Facing this sudden barrage of attacks, Gaara looked somewhat battered.
He could only rely on his agility to move rapidly across the ground, avoiding the deadly Air Bullets.
Luckily, Gaara often fought high-speed ninjas like Kimimaro in intense battles, so he had built up plenty of experience dealing with this kind of situation.
Otherwise, dodging such dense and fierce Air Bullet attacks would have been very difficult.
These Air Bullets were not like ordinary hidden weapons that disappeared after hitting the ground.
The moment they struck the ground, they instantly burst apart into countless violent hurricanes that swept in every direction.
For a time, sand and dust filled the sky, and the entire battlefield fell into chaos.
With strong winds raging everywhere, the flight paths of the Air Bullets became extremely hard to predict.
However, the quick-witted Gaara soon came up with a countermeasure.
He raised the sand under his control and formed it into crisscrossing sand wall passages in the air.
When the Air Bullets passed through these sand walls, the traces they left behind became clearly visible, giving Gaara accurate directions to dodge.
At this moment, Shukaku was like an endless fortress of firepower.
It continuously launched one powerful Air Bullet after another.
Wave after wave of rapid-fire attacks poured toward Gaara.
Meanwhile, Gaara used every method he had. He twisted, dodged, jumped, and rolled, narrowly avoiding the screaming Air Bullets again and again.
However, moving at such high speed nonstop was a huge drain on Gaara, who did not specialize in taijutsu.
Even though he relied on his excellent ninjutsu skills to deal with it, he still gradually began to struggle.
In contrast, Shukaku looked full of energy and excitement.
The moment Gaara paused briefly to catch his breath, Shukaku immediately launched another fierce attack without hesitation!
"Nyehahaha! Amazing! This is amazing!"
It seemed that Gaara being able to fight it this long had made Shukaku extremely excited and carried away.
As it let out sharp screeches, it slammed both palms heavily onto the ground.
In an instant, the sandy ground beneath Gaara's feet began to change.
Countless grains of sand surged toward Gaara like raging tides, wrapping around him from all directions.
With Gaara's usual near-perfect control over sand, ordinary sand like this should have been easy for him to break free from.
But something unexpected happened, the moment the tide-like sand touched Gaara's body, mysterious black sealing symbols suddenly appeared one after another.
It was Shukaku's specialty sealing technique.
Facing this sudden change, Gaara immediately realized things were bad.
At the same time, Kimimaro and Haku, who had been closely watching the battle nearby, also sensed the danger and quickly prepared to move in and rescue him.
But just as they were about to act, the black sealing symbols covering the surface of Shukaku's sand suddenly retreated in all directions like a receding tide, as if driven by some force.
Right after that, Shukaku raised its head toward the sky and let out a deafening roar, "Damn it! I finally got out to stretch a bit!"
Its money-shaped eyes suddenly dimmed, then turned back into normal eyes.
At the same time, the sand making up Shukaku's body collapsed toward the ground like a skyscraper that had suddenly lost support.
The giant fifty-meter-tall Shukaku was made from countless tiny grains of sand. As the sand poured down like a broken floodgate, it directly kicked up massive clouds of dust that covered the sky.
In an instant, the whole area was swallowed by thick dust. Inside it, forget seeing the surroundings, even with a hand stretched out in front of you, everything was pitch black.
Gaara, who was inside the dust storm, also could not see.
However, he did not panic. Instead, he quickly calmed down and decisively closed his eyes.
Relying on his precise control over his abilities, he continuously mobilized the sand around him and skillfully wove it into long, thin tendrils similar to sensing barriers.
These tendrils stretched out flexibly, trying to sense movement outside and locate the enemy.
Inside this world of dust and sand, Rasa successfully broke free from control because something had happened on Obito's side, and slowly opened his eyes.
Although he had been under Obito's control the whole time, his own consciousness had actually always remained.
In other words, he had been fully aware of everything happening to himself and around him. He simply could not move freely because his body had been restrained.
Earlier, when he saw Gaara actually restraining the incredibly powerful Shukaku so easily, Rasa had truly been shocked.
After all, Gaara was only sixteen years old now, yet already possessed such terrifying strength. It was beyond belief.
Right now, the most urgent issue was not being amazed at Gaara's strength, but figuring out how to escape this situation.
Fortunately, although an intense battle had taken place, all the chakra used belonged to Shukaku.
The chakra inside Rasa's body remained full and completely untouched, at least enough to support his escape from Konoha.
Looking at the sand covering the ground, Rasa did not dare waste even a moment. He immediately thrust both hands into the sand.
With a slight push from his palms, the ordinary sand instantly began to change, visibly turning into gold dust.
Only by quickly converting the sand into gold dust could he greatly increase his combat strength.
However, before Rasa could finish preparing, a thick, hazy sandstorm suddenly swept over.
Within the storm, a long whip formed from countless tiny grains of sand shot toward Rasa like a spirit snake, rapidly wrapping around him.
Facing the sudden attack, Rasa reacted extremely quickly. He suddenly spread both hands apart.
In that instant, the gold dust that had just finished transforming gathered together under the pull of Magnet Release, instantly forming an indestructible golden barrier.
"Found you! Rasa!"
Gaara's voice came from deep within the dim sandstorm.
Right after that, the originally fierce sand whip suddenly split apart into countless streams of sand.
Like raging tides, they crazily swept toward Rasa from every direction.
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