"Who exactly gave you the nerve to run your mouths before a god?"
Shengu Xuan's icy voice was like a Siberian cold front.
It swept across the entire bridge in an instant.
The gangsters who had just been clamoring to chop him into mincemeat.
For some reason, they suddenly felt a chill down their backs.
The clamor stopped abruptly.
Gato, too, was momentarily cowed by Shengu Xuan's sudden imposing presence.
But he glanced at the two or three hundred fully armed men behind him.
His courage swelled again.
Gato pointed his cane at Shengu Xuan and cursed viciously.
"Brat, who are you trying to impress with that act?"
"Who do you think you are?"
"A god?"
"I've got money and power! I'm the god of the Land of Waves!"
"No matter how good you are at fighting, can you take on hundreds of us?"
"Get him, boys!"
"Chop him up and feed him to the dogs!"
"Kill him!"
Lured by money.
The front row of gangsters brandished machetes and iron rods.
They charged at Shengu Xuan, howling.
Kakashi shouted.
"Shengu Xuan, watch out!"
He prepared to dismiss his summoned Ninken and move up to help.
Although these thugs were only ordinary people.
There were too many of them.
Once surrounded, even a jonin could be worn down and killed.
Yet Shengu Xuan simply stood where he was.
The corners of his lips curled into a cruel smile.
"You think numbers alone will let you win?"
Shengu Xuan slowly raised his right foot.
Then he stomped heavily on the bridge.
Snap!
A crisp snap of his fingers rang out at the same time as the movement of his foot.
"Come out and play with this trash..."
"My giants."
The instant his words fell.
A sudden change erupted!
Centered beneath Shengu Xuan's feet.
A ring of pitch-black shadow, like boiling asphalt.
Spread wildly in every direction at an unbelievable speed!
In just one second.
The entire broad bridge deck was completely covered by the writhing darkness!
"What... what the hell is this thing?!"
The few thugs charging at the very front stared at the shadows writhing beneath their feet as though alive.
They stopped in fright and screamed in terror.
Gato's eyes widened as well.
An ominous premonition welled up in his heart.
Immediately afterward.
"Gurgle... gurgle..."
Huge black bubbles began rising from the shadows covering half the bridge.
The bubbles burst.
A suffocating pressure, filled with primal wildness and savagery, surged from the depths of the shadows!
"Roar!"
An earth-shaking roar exploded from within the shadows!
Before everyone's utterly horrified eyes.
Massive, terrifying creatures, each like a small mountain.
Slowly rose from the shadows!
Their bodies were pitch-black and knotted with muscle.
As hard as granite.
They stood over five meters tall.
Their thick arms were even broader than an adult's waist.
Their faces had no features.
Only a pair of enormous eyes radiating a vicious scarlet light.
Gleaming with bloodlust in the darkness!
The Shadowkhan's Troll Squad!
After unlocking the Horse Talisman and the Pig Talisman.
Shengu Xuan's control over shadows had reached a new level.
He could finally summon this terrifying troop type!
These monsters renowned for their sheer destructive power and defense!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Ten Troll Shadow Ninjas stood like ten impassable black iron towers.
Their feet landed heavily on the bridge.
With every step, the entire bridge shook violently.
As though it might collapse at any moment!
They firmly shielded Shengu Xuan, Kakashi, and the others behind them.
They looked down from above at the gangsters before them, as tiny as ants.
"Th-these... monsters!"
The gangsters who had been so arrogant just moments ago.
Were now scared out of their wits at the sight of these ten trolls, like demon gods descended upon the world!
The machetes and iron rods in their hands.
Looked as laughable as toothpicks before these five-meter-tall monsters!
Some went weak in the knees and collapsed to the ground.
Some threw down their weapons and turned to flee.
Only to find their retreat blocked by the packed crowd.
Gato was so frightened that he stumbled backward repeatedly.
He fell flat on his backside.
His expensive sunglasses slipped down to the tip of his nose.
Revealing eyes filled with fear and despair.
Gato pointed at Shengu Xuan.
His voice trembled so badly that he could not even get out a complete sentence.
"What... what kind of sorcery is this?!"
"You... who the hell are you?!"
A stream of warm liquid trickled down from his crotch.
A foul stench of urine immediately filled the air.
This overbearing tyrant of the Land of Waves.
Had actually wet himself in sheer terror!
Kakashi and Sasuke.
And even Zabuza and Haku, who were pinned to the ground.
Were now completely dumbstruck.
They knew Shengu Xuan could summon shadow ninjas.
But those he had summoned before were all assassin-type ninjas about the size of ordinary people.
Who could have imagined he could also summon gigantic monsters of such absurd proportions?!
Was this truly a power humans could wield?!
Shengu Xuan looked at Gato, who had wet himself in fright.
A trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
He slowly raised his hand.
And pointed at the gangsters, who had already descended into chaos and panic.
Shengu Xuan's voice was as cold as a judgment from hell.
"Since you enjoy hacking people up so much..."
"Then I'll let you taste what it's like to be crushed."
"Troll Squad."
"Crush them."
"Leave none alive!"
"Roar!"
As Shengu Xuan gave his command.
The ten Troll Shadow Ninjas threw back their heads and let out a savage roar.
They swung their thick legs into motion like ten out-of-control heavy tanks.
With the force to crush everything.
They thundered into the crowd of gangsters!
The slaughter.
Had begun.
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