Chapter 94: Danzō's Five-Style Barrage vs. Chiyo's Three Treasures, Third Kazekage's Magnetic Sand World Method
The situation developed in an unfavorable direction. The five corpse puppets surrounding Chiyo quickly formed hand seals.
At this moment, Chiyo swiftly repositioned herself and arranged three puppets into a triangular formation. The puppets' mouths opened, activating their mechanisms labeled "Buddha," "Dharma," and "Sangha."
"Five Release: Great Barrage Technique!"
Danzō's five corpse puppets simultaneously unleashed Fire, Lightning, Water, Earth, and Wind Release ninjutsu of different natures, all flying toward Chiyo and her ten puppets.
"Puppet Technique: Three Treasures Crush!"
At the last moment, Chiyo formed seals and activated her secret puppet technique.
A fierce tornado appeared, drawing the five-natured attacks into the center of the formation. Chiyo watched the terrifying five-natured techniques continuously gather, faintly showing signs of exceeding the Three Treasures Crush's limit.
Originally, Three Treasures Crush could fully compress absorbed matter in the center of the formation and then shoot it out from the back. But now such an operation was impossible. Chiyo could only abandon the three puppets in the second before collapse.
As the different-natured attacks fully fused upon contact, a devastating explosion erupted instantly.
The explosion directly destroyed Chiyo's three puppets in an instant.
Not only that, Chiyo also had one puppet perform the Machine Light Shield Seal Technique.
It fiercely blocked in front of her. This technique used the puppet mechanism as a medium to convert the user's chakra into an all-defending shield. In the original story, it could even block Sasori's reinforced Iron Sand Drizzle.
But against the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique, this technique was still insufficient. The puppet in front of Chiyo was instantly shattered, and she herself was heavily thrown to the ground.
This terrifying display stunned the others nearby—several people shifted a bit of attention to Danzō's battlefield.
The Third Kazekage and Ōnoki also felt a sense of urgency. They had originally thought this ninja weaker than Sarutobi Hiruzen actually possessed such power.
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a sense of being NTR'd. He felt that the Five Release: Great Barrage Technique unleashed by Danzō's five puppets together seemed stronger than his own, and when did Danzō learn Five Release: Great Barrage Technique?
But as the enemy's offensive grew fiercer, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no choice but to refocus on his own fight—Ōnoki's Dust Release had no easy defense.
After catching his breath, Danzō immediately controlled his swordsmanship corpse puppet to deliver the finishing blow.
Among Danzō's eight puppets, besides the five corpse puppets proficient in basic elemental releases, the remaining three were swapped for a top-tier swordsmanship ninja, a Kurama clan genjutsu ninja, and a Permeation bloodline ninja.
On the ground, Granny Chiyo struggled to her feet and sent her remaining six puppets flying toward Danzō's five-release corpse puppets and swordsmanship corpse puppet respectively.
Danzō fearlessly let his corpse puppets engage, then waited like a venomous snake for his opportunity.
It wasn't that Danzō didn't want to deploy all eight corpse puppets at once—controlling six already placed immense pressure on his body. A portion of the puppets' chakra consumption was borne by Danzō himself.
Combined with the physical stamina drain from using the Teigu, it could be said that at this moment Danzō wasn't suited to join the fight himself, let alone deploy more puppets.
But what delighted Danzō was that his corpse puppets truly retained much of the deceased's combat instincts—they were fighting with a clear advantage.
As long as Danzō continued the battle, Chiyo would inevitably be slain by him!
However, at that moment, Akimichi Torifu let out a miserable scream and was blasted away by the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand.
The Third Kazekage didn't follow up—instead he hurriedly rushed toward Danzō.
Danzō inwardly cursed "trash," then immediately released control of two puppets, letting them fight on instinct.
Enduring the discomfort, he manipulated the Kurama clan puppet to cast genjutsu on Chiyo, while the Permeation puppet slowly turned invisible.
Since this Kurama clan ninja hadn't awakened the kekkei genkai in life, Danzō could only have him use Konoha's traditional genjutsu.
"Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death!"
In Chiyo's eyes, she was bound by trees and completely unable to move.
As a veteran Kage-level powerhouse, she naturally knew she was under genjutsu and hurriedly tried to dispel it.
But the Kurama clan ninja's genjutsu wasn't so easy to break. Chiyo had just rejoiced that she dispelled the illusion—
When a Permeation ninja appeared behind her, viciously thrusting a long sword toward her heart!
Fortunately, the Third Kazekage arrived just in time. He used Iron Sand to try to alter the Permeation puppet's strike.
He succeeded—and failed. The Permeation puppet's blade pierced straight through Chiyo's kidney.
The Permeation puppet saw its weapon covered by Iron Sand, hastily released it, and vanished into invisibility again.
The Third Kazekage leaped in front of Chiyo, forming an Iron Sand shield around them, and asked about her condition.
Chiyo gritted her teeth, yanked the long sword from her waist with a wet squelch. Blood immediately gushed from her side.
Enduring the intense pain in her waist, Chiyo said to the Third Kazekage: "Lord Kazekage, hold off Danzō for now. I'll come help you shortly!"
Then Chiyo used the medical ninjutsu Mystical Palm Technique to treat her stab wound. This technique repaired some cells and accelerated cell regeneration. It was quite useful for her current injury.
Taking advantage of the brief opening, Danzō used combined Fire and Wind Release techniques to roast the Iron Sand wall formed by the Third Kazekage. But it had to be said—the defensive power of this Iron Sand wall was excellent.
Although the wall gradually melted, it kept replenishing and held firm.
In the end, even after Danzō's puppets finished their ninjutsu, the Iron Sand wall hadn't completely melted.
To Danzō's shock, the Iron Sand in front of him suddenly dispersed and began appearing in the sky.
Chiyo also retreated into the distance the instant the wall scattered.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!"
The Third Kazekage used Iron Sand to form a massive spiked barrier in the air, raining piercing attacks down on the ground.
Many of Danzō's puppets couldn't dodge in time and were instantly skewered in place.
Although these puppets wouldn't die, they could no longer move.
And the Third Kazekage even more shamelessly formed Iron Sand wings behind himself, freely soaring within the barrier while attacking.
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