Sasori's hand was instantly severed, flying out like a snapped branch.
Yet what no one expected was that from within his severed arms, countless needles as fine as cow hair suddenly sprayed out, flashing with an eerie green light. Carrying deadly poison, they shot out in all directions, covering the sky.
But the Raikage, with Lightning Release Chakra Mode activated, was utterly unfazed. To him, those poison needles were no different from toys in a child's hands.
Lightning crackled over his body as he easily deflected every single needle.
Immediately after, the Raikage extended his one remaining large hand and lunged toward Sasori with thunderous force, as if to seize him in one decisive grab.
Faced with this sudden assault, Sasori grew anxious.
But at this very moment, he was already at the end of his rope, with no means left to deal with the crisis before him.
Just then, a series of deafening booms rang out behind the Raikage.
The thunderous explosions made his heart jolt, and the grab that was all but guaranteed faltered for a brief instant.
At the same time, an arc-shaped beam of dazzling white light streaked toward the Raikage like lightning.
The range of the attack was enormous, covering not only the Raikage himself but also Sasori, who was right beside him.
The Raikage's expression changed abruptly. He dared not hesitate and retreated backward at top speed.
That white light was utterly unstoppable. Wherever it passed, whether rock or tree, anything it touched instantly broke down into microscopic particles and vanished into nothingness.
It turned out that Deidara, who had been closely observing the battle from the air, saw Big Brother Sasori fall into danger.
Without hesitation, he directly detonated the C2 Dragon in midair, triggering a world-shaking explosion and producing that series of heart-stopping blasts.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Deidara quickly mounted the freshly made clay bird, formed his hands into a frame, aimed at the Raikage, and fired off a Dust Release attack of terrifying power.
At the same time, Deidara displayed astonishing control.
He steered the clay bird as it soared and circled through the sky, while his other hand tightly grasped the radiant beam of light, aggressively pursuing the Raikage and continuously sweeping it at him.
The Raikage knew all too well the power of Dust Release.
Although his body was extraordinarily tough, against such a horrifying attack, a single misstep would mean instant death.
As a result, he had no choice but to retreat again and again to evade the lethal threat.
However, the Raikage now faced a difficult decision.
He knew full well that Dust Release's destructive power was immense. If he fled in the direction where the Cloud Village forces were, then a large number of Cloud ninja would inevitably be caught in it, with entire swathes of people falling.
So he could only choose to move away from the crowd and face Deidara's pursuit alone.
At this extremely tense moment, Konan, who had been waiting nearby for an opening, beat her wings and shot out like lightning, flying straight to Sasori's position.
Sasori's condition at this point was far from good. His lower body had already been mercilessly cut off by Dust Release.
But for a puppet master like him, this level of injury was not a serious problem.
From Sasori's chest, several chakra threads suddenly shot out.
Like living snakes, they tightly wrapped around Konan, Deidara, and the Third Kazekage puppet beneath him.
In an instant, the three were pulled together.
Deidara's face was already twisted with strain. Clearly, in those few short seconds, he had gone all out and nearly exhausted all the chakra in his body.
Even so, the glowing white mass in his hand still made the Raikage wary, not daring to approach rashly.
Suddenly, a series of booming sounds came from underground, as if a violent explosion were taking place deep beneath the earth.
Immediately after, the ground beneath the Cloud Village forces began to collapse over a wide area, forming a massive crater in an instant.
Some agile Cloud ninja leapt away the moment the ground gave way, narrowly avoiding danger; those who were a bit slower were unfortunate enough to fall along with the collapsing earth.
The Raikage was also affected by this, watching as Konan flew higher and higher until she disappeared from his sight.
"Damn it!", The Raikage stomped heavily on the ground, venting the anger in his chest.
"Where is Killer B?"
At that moment, a huge explosion suddenly echoed from the distance.
"Tailed Beast Bomb?"
"That idiot actually forced out a Tailed Beast Bomb?"
Worried for Killer B's safety, the Raikage pushed off with his foot and immediately rushed in that direction.
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Let us rewind time slightly—
Right after Kakuzu made his bold move, Killer B did not hesitate for a second. Like a bolt of lightning, he shot straight toward Kakuzu, launching a thrilling chase.
Kakuzu knew very well that his role in this operation was merely to act as bait.
So he decisively chose to split up.
More precisely, he separated his four powerful hearts to fight independently.
His four hearts transformed into Earth Grudge Fear forms and leapt out in different directions at astonishing speed, each carrying out a different task.
As for Kakuzu himself, relying on the ability granted by his Earth Release heart, he silently burrowed into the ground and quickly escaped the scene.
Kakuzu had no intention whatsoever of staying behind to fight Killer B.
"Lightning Lariat!"
In an instant, Killer B's entire body was wrapped in surging chakra.
At the same time, stark white bone grew from his elbow, gleaming with a chilling light.
As he accelerated forward and then swung with all his strength, a ferocious attack carrying the power of a tailed beast slammed straight into the lightning-attributed Earth Grudge Fear.
A strange, shrill scream rang out.
The Earth Grudge Fear that took the hit flew backward like a kite with its string cut, crashing heavily to the ground and never moving again.
This was already the third heart Kakuzu had lost to Killer B.
"Mm! Win!"
After successfully destroying yet another Earth Grudge Fear, Killer B could not hide his excitement and began dancing with joy.
He raised one arm high, flashed a rook hand sign, and let out a deafening, jubilant shout.
It should be known that in the previous fierce battles, Killer B had consistently been at a disadvantage.
Not only had he been helpless against the unfathomably powerful Senyao Shisoku, he had even been caught off guard by Sasori's sinister and vicious poison.
This string of setbacks dealt a heavy blow to his original confidence.
But now, after consecutively destroying three of Kakuzu's hearts, especially with this last decisive victory,
Killer B finally regained the confidence that belonged to a true powerhouse.
His mood could not have been better.
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