With Tsunade and the others joining the battle, the battered Konoha Ninja suddenly regained their fighting strength. Although the Slug Technique could only provide basic healing and could not perform complex medical procedures, it was enough to keep everyone alive in wartime.
In the future, Tsunade would use this very technique to save most of the people in Konoha Ninja Village from Pain, whose power rivaled a god's, fully demonstrating her prowess as the strongest Medical Ninja. The present Tsunade might not have the enormous chakra reserves her future self would store in the Yin Seal, but her mental state surpassed that of the woman who had spent years in despair and had only pulled herself together three years earlier.
That was not all. Tsunade took a deep breath and performed the Summoning Technique again, calling forth a giant slug. The Slug Sage's body was immense. Even if Tsunade committed all her chakra, she could not summon her in full—even if she managed it, she would probably be too exhausted to sustain the summoning.
However, even a portion of Katsuyu rivaled Summoning Beasts such as Gamabunta and Manda in size. Tsunade leaped onto Katsuyu's body with the other Medical Ninja and shouted, "Get up here!"
The Konoha Ninja immediately understood her intention: she planned to use Katsuyu's enormous body as a temporary fortress. Their earlier defensive works had been all but destroyed, so a makeshift fortress would ease the pressure on them.
Katsuyu's massive body blocked the Sunagakure Ninja's path. The Konoha Ninja atop her attacked from their elevated position. Going around her would be extremely difficult, leaving the Sunagakure Ninja no choice but to confront her.
Katsuyu's body also possessed a unique advantage. She was extremely soft and could divide herself to render physical attacks almost ineffective. Her divided