Uchiha Obito planned to first infiltrate the place where Bunpuku had imprisoned himself.
After that, he would summon the Nine-Tails, launch a fierce assault on Sunagakure, and crush Rasa completely.
He still remembered very clearly the scene of his miserable escape from Rasa's hands last time. He badly wanted to regain his face from Rasa.
But what Uchiha Obito did not know was that Rasa had long since sensed him.
The moment he received Sasori of the Red Sand's message, Rasa had directly activated Situation Awareness.
With Rasa as the center, within a radius of thirty kilometers, any abnormality would be unable to escape Rasa's perception.
Just as Uchiha Obito took a step forward—
"Railgun!"
A cannon barrel that had long since been set up was aimed directly at Uchiha Obito's location.
Bang!
A metal shell suddenly blasted out.
Uchiha Obito sensed that something was wrong. He raised his head and saw a black dot in front of him, flying toward him at extreme speed, aimed directly in his direction.
It carried an incomparably terrifying impact force.
"What?"
Uchiha Obito was startled.
Not because he feared the cannon shell's attack.
Even if he had no time to dodge, Uchiha Obito could use Kamui to turn his body intangible and avoid this attack.
What shocked Uchiha Obito was this—
The fact that he had been attacked proved that he had been discovered.
But the problem was, how had he been discovered?
Uchiha Obito was deeply puzzled.
"When did Sunagakure gain someone with such powerful sensory abilities?"
"Even if there is a traitor inside the Akatsuki and someone leaked information, what gives Sunagakure the ability to pinpoint my position so precisely? I haven't even entered Sunagakure's territory yet."
"Kamui!"
Uchiha Obito activated intangibility and avoided the impact of the shell.
His eyes swept over the surroundings.
But he did not see a single person.
There was not even half a Sunagakure scout nearby.
However, in the next moment, there were.
"Sand Soldier Manifestation!"
Six masses of sand surged upward, shifting in shape. When they stopped, they had already become six soldiers, each holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, dressed in armor and resembling elite troops.
Uchiha Obito's eyes narrowed.
"Rasa…"
Rasa's Sand Soldier Manifestation ability was no longer a secret in the shinobi world.
Most people regarded it as a puppet technique, but it was much stronger than ordinary puppet techniques.
That had been true in the past, and it was even more true now.
After all, Rasa's current strength had become even greater.
The only thing they lacked was certain methods, making them equivalent to taijutsu shinobi with extremely high strength.
"These puppets are certainly strong, but they are still far from being enough to threaten me!"
Uchiha Obito let out a cold snort.
"Kamui!"
The next moment, the space around one sand soldier began to distort. Under the effect of that enormous force, the sand soldier's entire body was torn into fragments.
Another sand soldier rushed behind Uchiha Obito.
Uchiha Obito raised his arm.
"Wood Release: Cutting Sprigs Technique!"
A large number of branches extended from the end of Uchiha Obito's arm, stabbing straight into the sand soldier's body.
But the sand soldier did not care. It raised its spear and cut through the branches in front of it.
Uchiha Obito's expression changed. He had no choice but to use even more chakra.
The branches that had pierced into the sand soldier's body rapidly grew and split inside it, filling the entire body of the sand soldier before finally restricting its movements.
Rasa's brows lifted slightly.
This was the first time someone had used Wood Release to deal with his sand soldiers.
In terms of effect, it did indeed have some restraining power.
But that was all.
The current Rasa no longer relied on Sand Soldier Manifestation.
Moreover, Uchiha Obito had solved the approaching sand soldier, but he had paid a considerable amount of chakra to do so.
And Uchiha Obito's position had been restricted, allowing Rasa to accurately land his next ninjutsu.
"Bestow S!"
Immediately, Uchiha Obito's body gained a special magnetic effect.
His entire person seemed to turn into an S-pole magnet.
At the same time—
"Bestow N!"
A gold dust spear was granted a special property by Rasa.
Under the attraction between opposite poles, the gold dust spear was immediately drawn toward Uchiha Obito.
Uchiha Obito's expression changed slightly.
"Kamui!"
Uchiha Obito wanted to use intangibility to dodge the gold dust spear's attack.
In fact, Uchiha Obito did dodge it.
But Rasa's true objective had never been to injure Uchiha Obito with the gold dust spear.
The gold dust spear passed through the intangible part of Uchiha Obito's body, but at that very moment, Rasa's thoughts stirred. The gold dust spear instantly shattered apart.
It turned into a mass of gold dust.
Under the effect of magnetism, the mass of gold dust firmly stuck itself onto the parts of Uchiha Obito's body that had not been turned intangible.
It adhered tightly to Uchiha Obito's body.
Before Uchiha Obito could react—
"Gold Dust Thundercloud!"
A mass of gold dust appeared, but it was a different mass of gold dust. Large amounts of lightning coiled around it.
When this gold dust thundercloud approached Uchiha Obito, it was attracted by the gold dust on his body.
Rasa was using that gold dust to turn Uchiha Obito into something akin to a lightning rod.
"This Rasa!"
Uchiha Obito's expression turned ugly.
With two Mangekyo Sharingan, plus the Nine-Tails as a summoned beast, Uchiha Obito was very confident.
But he had not expected to be discovered the moment he approached Sunagakure.
After that came Rasa's continuous chain of attacks.
Even though he had resolved them one by one, the Gold Dust Thundercloud still brought Uchiha Obito no small amount of trouble.
Uchiha Obito attempted to turn his entire body intangible.
But the effect was not great.
More importantly, even now, Uchiha Obito had yet to see Rasa's figure.
Since Uchiha Obito could not see Rasa, he had no opportunity to use genjutsu at all.
Rasa, however, could see Uchiha Obito's figure with perfect clarity.
Through the Byakugan Scouting Technique, every movement Uchiha Obito made was taken fully into his sight.
"This Rasa's methods are truly troublesome!"
"And he is extremely despicable. Hiding in the dark, turtling like this!"
Uchiha Obito took a deep breath.
"Since that is the case, I will force you to come out!"
"Summoning Technique!"
Uchiha Obito slapped his hand down.
The next moment—
An enormous figure appeared beside Uchiha Obito. Within its two fox eyes, the pattern of the Mangekyo Sharingan emerged.
Its powerful pressure made the surrounding air seem to stagnate.
"Nine-Tails, use Tailed Beast Ball!"
Uchiha Obito pointed in the direction of Sunagakure not far away.
An extremely powerful mass of chakra condensed before the Nine-Tails.
Rasa tightened his grip around the hilt of Samehada.
"I knew it. With Uchiha Obito's style, he would definitely think of threatening me with Sunagakure's civilians. After all, this man has no bottom line when he acts."
"But it is only a Tailed Beast Ball."
"The current me may not necessarily be unable to block it!"