Seeing that Shira was about to pounce on Saya behind her like a tiger, Sana became even more anxious. She knew that her sister's technique required preparation time and could not be interrupted at close range!
"Viper! Get out of the way!" Sana shouted, her hands forming a series of complex hand seals with dazzling speed, her Chakra surging wildly within her. " Sand Release: Sand Armor Possession!"
Shira was stunned for a moment; this girl was really capable.
In an instant, the sand on the training ground surged up as if it were alive, quickly covering the viper that had just stood still!
The sand and gravel rapidly condensed and compressed, instantly forming a thick, seemingly incredibly defensive dark yellow Sand Armor on the viper's body!
The armor covered most of his vital organs, and even his arm, which had been injured by Shira, was temporarily immobilized by sand and stones.
However, using this powerful support Ninjutsu consumed a great deal of Chakra. Sana's face turned pale instantly, and her breathing became rapid. She staggered and barely managed to stand, clearly no longer able to launch a decent attack.
Clad in sand armor, the viper felt a significant increase in strength and defense, and his confidence returned somewhat.
He roared, and like a humanoid sand monster, he took heavy steps and once again blocked Shira's path as she rushed towards Saya, his arms outstretched, trying to use brute force to hold Shira back!
"Stop right now!" the viper roared. The sand armor slowed his movements slightly, but his imposing manner was undeniable.
The sky cleared and the rain stopped, and the clever viper felt he was in good shape again.
Shira's sprint speed did not decrease at all. Looking at her opponent who was covered in a "turtle shell", a trace of helplessness flashed in her eyes.
Such defenses, relying on external objects, are utterly ineffective in the face of his absolute speed and power.
Just as the viper was about to close in, Shira lowered her body and easily slid into the opponent's center gap. Her right elbow, like a battering ram that had been ready for a long time, carried 50% of its power and struck the viper's abdomen, which was covered by sand armor, solidly and without any fancy moves!
"Bang--!"
A dull, teeth-grinding thud!
"Ugh!" The viper's eyes bulged out instantly, filled with bloodshot veins, and it felt as if its internal organs had shifted! The thick sand armor was simply unable to completely neutralize the terrifying force that penetrated its body!
His massive body was bent like a shrimp by the blow, his feet lifted off the ground, and then he fell heavily to his knees, clutching his stomach tightly with both hands. He couldn't even scream, only groan in pain. His sand armor shattered inch by inch, scattering all over the ground.
Shira retracted her elbow and stood still, looking at the viper kneeling on the ground convulsing, and asked calmly, "Brother, do you like my elbow strike?"
venomous snake. "..."
Having dealt with the viper, Shira's gaze once again locked onto Saya. At that moment, the pale-faced Sana barely managed to move in front of Saya, attempting a final act of obstruction.
But it was too late!
Saya, who had been observing coldly and secretly manipulating the hair of the doll in her arms, curled up a smug smile of confidence.
Between her slender fingers, she held a strand of Shira's short hair, which she had secretly manipulated the puppet to cut off during the fierce battle!
"Success! Hmph, so what if your Taijutsu are superior? You were careless after all! Once I get the medium, my abilities are invincible! Prepare to be submerged in my mental world, you arrogant fool!"
" Curse Puppet Dance: Body Manipulation Technique!" Saya shouted, and the hair at her fingertip spontaneously combusted without fire, turning into a wisp of green smoke. At the same time, the eyes of the Curse Puppet in her arms burst forth with an eerie red light!
A cold, viscous spiritual force instantly traversed space, attempting to forcibly invade Shira's mind!
However, this time, Shira did not struggle in a panic as before. His eyes sharpened, and instead of resisting, he deliberately relaxed his mind, allowing that foreign consciousness to invade his mental world!
He wanted to test it for himself, to see just how strong his mental resistance had become after undergoing Teacher I Fūgetsu's hellish anti -Genjutsu training and the tempering of his own will!
The scene before my eyes blurred and shifted instantly.
Shira found herself seemingly in a hazy, gray mental space. Opposite her, Saya's miniature consciousness, yet bearing a smug and arrogant smile, was floating.
"Hahaha! Fool! You didn't even resist? Welcome to my dollhouse!" Saya's consciousness laughed wildly, stretching out her small hand. Countless invisible spiritual threads shot out from her hand, wrapping around Shira's consciousness, attempting to completely envelop and control it.
Your body is mine now!
As the threads began to entangle her, Shira's consciousness remained unusually calm, even a mocking smile playing on her lips.
"A dollhouse? That's it?" Shira's spiritual entity murmured, "It's far inferior to Teacher I Fūgetsu's All-Things Labyrinth City!"
Before the words were even finished, deep within Shira's consciousness, her willpower, forged through countless trials and as steadfast as a rock, combined with the fiery spiritual energy honed by the Seven Heavens Breathing Method, erupted with a deafening roar!
"Get out!"
There are no techniques involved; it's purely a brutal and direct crushing force of willpower!
"What?!" The maniacal laughter on Saya's mind froze instantly, turning into extreme terror! She felt as if her mental threads had crashed into a burning steel barrier, snapping inch by inch in an instant!
A powerful spiritual force, which she could neither comprehend nor resist, surged towards her like a tsunami!
"No--!" Saya let out a shrill scream. Her consciousness was as if struck by a heavy hammer, instantly becoming blurry and dim, and was mercilessly thrown away and expelled from Shira's spiritual world!
In the real world.
Saya coughed up a small mouthful of blood, and the Curse Puppet in her arms cracked with a "crack"! She herself seemed to have been struck by an invisible force, collapsing to the ground with a thud, clutching her head, letting out a painful groan, her face ashen, her eyes filled with unprecedented shock, fear, and disbelief!
"How is this possible? My technique... was... was forcibly..." She stammered, the excruciating pain of the mental backlash almost causing her to faint.
"Miss!"
"Protect the young lady!"
Six Paths figures instantly leaped out from the shadows surrounding the training ground. They were all elite guards of the Sakugutsu Clan, wielding Kunai and Senbon. They surrounded Shira as if facing a formidable enemy, their killing intent palpable!
Shira slowly opened his eyes, his gaze clear and calm, as if nothing had just happened. He glanced at Saya, who was being helped up by the guards, and at the cracked doll in her arms, and understood.
It seems that in the battle of wits, I have now far surpassed my opponent.
"Stop it, it's none of his business..." Saya forced back her headache and weakly waved her hand to stop the guards beside her. She looked at Shira with a complex expression, her eyes filled with frustration, horror, and an indescribable emotion.
Finally, with her younger sister Sana's help, she struggled to her feet, turned her head arrogantly, and snorted in a voice trembling with tears but trying to appear calm, "Hmph! This time... this time you're lucky! Let's go!"
After saying that, he was almost half-carried by Sana and hurriedly left the training ground in a somewhat disheveled manner.
A group of guards glanced warily at Shira and quickly followed.
In the blink of an eye, only Shira remained on the training field, and...
"Waaah... my stomach... and my hand..." Viper was still kneeling on the ground, clutching her stomach and twisted wrist, on the verge of tears. Why am I always the one who gets hurt? Misses, haven't you forgotten something???
Shira walked over, examined his injuries, and sighed, "Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital."
venomous snake. "..."