"Squeak--Squeak--!"
The piercing metallic scraping sound was like fingernails scraping hard on a blackboard.
It caused a sharp pain in the eardrums of everyone present.
This is not the sound of flesh being crushed!
The smoke and dust had not yet dissipated.
The three giant sand pythons were tightly gripping Kenya.
Suddenly, it began to tremble violently.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several muffled explosions followed.
That sand serpent is powerful enough to crush rocks.
It actually started cracking from the head, inch by inch!
It turned into a shower of uncontrolled sand, falling softly around the intact stone pillar.
As the flying dust gradually subsided.
When everyone's vision became clear again.
Everyone gasped.
Senju Kenya was still sitting cross-legged on top of the stone pillar.
He didn't even put his legs down, which he had been crossing just moments before.
However, his bronze skin, which was originally exposed to the air, was...
At this moment, it was covered with a strange substance that was as deep as ink and shimmered with a cold metallic luster.
Armament Haki!
That absolute defense could even deflect Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword!
Gaara's prized Sand Strangulation technique wasn't even worthy of leaving a single white mark on this layer of black gold skin!
"Washing my face with sand feels alright."
Kenya patted the sand off his gold suit.
"It's a bit dry, remember to add some water next time."
This was a dismissive, even slightly disdainful, assessment.
It was like a resounding slap across Gaara's face.
"This... this is impossible!"
Gaara's bloodshot panda eyes were filled with disbelief.
From childhood to adulthood, he had never seen anyone who could withstand his sand with just their physical strength!
Not only did he not die, he wasn't even scratched!
"The absolute defense has been breached?"
"No! My sand is the strongest!"
Gaara's inner pride and madness were completely ignited.
His pale face became increasingly ferocious, and the Shukaku Chakra within him began to surge wildly.
"Since I can't strangle you..."
Gaara slammed his hands onto the ground.
"Then I'll bury you alive in this hell!"
" Sand Waterfall Flow!"
Accompanied by Gaara's roar.
The surrounding ground instantly transformed into a churning sea of sand.
Tons of yellow sand surged like a tsunami, creating sand waves tens of meters high.
With overwhelming force, it swept towards the stone pillar and the Kenya object on it.
This immense momentum seemed poised to completely engulf the entire forest!
Temari and Kankuro, who were some distance away, were terrified and desperately fled to higher ground.
Those candidates trapped in the rocky area closed their eyes in despair.
Faced with this towering sandstorm, they didn't even have the strength to run away.
However.
Faced with this cataclysmic Ninjutsu that seemed capable of devouring everything.
Kenya, sitting on the stone pillar, simply rubbed his neck with a hint of helplessness.
"What a forgetful brat."
"Playing in the sand is one thing, but it also makes a mess of dust everywhere, polluting the environment."
Kenya stood up and stood atop the solitary stone pillar.
He was facing the raging sandstorm that was almost within reach and threatened to engulf him entirely.
He did not activate his Armament Haki to defend himself.
They didn't use Hand Seals or Water Release or Wind Release to fight back like normal ninjas.
He simply took a deep breath.
"Call--!"
It was as if he had sucked all the air out of the surroundings in that instant.
Kenya's chest bulged high.
The incredible lung capacity that Garp Template gave him was on full display at this moment.
Immediately afterwards.
Kenya faced the oncoming, towering quicksand.
Suddenly, he blew out a breath!
That's right, it's the simplest and most primitive way of blowing air.
"Call--!!!"
With that exhale.
A white storm, visible to the naked eye and terrifying beyond description.
It erupted from Kenya's mouth with a deafening roar!
This is not Wind Release Ninjutsu.
This is simply due to the pure physical airflow released after the lungs have compressed air to an extreme degree!
"Boom!"
This storm was like an invisible, rampaging dragon.
It possesses a violent kinetic energy capable of tearing everything apart.
It crashed violently into the overwhelming waterfall of quicksand!
A miracle happened at that moment.
Gaara used the S-rank Ninjutsu " Sand Waterfall Flow," which consumed a large amount of Chakra and was capable of altering the terrain.
Faced with this unreasonable physical storm.
It was like encountering a sand dune during a category 12 typhoon.
They couldn't even hold on for a second!
"Boom!"
The sandstorm swept the sky back!
Not only that.
The lingering force of the storm even blew away the scattered rocks on the ground.
A huge, outward-spreading dust-free zone was formed in mid-air!
The storm swept through.
The entire rocky area was instantly cleaned up, leaving not a speck of dust behind.
Sunlight once again pierced through the tree canopy, bathing the area that had just resembled hell.
Dead silence.
The entire venue was deathly silent.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the man standing on the stone pillar, patting his chest to catch his breath.
Is this... is this a dream?
One breath!
It was just a single breath!
It blew away the sandstorm that filled the sky!
What kind of monster is this?!
Kankuro rubbed his eyes, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.
Temari buckled, and she collapsed to the ground, her worldview completely shattered.
In their view, this was no longer within the scope of Ninjutsu.
This is like a god descending to earth!
And Gaara, the one who cast the spell.
At this moment, he was completely dumbfounded.
He remained with his hands on the ground, his eyes, which had been filled with madness, now...
At this moment, however, it was filled with confusion and incomprehensible horror.
The sand he was so proud of.
He believed in an absolute power capable of burying everything.
It was actually blown away by the other party in one breath?
"This... how is this possible..."
Gaara muttered to himself, his mind blank.
Just as he was falling into a state of extreme existential doubt.
"Click click..."
A very faint cracking sound suddenly came from Gaara's body.
He lowered his head.
Gaara was completely stunned; cracks began to appear in his Sand Armor.