"Out of the way!"
With a kunai in each hand, Tenma flashed forward using the Body Flicker Technique, instantly slicing through the bodies of two modified creatures blocking the way. He also severed their internal metal components, sending showers of sparks flying.
Quake and Rain Bird, the Hidden Cloud Anbu following beside Thorn, drew the ninja blades from their backs, coated the edges with lightning release chakra, and cut down the modified creatures charging at them.
Lightning blazed all over Thorn, forming a thick suit of Lightning Release Armor across his body as he left trails of lightning afterimages along the path.
In a single instant, he sent more than a dozen modified creatures flying.
Kinryu glanced at Thorn in surprise. He had never expected him to have mastered Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
In a one-on-one fight, neither he nor Tenma would likely be a match for Thorn.
"There are too many of these modified creatures!"
Tenma abandoned his kunai and formed hand seals. The shadow beneath his feet rose from the bridge's surface, forming sharp black blades that pierced one attacking creature after another.
They were all Anbu elites, capable of killing one or several modified creatures with a casual move.
But there were simply too many of them, and they had neither the reason needed to communicate nor any understanding of the fear of death.
They merely carried out their orders to eliminate invaders, charging without fear of dying.
Within moments, every one of them had begun taking injuries.
As the modified creatures were cut open, copious yellow blood sprayed out, mixed with a strange, pale yellow gas.
All five suddenly felt dizzy and hurriedly held their breath.
The color and smell of the creatures' blood matched the surrounding sand river exactly, only far more intense.
It was