Kimimaro furrowed his brows. Even he, a weapon bred for battle, found the pain of being scorched by such intense heat difficult to endure.
Immediately afterward, Kimimaro manipulated the bones within his body, making them grow wildly in an instant!
Countless bone spikes sprouted from Kimimaro's body, rapidly layering from individual spikes into a thick, densely packed wall of bone!
Once the bone spikes reached a certain thickness, they naturally insulated against the heat. Even the external temperatures of several thousand degrees could not penetrate inside.
Without the effects of the heat, the only thing left that could affect Kimimaro was the oxygen-deprived environment caused by the flames.
But after entering Sage Mode, Kimimaro's physique had far surpassed that of an ordinary person. Even prolonged oxygen deprivation was something he could endure.
Before long, Jiraiya's Ninjutsu ended, and Kimimaro leaped out from within the bone wall.
He instantly charged at Jiraiya!
Jiraiya hurriedly retreated. He could clearly feel the immense force contained in Kimimaro's every movement, each one stirring up gusts of wind pressure through the air.
Even in Sage Mode, Jiraiya had no desire to take that head-on.
But Kimimaro had no intention of letting Jiraiya go. Having learned the power of Jiraiya's Ninjutsu, Kimimaro no longer intended to use his body to directly withstand Sage Art.
"The guy on the other side—"
"He's too fast!"
Sage Fukasaku, perched on Jiraiya's shoulder, was starting to lose track of the furious high-speed exchange.
"Yes."
Jiraiya thrust out a palm from afar, controlling Natural Energy as he struck at Kimimaro.
But since they were both in Sage Mode, the same move was clearly no longer effective. Kimimaro easily judged the trajectory of Jiraiya's Natural Energy manipulation and sidestepped it!
"So he noticed it?"
"As expected, it doesn't work against someone in