Encounter Along the Way
Deidara put the camera away with satisfaction.
"Alright, Deidara, I've given you the evidence. Let's get moving and see if it works before the army arrives."
"Right away, right away, don't rush me!"
Deidara carefully placed the evidence into a hidden compartment in his ninja tool pouch and then pulled out a scroll.
With a look of disgust, Deidara opened the sealed scroll, which was a white, columnar object made of clay.
It looks simple, but it's actually quite complex inside.
Without much effort, Deidara covered it with Chakra and then threw it downwards.
In free fall, the columnar object descends extremely rapidly.
What is that?
The Kusagakure ninjas in the Undead Army quickly noticed the strange object that had landed and was growing larger in their eyes.
Deidara, however, had already controlled White Phoenix and fled at an extremely fast speed the moment he left.
Silently counting down the time, Deidara formed a hand Hand Seals and uttered a soft chant as the countdown reached zero.
"Drink!"
A columnar object less than 100 meters above the ground experienced a violent explosion.
But in the next instant, a ball of light even more dazzling than the sun appeared.
The ninjas of Kusagakure, Undead Army resembling terracotta figures, were reduced to dust under the light.
Kakkō erupted, countless heat waves swept across the sky, followed by visible shockwaves, and thick smoke gradually formed a giant mushroom cloud in the air.
Even though she was already ten thousand meters in the air and had run a short distance, White Phoenix still swayed.
"Art is..."
Deidara abruptly stopped himself from uttering his catchphrase.
This is not art at all!
In his pursuit of the power of the sun, Deidara had already mastered the simpler and more brutal art of fission.
However, in Deidara's mind, this could not be called art at all.
Once the critical point is reached, the chain reaction will occur automatically, although not completely. Deidara's injection of clay into it only increases the reaction rate.
Low user engagement is one aspect.
On the other hand, there is the radiation zone left by the fission reaction, which can be described as a toxic zone that lingers for decades.
It completely tainted Deidara's vision of art. Art should be the ultimate expression of a fleeting moment; what does a decades-long toxic zone matter?
This is also why Deidara was unwilling.
Fusion is too difficult to control. This is the most powerful explosion Deidara has mastered besides self-destruction, which is why Deidara was willing to give it a try.
However, Deidara didn't consider this method to be art at all.
Kabuto, on the other hand, waited quietly, wanting to see if the Undead Army was truly immortal.
After everything dissipated, the area below resembled a hellish inferno.
Within the blast radius, the Undead Army, which had previously resembled mercenaries, was reduced to ashes.
"It's resolved, I should go back now!"
Deidara looked down at the deathly silence below and spoke, then controlled White Phoenix to leave.
"Wait a little longer."
Kabuto stopped Deidara from leaving.
Sure enough, not long after Dou finished speaking...
Deidara couldn't detect it, but through the subtle Natural Energy, he sensed something beneath Kabuto—strange wisps of energy appeared below him.
When this strange energy, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, spread out in a continuous mass...
There was no need to condense materials from the crystallized ground; in a flash of dark purple light, clumps of clay appeared out of thin air and then transformed into human figures.
What?!
Deidara stared in disbelief at the scene below.
Deidara's competitive spirit arose towards things that could not be destroyed by explosions.
Since that's the case, we'll have to use that one!
Deidara pulled out another scroll, unwrapped it, and a giant Deidara appeared, falling from the sky to the ground.
"Don't worry, Kabuto, I'll show you my ultimate art!"
Controlling White Phoenix, they sped away from this place.
"Deidara, what's wrong with you? Stop it!"
Kabuto clearly knew what Deidara wanted to do.
However, Deidara just laughed loudly.
"Hahaha, Kabuto, it's too late! You'd better record all of this carefully!"
After saying that, Deidara's body transformed, his lower body turning white and gradually merging into White Phoenix's body.
When?
Kabuto was still wondering when Deidara had managed to hide it from him and successfully switch the items.
The giant Deidara landed, kicking up a cloud of smoke, while its chest emitted a blue glow that even pierced through its massive clay body.
Its radiance clearly reveals it to be humanoid, with a body shape exactly like Deidara's.
Kabuto felt both disgusted and envious of Deidara's pure nature, despite his constant pursuit of self-destruction.
Kabuto didn't intend to stop him, nor did he have time to. He was still frowning, pondering how Deidara had managed to deceive him.
The humanoid light at the heart of the clay giant gradually began to shrink, until only the torso remained.
Dou narrowed his eyes slightly, ready to turn his head at any moment.
Just then, Kabuto noticed a barely perceptible flash of light that pierced through the clay giant's heart.
Everything happened so fast that Dou's expression suddenly changed drastically before he could even react.
How could that be possible at this time?
But then a familiar voice rang in his ears, and as Dou's pupils contracted slightly, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
"Dou, didn't I tell you to keep an eye on Xiao Di? Is this how you're going to watch her?"