"Spiral Shuriken!!!"
Naruto Uzumaki's voice erupted in midair!
In his right palm, a Spiral Shuriken formed from countless tiny, rapidly spinning chakra blades was expanding wildly.
The next second, he hurled the humming Spiral Shuriken.
Boom!!!
The Spiral Shuriken exploded the instant it touched the flock of Puppet Birds. Countless chakra blades as fine as hairs shot in every direction, forming a zone of destruction over a hundred meters in diameter.
Each blade precisely sliced through the Puppets' structures, utterly destroying their hard wooden joints, metal frames, and internal mechanisms.
Crack... crack...
The sounds of Puppet Birds shattering rang out in rapid succession.
The disintegrating Puppets became fragments flying across the sky, falling toward the ground.
In just a few seconds, dozens of Puppet Birds fell from the sky, drifting down like black snowflakes.
It looked spectacular!
"Beautiful!!!" Tenten couldn't help shouting from atop Sai's Ink Bird, a Scroll already gripped tightly in her hands.
She had intended to act as well, but Naruto had taken the lead and dealt with an astonishing number of Puppets.
Although many Puppets were still rapidly converging high above, another passage had now been opened.
"The second wave is coming!" Sai's voice came from above.
"Ignore them! Concentrate your attacks on keeping the passage clear!"
"Sai, speed up!"
"Understood." The Ink Birds beat their wings, carrying the Ninja toward the Artificial Sun's surface at top speed.
"Hold your attacks for now. Leave these Puppets to me," Akame's cool voice rang out.
The next second.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
Roar!
Akame pressed her palms together, summoning a ferocious hundred-meter Wood Dragon out of thin air. It roared at the flocks of Puppet Birds.
"I'll keep the passage clear."
Akame leaped lightly.
Her body traced a graceful arc through the air before landing steadily on