Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

"It's alright, come and help him, he'll come out on his own."

While Zhu Rong was entangling the scorpion, Ye Cang looked at Tengo and shouted.

Upon hearing this, Tengo transformed into a streak of azure light and rushed forward. His incredibly agile figure dodged the flying iron needles in a flash, and he slashed at Sasori's left heart from behind, where the puppet's core was hidden.

Sizzle...

The sharp wings slashed at the thick, sturdy iron sand barrier, sparks flying, the iron sand separating, almost completely cleaving the sand-clad barrier apart.

Having just dealt with Tengo's attack, Sasori manipulated the iron sand to swirl around his body and made various dodging movements.

Because the scorpion's body is that of a puppet, it can often perform various inhuman actions through the mechanisms it is equipped with.

By abandoning offense and focusing solely on defense and evasion, Scorpion was able to barely protect himself from the three-man onslaught. The black iron sand melted into molten iron under the intense heat and was torn apart by the wind blades, creating a truly perilous situation.

"Deidara, what are you doing, you bastard?"

"Get out here right now!"

Scorpion's anger flared, and he couldn't help but shout a curse. If this continued, he would be finished.

Fortunately, although Deidara and Sasori usually don't get along and often bicker, he is still a relatively reliable partner.

After calming down and treating his wounds, he emerged from underground and manipulated a large number of clay grasshoppers to spring up from the ground and leap rapidly toward Yekura.

Boom, boom, boom...

A large number of clay grasshoppers exploded simultaneously, flames stretched endlessly, and thick fog billowed into the sky. Yekura, who had jumped high into the air, was carried by Tengo, who had grown larger, and they quickly escaped from the dangerous location.

"Zhurong, clean up the ground."

"Yes, madam."

After saying this, Zhu Rong spewed out a layer of golden-white flames. This layer of flames was not thick, but only thin, yet it covered a very wide area. The terrifyingly high temperature forced Sasori and Deidara to retreat.

Boom, boom, boom...

As the flames landed, the remaining green grass and wildflowers turned to ashes, and the landmines hidden all around were detonated one by one, sending bursts of violent flames soaring into the sky.

Deidara's expression turned rather grim upon seeing this, and he whispered, "Brother Sasori, conventional methods are ineffective against the enemy..."

"The wind's at our back now, I'm going to use that move, be careful."

"Okay, I understand," Scorpion nodded calmly.

Deidara pulled a huge lump of explosive clay from his ninja tool pouch, ate it with his mouth, and then spat it out. The white explosive clay transformed into a giant Deidara, who strode towards Pakura and the others...

Deidara's imposing presence, resembling a small hill, sent chills down the spines of Temari and the others watching. How much power would it unleash if it were to explode?

At the reminder from the Jonin leading the team, Temari and the other two quickly retreated.

The giant Deidara had only taken two steps when he self-destructed. However, the power of the explosion greatly surprised Temari and the others. It was just a gust of wind and white smoke before he was gone.

Seeing this, Yecang thought to herself, "What a cunning ninjutsu! If my husband hadn't reminded me, I might have really fallen for this trick..."

"Tengo, blow it back."

"Yes, madam."

Most living beings are unaware of the dust-like bombs permeating the air, but Tengo, as the embodiment of wind, is different; no foreign object in the air can escape his perception.

*Poof!* A white vortex spewed from Tengo's mouth, spreading forward and transforming into a raging gale that blew away all the incoming dust bombs...

Deidara's lips twitched, and he said in a frantic voice, "Did you leak my information?"

"How is that possible?"

"The enemy must have some kind of special sensory means."

"He's the Kazekage of Sunagakure, after all. Perhaps that bluebird that controls the power of wind has some special ability..."

Deidara thought about it and agreed. Sasori had no reason to leak his information, and he had no reason to leak Sasori's information. Perhaps the enemy really had some tricks up their sleeve.

"well……"

"drink!"

Deidara sighed, then formed hand seals and detonated countless spider bombs resembling dust particles in the air.

In an instant, countless tiny sparks silently emerged from the air. Although each spark was small, the countless sparks formed a sea of ​​fire, blasting away the flowing air currents.

hiss……

Seeing this strange phenomenon appear in a place that was originally empty, Temari and the other three who were watching from afar couldn't help but gasp. How insidious and vicious, such a terrifying ninjutsu!

"Brother Scorpion, don't you have any good methods to deal with them yet?"

"Besides my trump card, I guess I don't have many other methods left."

"That dragon and bird are so monstrous! How can there be such unreasonable creatures in the world..."

Deidara shook his hair, which was covering his eyes, and said with a frantic expression.

In fact, Zhu Rong and Tengo were already quite reasonable. If Yekura had summoned Qiangliang, then all of Deidara's bombs would most likely have become duds.

Deidara would probably not be able to accept this situation, and in his collapse, he might just self-destruct.

"I do have other methods, but I don't think they'll be very effective."

"With the help of that dragon and bird, they probably can't do anything to Yekura."

"Damn it, I remember that guy also had a Kusanagi sword that could attack automatically and a cloud that could generate thunder."

"Both of them are so difficult to deal with, how am I supposed to get revenge on that guy..."

Scorpion's tone was relatively calm at first, but perhaps the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and by the end he couldn't help but get a little exasperated.

"Then what's the point of fighting?"

"Let's just retreat. Continuing to fight is just a waste of time."

Just then, a pitcher plant poked half its head out of the ground and hissed, "Don't rush to retreat, your reinforcements will be here soon."

"Were you just watching the show from the sidelines?" Deidara asked with an unfriendly expression.

"Heh heh... I'm not good at fighting, so there's no point in me coming out."

"I wasn't just watching the show the whole time; didn't I already provide you with support?"

Scorpion asked in a deep voice, "Which two people came?"

"Of course it's Minami and Mei Terumi."

"Kisame and Juzo are still on a mission, while Kakuzu took Hidan to replenish his heart," Black Zetsu explained.

Scorpion nodded slightly and said, "Then let's try again."

"If that doesn't work, we'll find another opportunity to act. A Kazekage can't stay by a Jinchuriki's side forever..."

"Can."

While the three were talking, Yekura didn't sit still either, and directly unleashed a powerful attack on Deidara and the other two.

Zhu Rong is in the center, Ye Cang is on the left, and Tengo is on the right. Zhu Rong uses Fire Release, while Ye Cang and Tengo use Wind Release.

Terrifying pure white flames fell from the sky, spreading rapidly like mercury upon landing, transforming into rolling white waves of fire...

The waves reached several meters high, churning and melting the soil in their wake, distorting and blurring the air, filling the entire field of vision with white flames that stretched as far as the eye could see…

"hiss……"

Upon witnessing such a massive display of wind and fire ninjutsu, Zetsu, Sasori, and Deidara couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

It's impossible to withstand it head-on; it will only lead to certain death...

The scorpion was the most panicked, because it had no way to dodge and could only endure the attack.

"Scorpion, I'll help you hide; don't resist."

Black Zetsu finished speaking at lightning speed, then moved to Scorpion's feet, wrapped Scorpion from top to bottom, and quickly dragged him to the ground.

Deidara used the Earth Dragon Concealment Technique to burrow underground.

As the three of them burrowed underground, pure white flames swept across the ground, and terrifying heat seeped into the earth. Black and White Zetsu and Deidara felt as if their butts were on fire and quickly increased their stealth speed.

When the flames subsided, the area they had passed through had transformed into a swamp of lava, a mixture of crimson and charred black, with plumes of smoke rising into the sky...

After using a powerful move, Yekura didn't care whether it had been successful or not, and flew directly to the location of Temari and the others to prevent Deidara and the other two from launching a surprise attack if they managed to survive.

In fact, Black and White Zetsu had indeed considered a sneak attack, but Temari and the other three, even while watching the show, did not let their guard down and maintained a battle formation that could provide support at the fastest speed, making it difficult to succeed.

With Sasori and Deidara on board, Black and White Zetsu wanted to try again, but then they sensed Pakura's chakra and had to abandon their plan to launch a sneak attack once more.

After sending Sasori and Deidara to the surface, the black and white Zetsu disappeared back into the ground, so that no one present could sense whether they had left or not...

Just then, a giant white paper bird swooped down from the sky, with two people dressed in black robes with red clouds standing on its back.

It was Minami and Mei Terumi!

The paper bird was created by Konan using the God Paper Technique, a very magical ninjutsu that can transform into almost any object.

In the original story, Konan used this ninjutsu to transform into the ocean, which even fooled Obito's eyes.

After the two women landed, the paper birds disintegrated, turning into sheets of white paper that merged into Xiao Nan's body, which looked quite magical.

Konan remained expressionless, her indifferent eyes scrutinizing Ye Cang and the others.

Mei Terumi also remained expressionless, but her eyes were filled with interest as she looked at the woman who belonged to her own man.

Over the years, Genya Uchiha has visited Mei Terumi from time to time, never neglecting her.

Seeing two more enemies arrive, Ye Cang bit his right thumb without hesitation, forming a hand seal and using the summoning technique for the third time. With a bang, white smoke rose, and Qiang Liang's figure appeared...

After the three siblings met, they inevitably exchanged pleasantries and laughed, seemingly not taking the scene before them seriously.

Upon seeing Qiang Liang appear, Sasori, Deidara, and Konan all twitched their eyes, feeling a sense of unease.

As a renowned ninja powerhouse and the Fifth Hokage of Konoha, Gen Uchiha's abilities had already spread far and wide, and the Akatsuki organization was naturally aware of them.

"Give it a try, and if it doesn't work, we'll back down," Xiao Nan said expressionlessly.

Mei Terumi and the other two nodded, and then each of them took action.

None of the four intended to use taijutsu; they all used ninjutsu.

Without the Fourth Raikage's well-rounded taijutsu skills and incredible speed, using taijutsu would be suicide.

A pair of white wings grew from Xiao Nan's back, the huge wings resembling the feathers of an angel, and various parts of her body slowly fell off...

Sheets of white paper transformed into paper shuriken and paper kunai, which, with the activation of chakra and the enhancement of ninjutsu, were not much different from real shuriken and kunai.

The paper kunai were followed by explosive tags, and a dense stream of shuriken and kunai shot out, like a white river!

Mei Terumi used the Lava Release technique, continuously spewing out a pale yellow, highly corrosive liquid that transformed into a pale yellow river, melting away flowers, grass, soil, and rocks wherever it passed.

Sasori summoned the Third Kazekage, who condensed iron sand into three enormous triangular cones. Using magnetism, he made the black triangular cones spin rapidly, creating a formidable spectacle.

Deidara used C3, mixing his highest level of chakra into the explosive clay. The white explosive clay transformed into a giant white tiger galloping at full speed. The power contained within its body could destroy a village if it exploded.

Faced with the attack from the four, Yekura showed no intention of making a move and instead led Temari and the others to retreat.

Zhu Rong, Qiang Liang, and Tian Wu, the three high-level Homies, exchanged a glance and then moved, crashing into a central point.

The three advanced Homies miraculously and eerily merged together, transforming into a dragon-human figure over fifty meters long, with a dragon's head and a human body.

The three dragon heads are exactly the same, except for their colors: the middle dragon head is crimson, the left dragon head is bright white, and the right dragon head is bluish-white.

Besides having three dragon heads, the dragon-man also has six arms, is muscular, and has a robust body. His body is covered with pale purple scales, and he has a pale purple tail. He exudes an extremely terrifying aura, as if he comes from the wilderness.

The mouths of the three dragon heads opened wide, spewing out blazing white lightning, golden-white flames, and bluish-white gales...

Three forces intertwined at the neck, transforming into pale purple light waves that swept across the neck from left to right as the dragon head rotated...

Paper Ninja Tool River, highly corrosive river, iron sand triangular cone, white explosive giant tiger, all turned into nothingness upon contact with the pale purple light wave.

The four hurriedly dodged backward, and the soil and rocks swept by the pale purple light wave turned into nothingness.

"Hiss... Grandpa's Dust Release?" Deidara exclaimed in shock after landing.

The combined power of three high-level Homies is naturally not Dust Release, but the power formed by the combination of fire, lightning and wind is by no means inferior to Dust Release!

Dust Release is formed by the fusion of wind, earth, and fire. In terms of destructive power, lightning is stronger than earth, and the rules of this world happen to be that lightning release counters earth release.

None of the three, including Konan, answered Deidara's question, because the dragon man had already charged over.

Despite its enormous size, the dragon was incredibly fast. It wielded the power of wind and thunder, and its six arms, wreathed in golden-white flames, slammed down relentlessly.

Boom, boom, boom...

Earth, rocks, and flames flew everywhere, smoke and dust filled the air, and the earth trembled, leaving Xiao Nan and her three companions in a rather disheveled state.

Fortunately, all four were Kage-level powerhouses, and they quickly reacted, dodging and counterattacking in coordination.

However, the dragon people's defense is truly remarkable. Ordinary attacks cannot penetrate the pale purple scales covering their entire bodies, and attacks that can break through their defenses cannot cause fatal injuries, as they recover very quickly.

However, the dragon-men's attacks are no joke. Whether it's a punch, a kick, a tail, or the energy attacks spewed from their mouths, they are all untouchable, much like teaming up to fight a big boss in a game...

"retreat!"

Seeing Yecang leading his men in a flanking maneuver, Xiao Nan made a decisive decision.

The three of them had long since given up on fighting, so they immediately agreed.

The four of them each used a powerful attack to force the dragonman back, and then quickly fled backwards...

This approach is undoubtedly very rational. If the four of them dared to use flight, they would become easy targets for the dragon people, and it would be highly likely that they would be killed.

The only one who might survive is Mei Terumi. As someone who signed the psychic contract, Shurou and the others are able to sense the connection in the dark.

If the Dragon Man had pursued them further, the Akatsuki would have had at least one or two members left alive today. However, the Dragon Man did not pursue them further, allowing all four to escape unscathed.

Because Uchiha Gen had already guessed that Pakura would summon high-level Homies to fight, he had given the order in advance.

The reason is simple: the Akatsuki members still have value in Uchiha Gen's plans!

(End of this chapter)