Guren Attacks

Deidara burst out of the smoke and dust, relieved, "Luckily I survived thanks to the blast wave. Thank goodness it was only C1." At the same time, Uzumaki Hane also emerged from the smoke and dust.

Deidara reached into the package again and spat out two white dolls at Uzumaki Hane. Under Deidara's control, the white dolls rushed towards Uzumaki Hane. At the same time, the clay strings connecting the dolls reconnected the five dolls from before, and the five dolls also rushed towards Uzumaki Hane.

Uzumaki Hane murmured, "These puppets are really troublesome."

Two giant clay figures rushed towards Uzumaki Hane and kicked out. Uzumaki Hane nimbly dodged the attack and charged towards Deidara. Uzumaki Hane had no intention of fighting these clay figures; they were impossible to kill, would keep splitting, and could explode at any moment.

Suddenly, a piece of white clay tripped over Uzumaki Yohane's foot. Immediately afterward, a huge white doll wrapped around Uzumaki Hane and enveloped Uzumaki Hane. At the same time, another white doll wrapped around her as well.

Deidara said, "Haha, now we can take care of him, drink!" A thunderous explosion erupted, engulfing the entire plaza.

Shion stood in the corridor, watching in horror as Uzumaki Hane was engulfed by the explosion, and desperately tried to rush down. But the aftershocks of the explosion suppressed everyone back down.

After the explosion, the entire square disappeared, leaving only a huge crater.

Deidara looked at the deep pit and said, "Finally, we've dealt with Uzumaki Hane. This is my art. Art is indeed fleeting, yet beautiful."

In the corridor, Shion tried to rush down, but Gozu blocked her way. Shion said anxiously, "Gozu, get out of my way!" Gozu shook his head and said, "Lady Shion, Uzumaki Hane asked me to protect you. It's too dangerous for you to go down now."

Shion said, "Get out of my way!" Her Chakra was already boiling.

Taruho shouted, "Lady Shion, stop! Look in the center of the plaza, Uzumaki Hane is alright!"

Upon hearing this, Shion hurriedly looked towards the center of the plaza, where she saw a lava sphere. Lava was slowly flowing down the sphere, revealing the Uzumaki Hane inside. Only then did Shion's heart, which had been pounding with anxiety, finally settle down.

Taruho and the others could see that Uzumaki Hane was unharmed, Deidara naturally noticed long ago. Somewhat surprised, he immediately controlled the five remaining white puppets beside him and rushed towards Uzumaki Hane. Deidara had gathered the five puppets beside him during the explosion.

As the puppets rushed towards Uzumaki Hane, she had already emerged from the lava sphere. The first white puppet exploded. At the moment of the explosion, Uzumaki Hane leaped backward, avoiding the blast. The remaining puppets then leaped up and charged towards Uzumaki Hane.

Boom, boom, boom! Every time the doll rushed to Uzumaki Hane's side, it would explode. Uzumaki Hane could only keep dodging and avoided all the explosions before landing on the ground.

Suddenly, Uzumaki Hane found herself surrounded by countless white spiders, densely packed together.

Deidara said, "So what? Drink!" The spiders immediately exploded.

For a moment, the roaring sound continued, and gravel kept flying out in all directions.

Deidara was admiring his own explosive art when suddenly, a red Inazuma shot out from the explosion—it was Uzumaki Hane's lava javelin, instantly appearing in front of Deidara. Deidara was prepared; he performed a backflip to avoid the lava javelin, and at the same time, a giant white bird appeared beneath his feet, carrying Deidara into the air.

Looking at the devastation around her, Uzumaki Hane realized she couldn't continue fighting there. With a flash, she quickly headed out of the palace.

Deidara shouted, "Hey, Uzumaki Hane, why are you running away?" and chased after him on his giant bird.

Meanwhile, seeing that Uzumaki Hane had distracted Deidara, Guren realized this was a good opportunity. If she could capture the priestess, she could use her to threaten Uzumaki Hane. Although the priestess's methods were somewhat mysterious, Guren believed that the priestess was too young and definitely no match for her.

Guren emerged from her hiding place and rushed towards the priestess.

As soon as Guren appeared, the soldiers in the corridor noticed her immediately. However, Guren was too fast, and the soldiers could not stop her at all. In the blink of an eye, she rushed in front of Shion.

At this moment, Gozu stood in front of Shion, blocking Guren.

Guren's face darkened with anger. She said, "Gozu, are you going to fight me?" Was her own subordinate going to stop her, even though he had betrayed her only to save her?

Gozu's eyes were filled with determination as he said, "Lady Guren, I will not fight you."

Guren said, "If Fudō, why aren't you moving aside?"

Gozu did not step aside, saying, "Lady Guren, I will not allow you to harm Lady Shion."

Guren's face darkened with anger. "So you're saying you're going to oppose me again? Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Blade!" Her right hand was surrounded by crystal particles, forming a crescent-shaped crystal blade. She thrust it directly at Gozu. Gozu offered no resistance, allowing the crystal blade to pierce his chest with a soft thud, blood splattering everywhere.

Gozu let out a painful groan, his face turning pale, but he remained standing upright and said, "Lady Guren, I will not fight you, but I will not allow you to harm Lady Shion either."

Shion, who was behind Gozu, had been eager to fight Guren ever since she appeared, but Gozu blocked her way, Guren Taruho behind her also stopped her, so she was unable to make a move.

Unexpectedly, Gozu didn't resist at all, directly taking Guren's knife head-on with his body. Shion asked anxiously, "Hey, Gozu, how are you?" Her Chakra surged, forming several Chakra tentacles, which she hurled at Guren. Guren immediately drew her crystal sword and nimbly retreated, avoiding the tentacle attack.

Shion looked at Guren, her body constantly shooting out Chakra tentacles.

"Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Blade!" A crystal blade also appeared in Guren's left hand. She wielded two crystal blades simultaneously, constantly blocking Shion's attacks. Then, she retreated to a corner, glanced at Gozu with a complicated expression, and jumped over the wall to leave.

Gozu collapsed to the ground, but no blood flowed from his wound. Shion discovered that the blood at Gozu's wound had crystallized, stopping the bleeding.

Shion hadn't expected Guren to help stop Gozu's bleeding. She thought to herself, "It seems this sister isn't such a bad person after all." She began chanting a spell, and purple light shone on Gozu's wound, Gozu began to heal.

Gozu also noticed that his wound had stopped bleeding. His eyes were filled with a complex expression as he murmured to himself, "Lady Guren..."

After leaving the priestess's palace, Guren followed the trail of the battle between Uzumaki Hane and Deidara.

Although Guren gave up capturing the priestess, she did not give up capturing Uzumaki Hane. At this moment Guren planned to catch up with Uzumaki Hane and take advantage of the battle between Uzumaki Hane and Deidara to reap the benefits and capture Uzumaki Hane alive.