In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 401 The Powerful Art Duo

"You're the one who's dead. Little Deidara, I, Hidan, am immortal." Hidan, who had just been humiliated by Kakuzu, pouted in dissatisfaction.

Kakuzu added another brilliant touch, "Yeah, he was just blown to pieces by that kid Shikamaru and buried in a deep pit."

"Kakuzu, what do you mean? Can you stop bringing up 'being smashed to pieces' all the time?" Hidan's forehead creased with a thumbs-up, then he seemed to remember something, pointed at Kakuzu, and grinned wickedly, "I remember now, weren't you crippled by Konoha ninjas back then?"

"What did you say?" Kakuzu glared at Hidan, his dark green eyes flashing with undisguised killing intent.

"So what if I say that to you? You're crippled, Kakuzu-chan is crippled."

"I kill you."

"You can't do it."

Listening to the two's clamor, the Akatsuki members and even the White Zetsu behind them couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.

Not to mention them, even the Allied Shinobi Forces couldn't stand it.

"Gentlemen, regardless of whether they are Akatsuki members or not, the safety of the ninja world rests entirely in our hands. Don't forget, we just fought against the Ten-Tails' ninja. Charge!" A coalition ninja launched the first attack.

The other ninjas had long since grown impatient. Clearly, having recently joined forces to "defeat" the Ten-Tails, they had become arrogant, thinking they were invincible and no longer needed to take the once-fearsome Akatsuki members seriously.

This meant that even if Gaara and the others wanted to stop it, it was too late.

"Deidara, it seems you've overcome your weakness." Sasori gave Sasori a meaningful look, his ten fingers twitching a few times as if they were mechanical.

"Of course." Deidara returned a confident smile, flicking out a clay bird with his right hand, then forming hand seals. "Today, let these ninjas from the Five Great Nations Alliance taste the power of our artistic duo."

Bang! The smoke dissipated, and the bird grew larger. Deidara jumped onto it and soared into the sky.

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Scorpion murmured, and his slender figure split open from the middle, then quickly transformed into a Gundam that was over ten meters tall and covered with various exquisite heavy weapons.

Flames erupted from behind the Gundam, and Sasori slowly rose into the air.

This is a puppet mecha he created using minerals from the sealed land of the dragon vein. It not only possesses terrifying defense and attack capabilities, but also can transmit chakra at a high amplitude.

"Then I'll start. Hmm. It'll be a good opportunity for them to try out C4, which I've never used in front of others before. After all, it's more suitable to use it when there are many people around. Hmm."

Deidara pulled out a miniature, explosive clay figure that looked exactly like himself and threw it towards the Allied forces below.

"Everyone be careful, that's Deidara's explosive clay. Its weakness is lightning release. Lightning release ninjas, prepare!" The leg-shaped figure in the Allied Forces noticed this and shouted a warning.

The instant he finished speaking, Darui acted, unleashing "Lightning Release: Black Spotted Blade!"

He quickly formed hand seals, releasing leopard-shaped black lightning from his body, which focused its attack on the exploding clay doll and spread towards Sasori and Deidara in the sky.

"Deidara, it seems your explosive clay is malfunctioning. The attack speed is too slow." Looking at the explosive clay doll below, which was enveloped in Lightning Release: Black Spotted Lightning, Sasori casually summoned a chakra energy shield in his mecha, easily blocking the incoming black lightning.

"It's not that simple." Deidara formed a hand seal with his right hand, and with a bang, the clay exploded, actually breaking through the black lightning's envelope and instantly growing to tens of meters, transforming into the form he used against Sasuke in the original story.

It landed on the ground. The ground trembled violently.

The allied forces were instantly thrown into chaos, and almost simultaneously, everyone halted their attack.

"He actually managed to evade the weakness of Lightning Release. Deidara, that guy. He's pretty capable." Leg Shadow Old Man Huang Tu was the first to react, a bead of cold sweat dripping from his forehead, and he urged the Allied Forces to scatter and flee.

But Deidara wouldn't give up so easily. He controlled the clay giant and walked towards the largest group of people. With each step, the earth trembled violently.

"Okay! Within range. Hmm." Deidara squinted his right eye, observing through his left eye which was equipped with binoculars. Once the distance was sufficient, he formed a hand seal with his right hand and detonated the C4 bomb. "Art is an explosion, huh."

On the allied side, Gaara, who had fought Deidara before, sensed something was wrong as soon as Deidara shouted "within range".

Seeing the giant Deidara begin to expand rapidly like a balloon, he subconsciously created a giant sand shield barrier in the form of Karura to block it.

The expected loud explosion did not occur, leaving the coalition forces puzzled. Could it be a dud?

Only Neji, who possessed the Byakugan, saw it clearly. He shouted urgently, "Watch out! There's an invisible blue mist drifting over here! Everyone, get away from the center of the explosion!"

Upon hearing this, the allied ninjas fled in panic, but some were too slow. The moment they came into contact with the invisible mist, their bodies turned to ashes at a visible speed before they could even scream.

"What kind of ninjutsu is this?"

At that moment, the entire coalition was gripped by immense fear. Everyone was shocked.

Not to mention them, even the Akatsuki members were all dumbfounded. For the first time, they had a new understanding of the juniors in the Akatsuki who could be bullied by almost anyone and who always followed Chiya and Sasori around calling them "big brother".

"Looks like I don't need to lift a finger anymore. The Allied Forces are finished." Kisame hoisted Samehada onto his shoulder, his face grave as he gazed at Deidara, who was beaming with excitement. "That kid really did develop a terrifyingly powerful shield-bursting ninjutsu."

"Ah," Juzo, the weakest member of the Akatsuki, also picked up the Executioner's Blade and nodded with lingering fear.

White Zetsu was equally shocked. At this moment, having been ordered by Madara to intercept the Allied Forces, it felt like a dispensable clown.

Both the Allied Forces and the Akatsuki members seemed to regard him as a dispensable, marginal figure.

Just when everyone thought the allied forces were doomed, a figure flew in from afar, accompanied by the roar of the Tsuchikage, Onoki: "Deidara, you will not succeed!"

At the critical moment, Onoki used Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique to create a giant barrier that enveloped Deidara's C4 clay explosion, blocking the invisible mist and converting it into a molecular state.

This averted the crisis of the allied forces' complete annihilation.

"Tsuchikage." The Allied Shinobi Forces, who had survived the ordeal, were overjoyed to see Onoki arrive.

Amidst his excitement, Gaara couldn't help but feel a little worried. Riding on sand, he arrived beside Onoki and asked, "Tsuchikage, is your injury healed?"

"And me too." Another voice, as loud as thunder, rang out, and Raikage arrived fully recovered.

"Of course." The Tsuchikage smiled slightly and delivered a piece of news that was enough to boost the morale of the Allied Shinobi Forces. "Gentlemen, Naruto Uzumaki has awakened. He received a gift from the Sage of Six Paths. He instantly healed my and the Raikage's injuries."

"He and the Fourth Hokage have now moved to the enemy's side for the final battle. The final victory will surely belong to our allied forces."

(End of this chapter)