It was still unknown which was stronger, the Ketsuryugan or the Sharingan.
But over in the Land of Swamps,
ever since Shinnō had been drawn away by Shukaku,
the Sky Ninja had found it difficult to contend with the Loulan Puppets controlled by the Sand Village ninja.
Whether in speed or methods of attack, they were at a complete disadvantage.
For example:
In terms of weaponry,
the Sky Ninja mostly relied on devices that automatically fired kunai.
The Loulan Puppets, meanwhile, fired energy blasts and could freely switch between all kinds of weapons mounted on their arms.
For flight, the Sky Ninja used individual wing-like equipment on their backs, making them look like human-shaped planes.
But the Loulan Puppets released Chakra from two large and two small jets behind their legs, forming energy trails that allowed them to fly at high speed or even hover.
Their technological levels were not even from the same era.
It had to be said,
that Sand Village rogue ninja named Mukade had been a true super-genius.
When it came to puppet research, excluding human puppets, even Sasori could not compare to him.
It was just unfortunate that at this point in time,
he had already been taken out by Minato Namikaze and the Naruto Uzumaki who had traveled through time.
Thus, the Sky Ninja's crushing defeat was only natural.
However,
the victor between Shukaku and Shinnō, who had transformed into a black-winged demon, also seemed to have been decided.
[Roar!!!]
Shukaku's enormous, round body crashed heavily into a vast swamp, kicking up countless waves of black mud.
But for something fifty or sixty meters tall, this swamp, less than twenty meters deep, was nothing more than a mud basin.
"Damn it!"
Half of Shukaku's body was submerged in filth as it threw back its