Silken threads intertwined, shattered crystals burst forth, and the surrounding dozens of meters instantly transformed into a meat grinder of indiscriminate strikes, thick, fishy blood splattering, along with scattered limbs and minced flesh.
The wind howled, Shin'yu slowly retracted his hands, and when he raised his eyes, the surviving Sand Ninja tacitly moved away from him, retreating in fear, as if the space around him contained an inviolable domain.
As Ninja, they were accustomed to bloody storms, but such cruel methods were the first they had ever witnessed, and they couldn't help but feel a chill.
A cloud of dust rose from the Fortress, and the Third Kazekage leaped out of the ruins, landing in the open space.
He stared intently at Shin'yu in the field, his expression as heavy as a mountain.
"Is this your strength? Uchiha Shin'yu..."
At this moment, he clearly realized that this Ninja living in legends was not an enemy that could be overwhelmed by numbers. It was a fool's dream to try to deal with him by relying on the advantage of a group attack.
If that terrifying, large-scale Ninjutsu from just now were to happen again, it would be useless no matter how many people they sent.
It was also unrealistic to open the distance and bombard him remotely with Ninjutsu. His "Magnet Release: Lightning Iron Thorns" just now was already the fastest and most penetrating strike, but this move didn't even break the opponent's defense!
Among all the Sand Ninja present, no one could surpass him in terms of Ninjutsu power. If even he couldn't break through the defense, others would be even less likely to do so.
As of now, it seemed that there was only a glimmer of hope if he unleashed all of his Sand Iron to fight him, but manipulating Magnet Release over a large area could easily cause accidental injuries, and the surrounding subordinates would become a burden instead.
The Third Kazekage took a deep breath, focused his energy in his dantian, and his loud voice spread throughout the field:
"Everyone, listen up! The person before you is not an enemy you can defeat. Retreat to the village immediately and defend it to the death!"
The Sand Ninja turned their heads one after another, gazing at the Wind Shadow's solemn eyes. They didn't act pretentious at all, immediately accepted the order, and scattered in different directions.
The Hidden Sand Village had always been disciplined, and the orders of superiors were their sacred duty. Because of this, whether out of goodwill or not, they would not hesitate in the slightest to obey the Wind Shadow's words. Their execution was absolute.
"Tsk, that's not right."
Shin'yu's brow furrowed slightly, and a cold arc rose at the corner of his mouth.
"If you had faced me head-on until the very end, upholding your Ninja Way, then I might have spared your lives. But since you've chosen to run, then don't blame me."
He raised his hand to form a hand seal, and the sand and soil beside his feet loosened for a while. A full twelve lifelike, life-size wooden sculptures rose slowly, and as they transformed into Physical Body entities, they opened their eyes in unison.
"Kill them all, leave no one alive."
The twelve Wooden Style Shadow Clone scattered in unison, disappearing in the blink of an eye. But in the Third Kazekage's perception, twelve terrifying auras were chasing after the scattered Sand Ninja!
"You!"
The Third Kazekage was furious, and he slammed his hands together fiercely, a deep power awakening within his body.
At the same time, inside the Fortress, countless Sand Iron crystal dust broke through one Fortress after another, rapidly rising into the air, gathering above the Third Kazekage's head, swirling like a vortex.
In just a moment, a dark Sand Iron cloud enveloped the earth, exuding the su sha and coldness of metal, and the surrounding thousand meters were plunged into darkness.
"Magnet Release: Sand Iron Wings!"
The Third Kazekage clasped his palms together, and countless Sand Iron swirled and gathered around him, unfolding a pair of huge wings on his back. Each feather was jet-black, solid as iron.
The black iron wings fluttered slightly, and the Third Kazekage instantly soared into the sky, shooting up into the high altitude.
Through the sky filled with yellow sand, he gazed at Shin'yu on the ground. At this moment, he had bet his life.
Shin'yu's Taijutsu was quite powerful, and he possessed some kind of large-scale burst Ninjutsu. He absolutely could not rashly engage in close combat with him. If he wanted to entangle with him, he had to first create distance.
But he also seemed to know some kind of space-time Ninjutsu, able to instantly grab himself to his side, silently and without a trace, completely unpredictable. This was probably the Eye Technique of his Mangekyo Sharingan.
To avoid encountering the same situation, he could only try to keep his distance, far away from Shin'yu.
The opponent's Physical Body strength was also terrifying. Even Magnet Release: Lightning Iron Thorns couldn't cause effective damage. Then he could only continue to increase the pressure of the Sand Iron, relying on sufficient mass and strength to suppress!
In just a moment, he had simply analyzed the information and formulated a battle plan.
Shin'yu stood with his hands behind his back, leisurely waiting in place. Seeing the opponent begin to form hand seals, a smile finally appeared on his face.
The Third Kazekage gave a light shout, his Iron Wings flapped, and his entire person directly disappeared into the "Sand Iron Cloud Layer" above, rippling like the surface of water.
"*Magnet Release: Sand Iron Rain!*"
The dark cloud trembled slightly, and countless tiny darts made of Sand Iron poured down like a torrential rain, machine-gunning the earth and raising dust into the sky.
Shin'yu stood still, his robes fluttering without wind, and a dense, ink-like black mist burst out from his body, transforming into a roaring, half-bodied Susanoo, blocking the Sand Iron's bombardment.
Its color was deep, like a solid substance, and although it was an energy body, it was even darker than the Sand Iron cloud in the sky.
Under the absolute defense of the Susanoo·Second Stage, Shin'yu directly ignored the iron rain and instead looked around with interest.
Seeing the endless Sand Iron pierce through the ground, he nodded slightly.
No wonder he was the rumored strongest Wind Shadow. Such considerable destructive power should be able to easily contend with an elite unit.
"But... this is useless against me."
Shin'yu stood inside the Susanoo, making a gesture of drawing a bow and arrow. The half-bodied giant also made the same movement. The temperature within a hundred meters suddenly rose, and even the air twisted like a long snake.
Clusters of dark flames condensed in the Susanoo's palm, constructing a burning bow and arrow. Under the scorching heat of the Amaterasu, the sand around the Susanoo even crystallized inch by inch.
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi Arrow."
The arrow suddenly shrank, then shot out, accurately and swiftly piercing into the very center of the black cloud vortex!
In the next instant, it detonated with a bang!
The inextinguishable fire burned fiercely. As the black flames slowly expanded, the center of the Sand Iron cloud melted inch by inch, turning into bright red molten iron droplets that fell, splashing thick white smoke on the dunes.
The Third Kazekage was shocked, but quickly made a decision, actively abandoning about one-fifth of the Sand Iron to peel the Amaterasu away from the black Iron vortex.
"Very decisive."
Shin'yu smiled slightly, just as he was about to make a move, a black Iron Hand suddenly emerged from beneath his feet, grabbing his ankle without explanation.
In the Sand Iron cloud layer, the Third Kazekage clenched his fist, "Got you, Sand Iron Hand!"
The next second, the Sand Iron Big Hand directly pulled Shin'yu out of his Susanoo and threw his body high into the sky.
In the cloud layer, the Iron dust rippled like water, revealing a huge, incomparable triangular pyramid, its head as sharp as a spear, aimed at Shin'yu in the sky!
"*Magnet Release: Super Sand Iron Drill!*"
A fierce look flashed across the Third Kazekage's face for a moment. His single hand fell from afar, and the black triangular pyramid smashed down, falling with the momentum of a meteor, piercing through layers of air, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived above Shin'yu's head!
The surging air waves stirred up a gale. Before the Iron arrived, the wind came first, and Shin'yu's back was covered with Sand Iron at some point.
Others didn't know, but Shin'yu had long sensed this move. This Sand Iron mark carried a sufficient amount of magnetism, attracting each other with the huge Iron Cone in the sky, thus leaving him nowhere to hide.
Seeing the triangular pyramid about to smash into Shin'yu, the red light in his right eye flashed, the light slightly distorted, and he suddenly disappeared, appearing strangely within the Susanoo.
"Boom!"
The iron cone crashed down, shaking the earth and the mountains.
The Third Kazekage widened his eyes in disbelief, his pale face slightly distorted, his pupils reflecting Shin'yu's unscathed figure.
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