The gray light on the eastern horizon struggled to eat away at the night. Dawn was near, but its approach seemed to be the final straw that shattered VenomMyotismon's sanity.
"Rooooar!"
He let out a shrill howl of bitter frustration and greed. Madness swallowed his crimson eyes as he fixed them on Kirigakure, where mist still swirled and lights still burned.
He abandoned all thought of attack or defense, pouring the surging Dark Energy within him into his legs and tattered wings. Like a dark red meteor tearing across the earth, he sprinted toward the village with reckless abandon!
The ground shook with every step, deep furrows gouged through the scarred land of ice and fire.
"Not good!" Tailmon's cry cut through the roar of battle.
"The life force of everyone in Kirigakure is drawing him in! He's going to drain them on a massive scale to recover his strength. He might even use their blood to undergo a far more terrifying transformation! We can't let him inside!"
"Stop him!" Akainu roared, his eyes blazing as his massive molten fist erupted toward VenomMyotismon's back like a volcano.
"Ice Style: Triple Wall!" Aokiji pushed his Chakra beyond its limits, raising three thick glacial barriers in VenomMyotismon's path.
The Steam Smoke Smoker breathed out formed enormous white shackles that wound tight around VenomMyotismon's ankles.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon swooped down from above, tearing at him with his claws and sweeping at him with his tail.
But VenomMyotismon had gone completely mad. His instincts to survive and feed had reached their peak.
He endured the searing lava, smashed through the ice walls with his shoulder, snapped the steam shackles, and ignored the dragon's claws.
Dark Energy formed a resilient, corrosive layer of armor over his body, deflecting and absorbing most of the damage.
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