With the presence of sand, Naruto's Shadow Clone harassment attacks were practically useless, and his Flying Sword attacks didn't seem to have any effect either.
For a time, the situation reached a stalemate.
"Ice Curse!"
Just then, Sakura arrived in time and immediately unleashed an Ice Curse directly at Gaara.
Facing the sudden freezing attack, Gaara was startled and finally jumped back a small step, narrowly dodging the attack.
"Why are you here?"
Naruto was happy to see Sakura, but was Sasuke alright?
"No one has arrived there yet. After hearing the commotion here, Sasuke sent me over to reinforce you first."
"It's great to have your help."
Naruto's 'helplessness' against the two in front of him didn't mean Sakura was helpless.
The Water Release Spell among the Five Elements Magic was simply a natural counter to Gaara.
Even though Ice Curse was the most Elementary Water Release Spell, its attack range wasn't wide, and its power wasn't great, and Sakura could only use it about twenty times, but wetting all the sand on the ground was something she could do.
But was it a bit wasteful to just use Ice Curse to wet the sand?
"Sakura, you go deal with that woman over there. Leave this gourd-carrying guy to me."
It was now two against two. Sakura's strength was clearly superior to Temari's. As long as Naruto held Gaara, this battle would be won.
"No problem."
"Lightning Curse!"
After hearing Naruto's suggestion, Sakura replied and immediately launched a Lightning Curse at Temari.
Temari had never encountered such an instant attack before. Fortunately, with the previous Ice Curse as a baseline, she had been on alert since Sakura replied to Naruto.
When the lightning descended from the sky, she took a big leap and narrowly dodged the attack.
"It's useless. The speed of lightning is incomparable to ordinary Ninjutsu. You can dodge it once, but can you dodge it two, three, or four times?"
Temari thought Sakura was right. The speed of lightning was indeed very fast. To break free from being passively attacked, she could only use offense as defense.
"Wind Release:Kamaitachi (Kamaitachi)."
With a wave of her fan, a fierce wind attacked Sakura.
Sakura smiled slightly.
"Wind? I can do that too!"
"Wind Curse."
The target of this Wind Curse was not Temari, but the fierce wind.
"Whoosh~~~"
The moment the fierce wind collided with the Wind Curse, air currents began to scatter everywhere, and the 'blades' hidden within the fierce wind also lost control, flying in all directions.
"Clang!"
Facing such a situation, Temari cautiously used her large fan to block in front of her, avoiding being hit by the wind blades.
"Earth Curse."
Temari had her fan for defense, and Sakura also summoned a large number of earth blocks for defense.
After the fierce wind disappeared, Sakura launched another Flame Curse at Temari.
Watching a large fireball approach, Temari cursed her as a monster under her breath and quickly began to maneuver to dodge.
'Ice Release, Lightning Release, Wind Release, Earth Release, and Fire Release, this woman on the other side is also a monster.'
It was no wonder Temari thought this way.
In the Ninja World, very few people naturally possessed more than three Chakra natures. Only after becoming a Jonin and experiencing Chakra nature transformation could they cultivate Chakra natures other than their own.
Sakura's appearance in the Chunin Exams indicated that she had not yet become a Jonin.
Not a Jonin, yet possessing five Chakra natures, one of which was the Ice Release Bloodline Limit. If you were to say such a person wasn't a monster, someone would have to believe it.
Sakura didn't know what Temari was thinking. Her Flame Curse forced Temari to desperately dodge, leaving her no free time to attack.
Sakura wouldn't let her have any free time this time either. The Five Elements Magic were unleashed in turns, bombarding Temari with a 'barrage'.
Facing Sakura's aggressive attacks, Temari had no choice but to try her best to dodge.
But how long could she dodge? Her defeat was only a matter of time... While Temari was struggling, Gaara also felt something was amiss.
Without Temari's distraction, Naruto could unleash his full power and attack Gaara with all his might.
"This sand is really annoying."
If he wasn't careful, he would be entangled by the sand under his feet, so he had to divert a bit of his attention to deal with the sand.
However, even so, Naruto held the advantage.
Not to mention that he knew Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill and Divine Speed Hundred Changes, he felt he could win even if he only used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
It would just take a bit longer.
After all, this sand was indeed annoying.
Fortunately, he knew more than just Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Utilizing the harassment capabilities of his Shadow Clones, and his main body using Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill in close combat, Gaara's sand simply couldn't defend against such brute and powerful force.
Just one punch made Gaara vomit blood.
"Blood~ It's blood!"
Ichibi Shukaku was violent and belligerent. To prevent his mind from being controlled by it, Gaara had to be constantly on guard, which led to his insomnia and unstable mental state.
Because the Seal on Shukaku was incomplete and still in the experimental stage, coupled with the effects of insomnia, Gaara was now very prone to losing control.
And so, at the sight of blood, Gaara could no longer suppress the madness in his heart and began his Tailed Beast Transformation.
His right arm instantly turned to sand, rapidly transforming from a human arm into a mini-Shukaku's arm.
"Gaara, you have to control yourself!"
When Naruto saw Gaara about to undergo Tailed Beast Transformation, he felt things were getting serious.
Strictly speaking, the 'Tailed Beast Cloak' that appeared when Naruto fought Orochimaru could only be considered the most Elementary Tailed Beast Transformation.
Complete Tailed Beast Transformation was when the main body transformed into a Tailed Beast, just like Gaara now.
Naruto had experienced the most Elementary Tailed Beast Transformation once, and with just one blow, it destroyed Orochimaru's Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
If Gaara were to undergo complete Tailed Beast Transformation, what would happen?
'Kurama, do you have any ideas?'
Initially, Naruto didn't ask Kurama for help because he wanted to train himself.
He couldn't rely on Kurama for everything; it would eventually leave his body and return to freedom.
But now Naruto had no other choice and could only ask Kurama, also a Tailed Beast, for help.
'Tsk, my relationship with that raccoon dog isn't very good. If I appear, things might get worse.'
As life forms made of materialized Chakra, Tailed Beasts actually had a so-called 'Tailed Beast Space.'
Even if they hadn't met in person, as long as they sensed each other's Chakra, they could communicate in the 'Tailed Beast Space' with the other party's consent.
Of course, this space was mainly used for multiple Tailed Beasts to communicate. If there were only two, it would be better to'speak' directly outside, without the extra step of entering the space to talk.
Explaining all this is actually to clarify one thing: Kurama could communicate with the Tailed Beast inside another Jinchuriki, through its own Jinchuriki.
However, as Kurama said, its relationship with Shukaku was not good, and rash communication might have a counterproductive effect.