Mitsuki spoke calmly, forming a simple Hand Seal Technique before his chest.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ground shook violently! These were no longer the snakes that had emerged from his sleeves or the earth. Several Senjutsu Giant Pythons, each over a meter thick and covered in a faint Senjutsu glow, burst from the ground as though forged from stone and living energy!
They appeared without warning, yet moved like lightning. Their massive bodies coiled and reared, forming solid barriers directly in the Frost Tusks' flight paths!
Bang! Crack!
The tusks, carrying bitter cold and tremendous force, slammed into the Senjutsu Giant Pythons with dull thuds and the crack of shattering ice!
The pythons shuddered violently, sheets of ice crystals forming across them. Yet they held firm and took the deadly blow head-on. Their energy spent, the Frost Tusks fell to the ground.
And that was not all! The pythons that had blocked the attack did not pause. Their long, thick bodies lashed forward like living chains!
One clamped around Mammothmon's thick neck, two wrapped around its front legs, and another swept at its supporting hind legs like a giant whip!
"ROAR!!!"
Mammothmon bellowed in fury and alarm, thrashing with all its might. Its brute strength sent shattered stones flying beneath its feet!
Ordinary giant snakes would have snapped under that force.
But the creatures binding it were infused with Senjutsu Chakra! They were far tougher than anything it had imagined.
And that Senjutsu Chakra seemed to suppress and erode its strength. Its vaunted power bogged down as though in a swamp. The more it struggled, the tighter the coils grew, while Senjutsu energy seeped in and drained its stamina!
Sensing mortal danger, Mammothmon strained to raise its head and aimed its trunk at the python around its neck, trying to