Deidara's expression changed. This was the desert, and Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki, could unleash his greatest strength here. The giant bird beneath Deidara's feet constantly changed direction to evade. Two clay birds with two pairs of wings appeared in his palms. Deidara controlled the bird to dodge the enormous sand claw and swiftly charged toward Gaara's true body. As he drew close to Gaara—
"Detonate!" Deidara formed hand seals and shouted as he detonated the two clay birds.
"Boom!!" Both birds exploded with a tremendous roar. When the smoke cleared, a strange sphere formed from sand floated in the air. An eyeball on its surface stared at Deidara. It had not been harmed by the explosion.
Deidara looked at the sphere and said, "It really looks like an eggshell protecting what's inside."
Suddenly, the sky darkened. Deidara froze, realizing something was wrong. The surrounding sand formed a closing palm, intending to clasp Deidara within it like a cage.
"Sand Binding Prison!"
Deidara controlled the giant bird beneath him and swiftly flew toward a section that had not fully closed. "Boom!" He used the clay bird beneath his feet to blast a hole through the freshly sealed sand, where it was still too thin, and slipped out through the opening.
The moment he emerged, a mass of sand stuck to Deidara's arm. Gaara clenched his fist at Deidara. "Sand Coffin!"
"Splat!" Deidara's arm was crushed by Gaara's sand, spraying a large amount of blood.
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"Damn it!" Deidara said. His left arm had been crushed by Gaara's sand and was no longer usable. He tossed out a clay owl from his right palm and formed seals with one hand.
"Bang!" The clay owl rapidly enlarged, carrying Deidara away and temporarily out of the range of Gaara's sand control. The sand wrapped