Naruto: Let the glory of the giants spread throughout the ninja world!

Rain is made of blood.

The three Amegakure ninjas didn't even have time to let out a complete scream.

Blood mist fell on the leaves, on the grass, and on Gaara's umbrella.

He stood in the blood-red drizzle, revealing a row of teeth.

Hinata covered her mouth tightly, Kiba held the trembling Akamaru in his arms, and Shino Aburame remained silent beside them. The three of them had their backs to the bushes and heard Gaara's words.

"There are still these three left."

"Ohayo, Gaara-chan!"

A vibrant voice drifted out from the bushes to the side.

Gaara's hand paused.

Ryukura Akira emerged from behind the bushes, waving one hand casually, a smile on his face as if he were just passing by a convenience store and bumping into an acquaintance.

His clothes were covered with a few leaves, and his hair was a little messy. He looked relaxed, like someone who had just woken up and was out for a walk.

You look very happy!

He swaggered out, completely ignoring the bloodstains on the ground and the lingering smell of blood in the air, as if he hadn't even seen the horrifying pools of red.

Bai followed behind him, but her expression was not as relaxed as Ryukura Akira's.

He followed closely behind Ryukura Akira's footsteps, subtly tugging at the hem of Ryukura Akira's clothes with one hand, his fingertips exerting a slight force.

"Xiaoming," Bai's voice was very low, only the two of them could hear, "you're messing around again. Even though you're fine, you can't keep doing this."

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Ryukura Akira turned around and winked at him, his voice still loud and carefree, without any intention of lowering his voice, "Anyway, Bai is here."

Although he only sacrificed a regenerable giant body during the battle with Manda, the intense mental struggle against that behemoth left Ryukura Akira somewhat exhausted.

Bai pursed her lips, not replying, but silently took half a step forward, blocking Liu Cangming's path.

When Gaara saw those emerald green eyes, his whole body lit up.

It was an excitement that bordered on ecstasy.

On that pale face, a smile spread from the corners of his mouth to the corners of his eyes, revealing a chilling, childlike, innocent joy.

"I knew I would meet you." His voice was trembling, like a drug addict who had been holding back for a long time.

The sand churned at his feet, "What a pleasant surprise."

Kankuro caught up from behind, his face paint unable to conceal his terror: "Gaara! Not now..."

"Shut up."

A single word, light and airy, silenced Kankuro as if his throat had been choked.

He stood frozen in place, unable to move forward or backward, and could only watch Gaara walk step by step toward Ryukura Akira.

"I'm going to crush you bit by bit." Gaara tilted his head, as if seriously considering an interesting question. "Let's start with your legs."

Ryukura Akira laughed. "Crushing my legs won't do you any good. The damage you do to me is less than the healing you get."

He tilted his head, gestured towards Bai with his lip, and said in a relaxed tone, as if introducing his bodyguard: "You want to kill me? You'll have to ask this beautiful lady next to me if she agrees."

Bai turned to the side, completely blocking Liu Cangming behind him, his clear eyes calmly watching the surging sand waves in front of him.

"Bai, you absolutely mustn't hold back your strength!" Ryukura Akira exaggeratedly shrank behind Bai, his tone laced with a hint of mockery. "I really might die, you know!"

Before Bai could respond, the sand had already moved.

Gaara raised his arm, and the sand from the gourd's mouth poured out like a flood, turning into countless fine sand bullets that rushed towards Ryukura Akira with a sharp whooshing sound.

Each sand pellet carried enough force to pierce a tree trunk, and they were so densely packed that there were almost no gaps.

Bai's figure disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, a crystal-clear ice wall rose from the ground, standing between Ryukura Akira and Sadan.

The surface of the ice wall gleamed with a cold, eerie blue light. Sand bullets struck it, producing a series of "plop plop" sounds, scattering ice shards everywhere, yet failing to penetrate even a fraction of the ice.

"Ice Release: Ice Crystal Wall." Haku's voice was as calm as still water.

Gaara's excitement intensified. He formed hand seals, and the sand rapidly gathered, condensing into a giant sand hand in front of him. With its five fingers spread, it slammed down onto the ice wall!

"boom!"

The ice wall shattered instantly, turning into countless ice crystals.

However, where the ice crystals scattered, the traces of white had already disappeared.

The next second, countless fine needles shot out from all directions, each one precisely targeting Gaara's acupoints.

This is a potentially lethal move.

However, the ice needles were all intercepted by a layer of automatically rising sand wall when they were half a meter away from Gaara.

Fine ripples spread across the surface of the sand wall, like sand dunes disturbed by rain.

"Interesting...so interesting!"

He suddenly raised his hands, and the surrounding sand surged as if it were alive. Sand waves rushed in from all directions, covering the sky and the earth like a tsunami in the desert, threatening to engulf Bai and Liu Cangming at the same time.

Bai frowned.

He formed a hand seal with one hand, lightly touched the ground with his toes, and a thin layer of ice spread outwards from him.

The moment the ice surface touched the sand waves, it actually froze the surging sand in place!

The sand grains were encased in ice crystals, solidified into bizarre sculptures, retaining the posture of their surging movement.

"Ice Release: Ice Sand Seal Domain"

This is a technique that Gaara has never seen before.

"Interesting...this is so interesting!"

Gaara's voice became shrill, and the sand surged wildly beneath his feet, lifting him into the air. At this moment, Gaara's cheeks swelled slightly, a sign that the tail was about to go out of control.

His hands suddenly clasped together.

The frozen sand shattered instantly, scattering ice crystals everywhere.

The white figure vanished again, and the sand flow missed its target. But Gaara was prepared—the soil on the ground had been completely replaced by sand at some point, and it was now rapidly sinking, forming a huge quicksand vortex.

The sand spun wildly in the vortex, generating a powerful suction that dragged everything around it into the abyss.

"The Sand Burial," Gaara's voice was deep and fervent. "Sink down."

Haku glanced down at the churning sand beneath his feet, then looked up at Gaara standing high above. His expression remained calm, even carrying a hint of helplessness.

This child really wanted to kill someone.

He lightly touched the falling sand with his toes, and his body soared up like a swallow, drawing a graceful arc in the air.

At the same time, his fingers tapped in the air, and chains formed from condensed ice crystals shot out from his fingertips, wrapping around the surrounding tree trunks and weaving a crisscrossing net.

Gaara's sands caught up, transforming into countless sand hands that reached for the white figure in the air from all angles. Each hand carried the power to crush rocks.

The white figure tumbled and leaped in the air, like a snowflake swept up by the wind.

He precisely evaded each sand hand's grasp, while flicking his fingers to send ice crystals flying like bullets, shattering the approaching sand hands.

"Xiao Ming," he said softly, "step back a bit."

Liu Cangming, who was behind him, had already slipped behind a big tree and poked half his head out: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'm way away! You can hit me all you want!"

Bai smiled wryly and looked back at the sand waves in front of him.

He didn't intend to hurt anyone.

This child simply doesn't know how to love, or how to get along with the world.

I've seen too many people like that, and I almost became one of them myself.