"So many summoned beasts at once? Is it because of that scroll? Interesting!"
Lin Cheng glanced at the giant scroll in his opponent's hands and began to formulate a plan.
"Little Kimimaro!"
"Got it, big brother!"
With just a glance, Kimimaro instantly understood what Lin Cheng meant.
"Ice Release! Unknown Ice Mirror!"
After quickly forming Hand Seals, Lin Cheng pressed his right palm against the ground.
An astonishingly vast sheet of ice spread instantly outward from beneath his palm!
The summoned beasts diving toward the Lin brothers—big or small—were caught off guard and fell as soon as their limbs touched the ground.
Lin Cheng and Kimimaro dodged the fallen beasts as they slid past, and Lin Cheng formed Hand Seals again.
"Ice Release! Shadow! One-Horned White Whale!"
A whale's cry rang out as an enormous One-Horned White Whale leaped forth as if from a mirror and charged ahead!
"What kind of ninjutsu is that?!"
Cold sweat broke out across the summoning ninja's face as he watched.
"Hey, Chukichi! Are you sure you can handle this?"
The ninja asked anxiously as sweat dripped to the ground.
His knees bent slightly, and he looked ready to flee at any moment!
"Relax! Trust me! I've got this!"
Despite his words, the Dark Release ninja Chukichi was sweating too!
He gritted his teeth and braced both hands against the diving One-Horned White Whale, trying to hold it back!
"Dark Release! Absorption Hole!"
He faced the double pressure of the whale's enormous size and its astonishing chakra.
Chukichi's eyes bulged under the strain, but he managed to withstand it.
Little by little, he forcibly absorbed the One-Horned White Whale technique.
"Heh! Laughing Asura Lin Cheng is nothing special!"
Feeling that he was beginning to succeed, Chukichi forced a thin smile and taunted him.
But moments of triumph could all too easily be followed by shock!
Just as Chukichi finished taunting Lin Cheng and prepared to forcibly absorb the last of the One-Horned White Whale technique, a voice that made his expression change dramatically sounded in his ear.
"Is that so? Then why do I feel like you're celebrating a little too soon?"
A playful glint flashed in Lin Cheng's eyes. Having used the Body Flicker Technique to appear behind Chukichi at some point, he showed no mercy and went straight for the kill!
"What?! No! Aah!!"
"Damn it! He ran his mouth, then got taken out just like that? Looks like I'd better run!"
Seeing this, the summoning ninja immediately prepared to flee!
"Hmph! You're not getting away! Die!"
Having already understood what Lin Cheng intended, Kimimaro appeared behind the other man at the same time Lin Cheng appeared behind Chukichi.
"What?! Ugh—pfft!"
"Hmm?"
Kimimaro's face had just begun to show triumph when it instantly turned to confusion.
The opponent he thought he had killed had suddenly become a Three-Headed Dog summoned beast.
The Three-Headed Dog had taken the bone spike meant for the summoning ninja and was instantly enraged!
"Grrr!"
With a furious roar, the Three-Headed Dog split into three right before Kimimaro's disbelieving eyes.
All three charged at Kimimaro.
"Hmph! If you want to kill me, you'd better be ready for me to kill you instead! Heh!"
In the distance, the summoning ninja who had used the Three-Headed Dog to trick Kimimaro let out a smug, cold laugh.
"Is that so? How about you try tricking me one more time?"
A low voice sounded beside the ninja's ear, and the hairs on his body instantly stood on end!
Before the terrified man could use the same trick to escape again, Lin Cheng pierced his neck with an ice kunai.
Thud!
The body fell beneath the tree. With the summoning ninja—the beasts' summoner—dead,
the summoned beasts still fighting Lin Cheng's clones all broke their contracts and departed.
Lin Cheng caught the giant scroll as it fell too, then unfurled it.
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