Bang, bang, bang.
Deidara darted up and down, swiftly taking down the first few Impure World Bodies that rushed at him with Taijutsu in the relatively narrow underground palace.
Whoosh.
Amid a sharp whistle as it cut through the air, Scorpion, concealed inside the Hiruko Puppet, swept its mechanical tail sideways, instantly clearing a large area in front of him!
The Impure World Bodies struck by the mechanical tail were either instantly cut in half or knocked about, their bodies left in pieces.
At that moment, Deidara retreated to Scorpion's side. Watching the destroyed Impure World Bodies return to normal in the blink of an eye, he said irritably, "Brother Scorpion, these must all be the dead Orochimaru summoned with Impure World Reincarnation!"
Scorpion nodded. "Mm. Just as the intelligence described. These Impure World Bodies summoned with Impure World Reincarnation can recover endlessly!"
"Orochimaru's already escaped. There's no need to keep wasting time here on these disgusting things!"
While the Impure World Bodies had been attacking Scorpion and Deidara, Orochimaru had already slipped out of the underground palace without a sound.
Scorpion had confirmed that the underground palace was a carefully prepared trap by Orochimaru. The aim was to wear down their Chakra using these endlessly regenerating Impure World Bodies. The longer they stayed, the slimmer their chances of winning would become!
With that, Scorpion took out a scroll marked with the character "Three." As he unfurled it, he said to Deidara, "Destroy this place!"
Deidara understood. With a malicious grin, he plunged both hands into his ninja tool pouch. Soon, he brought his hands together, molded a lump of Explosive Clay into a centipede, then tossed it out.
At almost the same time, Scorpion summoned the Third Kazekage Human Puppet sealed in the scroll and used Magnet Release to