Slaughter (Third Update-Please Vote with Your Monthly Tickets!)

Whoosh, whoosh...

The howling wind echoed endlessly in Hyuga Kagami's ears. Despite being high in the sky, he remained extremely vigilant atop the clay bird, his Byakugan scanning everything around him for suspicious targets.

It was not until he reached the open sea that Hyuga Kagami finally relaxed slightly.

Lowering his head to look at his hands, he curled his lips. "They're pretty badly injured."

His reckless use of the unfamiliar Dust Release earlier had severely damaged the meridians in both hands. Right now, let alone forming hand seals to use ninjutsu, even lifting his hands was exceptionally difficult.

Moreover, the Clay Clones he had been carrying had already been completely used up in the previous battle. As for the clay birds used for mobility, only the one carrying him remained. So even if his hands had been intact, his combat strength would still have been greatly diminished.

After all, for an Explosion Release ninja like him who relied on Explosive Clay, the most important things were "surprise" and "unpredictability."

But to achieve surprise and unpredictability, he needed enough Explosive Clay to use freely. Thus, when all kinds of clay creations were fully stocked, ninjas of his type often possessed unexpectedly formidable combat power. Fighting a hundred enemies alone—or even destroying a village by oneself—was nothing unusual. In the original timeline, Deidara had infiltrated Sunagakure alone and captured the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, alive before everyone's eyes.

But once all the clay creations on his person were used up, he would be like a tiger stranded on the plains.

Compared to Deidara, Hyuga Kagami was even less suited for prolonged battles.

Deidara could rapidly shape Explosive Clay on the spot, so he only needed to carry enough of it and could create whatever he needed at any time. Hyuga Kagami, however,