techniques in succession, Esdeath had exhausted herself. She panted heavily.
Sarutobi Hiruzen climbed up the ice peaks, forming Hand Seals as he went.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Two clouds of smoke rose, one tall and one short. Raijin was the shorter one, while the towering figure was the Supreme Teigu, Shikoutazer!
"Attack!"
At Sarutobi Hiruzen's command, Raijin immediately began using the Eight Inner Gates. He darted around the Dragon of the East Sea, striking it from all sides.
Shikoutazer also clambered onto the Dragon of the East Sea's body, firing red energy beams in rapid flashes!
Sarutobi Hiruzen climbed onto the Dragon of the East Sea as well.
He spotted a patch on its underside, conspicuous for being covered in thick hair. It was clearly the dragon's weak point.
The Dragon of the East Sea was busy fighting Shikoutazer and had no time to pay attention to an insignificant insect like Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Once he reached the spot, Hiruzen stretched out one hand and quietly stuck an Explosive Tag to it.
Then he let gravity pull him down from the dragon's body as he formed Hand Seals.
"Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags!"
Three days later,
Sarutobi Hiruzen sat cross-legged on a floating sheet