In the forest, the Mist Ninja surrounded by snakes stared in shock at the vast forest of white bones at its center. A purple giant snake nearly a hundred meters long lay twisted and impaled atop bone spikes, completely motionless, as if dead.
"Did it work?" The Yuki Clan head looked solemnly at the enormous summoned beast pierced through by bone spikes.
At that moment, thousands of Kaguya Clan shinobi who had completed their jutsu merged their bodies into the bones and launched another attack on Manda from all directions.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss..." Countless bone blades easily pierced through Manda's scales as though stabbing rotten wood. His skin split apart, revealing a hollow interior.
"Careful! That's a layer of shed skin!" the Kaguya Clan head shouted in warning.
Manda, who had instantly escaped the Dance of the Seedling Fern's range using his shedding ability, rapidly slithered across the ground and crashed into the forest of bone spikes like a tank.
"Crack, crack, crack..." Compared to Manda's massive size, the thick, hard bone spikes were as small as bushes. Using his tough scales, he brutally rammed the bone spikes at their roots, easily smashing apart the resilient bones. He swiftly carved out a broad snake path through the forest of white bones and charged straight toward the Kaguya Clan's central position.
"Bang, bang, bang..." Large numbers of Kaguya Clan shinobi, along with the bone spikes they had attached themselves to, were sent flying by Manda's brute force. The entire formation descended into chaos.
Clearly, although the Dance of the Seedling Fern performed jointly by thousands appeared massive in scale, the quality of its bones was far inferior to the top-tier Shikotsumyaku that could surpass steel. Before a giant summoned beast like Manda, with his thick hide and tough flesh, it appeared