His arm spun, transforming into a long blade harder than steel. In an instant, it clashed with the attacking female puppet, producing a shrill metallic screech.
At the same time, the ground beneath Sasori's feet shook violently. A blue-faced puppet appeared beneath him, and countless steel cables tipped with spikes suddenly shot out, stabbing toward him and nearly sealing off every avenue of escape.
"Hm?" Sasori's gaze sharpened. With a slight movement of his left hand, the Fourth Kazekage suddenly appeared before him. Gold dust emerged and directly wrapped around Sasori's body, blocking all the steel cables as Sasori seized the chance to leap backward.
"Magnetic Release: Golden Sand Waves!"
He manipulated the puppets again, and dense waves of gold dust rolled down toward the blue-faced puppet below, engulfing it from every direction like ocean waves.
This technique covered an enormous area. Not only was the puppet in front of him caught in it, even the female puppet fighting the Third Kazekage was affected.
But that did not mean Sasori had neutralized the assault. Besides the quality of their puppets, the number of puppets a puppeteer could control was also a measure of their combat strength.
When one side held an absolute advantage in the number of puppets, they would inevitably gain the upper hand... well, in most cases.
The instant the two puppets were separated by the tide of gold dust, three different puppets appeared simultaneously to Sasori's left, right, and rear, attacking him at the same time. Their timing was impeccable, leaving him no chance to catch his breath.
Sasori's eyes narrowed. There was no time for his puppets to react. A gun barrel emerged from his right palm, and a powerful stream of chakra water swept out, knocking the three puppets back.
As the three puppets retreated,