This guy was an ungrateful wretch who couldn't be tamed, but also an incredibly powerful ungrateful wretch!
In the current situation...
Sasuke had to rely on Manda's strength.
Only this guy could help him break through the current predicament.
Words perfectly fitting Manda's personality, and the chilling aura emitted that even Manda couldn't ignore...
"Hmph, consider yourself sensible, brat. One hundred sacrifices—don't you forget it!"
Manda opened his huge mouth, revealing an anthropomorphic, terrifying smile.
Whoosh!
With a lash of his tail...
With speed faster than thunder covering ears, he assaulted the positions of Ryoma and the other two incredibly swiftly.
Rippling air waves...
As this terrifying momentum rolled in...
Let alone Shen and Ken...
Even Ryoma's expression became extremely cold and stern.
Boom!
"Scatter!"
Shouting deeply.
Whoosh!
While leaping backward to pull away, Ryoma Aburame didn't forget to mobilize his parasitic insects rapidly.
Buzz, buzz, buzz!
Forming an exaggeratedly giant pitch-black insect sphere wall in front. Not expecting it to truly block the attack, just delaying Manda's attack for a moment would be enough. But clearly, Manda dared to act with such personality because he had the corresponding strength to back it up.
Against a true Kage-level existence, Manda might be a bit wary, but against three Jonin, all injured...
Lord Manda expressed: What kind of trash are you!?
Boom!
The exaggeratedly massive body charging forward...
With just a simple charge, he easily broke through the interception of this insect sphere wall in front, as fragile as paper!
Manda pounced right in front.
Just a clean and neat devouring action.
"Ah!?"
In one bite, he swallowed Ken directly, who was just heavily injured and reacted a beat or more slower.
And he maliciously bit Ken in half from the middle before swallowing him.
Not killing him instantly.
But a death painful enough.
Before dying, Ken endured this immense torture, letting out a miserable scream.
Accompanied by the splattering blood...
"Ken!"
As a comrade, or rather the person with the best relationship in Root, Shen shouted with eyes splitting upon seeing this scene.
His eyes hidden under the mask instantly became bloodshot.
However, he barely had time to mourn his comrade. After devouring the first one, Manda seemed to have whetted his appetite. Greed flowed blatantly in his snake eyes.
He stared straight at Shen's position and assaulted him fiercely.
Manda could see clearly.
These people, one by one, were all delicious!
The giant snake rushing straight at him...
The moment that terrifying aura permeated...
Shen, close at hand, tensed his muscles subconsciously, a naked shudder of fear.
"Water Style: Water Shockwave!"
A resistance action barely made.
"Shen!"
Then, like Ken, he had almost no ability to resist and was swallowed by Manda in one bite.
"Ken! Shen!"
An irresistible situation.
The strength suppression brought by Manda...
Made Ryoma Aburame's expression become extremely terrifying. He truly hadn't expected Orochimaru's summon beast to be strong to this extent. This was almost an instant kill, right!? Ordinary ninja couldn't defend against such an offensive at all!
Even Sasuke was shocked by Manda's power.
He had already overestimated Manda's strength, but judging by the current performance, he had still far underestimated Manda!
Just like Gamabunta summoned by Naruto in the original story could barely contend with the One-Tail Shukaku in an incomplete state.
A summon beast of Manda's level was solidly a Kage-level existence!
More accurately, Manda should be a head stronger than Gamabunta. Needless to say about Tsunade's Katsuyu; there was no comparison, and Katsuyu wasn't a combat-style summon beast anyway, but a support type.
Is this Orochimaru's strongest summon beast?
Sasuke, standing on Manda's head, appeared calm on the surface, but was actually thinking with great shock in his heart.
"Haha, a bunch of trash wants to challenge me, the Great One!? You only deserve to be my food!"
Manda laughed wildly and arrogantly.
His wildly waving tail also sent several Root members flying along the way. Of course, one or two unlucky ones among Orochimaru's subordinates fighting alongside were also swept in. Manda, having entered an excited state, didn't distinguish between friend and foe.
He didn't care about our side or the enemy.
He only cared if he was happy or not!
Bang!
Bang!
On the field.
None of these so-called elites could withstand Manda's assault. It should be said that facing such a Manda, even the current Sasuke would struggle.
Manda's strength was simply too great.
Without Kage level, one truly couldn't cope.
Manda vented his emotions completely.
Then, aiming at Ryoma's position, he assaulted swiftly.
This assaulting flight seemed capable of shaking heaven and earth.
Facing the angle head-on...
Ryoma bit his lower lip tightly.
"Secret Jutsu: Insect Cloud Storm!"
Releasing the maximum amount of chakra possible.
Gathering the most massive insect swarm.
In the sweeping angle...
Intending to block the front position. However, unfortunately, Manda didn't fall for this at all. And Ryoma, whose state was already weakened to a certain extent, couldn't block Manda's attack with this released jutsu at all.
"Hmph! Little tricks!"
Blatant disdain flowed out.
The figure charging up forcefully.
Boom!
These parasitic insects shattered upon touch!
Defense easily pierced again.
In the descending angle...
Ryoma's pupils contracted abruptly. The blatantly felt aura of death... just in this nick of time.
"Fire Style: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!"
A deep voice fell.
The next second.
Directly behind Ryoma...
The figure of a giant red toad, not much inferior to Manda in size, flashed out abruptly.
Opening its big mouth...
Pungent oil sprayed out rapidly.
Above, a white-haired man formed seals with both hands rapidly. Synchronously spewing flames... the moment they mixed with the oil...
The terrifying power expanded further.
Facing the rolling heatwave...
"!?"
A terrifying jutsu even Manda dared not face head-on.
Forced to retreat and pull away.
Thud!
When that toad landed...
Manda and Sasuke also clearly saw the toad and the two people standing on its head.
"Hmph! It's you again, stinking toad!"
While Manda raged...
Sasuke's gaze hardened accordingly.
"Jiraiya, Naruto."