"Kreeee!!!"
The Fused Monster Bird shrieked, the sound waves rolling outwards, almost tearing apart everyone's eardrums.
But no matter how it struggled, it couldn't move an inch, the vipers and vines binding its wings creaking.
Orochimaru and Nian looked coldly at Hiruko, as if the moment he nodded, the two of them would tear apart and destroy this Fused Monster that had turned on its master.
Hiruko opened his hands, eyes half-closed, completely unaware of the danger he was in.
At this moment, he was in a state of excitement, like a great artist who had just completed his work, lost in admiration of his own creation.
"Kill it?" Nian tilted his head, more wooden vines emerging from his arm.
"No need to rush." Orochimaru clearly understood Hiruko's feelings at this moment. Even he held an attitude of appreciation and anticipation towards successful experiments, even regarding them as his own.
The corner of his mouth rose, a wicked smile appearing, "But, crippling it shouldn't be a problem."
As soon as he finished speaking, two thick vipers suddenly opened their fangs, "Snap," biting down on the monster bird's leg.
The monster bird cried out in pain, after all, that was the only place not covered by bone armor. Orochimaru had spotted its weakness at a glance.
"Woah, woah, woah! Take it easy, brothers!" Hiruko woke up as if from a dream, immediately giving Orochimaru a resentful look, "This child was just born, it can't withstand the torment of a monster like you!"
"Is the Oniyara Technique only this powerful? It seems it still can't keep up with my pace." Orochimaru said with a playful smile.
"It's only a matter of time." Hiruko smiled slightly, without much emotional fluctuation. "Please give this genius of the future some time."
"Then what should we do with this monster bird? I can directly subdue it with genjutsu, forcing it to sign a new summoning contract with you."
Nian's execution was frighteningly fast. As he asked this, he had already revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, the exquisite sunflower pattern rotating slightly.
"Why not test its abilities?" Hiruko rubbed his hands together, his tone containing a hint of excitement.
"Oh, but don't kill it." He quickly added, "This child is currently my only means of fighting enemies."
"Hmph, then, let's stretch our muscles." Orochimaru cracked his neck.
Nian didn't speak, increasingly feeling out of place with the two.
The two exerted force at the same time, the vipers and wooden vines stretching taut, the force then exploding, throwing the monster bird far into the sky.
In the whistling wind, the monster bird's body flipped several times, quickly stabilizing into flight, its wings and bird legs, damaged by the bindings, slowly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Hiruko nodded in satisfaction, "The Banro Pig's self-healing ability, it seems it was perfectly inherited. As long as it's not a fatal wound, it can automatically repair itself over time."
At this moment, the monster bird hovering in the sky shrieked, its eyes filled with fierce light, facing the three people on the snow, it flapped its wings fiercely.
"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!"
One after another, emerald green feathers rained down, each feather engraved with scarlet runes, in the center of the spiderweb-like technique, the character "爆" (Explode) slowly burned, melting and evaporating the surrounding snowflakes.
"They're exploding tags!" Nian recognized the runes on the feathers.
Actually, he didn't need to remind them, Orochimaru sensed the explosive, scorching aura in the air at the first moment, and immediately recalled the "爆" (Explode) technique on the grotesque turtle shell before the fusion.
So, he fused the advantages of these ninja beasts together…
Nian looked up at the burning feathers filling the sky, and took out a handful of exploding tag kunai from his waist pouch.
Ordinary explosions naturally wouldn't hurt him, but if these exploding feathers were allowed to fall to the ground, this still relatively open training ground would be unusable, and the cleanup work would be quite tiring.
And the best way to deal with exploding tags is to detonate them in advance!
His hands moved rapidly, so fast that they even left afterimages in the air, countless exploding tag kunai shot out, heading straight for the feathers in mid-air.
"Wind Release: Gale Palm!"
Orochimaru clapped his hands together, the surrounding airflow surged, using the crisp sound of the clap as a trigger, compressing the airflow into a wide-range storm, surging out, rising rapidly, boosting the kunai to make contact with the feathers at an even faster speed.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Thick smoke rose, and continuous explosions echoed through the mountains, the originally white sky immediately darkening.
Nian revealed a confident smile, under the blessing of his powerful dynamic vision and precise shuriken throwing skills, each kunai accurately found its target, he even calculated Orochimaru's wind force boost.
With a "whoosh," a sharp figure pierced through the smoke screen, the air violently shaking, followed by a milky white sound cone, slamming towards the three.
"I'll handle it."
Nian took a step forward, his black hair moving without wind, his body shining with clear golden lightning, accompanied by streaks of orange light that split the air, a huge, half-body giant projected from his body.
Susanoo, Second Stage.
He didn't activate the thunder hammer or thunder cannon, he simply manipulated the Susanoo to open a large hand, steadily catching the monster bird's impact, as if catching a cannonball.
"BOOM!!!!"
A visible shockwave suddenly spread, engulfing the sky with snowflakes dancing wildly with the storm!
Hiruko was caught off guard, swept away by the huge impact, the storm messing up his lab coat, outlining his thin figure.
Orochimaru moved, using Body Flicker Technique repeatedly, steadily darting behind Hiruko to catch him, the two of them skidding far across the snow.
The moment he touched Hiruko's arm, Orochimaru froze, that rib-like feeling, even through his sleeves, was uncomfortably bony.
He couldn't help but turn his head, what met his eyes was Hiruko's fanatical expression.
"How is it! My Fused Monster is not bad, right!" He shouted loudly.
The drifting snow cleared, in the field, the Susanoo's two huge arms simultaneously grabbed the monster bird's wings, with just a pull, it could tear the monster bird in half.
Nian turned his head slightly, with a questioning look, "Continue?"
Hiruko coughed a few times, waving his hand, "Let's end it here, I already know its strength."
Nian nodded, turning his head to look at the monster bird, the moment their eyes met, crimson eyes bloomed with light.
As powerful mental energy suddenly swept over, the monster bird stopped struggling almost without any resistance, and became quiet again.
Orochimaru looked at Hiruko walking towards the monster bird step by step, frowning and asking, "Are you going to fuse with it?"
"This bird's strength is not weak, but it's far from enough, I think any Kage could kill it." Nian gave a fair evaluation, but his words were advising Hiruko to consider carefully.
He didn't really want Hiruko to become such a grotesque monster. As his friend, or as Uncle's disciple, it would be undignified.
Hiruko waved his hand, "How could that be? This guy is just a summoning beast, temporarily acting as my mount."
Saying this, he took out the summoning scroll, dripped their blood on it, and completed the contract again.