Gamabunta and Jiraiya, drenched in cold sweat, looked at the surrounding pool filled with poisonous skeletons. A chill inevitably ran through their hearts, and they whispered to each other:
"Jiraiya, what should we do now?"
"What else can we do?! Run!"
No sooner had he spoken than Gamabunta, carrying Jiraiya on his head, quickly leaped high, about to jump out of the range of the poisonous liquid pool.
However, would things really go as they wished? Impossible!
The poisonous skeletons, filling the pool, saw Gamabunta and Jiraiya leap into the air, and they too eagerly jumped upwards to press down on them!
Something that completely overturned Gamabunta and Jiraiya's worldview happened: these poisonous skeletons' jumping ability was comparable to that of fleas, terrifyingly strong, easily leaping dozens of meters!
And so, Gamabunta and Jiraiya in mid-air were covered in cold sweat, looking at the dense swarm of poisonous skeletons rushing up from below, their hearts even trembling.
"Gam... Gamabunta! W-What should we do now?!"
"What do you mean, what should we do?! Resist quickly! Fight back! Otherwise, we'll be buried alive by this pile of poisonous skeletons!"
Facing the poisonous skeletons that were almost overwhelmingly attacking them, Jiraiya and Gamabunta frantically defended. Jiraiya used various Fire Release attacks, and Gamabunta used Dōbarato's sword techniques to resist.
For a time, the defense around the two was impenetrable, incinerating all the poisonous skeletons that got close.
However, it was a pity that these shattered poisonous skeletons turned back into poisonous liquid, flowing into the poisonous liquid pool below. From this perspective, the poisonous liquid pool suffered no loss at all.
Countless poisonous skeletons attacked almost as if sacrificing their lives, finally blocking Gamabunta's path out again. Gamabunta, carrying Jiraiya, eventually stood helplessly in the center of the poisonous liquid pool.
Looking at this damned place again, both Gamabunta and Jiraiya's faces were as black as the bottom of a pot.
It was just a pity that their operation had just begun!
The entire poisonous liquid pool seemed to be boiling, gurgling with bubbles. With such a huge commotion, batch after batch of poisonous skeletons crawled out from under the poisonous liquid, bravely and resolutely rushing towards Gamabunta and Jiraiya in the center.
These two were helpless. Facing the overwhelming army of poisonous skeletons attacking them, they continued to cut them down and resist!
In this terrible situation where all they saw were enemies, Jiraiya no longer stayed on Gamabunta's head. He jumped down from Gamabunta's huge body and stood on the surface of the poisonous liquid, using both ninjutsu and taijutsu to quickly deal with the enemies.
Gamabunta's body was enormous, and each swing of his sword shattered large numbers of poisonous skeletons!
The two coordinated with each other, facing the numerous poisonous skeleton enemies, as easily as cutting vegetables.
However, the enemies, the poisonous skeletons, seemed endless, constantly crawling out from under the poisonous liquid and continually regenerating.
There was nothing they could do. The more poisonous skeletons they cut down, the more these shattered poisonous skeletons would eventually reintegrate into the poisonous liquid pool, and then continue to regenerate into poisonous skeletons, endlessly, cyclically!
Breathing out a mouthful of flames, which incinerated who knows how many poisonous skeletons, and using a kunai to block the poisonous skeletons' attacks, Jiraiya's face was filled with bitterness:
"Gamabunta?! What do we do now? We can't finish fighting them!"
Waving a swathe of sword energy that shredded a group of poisonous skeletons in front of him, Gamabunta also spoke in a very annoyed tone:
"No choice, we can only hold on for now, then look for an opportunity to break through! Damn it! Here they come again! Die!"
As Gamabunta cursed, another batch of poisonous skeletons rushed towards him!
Gamabunta was, of course, furious. He unhesitatingly raised his sword and horizontally slashed at the group of poisonous skeletons in front of him! He didn't even need much strength!
With a crash, the poisonous skeletons in front of him shattered. Then, there was one special exception!
When Gamabunta's sword struck the batch of poisonous skeletons, one particular poisonous skeleton actually very clearly raised a bone spike in its hand to block!
However, what was most astonishing was that this poisonous skeleton, relying on the bone spike in its hand, actually blocked Gamabunta's sword!
With a muffled thud, the poisonous liquid on the poisonous skeleton's body was directly shaken off by Gamabunta's attack! Revealing the Akame figure hidden beneath the poisonous liquid!
It turned out that Akame had not been hiding in the underground poisonous liquid layer. Instead, she had taken this opportunity to crawl out, covered her body in poisonous liquid to disguise herself as a poisonous skeleton, and then, with a batch of poisonous skeletons, she attacked Gamabunta.
What she wanted was this unexpected special effect!
Looking at who had blocked his sword, it was indeed this female assassin!
Jiraiya also widened his eyes in surprise for a moment. This female assassin, who had been causing him trouble since earlier, had finally appeared?! Good! It's good that she's appeared! As long as you appear, I can catch you!
No! This female assassin is quite close to Gamabunta, isn't she?!
Jiraiya suddenly realized and shouted to Gamabunta:
"Gamabunta! Be careful! Create distance!"
Hearing Jiraiya's shout, Gamabunta's heart trembled, and he immediately tried to create distance.
However, it was too late!
Akame smiled slightly, her body agilely twisting, gracefully passing Gamabunta's blade, and then, she swiftly threw her Blood-Red Short Blade at Gamabunta!
The Blood-Red Short Blade was like a spiral shuriken, flashing with a crimson glow, and in a fleeting moment, it rushed towards Gamabunta again!
Watching the Blood-Red Short Blade get closer and closer, Gamabunta's eyes widened in horror, and his body desperately tried to shrink back!
However, Gamabunta's body was too large. Even if his reaction was timely, such a massive body could not retreat quickly enough.
The Blood-Red Short Blade spun, and suddenly, in an instant, it sliced a wound across Gamabunta's belly, which he couldn't dodge in time!
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