Repeated Ambushes

On the other side, the Giant Fuma Shuriken whistled as it spun towards another Sand Hidden Captain.

This Sand Hidden Captain was a genuine Jonin, his strength not to be underestimated.

Clang!

As expected of a Sand Hidden Jonin, his reaction was swift, managing to block with his blade.

However, he still underestimated the power of the Fuma Shuriken. A terrifying force struck, and the standard-issue ninja blade of a Land of Wind Jonin was actually cracked with a spiderweb of fissures.

At the critical moment, he deflected the blade, narrowly avoiding the fate of being cut in half along with his weapon.

This Sand Hidden Jonin was fortunate to evade this critical blow, but the Chunin behind him was not so lucky.

Puchi!

The Chunin behind was severed at the waist, his organs spilling from his abdomen along the cut, flowing all over the ground. It was a bloody and brutal scene.

This wasn't the end. Just as these two Giant Fuma Shuriken were about to sweep past the Remaining Sand Ninja Formation.

"Retract!"

Umino Sasuke, facing the empty air, swiftly pulled back with force.

Instantly.

Two silver lights streaked across the battlefield.

Zzzzzz...

Traces of steel wire were visible on the giant tree ahead, the wires tightened so much they nearly snapped the embracing tree in two.

"Careful!"

"It's a Mechanical Fuma Shuriken!"

These Sand Ninjas hadn't recovered from the terrifying attack of the Fuma Shuriken, yet they were once again facing a life and death crisis.

And it was this kind of unexpected, fatal ambush.

These Sand Ninjas were the elite of the elite, but unfortunately, they were not Uchiha Itachi.

Even Itachi the God, facing Uchiha Sasuke's sudden burst of Mechanical Fuma Shuriken, didn't he injure his thigh?

Although Itachi the God was holding back, no matter how much he held back, he would have to give Second Pillar a reasonable explanation. It was unlikely he held back too much.

It could produce astonishing effects even in a Kage-level battle.

This showed just how terrifying the sudden power of the Mechanical Fuma Shuriken was.

However, considering the group of enemies, there was no need to perform a single-target sneak attack like Uchiha Sasuke, slowing down the aerial attack of the Fuma Shuriken.

Instead, utilizing the steel wires connected to them to form a group attack would be more effective tactically.

Under the extreme traction of the Giant Fuma Shuriken, the two steel wires transformed into two silver light blades, like two imitation versions of Water Release: Water Severing Wave, slicing across more than half of the battlefield.

The steel wires cut through the smoke and dust-filled battlefield, slicing the hot air into several cross-sections.

The attack was too sudden and too fast.

As the steel wires slid past, they were almost silent at first. The Sand Hidden Jonin couldn't react in time, and their left hand fingers were severed at the root, bleeding gushingly.

The power of the steel wires did not diminish, and they continued to sweep across the battlefield, directly severing the legs of an unsuspecting Sand Puppeteer Chunin.

The Sand Puppeteer Chunin's legs below the knees were still standing in place.

The upper body lay in a blood pool, wailing continuously, clearly having lost the ability to fight again.

"As expected of Second Pillar's classic tactic, truly powerful!"

Umino Sasuke looked at the severed limbs scattered on the ground, the blood drops dripping from the steel wires shimmering in the firelight, and felt deeply moved.

This crisis had finally been resolved by more than half. The Sand Hidden Jonin was the strongest and posed the greatest threat. Now that their left hand fingers were severed, they could no longer form hand seals, and their strength was greatly reduced.

In the ninja world, few could perform hand seals with one hand. Not everyone was Yuki Haku. This Sand Hidden Jonin likely did not possess the ability to perform hand seals with one hand.

This move had basically left the Sand Ninja Main Force half-crippled.

If it weren't for the Sand Puppeteers' relatively strong defensive power and their specific counter to steel wire attacks, with this wave of sneak attacks, apart from that Sand Hidden Jonin, the other Sand Ninjas likely wouldn't have survived.

In terms of defense against steel wire attacks, the Sand Puppeteers indeed had their unique aspects. Facing the sudden steel wire cutting, these puppeteers not only defended against the attack but even had spare energy to help their teammates.

Taking advantage of the Sand Ninjas' shock after narrowly avoiding the fatal attack, Umino Sasuke actually initiated the next tactic.

"Tang! Now!"

"Explode!"

The two of them formed a Tiger Hand Seal together, clearly igniting the hidden explosive tags.

The moment the Tiger Hand Seal was formed, a sound of paper friction came from inside the Fuma Shuriken.

The two Fuma Shurikens were actually hollow, containing a large number of explosive tags and poisoned senbon.

"Art is Patrick Star!"

Rumble...

Instantly.

Within the hollowed Fuma Sword Body, thousands of poisoned senbon exploded, covering the remaining Sand Ninja formation in a fan shape.

"Not good!"

"Careful, the Fuma Shuriken also has mechanical traps!"

Before the Sand Ninja could recover, they faced another life-or-death crisis.

The Sand Ninja's faces changed drastically, turning ashen. Such terrifying mechanical tactics indicated that the Konoha Ninja who came to support must be a Konoha Jonin skilled in mechanical traps.

Now that they were all injured, let alone retrieving the intelligence from this Konoha Jonin, surviving would be difficult.

However, they didn't have much time for other thoughts now; they just wanted to dodge this desperate ambush.

Puff puff puff...

The poisoned senbon shot out in all directions.

The leg-severed Sand Ninja was immediately impaled like a hedgehog, directly heading to the Pure Land to see the Sage of Six Paths.

One of the Sand Hidden Puppeteer Chunin, who was relatively close to the Fuma Shuriken, managed to block most of the poisoned senbon attack with a puppet. However, he couldn't completely block the critical hit from the explosive tags. The puppet was blown into parts on the spot, and he himself was seriously injured.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

A bald Sand Hidden Chunin unleashed a defensive Earth Release at the critical moment.

However, due to the suddenness of the explosive trap, he could only defend himself and couldn't take care of his colleagues.

The bald Chunin, performing the Earth Flow Wall, was covered in cold sweat. He watched his colleagues sequentially get hit. The Jonin Captain had his fingers severed, and his right shoulder had three poisoned senbon stuck in it, the wounds emitting an indigo green bloodlight.

Apart from the Puppeteer Captain, his colleagues were more or less impaled with poisoned senbon.

Fortunately, they had rich battlefield experience and dodged fatal wounds, especially those to the heart.

"Poisonous!"

The Sand Hidden Jonin, seeing the blackening of his severed finger cut, immediately tore off his forehead protector bandage, tightened it around his upper arm, and quickly took an antidote pill.

Only then did these Sand Ninja realize that the cell tissue in the injured area had lost its activity and perception, clearly having been hit by a potent paralytic toxin.

"Elder Chiyo's antidote pill is ineffective."

The faces of these surviving Sand Ninja changed drastically.

This was a special antidote pill developed by Elder Chiyo, exclusively for their special operations team ninjas. It could suppress not only ordinary toxins but even the Salamander Poison of Hanzo of the Land of Rain.

Now, they found that after taking Elder Chiyo's antidote pill, they were unable to detoxify.

Fortunately, they could suppress it with chakra. Otherwise, they would have had to commit suicide to prevent leaking intelligence if captured.

However, suppressing the poison with chakra was not a long-term solution. Now that they were on the battlefield, when their chakra was completely depleted, it would be the end time.

Now, they were already facing a dilemma.

"Everyone, even if there isn't any chance, we must retrieve the intelligence!"

The Sand Hidden Jonin captain roared sternly, clearly having the will to die.

Umino Sasuke's heart tightened. A cornered beast fights, and that is also the most dangerous time. These Sand Shinobi had reached such a situation and still didn't give up. It seemed the intelligence brought back this time was extraordinary.