Gaara's Defeat
"Nice!" their friends couldn't help but cheer.
Everyone had watched Rock Lee's battle against Gaara and naturally knew how formidable Gaara's sand was. But Xia Mu had first used Earth Style to enclose the area, then flooded it with water. What use was sand once it met water?
Kakashi and Might Guy instinctively exchanged a look. "So that's how he solved it? Brilliant!"
Gaara was not doing well underwater.
He had lived in the water-scarce Land of Wind for years. He did not even dare drink too much water in daily life—when had he ever been submerged? Well, perhaps he did not even know how to swim.
Fortunately, he had Chakra. With its help, he was about to rise to the surface. As for the sand, there was no point thinking about it. Sand was utterly useless in water.
But before he could surface, Xia Mu had already formed hand seals at high speed and plunged his electrified hands into the water.
"Damn..."
"Lightning Style: Ground Running!"
Xia Mu plunged his electrified hands into the water, and intense lightning immediately spread through it. Everyone knew water conducted electricity, so how could Gaara, trapped underwater, possibly escape?
The next second, a scream rose from beneath the surface.
"Arghhh!!!"
Even muffled by the water, Gaara's scream was still agonizing. He had likely been protected by sand his entire life and had never suffered an injury. Suddenly being shocked with such excruciating pain, how could he endure it?
If he had not barely protected himself with Chakra, he would have gulped down a mouthful of water and been unable even to scream.
"Gaara!!"
Tenten and Kankuro anxiously paced in circles, yet neither dared enter the arena to save him.
The spectators watched the pool of water flashing with white electricity, Gaara's