You say everyone has cheats, so why are you putting on such airs?
Gaara's pupils contracted slightly. The One-Tail Shukaku within him was his greatest secret, a secret known only to a very small number of people in the Land of Wind. How did he know?
But Gaara quickly regained his composure. "You really are different from the others. I hope you last."
As he spoke, Gaara removed the wooden stopper from the gourd on his back, and pale yellow sand began to flow out.
Tianming raised his hand, sending a kunai slicing through the air. Clang! As it neared Gaara, a layer of yellow sand rose from the ground and knocked it away. A human shape emerged from the sand—it was Gaara's Sand Clone.
There was not much difference from the original story. The sand in Gaara's gourd was the protective mechanism his mother had become!
The Sand Clone possessed eighty percent of Gaara's appearance. After deflecting the kunai, it counterattacked instantly, forming a sand spear that pierced forward.
Instead of retreating, Tianming advanced, sweeping out his hand! Thick Chakra covered his palm, and he slapped the sand spear apart!
"Manifested Chakra. You really are impressive!" Gaara could not help praising him, but then his expression twisted. "Explode!"
With that single word, the Sand Clone erupted, firing countless sand blades outward!
Tianming's figure flickered! He became an afterimage, then appeared behind Gaara and threw a punch.
Boom!
A layer of sand had blocked Tianming's punch, but the force penetrated the sand and scraped Gaara's face when he turned around.
Their first clash overturned all the shock everyone had felt before!
Whether it was the sand in Gaara's gourd that automatically attacked and defended, or Qingchuan Tianming's bizarre speed and power that could pierce through sand.
"Explode!" Tianming uttered the