"What?"
The Shinobi immediately felt an even more terrifying pressure coming from Gua.
His power was radiating outward.
No!
His power hadn't been radiating outward at all before!
That was why, now that his energy was fluctuating, it gave me the illusion that his power was spilling out!
But how could someone's energy fluctuate without any of it escaping?
Was it because his Taijutsu had reached some terrifying level?
At that thought,
a trace of cold sweat seeped onto the Shinobi's forehead.
The one standing before me wasn't a person at all, but a monster!
Now the power inside that monster was spilling out. What did that mean? It meant he was charging up an even more badass finishing move.
By now, the Shinobi had completely panicked.
To hell with it!
I'd take one of them down with me first!
He moved to snap the neck of the child in his grasp.
The child cried out in pain,
"Help me!"
The next instant,
Gua appeared before him almost as if he had teleported.
The Shinobi saw only a blur flash before his eyes, followed by a pair of scarlet tomoe.
In an instant,
overwhelming terror crept into his heart.
He felt as though he had been cut into countless slices, which stretched, stretched, and stretched again, like paper figures lined up along a long horizontal axis.
A brilliant blade flashed toward him from far in the distance.
It pierced one of him, two of him, three of him, four of him...
Finally, it skewered every one of him together.
Bam!
In reality, only a second had passed. A kick struck the Shinobi's chin and launched him into the air. Then Gua delivered another kick in midair, driving him straight into the ground.
After a dull thud,
the Shinobi finally came