After finishing his words, Xie unhesitatingly pulled out a bundle of scrolls from his waist and untied them, revealing the three characters on the scroll. At the same time, a plume of smoke suddenly rose.
"Bang!"
When the smoke dissipated, a figure slowly emerged from the white smoke.
It was a humanoid puppet wearing a black robe. His face was exactly the same as Third Kazekage of Sunagakure. His skin was an unnatural gray-white color, and his eyes were empty and lifeless.
Third Kazekage Puppet.
Scorpion stood beside the puppet, his fingers slightly bent, Chakra Threads vibrated gently on his fingertips, and was closely connected to every joint of the puppet.
He raised his hand, and the puppet raised its arm accordingly, its movements as smooth as a living person.
"Let you see the real Puppetry."
After the words fell, Third Kazekage Puppet slowly opened his mouth, and bits of debris surged from the depths of his throat.
Then, Iron Sand came out.
Black Iron Sand spurted out from the puppet's mouth, quickly spread in mid-air, turned into countless tiny particles, and covered half of the sky.
Those Iron Sand quickly condensed and took shape under the control of Scorpion, turning into several sharp iron cones, carrying screams that broke through the air, and lasing towards the location of Naruto and others.
"Spread out!"
Naruto reminded loudly.
After hearing this, everyone immediately jumped away to both sides. The iron cone brushed against the corners of their clothes and penetrated deeply into the ground behind them, leaving holes the size of fists.
However, Scorpion did not give them a chance to breathe. More Iron Sand gathered in mid-air and condensed into several huge iron blocks, which crashed down like hills.
"Boom--! Boom--! Boom--!"
The iron block hit the ground, kicking up pieces of gravel and dust. The ground shook violently, and spider web-like cracks spread in all directions.
Naruto dodged left and right in the gaps between the iron blocks. The ground under his feet continued to crack and gravel flew. He was almost hit several times, but he barely missed it every time.
The moment he avoided a piece of iron, countless tiny silver needles quietly separated from Iron Sand and surrounded him from all directions.
Those silver needles were as thin as a hair and were almost invisible in the sunlight, only a faint cold light flashed away.
Neji and Byakugan were always on. The moment the silver needles appeared, he had already captured their trajectory. His pupils shrank suddenly and he immediately reminded loudly.
"Be careful with those Iron Sand! They are poisonous!"
As the voice fell, he quickly swept to the side and shot two Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm with both hands at the same time. The invisible air flow shook away some of the silver needles.
But there were too many Iron Sands, and dozens of silver needles pierced Hinata's back from blind spots.
Hinata's Byakugan also caught the danger, but her body couldn't keep up with the reaction speed, so she could only dodge sideways, and was eventually knocked away by the iron block.
"Hinata!" Naruto shouted and rushed towards her quickly.
"I'm fine!" Hinata gritted her teeth and stood up straight. She checked her arms and saw that no toxin had entered her body. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Ya and Akamaru on the other side were also forced to retreat steadily by Iron Sand. Although Fang Over Fang could break up some Iron Sand, those particles would soon regroup, like an endless tide.
Just when everyone was tired of dealing with the Iron Sand in the sky, Hinata's Byakugan noticed something strange.
Her eyes penetrated the soil under her feet, and she saw that a layer of white clay had been spread beneath the charred ground.
Not far away, a head of Tobi popped up from the ground, wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and gasped in an exaggerated tone.
"Ah, I'm so exhausted. Planting bombs is really laborious work."
But as soon as he finished sighing, he saw the overwhelming Iron Sand attacking towards him, and his expression and movements immediately turned into panic.
"Ah! Senior Scorpion! Don't attack indiscriminately--!"
Before he finished speaking, his whole body quickly sank into the ground and disappeared.
"There is Clay Bomb underground!"
Hinata shouted immediately upon seeing this, with a hint of urgency in his voice.
After hearing this, everyone who was avoiding the attack felt their hearts become heavier and heavier.
Now you have to be careful every step you take, not only beware of the Iron Sand and poisonous needles in the sky, but also the Clay Bomb under your feet.
Naruto had just avoided the pursuit of a piece of iron. Before he could take a breath, another huge piece of iron crashed down from above his head. The shadow enveloped the top of his head at an alarming speed.
His legs suddenly exerted force, and his whole body was ejected sideways. The iron block hit the place where he had just stood, splashing a piece of gravel.
However, just before he landed, the voice of Hinata sounded again.
"Naruto! There is Clay Bomb at your feet!"
Naruto was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then lowered his head and looked at the ground.
At this time, the pursuing iron awl had already approached his front door, attacking from both sides, unable to retreat.
He gritted his teeth and quickly slipped out a Kunai from his cuff. There was a Explosive Tag tied to the end of the Kunai.
Without hesitation, he threw Kunai to the ground at his feet, and at the same time threw his body to the side.
"Boom--!"
The moment Explosive Tag exploded, Clay Bomb underground was also detonated simultaneously. Two explosive forces exploded at the same time, and the shock wave blew Naruto's entire body away again.
He rolled several times in the air, fell heavily to the ground, and rolled several more times before he could stop. There was a burning pain in his back, and his clothes had been burned to a large extent.
"Naruto!"
Sakura shouted and wanted to rush over to check his injuries, but was forced back by an iron awl and had to distance himself again.
Neji Seeing this, I knew I couldn't delay it any longer.
He shuttled between the gaps of Iron Sand, locked the position of the scorpion body with Byakugan, tried to pass through the dense obstacles, and directly approached the location of the scorpion.
However, when he was less than ten meters away from Scorpion, Third Kazekage Puppet's right arm suddenly exploded, and countless puppet arms ejected from the mechanism, overwhelmingly grabbing at him like dense tentacles.
Those arms had different shapes, some were holding daggers, some were holding Kunai, and some were claw-like with bare hands. Each one brought a scream that broke through the air, blocking all the way for Neji.
Neji's pupils shrank and he was about to step back and distance himself.
"Whoosh!"
A Kunai was shot from diagonally behind, with a Explosive Tag tied to the tail end, and the Root was accurately shot into the pile of puppet arms.
"Boom--!"
The impact of the explosion blew part of the puppet's arm to pieces, and the fragments flew in all directions, tearing a gaping hole.
Neji did not miss this opportunity. He quickly stopped retreating and poured Chakra into the palm of his right hand. The fire attribute Chakra surged rapidly in the palm of his hand, forming a thin film.
"Fire Release, Eight Trigrams Flame Palm!"
He shouted low, and with the hot air waves wrapped in his palm, he slapped the remaining squirming puppet arms hard.
The high temperature instantly ignited the wooden arm structures, and the flames quickly spread along the joints of the arms, igniting the entire puppet arm group and quickly turning into charcoal in Kakkō.
Seeing this, Scorpion immediately controlled the puppet to disconnect the joints of the arms, and the ignited parts fell off to the ground and burned up.
At the disconnected connection, a series of rotating saw blades suddenly popped out, and the sharp saw teeth rotated at high speed, making a harsh buzzing sound, and strangled in the direction of Neji at an extremely fast speed.
Neji didn't make a hard connection. He exerted force under his feet and jumped sideways quickly. The saw blade brushed against the corner of his clothes, leaving a deep saw cut on the ground. The soil rolled up and gravel splashed.
He landed on a relatively intact rock, stabilized his body, his chest rose and fell slightly, and his breathing became faster than before.
A few strands of hair fell from her ears, cut off by a saw blade.
Scorpion did not pursue it, but simply pulled Third Kazekage Puppet back in front of him, blocking possible subsequent attack routes.
He stood there, with not much expression on his young and handsome face, only a slight fluctuation in his empty eyes.
He looked at Neji, then at Naruto who was getting up in the distance, and Sakura who was checking Hinata. Finally, he snorted softly.
"Humph..."