Seeing the fifth Rashomon successfully block the sword wave, both Orochimaru and Danzo breathed a sigh of relief. Orochimaru then turned to continue dealing with Kaguya Steel Bone and the others' attacks.
In just that short time, Manda had already been beaten into howling. He even threatened Orochimaru that if he did not come over soon, he was going to slither away.
There was no helping it. Having an unruly summoned beast could indeed be rather unpleasant at times.
But...
Though the clash between the Spiral Sword Wave and Rashomon had been spectacular, Danzo's true opponent was not that terrifying storm of sword waves, but—Araki!
After unleashing that storm sword wave, how could Araki possibly have done nothing and simply stood there quietly watching them perform?
A battle between ninja was not a turn-based game!
Thus, when the storm sword wave dissipated and the tidal vortex following behind it slowly fell away after losing its momentum...
A faint purple point of light suddenly burst through the waves. It was a tiny Lightning Ball crackling with electricity.
To be honest, such tactics of hiding one move within another were nothing unusual to experienced ninja, so Danzo had not lowered his guard in the slightest.
Yet now, when he discovered that the follow-up he had been guarding against so vigilantly was merely a Lightning Ball... No, even calling it a ball was giving it too much credit. It was clearly no more than a thumb-sized Lightning Pellet.
"Hmph! Boy, it seems you still do not understand one thing. Before wind, lightning is nothing more than a firework that can be shattered at will!"
He formed hand seals with both hands, his chest swelling slightly as he prepared to spit out a [Vacuum Sphere] and knock down that Lightning Pellet.
But just then,