Deidara's Unknown Trump Card

The next moment, before the three of them could believe their eyes, a figure emerged from the heart of the nuclear blast. He walked slowly, step by step, across the ruins that still burned and boiled.

Only half his body remained. His left torso and arm were gone, leaving wounds charred black and horrifying to behold.

Yet the half of his face that remained bore an unnerving calm.

Worse, flesh writhed and regenerated visibly at his wounds. Bone, nerves, and muscle rebuilt themselves at a terrifying pace!

"Impossible!" Deidara's pupils contracted, his voice dry. "Regeneration like that... Is it a Sage Body?!"

The Land of Earth Person's abyss-like eyes locked onto the three in the distant sky.

He did not even need Hand Seals. Golden Chakra enveloped his broken body, and with a whoosh, he became a Yellow Flash, appearing before the Clay Giant Bird faster than any of them could react!

"It's over. You're nothing but grains of sand, not worth half my strength."

As the Land of Earth Person's arrogant words fell, he struck.

He used no flashy Ninjutsu. Just Taijutsu: one punch! One kick! Another punch!

Bang! The clay defense Deidara had built with all his might shattered like paper. His breastbone cracked audibly, blood sprayed from his mouth, and he fell like a kite with its string cut.

Crack! The Dust Release Barrier Ōnoki had poured every last ounce of strength into casting was torn apart by brute force before it could fully form. His cane flew from his hand, and a kick sent him hurtling away.

"Argh!" Kurotsuchi's Lava Style never even took shape. A punch struck her abdomen, and the searing pain knocked her unconscious. She went limp.

The Land of Earth Person hovered in midair, looking coldly down at the three, who could