Seeing several insect walls appear in front of Shishou again, Temari squinted her eyes and coldly shouted:
"Let's see how many bugs you have left!"
With that, she opened another star on her iron fan and swung it hard.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Whoosh!
A violent gust of wind gathered instantly, dispersing the insect walls in front of Shishou in a flash.
"Now let's see where you can hide!"
Temari sneered, preparing to swing her fan again to end the battle.
"Temari, look above!"
Suddenly, Kankuro shouted a warning.
Temari looked up and saw a dense swarm of insects flying overhead, forming a black cloud of bugs.
"What the...?"
Seeing this, Temari was stunned.
Then, she quickly realized that the bugs she had blown away earlier must have regrouped to form this dark cloud above her.
Her focus had been on the Aburame clan member in front of her, so she hadn't noticed this abnormality in time.
Shishou saw Temari's expression and smiled, offering a friendly reminder: "Princess Iron Fan, the bugs aren't just above you."
He pointed behind Temari.
There, a large group of insects was gathering, slowly forming a massive swarm.
Although the insects Shishou released were blown away by Temari, the duel was taking place indoors. No matter how far the bugs were blown, they couldn't leave the room, allowing Shishou to regroup them.
"What did you call me?!"
Hearing Shishou give her a nickname, Temari glared at him angrily.
Shishou pointed at her large iron fan and laughed:
"You are the daughter of the Kazekage and wield a big iron fan. What else should I call you if not Princess Iron Fan?"
Temari was momentarily speechless at Shishou's serious explanation.
Then, placing the open fan behind her, she looked at Shishou and sneered:
"Do you think surrounding me with your bugs means I can't deal with you? You're dreaming."
"Watch me take out all your bugs in one go."
With that, Temari swung the large iron fan behind her.
"Wind Release: Great Net!"
A large web of wind instantly formed around Temari, expanding rapidly in all directions. Its speed and power quickly wiped out the black cloud of bugs above and behind her.
After eliminating Shishou's insect swarm, Temari coldly laughed at him:
"Let's see how many more bugs you have left!"
However, Shishou didn't respond. He simply pointed above Temari's head.
Temari looked up, seeing that the swarm of bugs had completely disappeared. There was nothing there.
Suddenly, a colorful caterpillar fell from a crack in the ceiling, landing at Temari's feet.
"What is this thing?"
Temari stared in confusion at the colorful insect at her feet.
Shishou explained: "It's called a rainbow caterpillar. Its sting is quite unpleasant."
In recent years, Shishou had focused most of his efforts on training in sage arts. The energy harvested from his insect farms was used to nurture the Great Sage Slug and the spirit insect Kyūbi.
As a result, his other insects hadn't evolved much and remained almost the same as a few years ago.
Shishou wasn't too concerned about this. Once he mastered the sage arts and achieved longevity, he would have plenty of time to cultivate his insects, so he wasn't in a hurry.
"Can it even sting people, moving so slowly?"
Temari disdainfully commented, then crushed the caterpillar under her foot.
"Is that so?" Shishou shrugged and waved his hand.
Another rainbow caterpillar fell from the ceiling, landing at Temari's feet.
Then a second, a third...
"Damn it!"
Realizing something was wrong, Temari looked up and was shocked.
The spectators on the second floor also turned pale as they looked up.
They saw the ceiling of the duel hall crawling with countless rainbow caterpillars, their numbers rapidly increasing and dropping continuously.
"Curse it!"
Seeing the insects overhead, Temari gritted her teeth and prepared to swing her large iron fan.
Seeing Temari's actions, Hayate Gekkō, Baki, Kakashi, and the others shouted in unison:
"Don't swing it!"
But just as they shouted, Temari swung her large iron fan, and the powerful wind instantly cleared out most of the rainbow caterpillars on the ceiling.
The next moment, countless rainbow caterpillars began to fall from the sky, enveloping the entire duel arena in a rain of caterpillars.
Seeing the swarm of caterpillars descending, Temari panicked and prepared to swing her fan again.
"Wait..."
Baki and Kakashi tried to stop her, but it was too late.
In the next second,
Whoosh!
A massive tornado filled with rainbow caterpillars swept across the entire arena.
Originally, Shishou's caterpillar rain was falling vertically. An umbrella or a place to hide would have sufficed for defense.
However, Temari's tornado carried Shishou's countless caterpillars in all directions, creating a terrifying caterpillar storm that affected everyone in the arena.
"Ice Release: Ice Wall!"
"Sand Wave!"
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
"Heavenly Spin!"
"..."
Under the onslaught of the caterpillars, the ninjas deployed defensive jutsus.
But those who reacted slowly were in for a tough time.
Even those who used defensive jutsus weren't much better off, as the tornado lasted several minutes.
And wind, of course, can penetrate anywhere.
"Tsk tsk tsk, this isn't my doing."
Shishou, hiding behind a thick insect wall, watched the caterpillar storm ravage ninjas of all ranks and clicked his tongue in admiration.
Moments later, the tornado subsided, leaving the arena filled with groans of pain.
"It itches, it itches so much!"
Kiba clutched his right hand, swollen from the caterpillar's sting, crying out in pain.
"Woof woof woof!!! Woof..."
Akamaru, also stung in several places, had a caterpillar on his tail and instinctively tried to bite it, causing his mouth to swell.
In the entire hall, except for Sakura and Tenten, whom Shishou had protected in advance, and Kankuro, who was shielded by Gaara's sand, no one was spared, not even jonin like Kakashi and Ringo Yuuri.
In the center of the arena, Temari, as the main culprit, was stung several times despite being at the eye of the storm.
In an instant, ninjas of all ranks in the entire hall were practically wiped out by the combined efforts of Shishou and Temari.
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POWER STONE!!!!
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This fanfiction is complete on my P@treon. If you want to read it, you can find it at p@treon.com/Betek.
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