"Three Jewels Suction Crush!"
In front of Chiyo, the three puppets "Buddha," "Dharma," and "Monk" opened their mouths and immediately erupted with strong winds, instantly turning into three wide storms standing in front of Sakumo.
"Whoosh!"
The storm stirred the rain and roared towards Sakumo from the left, middle, and right directions. The wind was howling, and even Sakumo could not escape from the range of the storm formation before the triangular formation was completed.
"There are actually puppets that can release ninjutsu?" Sakumo was surprised when he saw this. In the eyes of the world, puppet masters are known for their physical attacks. It is also because of this that countless mechanisms are installed in the puppets. Most of the physical tools used by the puppets are coated with poison.
But he had never heard or seen puppets that could actually launch such a large-scale Wind Release ninjutsu.
The Ten Chikamatsu are indeed the masterpiece of the first puppeteer, Monzaemon.
Granny Chiyo is even more worthy of her title as the number one puppeteer in the Sand Village!
The strong storm directly uprooted the trees and vegetation within a radius of more than ten meters and then turned them all into debris in the triangular formation.
"Boom!"
However, this was not over yet. In an instant, the three storms collided with each other, and then the scale increased again, finally turning into an extremely terrifying storm.
This storm even affected other ninjas who were fighting. The powerful suction force even absorbed all the ninja tools that had fallen nearby at once.
Sakumo, who was in the middle, couldn't even stand steadily. He inserted the chakra short sword into the ground and forcibly stabilized his body. The lightning spread from the blade to resist the storm.
However, when the lightning touched the wind, it was cut by countless wind blades and then annihilated.
Wind Release is the sharpest of the five chakra properties and can even directly cut through Lightning Release.
"What a terrible puppet!"
Minato, who was fighting with the Sand Ninja, couldn't help but look sideways. Even in his previous life, he had never seen Chiyo use the legendary "Chikamatsu Ten Puppets." He had only heard that Chiyo had used these ten puppets to capture a city.
Now, even he, who knew Hatake Sakumo's strength, could not help but worry.
Sakumo was undoubtedly a strong man, but at this time, he had not yet reached the peak of his strength. After all, even the Sannin had just become famous.
Facing a monster like Chiyo, could he still resist?
"Whoosh!"
In the storm, Sakumo's Lightning Release chakra, used to resist the wind, became weaker and weaker, and even the Lightning Release chakra that penetrated deep into the ground was shaking violently.
Since Sakumo became a ninja, this was undoubtedly the biggest crisis he had encountered.
But this did not mean that he really had no way to deal with it.
He could see that the position where he stood now was the location with the strongest wind pressure, and the sharp wind blades in it could tear steel in half.
It was impossible to break through the wind pressure and rush out.
The only way was to temporarily stop this wind pressure or completely destroy it.
Sakumo formed seals with both hands and then tightly grasped the handle of the chakra short sword in front of him with both palms. A shout suddenly burst out from his throat.
"Lightning Release: Heavenly Thunder Blade!"
At this moment, the Lightning Release chakra sword in front of Sakumo emitted an extremely blazing light, and the lightning light directly wrapped the chakra sword and soared into the sky. In the end, it turned into a lightning blade more than ten meters long with the Lightning Release chakra.
The lightning blade extended from the storm, as if it was rushing straight into the sky.
"Boom boom!"
Under the influence of the strong wind, the lightning blade actually rotated rapidly in the storm, and then the lightning light expanded, like a thunder light column.
In the storm, countless lightning lights were mixed, and the two forces kept colliding.
"Quickly retreat!" Chiyo saw this and shouted immediately.
The ninjas in the nearby battlefields also felt a strong sense of danger. Needless to say, all the ninjas used Body Flicker Jutsu to try to escape.
"Bang!"
Finally, the rotation in the storm reached its peak and suddenly broke out. Under the howling wind and thunder, it enveloped an area of dozens of meters and destroyed everything within it.
In this area, the rain stopped for a short time and did not fall.
"What a terrible destructive power!"
The ninjas who withdrew from the battle circle were all frightened. If they had been hit by that destructive power just now, they would probably have died on the spot.
The originally fierce battle was temporarily halted.
The ninjas on both sides looked at the devastated land, where the leaders of both sides were standing.
When the clouds that blocked the view dissipated, the figures of Sakumo and Chiyo were revealed.
Chiyo was surrounded by the ten puppets of Chikamatsu, which seemed to have become a barrier to protect her in the center.
However, at this time, the barrier was broken, and the ten puppets had suffered different degrees of damage.
Chiyo looked at Sakumo in front of her with shock.
Sakumo was also in a bad state, with ragged clothes all over his body, and there seemed to be fine cracks spreading on the chakra short sword in his hand.
Originally, he could not achieve such destructive power with his own Thunder Blade. However, under the rotation of the Wind Release, although part of the thunder was destroyed, the power of the Thunder Blade itself was strengthened under this condition.
But the price was that Sakumo spent nearly 60% of his chakra this time.
If this continued, he might be defeated by Chiyo, but fortunately, just before he arrived at the battlefield, he sent a signal for help to the Konoha camp.
As long as he could hold on for a while longer, and wait for Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru to arrive, the three of them would definitely be able to defeat Chiyo in this state.
However, that would take time.
At this moment, Nawaki in the crowd glanced sideways and saw a slightly familiar figure.
After he took a few steps to the side, he finally saw the man's face clearly.
Anger immediately appeared on the boy's face.
Feeling Nawaki's gaze, a Sand Village jonin also turned his head. When he saw Nawaki, he was slightly stunned, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"Little brat, it's you?" he said in a somewhat mocking voice.
Nawaki gritted his teeth, and his eyes almost spewed out flames. Then he roared in the seemingly quiet battlefield and rushed directly towards the jonin.
"You bastard, you crippled one of my companion's legs! I want your life!"
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