As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of clones formed hand seals simultaneously, their synchronized movements seeming as though they had been honed through countless trials.
Dozens of scorching flames spewed from the clones' mouths, forming a sea of fire that swept toward the poisonous mist.
The instant the flames collided with the poisonous mist, a sharp "sizzle" rang out.
The poisonous mist evaporated into wisps of black smoke beneath the flames and quickly dispersed into the air.
The Sunagakure puppeteer frowned even more deeply as he watched his poisonous mist being dispersed. He had not expected Shinku to break his poisonous-mist tactic so easily. Taking a deep breath, he controlled the puppet's arms as they suddenly spread apart. The puppet's dark-golden wings instantly unfurled behind it, every feather like a sharp blade glinting coldly in the sunlight.
"Puppet Technique: Feather Blade Storm!"
The puppeteer shouted, and the wings began flapping rapidly. Countless feathers transformed into blades and shot toward Shinku's mass of clones.
"Clones, scatter and evade!"
Shinku shouted his orders as his real body began moving swiftly as well.
The clones immediately scattered in all directions. Some rolled across the ground, while others leaped into the air. Although several clones failed to completely evade the feather blades and vanished in puffs of white smoke after being struck, most successfully avoided the attack.
As Shinku moved, his gaze never left the puppet's joints. No matter how powerful a puppet was, its joints were always its weakest points. Especially for a complex puppet like Hanzo of the Salamander, the mechanisms at its joints had to be even more intricate. As long as he could destroy the joints, the puppet's mobility would be greatly reduced.
While evading the feather blades, he calculated inwardly, *I have to find a way to get