He had completely failed to anticipate that Lin's Rasengan's power could surge midway through its use. Had he known the Rasengan could reach such power, the Raikage would absolutely not have clashed head-on with him. Although his body was tough and he possessed Lightning Release Armor, even that could not withstand Lin's expanding Rasengan.
"Cee, send someone to tell the Tsuchikage to temporarily retreat!!!!!" The Raikage said fiercely. "Yes, Raikage-sama." Cee, supporting the Raikage, looked at Lin in the distance with some trepidation. "That fellow from the Uchiha clan truly cannot be measured by common sense."
Many Cloud Ninjas quickly retreated backward, protecting the Raikage. Seeing this, many ninjas from Hidden Stone Village cursed loudly, "Damn it!!! Damn it!!!!" In the sky, the battle still raged on, explosions reverberating endlessly.
"That damned old geezer, his strength is still terrifying!!!!" Deidara looked disheveled. In the sky, he had no advantage whatsoever. Onoki used the Light Weight Rock Technique to drastically reduce his body weight, making his speed incredibly fast. Deidara's bombs simply couldn't hit him.
"Wham!!!!" The Tsuchikage instantly appeared in front of Deidara amidst the smoke and mist, unleashing a punch, "Heavy Rock Fist!!!!" "Crap!!!!" Deidara's face changed. As Onoki's disciple, he clearly knew that this seemingly delicate punch actually contained immense power.
"Thud!!!!" Onoki's fist accurately struck Deidara's abdomen. Deidara shrieked, and his body was violently sent flying.
"Brother Deidara!!!!" Kurotsuchi, who had just killed a Mist Ninja, instantly saw Deidara falling from the sky and couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"Heh heh, Deidara, you little brat, although you've made some progress, you're still too green. I told you I wouldn't go easy on you anymore," Onoki first chuckled, his voice lowering as he spoke.
"Today, I will completely eradicate you, this evil disciple. As both the Third Tsuchikage of Hidden Stone Village and your former teacher, don't blame me, Deidara." The Third Tsuchikage said calmly, a determined glint in his eyes. He fiercely brought his hands together into a cross seal.
Seeing the Tsuchikage's movements, Kurotsuchi's pupils instantly constricted. "Could it be... That damned old geezer!!!! What I hate most is your lecturing face!!!!" Deidara, in the air, shouted ferociously, his face contorted.
"Don't think you've won! I told you I would make you pay the price for looking down on my art!!! My art is the most sublime art!!!!" As he spoke, Deidara suddenly tore open his clothes, revealing his chest.
Deidara's chest was covered with countless black threads, seemingly sewn many times. "This Deidara fellow!!!!" Onoki's face instantly changed. As Deidara's teacher, he naturally knew Deidara's crazy personality, and based on the ninjutsu Deidara used, it was easy to deduce Deidara's actions.
"Self-destruct!!! That damned Deidara!!!!" Onoki gritted his teeth as he spoke. At this moment, even he was a little flustered. He knew too well the forbidden jutsu Deidara used. If Deidara were to self-destruct, no one here would survive, and the entire mountain valley would be blown to smithereens.
"He must be annihilated before he self-destructs!!!!" Onoki instantly made a decisive move. "As long as I use Dust Release to turn him into particles before he self-destructs, all crises will be averted!" A three-jiao cone-shaped chakra had already condensed between Onoki's palms.
"Awaken!!!! Deidara!!!!" Onoki said with a cold voice. "You want to atomize me with Dust Release before I self-destruct!!!? I won't let you have your way!!!" Deidara's face was incomparably ferocious. He fiercely grabbed the threads on his chest. "Sorry, Lin!!!!" Deidara said with a laugh, just about to pull the threads sewn into his chest.
...
Just then, a hand grabbed the hand pulling the threads. Deidara was instantly startled. Unbeknownst to him, Lin had already arrived by his side, one hand supporting his body, the other tightly gripping his other hand.
"Lin, you..." Deidara looked at Lin in surprise. "What are you doing!!!!? If you self-destruct here, everyone will die!!!! And even if you wipe out the Cloud Ninjas and Stone Ninjas here, nothing will change!!!! Sakura Ninja Village will still be destroyed!!! There is only hope in living." Lin said calmly, at this moment, the two of them had just landed on the ground.
"Oh, so Uchiha also came? Perfect, we can deal with them together, saves me a lot of trouble!!!!" Onoki was startled at first, then felt a wave of relief in his heart after seeing Lin stop Deidara, and then sneered.
Terrifying energy fluctuations flowed between his palms. His eyes turned cold, "Die!!!! Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World!!!!"
"Crash!!!!" The three-jiao energy instantly transformed into a colossal, stellar energy pillar, shooting towards Lin and Deidara below. "No!!!! Grandpa!!!!" Kurotsuchi instantly shrieked.
"That old man won't die!!!!" Lin and Deidara's faces also changed. The speed of Dust Release was too fast, and its range was vast. The two had just landed and simply couldn't dodge.
The black tomoe in Lin's eyes instantly condensed, blossoming into the Mangekyo Sharingan!!!! "Susanoo!!!!"
"Boom!!!!" A sky-shattering roar echoed in everyone's ears. Everyone stared blankly at the colossal light pillar. "That's the Tsuchikage's Dust Release. No way!!!!" Ao's face changed dramatically.
"Lin!!!! Deidara!!!!" Lantian Gan also looked at this scene in shock, his face filled with anxiety.
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