Iron sand transformed into countless long spikes, interlocking to form a barrier.
Sakumo Hatake landed on the ground, his body simultaneously enclosed within the Iron Sand Barrier.
Chiyo appeared outside the barrier.
The Kazekage hovered in midair within the barrier, where he did not even need any external support.
However.
He touched his face, and a cut appeared, blood flowing from it.
He was injured.
Looking down at Sakumo Hatake.
"Among the Konoha Ninja, I have to admit that you are powerful."
The cradle of geniuses... Konoha?
Why did it always produce such outstanding figures?
Sakumo Hatake let out a deep, weary breath.
He did not care whether the Kazekage acknowledged him or not.
His gaze shifted to Chiyo, who was controlling her puppets, then to the Kazekage floating within the barrier.
He had already fallen into a desperate situation.
Chiyo had no intention of letting Sakumo Hatake go so easily. The puppets under her control charged forward once more.
Sakumo Hatake could only engage the puppets in battle again.
There were also the black spikes constantly extending toward him.
Even he did not dare underestimate their formidable piercing power.
Under the current circumstances.
Sakumo Hatake did not dare stop. The moment he did, he would be drowned beneath the attacks of the two of them, left utterly unable to resist.
He did not dare get injured.
Chiyo's poison was not something easy to endure either.
Whenever he sensed the other side intended to use poison, Sakumo Hatake would swiftly use Wind Release to blow it away.
Facing two opponents of the same level at once, even he was simply no match for them.
If not for the increased physical reaction speed from Basic Inner Cultivation, the large amount of Chakra he had accumulated, and the Thunder Breathing Jin had