Fukasaku and Shima both spat out blood and fell from Gamabunta's head.
Jiraiya went pale, and even the markings of his Sage Mode dimmed.
"How is that possible..." he muttered.
The Toad Confrontation Chant, Mount Myōboku's strongest genjutsu, a technique that had ensnared even Super Kage Level opponents...
Had his opponent shattered it with nothing but reiatsu?
This was no longer something a "gap in strength" could describe.
This was... absolute suppression by a higher order of existence.
And in the instant Jiraiya lost focus-
A white figure appeared silently beside Gamabunta.
Obito Uchiha.
At some point, he had broken away from the Espada's formation and slipped up to Gamabunta's massive body like a ghost.
He raised his right hand and pressed it against Gamabunta's thick foreleg.
An icy whisper came from beneath his mask:
"Kamui: Hollow Devour."
Humm-!!!
Space twisted.
Gamabunta's foreleg, thicker than a house, began to distort from the tips of his claws.
Like a towel wrung by an invisible giant hand, it twisted violently, compressed, and shattered.
Flesh, bone, and meridians-all were reduced to dust by the tearing force of space.
"ROAR-!!!"
Gamabunta let out an agonized scream. Dark red blood gushed like a waterfall, staining the snow below scarlet.
His enormous body staggered backward, nearly falling from the edge of the dome.
"Gamabunta!" Jiraiya's eyes went wide with anguish.
"Don't get distracted." Obito's voice sounded behind him.
Jiraiya spun around, but Obito's hand was already reaching for the center of his back.
Then a golden flash streaked past.
Minato appeared beside Jiraiya, blocking Obito's hand with a Flying Thunder God Kunai.
Clang-!
Metal rang against metal.
Minato grunted as the reiatsu around Obito's hand split the webbing of his hand, sending blood streaming down.
But he did not retreat. He held his ground firmly in