Asuma and the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, faced off from afar, both fully confident in their respective companions.
Looking at the still youthful-faced Asuma, Rasa thought, If I can take him down, I'll have another huge bargaining chip against Konoha!
"And to take him down, I have to deal with his Shadow Clone at the same time!"
He had found a method.
But it would be difficult.
Asuma was incredibly fast, possessed the Scorch Release Bloodline Limit and advanced Lightning Style, and was not afraid of his Magnet Release.
Although Rasa held an absolute terrain advantage here.
Still, he had to try no matter what.
If he could eliminate him...
Rasa's mind raced, and he quickly formed a plan.
Suddenly, the sand dune beneath Asuma collapsed.
As he fell, streams of gold dust coiled toward him like golden pythons.
But with a flash of purple light, Asuma entered Lightning Style Chakra Mode and vanished from where he stood like a bolt of lightning, evading the gold dust's binding embrace.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Streams of gold dust surged upward, some crashing down on Asuma like waves, others transforming into dense gold-dust shuriken and senbon that shot toward him in a barrage.
Under Lightning Style Chakra Mode and the Ink Dyeing Sky Dizziness Technique, Asuma flickered repeatedly. He either evaded or swung his blade in rapid succession, cleaving through layers of gold dust and knocking away countless gold-dust shuriken and senbon.
Watching Asuma continuously close the distance, Rasa's expression changed in astonishment once more.
What shocked him was not Asuma's speed, nor his strength, which allowed him to withstand gold dust enhanced with Wind Style, but Asuma's reaction speed.
Against such dense attacks, Asuma could completely evade and block them all. Even the Three Tomoe Sharingan Rasa had seen might not have been