True Art

Just when Scorpion thought victory was assured, what happened next made him lose his smile.

Kazashiro completely disregarded the consumption of Chakra and began a second, and even a third and fourth, attack.

One after another, the Great Crimson Ice Wheel roared as they charged towards the Iron Sand.

Under the repeated bombardment of massive amounts of ice, the momentum of the ever-spreading Iron Sand was halted, and the flying ice shards also caused the Third Kazekage's puppet to lose its direction of attack.

Scorpion then realized that Kazashiro's earlier Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave was all for this moment.

The water beneath his feet had completely frozen into solid ice, and under Kazashiro's control, it transformed into the most solid weapon in his hand.

What Sasori found even more difficult to accept was that he was gradually losing control over the Third Kazekage.

We must recall the Iron Sand.

With a sinister look in his eyes, Scorpion dispelled the Iron Sand Removal Technique, which had caused the puppet's body to be covered in frost, and re-condensed it into a huge cone shape.

"Ice Release: Ice Age!"

Kazashiro had been waiting for this moment.

A massive cage of ice rose up, encasing the Iron Sand that had transformed into a cone, and solidified into a giant ice ball.

"Sealing Jutsu: Ice Coffin Sealing!"

Before Scorpion could even realize what he was about to do, Kazashiro swiftly vanished into the ice and inscribed Fuinjutsu on the ice sphere.

Both the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage shared a common weakness in their Magnet Release: once they lost the pre-prepared Iron Sand or Gold Dust, they had to rely on the terrain to refine it again.

In other words, they will temporarily lose their offensive capabilities.

"Hateful."

After realizing that the puppet could no longer control the existing Iron Sand, Sasori obviously understood Kazashiro's purpose and retrieved the Third Kazekage's puppet from the scroll.

This is his most prized work, and he absolutely cannot let this brat ruin it here.

With a gloomy face, Scorpion pulled out other scrolls and summoned ten more Human Puppet.

Fudō wanting to help, Akimichi Shidou and Fugutake Tonbo immediately stepped forward and entangled the other.

Only ten bodies were found, which means that the scorpion has not yet completed its human modification.

Seeing that the other person's arms were still somewhat fleshy, Kazashiro took out Flying Thunder God Kunai from his ninja tool bag and scattered them around in front of Sasori.

[The Flying Thunder God Technique, I remember, allows one to instantly teleport to the location of Kunai.]

Recalling the information about the Flying Thunder God Technique, Sasori first sent out two puppets to attack.

Two puppets wielding Ninja Blade attacked him with cracking sounds. Kazashiro took a deep breath, and then several sharp wind blades shot out from his mouth. "Wind Release: Vacuum Wave Combo Slash!"

Scorpion suddenly pulled his arm, manipulating the third puppet to use its Machine Light Shield Seal to appear in front of the first two puppets, attempting to block the Wind Release attack.

He barely withstood the first blow, but the second one severed the entire puppet in half.

The third and fourth blades flew straight towards the scorpion's location, forcing the scorpion to retreat continuously in order to avoid the wind blades' attack.

But while dodging, Scorpion maintained control over the puppet. One of the puppets appeared out of Kazashiro's blind spot and opened its mouth to spew out a huge fireball.

The first and second puppets then closed in on Kazashiro.

Surrounded on three sides, Kazashiro clasped his hands together and used the solid ice beneath his feet to envelop himself, causing all of Scorpion's attacks to miss.

After Sasori used his Wind Release puppet to shatter the ice, there was no trace of Kazashiro inside.

"Oh no, that Flying Thunder God Kunai just now!"

Scorpion suddenly realized something and hurriedly flicked his little finger to summon the nearest puppet back to his side.

"Hatake Style: Lightning Fire Sword - Purgatory Fire Thunder!"

The S-shaped attack trajectory severed the Chakra that Sasori used to control the puppet, and also ripped open his chest.

"That damned Shimura Kazashiro!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Scorpion mustered his strength, reconnected the severed Chakra, and manipulated the puppet to reveal the Exploding Tag covering its body.

"Boom!"

After the violent explosion, Scorpion flew away into the distance amidst black smoke, while Kazashiro moved to a safe location using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"Buga! You've been tricked, Shimura Kazashiro! This is exactly my escape route!"

The scorpion, which had been thrown backwards and rolled several times on the ground, ignored the pain in its body and immediately summoned a new puppet, which carried itself on its back and was about to run away into the distance.

"What?"

Kazashiro noticed this as well. Seeing the distance between the two gradually widening, Kazashiro didn't hold back and clapped his hands together, ready to unleash one of his strongest moves.

"Ice Release: Wind Spirit Modified!"

Using the wheels on his heels, Kazashiro controlled Feng Ling, gliding forward at an extremely fast speed, and soon caught up with the puppet that was running on two legs.

"What?"

Now it was Scorpion's turn to be shocked.

What exactly is that enormous giant behind me, shimmering with a strange light?!

But what Scorpion found even harder to accept was that he actually sensed an indescribable beauty emanating from this enormous creature.

This is a work of art! It's simply a work of art!

With this thought in mind, Scorpion watched helplessly as Wind Spirit's giant fist slammed down.

Is he dead?

As the smoke cleared, Kazashiro jumped off Feng Ling and began searching for Scorpion.

"Wow, that's incredibly lucky!"

Before long, Kazashiro found the scorpion, barely breathing, and the puppet fragments scattered all over the mess.

At the last moment, the opponent threw out all the scrolls on his body that preserved the puppets, and survived by sheer luck thanks to the large amount of buffer.

"Earth Release: Ant Hell!"

On the other side, seeing Sasori get hit by a Fudō from Fuujin, and fearing he might suffer the same fate, Fuujin hurriedly activated his Ninjutsu.

The soil beneath their feet softened, and Akimichi Shidou and Fugutake Tonbo, who were locked in a struggle with the Fudō, gradually sank into the ground. At the same time, the constantly swirling earth created an attraction, preventing the two from escaping easily.

"Damn it, the Expansion Jutsu!"

By multiplying his entire body, Akimichi Shidou used his massive physique to stop the soil from spinning. By the time he rescued the Fugutake Tonbo, Fudō had already fled with his heavily injured body.

"Okay, stop chasing."

Just as the Fugutake Tonbo was about to set off to give chase, it was stopped by Akimichi Shidou.

The opponent's strength far surpasses that of an ordinary Jonin. Even severely injured, he can still hold his own against the two of us. Without Kazashiro's help, we definitely wouldn't be able to stop him.

"Let's go check on Captain Kazashiro first."

When they arrived at Kazashiro's side, they discovered that he was healing Scorpion.

"I have already used Sealing Jutsu and Curse Mark to bind him. Fugutake Tonbo, get ready and see if you can read his memories."

After giving Scorpion basic treatment, Kazashiro stepped aside and arranged for the Fugutake Tonbo to read Scorpion's memories to see if they could get any useful information.