What Are They All Waiting For?!

Scorpion's words of approval meant nothing to her—if she were defeated and died here.

Conversely, if she can defeat Scorpion, then it doesn't matter if Scorpion verbally abuses her.

This battle has now entered its second half.

On the surface, she had destroyed Sasori's Kazekage Puppet and Giant Scorpion Puppet, and exhausted his Fire Style;

On the contrary, he was completely unharmed, only the Chakra stored in the Yin Seal was more than half depleted—still quite abundant.

The problem is that the giant scorpion puppet was only defeated because it was countered by her Monstrous Strength and Wind Blade Torrent, which is why it was killed before it could play any role.

But the Kazekage Shadow Puppet caused her a lot of trouble.

What's even more troublesome is that Sakura just saw a couple hundred Human Puppet!

Although each of them may not be even a tenth as strong as a Kazekage Puppet, their sheer number and diverse attack methods are overwhelming...

This is a real headache.

Moreover, according to Scorpion's method, he still has one last trump card, possibly a scroll containing an extremely powerful Secret Technique.

This unknown threat, rather than being aware of it, actually made Scorpion and Sakura feel somewhat constrained.

She was terrified that she had fallen into his trap.

Sasori still has ample fighting power and trump cards; on the contrary, apart from Mirror Flower, Water Moon, he has already cracked all of Sakura's Ninjutsu.

That's the worst part.

"Your illusion Genjutsu," Scorpion continued, "Wasn't it actually Genjutsu? What's it called?"

"... It's called Mirror Flower, Water Moon." Sakura Haruno glanced at him, but still answered the question.

The name was vague and offered no meaningful clues. After pondering for a while, Sasori realized it was a completely nonsensical name—he'd seen plenty of them, some clearly named after the strongest Water Release, yet the protagonist still desperately used Ice Release!

To protect the secrets of Ninjutsu, this was the proper course of action. Sasori said, "When you attacked, I didn't see any distortion in the image, so 'Mirror Flower, Water Moon' only changed the environment, right? You only know Ice Release and Water Release, so this move must have used Water Release to alter that area for a long time using some special method. Even if the Chakra is withdrawn, the illusion effect still exists!"

"Heh heh... brilliant!" Although he didn't understand the principles of light refraction, Scorpion could still analyze enough from external appearances. His intellect and fighting spirit were truly awe-inspiring.

"Most of them are correct... and then what?"

"Therefore, the way to break the Mirror Flower, Water Moon is simple: use a wide-range destructive Ninjutsu, and the attack will be less likely to miss; another method, regardless of how you did it, is to use Fire Style to cancel the effect of Water Release and destroy the illusion!"

"..."

Sakura lowered her eyes and remained silent.

"I have a basic understanding of your abilities," Scorpion said calmly.

This is what he understands--

His Water Release are incredibly powerful, and his Ice Release is also very strong; his Nintaijutsu is very effective against puppets, and he has decent reaction speed. Sasori also recognized the characteristics of those effective Ninjutsu.

In the battles that followed, Sakura had no room for tricks and could only fight head-on.

She was facing one or two hundred Human Puppet; and most of her attack methods were single-target offensive Ninjutsu suitable for one-on-one combat.

Unless she smashes down another Leviathan...

Sakura quickly glanced at the riverbed beside her. The babbling stream was already flowing in the dried-up riverbed, and the main body of the river came into view, with the white waves gradually approaching.

Just a few more minutes... and she'll be able to effortlessly unleash that level of Water Release again.

Scorpion keenly caught Sakura Haruno's gaze and smiled gently, "Are you waiting for the river to come?"

Sakura stared back at him expressionlessly, offering no reply. Indeed, she had picked up on Scorpion's words earlier precisely to buy time, to wait for the river to flow over, and also to allow her meridians to rest—which had now completely subsided.

So why is the scorpion so cooperative?

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind: what was the scorpion waiting for too?

Sakura's expression changed, a blue light flashed on her hand, and she bent down to punch the ground!

"Nintaijutsu: Cherry Blossom Impact!"

The immense force blasted the solidified earth into massive boulders, which then burst open like cherry blossoms.

Amidst the shattered, yellowish-brown soil and rocks, a dozen or so dark figures, squeezed by the rubble and struggling in the cracks, stood out. Several of them were even directly shattered by the force transmitted from that punch!

Some of the Human Puppet controlled by Sasori, who were capable of using Earth Release, secretly sneaked up from underground while the two were talking!

"Hmph, you've been found out?" Sasori, who had been talking to Sakura from a distance, sneered coldly. "And what else!"

Sakura swiftly Hand Seals, unleashing "Ice Release: Swallow Snow Storm!" Instantly, she created dozens of enormous ice darts, which transformed into countless icy stars and shot towards the puppets exposed around her!

Slap slap slap--

The ice darts harvested the puppets stuck in the ground, unable to move; Sakura, however, had no time to observe the results, as new puppets had already appeared in her Chakra perception!

Directly ahead, the puppets, who were not skilled in Earth Release is a type of magic or magic), walked through the underground passage left by the giant scorpion and appeared in the hole left by the giant scorpion;

Beneath their feet, more puppets using Earth Release is a technique in Chinese fantasy novels) emerged from the ground;

In the distance, several puppets using Earth Release emerged, scattered around Sakura, specifically tasked with shattering the ice mirrors she created!

"Earth Release: Earth Spear!" Sasori's puppets didn't even spare the ice darts beneath their feet!

Sakura Haruno's face paled as she sensed the ice mirror she had just created shatter. Faced with a horde of puppets, she finally realized how extremely difficult the situation was.

The tactics used in one-on-one combat are completely ineffective against an army of enemies!

If fancy techniques don't work, then the only option is to fight it head-on...

Sakura's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

If there's no water source, then she'll create her own! Even using only traditional Water Release ninja techniques, she's an incredibly strong ninja!

Sakura 'Chakra surged wildly, and she opened her mouth, spewing out a massive amount of water at high speed, instantly creating a water wall nearly ten meters wide in front of her.

They clashed fiercely with the various Ninjutsu and ninja tools of the puppets that were attacking head-on!

Boom boom boom!

Continuous fire dragons, storms, and thunderbolts struck the thick water wall, creating countless splashes, evaporating large amounts of water, and frantically reducing the thickness of the water wall!

Even with such a thick water wall, it couldn't withstand hundreds of powerful Ninjutsu for long. Within just a second or two, the Water Formation Wall began to tremble and crumble!

However, the one or two seconds gained are enough.

The girl leaped up, dodging the attack launched by the Earth Release a type of magical technique) puppets beneath her feet; the hand Hand Seals were faster than anyone could imagine.

"Water Release: Super Water Gun Technique!"

As a lower-level version of Wind Blade Torrent, Water Gun Technique is much faster to Wind Blade Torrent, taking less than a second to prepare.

Sakura Haruno leaped into the air, her eyes cold, and glanced to the other side at the puppet that had just shattered the ice mirror. The water line at her fingertips slashed along her line of sight!

Call out--!

Sakura didn't even glance at the puppet that had been cut in two and collapsed to the ground.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw that the Water Formation Wall was on the verge of collapse. Her Chakra surged rapidly, and Sakura waved her arm, pointing to the gurgling stream not far away. Following the direction of her finger, the joyful, leaping water instantly froze into ice, spreading upwards, turning the stream into an ice flow for hundreds of meters.

The medium for the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals is here!

Following this river downstream, it flows into the main trunk of the Land of Wind.

Two figures, one large and one small, are moving forward at high speed!

Running at the front was an orange-haired boy who seemed to be draped in a red coat, with a tail-like Chakra entity constantly swaying behind him.

"Naruto, we're close enough..." The burly ninja glanced at the boy who was still relentlessly accelerating and shouted, "Don't go into Two-Tails mode anymore! We can catch up!"

"Jiraiya- sensei," Naruto, now in his Demon Fox Cloak form, turned and glanced at him, his eyes now vertical, "Sakura is still fighting a powerful enemy up ahead!"

These two were Naruto and Jiraiya, who had returned to the vicinity of the Land of Wind just before the Chunin Ninja Exams.

The two were right near the battlefield when they discovered signs of a large-scale battle!

During the conversation...

The surging Chakra continued to gather behind Naruto, gradually coalescing into a second tail as if it were becoming tangible.

The fox-like markings on his face grew increasingly coarse. The high-density Chakra began to corrode his skin; pain surged throughout his body, warning Naruto his body was beginning to succumb to this immense power. Naruto was oblivious, focused solely on accelerating the activation of the Nine-Tails Chakra until the second tail was fully formed.

"We need to be faster!"

With the support of a massive amount of Chakra, Naruto's speed and strength increased dramatically; he took a sudden step and disappeared into the distance in an instant.

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