"Yomotsu!"
"Sage Art: Myojinmon!"
Without any discussion, as though their minds were linked, Xuandou and Hashirama acted in unison.
One unleashed the Mangekyō dōjutsu, Yomotsu.
He prepared to drag Mukade into Yomotsu Space, weakening the Dragon Vein's enhancement of Mukade while reducing the damage the battle would cause Rōran.
The other used the Shinobi World's Second Sealing Jutsu.
Hashirama's strongest sealing jutsu.
He summoned red torii gates, preparing to suppress the Dragon Vein's power and create an opening for his companions to fight.
With the three working together without a word, they formed a perfect combination against Mukade.
"Sealing jutsu!"
Mukade, suspended in midair, shuddered in alarm.
With the Dragon Vein, said to provide endless energy, within him, he had no fear of being surrounded and attacked by powerful opponents.
Anything that failed to kill him would only make him stronger.
His inexhaustible chakra was enough to give his enemies their answer.
But sealing jutsu, which specifically countered immortal bodies and could cut off energy transmission, was his natural enemy.
Once a sealing jutsu struck him, the advantage of the Dragon Vein's endless energy would be suppressed to a minimum.
He would only grow more and more disadvantaged.
Battle meant playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses.
So he absolutely could not let a sealing jutsu hit him!
Countless purple energy threads lit up, and the puppets on the ground exerted themselves one after another, sharply pulling Mukade back as he flew backward.
He stayed well clear of the red torii gates and the enormous black vortex in midair.
This was a common puppeteer tactic: using the Puppet Technique to control puppet strings.
With the support of a tide of puppets, Mukade shot toward the ground with lightning speed.
Once he hid among the puppets, he could use his