Rasa shot a surprised glance sideways. He had already mentally prepared himself to be robbed or threatened, yet unexpectedly, Han actually wanted to fight alongside him!
"Don't look at me like that," Han scoffed. "This guy attacked our people from Iwagakure. No one—cough cough—except during wartime—has ever injured our people and walked away without paying the price!"
Rasa remained silent for a moment. "Pakura, share some medical scrolls with Iwagakure."
"Yes!" Pakura naturally had no objection, after all, Iwagakure had originally been dragged into this mess because of them.
"Hmph! This was your own choice to give them. I certainly won't thank you Sand ninja!" Although Han spoke like that, he still felt a little relieved inwardly.
It was impossible to openly explain his concerns about Seiki Shimaseki. Without Rasa's act of sharing the medical scrolls, Han's actions today would surely provoke much criticism once reported back.
Although he himself didn't really care, it still meant fewer troubles.
"Heh, I'd rather not hear your thanks—it would only dirty my ears!" Rasa sneered.
As the two were exchanging taunts, Sasori, who had been regarded as a trapped turtle in a jar, suddenly moved!
However, his target wasn't Rasa or Han, but rather Haido and his subordinates hiding in a corner.
Haido, who had been watching the show from the shadows, was suddenly dragged forward, clearly caught off guard. "I'm just a small fry..."
Sasori paid no attention to their reactions. Chakra threads extended like tentacles into their clothes.
In an instant, more than a dozen Greer Crystals were pulled from Haido and those knights.
Seeing this, the distant crowd couldn't believe their eyes. Some had gotten only two or three pieces at most, yet this group had obtained over a dozen!
"With this many Greer Crystals, it seems the Greer Stone must truly exist!" Hikka exclaimed excitedly. "Han, that book was what Sasori stole from them!"
However, Sasori didn't pay any attention to the increasingly intense gazes from the crowd. Instead, his real body stepped out from under his vest. In front of everyone, he threw a piece of crystal into his mouth, chewed briefly, and swallowed it whole.
Witnessing this, those who didn't know that Sasori had turned himself into a puppet nearly had their eyes bulge out.
"Is this guy eating... eating crystals?"
"He really isn't human, is he?"
Rasa and Han couldn't just stand by and let him grow stronger. After Sasori swallowed the first piece of crystal, they simultaneously attacked him.
However, they overlooked one crucial point—Sasori was no longer human!
Seeing the two approaching, Sasori's jaw opened like a mechanism, revealing a gaping, bloodstained maw. He instantly swallowed all the crystals at once.
After chewing up the Greer Stone, Sasori's aura surged dramatically.
The originally small protective barrier rapidly expanded, blasting both Rasa and Han backward.
Sasori stood silently in place, with visible chakra occasionally seeping from his ears and nose.
"It's somewhat wasteful, but under these circumstances, I have no other choice!"
After steadying themselves, both Rasa and Han wore serious expressions.
According to ancient records, there are two uses for the Greer Stone.
The first is to change one's body like those beastmen. The core lies in the Yang Release chakra within the crystal, which makes this transformation possible, similar to how the Akimichi clan uses Yang Release chakra to temporarily enlarge their bodies.
The second method is to wear it on the body, allowing it to gradually enhance vitality and heal hidden injuries.
For the weak, the first method of briefly increasing strength is naturally better, but for them, the second effect is the most important.
However, Sasori, no longer considering himself human, has discovered a third usage for the crystal.
After all, the essence of a ninja's battle is a battle of chakra.
Right now, after devouring over a dozen Greer Stones, Sasori's chakra reserves completely dwarf theirs!
"This level of chakra makes me feel the same way as when I faced Seiki!"
"Tch, we weren't paying attention, and our little kitten somehow grew into a full-grown tiger!"
However, the two weren't actually that afraid.
For one, Sasori is a Puppet Master — their strength primarily comes from the puppets themselves. Simply boosting chakra doesn't significantly improve their combat effectiveness.
Secondly, they could already tell this state wouldn't last long for Sasori.
Naturally, Sasori was also well aware of his own situation. Therefore, he didn't target Rasa or Han. Instead, he set his sights on the injured ones and the ninja they had brought with them.
[Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!]
Although the increase in chakra didn't substantially strengthen the puppets' attributes, it did significantly enhance their overall performance.
For example, making dodging movements much more agile!
Seeing hundreds of puppets charging toward their ninja, Rasa and Han's faces paled in shock. While fending off Sasori's attacks, they bellowed, "Get out of here!"
"Get out of here? I won't let you escape so easily!" Controlling hundreds of puppets, Sasori smoothly used a compound technique combining five attributes without any hesitation.
[Magnet Release: Gold Dust Waterfall Stream!] Without hesitation, Rasa summoned a torrent of gold dust as vast as a waterfall, forming a barrier between them.
[Boil Release: Steam Explode!] Han compressed steam within his body, then suddenly released it in a violent explosion.
The intense collision between gold dust and iron sand, and the impact of Boil Release against the Five Elemental Techniques kept erupting inside the cave, causing the surrounding rock walls to collapse and crack continuously. The place seemed on the verge of complete collapse.
In addition, ninja from Sunagakure and Iwagakure were retreating while still using ninjutsu to counterattack.
In an instant, the battlefield became extremely chaotic!
It was as if two full armies were clashing head-on!
"The ninja world is so terrifying! I want to go home!" A knight brought by Haido completely lost his cool, sobbing uncontrollably.
However, Haido instead strengthened his resolve. "Even these powerful guys are fighting so desperately over the Greer Stone. This proves my thinking was correct!"
"These two guys are really annoying!" Sasori's mind raced quickly. Seeing the shaking and cracking rock walls from the corner of his eye, he suddenly got an idea.
"Since you're so unwilling to let me leave, then just stay here with me forever!"
Ninjas were undoubtedly powerful, but in the end, they were still only human. If a major collapse occurred, few would make it out alive.
But he and his puppets were forged from a substance harder than iron. They didn't even need to breathe, so being buried underground wouldn't faze them at all.
With this in mind, Sasori stopped hesitating and controlled hundreds of puppets to unleash large-scale ninjutsu attacks against the surrounding rock walls.
The rock walls, already vibrating violently, collapsed in massive sections instantly, triggering an even more intense chain reaction.
Seeing this situation, Rasa and the other person quickly realized what was happening.
"Dammit, this guy wants to sink the ruin!"
"We absolutely cannot let him succeed!"
However, the puppets' attacks covered too wide an area. The two of them simply couldn't defend it all.
Soon, under Sasori's all-out assault, terrifying huge cracks appeared on the rock walls and cave ceilings, spreading rapidly like a spiderweb across the entire rock surface.
Everyone nearby—and even the explorers watching from a distance—erupted into screams of terror and despair.
"Bad! The ruin is going to collapse!"
"We're done for! We'll all be crushed to death!"
Seiki, who had been secretly watching the spectacle with great interest, finally stood up. "Looks like it's about time for me to make my entrance!"
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