"Mere grains of sand, not even half as good as I am—"
Uchiha Nagi's Susanoo raised its long sword. Although the Breathing Technique amplified his physical body, not the Susanoo, it didn't mean the Susanoo couldn't use swordsmanship.
The massive Susanoo, under Uchiha Nagi's control, moved as if an extension of his arm, performing swordsmanship no different from his usual style.
As the Uchiha Clan's spiritual artifact, the Sword of Totsuka, was directly manifested by him. Although Susanoo itself could condense weapons, that required the Third Form and consumed a much greater amount of Chakra.
The Third Form of Susanoo involved condensing weapons and armor. While its power and defense were enhanced, its consumption also greatly increased.
At this moment, Uchiha Nagi did not plan to activate Yin Seal right away, because the power of the Dragon Veins would be gone once used up; it wouldn't recover in a few days like a Tailed Beast, and needed to be manually recharged. Therefore, maintaining the Second Form of Susanoo was sufficient to fight Shukaku.
The Sword of Totsuka, performing Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool, continuously struck down Shukaku's air bullets one after another. Seeing this, Shukaku increased its output. Uchiha Nagi immediately advanced his swordsmanship to Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool Flow.
"Shukaku, if this is all you've got, you can't beat me," Uchiha Nagi said.
"[Hate, I hate arrogant little bugs, I'm going to crush you.]"
Seeing that its air bullets weren't effective against the opponent, Shukaku narrowed its eyes and switched to its most proficient sand... Shukaku waved its hands, and a massive amount of sand began to churn, following its innate talent, then enveloped the Susanoo overwhelmingly.
Compared to Gaara's Sand Tsunami, the Sand Release used by Shukaku's body was the true Sandstorm Funeral. In the desert, it had a natural boost, making it even less effort.
"Exciting! Battles should be like this to make one's blood boil. I acknowledge you, Shukaku," Uchiha Nagi said with a sinister grin.
"Sun Breathing, First Form: Dance!"
"Sun Breathing, Second Form: Clear Blue Sky!"
"Sun Breathing, Third Form: Raging Sun Halo Dragonhead!"
"Sun Breathing, Fourth Form: Fake Rainbow!"
Uchiha Nagi switched to the strongest Sun Breathing and continuously used Hinokami Kagura Dance to interrupt Shukaku's Sandstorm Funeral.
However, the desert was Shukaku's territory, giving it a natural advantage. Ultimately, Shukaku controlled tens of thousands of tons of sand, enveloping Uchiha Nagi and forming a pyramid.
"[Haha, seal you, seal you, turn you into a pyramid~]"
Shukaku clapped its hands gleefully, and the violet patterns on its body extended and spread onto the pyramid with its hands, about to seal Uchiha Nagi.
"Sun Breathing, Twelfth Form: Flame Dance!" As Uchiha Nagi's voice echoed from within the pyramid, the strongest move of Sun Breathing directly broke open the pyramid.
"Flame Dance" and "Dance" are homophones, conveying the meaning that "from the First Form to the Twelfth Form, it is a cycle."
Therefore, Sun Breathing Twelfth Form is a single move that encompasses the entire Breathing Technique. As for the even more powerful Sun Breathing Thirteenth Form, it is actually the ability to continuously use the Eleventh and Twelfth Forms, forming a cycle and maintaining it indefinitely.
To put it plainly, it's an endless series of recursive actions, but even performing the Twelfth Form is already incredibly difficult, let alone continuously performing the Thirteenth.
Boom!!
Rumble!!
The massive pyramid emitted a brilliant light from within. The next second, a giant, like the rising sun, burst out of the sealed pyramid. The pyramid exploded as if bombed, shattering into countless pieces.
"[Ah, my Sealing Technique?!]"
The adorable Shukaku, if seen small, would look very chibi, but when seen enlarged, it looked very ferocious.
"Shukaku, it seems your Sealing Technique isn't that great after all~" Uchiha Nagi teased. "[Ah ah ah~ I'll bite you to death.]"
Shukaku went berserk. The last time it was looked down upon like this was by that stinky fox. It had taught itself Sealing Technique precisely to deal with that stinky fox, but now it couldn't even beat a human bug. How would it face the other Tailed Beasts in the future without being laughed to death?
However, Tailed Beasts are Tailed Beasts after all. Aside from their innate talents, they don't have much combat experience, as they have no opponents in taijutsu and completely overpower humans. Shukaku, as the most unique one, had only learned Ninjutsu and Sealing Technique.
Taijutsu... Watching the clumsy Shukaku pounce forward, attempting to bite him, Uchiha Nagi's Susanoo was as agile as he himself was. After easily dodging, it cut off one of Shukaku's arms.
"[Ah ah ah, my arm! Stinky bug, you actually cut off my arm!]"
Shukaku was enraged. Unlike other Tailed Beasts, Shukaku's sand body, as long as it was in the desert, could easily reattach or regrow any severed part.
Other Tailed Beasts... the Eight-Tails' horn didn't regrow for over ten years after being cut off, but its octopus tentacles could grow back freely. Different Tailed Beasts had different abilities.
"[Ah ah, I'm so mad! I'm going to bite you to death~]" Shukaku lunged at Uchiha Nagi, baring its fangs and claws.
However, their meager close-combat experience was limited to fighting humans. They had rarely fought their fellow Tailed Beast brethren over hundreds of years, so their hand-to-hand combat experience was pitifully scarce.
Uchiha Nagi easily dodged Shukaku's mouth and swung his sword at its remaining arm.
Pfft—
Another arm flew into the sky, then crashed heavily to the ground.
Shukaku was now armless. It went completely insane, losing all reason, no longer caring whether its arms were still there, and continued to fight like a hooligan.
Uchiha Nagi jumped onto Shukaku's back, originally intending to swing his sword and cut off its large tail. Who knew that in its frenzy, Shukaku leaned its entire body backward, trying to crush him to death on the ground, resulting in—
Pfft~
A Thousand Years of Death—
"Uh, I swear I didn't mean to, do you believe me?"
"[Awooo~ This lord, this lord will kill you!!!]"
Shukaku didn't care anymore. This was unbearable. Its most important rear entrance had been stabbed. Now, even if it meant mutual destruction, it would kill Uchiha Nagi.
Opening its gaping maw, two Yin-Yang attribute Chakras began to rapidly gather. It was a Tailed Beast Ball... Although Shukaku rarely used Tailed Beast Balls, it didn't mean it couldn't. This was an innate ability that all Tailed Beasts possessed.
"Hey, hey, this close, do you want to blow yourself up too?" Uchiha Nagi pulled out the Sword of Totsuka.
He checked it; there was no blood, only some sand. Good, not disgusting. And since Tailed Beasts don't eat or drink, he didn't have to worry about getting any feces on the sword.
At this moment, Shukaku began to look triumphant~
"[Haha, scared now? It's too late even if you beg on your knees. This lord will take you down with me. If I die, I'll revive in a few years, ga ga, you can die now~]"
Uchiha Nagi simply watched Shukaku form its Tailed Beast Ball. Triple Rashomon? It seemed that could only block Naruto's small Tailed Beast Ball.
He just didn't know if Naruto's small Tailed Beast Ball had the same power as a fully-formed Shukaku Tailed Beast Ball... "[Die now~]"
Shukaku happily threw the Tailed Beast Ball at Uchiha Nagi, its heart overflowing with joy. This fool, he didn't interrupt it when its Tailed Beast Ball was just forming. Now it was too late.
If it died, it would revive in a few years, but the opponent, being so close, was 100% dead.
However, in the next second, Uchiha Nagi merely extended Susanoo's hand. Looking closely, there was a Kunai in Susanoo's palm, with the Flying Thunder God jutsu formula on it.
When the super-large Tailed Beast Ball struck Susanoo's palm, it was as if drawn into a black hole. The entire Tailed Beast Ball, without a sound, entered an invisible space.
Rumble!!
In the distance, a large mushroom cloud slowly began to rise, its light and shockwave directly turning night into day.
"[Ah, the Tailed Beast Ball is gone?! No, you warped it away? Space Ninjutsu? ]"
Although Shukaku didn't know about Flying Thunder God, it knew about Space Ninjutsu. The Sage of Six Paths also used Space Ninjutsu.
At this point, Shukaku was dumbfounded.
Bang!!
Uchiha Nagi jumped onto Shukaku and punched it, then punched it again. Armless, Shukaku had no way to fight back.
The enraged Shukaku's arms had just regrown when Uchiha Nagi casually sliced them off with a single swing of his sword. From a distance, it looked like a giant riding a lamb... "[Wuwuwu, stop hitting me, stop hitting me, this lord surrenders~]"
Shukaku cried like a beaten child, whimpering and giving up.
Subsequently, the sand of Shukaku's body began to dissipate, and Gaara's Fake Sleep Technique began to lift. This was the first time Shukaku had actively dispelled the Fake Sleep Technique, retreating back into the Jinchuriki's body... The massive Susanoo then extended a hand and caught the problematic youth, Gaara, who was in mid-air. He seemed to be sleeping soundly, and the thoroughly beaten Shukaku probably wasn't in the mood to disturb his sleep at this point.
— — — —
Meanwhile, Kimimaro and Kankuro's exciting duel was also intensely underway.
Kankuro wanted to capture Kimimaro as a hostage to threaten Uchiha Nagi.
As a puppeteer, ninety percent of Kankuro's skills lay in Puppet Technique. The stronger his puppets, the stronger he became.
Don't think puppeteers are weak; what if you give him two human puppets made from Jonin? Wouldn't two Jonin against one have a high chance of winning?
What if you gave him ten? Then the odds would be ten to one, even greater.
If a puppeteer was given a human puppet made from the Third Kazekage, hehe... However, the founder of human puppets in Hidden Sand Village felt that human puppets were an affront to nature, as they were made from living people, so the human puppet technique was forbidden, just as the First Hokage forbade the Second Hokage's Edo Tensei.
It wasn't that the Second Hokage couldn't perfect his Edo Tensei, but rather that his elder brother forbade it on the grounds that it was an affront to nature.
Therefore, what Kankuro was using at this moment were pure puppets, not human puppets made from human bodies. Human puppets retained the strength the deceased had in life; they would be just as strong as they were alive, if not 80% as strong.
However, he encountered the troublesome Kimimaro, a Bloodline Limit with maxed-out physical defense...
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