"That's right! But I still want to try again!"
Tenten gritted her teeth and took out a scroll, saying in a serious tone, "Although this is also borrowing Natsuki's power, it's much better than calling Natsuki himself. Be careful, I can't control it very well."
Everyone was startled, and then vaguely guessed something.
Saying it was borrowing Natsuki's power, could it be that there were Natsuki's moves in the scroll?
Tenten quickly gave the answer. She slightly opened the scroll, and the next second she summoned a millstone-sized Water Blade, and it was aimed directly at Hiruko.
With a whoosh, Hiruko's scorpion tail was easily cut off by the Water Blade.
"Beautiful!" Everyone couldn't help but praise.
"Seriously, Tenten, you have such a move and you didn't take it out earlier!" Shikamaru couldn't help but complain.
If he had known that Tenten was hiding Natsuki's moves, he wouldn't have needed to call Natsuki. They could have completely held their own against these two using Natsuki's moves.
Presumably, Asuma and Teacher Kai would arrive soon.
Sasori of the Red Sand was very surprised, looking at the smoothly cut scorpion tail and said, "The Natsuki you mentioned, is he the Konoha Demon Blade who defeated Orochimaru and drove away Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki? It seems he is not just famous for nothing. Just a sealed move cut off Hiruko's steel tail. I have to praise it."
Hearing this, everyone became even more vigilant.
The opponent's scorpion tail was gone, so they would definitely use new moves.
The next second, Hiruko suddenly raised its hand and shot out its false arm. The false arm arrived in front of everyone like a cannonball, and then suddenly split, and dense poisonous needles shot out like rain.
"Hiruko: Senbon Launch!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The senbon were too fast, many people didn't react in time, and those who did couldn't dodge quickly enough, immediately getting hit by the poisoned needles.
Neji subconsciously activated Rotation, blocking all the poisoned needles and protecting Tenten and Xiao Li.
Shino activated Iron Skin and was also unharmed.
Everyone else used their own skills, and not many people were hit by the poisoned needles.
Megumi and Sakura quickly stepped forward, bringing Ino, Hinata, and Choji, who had been hit by more needles, to the rear for treatment.
The damage from the senbon wasn't significant; the greatest fear was the poison.
"Is everyone okay?" Tenten asked worriedly.
"It's just senbon, it should be fine," Shikamaru said, a little unsure.
But very quickly, Megumi's diagnosis came: "The poison is very strong.
Sakura and I can only extract a portion of the poison; to completely detoxify, we need to rely on Master Tsunade-sama!"
This was troublesome!
Tenten, Neji, Shino, and Shikamaru all frowned.
They had originally thought they could handle it, but they didn't expect this move from the opponent to be so swift; they truly couldn't underestimate him.
Tenten blamed herself repeatedly: "I'm sorry everyone, it's all my fault for being reckless and getting everyone poisoned.
This poison can't be delayed; I'll immediately call Natsuki back and have Natsuki take the poisoned people back to see Tsunade-sama!"
Saying this, she quickly took out paper and a pen, planning to write a note.
But Hiruko suddenly tore off its mask and spat out a dense attack of senbon from its mouth, forcing everyone to quickly dodge.
Fortunately, the medical Ninja in the rear were relatively far away and wouldn't be affected for the time being, but this situation was unsustainable; Tenten didn't even have a chance to write the note.
Even hiding behind a large shield wasn't necessarily safe.
But Shino spoke while dodging: "Tenten, don't blame yourself.
You're not the only one who was reckless; I was too."
Neji also said: "That's right, this isn't your responsibility alone.
Ultimately, it's because we're too weak; we always have to rely on Natsuki when we encounter enemies."
These words made everyone silent, their moods becoming very low.
Shikamaru naturally understood this, but now wasn't the time to talk about it: "We can talk about responsibility later; we need to find a way to create an opening so Tenten can write the note and send it to Natsuki!"
Shino and Neji exchanged glances and were about to step forward to fight.
But Tenten suddenly opened a scroll again: "I'll do it!
Since I caused this by being reckless, I have to make one last effort.
Natsuki's technique, let me borrow it again!"
"Take this! Small Vortex Boiling Bullet!"
Bang!
A fist-sized spiral water sphere was summoned from the scroll and shot rapidly towards Hiruko.
Sasori of the Red Sand originally didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just an ordinary Water Release attack that couldn't break through his Hiruko's defense.
But when the Vortex Boiling Bullet reached him, he saw the dense spirals inside the water sphere and immediately felt a sense of dread.
"Troublesome..."
Sasori of the Red Sand didn't hesitate and immediately activated the ejection mechanism.
He wanted to eject his main body!
Boom!
Although the Small Vortex Boiling Bullet was only small, its power was not to be underestimated.
It expanded directly in front of Hiruko, forming a giant spiral water sphere that instantly twisted Hiruko inside.
At the same time, terrifying heat spread outwards, as if it could instantly steam a person.
Tenten also quickly called everyone to retreat to avoid being affected.
Fortunately, it was only a small one; otherwise, at such a close distance, the few of them would definitely have been sucked in.
This was also why Natsuki had considered the Vortex Boiling Bullet's power was too great for Tenten to use conveniently, so he sealed a few small ones.
However, using them still carried a certain degree of risk.
Tenten couldn't care about too much at this moment.
After retreating to a safe distance, she immediately wrote the note and then sent it out.
After doing this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, but when she looked back at her poisoned companions, her eyes still showed self-blame.
Soon, the Vortex Boiling Bullet dissipated, revealing a large circular pit in front.
Inside the pit, many fragments of Hiruko could still be seen, clearly indicating that Hiruko had been twisted into pieces by the Vortex Boiling Bullet.
This result made everyone gasp, feeling even more that Natsuki was terrifyingly powerful.
A single Small Vortex Boiling Bullet had dealt with an enemy that was difficult for them to handle; the gap in strength was simply too large.
Looking not far from the large pit, Deidara and a red-haired young man were slumped on the ground somewhat disheveled, clearly having been affected by the Vortex Boiling Bullet and nearly dying.
Deidara said with lingering fear: "Mr. Scorpion, your artwork turned to dust!"
Sasori of the Red Sand said irritably: "Shut up!
Retreat quickly!"
They had to retreat.
That little girl with the twin buns casually threw out such a powerful water sphere, and it was hard to guarantee she didn't have more, considering her scroll hadn't been fully opened yet.
Moreover, judging by the words of these little kids, the Konoha Demon Blade was about to arrive as reinforcement.
Given the current situation, it was unlikely they could take the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, so it was better to retreat quickly, otherwise they might even get themselves caught.
Deidara also didn't hesitate, immediately created a clay bird, and flew away with Sasori of the Red Sand.
Seeing the two retreat, everyone completely relaxed.
Just then, Natsuki and Sasuke appeared with a swish.
Seeing the messy scene and everyone's disheveled appearance, both of them frowned.