Chapter 116: The Puppet Master's Battle

After Imu led the elite Sand Village to break into the Land of Fire, along the way, with the perception of the ninjas in the team constantly overloaded, they searched everywhere for the lone Konoha team.

In just two days, they had killed more than twenty patrol teams and mission teams, and almost all the Konoha teams in the southern part of the Land of Fire had been wiped out by them.

"Prepare to retreat!" Yimu said to the group of Sand Ninjas behind him, "We have achieved our set goal. What follows is a large-scale war between the village and Konoha."

Suddenly, an angry shout came from a distance, "Since you are here, don't leave! The Sand Village ninjas have entered our Land of Fire. If you leave like this, won't others think that our Konoha is not hospitable enough???"

When Yimu saw the newcomer, his face changed and he shouted hurriedly, "The Sand Village, led by Ye Cang! Quickly evacuate along the original route!!! June, come with me to stop them!!!"

The visitor was none other than the "Konoha White Fang" Hatake Sakumo who had led the team all the way here on the trail.

Seeing that the murderer who had been slaughtering Konoha ninjas along the way was not far away, the chakra in Hatake Sakumo's body exploded further, dazzling lightning flashed around him, and his speed suddenly increased to another level.

"White Fang Sword Technique: Flash!"

The lightning chakra spread to the white fang in Hatake Sakumo's hand, and then the man and the sword became one, like a flash of lightning, rushing straight towards Imu.

"Puppetry·Puppet Substitute!"

When Imu saw Hatake Sakumo, he immediately released all his puppets. Five puppets of different shapes floated beside him. Then, when Hatake Sakumo's attack was about to arrive, Imu replaced his body with the puppets in time and avoided the fatal blow.

But at the same time, the puppet that was blocking the attack for him was also cut into two pieces by Hatake Sakumo's fierce attack.

"As expected of Konoha White Fang!" Imu, who was still in shock, said. He knew that Hatake Sakumo was very strong, but he didn't expect him to be so strong that he destroyed one of his puppets as soon as they met.

Liu Yue took action at this time. Five puppets also floated beside her. "Puppetry: Spread poisonous smoke!"

A thick purple poisonous smoke came out of June's puppet's mouth and gradually spread to the entire area. She and Yimu had already taken the corresponding antidotes, so they were not afraid of it.

"Wind Style: Infinite Breakthrough!!!"

The Anbu led by Hatake Sakumo also arrived at this time. They started with a combination of wind jutsu, which blew away the spreading poisonous smoke in time.

"You keep chasing, I'll be right here!" Hatake Sakumo ordered the Konoha Anbu who had arrived, and then attacked Imu and June again. He wanted to fight two at once.

Hatake Sakumo approached again with a knife in hand. In his eyes, the puppeteer's body was very weak. For him, as long as he had a chance, it would only take one knife to kill him.

"June, get ready, that's the only trick we can use. The two of us are no match for him!" Yimu, whose puppet had been destroyed, said calmly at this time. In such a situation, even if this trump card is not used skillfully, they can only try it as a last resort.

When June heard what Yimu said, although she was still worried about using this unfamiliar move, she had no choice but to follow Yimu's instructions. While Yimu was controlling the puppet to briefly entangle Hatake Sakumo, she took out another scroll from her ninja tool bag and quickly released five puppets.

"Yi Mu!" June called out loudly, and Yi Mu, who heard June's shout, immediately controlled the remaining four puppets and attacked Hatake Sakumo regardless of the loss. After surrounding Hatake Sakumo, he blew himself up, and Yi Mu himself quickly came to June's side.

"Cough cough cough!!!" Hatake Sakumo rushed out of the range of the explosion covered in dust. Although he covered his whole body with lightning chakra in time to form a chakra armor similar to that of the Raikage, he was still injured in the sudden and violent explosion.

Hatake Sakumo looked at Yimu and Liuyue solemnly. He knew that Yimu was so unwilling to care about the loss of his puppets and was determined to withdraw from the battle. He must be preparing a stronger trick.

"White Secret Technique: Ten Machine Maneuvers!!!"

Yimu and Liuyue used this White Secret Technique together. Compared with his mother Chiyo, Yimu could only control seven puppets at most, so in most combat situations, he would only control five puppets to fight the enemy. Later, he met his wife Liuyue, who was also a talented puppeteer. With his wife's help, he found another way and developed a version of the White Secret Technique that was used by the two of them.

And this is not a simple case of two people each controlling five puppets, a total of ten puppets, fighting together, because originally Yimu and Liuyue could control five puppets each, otherwise Bai's secret technique could not be a forbidden technique of the puppeteer.

The essence of this move is that the two people have a total of 20 fingers, each of which is matched with two others. Each person controls 10 puppets, but each has a division of labor. With the incomparable tacit understanding between the couple, Yimu is responsible for controlling 10 puppets to attack, while Liuyue is responsible for controlling 10 puppets to defend. If the practitioners did not have an extraordinary tacit cooperation, it would be very easy for them to hold each other back.

Looking at the ten puppets surrounding him under the joint control of the two, Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but smile bitterly, his face full of solemnity.

This really shows respect for Hatake Sakumo, even using such a move!

A normal Sand Village puppeteer can usually only control one or two puppets to fight the enemy. A jonin or elite jonin can only control three. Even the Kage-level Ebizo and the previous Iki and Junyue can only control five puppets, which is already the limit.

The only ones who could control ten puppets at the same time were the late Second Kazekage Shamon and Chikamatsu Jumonzaemon who developed the Chikamatsu Juninshu. In today's ninja world, only Chiyo can control ten puppets to fight at the same time.

Today, as an opponent, Hatake Sakumo witnessed an alternative way of fighting by controlling ten puppets.

The increase in the number of puppets does not simply add up the combat effectiveness. If these puppets can be perfectly controlled to cooperate with each other, the combat effectiveness can be increased exponentially.

Hatake Sakumo looked at the ten puppets floating in front of him and decided to test the opponent's strength first.

Under the control of Imu and Junyue, the two puppets took the lead and rushed towards Hatake Sakumo. One of the puppets in the shape of a tiger opened its mouth wide, and countless thousand swords were fired out densely under the action of the mechanism.

"Puppetry: Eight Needle Waves!!!"

As for the other puppet, a huge machete extended from its right arm along with the sound of mechanical movement.

"Puppetry·Poisonous Sword!!!"