"Kyosuke, this young lady's strength is probably much higher than what the intelligence reports described," Minato said to Kyosuke, his expression worried as he looked at the lava slowly flowing in the arena.
"Her strength is indeed not to be underestimated," Kyosuke agreed with a nod. He then changed the subject. "But, aren't ninjutsu-type opponents what we're good at dealing with?"
Minato was stunned for a mont, then a smile touched his lips. "You're right."
Both of them were ninja who excelled in the Body Flicker Technique, so they were very experienced in dealing with this kind of "turret-type" opponent.
What they truly feared were those who hid behind a turtle shell, who wouldn't get hurt no matter how you hit them.
The counterattack launched by such a person after withstanding the first wave of attacks from a speed-type ninja was often the most difficult to parry.
So, the two of them just briefly marveled at i Terumī's powerful Kekkei Genkai and then paid her no more attention.
With the current state of the battle, Yugito and i had both won, and there were only four contestants left.
Uchiha Kyosuke.
Kisa Hoshigaki.
Sasori of the Red Sand.
Akatsuchi.
From among them, two more winners had to be decided before the next round of battles could begin.
Just as all four of them were focusing their attention on the big screen, the pairing for the next match appeared.
Mist Village's Kisa Hoshigaki vs. Sand Village's Sasori of the Red Sand.
The Maiden of the Akatsuki versus the Southern Dipper of the Akatsuki.
This was a battle that Kyosuke found quite interesting.
However, it was clear that the two who had already entered the arena did not share his relaxed mood.
Kisa looked at Sasori and thought to himself, This person's poison is very powerful. I must be careful of his puppets, otherwise...
Thinking of this, Kisa's hands suddenly clasped together.
Clap!
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave."
He opened his mouth and spewed out a stream of water large enough to form a small lake, completely changing the terrain of the venue.
Then, his hands ford hand seals again.
"Water Release: Water Clone Technique."
"Water Release: Water Shark Bomb Technique."
Kisa created a shark-shaped water bomb with his chakra and sent it rushing toward the Hiruko opposite him.
And the two water clones he had created followed closely behind.
As for himself, he quietly slipped into the water, preparing to make his move.
In a short period of ti, the amount of chakra Kisa had released was already more than the total chakra of many Chunin. And from the looks of it, this consumption was nothing to him.
It could only be said that, as expected of the man known as the Tailed Beast without a Tail, his chakra reserves alone were enough to crush a large number of Chunin.
And Sasori, who was opposite him, couldn't agree more.
To be able to release so many high-level ninjutsu so casually... what a monster, Sasori, hidden inside his puppet, could no longer maintain his calm expression.
He cursed inwardly and then had no choice but to control Hiruko to dodge.
At the sa ti, as he was dodging, Sasori raised his hand and released three more puppets.
Crow (attack puppet), Black Ant (capture puppet), and Salamander (defense puppet).
Adding Hiruko, which he was hiding in, he was simultaneously controlling four puppets.
Seeing this, most of the audience in the venue couldn't help but gasp.
Especially the Konoha ninja. They were all too familiar with the Sand's puppet masters.
So they knew very well what this nine-year-old boy's actions ant.
However, Sasori himself was in no mood to care about their gasps.
After leaving Salamander for protection, he directly controlled Black Ant and Crow to dive into the water and attack the lurking Kisa.
Kisa, of course, had also noticed this.
To avoid being poisoned, he had no choice but to target these two puppets.
"Water Release: Five Feeding Sharks."
Kisa swung his hand forward, and in an instant, he created five shark-shaped water bombs with his chakra.
After appearing, these sharks imdiately rushed toward the puppets, tearing at them.
Although the puppets, under Sasori's control, were incredibly agile, dodging and occasionally managing to destroy a shark, the sharks would regenerate and rejoin the battle after a few seconds.
This was the greatest strength of this ninjutsu.
As long as Kisa's hand did not leave the water, the five shark-shaped water bombs under the water could repeatedly regenerate and attack the enemy until the enemy was bitten to death or the jutsu was canceled.
Although these sharks couldn't take down the two puppets in a short ti, they also couldn't cause any effective damage.
So, for a ti, the situation was at a stalemate.
In the end, it was Sasori who suddenly made a move and broke the stalemate.
After using Black Ant to unexpectedly trap a shark, he controlled Crow to charge directly at Kisa.
Sasori's objective was clear. As long as he could cause damage, no matter how small the wound, he could kill his opponent with his powerful poison.
That was why he had chosen such an aggressive attack thod.
In the water, such a reckless charge, regardless of the final outco, would likely an the loss of the Crow puppet. This showed that Sasori was already planning to go all out.
As for Kisa, he certainly would not let Sasori's plan succeed so easily.
Seeing that the Five Feeding Sharks couldn't trap Sasori's puppet, he simply stopped maintaining the jutsu and chose to form hand seals again.
"Water Release: Water Shark Bomb Technique."
A huge shark suddenly appeared and enveloped Kisa. Then, the shark shot toward the surface of the water.
Caught off guard, Sasori failed to stop the speeding shark, which broke through the puppet's defensive line in one go.
Thump!
With a sudden explosion of water, the shark, with Kisa inside, shot out and appeared in front of Hiruko.
"Without the cover of your two puppets, do you think you can stop with just this strange fish-like thing?" Kisa said with a strange laugh, looking at the puppet before him.
At the sa ti, he raised Sahada from his back and swung it forcefully at Hiruko.
"Sahada: Flying Chain Slash."
As Kisa swung, the hilt of Sahada suddenly extended and, with a powerful force, smashed Sasori's Hiruko to pieces.
Fortunately, Sasori, seeing that the situation was not good, had retreated in ti. Otherwise...
Just as Kisa was preparing to press his advantage, his entire body suddenly froze, and an expression of extre pain appeared on his face.
"Poison?! When..." Kisa muttered in a pained voice, his head bowed.
Seeing this, Sasori also slowly stopped his retreat.
He looked at Kisa with a calm expression and said, "Did you think that my poison could only be transmitted through wounds, and not through water?"
"Don't underestimate !!!" Sasori said, then controlled the Salamander he had been using for protection to envelop Kisa.
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