chapter 157 part 2
Uchiha Ren's tone shifted. "It proves that children without parents are indeed prone to becoming psychologically twisted!"
Sasori finally realized he had been played and roared, "You're asking for death!"
Madness flashed in Sasori of the Red Sand's eyes. He rapidly formed hand seals.
In an instant, the surrounding sand and earth seemed to be pulled by an invisible, powerful force. A gigantic Magnet Release Iron Sand rectangular prism materialized out of thin air under his control!
At this moment, the Magnet Release Iron Sand three-pronged spike and cylinder, which Uchiha Ren had previously struck away, traced several peculiar arcs in the air. As if precisely manipulated by an invisible hand, they swiftly adjusted their attack positions and, along with the newly formed rectangular prism, surged toward Uchiha Ren.
Front, back, and above!
The three shapes, from three completely different yet perfectly coordinated angles, formed an impenetrable net of death, completely sealing off Uchiha Ren's escape routes!
Just as the deadly combined attack was about to touch Uchiha Ren's body, his figure flickered like a ghost. He shifted his body, narrowly dodging the downward press of the rectangular prism by a hair's breadth.
Simultaneously, he raised his right fist high, filled with surging rage and indignation, and fiercely slammed it toward the flying cylinder.
*Thump!* The air seemed to explode instantly, emitting a dull roar. The cylinder was once again sent flying by this savage force!
However, danger followed him like a shadow. The three-pronged spike, taking advantage of the moment Uchiha Ren threw his punch, darted forward with lightning speed.
Uchiha Ren's eyes flashed. He struck away the three-pronged spike with the same posture!
But before Uchiha Ren could regain his composure, the two Iron Sand forms that had been struck away, under the remote control of Magnet Release, changed their flight paths again and flew back toward him!
For a time, Uchiha Ren fell into an extremely passive situation, with no leisure to perform hand seals and cast ninjutsu.
He clenched his teeth, only able to rely on his extremely tough physical strength and the incomparably domineering Armament Haki. He repeatedly swung his fists, engaging in the most direct, fiery, hand-to-hand combat against these endlessly cycling Magnet Release attacks.
And this was only Sasori of the Red Sand's second stage!
Thinking of this, Uchiha Ren dared not delay further.
He stomped violently on the ground. As he stepped in place, it was as if he had stirred up an invisible vortex, causing the surrounding rainwater to spin wildly. His figure, like a phantom, flickered between reality and illusion, appearing and disappearing.
Under Sasori of the Red Sand's locked gaze, Uchiha Ren unleashed "Shave" from the Six Powers!
In an instant, his body seemed to transform into a black bolt of lightning, accelerating in a flash and leaving a trail of blurry afterimages as he gradually closed in on Sasori.
Sasori, as a puppet master, naturally knew what Uchiha Ren was preparing to do.
While manipulating the Third Kazekage puppet's Magnet Release to attack Uchiha Ren, Sasori raised his own hand.
The wooden plug in his palm was triggered and slowly dropped.
From within, a jet-black metal tube extended.
"Scroll: Flaming Hell Scorch Array!" Sasori uttered these words coldly.
The next second, scorching high temperatures roared forth!
Wherever it passed, rainwater instantly vaporized, and the air itself was intensely distorted by the heat!
The scorching flames sprayed out a hundred meters in an instant, forcing Uchiha Ren to change his trajectory!
He simultaneously punched away the three Magnet Release forms while flashing to evade the high temperature of the Flaming Hell Scorch Array.
Just as he was narrowly maneuvering away from danger, several flames uncontrollably lashed out at the Magnet Release three-pronged spike in the air!
But they quickly changed direction, once again chasing Uchiha Ren.
Uchiha Ren caught it from the corner of his eye.
When the high-temperature flames touched the cold, hard Iron Sand, the Iron Sand struggled to resist such scorching corrosion. Droplets of molten metal slowly seeped from its surface, shimmering with an orange-red glow, cascading down the Iron Sand's contours, and plunging into the water below. They made a "hissing" sound and instantly generated large plumes of mist.
Flames that could so easily melt Magnet Release metal. Their temperature far exceeded his understanding of Fire Style.
This was far hotter than a Great Fireball!
The raging flames pursued relentlessly. Uchiha Ren's figure remained agile, dodging left and right under the frantic licking of the fiery tongues.
His mind was clear. He knew that Sasori of the Red Sand's body was a modified puppet; even if he maintained this fiery offensive for a long time, there was absolutely no chance of him running out of energy.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Ren immediately made a decision. He swiftly pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch.
Immediately after, he infused Lightning-affinity Chakra into the kunai.
In an instant, the originally ordinary kunai seemed to become an awakened divine lightning weapon, radiating a dazzling blue Chakra light from its entire body.
It was a pity that the Ren Arakawas only knew how to imbue the feathers from their own ukaku—a part of their bodies—with Armament Haki.
Now without his wings, Uchiha Ren could only throw an ordinary "Lightning Kunai" to attack Sasori of the Red Sand.
The thrown kunai flew out, carrying a whistling wind and blue lightning, heading straight for Sasori.
Sasori, seeing this, showed no change in expression. He calmly manipulated the Flaming Hell Scorch Array, attempting to use the fire to block and burn the incoming kunai.
The flames grew more intense, as if trying to ignite the air itself. Sasori initially thought the kunai would turn to ash under the scorching flames, but he was surprised to see that the blue Chakra light not only didn't dim but drew ever closer.
Sasori's heart sank. From the corner of his eye, he spotted the Hiruko puppet on the ground, which Kakashi had previously sliced open. Without hesitation, he swiftly moved his ten fingers, and Chakra threads instantly shot from his fingertips, precisely wrapping around Hiruko's remains.
Immediately after, he manipulated the Hiruko puppet, causing it to violently soar up and block him!
*Clack!* With a crisp sound, the Lightning Kunai thrown by Uchiha Ren fiercely pierced into Hiruko's body. The kunai was firmly lodged in the puppet's hard outer shell, unable to penetrate further.
Uchiha Ren stared at this scene, thinking it was a pity.
If he had been holding a Lightning Feather enhanced with Armament Haki, Sasori, that complacent fellow, would probably have had an arm blasted off on the spot.
Taking advantage of Sasori being obstructed, Uchiha Ren rapidly formed hand seals!