The voice belonged to none other than Gaara, whose spirit had been temporarily extracted by Hyuga Kagami using the Giant Tenseigan's power and housed within the Type-Three Biological Armor worn by Shion.
Since strengthening Gaara's power could also effectively delay the Ten-Tails' resurrection, Hyuga Kagami had brought Gaara along in this unconventional manner.
Of course, this was something he could barely accomplish only after obtaining the Giant Tenseigan.
His Soul Descent Technique could only be used on himself. Only with the Giant Tenseigan's power could he safely and completely extract Gaara's spirit.
And compared to Karin, who had no actual combat experience, Gaara had been raised by Sunagakure as a Jinchuriki from childhood and had even survived multiple assassination attempts, making him far more capable when facing enemies.
Thus, sensing Karin's nervousness, Gaara immediately took control of the Type-Three Biological Armor she wore. Through the chakra connection between the armor and Karin's body, and with her permission, he temporarily took control of her body in a manner similar to manipulating a puppet.
Whoosh...
Having taken over her body, Gaara launched his attack at once. Without using any ninja tools, he simply swung his fist at Samui.
Seeing the opponent's somewhat awkward movements, Samui curled her lips. As she dodged aside, she sneered, "What, are you so nervous that your movements are falling apart? Or are you scared..."
Boom...
Before Samui could finish, the smile on her face froze. The massive tree behind the spot where she had just stood was sent flying by the opponent's punch with a deafening crash, smashing down several more trees in succession!
"This...!?"
Samui's blue eyes widened in disbelief.
The tree that had stood behind her had a canopy that blocked out the sky and a trunk at least three or four meters thick. It