"Hahaha! This is the beauty of art!" Riding his white bird, Deidara laughed with delight.
"Wicked disciple! Die!" A furious roar suddenly rang out.
Deidara jolted and hurriedly steered his white bird higher into the sky.
The white bird had barely risen when a square beam of white light swept across the sky, reducing one of its wings to molecules.
The newcomer was Ōnoki. The old man floated in the air, his face filled with fury.
With one wing gone, the bird instantly lost its balance and plunged toward the ground.
Deidara remained completely calm. He opened his palm, and several miniature white birds crawled out of the mouth in it. With a wave of his hand, the little birds swelled in the wind, each becoming a large bird.
The white birds wheeled and circled, obstructing Ōnoki's view.
By the time Ōnoki destroyed them with Dust Release, Deidara had mounted an intact bird and flown into the distance, leaving only his arrogant voice behind. "Have fun on your own, old man! I'm off to show off my art!"
Ōnoki watched Deidara Tobi away, his face livid. Rather than pursuing him, he flew toward "Madara Uchiha."
His disciple was certainly strong, but all his weaknesses had already been exposed. Surrounded by so many elite ninja, he would fall sooner or later.
Kage Level fighters like them needed to keep Akatsuki's leader occupied to prevent excessive casualties.
As Deidara flew, kunai crackling with electricity shot through the air, forming a lightning net. Riding his great bird, he had no chance to evade them.
He narrowly escaped being skewered like a hedgehog.
The white bird flapped its wings a few times after he lost control, then fell helplessly toward the forest below.
The other members of Akatsuki ran into the same problem as