The armed White Zetsu soldiers closed in on the blast zone. Once they had taken advantageous positions, they unfurled the portable ammunition belts from their backs, deployed in perfect formation, set up their machine guns, and aimed at the bunker that was on the verge of collapse after the fuel-air bomb!
Against flesh-and-blood Ōtsutsuki, bullets were enough to inflict effective damage. After all, only a few Ōtsutsuki had cultivated the Diamond Body!
Some attentive readers might be wondering: hadn't the earlier battles shown that Juexin had modified his body with mecha enhancements? Wouldn't a mecha body have no trouble blocking bullets?
First, praise for your attention to detail. The official explanation was that Juexin's modifications were only partial. Since he had not formed a contract with a Soul Guardian Deity and gained the ability of Soul-Body Unity, he could not undergo the full-body mecha modification that Sasori and Kankuro had.
Kankuro had seen through this, so his troop-pressure tactic was perfectly reasonable. Well, even if it did not work, there was nothing to lose, right?
Once the impact of the explosive cloud finally subsided, Kankuro withdrew the bunker.
Sasori knew full well that, powerful as the fuel-air bomb was, it could not possibly take Juexin's life. But he was curious what means Juexin would use to survive the explosive cloud!
Juexin might use an electromagnetic barrier, but electromagnetic force was selective and could not defend against the high-temperature, high-pressure energy waves of a fuel-air bomb!
Sure enough, Juexin walked out completely unscathed!
The White Zetsu soldiers immediately unleashed heavy fire suppression!!
Clang clang clang clang...!
Yet every bullet was stopped three feet away from Juexin!
"Chakra armor?"
Sasori instantly rejected the idea. "No... my right eye has not detected any Chakra reaction around him!"
He rapidly analyzed the situation. "Neither