In a flash, the white-furred two-headed wolf was swept into a sword light wrapped in azure gale-force wind.
Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff!
In an instant, the sounds of blades piercing flesh rang out in succession, as though ten thousand swords had pierced its heart. Countless wounds immediately appeared across the giant two-headed wolf's body, its white fur stained red with blood.
"Awwooo~~~"
Inuzuka Usu howled in pain at the sky, unable to maintain the Beast-Human Fusion form any longer.
Boom!
Smoke exploded outward, and the white two-headed wolf came apart, leaving only Inuzuka Usu and Yemaru, covered in bloody wounds, flying backward in near-death condition.
It sounded like a long sequence of events, but it had actually taken only an instant. Jiraiya and Aburame Shimura, who had both leaped back to evade, had only just landed when they saw that Inuzuka Usu, the first target, had almost completely lost his ability to fight.
"Usu!"
Aburame Shimura shouted and waved his hand, releasing a vast swarm of Kikaichū that resembled a dark cloud. They swept toward the direction Inuzuka Usu had been sent flying.
[Secret Technique: Insect Sphere]!
Jiraiya moved even faster than Aburame Shimura.
After his hands formed several seals in a blur, he slammed his palm against the ground. "Earth Release: Earth Core!"
Clang! Clang!
The ground beneath Inuzuka Usu and Yemaru moved like an elevator. A square block of earth suddenly sank, carrying their bodies underground and narrowly avoiding the storm that followed.
Having saved Inuzuka Usu at the critical moment, Jiraiya did not pause at all. His hand seals immediately changed, his cheeks puffed up, and he spewed a torrent of flames mixed with the distinctive oily stench of Mount Myōboku.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
Whoosh!
Mount Myōboku's unique Chakra Oil Refining Technique was a