The situation changed so quickly and smoothly, which was beyond Mizuki's expectations. In Mizuki's estimation, although the strength of the Sage Mode gave him an advantage in absolute strength, he did not expect Scorpion's Third-generation Wind Shadow puppet to be weaker than expected. This might be because Scorpion did not fight in close proximity as usual, and he did not expect the destructive power of Mizuki, and he did not expect the Sand Iron Technique to be directly broken. By the time he found out something was wrong, it was too late.

"The Sage Mode's improvement on a ninja's overall abilities is simply too powerful..."

This kind of complete and essential improvement is not something that ordinary ninjutsu can easily counter. Senjutsu chakra is actually a higher level of energy that far exceeds ordinary chakra. This is a qualitative improvement, and it is an all-round improvement. For ninjas, ordinary chakra is already the watershed between ninjas and ordinary people, and Senjutsu chakra is the key to step into the threshold of the strong. It doesn't mean that you can't become a master without it. There are countless powerful bloodline limits and secret techniques in the ninja world, and various innate abilities and genius ideas emerge in an endless stream. However, Senjutsu chakra is definitely the top one, a powerful weapon that points directly to the origin.

"Aren't you coming out yet? You are so careful, it's really your style. Without Fei Liuhu's protection, you actually watched the puppet of the person who knows the Sand Iron Technique being torn into pieces like this, you are really cold and heartless..."

In such an obvious situation, Scorpion did not come forward to save the situation. It is hard to imagine how cautious this person is. No wonder he created the Hiruhoku with such terrifying defense and stayed inside. As long as the situation is unfavorable or unclear, this person will basically not put himself in danger. And why did he die in the original work? Maybe it was because Chiyo, an old acquaintance, and the puppets of "father" and "mother" disturbed the cold will of Scorpion!

Looking at the human puppet of the Third Kazekage in front of him, who looked miserable but actually still had a lot of fighting power, Shuimu had no intention of underestimating the enemy. As long as the main part was still there and he could use the Sand Iron Technique, it would still be the powerful weapon that everyone feared. Just based on the characteristics of the Sand Iron and its fierce toxicity, people would not dare to underestimate it at any time.

"Are you giving up on fighting back just like that?" The Iron Sand Jutsu was no longer in an attacking posture. It had an inner layer of an iron wall made up of iron sand defense, and an outer layer of a barrier made up of a circle of shifting iron sand mist. It seemed that it didn't want to let him get close at all. If the ninjutsu attack still had some defensive means, the human puppet would be no match for a head-on collision at close range without any tricks.

"In that case, I won't wait for your real body."

After saying that, Mizuki was about to use ninjutsu to attack again. Mizuki would not be polite to such a living target who had completely given up resistance and was just passively taking the beating. For Fire Style, the Sand Iron Technique was not very effective in defense, especially for Fire Style that had been greatly enhanced by natural energy. Sand Iron could not isolate heat at all, and at most blocked the power of the explosion, but the burning effect was almost not weakened.

This is definitely not good news for Scorpion. Currently, Scorpion has no effective way to curb Mizuki's attack. This kind of fighting style of closely following the human puppet and pursuing it relentlessly is rarely encountered by ordinary puppeteers. The first thing they need to guard against is almost always the safety of the main body. As it is now, it is rare for a puppeteer to have the only powerful puppet in a desperate situation. Most of the time, when encountering such a situation, the puppeteer will retreat in advance. However, Scorpion has no idea of ​​giving up for the time being. If you want to know why, it is because he still has a few companions. Even if those guys are still unreliable, at least there is a variable that he can look forward to, giving him a reason to persist and hold on.

Facing the human puppet of the Third Kazekage who was passively defending, Shuimu tried to use ninjutsu in combination with natural energy to cast spells. As far as we can see now, natural energy has a wide range of adaptability. It can not only be used as a catalyst to enhance ninjutsu, but also be extremely powerful when used alone. And there is a very typical example, which is the Immortal Technique - Frog Kumite and Immortal Technique - Frog Knock, both of which are direct utilization of natural energy under the Sage Mode, and play the role of enhancing perception and attack respectively. This is of course a senjutsu that can only be used when the perception of natural energy is extremely excellent, but apart from the effect of the Myoboku Mountain Toad Sage Technique and the details in it, it is actually a very simple manifestation of energy utilization, just like Uzumaki Naruto used the long arm attack formed by the tailed beast chakra when the Nine-Tails chakra overflowed. There is no difficulty. As long as the control ability is up to standard and there is enough high-quality chakra for oneself to squander, it is actually not too difficult to use it.

Just like now, Shuimu held his right hand in the air, controlling the long arm and fist formed by natural energy, and constantly smashed the shield formed by the sand iron defense. Although the effect is not as powerful as the power of punching, and the consumption is a bit tight, it is not a problem to hold on for a while.

"You can't attack with the Iron Sand Technique, which combines both offense and defense, and you can't defend yourself. Are you going to give up, genius puppeteer?"

Although it was not a great achievement to defeat an out-of-form Scorpion, and it was only during the mutual probing that Mizuki took the lead and caught Scorpion off guard, ninjas were actually like this, winning or losing was actually just a matter of thought. It was estimated that Scorpion just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity brought by the attack of the other team, try his luck, and if it didn't work, he would just fight a war of attrition and wait for other members of the Akatsuki organization to come and help in the siege. Unexpectedly, Mizuki did not play by the rules, and directly started to use his ultimate move, chasing and attacking without giving Scorpion a chance to breathe, which directly frustrated Scorpion's plan.

Just as the iron wall of the sand iron defense was beaten to the point of cracks and was about to collapse, finally, the Red Sand Scorpion hiding in the dark could not bear it anymore. A stream of hot flame shot towards Mizuki, carrying huge destructive power, smashing everything in its path. Mizuki had no choice but to put down what he was doing and fly back to avoid the horrific fire attack.

"This should be the scroll ninjutsu, right? It seems to be called the Flame Prison Array, it's really powerful, the effect of the highly concentrated fire ninjutsu is really amazing."

The convenience of scroll ninjutsu is that the power of ninjutsu accumulated in peacetime can consume less chakra in war, and powerful ninjutsu can be released quickly. Although this is not a mainstream way of applying ninjutsu, it is a rare and practical skill for a puppeteer like Scorpion who is not good at five-element escape techniques.

When forcing Mizuki to retreat, Scorpion of the Red Sand quickly controlled the size of his Fire Style and ignited a sea of ​​fire in front of the Sandaime Kazekage's human puppet, blocking the direction of Mizuki's advance. Then he quickly lifted the sand iron defense, quickly took the Sandaime Kazekage's human puppet back to his side, and stroked the human puppet that was burned all over by Mizuki's Fire Style.

"Finally you've decided to come out, Scorpion, the S-rank rebel ninja of the Sand Village. Your reputation really doesn't match your overly cautious personality."

Scorpion's face is still the same as usual, with a lazy and indifferent smile, the face of a handsome red-haired boy that will never change. Not only does it not bring traces of time with the passage of time, but it also reveals a youthful shyness.

"Traitor?" Sasori turned to Mizuki and said, "I remember that I was not a traitor, right? I just disappeared, along with the Sandaime Kazekage..."

"Can I take it that you're joking?" Although there was no benefit in saying more to this monster that had almost completely lost its human mind, since the enemy was still in a hostile battle, there was still time for a few simple words.

"What a joke? Has old lady Chiyo decided to take me back?"

"So many things were exposed last time? Do you think your former compatriots will turn a blind eye? Although I don't know what their purpose is? However, with the background of the Sand Village, they have mobilized so many jonin to complete this inexplicable mission. I guess the target will be no one else except you."

"Are they still so stupid, always thinking of inexplicable things?"

"Although I don't know what you are pursuing with this ghostly appearance..." Mizuki looked at the puppet body of the Red Sand Scorpion, "But after you abandoned everything as a human being, is there anything else in this world that you are interested in? Logically speaking, you should not even have this kind of curiosity, right? Just for your so-called eternal art?"

"You even know this? Did Deidara tell you? That shouldn't be the case. It seems that I didn't find the wrong person. You are indeed extraordinary. Look at your fighting posture. It's really surprising. How could you improve so much? I really miscalculated this time..."

"Your miscalculation this time is fatal, okay? Also, we have said enough, the test is over, do you have any last words?"

"Haven't you ever thought about it? Actually, we can cooperate..." Scorpion of the Red Sand still had that elegant expression, and he really spoke of some conspiracy and tricks.

"Cooperation?" Mizuki smiled and stretched out his right hand again. Natural energy was still gathering in his arm, forming a huge palm that flashed a deep light, and was about to attack again. "I am really worried about cooperating with a guy who is not even human. It's better to have less inhuman monsters like you in the ninja world..."

"That's such a pity. I thought I could find another power that can control my fate, but I didn't expect that I still can't get what I want?"

"Control your fate? Your fate now is to die here..." Shuimu swung his right hand forward suddenly, and the huge arm formed by natural energy suddenly attacked the direction of the Red Sand Scorpion. "If you had retreated here, you might have had a chance to start over. However, now, you should pray for a miracle to happen."

With the power and speed of Mizuki's Sage Mode, how could Scorpion, a puppeteer of the Red Sand, possibly defeat Mizuki before his chakra ran out? As long as Scorpion lost, he would be dead.

"Although I admire you for risking your life for a puppet, I will not show mercy to a man as inhumane as you."

"It's not good to look down on me like this, is it? In that case, let's see who of us can't hold on first..."

"I've said all the big words and now it's time to fulfill them. Let's see who will have the last laugh."

…

Maki looked at Kakuzu, who was dressed strangely, with a stern face, and was shocked by the results of his previous test.

"The defense and toughness of earth-attribute ninjas, coupled with their impressive speed and powerful strength, this type of ninja is really a headache."

It is not the kind of fragile ninja that is strong in attack but weak in defense, but the type that is good at both offense and defense, which is quite common in water and earth attributes. The change of chakra's nature determines its tendency. Unlike thunder, fire and wind, it has a variety of attack ninjutsu and means, but it has always been lackluster in defense. Only the Chidori style developed by Uchiha Sasuke can be regarded as a skill that is good at both offense and defense. The others are really very weak in defense.

This also results in the fact that earth-attribute ninjas are generally the type with very few weaknesses. If they do not have a reliable means of killing with one blow, they will most likely end up in a protracted battle.

"This is really troublesome. Should we go and ask for help?"

The battle situation on the Sand Ninja side was not that bad at first, but although the three jonin on their side began to attack Hidan recklessly, Hidan, who lacked hard power, could not cope with it at all. After being caught by Juan for a while and caught by the cloth binding technique, he could no longer freely control the March Scythe, so he actually had no fighting power. As a last resort, Hidan had to humbly ask Kakuzu for help, and finally with Kakuzu's help, he got out of the predicament.

The original three to one, now three to two, is not just a change in the number of enemies, but it is likely that the strength of the two sides has reversed. For example, now that Maki is blocked by Kakuzu, he can't provide support, and he can't command his two subordinates, Maki and Yura, as he pleases. He can no longer control the situation as freely as before.

"In this case, we have to fight on our own. Juan, Yura, be careful."

Although Hidan has revealed his immortality, his taijutsu and ninjutsu skills are actually quite average, and the guys who can be companions with Scorpion are definitely all skilled ninjas with similar strengths. In this case, it is highly likely that Hidan has other trump cards. For ninjas, intelligence is sometimes life, and the fear of the unknown far exceeds the fear of strong enemies.

The same is true for Kakuzu on the opposite side. Although this strength is strong, it is still not beyond the scope of ordinary ninjas. For the legendary "Akatsuki" organization, which is full of "monsters", this little bit is really not enough. Therefore, it is obvious that there should be more powerful means that have not been exposed.