The moment Terumi Iroha's Boil Release jet shot toward his face, Kutsuki Baidiao suddenly lowered his body.
He was not dodging. He was deliberately diving low.
At this moment, he had no choice but to fight for his life.
The Boil Release jet swept over his head, scorching several strands of hair.
As he dove, he braced his right hand against the ground and slid flat along it through the gap between Terumi Iroha and Kaguya Momotaro.
The move took everyone by surprise.
Caught between the attacks of two bloodline clan heads, he neither retreated nor blocked. Instead, he chose to pass right between them.
Through the narrowest gap.
He made it through.
Terumi Iroha immediately turned around, but his Lava Release acid rain could not be recalled in time.
Kaguya Momotaro's bone spikes lunged after him, but Kutsuki Baidiao had already used the momentum to spring up, his right fist smashing toward Terumi Iroha's side.
The instant his fist struck the ribs, a chakra shockwave erupted.
Terumi Iroha's body was knocked half a step sideways, and he let out a muffled groan.
At the same time, he swung his left arm, unleashing Boil Release steam at close range. A patch of Kutsuki Baidiao's right forearm was scalded red.
The two pulled apart once more.
Kutsuki Baidiao's breathing had grown heavier than before.
Dense blisters covered his scalded right forearm. The yukata over his left shoulder had been completely shredded, exposing his entire arm.
There were seven or eight wounds of varying sizes across his body, the deepest one on his right side.
Kaguya Momotaro's bone spike had left a gash roughly two inches long there, blood seeping from it.
Not much, but it kept seeping.
Terumi Iroha pressed a hand against his struck ribs, frowning slightly.
Kaguya Momotaro lowered