"Flowing Sand Waterfall!"
Realizing what was happening, Karura quickly placed her hands on the ground.
In an instant, the earth trembled, the ground collapsed, and the soil and rocks hidden underground were transformed into flowing sand under the effect of Karura's secret Chakra, which engulfed the Meikyō.
However, the moment Meikyō saw the sand, he used Mirror Body Flicker Technique to switch his position.
"Is this an attempt to turn the entire battlefield into their own home ground...?"
Tsunade Chiyo's puppet away with a few blows and then moved to Meikyō's side.
"Use a combination Ninjutsu to interrupt and stop that guy!"
Tsunade shouted a reminder to Meikyō, then quickly formed hand Hand Seals.
Her usual fighting style relies on powerful close-range combat to directly overwhelm opponents, but that doesn't mean she doesn't know Ninjutsu.
As a member of the Senju Clan, Tsunade is also quite skilled in Earth Style and Water Style techniques.
Moreover, with Tsunade's Chakra control abilities, she could easily learn most of the conventional Ninjutsu.
Tsunade slammed her hands heavily on the ground, and the ground beneath her feet quickly dissolved into mud as she charged forward.
This is Earth Style: Earth River Flow, which incorporates some Water Style Chakra Nature Transformation. The mudslide is mixed with oil formed by Water Style nature transformations, which greatly amplifies the power of Fire Style.
Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!
A fire dragon spewed from Meikyō's mouth and merged into the mudslide. When it came into contact with Karura's sea of sand, it quickly solidified and was then scorched by the high-temperature flames into a solid object similar to ceramic. This made it necessary for Karura to spend a lot of Chakra and time to turn it back into sand.
This move is actually the Third Hokage's powerful technique, the Compound Ninjutsu Art: Earth Dragon Flame Flow.
"Sand Spear Burial!"
Countless enormous spears formed from sand rained down on Meikyō and Tsunade.
Hidden behind this giant sand spear were Chiyo's puppets.
"Leave it to me!"
Tsunade roared and Body Flicker Technique appeared, smashing the sand spears one by one with her fists and feet, and also blocking the puppets, buying time for Meikyō.
"Laugh..."
Wisps of Mars floated from the corner of Meikyō's mouth, and his Sharingan spun rapidly, quickly analyzing a safe path for Meikyō.
"Uchiha Style: Sun Halo Dance!"
Meikyō's figure instantly multiplied into ten, all charging forward together.
The existence of clones allows them to deflect a significant number of attacks.
Spirals of fiery sword energy shot out from the Ama-no-Ohabari, sweeping away all obstacles in front of the Meikyō.
In just two breaths, Meikyō had already reached Karura.
"Desert Wave!"
Karura raised one hand, and the surrounding sand swirled and floated around Karura, quickly coalescing into a sphere with countless Thornn growing from its tip.
Once the enemy approaches at high speed, they will inevitably be pierced by these sand spikes, leaving holes in their bodies.
As expected, Meikyō swung his knife and struck the Thornn, only to quickly vanish like Bubble.
"Sun Breathing - Fourth Form - Illusory Rainbow!"
Meikyō's figure appeared instantly on the other side of the sand sphere where there were no Thornn.
To generate these Thornn, Karura had to use more sand to protect himself completely, and extracting more sand would undoubtedly take more time.
Therefore, on this side, the sand did not gather around Karura.
The Illusory Rainbow technique, after being combined with various ninja Clone Technique and Body Flicker Technique by the Meikyō, has its original effects amplified many times over.
The sharp Ama-no-Ohabari severed Karura's head, but in the next moment, Karura quickly turned into a puddle of sand and vanished.
"A physical clone formed from the essence of sand? No wonder even I couldn't recognize it."
Meikyō looked fearlessly at the rapidly wriggling sand that had gathered in front of her, surrounding and trapping her within the sand sphere, and at a sand eye that was blinking at her from a short distance away.
In the next instant, sand spikes shot out rapidly from inside the sand ball, piercing the Meikyō inside.
However, at this moment, Meikyō had already teleported himself to his clone in the outside world through his Mirror Clone.
"How's the situation, Meikyō?"
Tsunade took a couple of breaths, defeated the surrounding puppets in a few moves, and asked Meikyō.
"Not so good. The enemy can condense sand into eyes to observe any movement on the battlefield from all angles. They can detect and react to enemy attacks in advance. If I didn't have the Mirror Body Flicker Technique, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape so easily."
Meikyō shook his head seriously.
Karura and Chiyo's teamwork is very well-balanced. Chiyo can block the enemy's attacks, while Karura's Sand Technique provides wide-range crowd control. Furthermore, both of them have considerable offensive capabilities, making them quite troublesome.
"It's alright. With the two of us here, Chiyo and the others will definitely put all their energy into dealing with us. Dan has already gained the upper hand. Once Dan defeats the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, this battle will be over!"
Tsunade laughed heartily, patted her disciple on the shoulder, and quickly threw herself back into the battle.
At the same battlefield, Karura asked Chiyo with a worried expression:
"Elder Chiyo, with the Meikyō the Body Flicker and Tsunade Sannin, we're basically stuck here. But I'm worried about Rasa..."
"It's alright, Karura." Chiyo smiled and patted Karura on the shoulder, as if the situation was still under control.
"Rasa's strength may indeed be slightly lower than Dan Katō's, but he won't be defeated so quickly. He can definitely hold out for a long time. As long as we wait a while longer until the poisons we've deployed take effect, the Konoha Ninja will definitely be the first to collapse! So, the advantage is still on our side!"
Chiyo's words of comfort did have some effect, Karura quickly put aside her worries and focused all her energy on fighting the enemy.
"Huff, huff, huff..."
After dealing with the enemy in front of him, Inuzuka Ryo took a couple of breaths and glanced at the yellow sand spreading in the distance.
"The enemy Meikyō is facing has actually reached such a terrifying level of strength!"
"Secret Technique: Insect Sphere!"
Countless black Kikaichū swept past Inuzuka Ryo's ears and devoured a Sand Inuzuka Ryo Sand Ninja was trying to ambush him.
"On the battlefield, don't get distracted."
Aburame Nami looked at Inuzuka Ryo with a cold expression and said.
"I know."
Inuzuka Ryo sighed helplessly, but quickly rallied again.
He knew that he had very little chance of catching up with Meikyō now. Even if he reached his peak age, he probably wouldn't have the same level of strength as Meikyō now.
But no matter what, he still had to climb up step by step, working hard to improve his strength and ninja rank.
Once this battle is over, I should be able to achieve my goal of becoming Special Jonin.
About twenty more minutes passed.
Under Dan Katō's attacks, Rasa was left with only the ability to parry.
"It's alright. According to my estimation, the toxin should take effect within the next few minutes."
Chiyo comforted Karura in this way.
Another ten minutes or so passed.
Rasa had already been beaten Dan Katō that he was spitting blood.
"This..."
Chiyo opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.
How come most of the Konoha Ninja on this battlefield are still full of energy and show no signs of poisoning?
"Could it be..."
Chiyo looked at Tsunade with a suspicious gaze.
If there is anyone in the world who could break her poison in a short time, it would only be Tsunade.
In fact, Konoha has clearly produced a large number of them, enough to supply many ninjas, thus ensuring the combat effectiveness of these Konoha Ninja on the battlefield.
This shows that Tsunade used even less time, managing to detoxify her poison in less than a night while also producing over a thousand antidotes.
This undoubtedly left Chiyo feeling somewhat frustrated.
She didn't realize that what Tsunade made was just a special medicine that could block the effects of drugs for a certain period of time.
"Alas! Let's retreat with Rasa! The fault in this battle lies with my miscalculation!"
Chiyo's initiative in taking responsibility will not have a significant impact on Rasa, nor will it shake his newly acquired position as Kazekage.
After Chiyo Karura reached an agreement, they quickly switched directions.
Chiyo used the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets to clear the way, Karura used sand-based secret techniques to cover and defend. With their full strength, even if Meikyō and Tsunade used all their might, it would be difficult to keep them in place for a while.
Not far away, Rasa, who was fighting Dan Katō, had blood dripping from the corner of his mouth and was in a sorry state.
He could only barely manipulate the Gold Dust to protect himself and resist Dan Katō's attacks.
Suddenly, a large clump of sand flew in from mid-air, relieving some of the pressure on Rasa.
"Great! Karura, you're finally here! Let's take down Dan Katō from Konoha together!"
Upon seeing Karura, Rasa appeared quite excited.
God knows how many beatings he endured during this time in order to hold off Dan Katō; Rasa was extremely frustrated at this moment.
"No, Rasa, we should retreat!"
Karura said, holding Rasa's hand.
Rasa was taken aback.
Just as he was about to ask something, Chiyo's shouts came from not far away.
"You two young lovers, stop dawdling there! This old woman can't hold on much longer!"
Chiyo was covered in sweat as she rapidly moved her fingers to control the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, fending off the attacks from Meikyō and Tsunade. Afterimages were already appearing between her ten fingers, which were connected by Chakra Threads.
Facing two skilled opponents who could restrain her to a certain extent, Chiyo felt even more pressure.
Especially now, with Tsunade's cover, Meikyō is about to unleash that powerful move that threatened her before!
"Uchiha Style: Sun Breathing: Sun Halo Dragon!"
A large number of flames rose from the Ama-no-Ohabari, coiling and condensing into a huge fire dragon that enveloped Meikyō's figure.
In the next breath, Meikyō's figure shot towards Chiyo's location like an arrow released from a bow.
With Tsunade and Dan Katō, who spared some of his strength, covering for them, the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets were unable to stop Meikyō's advance for a time!
"Not good!"
Seeing that Chiyo was in danger, Rasa Karura immediately sent a large amount of Gold Dust and sand over, which quickly condensed into a huge, thick cube with alternating golden and white colors in front of Chiyo.
[So this is Konoha's Meikyō the Body Flicker? It was able to sever Elder Chiyo's hand; it's certainly not to be underestimated!]
A thought flashed through Rasa's mind.
At this moment, the enormous Sun Halo Dragon collided with the huge cube formed from the Gold Dust of Rasa Karura!
"It failed to break through? After breaking through Chiyo's Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, the power of the Sun Halo Dragon was indeed somewhat lacking when facing the defensive Ninjutsu composed of two Kage Level masters."
Meikyō frowned slightly.
At this moment, a deep crack has appeared in the middle of the huge cube, and the Gold Dust inside has melted into liquid under the high temperature, continuously falling down while enveloping the sand.
Even so, the crack only spread to two-thirds of the way, let alone reaching Chiyo behind it.
The next second, the cube collapsed with a bang, turning into tentacles made of sand and Gold Dust that wrapped around the Meikyō.
At this moment, Meikyō had already quickly used Mirror Body Flicker Technique to switch himself to the location of his other clones.
However, Konoha is not the only expert on Meikyō's side.
Tsunade swiftly took over from Meikyō and charged forward, striking with both hands to Teuchi formed from the Gold Dust, one punch after another. Finally, she delivered a powerful kick to the Heavenly Foot Kick that was about to be split in two.
"Clang!"
With Tsunade's fierce strike, the cube, due to the Gold Dust within it, emitted a sound like a resounding bell.
Dan Katō's eyes flashed with a bright blue light, followed by the release of an extremely powerful Psychic Shockwave. While shattering the cube, it also caused Karura and Chiyo to turn pale, their faces bloodless, and blood trickling from the corners of their mouths, clearly indicating that they had suffered internal injuries.
As for Rasa, who had already suffered serious injuries, he was now almost unconscious, his consciousness fading into a blur.
"All Konoha Ninja in good condition, pursue!"
Dan Katō waved his hand, beckoning everyone to step forward and expand their gains.
However, after pursuing for a while, Dan Katō chose to call a retreat.
The reason is simple: many ninjas are actually poisoned, but the effects of the poison have been delayed by special medicine. They need to use Medical Ninjutsu to expel it from their bodies. As a result, their remaining strength is somewhat insufficient, and they may lose too many people in the face of enemy counterattacks, adding more variables.
"We finally won!"
With several bloody scratches on his body Inuzuka Ryo sat down on the ground.
On the other side, Aburame Nami was basically unharmed, except that her Chakra was somewhat depleted.