Ryou stroked his chin in admiration. "What a fine Wind Release Ninjutsu, using high-speed rotation to form an absolute defense!"
"This move is actually quite similar to the Hyuga Clan's rotation."
The principle of rotation is to release chakra from all the body's pressure points simultaneously while spinning the body at high speed, using the chakra airflow to form an absolute defensive barrier that repels all attacks.
Performing rotation requires the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan as well as powerful chakra control capabilities.
Pakura's wall also requires powerful chakra control; if the chakra is insufficient, the wind force won't be enough to defend against attacks, but if it exceeds a certain limit, it becomes dangerous.
Wind, like fire, is a release of energy.
Releasing it too close can harm oneself.
Pakura, who possesses Kage-level stats, balanced this point perfectly.
Pakura completely blocked the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand Drizzle, and after defending, she naturally stopped there.
But Sasori of the Red Sand showed no sportsmanship, controlling the Third Kazekage to release an Iron Sand Giant Needle.
Pakura quickly used the movement speed of Wind Release to dodge the Magnet Release attack.
But in an instant, the Third Kazekage released Iron Sand Needles to block Pakura's escape route.
Pakura moved with agility, taking out a Kunai and parrying the Iron Sand Needles aimed at her one by one.
But no matter how fast Pakura was, it was impossible for her to react to hundreds of Iron Sand Needles striking at once.
Two or three still hit her body, though for a battle-hardened Ninja like Pakura, it had no impact.
At this moment, the Third Kazekage's iron sand was not poisoned, because the iron sand he replenished was scavenged by Candy from beneath the desert of Sunagakure.
The poisoned iron sand had already been exhausted in previous battles.
Pakura used Scorch Release to melt the Iron Sand Needles that had pierced her body, then looked grimly at Sasori and Ryou hiding inside the Susanoo in the distance.
At this point, Pakura had consumed a large amount of chakra, and her mind had cooled down a bit; she seemed to have dug a huge hole for herself.
She couldn't even get past Sasori's hurdle, so how could she defeat Ryou?
The tragedy of a person's fate is the tragedy of their character.
Pakura's character was headstrong and arrogant, completely disregarding her enemies.
This personality had allowed Pakura to be victorious in every battle in the past, making her a nightmare for Kirigakure, causing people from Kirigakure Village to feel fear at the mere mention of her name.
It was also this personality that made her want to solve the problem with her own strength the moment she realized Ryou was a fake.
She never once thought about relying on the strength of Rasa or the other Ninjas in the Village.
Because she was a proud person.
Rasa was at odds with her; how could she go and beg for his help?
But even though she was at a disadvantage, there was not a hint of retreat in Pakura's eyes, only a fire-like tenacity and fighting spirit.
"Sasori of the Red Sand, Uchiha Ryou, don't underestimate me!"
"Scorch Release: Absolute Wind Cinder Realm!"
Pakura consumed all of her chakra to expand a Scorch Release domain.
It appeared—a domain-type Ninjutsu.
Scorching, distorted hot wind surged frantically with Pakura at the center, turning into a boundless scorching domain.
All moisture within this area was completely sucked dry; any life that stepped into this purgatory was instantly evaporated.
Everything withered, carbonized, and turned to ash in the high-temperature hot wind, leaving only a deathly silent wasteland.
Within a radius of hundreds of meters, the air was so hot it was suffocating; the sands of the Demon Desert, which had not melted despite being baked by the scorching sun for ten thousand years, actually melted from the heat.
Ryou and Sasori inside the Susanoo were also being burned by this hot wind.
"Sasori, I'm burning up. Are you burning up yet?"
Sasori's tail stinger lashed rapidly from the heat, and he found it somewhat hard to believe. "Pakura actually has this kind of domain-type Ninjutsu?"
Ryou wasn't surprised; in the original work, Pakura's screen time was too short, and her combat performance didn't highlight the power of Scorch Release.
Basically, she just used Extremely Steaming Murder to take down the Shinobi Allied Forces.
It was impossible for Scorch Release to have only that one move; Pakura was, after all, a powerful Ninja that Kirigakure tried every possible means to kill.
Moreover, regarding domain-type Ninjutsu, any Ninjutsu-type Kekkei Genkai would have a domain-type technique.
For example, Hashirama's Deep Forest Emergence, Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors, the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand World...
Even the Shikotsumyaku, an internal organ Kekkei Genkai, had a domain-type attack like the Dance of the Seedling Fern.
Pakura's Ninja stats were at the Kage level, so having a domain-type Ninjutsu wasn't very strange.
Sasori felt some discomfort. "No, I can no longer control the Third Kazekage; Pakura's hot wind has even melted the iron sand."
Ryou immediately formed hand signs, the Hashirama cells in his body continuously producing Wood Release chakra.
"Wood Release: Susanoo!"
On the outside of the Susanoo, vines covered the surface, forming a suit of armor.
The lower half of the Susanoo was also replaced by Wood Release.
Soon, a fifty-meter-tall Wooden Golem Samurai appeared on the spot.
Generally speaking, Susanoo is an intangible energy body of Yin Release and should be treated more like armor.
The concept of Wood Release Susanoo should be a Susanoo clad over a Wooden Golem.
But Ryou's Susanoo was still only at the second stage of flesh and bone; the armor hadn't grown yet, so he could only let Wood Release become the armor.
The Wooden Golem could both attack and defend, but in terms of defensiveness, Susanoo was still superior.
Susanoo is not just physical defense; it also has energy defense, capable of blocking Pakura's hot wind.
Although Wood Release was weaker than Susanoo in defense, it was endlessly regenerative; when Pakura's hot wind burned away part of the wooden exterior, the Wood Release quickly regenerated a portion.
And the Susanoo wasn't useless either.
The outside temperature was very high, and the hot wind also permeated the wooden structure of the Golem; if the Susanoo were retracted...
Both Ryou and Sasori would be affected by the high temperature.
"Wood Release?!"
Pakura's pupils constricted as she looked at the giant-like Wooden Golem Samurai; her face instantly turned as pale as paper, and her lips parted slightly, so shocked she couldn't make a sound.
She was glad she could force out Ryou's Wood Release, but she was also in despair at this god-like power of Wood Release.
"Damn it, I... how could I, how could I lose to this kind of..."
Soon, Pakura's chakra was exhausted, the Scorching Realm dissolved, and the Demon Desert returned to its original state.
The Wooden Golem Samurai had a wooden katana at its waist; it drew the dozen-meter-long wooden blade and aimed it at the spot where Pakura lay collapsed on the ground.
Pakura slowly closed her eyes.
She was defeated; there was nothing to say when one's skills were inferior; most Ninjas met such an end.
This kind of ending was fine.
The worst ending would undoubtedly be being backstabbed by fellow villagers; that way, one wouldn't even find peace as a ghost.
Pakura now understood why Ryou acted so recklessly while disguised as Sasori. He didn't even bother to hide anymore.
Because with Wood Release, he could completely ignore all of Sunagakure's power.
But the Wooden Golem Samurai's attack did not fall for a long time.
Pakura opened her eyes and saw that Ryou had already deactivated the Wooden Golem Samurai and jumped down from it with Sasori.
Ryou quickly jumped in front of Pakura and grabbed her hair. "Pakura, you're not so tough now, are you!"
Pakura gave a weak, cold snort. "Uchiha Ryou, kill me or do what you want, but I'm telling you, I will never give you any intelligence on Sunagakure."
"Oh, quite stubborn, aren't you? It looks like I'll have to give you a good interrogation!"