Hiruko's main means of attack was the scorpion tail. This scorpion tail was made of steel and could be extended freely. As long as there was even just a light scratch, the opponent would be immediately poisoned. Moreover, Hiruko's defensive power was also extremely strong. If one wanted to break Hiruko and force out Sasori's true body, you must get close to Hiruko.
Regarding Hiruko, Asahi could easily crush it with a [Chakra Enhanced Punch], but it was not that easy to get close to Hiruko.
After all, Chizuru was not Chiyo, and it was impossible for him to control Asahi through chakra threads and let Asahi get close to Hiruko. Moreover, Asahi didn't know if Chizuru had any ninjutsu that could crush Hiruko with one blow.
Seeing the stalemate between Chizuru and Sasori, Asahi was secretly worried.
Chizuru was made of flesh and blood, and would get tired sooner or later. And if Sasori had made himself into a human puppet, then Sasori would not feel tired. If the battle continued like this, Chizuru would be killed by Sasori sooner or later.
'It seems I can only take the risk!' Asahi thought to himself.
Waiting for the moment when Sasori took action, Asahi immediately began to form hand seals.
Ram → Horse → Dragon
[Earth Style ∙ Earth Dragon Bullet]
As the chakra was released, a huge dragon head rose from the ground and spit out huge mud balls at Hiruko.
Although this ninjutsu could not break Hiruko, if it hits, the mud would cover Hiruko, which would somewhat restrict Hiruko's movements.
*Bang*
*Bang*
*Bang*
More than a dozen mud balls hit Hiruko perfectly, and the flowing mud covered it entirely.
'In such a scenario, Hiruko's movements will definitely be restricted.'
"Get away!" Chizuru suddenly shouted to Asahi.
Asahi did not dare to hesitate and directly used the [Substitution Jutsu] to avoid the impending attacks that could come out of anywhere.
*Crack*
The ground suddenly broke open, and a scorpion tail directly penetrated the log used as the substitute, and then a vibration tore the log into pieces.
While hiding, Asahi took a moment to glance at Hiruko, which was covered in mud, then he saw that Hiruko had turned into a pile of sand. It turned out to be a [Sand Clone]. Sasori could not be underestimated, he was completely different from ordinary puppeteers.
After the blow, Sasori did not continue to attack. The lifeless eyes of Hiruko first looked at Asahi, then at Chizuru, and said in a low voice: "You guys are… ninjas of Konoha?"
Chizuru suddenly appeared in front of Asahi, guarding him behind him, he said to Sasori, "Sunagakure's genius puppeteer, Sasori of the Red Sand. I have heard your fame for a long time, so I came to check its authenticity."
"I don't care about that! How dare you two trash destroy my precious puppets, this is unforgivable!" No emotion could be heard in Sasori's voice, but both Asahi and Chizuru knew that Sasori was really angry.
After hearing what Sasori said, Asahi immediately analyzed that although the Earth-style jutsu used by Chizuru at the beginning did not hurt Sasori, it destroyed many of his puppets.
Thinking of this, Asahi felt a little relieved. The enemy's strength weakened, which meant that their chances had increased.
If Chizuru's ninjutsu just now fortunately destroyed most of Sasori's puppets, then the only means that Sasori could use to fight now should be the Hiruko in front of them and the Third Kazekage human puppet. As for the [Secret Red Move: Performance of a Hundred Puppets], he estimated that he could not be used now.
'The saying that villains die by talking too much is indeed true.'
"Chizuru-senpai!" Asahi reminded Chizuru in a low voice, "Sasori's true body should be hiding inside that puppet."
"Kid, I told you a long time ago, don't underestimate the Sharingan!" Chizuru replied in a low but deep voice when he heard this, "I have seen through this since he first took action."
"Sorry, but if you want to force out Sasori, you must destroy that puppet. The two of us must cooperate for doing so." Asahi said.
"Yes." Chizuru did not continue to show off, but seriously made plans for battle, "You are responsible for covering me, I will be the main attacker."
But while speaking, Chizuru secretly made a gesture to Asahi.
"Understood." Asahi nodded.
"I'm going to make you two into puppets and add you to my collection. Go to hell!" As soon as he finished speaking, Sasori launched an attack.
[Mechanical Puppet: Octo Needle Waves Poison Senbon Stream]
Hiruko spit out a tag from its mouth. As the tag was unsealed, a large number of poisonous needles and stingers were shot out quickly, almost blocking all the escape routes for Asahi and Chizuru.
[Earth Style ∙ Mud Wall]
Chizuru immediately used Earth-style to defend, and an earthen wall rose, blocking all poisonous needles and stings.
But then, Chizuru suddenly grabbed Asahi and took Asahi into the ground and left.
*Whoosh*
A scorpion tail swept past, and the earthen wall was instantly shattered by the scorpion tail. However, at this time, Asahi and Chizuru had escaped from Hiruko's attack range, and were temporarily out of danger.
After emerging from the ground, Asahi glanced at Chizuru gratefully. Although Chizuru had some ulterior purpose in saving Asahi, after all, he did save Asahi's life.
The dynamic vision of the Sharingan and the rich experience of an Elite-Jonin allowed Chizuru to face Sasori calmly.
Judging from the distance just now, the scorpion tail was enough to attack Asahi and Chizuru, but Sasori used other ninjutsu, it was obviously to attract attention and then use another attack, a sure-fire means of killing.
Although Asahi felt something was wrong at the time, he could never react immediately like Chizuru did.
The gap in experience could only be made up by time. This was what Asahi lacked the most, and it was also what the current Sasori lacked.
"Stay away from me!" Chizuru said.
"Yes." Asahi nodded and quickly moved away from Chizuru.
With two people together, Asahi would only drag down Chizuru. If Asahi wanted to take action again, he could only look for another opportunity.
[Thousand Arms Manipulation]
Sasori seemed to be really enraged seeing both of them dodging without any injury, and attacked again.
Hiruko's left arm suddenly opened several compartments. These compartments are prepared with summoning seals in them, and a large number of long puppet arms that could bend and follow the opponent, then crush them with devastating force were shot out from it.
[Fire Style ∙ Great Fireball Jutsu]
Chizuru immediately used ninjutsu to attack, but the hands, who knows what material they was made of, that they actually passed through the fireball and attacked Chizuru's body.
"Be careful, those hands can shoot flying needles!" Asahi warned loudly.
Hearing Asahi's words, Sasori immediately glanced at Asahi, wondering in his heart that this brat seemed to already know his information.
The flying needles fired from the hands quickly surrounded Chizuru, attacking from all directions. In such a scenario, Chizuru could only rely on the dynamic vision of the Sharingan and his flexibility to avoid them.
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