chapter 157 part 3
In just a few breaths, he formed thirty hand seals in one go!
On the other side, after Sasori of the Red Sand fiercely flung away Hiruko's body, which had the Lightning Kunai stuck in it, his eyes turned cold. He unhesitatingly activated the Flaming Hell Scorch Array again!
In an instant, scorching high temperatures, wrapped in the howling wind, surged forth once more.
At the same time, the three-pronged spike, cylinder, and rectangular prism, under Magnet Release control, also adjusted their positions in the air. From three treacherous angles, they coordinated with the fiery tongues and roared toward Uchiha Ren!
At this moment, time seemed to slow down abruptly. Raindrops hung suspended in the air. Only Uchiha Ren's Sharingan remained unaffected. His crimson eyes spun rapidly in the rain, reflecting the swiftly approaching deadly attacks and precisely capturing every hint of danger.
As the last hand seal was perfectly formed at his fingertips, the cyan Earth Grudge Fear mask on his shoulder trembled slightly. Immediately after, a dense mass of Chakra slowly spewed from the mask's mouth!
Almost in the same instant, the Chakra on Uchiha Ren's body also erupted! The two masses of Chakra rapidly converged!
Under Sasori's almost triumphant gaze, a cold smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as Uchiha Ren's long-brewing counter-attack explosively erupted!
"Combined Ninjutsu!"
"Water Style: Red Water Dragon!"
A colossal water dragon with a fiery head roared as it broke through the earth! Carrying immense momentum, it charged directly toward the scorching high temperatures!
In an instant, the Chakra of water and fire fiercely collided. Bursts of white smoke turned the area into an open-air hot spring, with temperatures soaring!
The flames of the Flaming Hell Scorch Array steadily retreated under the water dragon's impact!
The originally surging fire was gradually suppressed and shortened!
The water dragon pressed its advantage, opening its gaping maw. Wrapped in endless steam and power, it charged directly at Sasori of the Red Sand, who was manipulating the Third Kazekage puppet!
In a moment of urgency, Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly moved both hands, hurriedly controlling the Third Kazekage puppet to meet the attack.
In an instant, Iron Sand surged around the puppet, and "Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method" was unleashed with a roar!
Countless sharp Iron Sand projectiles shot toward the water dragon like deadly arrows, colliding with it and producing loud, clattering noises!
Under this ferocious impact, the water dragon ultimately couldn't withstand it. It was forcibly shattered, dissolving into scattered water droplets.
Even so, the scattered water still carried residual impact force, fiercely striking Sasori of the Red Sand and making his body sway. He was nearly knocked away by this force, his feet sliding several deep imprints in the muddy water!
It was at this moment!
Uchiha Ren seized this fleeting battle opportunity, his figure flashing forward!
He raised his right fist high! His muscles tensed, his fist imbued with the power to split mountains and shatter stones, and he unhesitatingly hammered it down on Sasori of the Red Sand!
*Crack!* A crisp sound!
Under Uchiha Ren's regretful gaze, the chest of the Third Kazekage puppet, which had appeared in a flash, exploded with a roar! Shards flew everywhere, and Iron Sand fragments scattered across the ground!
Sasori seized the opportunity to shift his body and formed a Substitution Jutsu seal, turning into a log and letting Uchiha Ren's attack strike empty air.
Sasori himself appeared in the distance, unhesitatingly pulling out the next scroll from his back.
He slammed it onto the ground. In the blink of an eye, a sky-filling red mass of puppets occupied the entire forest!
This was...
The power to destroy a nation...
Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!
Uchiha Ren looked at the expanse of red above him, his Observation Haki fully open, sensing his surroundings.
"They've all left? That's good."
He looked into Sasori of the Red Sand's eyes, then violently stomped his foot on the Third Kazekage puppet!
*Crack!* The fragments were crushed a second time. This time, they were shattered beyond repair! It looked like it couldn't be fixed!
Sasori's expression turned angry, but this anger quickly vanished.
His Performance of a Hundred Puppets was almost unmatched in the world. Even Angel Konan, who had conquered him by force back then, could not have survived under this jutsu.
This was an absolute secret technique, and it was very difficult to find a way to break it.
Sasori already saw Uchiha Ren as the best possible human puppet, surpassing even the Third Kazekage.
He would be the greatest work of art!
"Immortality, without decay—eternal life is art!"
"Become a puppet!"
The next second, hundreds of puppets rushed forward in an instant!
Uchiha Ren bit his fingertip and slammed his hand onto the ground!
"Single Rashomon!"
A giant, hundred-meter-tall, hundred-meter-wide demon-faced gate blocked the puppets of the Performance of a Hundred Puppets!
*Clang! Clang! Clang!*
The puppets frantically swung their various weapons, attacking the Rashomon.
It wasn't long before they tore a large hole in the gate!
But, looking through the gap, where was Uchiha Ren's figure?
(end of chapter)