"Sorry, I was careless." Zuo Zhu was also slightly injured. Deidara's clone explosion was no joke. If it weren't for Fu, he might have been done for.
The two slowly landed on the ground, and Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
Fu's Chakra cloak faded, revealing large patches of skin burned by Chakra.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch... that's why I don't like this move!" Fu hopped around in pain, wanting to scratch but not daring to.
Zuo Zhu felt even more guilty, his gaze towards Deidara becoming increasingly unkind.
Deidara stretched out his left hand, and five clumps of clay emerged from the mouth in his palm. The clay turned into five bouncy-looking Clay Puppets upon landing, each with a string connecting it to Deidara's palm, swaying as they ran towards the three of them.
"This was inspired by Sasori. I told him long ago to make his puppets self-destruct, but he refused. So, I'll just make bombs into puppets instead, hmm."
"What's this time? Clay Puppets? So cute, and they look like fun!" Fu's eyes sparkled. In just a short while, the Chakra burns on her skin had healed.
Her energetic and lively appearance made Kakashi envious: "Don't be careless. First of all, they're definitely going to explode. They might even have some strange abilities."
"Let's test them out first!" Zuo Zhu crossed his Lightning Blades in his hands, and a Lightning Ball flew out, hitting one of the puppets.
Deidara smiled: "Knowing that your weakness is Lightning Release, how could I not prepare? Hmm."
A hole was blasted in the puppet's chest, and then it split in half from the middle, turning into two identical puppets, which, along with the other puppets, formed a fan shape and surrounded them.
"They split when attacked?" At this moment, Zuo Zhu noticed that the clay string extending from Deidara's hand had an extra fork connecting to the extra puppet: "Then, what if we cut the string along with it?"
"Chidori Sharp Spear!" The handsome light sword cut a puppet in two with one strike, and also severed the clay string behind it.
However, Deidara's expression remained smug, because the severed puppet turned into two again, and the clay string quickly reconnected. This... could probably be called reconnecting after being disconnected.
Zuo Zhu frowned. Could it be that he had to use ten thousand volts... Pui, could it be that he had to use Chidori Stream to destroy all these clay puppets? But if he did that, his Chakra...
Yes, Zuo Zhu's Chakra was running a bit low. He had used the Chidori series too many times, first to clear the monsters, and then to deal with Deidara's clay. If he used Chidori Stream again, he wouldn't be able to fight later.
Kakashi was in a similar situation. He had consumed a lot of Chakra when clearing the monsters earlier, otherwise he wouldn't have been panting so much after using Kamui. He was fortunate that he had been training diligently in the past few years.
Now, Fu was the only one who was almost at full strength. The stamina of a Jinchuriki was truly enviable.
Actually, Zuo Zhu was missing Naruto a bit right now. If Naruto was here to help create rain clouds, he wouldn't care about any clay bombs. One Kirin would teach him a lesson.
Looking at the approaching Clay Puppets, Kakashi said, "No matter what, he only has one hand now. We'll attack in three directions. I'll go left, Zuo Zhu right, and Fu from above!"
"Understood!" *2
Kakashi and Zuo Zhu immediately turned and ran to the left and right, respectively. With the speed of those puppets, they could completely rush out before being surrounded.
And Fu spread her wings and flew into the sky.
"Splitting up?" Deidara moved his left hand, sending some of the puppets to chase Zuo Zhu, some to chase Kakashi, and leaving one to defend himself.
Losing one hand had a significant impact on him. At least now, he couldn't control the puppets and retrieve clay to make new bombs at the same time.
Kakashi and Zuo Zhu ran to positions fifty meters to the left and right of Deidara, respectively, and Fu hovered directly above him. Estimating that Deidara couldn't see all three of them at the same time, or even pay attention to any two of them at the same time, the three of them began to act simultaneously.
So, Deidara's eyeballs looked left and then right, moving around in their sockets, and occasionally had to look up. When he wanted to move his position, the three of them also moved, making Deidara very irritable.
At this time, the three of them began their attacks. Kakashi and Zuo Zhu charged forward at the same time, and Deidara controlled the puppets to intercept them.
Just as Kakashi and Zuo Zhu were about to enter the explosion range of the Clay Puppets, Fu dropped three Kunai from directly above Deidara.
As for how they knew the explosion range, Kakashi and Zuo Zhu relied on their Sharingan to observe the amount of Clay and Chakra in Deidara's earlier bombs, as well as the final explosive power, to roughly estimate it. Then, they clearly explained the timing to Fu.
This is... too much bullying!
When Deidara noticed the movement above, he looked up and immediately sent the Clay Puppets he had left behind for defense to block the Kunai.
"Exploding Tags?!... Hmph!" Deidara saw clearly what was connected to the tail of the Kunai. Before they could get close, he detonated the puppet that had intercepted the Kunai.
The explosion of the Clay Puppet detonated three Exploding Tags, causing a small series of chain explosions, and Deidara himself was overturned by the blast wave.
"Now's the chance!" Kakashi quickly formed hand seals, gripping his right forearm with his left hand:
"Lightning Release: Lightning Wolf!"
Lightning flashed from Kakashi's right palm, forming a wolf that nimbly passed through the Clay Puppets and pounced directly on Deidara!
The tomoe in Zuo Zhu's Sharingan spun, using the Lightning Blade to maximize the range of his Chidori Sharp Spear, and he thrust it straight into the ground beneath Deidara's feet.
Amidst the crackling of Lightning, the Clay Puppets fell one by one, turning into puddles of Clay. Deidara, who had been struck by Kakashi, turned into a white Clay figure.
Deidara himself, who was planning to use the Earth Dragon Hidden Technique to escape underground, was pierced through the chest by Zuo Zhu's Chidori Sharp Spear, forcibly pulled out, and coughed up two mouthfuls of blood as he fell to the ground: "Cough, cough... Damn..."
"We did it!" Fu cheered, happily doing a somersault in the sky.
Kakashi finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they hadn't succeeded this time, he would have really had to use Kamui, even knowing it would hurt his eyes.
Zuo Zhu retracted his Chidori Sharp Spear, leaning on his two Lightning Blades and panting heavily, but the corners of his mouth were indeed upturned. Since Zabuza, it was rare to encounter a battle that could almost exhaust his Chakra. Having experienced such a battle, he believed he would definitely become stronger.
"Haha, it seems I've come to an end." Deidara, at some point, tore off his outer robe and shirt. A strange mouth on his chest was chewing on something, and black纹路 appeared all over his body.
"This is my Ultimate Art. I'm going to self-destruct. You don't have the strength to stop me, do you? This will be an unprecedented explosion. Marvel at my art!"
"My art is..."
"Explosion!"
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