[In an instant, the sky and ground above the desert became a brutal meat grinder!]
[The gray-black Stinger mechas collided violently with Urashiki's dark-purple puppets!]
[Autocannons roared, missiles crossed paths trailing fire, and energy beams sliced through the battlefield.]
[Fire clashed with frost, lightning struck rock, and water dragons tangled with wind blades.]
[The shriek of tearing metal, explosions, the thunder of Ninjutsu, and the crack of overloaded energy shields merged into a symphony of destruction.]
[Mechas kept falling, their cores pierced by Ninjutsu, trailing black smoke before exploding into fireballs on the sand.]
[Purple puppets were torn apart by concentrated fire or had their joints severed by the Stinger mechas' specialized combat blades, scattering broken parts across the ground.]
[Wreckage rained down and soon piled up at the center of the battlefield.]
[Green centipede blood, purple puppet fragments, and burning mecha wreckage painted the desert in bizarre colors.]
["Stinger 7, 12, and 19 have lost signal."]
["Enemy Water Release-type and Lightning Release-type puppets confirmed destroyed."]
["Abnormal spatial fluctuations detected. New energy signatures have appeared. Possible enemy reinforcements or a strengthened link to the main body."]
[Sasori of the Red Sands processed feedback from every unit at high speed while analyzing the technical features of Urashiki's puppets.]
["Energy efficiency is abnormally high. Ninjutsu releases have almost no cooldown. Their materials are highly resistant to physical and conventional energy attacks. Core propulsion mechanism cannot be analyzed."]
["It seems I'll need a more complete specimen."]
[Meanwhile, Urashiki's true body, hidden in another dimension, watched the brutal war of attrition through his puppets' "eyes." Even he was shaken.]
["Sasori of the Red Sands truly lives up to his reputation. My Contract puppets use some of the Otsutsuki Clan's basic materials and technology, yet they can't gain an overwhelming advantage."]
["And I can't sense