Hatake Sakumo moved almost at the same instant!
He was no longer a prowling leopard, but a streak of silver lightning tearing through the night sky!
Blinding lightning flared along his short blade, White Fang, crackling with a shrill cry like a thousand birds as he slashed at the chakra threads connecting Chiyo to her five puppets!
"Hmph!" Chiyo snorted. All ten fingers danced as rapidly as if she were playing a lute, her exquisite control making the chakra threads seem alive. Three puppets instantly formed a triangle-"White Secret Technique: Three Treasures Suction Crush!"
A powerful suction arose once again, but this time, rather than targeting scattered ninja, it focused on the charging Tsunade and Sakumo!
Meanwhile, one of the other two puppets swung a pair of poisoned blades to meet Sakumo's lightning slash. The other opened its mouth and spewed an impenetrably dense purple poison mist that spread toward the entire Konoha force!
"Shizune! Shiketsu!" Tsunade forcibly twisted in midair and kicked off the air, using the recoil from her Monster Strength to shift slightly away from the center of the suction as she shouted.
"Understood!" Shizune flicked both hands repeatedly, sending countless antidote smoke bombs and specially made senbon into the poison mist in an attempt to neutralize and disperse it. Shiketsu Aburame's insects plunged fearlessly into the mist. They possessed some resistance to poison and could even feed on toxins, ravenously devouring the purple haze.
The battle between Kage-level fighters erupted in full!
Sakumo's lightning slash collided with the puppet's twin blades, throwing off dazzling sparks amid an ear-piercing screech.
Tsunade's Monster Strength Fist deadlocked against the suction of Three Treasures Suction Crush, the stray shock waves pulverizing the surrounding rocks.
Fighting two opponents at once, Chiyo actually held her ground through the intricate coordination of her