"Has it been resolved over there? Looks like I'm the one who's holding things back," Chiyo said with a hint of sadness, looking at Scorpion standing a few dozen meters away.
She understood why Maki and the others hadn't returned. Sunagakure lacked resources and talent; if they could control the puppets, it could become one of Sunagakure's strengths. For the village's development, even the Third Kazekage's body had to be used.
"Since you've managed to control them, perhaps I should really develop the automatic combat capabilities of these human puppets!"
Scorpion ripped off his already tattered clothes and manipulated a group of puppets to pounce on Chiyo and the others once again.
"Since this infiltration operation has turned out this way, let's settle things once and for all!"
Even though he was surrounded by Sand Ninja, Sasori showed no intention of breaking out and remained determined to fight Chiyo.
"Alright, let all this sorrow end today!"
Chiyo's eyes hardened, and her fingers danced like flying flowers as she controlled five puppets to meet the attack.
With equal focus and dedication, Chiyo and Sasori continued their battle at the pinnacle of puppetry, seemingly with only each other in their eyes.
Under their control, the puppets moved more nimbly and swiftly than ordinary Chunin. The use of various mechanisms and the choice of attack positions left the Sand Ninja dumbfounded.
With Temari's occasional wind blade attacks, Chiyo's battle became a bit easier. However, the numerical disadvantage still led to the destruction of Chiyo's puppets one by one, while Sasori still had more than a dozen puppets left.
"it's all over!"
Seeing that Chiyo was powerless to resist, Sasori did not control the puppet to continue forward, but instead pounced on Chiyo himself.
"Elder Chiyo!"
Temari was a little too far away, and by the time she rushed towards Chiyo despite the risk of poison, it was too late.
Yes, it's all over!
Just as Sasori was only two steps away from Chiyo, dark sealing runes suddenly appeared beneath his feet. Then, his body suddenly stopped moving, and the two broken and fallen puppet father and mother figures suddenly leaped up and embraced Sasori.
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Unexpectedly, instead of an embrace, the two puppets thrust two sharp steel blades straight into the spot on the puppet's body marked with the character for scorpion!
......
"Brother Scorpion!"
Deidara and Gaara have been chasing each other in the sky for some time now, both searching for an opening in their offense and defense in an attempt to take down the other in one fell swoop.
Overall, Gaara has always had the upper hand, while Deidara has never had a chance to break through due to a lack of explosive clay.
After being entangled for so long, he finally calmed down and prepared to regroup with Scorpion and retreat together. However, when he found an opening and looked down, he discovered that his puppet was shattered on the ground and he himself had been ganged up on and killed.
Perhaps it was too presumptuous for two people to launch a surprise attack on a ninja village, especially one of the five great ninja villages in the ninja world. This thought arose in Deidara's mind for the first time.
At this moment, Sasori was already beyond saving, and he collapsed to the ground as if making his final arrangements. Deidara decided to retreat alone.
"Continuous sandstorms"
Seemingly sensing Deidara's intention to escape from his gradual retreat as he controlled the clay bird, Gaara suddenly unleashed a barrage of machine-gun-like circular sand bullets, interrupting his retreat.
Gaara then adjusted his strategy, no longer using large amounts of sand to form Sand Serpents for pursuit, but instead continuously using Sand Rain to attack.
The relentless barrage of sand bullets forced Deidara to leap and bound, thwarting all his attempts to retreat.
"Since you won't let me leave, then let all these Sand Ninja be buried with me!"
Being relentlessly pursued and shot at like a fly fueled Deidara's rage. He was running low on explosive clay and, seeing no way to escape, Deidara made a desperate move, throwing one of his flying bird figurines along with the others.
Gaara was exhausted from the battle, losing a lot of chakra, mental energy, and physical strength. He was focused on destroying Deidara's exploding clay and for a moment he even overlooked the little doll.
But as the puppet rapidly expanded during its descent, Gaara sensed a strong sense of danger. He felt that this puppet would not only severely injure the Sand Ninja below, but could also potentially damage the village itself. At that moment, he couldn't worry about whether Deidara might take the opportunity to escape; his only priority was protecting his village.
"Shukaku, I don't have enough chakra. Please lend me some of your power."
Within his own consciousness, Gaara turned to Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, for help, as Shukaku had been causing some trouble since the start of the war.
"Take it, take as much as you can. This kid's power is very interesting. You can use my power to clash with him, hahahaha."
"Empty sand wall defense"
With the support of Shukaku's power, Gaara's body surged with terrifying chakra. Without making a sound, countless grains of sand gathered in the sky hundreds of meters high, forming a huge barrier with a diameter of a thousand meters, blocking the clay doll that had expanded to several meters in size.
The sand walls obscured the sky, and the Sand Ninja below felt as if darkness had instantly descended upon their location.
Boom!
The clay figure expanded rapidly upon touching the sand barrier, then exploded. The crimson explosion sent blazing flames soaring into the sky, instantly turning it crimson. The colossal explosion shocked the Sand Ninja below and the nearby residents of the Sand Village.
Although Gaara protected them from the direct impact of the C3-18 explosion, the sonic waves caused by the impact still caused them a sharp pain in their eardrums.
The immense impact of the explosion caused the Sand Barrier to sink dozens of meters, startling the Sand Ninja below. Fortunately, Gaara used all his strength to stop the barrier from collapsing in time.
"go!"
To prevent the barrier from collapsing and injuring those below, Gaara forcibly squeezed out his own power and Shukaku's chakra, transforming the massive barrier into sand and dumping it outside the village in a deserted area.
"Heh, goodbye. I'll come back to Sunagakure next time to unleash an even more powerful explosive clay!"
In the sky, Deidara was thrown dozens of meters by the force of the explosion, even destroying the clay bird beneath his feet. He recreated a bird mount and fled while coughing up blood, his disheveled appearance revealing a hint of smugness.
"You stay here!"
Gaara manipulated the sand with all his might to drive it away from the village, unable to give chase for the moment. He could only use the sand from his gourd and parts of his sand armor to form sand snakes to intercept Deidara. This enemy, skilled in large-scale explosions, absolutely could not be let go; that would be irresponsible towards the safety of the village.
Deidara seemed to have exhausted a lot of chakra, and his speed in controlling the flying bird had slowed down considerably. It looked like he was about to be caught up by Gaara's sand.
Just then, Deidara turned around and dodged the pursuing sand, flying backwards towards Gaara with a smug smile on his face.
"You've fallen for their trap!"
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