Seeing the overwhelming numbers of opponents and the annoying blonde brat constantly throwing clay bombs from high in the sky, Sasori's hands immediately began to work in tandem. One hand continued to precisely control the Third Kazekage puppet, while the other quickly formed a hand seal.
The explosive smoke created by Deidara's detonated clay spider gradually dispersed, revealing that the heavily damaged'Sasori' on the spot began to twist and deform, eventually turning into a puddle of ordinary sand, merging into the desert below.
"A Sand Clone, then." Shisui immediately recognized the method Sasori used to evade the first wave of attacks.
"Missed? Tsk! Then again!"
Deidara, in an excited state, was completely ignited by his warlike nature. He unhesitatingly threw out the next batch of clay bombs he had already prepared—these were several nimble clay birds! They were programmed to automatically track and launch a suicide attack the moment they detected Sasori reappearing!
Finally, on the sand on the other side of the battlefield, a figure slowly emerged from beneath the sand.
"Art is an explosion! Hm!"
Deidara immediately shouted, detonating the birds!
Several clay birds shot towards the newly appeared Sasori like arrows, their bodies instantly emitting dazzling white light, about to detonate beside him!
However, the reappeared Sasori calmly raised one of his arms. The mechanism at the front of his arm suddenly opened, and a precisely structured puppet prosthetic arm was launched like a cannonball, accurately colliding with the incoming clay birds!
"Boom—!"
The puppet prosthetic arm self-detonated the moment it contacted the clay birds, creating a fireball in the air from the violent explosion, canceling out Deidara's clay explosion, with shockwaves spreading in all directions.
"Such an annoying brat... always talking about explosions, so noisy."
The voice Sasori emitted after reappearing became unusually hoarse and old, completely different from the clear, youthful voice he had before! Moreover, his figure was noticeably shorter and more hunched, and a steel tail blade, gleaming with a cold light and clearly laced with potent venom, extended from his back!
How could this still be the handsome red-haired youth from before? It was clearly a short, sinister, fierce old man hidden beneath an ugly puppet shell!
Sasori of the Red Sand's true body was hidden within the combat puppet named Hiruko!
"Without decay, eternal beauty is art."
Sasori, in his hoarse voice, profoundly articulated his aesthetic, while simultaneously controlling Hiruko. A new replacement hand quickly sprang out from the severed joint of the puppet arm that had just been launched, and explosives were reloaded!
The next moment, another puppet hand whistled like a cannonball towards Shisui, Zabuza, and Haku on the ground!
At the same time, his other hand ceaselessly controlled the Third Kazekage puppet, launching one giant sand iron needle after another continuously towards the C2 clay dragon high in the sky, attempting to force Deidara to retreat or even shoot him down from the air!
The puppet hand shot towards Shisui and the two others suddenly disintegrated mid-flight! Inside, it surprisingly concealed countless intricate mechanisms, instantly spewing out innumerable senbon as fine as ox hair!
These senbon gleamed with an eerie blue light in the sunlight, clearly each one laced with potent venom! They covered the area where Shisui and the two others were located like a torrential rain!
It was not difficult for Shisui to evade these senbon with his Body Flicker Technique. But Zabuza, worried that he and Haku might encounter an accident under such a dense attack, seeing this, unhesitatingly formed hand seals at lightning speed!
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
Accompanying Zabuza's low roar, a massive surge of Water Release Chakra erupted! In this extremely arid desert environment, a huge, surging stream of water, appearing out of nowhere, suddenly burst forth from in front of Zabuza, like a breached dam, rushing fiercely towards Sasori's Hiruko!
Those dense, poisonous senbon were instantly caught and scattered by this sudden, massive water flow, losing their original threat!
During this time, Zabuza no longer needed to evade the Hidden Mist Anbu's pursuit, nor did he have to rush around to raise funds. Through his diligent training, his Chakra control and total amount had significantly improved, allowing him to perform such a large-scale Water Release Ninjutsu in a waterless environment!
In the sky, the enormous C2 Dragon continuously twisted its body, struggling to evade the giant sand iron needles shooting up from below. Deidara could clearly feel that controlling such a massive target for evasion was becoming increasingly difficult, as this creation was originally mainly used for multi-person transport and deterrence, and its flexibility was far inferior to that of small clay bombs.
However, facing such a predicament, Deidara not only showed no annoyance but instead a wild and excited grin spread across his lips.
"Forget it! This big guy is for you then! Hm!"
He decisively gave up on controlling the C2 Dragon, suddenly extended a hand, and the unique organ in his hand rapidly secreted and spewed out a large amount of explosive clay!
The clay rapidly took shape in the air, instantly forming a giant clay bird with a moderate wingspan and a more streamlined design—Explosive Clay: Owl!
Deidara lightly leaped onto this giant clay bird, which could only accommodate one person standing, and the giant bird immediately carried him away at high speed! Almost the second after he left, the C2 Dragon, now uncontrolled and a huge target, was pierced through by several giant sand iron needles and began to fall.
"It's a premonition of a masterpiece! Hm!"
Deidara stood on the rapidly flying giant bird, excitedly looking back at the falling giant dragon.
Just as the C2 Dragon was about to hit the ground, and conveniently near Sasori's position as he dealt with the Great Waterfall Technique, Deidara unhesitatingly formed a hand seal and roared.
"Hm—!!!"
The falling C2 Dragon instantly erupted with a heart-stopping, dazzling white light! The immense Chakra contained within it was instantly detonated!
At the same time, the surging water flow generated by Zabuza's Great Waterfall Technique below also happened to rush before Sasori's Hiruko!
In the sky was the C2 Dragon about to self-destruct, and before him was a massive wave of water capable of washing away everything! These attacks came from different directions, incredibly powerful, making Sasori instantly feel like he was facing a formidable enemy. But at the same time, the fervent desire in his heart to turn all these powerful opponents into his collection grew even more intense—these guys, each and every one of them, were excellent materials found only once in ten thousand!
"Rumble—!!!"
A deafening explosion suddenly erupted! The terrifying energy contained within the C2 Dragon was completely released, and an intensely dazzling white light instantly engulfed everything around it. A huge fireball mixed with shockwaves spread wildly, even instantly evaporating and scattering some of the surging water!
Even though Deidara had already rapidly flown away from the explosion's core range on his clay giant bird, he couldn't help but look back, admiring his earth-shattering "masterpiece" with fanaticism!
Facing such a large-scale explosive attack from his teammate, which indiscriminately targeted friend and foe, Shisui, Zabuza, and Haku on the ground had long since prepared countermeasures.
"Ice Release: Ice Mirror Technique."
Haku had already completed his hand seals almost simultaneously with Deidara shouting "Hm"! A crystal-clear ice mirror instantly condensed before him!
"Please hold onto me, Mr. Zabuza, Senior Shisui!" Haku said urgently, extending both hands.
Zabuza and Shisui unhesitatingly grabbed Haku's hands. The next moment, the figures of the three instantly blurred as if absorbed by the ice mirror, then swiftly emerged from another ice mirror that had been set up in advance at a distance, escaping the core coverage area of the destructive explosion.
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