"Two left!" Seisuke said.
There were only Muji and Suigetsu Hozuki left.
Suigetsu Hozuki was now cornered by Might Dai. His body was too obese.
His attacks were powerful but slow - reacting. He couldn't reach Might Dai with his attacks and instead suffered a lot of damage. Samehada couldn't absorb his chakra either, and the injuries on his body were increasing.
On Muji's side, unlike the continuous explosions at the beginning, there were only occasional explosions now. It was likely that there were not many explosive tags left on the Blast Sword: Fūmakibari.
Without the explosive tags, the Blast Sword: Fūmakibari was just a heavy piece of scrap iron. However, there was also a suicidal move on this sword, but Muji definitely wouldn't use it unless it was a last resort.
"Huff, huff, huff!"
Suigetsu Hozuki gasped. Facing Might Dai's attacks, he couldn't resist, and his body felt extremely uncomfortable.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, tightly grasped the tail of Samehada, and said, "It seems I have to use this move."
Seeing him, Seisuke said, "The moves that Samehada can perform are mostly powerful and wide - sweeping heavy - sword techniques. You can't win against Uncle Dai. But I remember there's a backup method."
He stroked his chin. He remembered that Kisame Hoshigaki could use Samehada to transform into a half - human, half - shark form. That was a way of using Samehada, and as the owner of Samehada, Suigetsu Hozuki should know how to do it too.
Sure enough, as he was guessing, Suigetsu Hozuki started to move. The tip of Samehada extended long spikes that pierced through his palm, but he didn't show any sign of pain.
Samehada began to shrink, while Suigetsu Hozuki's body kept growing. The huge blade gradually sank into his limbs and torso, and finally disappeared. During this process, his body also underwent earth - shattering changes.
Suigetsu Hozuki, who still looked human before, suddenly turned into a monster - like being.
His already burly body swelled again, exceeding three meters in height and becoming several times thicker. His clothes were ripped apart, but for some reason, his pants were of good quality and remained intact. A shark - like dorsal fin grew on his back, his head seemed to merge with his neck, and gills grew behind his ears.
Webs grew on his palms and feet, and bone spurs grew on his elbows and knees. His skin turned dark green, looking extremely ugly.
His originally tied - up hair suddenly burst out and became extremely hard, turning into long spikes. A large number of spikes also grew around his chest. There was nothing human - like about him anymore.
If Orochimaru saw this scene, he would definitely try to capture Suigetsu Hozuki alive for research.
The others were startled by Suigetsu Hozuki's transformation. Torifune said, "Samehada can actually merge with the user? What a unique way of using it!"
He had never seen such a transformation before.
"What a huge pufferfish!" Seisuke exclaimed.
Kisame Hoshigaki was half - human, half - shark, and this guy was half - human, half - pufferfish!
Although both were ugly, Kisame Hoshigaki's form was more bearable. After looking at it for a while, you might even think he was a bit cool. But Suigetsu Hozuki's transformation with the help of Samehada was really ugly!
When Muji saw Suigetsu Hozuki's transformation, he cursed and, ignoring the flying bugs, picked up the Blast Sword: Fūmakibari and ran away.
Suigetsu Hozuki didn't care about this unfaithful teammate and said, "Since you're forcing me to a dead end, then let you see my most powerful move!"
As he spoke, his body swelled again and turned into a ball - like object, but it was covered with spikes. Moreover, a large amount of venom began to appear on these spikes.
Is this a sea urchin?!
Seisuke's expression became serious. Even in the past, he knew how terrible pufferfish toxin was. The ovaries, liver, kidneys, eyes, and blood of pufferfish contained highly toxic substances. If not handled properly or eaten by mistake, one could be poisoned, and in severe cases, lose their life.
Although he had heard it was delicious...
Pufferfish toxin was one of the most toxic neurotoxins found in nature. Seriously poisoned people would be unable to breathe, their whole body would be immobilized, and they would watch themselves die, which was extremely terrifying.
Seisuke said in a deep voice, "Captain Torifune, be careful. The poison of this guy might be pufferfish toxin. Once injured and poisoned, there's no way to prepare an antiserum."
Torifune also knew how terrifying it was and nodded. His body shrank as he watched Suigetsu Hozuki rolling towards them at a fairly fast speed.
"In that case... Shibi!"
Shibi nodded. "Secret Technique: Insect Sphere!"
Countless bugs flew over, a dark mass like a black cloud, crawling on Suigetsu Hozuki's body and gnawing at it. But in an instant, those bugs were poisoned and died.
"I'll do it! Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
A large number of shurikens flew out and stuck to the huge ball, but they couldn't break through the opponent's defense.
Flame - Rising Fence!
With a wave of his hand, a wall of fire rose, but Suigetsu Hozuki suddenly dived into the water beneath his feet and swam extremely fast. The others could only see a vague shadow.
Suddenly, he rushed towards Seisuke from behind. Torifune hit him away with a stick.
Seisuke was startled when he reacted, but he immediately took action.
"Fire Fist!"
A huge flaming fist was launched, but Suigetsu Hozuki opened his mouth and spat out a large amount of liquid, extinguishing the flames. He laughed and said, "This is my escape route! Goodbye, Konoha brats!"
Everyone: "..."
"Should we chase? Captain Torifune?" Seisuke turned to look at Torifune and asked.
Torifune then looked at Shibi. A bug flew out from the collar of Shibi and said, "We can chase. Both Muji and Suigetsu Hozuki have my bugs on them. We can find them through the bugs, and maybe even find their headquarters."
"Then let's go," Torifune nodded. "Shibi, clean up the battlefield." Since there were bugs on them, they didn't need to rush to follow.
Shibi immediately used bugs to fish up those corpses, and the ninja swords were also neatly placed.
The corpses were sealed with sealing scrolls, but the ninja swords were left alone.
Before long, these ninja swords suddenly disappeared.
Torifune explained, "The ninja swords of Kirigakure are special. They have a retrieval scroll. Generally, when the holder dies, they will be summoned back. It seems that Suigetsu Hozuki and the others have contacted Kirigakure. We won't chase. Retreat."
Since Suigetsu Hozuki and the others had contacted Kirigakure, it meant that a large force of Kirigakure might come next. They had too few people and had little chance of winning against a large Kirigakure force.
So it was better to retreat. Killing five members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist was already an extremely big gain.
After this, the pressure on Konoha from Kirigakure would be much less.
Next, it was time to retreat.