Chapter 89: Defeat (Part 2)
Iron Sand was shocked. The power of Kiyoshi's Dance of the Seedling Fern was far greater than what he had seen in the last Great Ninja War. The covered area was simply beyond imagination.
Looking at Kiyoshi attacking, Iron Sand retreated quickly while alternately making a grasping motion with both hands. With his movements, one mass after another of Iron Sand continuously涌现ed, forming solid defense lines, trying to stop Kiyoshi's advance to buy himself enough time to unleash the Wings of Iron Sand and fly into the air.
At this moment, Iron Sand was filled with regret. He shouldn't have landed back on the ground. He had been too confident earlier, thinking Kiyoshi had been dealt with. However, the truth proved he was terribly wrong.
Kiyoshi turned his body sideways and extended his right arm forward. The Iron Wire Flower wrapped around his arm rapidly rotated like a whirlwind. The blocking Iron Sand was shattered with a single blow, not delaying Kiyoshi's steps in the slightest. Kiyoshi rushed straight towards Iron Sand with an unmatched momentum.
At the same time, Kiyoshi's right eye began to condense powerful dōjutsu power. The sky-blue Jōgan flickered slightly.
"Takamagahara!"
Four Daikokuten appeared out of thin air in the path Iron Sand was retreating, blocking his escape route. With a loud "bang," the Daikokuten landed heavily on the ground, causing the entire ground to tremble.
The huge black cubes, each with a diameter exceeding ten meters, stood there, exuding an invisible pressure. Iron Sand's face became very unsightly. He knew he had nowhere to retreat now. Under these circumstances, he could only stop and form hand seals in place.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Wall!!!"
"Magnet Release: Wings of Iron Sand!!!"
The Iron Sand, under his manipulation, surged like a tide, quickly gathering in front of him to form a thick and solid Iron Sand wall.
Iron Sand thought to himself, if he rashly used the Wings of Iron Sand directly at this moment, then with the Iron Sand wings not yet fully condensed, Kiyoshi, who had no obstruction, would most likely kill him with a single blow.
Although the Iron Sand Wall could hardly withstand the piercing power of the extremely hard Bone Pulse, it was enough to buy him valuable time to re-gather the Wings of Iron Sand.
So, weighing the pros and cons, Iron Sand decided to first use the Iron Sand Wall to build a temporary defense and block for a moment before unleashing the Wings of Iron Sand to take off.
The Iron Sand Wall only lasted for an instant under the Iron Wire Flower's thrust before being directly broken through. Kiyoshi, having broken through the Iron Sand Wall's defense, was already very close to Iron Sand.
But at this critical moment, Iron Sand's Wings of Iron Sand finally took shape.
Seeing Iron Sand about to take off again, how could Kiyoshi let him get away so easily? The white bone drill directly pierced towards Iron Sand without hesitation.
Although Iron Sand successfully used the Wings of Iron Sand and successfully ascended, he didn't completely avoid Kiyoshi's Dance of the Iron Wire Flower. The white bone drill grazed his left thigh, taking away a large chunk of flesh and blood.
Having risen into mid-air, Iron Sand had drops of blood continuously falling from his left thigh. Although he had used Magnet Release Chakra in time to seal the wound and suppress the blood flow, the wound was simply too large, and Iron Sand couldn't completely stop the injury.
"Tch...!!!" Kiyoshi clicked his tongue lightly. This Third Kazekage was truly unethical, flying up at every opportunity. Kiyoshi, who lacked aerial combat abilities, was extremely uncomfortable at this time. Although Kiyoshi could use Wind Release to briefly lift himself into the air, he hadn't specifically practiced flying and wasn't very skilled at it, unable to apply it in battle.
It seems I need to put mastering aerial combat abilities on the agenda as soon as possible! There's also that old Third Tsuchikage on the Hidden Stone side who can also fly! Kiyoshi thought to himself, However, let's end this battle first!
Kiyoshi looked at the Third Kazekage Iron Sand in the air, who was not lightly injured, and said faintly, "Kazekage, do you want to continue? Your injury is not light!"
Hearing Kiyoshi's words, which carried a hint of the victor's tone, Iron Sand couldn't save face. As the one hailed as the strongest Kazekage, how could he be defeated by a mere brat?
I really should have brought that old monk Bunpuku along! In the next war, I will definitely deploy the Jinchuriki!!!!! Such a thought suddenly popped into Iron Sand's mind.
However, regretting it now was useless. He had to get through this current predicament first. Although he was very displeased with Kiyoshi's words, he also knew that he and Kiyoshi were originally in a balanced state of power, even slightly at a disadvantage. Now that he had suffered a not-so-light injury, he should no longer be able to defeat Kiyoshi.
But as the Kazekage, how could he easily admit defeat? He still wanted to struggle a bit more to see if there was a turning point or if other Hidden Sand ninjas could come to support him.
Iron Sand didn't speak but responded to Kiyoshi with action.
Iron Sand clasped his hands together, and Magnet Release activated again. The Iron Sand rapidly rose into the air under the effect of the magnetic force, forming several top-shaped creations, and then began to spin at extremely high speed.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Gyro!"
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