Chapter 173 Defeating Sasori of The Red Sand

At this moment, Sasori's heart is full of question marks.

The stronger the effect, the greater the limitation of the technique. However, in Sōseki's all-round enhancement, there is no weak state after use, and the Sage Mode that can even be entered continuously after use is simply outrageous!

This is obviously cheating, right?

What? His Performance of a Hundred Puppets is also cheating?

Using only small pieces of chakra to control hundreds of puppets and the Third Kazekage's puppet is also cheating?

Oh, that's fine then.

Sasori's gaze then returned to calmness, "As expected of Konoha's hero, this battle with you is even more difficult than the assassination of the Third Kazekage two years ago!"

Nakayo and the others were depressed in their hearts. Although they are happy to see Sasori defeated, but every time Sasori defeated, it must be based on the majesty of the Third Kazekage being trampled on.

This is embarrassing.

Naturally, Soseki would not let him destroy the "friendly" relationship between himself and the Sunagakure's companions, "You also said it was an assassination. Under normal circumstances, of course I am far from being Kazekage-sama's opponent!"

The corner of Sasori's mouth twitched slightly upon hearing this, 'Before you say that, can you at least return the torn left arm of the Third Kazekage?'

"Although I don't want to admit it, I really can't beat you now!" Then, Sasori turned his attention to Nakayo and the others, "In that case, I have to change my strategy!"

Facing Sasori's cold gaze, the Sunagakure's Shinobi felt chills in their hearts.

Although Sasori was only beaten by Sōseki without being able to fight back, for them, he is an expert that can never be reached.

Sōseki then loudly shouts, "Hurry up and escape, I'll stop him!"

Hearing Sōseki's voice, everyone suddenly returned to their sense.

It's shameful to run away, but they're just causing trouble for Sōseki by staying here.

"You can't run away, Iron Sand World Method!"

Iron sand wings spread out from the Third Kazekage's back and then it flew into the sky, shooting down countless iron spikes.

Triple Rashōmon!

With Sōseki's summon, three Rashōmon suddenly appeared, blocking all of the iron spikes.

Looking at the battered Rashōmon in front of them, Nakayo and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great, I'm saved!"

"As expected of Sandaime-sama's technique, it's too strong!"

Seeing that they still didn't forget to restore their dignity at this time, Pakura said angrily, "Run! Don't get in the way here!"

The Rashōmon cannot move, so the Third Kazekage just needs to move around these gates to attack them.

The most troublesome thing is that it is difficult for them to attack the Third Kazekage that is in the sky.

"Now, what are you going to do?" Sasori laughed softly.

Before, he was heartbroken because his puppets were violently destroyed by Sōseki, so he made the Third Kazekage give up the air superiority and act as a close guard to protect his safety.

But now, he no longer intends to care about those ordinary puppets.

Even if Sōseki destroys one every second, it would take more than a minute to destroy all those puppets to get close to him, and this period of time is enough for the Third Kazekage to kill those weakling Shinobi a hundred times.

If Sōseki chooses to protect those weakling Shinobi, it will be even better. As long as he exhausts the opponent's chakra, he can gain a perfect material with no difficulty.

But at this moment, Pakura's voice sounded.

"Sōseki-dono, leave it to me here!"

"Pakura-dono, you..."

"Extremely high temperature can instantly melt these iron sands. Although I am not the previous Kazekage-sama's opponent, I should be able to stop him for a while!"

Pakura looked at Sandaime Kazekage with a firm gaze, "Betting on the name of Sunagakure's Pakura, we must not let the glory of Kazekage-sama be desecrated by that traitor!"

"I understand." Sōseki calmed down and looked at the Sasori who was guarded by layers of puppets, "Are you ready to be destroyed to pieces by me?"

Sōseki put his right hand into his ninja bag, grabbed a handful of shuriken and threw it towards the other party.

Because the previous enemy is Sandaime Kazekage who has Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai, he has never used shuriken to create coordinates.

Now, he can start killing without any trouble.

'Flying Thunder God Technique!' Sasori naturally thought of the opponent's ability that made him famous, and quickly manipulated his puppets to destroy those shuriken.

Unfortunately, he was still a step behind.

Sōseki directly teleported to the shuriken closest to Sasori, which is equivalent to crossing half of the puppet wall in an instant.

The surrounding puppets attacked Sōseki fiercely, and all kinds of Ninjutsu were poured onto Sōseki.

Obviously, Sasori also knows that physical attacks and poison attacks are ineffective against Sōseki. Therefore, he can only bite the bullet now and uses Ninjutsu, which he is not good at.

However, Sōseki's application in using Ninjutsu is far above him.

As soon as he saw those puppets' hand seals, he understood Sasori's plan and used the Subterranean Voyage to hide underground in advance.

Sōseki calculated the time and jumped out of the ground at the moment when all kinds of Water Release, Fire Release, and Wind Release disappeared, and pounced towards the puppets like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Seeing Sōseki punched a puppet, Sasori frowned.

'After this battle, my collection will move backwards by at least five years...No, if this goes on, me myself may be destroyed.'

'It seems that I can only do it by myself!'

Two Sword Stream: Spiral Slash!

Sasori seized the opportunity while Sōseki was surrounded by other puppets to grab the two spinning claws on his back and slashed towards Sōseki.

'Unlike those fragile puppet masters, I have trained in Taijutsu and transformed myself into the most powerful weapon, therefore, even in close combat...'

Sasori's thought was interrupted as Sōseki grabbed the spinning claws with his backhand, pulled Sasori hard from the cable, and smashed Sasori heavily to the ground.

Boom!

The ground trembled heavily, and Sasori felt that his body was about to fall apart.

Although his body suffered severe injury, Sasori didn't panic and just thought to himself, 'Although my body is stronger, it seems that I can't compare to him in terms of skills. Maybe, I should give up attacking and just fully defend!'

Thinking of this, Sasori no longer hesitated, and directly recalled the Third Kazekage.

"Want to escape?" Sōseki shouted coldly.

"Are you sure you are not going to save those people? That Sunagakure's Kunoichi is not a monster like you who is immune to poisons!" Sasori asked calmly.

Sōseki turned his head to look and found that Pakura had already fallen to the ground, and her life or death is unknown.

When he turned around again, Sasori had already jumped on the Third Kazekage's back and recovered the broken puppets with his Chakra Threads.

However, due to the influence of Third Kazekage's magnetic force, his smooth operation also appeared a little stagnant.

"My evaluation was wrong before. Even without Kekkei Genkai, you are a more perfect existence than the Third Kazekage!"

Sasori controlled the Third Kazekage to fly high in the sky, "The next time we meet, I will definitely capture you!"

Sōseki doesn't care about Sasori's words at all. After all, the information between the two parties is completely unequal.

If he really wants to kill Sasori, he hardly needs to waste much energy.

He can simply drag Sasori into a Genjutsu where he can meet his parents, and take advantage of his absent-minded moment to break his core of living flesh that carries all of his information.

'The next time I see you, I am looking forward to sharing the technology of core regeneration with you!" Sōseki shook his head and smiled, turned and walked towards Pakura.