Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
As Gaara continuously sent Chakra into the sand waterfall below, the sand compacted and compressed without end. At last, cracking sounds began to rise from beneath the sandy ground.
At that moment, Shino felt as if his heart were bleeding.
These were all insects he had accumulated bit by bit, painstakingly raising over time...
Yet this ninja from Hidden Sand could wipe them all out so effortlessly...
Finally, once Gaara could no longer sense anything unusual beneath the sand, nor the presence of any other living creatures, he slowly rose to his feet and stared at the formidable opponent before him.
"Do you have any more insects you haven't released?"
"Release them all at once. It's time to end this battle."
Gaara sensed the Chakra remaining in his body. He probably only had one-fifth left. Flowing Sand Waterfall and Sand Burial had consumed nearly three-fifths of his Chakra, while the remaining one-fifth had been spent during his earlier clash with Shino.
He raised his right hand before him as though he were about to grasp something.
"Shukaku's Spear!"
At Gaara's command, glittering specks of mineral powder began to rise continuously from the sand, gathering in his hand.
Then they resolutely formed into a battle spear nearly two meters long, its entire body glimmering faintly, its shaft dark brown and its spearhead blood-red.
Four curved blades emerged from the spearhead, radiating a dazzling brilliance beneath the sunlight.
"This is my strongest spear. It's time to end this battle."
Gaara's words sounded like a declaration of victory. He raised the spear, then hurled it fiercely at Shino!
The spearhead tore through the surrounding air. Empowered by Gaara's Chakra, the long spear left streaks of afterimages in the air as it shot straight toward Shino!
Shino felt as if something