The distorted army of White Zetsu easily broke free from the Sand Waterfall Funeral's restraints. In terms of physical strength, the fused White Zetsu were no less powerful than large summoned beasts.
Although Black Zetsu's command was a complete mess, White Zetsu's strength was too high, and they still managed to achieve a decent result.
Unfortunately, the appearance of the fused White Zetsu was too jarring, and Naoki Senju was no longer willing to play along with Black Zetsu. In any case, a powerful Chakra was approaching within his perception range, and the main show was about to begin. White Zetsu, as a supporting character, could now retire.
Naoki Senju controlled the One-Tail Chakra to continue downwards, stirring up the sand and rocks deeper underground, while simultaneously halting the Chakra transfer of the Sand Waterfall Funeral.
Because the underground structure was destroyed, the surface sand layer became unstable and began to sink to varying degrees. However, the White Zetsu had almost zero combat experience and did not pay any attention to the changes in the environment.
" Magnet Release: The Great Burial of Quicksand"
When the underlying support structure was completely destroyed, the surface sand began to collapse on a large scale, and the slow-moving White Zetsu were swallowed up by quicksand pits.
Like a swamp, quicksand tightly envelops every inch of a faller's skin, leaving no foothold and neutralizing the force of every struggle. The result is that the more one struggles, the deeper one sinks.
However, the White Zetsu clearly did not understand this principle. With their lower bodies swallowed by quicksand, they began to panic. The sand in this area was filled with the One-Tail Chakra, and they could not even use their best technique, the Mayfly Technique. This situation further deepened the White Zetsu's panic.
In a state of extreme panic, the White Zetsu instinctively struggled violently, unleashing their power indiscriminately. However, they had nowhere to hold on, causing all their power to be swallowed up by the quicksand, which accelerated their descent.
The Black Zetsu White Zetsu silent, witnessing the complete annihilation of its army. But beneath this silence lay extreme rage. A high-quality White Zetsu possessed the essential ability to read people's expressions, and sensing its own life was in danger, the White Zetsu quickly tried to salvage the situation:
" The Akatsuki member has arrived; it's Sasori of the Red Sands. He'll be here in a minute at most!"
" Sasori of the Red Sands?" Black Zetsu's mood improved slightly. Among the Akatsuki now, apart from Uchiha Itachi of Konoha, Nagato who inherited the Rinnegan, and Obito Uchiha who couldn't fight, Sasori of the Red Sands was the strongest.
There should have been another Orochimaru, but he had already left the organization, and Black Zetsu Orochimaru didn't know Kisame Hoshigaki's strength, so it's not appropriate to draw any conclusions.
However, Sasori of the Red Sands was enough to hold back Naoki Senju. Although the plan encountered some minor setbacks, it was still developing in a positive direction.
"Hmph, keep spreading spores and find out where Pain is. Also, Deidara and Hidan, those two useless trash, couldn't even hold out for a quarter of an hour!"
Deidara would be furious if he knew. In that 15-minute timeframe, it was clearly his Clay Bomb that were effective 99% of the time, Hidan only bought less than 1% of the time before jumping down and instantly dying. That's Hidan's role.
So the only useless Hidan, that cultist who doesn't understand art! ( Deidara hands on hips)
Sasori of the Red Sands's Hiruko puppet left a clear trail in the desert. Due to the distance and Sasori of the Red Sands's familiarity with the desert environment, Sasori of the Red Sands, who seemed to be the slowest, was actually the first to arrive at the scene.
Black Zetsu watched Sasori of the Red Sands traverse the quicksand layer as if walking on flat ground, he couldn't help but think of the word 'professional'. Compared to White Zetsu, Sasori of the Red Sands was far too professional, possessing all the qualities that an excellent ninja should have.
Calm, his mind is undisturbed by external things; wise, he can keenly analyze the situation on the battlefield; diverse methods; powerful Puppet Technique; apart from his almost obsessive pursuit of immortality, Sasori of the Red Sands is definitely the most perfect pawn in the Akatsuki.
With Sasori of the Red Sands arriving on the battlefield, Black Zetsu was relieved. All obstacles hindering Mother's resurrection would eventually be eliminated!
Sasori of the Red Sands controlled Hiruko's movements with Chakra Threads, while also reducing Hiruko's weight so that it could distribute its weight evenly across all points, preventing it from being swallowed by quicksand.
Sasori of the Red Sands White Zetsu anticipated, but he did not rush to attack. He was not a teenager like Deidara who was eager to show off, nor was he a brainless brute like Hidan.
His only goal was to complete the mission. As long as he could kill the target, the means didn't matter. All of Sasori of the Red Sands watched the White Zetsu army being wiped out without a care in the world.
If the White Zetsu army hadn't been wiped out so quickly, he could have gathered more information about Naoki Senju Naoki Senju and waited for the others to arrive so they could have joined forces to deal with him.
Unfortunately, White Zetsu's performance and command were far too disappointing, amounting to nothing more than feeding kills to the enemy.
Black Zetsu: "..."
However, the destruction of the White Zetsu army was not without its gains; Sasori of the Red Sands has confirmed intelligence that the Akatsuki had failed to obtain.
" The One-Tail of Sunagakure... I didn't expect you to be One-Tail Jinchuriki as well. A Jinchūriki being able to seal two Tailed Beast at the same time, the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails, must be inside you as well."
Sasori of the Red Sands said confidently, "Putting myself in his shoes, if he could withstand the Chakra of both the Three-Tails and the One-Tail at the same time, he certainly wouldn't let the other two Tailed Beast go. It's a pity that the Human Puppet's body can't be used as Jinchūriki."
Naoki Senju stretched his limbs, his eyes fixed intently on Sasori of the Red Sands. The greatest nemesis of puppeteers is ninjas who are proficient in Taijutsu, especially those who are skilled in Monster Strength Fist. If he could defeat Sasori of the Red Sands as soon as possible, the battles that followed would be much easier.
"You guess?"
As the words fell, Naoki Senju, who could have easily fallen into the quicksand, moved with lightning speed. While Hiruko was still carefully maintaining her stability, he slammed his fist into the puppet's body made of steel.
Inherited from Tsunade, the Monster Strength Fist directly shattered one of Sasori of the Red Sands's most prized creations, causing its parts to fly off and its main structure to bend. It should be noted that in order to create this Hiruko, Sasori of the Red Sands robbed an entire country and used countless amounts of steel to create this most indestructible puppet.
But now, with just one punch, Hiruko's main structure has bent. If a few more punches like this come, one of his life's work will be completely destroyed.
Hiruko's agile tail hook forced Naoki Senju back; the faint glow on it was clearly the venom of some kind of deadly poison.
Looking at the deformed interior of the Hiruko, Sasori of the Red Sands, who had poured so much effort into it, couldn't help but feel a surge of anger. At the same time, he realized that Hiruko alone was no match for Naoki Senju.
"Very well, the Monster Strength Fist of the Konoha Sannin is indeed the nemesis of Puppet Technique, but puppeteers are not countered by Taijutsu. Let me show you the ultimate secret of Puppet Technique, the eternal art!"
This time, the voice emanating from Hiruko was no longer muffled, but rather Sasori of the Red Sands's original voice!