As long as Sai and Shikamaru could give Sakura enough room to attack, she was confident she could deal the enemy devastating, fatal damage. But then again, Sakura was only a medical ninja, so they could not rely too heavily on her offensive ability. The real damage dealer for this mission was Naruto—that was, Li.
But Li had not caught up yet, so the three of them could only fight using their current coordination.
The enormous crab kept fighting them with its body while spewing out huge quantities of foam. When the foam landed on the ground, it turned into golden spheres. The moment these spheres formed, they floated up and exploded in midair.
Sakura covered her nose and said, "Careful. We don't know whether these things are poisonous."
As she spoke, Sakura pulled several kunai from her bag and hurled them straight at the crab's eyes. Seemingly acting on animal instinct, the enormous crab raised its massive pincers and blocked Sakura's attack.
At that moment, Sai finally had a somewhat longer window to cast his technique. He swiftly drew countless ink beasts across his scroll with his brush. The ink beasts then sprang from the scroll and charged at the enormous crab. Though these hundred-odd ink beasts were not large, they immediately found their targets, rushing forward to bite down on every joint of the enormous crab.
Then Sai and Shikamaru began performing Ninjutsu one after the other. Sai was clearly faster than Shikamaru. He shouted, "Thunder God! Wind God!"
With his shout, the crab broke free of his previous Ninjutsu. The hundred ink beasts had only held on briefly before the crab smashed them apart one by one. But in the next instant, two enormous ink beasts as tall as the crab charged forward, each grabbing one of