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His back hit the wall.

Unbeknownst to him, he had been cornered by the two men.

Xu Ming was now like a piece of meat on a chopping board.

The conflict between Mitarashi Anko and Yakushi Kabuto suddenly became undisguised.

"It's been so long since I've had such tender young meat! Kabuto, get out of my way! He's mine!"

Mitarashi Anko stared at Xu Ming, licking her lips repeatedly.

“Miss Mitarai, I also deserve credit for catching him. It’s probably not appropriate for you to take all the credit.”

Kabuto Yakushi still had that same smiling face.

"Hmph! I was the first one!"

"Dare to take it from me? I'll kill you!"

Mitarashi Anko clenched her fist fiercely.

"Miss Mitarai, how about this?"

You take away his tender hands and feet, I'll take his body for experiments.

Seeing that Mitarashi Anko remained unmoved, Yakushi Kabuto paused for a moment and continued:

"If the two of us fight, we might attract that guy over, and then we won't get anything."

Kabuto Yakushi's smile remained unchanged, but his words contained a hint of threat.

Mitarashi Anko thought for a while, and then reluctantly nodded.

"Okay, we'll do it your way."

At this moment, Xu Ming's voice broke in.

"I said, do you two think I'm dead?"

Kabuto pushed up his glasses and smiled without saying a word, while Anko Mitarashi gave him a look that said, "Aren't you just talking nonsense?"

Xu Ming sighed; it seemed he had no choice but to reveal his trump card.

Although there is a risk of awakening the Nine-Tailed Fox's true form, there's no time to worry about that now.

Fortunately, he is currently underground, so as long as he doesn't make too much noise, the chances of waking up the nine-tailed fox are slim.

Of course, this is on the condition that the last two cards are not used.

Xu Ming remained silent, thinking that Mitarashi Anko had completely given up. Then, she twisted her snake tail and charged towards Xu Ming like an arrow, her hands forming claws as she viciously grabbed at Xu Ming's head.

"You brat! Die!"

She made up her mind: she would only tear off Xu Ming's hands and feet, leaving him alive to become the experimental subject of the madman, Yakushi Kabuto!

The pharmacist wore a fake smile, pushed up his glasses, and the mirror reflected a cold, icy light.

Just as Mitarashi Anko approached, three figures suddenly appeared and blocked Xu Ming's path.

The instant they appeared, an invisible ripple swept through the air, followed by a bright bolt of lightning that struck Mitarashi Anko hard.

Oh!

Intense electric currents surged through Mitarashi Anko's body, bathing her entire body in a bluish-white light, making her bones faintly visible.

"what!"

Mitarashi Anko let out a shrill scream, and wisps of blue smoke began to rise from her body.

Suddenly, a ball of light, interwoven with red and green, flashed in front of her.

Years of navigating life and death honed her intuition, allowing Mitarashi Anko to instantly sense a deadly threat from the ball of light.

Her body felt as if her bones had been removed, and the force of the torque forced her into a strange angle.

Boo!

A faint, almost imperceptible sound came from the air.

Mitarashi Anko's right arm seemed to be pulled by an invisible force and twisted violently.

Pfft!

Her right arm was twisted into a tattered mess by this invisible force, like wringing out a towel; the arm was no longer recognizable as it originally was.

Mitarashi Anko was pale, her left hand gripping her right shoulder, glaring venomously at Erina and Asagami Fujino in front of Xu Ming.

Kabuto pushed up his glasses, a clear look of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

What was initially thought to be a white rabbit that had wandered into the laboratory turned out to be a dangerous tiger.

He immediately took two steps back imperceptibly, hiding his body in the shadows.

Roar!

At this most tense moment, a strange roar came from the depths of the underground cave.

Mitarashi Anko and Yakushi Kabuto's expressions changed drastically at the same time.

"Damn it! How did we attract this guy here!?"

After muttering something under her breath, Mitarashi Anko glared fiercely at Xu Ming and the others before sinking into the ground without a second thought.

As for Kabuto Yakushi, he had already disappeared into the shadows the moment that voice rang out.

The two's strange behavior immediately caught Xu Ming's attention.

"Everyone be careful! Something's coming!"

Xu Ming shouted a warning, holding his phone in one hand and gripping the crowbar tightly with the other, scanning the surrounding cave with great vigilance.

At Xu Ming's prompting, the other three also became alert.

Rumble!

The ground began to tremble, the underground cave shook slightly, and gravel and dust kept falling from above.

The entire cave seemed to have been shaken by an earthquake.

Xu Ming looked up at the sky with some concern.

This is Orochimaru's laboratory, after all; it shouldn't collapse so easily, right? Probably...

As Xu Ming was worrying about what was above him, a terrifying figure suddenly leaped out from the largest cave.

It was a terrifying monster whose entire body was covered in white bones.

Its white bones, like those of a hedgehog, stand erect on its skin. When it runs, the white bones on its body tremble like grayish-white needles, emitting a chilling white light.

Its shape resembles a hound magnified dozens of times, but amidst the pile of white bones on the monster's chest, one can vaguely see a thin human figure embedded within.

Upon seeing the iconic white hair and the two vermilion dots that replaced the eyebrows, a name immediately came to Xu Ming's mind—Kimimaro.

In the original work, he was the last surviving member of the Kaguya clan. After being adopted by Orochimaru, he was completely obedient to Orochimaru and was willing to give his life for him.

It can be said that Kimimaro was Orochimaru's loyal follower through and through.

The Kimimaro who appeared before Xu Ming and the others was undoubtedly Orochimaru's doing.

That guy is ruthless enough; he can use his disciples and capable henchmen for human experiments at will.

The two sides barely exchanged a glance before Kimimaro launched an attack without hesitation.

Suddenly, he bent down, his bone spurs trembling, and then pointed them all at Xu Ming and the others.

Swish swish!

The next second, a barrage of bone spikes rained down on Xu Ming and the others.

Erina reacted extremely quickly, immediately transforming into her silver-haired form and erecting an ice wall in front of everyone.

The ice wall had just risen when a cacophony of clanging sounds filled the air.

Sharp bone spikes kept hitting the ice wall, and for a moment, ice, snow and bone fragments flew everywhere in a chaotic mix.

After a while, the rain of bone spurs gradually stopped.

The ice wall, which was more than 20 centimeters thick, was already covered with spiderweb-like cracks and was on the verge of collapse.

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Whoosh!

Before long, the ice wall shattered completely.

Erina looked somewhat surprised. As the creator of the ice wall, she knew its strength all too well.

It's worth noting that this thick ice wall can even withstand bullet attacks.

Kimimaro, who had just shot out a large number of bone spikes, shook his body violently, and the bone spikes grew out from under his skin again.

Xu Ming knew very well that passively taking a beating was not the best option.

He immediately raised his phone and fired a shot at Kimimaro.

The purple-gold light shone again in the cave.

Kimimaro, encountering this attack for the first time, was immediately hit.

"Roar!"

The excruciating pain, like being scorched by the sun, made him let out a painful howl.

When the exorcising light dissipated, Kimimaro's bones were covered in cracks, and his aura weakened considerably.

Without Xu Ming giving any instructions, Erina and Asagami Fujino immediately launched an attack.

Lightning and twisting power rained down on Kimimaro.

An electric current kept jumping between the bones.

Every now and then, red and green orbs of light could be seen flashing on Kimimaro's body. Each time the orb of light flashed, it twisted the nearby bones and flesh together into a ball.

Haruyuki Arita summoned his laser sword and stood guard in front of Xu Ming with a wary expression.

In this narrow underground cave, his high mobility is greatly reduced, and now he is only capable of guarding (taking bullets).

Roar!