Chapter 1046: The Jackal Encirclement

The powerful intuition of a Kage-level ninja made Hatake Sakumo realize that something was wrong, and an ominous premonition surfaced in his heart once again.

"Not good!"

Hatake Sakumo exclaimed in his heart.

But it seemed everything was already too late.

The pale cheeks under the mask of the Root squad member, who had dislocated limbs and was lying on the ground unable to move, turned black rapidly.

A color symbolizing decay spread quickly across his skin.

Secret Technique: Phosphorus Destruction Bug Technique!

Hatake Sakumo, who was familiar with the secret techniques of every Konoha clan, recognized the secret technique used by this Root squad member at a glance.

So this person was actually a ninja of the Aburame clan!!

In the original work, Aburame Torune, also a member of the Root, once used this move to fight Uchiha Obito.

The lethality of this move was impressive.

The Aburame clan was a ninja clan good at fighting with insects; most Aburame clan members would raise special insects called "Kikaichu" in their bodies.

But what this Root member of the Aburame clan was using was not just as simple as "Kikaichu."

Only the strong in the Aburame clan could raise a type of nano-sized poisonous insect in their bodies, which was the so-called "Phosphorus Destruction Bug."

Phosphorus Destruction Bugs not only had strong toxicity, but once contaminated, they would invade blood vessels along the skin and spread rapidly, leading to tissue necrosis.

It could be said that even in the vast ninja world, the lethality of the Phosphorus Destruction Bug technique was absolutely not to be underestimated.

The Phosphorus Destruction Bug technique released by this Aburame clan ninja was too sudden, which made Sakumo unable to let go and move away from his body at all.

The decaying, dark color spread from the point of contact between Sakumo and the Aburame ninja onto his own body.

In an instant, intense pain flooded Sakumo's nerve endings, and the color of decay continued to spread along his limbs to other parts of his body without any pause.

The instinct of a powerhouse made Sakumo take action subconsciously.

"Pfft!!"

He swung the short blade in his hand at high speed, severing the head of the Aburame Root member, and blood splattered out.

After this Aburame clan ninja died, countless Phosphorus Destruction Bugs went berserk, beginning to attack everything around them indiscriminately.

Soil, vegetation, and even the air began to spread with the color of decay.

After Hatake Sakumo killed the traitor, he retreated to the side quickly.

He looked down at the part of his body that had been infected by the bugs due to contact with the Aburame ninja just now.

The normal skin color on his arm had disappeared, replaced by a decaying, stiff gray.

At this moment, this color of decay had spread from his fingers to his elbow.

Hatake Sakumo's decaying arm had lost all sensation, leaving only a stiff numbness.

Not only that, this heart-wrenching color of decay was still spreading continuously.

This numbness gave rise to a trace of fear in Sakumo's heart.

Sakumo knew that he could not let the poisonous insects continue to spread in his body.

He gritted his teeth and swung his sharp blade toward his own elbow.

"Konoha's White Fang" had fought across the ninja world, and the short blade that was famous for its reputation probably never thought that one day it would be swung at its own master.

"Pfft!!!"

Crimson blood accompanied a section of the decaying forearm as it fell to the ground.

"Plop."

The moment Sakumo's severed limb touched the ground, it instantly decayed into gray residue.

Clearly, the toxicity of the Phosphorus Destruction Bugs was enough to corrode flesh and blood into such a state in an instant!

The toxicity of the poisonous insects made Hatake Sakumo's pupils contract violently.

But Sakumo had no time to be afraid, because the crisis had not been resolved, but rather further aggravated due to the sudden change.

He quickly stopped the bleeding for his elbow and then looked around coldly.

In just a few seconds, the enemy had used a "traitor" buried inside Konoha to destroy one of Hatake Sakumo's arms.

If a person is killed, they will die.

This is a truth that every ninja understands.

Even someone as strong as the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, had once capsized due to carelessness at the hands of the Gold and Silver Brothers.

Not to mention Hatake Sakumo, whose combat power was far inferior to Tobirama's.

Under the repeated calculations of the enemy, Sakumo finally paid the price in blood.

In the distance, the Kirigakure ninja who surrounded Hatake Sakumo remained cold after seeing the change before them.

It seemed as if everything should have been this way.

The previous surprise and panic were all faked by him.

Everything was for the sake of the Phosphorus Destruction Bug secret technique of that Aburame clan ninja to succeed.

"Hatake-kun, surrender."

"Hand over that guy in your hand, and perhaps I can spare your life."

The Kirigakure ninja spoke slowly, his voice carrying a detached coldness.

Listening to the cold persuasion to surrender in his ears, the expression on Sakumo's face did not change at all. ===== CHAPTER 1048 =====