The Conch King was a powerful summon called upon by Kandachi, a shelled beast that fought at its master's command. Its strength troubled even the Sannin Jiraiya before Naruto Uzumaki's Big Ball Rasengan brought both summon and summoner down.
Despite the name, the Conch King is not a single shell but a creature built from three joined segments. Only its tail end takes the spiral shape of a conch, while the other two portions echo an oyster and a giant clam. Its design appears to draw on the sazae-oni, a shell spirit out of Japanese folklore.
Formidable enough to give even Jiraiya real trouble, the beast acted on Kandachi's orders and could form hand seals of its own. It loosed volleys of spikes at several foes at once, lashed out with whip-like tongues to bind or slay its target, and wove a distinctive genjutsu that froze an enemy in place, a fog-prison illusion potent enough to leave a Sannin helpless. By venting air from its underside, it could also rise off the ground and hover.
The Conch King entered the fight alongside its summoner Kandachi, and the pair were ultimately overwhelmed when Naruto Uzumaki struck them with his Big Ball Rasengan.

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The Conch King is a powerful summon called upon by Kandachi, a shelled beast built from three joined segments that only partly resembles a conch, echoing an oyster and a giant clam as well.
The Conch King was summoned by Kandachi, and the beast acted on its master's orders throughout their fight.
The Conch King is built from three joined segments; only its tail end takes the spiral shape of a conch, while the other two portions echo an oyster and a giant clam, a design drawing on the sazae-oni of Japanese folklore.
The Conch King could form its own hand seals, loose volleys of spikes, lash out with whip-like tongues, weave a fog-prison genjutsu potent enough to trouble even Jiraiya, and hover by venting air from its underside.
The Conch King and its summoner Kandachi were overwhelmed when Naruto Uzumaki struck them with his Big Ball Rasengan.
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