A pair of sharp mouthparts suddenly emerged from their dark mouths, clamping tightly into the giant bull's hide like pincers.
Then a long, slender, sharp needle extended from between each beetle's mouthparts, piercing straight into the bull's body.
The giant bull sensed something was wrong. It stopped charging and began thrashing wildly, trying to shake off the tiny insects that were stinging it all over. But the bugs, already fastened to its body, were completely unaffected.
Even more terrifying, countless insects were sucking its bodily fluids through the sharp needles in their mouths.
It hadn't noticed anything wrong yet, but if it couldn't find a way to stop them, it would soon be drained dry.
"Not bad. You've taken down another one."
"But I've got you right where I want you, too."
The Animal Path calmly formed Hand Seals again, summoning the giant bull—and the black beetles on its body—back to their otherworld. They vanished on the spot.
"Pfft!" The insects raised on one's own life force were practically a part of every Aburame Clan member. The moment those black beetles were summoned to another world and cut off from their master, the Aburame Anbu suffered a severe backlash.
"Jianping, are you all right?" Seeing this, Minami Uchiha hurried to support his teammate, who was about to collapse.
"My... my insects were summoned away by the enemy. My... cough, cough, cough... my body suffered a severe backlash. I can't help you for now." The Aburame Clan member was now utterly weak.
At the cost of only two summoned beasts, two Anbu members had been rendered completely unable to fight.
"Hang in there. I'll get you out of here first..."
Before Minami Uchiha could finish speaking, a huge scarlet tongue suddenly shot out from an empty patch of ground nearby and