Under everyone's watchful eyes, Kisame Hoshigaki thrust Samehada toward his own cervical spine.
His spine did not break. Instead, the broad Samehada instantly turned to liquid and merged into his body.
Kisame Hoshigaki's body rapidly expanded.
In the blink of an eye, he had grown to three meters tall.
Even his originally loose robe burst apart.
His exposed skin turned a terrifying grayish white.
Most horrifying of all, Kisame Hoshigaki's head no longer looked human.
His skull extended sideways, stretching his human face into a triangle.
His face, which already had gills, now became a mass of terrifying fish gills.
In an instant, Kisame Hoshigaki's head had taken the shape of a fish's.
His arms turned into fins as large as door panels, with no distinction between joints or fingers anymore.
"Village Chief of the Hidden Jun Village, you deserve to die!"
Kisame Hoshigaki roared.
Bang!
A terrifying sonic boom rang out as Kisame Hoshigaki launched himself off the ground, charging straight at Lin Chen in the treetop like a humanoid bomb.
Lin Chen remained perfectly composed. He had stood there for so long waiting for precisely this moment.
Kisame Hoshigaki's current "monstrous" appearance was his strongest form.
Not only did it make merging with water-type ninjutsu easier, but it also greatly increased his body's toughness.
As Kisame Hoshigaki charged, a steaming curtain of water could faintly be seen leaving a humanoid trail behind him.
It was a rare sight that could only be produced by tremendous impact force.
Kisame Hoshigaki's horizontal pupils were filled with madness.
His huge, fang-filled mouth gaped hideously, as though he intended to swallow Lin Chen whole.
Against this troublesome fellow, taijutsu was the only option.
And Lin Chen knew a fair bit about taijutsu.
He casually slapped out, as though swatting away a fly.