Sage Art - Fire Release - Majestic Destroyer Flame

After Kimimaro was captured and brought to Takigakure, the Medical Ninjas in the village did not treat him attentively. After all, the little bastard was an enemy who had come with Orochimaru. They merely slapped on some medicine for his wounds and called it a day. Even if he died, it would be no great loss.

Poor Kimimaro had suffered severe burns from the fire and received no effective treatment. Fire toxins ravaged his body, and he ran a high fever for days on end, wasting away until he was two sizes thinner. If not for the Shikotsumyaku being powerful enough, he would have died three or four times over already.

Compared to him, Jugo's injuries were lighter, and with treatment from the Medical Ninjas, he woke up after only two days. Then he struggled to go find Kimimaro.

Since he had been brought back by Uchiha Houka, the Takigakure Anbu could not exactly stop him, so they allowed him to see Kimimaro.

Kimimaro was still burning with fever, unconscious. Because he had not received timely treatment, the skin on his body looked like grotesque scribbles, red and black in a hideous, nauseating mess. Even his handsome face was no longer recognizable.

After this battle, Kimimaro had been disfigured from head to toe—far more thoroughly than Obito had been.

"Damn it!!"

The moment Jugo saw his friend in such a miserable state, he went berserk.

Though his injuries had not yet healed, they did not hinder him from absorbing Natural Energy in the slightest.

As strands of Natural Energy were absorbed into his body, his hands gradually became grotesque, eventually transforming into mantis-like limbs. One look was enough to tell that he had mutated.

His mind had become muddled, but fortunately, he still remembered Kimimaro.

With one hand, he scooped