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A vast mass of iron sand instantly coalesced in the air before Sasori, forming two iron sand blocks.
Several meters separated the two blocks, yet as they appeared, they were somehow pulled outward.
This was because their magnetic fields were opposite.
"Iron Sand World Method!"
Sasori manipulated the Third Kazekage's puppet, directly moving the two iron sand blocks, with opposing magnetic fields, above Mei Terumi's head.
Seeing this, Mei's pupils shrank slightly, and she suddenly stepped back.
"Bang!"
Then, under Sasori's control, the two iron sand blocks suddenly slammed together.
"Bang!"
The iron sand blocks, with opposing magnetic properties, collided with a dull thud, and then the black iron sand suddenly spread out, transforming into countless iron sand cones that spread downward, enveloping an area of dozens of meters.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Due to the opposing magnetic forces, the iron sand cones expanded at an extremely fast and irregular rate, piercing through every house in the area.
Even Mei Terumi's Lava Style jutsu couldn't fully defend against an indiscriminate attack of this magnitude.
This was primarily because Lava Style could only be used offensively.
If a defensive Lava Style was formed around her, it would also corrode her.
"Water Style: Water Wall!"
She shifted her hand seals, opened her mouth, and instantly unleashed a torrent of water.
"Splash!"
The massive stream of water enveloped Mei, rising into a series of nearly ten-meter-high walls.
"It's indeed powerful, but how are you going to defend against the iron sand overhead?"
Sasori's eyes were filled with surprise.
He had never fought a shinobi from Kirigakure before, and Mei's strength truly astonished him.
Not only was her Kekkei Genkai powerful, but she was also capable of producing a Water Style jutsu of this magnitude in such a short time.
While the air in Kirigakure was high in humidity, it wasn't actually water.
Therefore, unleashing such a powerful Water Style jutsu in a waterless area was all the more astonishing.
Mei, enveloped by multiple water walls, suddenly raised her head.
She stared at the only part of her body she couldn't fully defend against, but her expression remained unfazed.
Her hand seals shifted slightly.
"Splash!"
The massive water wall surrounding Mei trembled, the outermost layer suddenly dispersing before quickly coalescing.
"Water Dragon Jutsu!"
"Roar!"
The dispersing water walls coalesced into two massive water dragons, swirling and intersecting above Mei's head, meeting the dense barrage of iron sand attacks.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Sasori's attack descended, colliding with the water dragons and crashing into the water wall.
Water-based ninjutsu possesses the strongest defensive power of the five chakra attributes.
The defensive techniques employed by shinobi are even stronger than steel.
Therefore, Sasori's iron sand colliding with the multiple layers of water walls, creating a shower of water, couldn't immediately penetrate their defenses.
The iron sand attacks overhead were repeatedly shattered by the water dragons' jaws.
The continuous shower of iron sand quickly punctured the water dragon's body.
However, under the control of Mei below, a continuous stream of water surged upward, filling the holes in the dragon's body.
The two sides' attacks remained deadlocked for about a minute, and the iron sand in the air was finally exhausted.
Within a radius of several dozen meters, except for Mei's position, the iron sand blanketed the ground, crushing the houses and the streets carved with wooden planks.
"Even the iron sand barrier was blocked!"
Sasori gazed at the vast water wall ahead, riddled with holes but showing no signs of collapse.
A solemn expression crossed his handsome face for the first time.
"Splash!"
At that moment, the water wall suddenly disintegrated, transforming into several massive water torrents, rushing towards him.
"Roar!"
Sasori was about to retreat when one of the streams condensed into a water dragon, suddenly appearing before him.
"Bang!"
He leaped up, and the impact of the water dragon tore a huge crater where Sasori had been standing.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the remaining water streams swirled around, instantly transforming into four walls of water, forming a cubical water space that enclosed Sasori.
Sasori settled, and directly in front of him, Mei emerged from the water wall.
She approached slowly, a gloomy expression on her delicate, beautiful face, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Akatsuki, you dare to underestimate the shinobi of Kirigakure and invade so brazenly."
"Today, you will die here!"
She formed hand seals with her hands, opened her mouth, and a misty mist seemed to emanate from her mouth.
Compared to the area just now enveloped by the massive Water Style jutsu, the fog seemed only slightly thicker, seemingly nothing unusual.
But soon, the dense fog enveloped the small water space.
"Sizzle!"
Sasori frowned slightly, suddenly hearing a "sizzle" sound.
He immediately looked at his own body and the puppet of the Third Kazekage beside him.
The puppet's body and the Akatsuki robe he wore were gradually dissolving.
"Is this the so-called Boil Release?"
Sasori glanced at his face from the corner of his eye.
The "skin" on his face was also dissolving.
This was Mei Terumi's second Kekkei Genkai—Boil Release!
"The skillful mist technique will quickly dissolve your body, leaving not even a bone. Everything is over,"
Mei said calmly, her eyes fixed on Sasori.
However, she noticed that even his body was beginning to dissolve, and Sasori's face was expressionless, as if his body wasn't flesh and blood.
"Boom!"
Like a raging giant possessing boundless power, Chōza Akimichi brought down the massive summoned beasts of Kirigakure one after another.
However, these summoned beasts were incapable of fatal injuries.
"Roar, roar, roar!"
A giant summoned dog with multiple heads roared.
When attacked, it unexpectedly sprouted another head.
"What a nuisance!"
Kitsuchi and the others stared at Pain, who had formed a staggered formation.
Pain's Asura Path possessed powerful offensive power, but it posed no threat to Kitsuchi, who possessed a powerful Earth Style ninjutsu.
However, any ninjutsu they unleashed was absorbed by Pain's Preta Path, and they were constantly harassed by the summoned beasts of the Animal Path, making it impossible to organize an effective attack.
"The shinobi from Kirigakure didn't even organize the villagers to take refuge."
Kitsuchi gritted his teeth.
He couldn't really exert his true strength because he was fighting in Kirigakure.
The powerful Earth Style ninjutsu would affect the civilians who simply couldn't escape the dangerous area effectively under such circumstances.
But at this time, Shikaku Nara was more concerned about something else.
"Inoichi, what's going on?" Shikaku looked at Inoichi Yamanaka beside him.
Inoichi Yamanaka, who had his eyes closed and his hands in hand seals, suddenly opened his eyes and said,
"There are indeed several powerful chakras fighting outside Kirigakure!"
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"Can you identify them?"
Shikaku Nara asked.
Just now, everyone in Kirigakure had heard a loud noise outside the village.
However, due to the chaos of the battle, no one noticed.
Shikaku, however, could not understand why the Akatsuki would so brazenly attack Kirigakure, especially shortly after he had proposed the joint Chunin Exams and the first one had officially begun.
He had to understand this.
Otherwise, even if they repelled the enemy, given the current situation, Kirigakure would likely target Konohagakure.
The Akatsuki had chosen this time to attack, surely because they had received intelligence.
The only people who knew about the joint Chunin Exams in advance were Shikaku himself, Mei Terumi of Kirigakure, Baki of Sunagakure, Dodai of Kumogakure, Kitsuchi of Iwagakure, and the Fourth Mizukage.
Who had leaked this information?
And why had the most powerful of the six Pains not appeared in Kirigakure?
"I don't recognize most of the chakras, but one of them is Itachi's,"
Inoichi Yamanaka said.
The Yamanaka clan excelled at telekinesis, and most of their members possessed the ability to perceive.
"Itachi?"
Shikaku was slightly surprised.
"What about the others?"
Inoichi shook his head.
"I haven't found their chakras yet. And Itachi's chakra feels completely different to me right now."
"Really?"
Shikaku frowned slightly, then shouted to Chōza Akimichi, "Chōza, use the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly formation to pin down these large summoned beasts at once, giving the others an opportunity to attack the caster!"
Chōza, who resembled a giant, chuckled and replied, "Understood!"
Shikaku glanced at Inoichi beside him and said,
"Let's attack!"
Just as Kirigakure descended into chaos, a masked man sat on a rooftop somewhere, overlooking the village engulfed in flames.
Within Kirigakure, shinobi and civilians died every moment.
Their deaths were all gruesome.
Even soon after, their bodies were damaged by the effects of the battle, leaving them mutilated and broken.
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere.
His eyes were filled with indifference as he gazed upon this horrific scene.
Behind the masked man, a figure enveloped in dark red chakra was standing.
It was the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura.
Controlled by his eye power, he transformed into a tailed beast, the Three-Tails' chakra forming three tails behind him.
This was a deliberate act by the masked man.
The Three-Tails' chakra emanating from Yagura's body would allow the perceptive Kirigakure shinobi to know that their Fourth Mizukage was engaged in combat with a formidable foe amidst this catastrophe.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, behind the masked man, the transformed Yagura let out a deep roar, his body trembling slightly.
His eyes, dulled by the transformation, now showed signs of struggle.
"Haha, as the Mizukage, you still want to protect these guys?"
The masked man scoffed.
He turned his gaze to the slightly agitated Yagura and the Three-Tails within him.
"Chi!"
The magatama twirled in his blood-red eyes, and Yagura's chaotic chakra instantly calmed.
Yagura's consciousness was once again completely lost in the illusion.
"Too slow! Konan and Nagato should be almost done with them."
He glanced at the mountains outside Kirigakure.
Because the masked man was currently devoting considerable energy to controlling Yagura in his tailed beast form, he didn't expend any extra energy on perception.
Whatever secrets that Uchiha Itachi held, facing the combined might of those three, he would have only one fate: death.
Ripples suddenly formed on the street below the masked man's house, and the figure of Zetsu emerged from them.
"Is it over?"
The masked man lowered his eyes, looked at Zetsu, and asked, "Where is Itachi Uchiha's body?"
Zetsu replied, "We haven't succeeded yet, because Konoha's reinforcements have arrived."
"Reinforcements?"
The masked man's voice changed slightly, and he asked in surprise, "The Fourth Hokage? How did he suddenly appear here?"
"It's not the Fourth Hokage, but Shisui Uchiha and Hatake Kakashi."
"They have been lurking near Kirigakure for some time."
Zetsu was also very surprised, because Shisui and Kakashi had actually hidden from his detection.
"To think that such a thing could happen."
The masked man's voice was shocked, and anger emerged in his eye.
In the mountains outside Kirigakure.
After resisting the attacks of the Deva Path, Konan, and Kakuzu, Shisui and Itachi had both expended considerable chakra.
However, Shisui and Itachi were not content to remain defensive.
Their Susanoos advanced, fleshy structures sprouting from their skeletons, instantly transforming into warrior-like forms.
Shisui's Susanoo condensed into a massive spiraling sword.
Itachi's crimson Susanoo raised its palm and condensed into a massive crimson magatama.
Immediately, Shisui's Susanoo swung its spiraling sword towards the Deva Path and Konan in mid-air.
"Yasaka no Magatama!"
Itachi's Susanoo flung the rapidly spinning magatama directly towards Kakuzu.
The Deva Path and Konan were able to dodge the attack, but the Yasaka no Magatama was so fast that even Kakuzu couldn't avoid it.
"Bang!"
The magatama struck Kakuzu, sending him flying, and his body slammed heavily into the mountain wall behind him.
Cracks suddenly appeared on the mountain wall.
"Dead?"
Shisui muttered, glancing sideways.
But Itachi knew Kakuzu might have already "died" from the blow from the Yasaka no Magatama, but given his abilities, that wasn't enough to truly kill him.
Itachi chose to attack Kakuzu because he was the only one guaranteed to be hit, and the destructive power of Kakuzu's ninjutsu, capable of manipulating multiple attributes, was truly immense.
This way, even if Kakuzu didn't die, his power would be weakened, allowing him and Shisui to conserve some chakra for defense.
"Are you not ready yet?"
Itachi glanced at Kakashi.
He knew what jutsu he was about to use.
That jutsu, without the knowledge of the three before him, could indeed achieve a surprising victory, potentially eliminating the Deva Path.
The Deva Path stared at Kakashi's left eye, still puzzled.
"Such a concentration of chakra in that left eye."
"Something's wrong!"
He suddenly sensed that the power of Kakashi's left eye, originally three magatama in size, was beginning to change after chakra accumulated to a certain level.
Kakashi's eye power suddenly surged!
"Chi!"
Kakashi's left eye opened and closed, and the three magatama in his eye began to spin, and then new patterns formed!
Itachi also noticed it at this time and chuckled inwardly.
"Finally appeared?"
"Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan!"
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