The Wood Dragon's open mouth was practically a black hole, sucking up everything in midair.
"That Wood Dragon... It's not just huge. What's with that freakish suction inside it?!"
"It's no use, old man."
Sen Senju stood on the Wood Dragon's head with both hands in his pockets, the wind tossing his hair into a mess.
"My dragon feeds on all that flashy chakra of yours."
"The hotter the flames you spit, the happier it eats."
Before he had even finished speaking, the Wood Dragon plunged straight into the wall of mingled wind and fire.
There was no explosion, nor any earth-shattering roar.
Like a gluttonous fat man, the Wood Dragon opened its enormous mouth bristling with wooden spikes and slurped down the entire wall of fire, wind blades and all, in a single gulp.
A few sparks leaked through the gaps between its scales, only to be absorbed completely by the tender green buds sprouting there.
"This... This is impossible!"
Kakuzu was so shocked that his voice cracked.
That combination ninjutsu had cost him the chakra of two hearts!
And this wooden dragon had just chewed it up and swallowed it like cotton candy?
"What's so impossible about it?"
Sen Senju yawned and tapped the Wood Dragon's head twice with his heel.
"Big guy, you've been hungry long enough. Go take care of those ugly little snacks."
The Wood Dragon seemed to understand him, a glimmer of green flashing through its hollow eyes.
Its massive body twisted sharply in midair, whipping up a gale as it lunged straight at the masked monsters below.
Kakuzu blanched and tried to recall the monsters, but it was already too late.
The Wood Dragon's huge jaws opened and snapped shut.
Crunch! Crunch!
Two sharp cracks set teeth on edge.
The black monster bearing