Chapter 398: Chapter 398: The Terrifying, Unbridgeable Gap
He's really here to kill me!
Seeing Shishou summoning dozens of wooden dragons, Sasori's rotating blades spun rapidly as he turned and fled.
While flying low at high speed, Sasori pulled out a scroll with the word "Blood" written on it from his back.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three human puppets appeared in Sasori's hands, each with the words "Swift," "Storm," and "Lava" inscribed on their foreheads.
These puppets were kekkei genkai ninja captured by Nagato, enhanced with Hashirama cells and transformed into human puppets by Sasori.
Click, click! Click, click!
With a flick of Sasori's chakra strings, the three human puppets began to move.
In the next instant, Sasori jumped onto the Swift Release puppet, transforming into a blur as he rapidly fled.
Even though the Wood Release used by a Flying Thunder God user was formidable, as long as they couldn't catch him, they couldn't do anything to him.
Seeing Sasori flee, Shishou raised an eyebrow.
It seems that Sasori has been well-fed under Nagato's guidance.
After losing his Hundred Puppet Performance, Third Kazekage puppet, and Five Elements Puppets, he still had new kekkei genkai human puppets up his sleeve.
However, for Shishou, Sasori's struggles were futile.
In the next second, Shishou instantly appeared beside the fleeing Sasori, reaching out to grab him.
Yesterday, while using the Parasitic Destruction Insect Technique to cover Sasori's legs, he had secretly left a Flying Thunder God mark on the soles of Sasori's puppet feet.
"Impossible..."
Seeing Shishou appear in an instant, Sasori was shocked. In a split second, he blocked Shishou's grab with his right hand, severing his arm to escape Shishou's grasp.
"Not bad," Shishou said nonchalantly, discarding Sasori's severed right arm as he watched Sasori stop a short distance away.
Hearing Shishou's praise, the one-armed Sasori didn't feel any relief.
The fact that Shishou could use the Flying Thunder God technique to appear beside him meant that a mark had been placed on him, making further escape with the Swift Release puppet meaningless.
But when had Shishou marked him with the Flying Thunder God seal?
Sasori looked at Shishou with a grave expression, unable to figure it out.
He then took out another puppet scroll from his back, this one marked with the word "Wood."
Since escape was impossible, he would have to fight to the death.
Seeing Sasori pull out another scroll, Shishou's interest was piqued. He wanted to see what other puppets Sasori had.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As Sasori activated the scroll, dozens of human puppets with the word "Wood" on their foreheads appeared before him.
These puppets were experiments on Hashirama cells that Sasori had helped Nagato with. After successfully enhancing Nagato with Hashirama cells, he had turned these subjects into human puppets.
Sasori opened the lid on his chest, releasing countless chakra threads that connected to the puppets.
With Sasori's control, the puppets rapidly assembled like building blocks, forming a ten-meter-tall humanoid robot.
Seeing the puppets assembling, Shishou's eyes lit up.
He hadn't expected Sasori to pilot a giant robot, becoming one of the Gundam pilots.
Once the puppet Gundam was assembled, Sasori immediately controlled it to form hand seals.
Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees!
Rumble!
The ground beneath the puppet giant cracked open, releasing countless giant tree vines that surged towards Shishou.
Sasori's human puppets were all infused with Hashirama cells, allowing them to use simple Wood Release techniques.
Now, assembled into a single entity and controlled by secret techniques, these puppets could combine their chakra to unleash Wood Release jutsus comparable to those of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
"No originality," Shishou muttered, somewhat disappointed by Sasori's creation of a Wood Release puppet after all his efforts.
However, Shishou understood this approach.
In the ninja world, below the Six Paths level, Wood Release was the most powerful and convenient jutsu. Sasori had no need to waste time researching other high-power jutsus.
"This is a good opportunity to test the Gundam I created a few days ago."
With that thought, Shishou placed his hand on the ground.
Summoning Jutsu!
Bang!
A massive white cloud dispersed, revealing a towering, handsome humanoid figure clad in black armor beneath Shishou.
This was a Gundam Shishou had created using Shikotsumyaku for the skeleton, Wood Release for the flesh, Susanoo for the armor, and Sage Energy for enhancement. He had named it "Peacekeeper." He still needed to test its capabilities further.
Facing the approaching Nativity of a Sea of Trees from Sasori, Shishou's Peacekeeper extended its right hand, drawing a black long sword from its left palm and swinging it forcefully.
Boom!
A massive black crescent-shaped slash emanated from the Peacekeeper's sword, cutting through the air, splitting the ground, and severing all the tree vines in its path before crashing into a distant sand dune, leaving a "V"-shaped scar.
"This..."
Seeing this, Sasori froze.
He knew the strength of a Flying Thunder God user and that he was no match for Shishou.
But witnessing the terrifying power of a casual swing from the Peacekeeper, Sasori couldn't help but be stunned.
He had thought his greatly enhanced abilities over the past few years would allow him to challenge the Flying Thunder God user with the First Hokage's Nativity of a Sea of Trees.
But reality had harshly reminded him of the terrifying, unbridgeable gap between them.
"Damn, how can I escape..."
Sasori thought frantically, looking at Shishou's Peacekeeper.
"Tsk, the power is still lacking. If only I could add the power of a giant Tenseigan. Maybe then I could annihilate Sasori in one strike."
Thinking this, Shishou controlled the Peacekeeper to attack Sasori.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One massive slash after another from the Peacekeeper's sword cut through the Nativity of a Sea of Trees unleashed by Sasori's puppet Gundam.
Seeing this, Sasori jumped onto the puppet giant, controlling it to form hand seals.
Wood Release: Giant Puppet Technique!
In the next second, countless giant tree vines emerged around the puppet giant, enveloping both the giant and Sasori, forming a towering giant comparable to the Peacekeeper.
Expressionless, Shishou controlled the Peacekeeper to approach Sasori's giant. The black long sword in its hand was now surrounded by black wind currents as it swung down.
Crack!
The sword cleaved through, splitting Sasori's puppet giant in half.
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POWER STONE!!!!
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