As the smoke and dust cleared, Shamon's figure was revealed. The Puppet had been blasted to pieces, leaving only scattered parts on the ground.
A cloud of glowing mist drifted out from the parts on the ground and merged into Shamon's body. Hiruko asked in surprise, "Is this how the Kazekage controlled the Puppet? What is that?"
"It should be a Soul Fragment," Sarutobi Toru said with a frown. Having cultivated the Spirit Transformation Technique, Toru was extremely sensitive to souls.
"This Kazekage is quite something! How is that a Puppet? It's clearly an astral projection in Puppet form!"
Shamon looked expressionlessly at Toru and the others. He grabbed his tattered clothes and tore them away, exposing his upper body.
Dragon tattoos covered his head, shoulders, back, chest, and abdomen. An Azure Dragon crawled across his entire body, slowly trembling with each breath as though it might start swimming at any moment.
No way! After astral projection, is this Great Vajra Heavenly Dragon? Are you cultivating immortality here? Toru grumbled inwardly. It seemed that all the Second Kage of the shinobi villages were experts at developing ninjutsu. They might not have been the strongest of their respective generations, but they definitely had the most trump cards. This Kazekage looked ready to reveal one of his own!
"So this day has finally come?" Shamon muttered. He brought his hands together in a clap, and the entire Azure Dragon slowly raised its head from his body.
The originally blue tattoo transformed into a golden, illusory dragon image and swam out from Shamon's body. The yellow sand scattered around them was drawn toward the dragon image, forming its body.
At last, a Yellow Sand Divine Dragon hundreds of meters long appeared before Toru and the others!
"Secret Technique—Violent Sandstorm!"
"Damn! It really is