Rasa had noticed Tatsumi long ago.
Tatsumi's strength, far surpassing his peers, attracted Rasa's interest. So, he used his abilities to spy on Tatsumi for a long time.
After thoroughly understanding all sorts of information about him, he eagerly jumped out, wanting to personally eliminate this opponent.
Looking at Tatsumi, who was already bound by the sand, Rasa smiled triumphantly. Then, he grabbed with his right hand in mid-air and said, "Sand Binding Coffin."
The sand instantly began to contract, but Tatsumi, enveloped within, suddenly erupted with lightning all over his body.
"Chidori!"
Boom! The sand sphere was torn open from the middle by the Chidori, and Tatsumi charged directly out. The penetrating power of the Lightning Release Chidori could easily break through the sand's restraints.
The escaping Tatsumi slid for more than ten meters on the ground.
"That's really surprising. I rarely see anyone who can break free from the inside when caught by the sand," Rasa praised, but he was somewhat vigilant in his heart.
The opponent's chakra reserves were clearly beyond his expectations. This was something he hadn't anticipated before.
For Rasa, continuously manipulating such a large amount of sand was also a considerable burden. It seemed he had to think of a way to lure the opponent closer.
Having made up his mind, Rasa waved the sand again, but this time the scale and speed of the sand were no longer as powerful as before.
This situation undoubtedly made it easier for Tatsumi to evade. Seeing the flaws exposed by Rasa, he decisively used a Body Flicker Technique to bypass the sand restraints and quickly approached his opponent.
At the same time, his Sharingan was aimed at Rasa.
In an instant, a Genjutsu was unleashed, and Rasa's body stopped.
Currently, for Tatsumi, the most convenient ninjutsu to easily penetrate the opponent's sand defense was Chidori. Without any hesitation, Chidori appeared in Tatsumi's hand, and his speed increased again.
After piercing through the sand wall, Tatsumi's speed did not decrease, and he instantly appeared in front of Rasa. He swung his right hand, carrying lightning release, and stabbed towards Rasa's chest.
However, the sand on the ground suddenly began to sink as if it had a life of its own. Tatsumi lost his footing for a moment, and his entire body staggered.
After Tatsumi stabilized his body, the corners of Rasa's mouth curled up, and two streams of sand quickly wrapped around and covered Tatsumi's hands.
Then, the sand, like venomous snakes, enveloped Tatsumi again.
"Let's see how you form hand seals this time!" Rasa grabbed with both hands, and his fists suddenly clenched.
"Desert Funeral!"
"Tatsumi!" Nawaki, who was in the midst of battle, noticed Tatsumi's situation and couldn't help but shout. At the same time, a huge water dragon was released, forcing away the surrounding ninjas, wanting to come and help Tatsumi.
However, the Sand Village ninjas were also quite strong. He quickly retreated, dodging the huge water dragon, and quickly followed Nawaki's footsteps, fully restraining Nawaki's advance.
The Sharingan in Mikoto's eyes spun even more frantically.
In an instant, her speed had increased by a factor of two compared to before. In Mikoto's vision, the enemy who had just been evenly matched with her seemed to have slowed down a lot.
In just an instant, her kunai slid past the neck of the Sand Ninja blocking her path and appeared behind him.
But she was still some distance away from Tatsumi. At this time, the surrounding sand also began to tremble violently.
However, the expected condensation of sand did not occur. Instead, a burst of blue light suddenly overflowed from the inside of the sand, followed by crackling sounds.
"Chidori Current."
Tatsumi was covered in blue chakra lightning. All the original sand was blown away in an instant.
With him as the center, within a radius of one meter, all the sand was pushed away, and the dazzling current cut off all attacks.
"You guys focus on dealing with your enemies, I'm fine," Tatsumi shouted to Mikoto and Nawaki.
On the battlefield, all enemies were not simple characters. A little distraction could lead to serious injury or even death.
"Okay, be careful."
Nawaki was originally rushing towards this side, but seeing that Tatsumi was fine, he suddenly flipped over, and his right hand's kunai slashed fiercely at the Rock Ninja who was chasing after him.
Mikoto also breathed a sigh of relief and rejoined the battlefield. However, her position seemed to subtly shift towards Tatsumi.
Seeing Mikoto's small movements, Tatsumi just smiled knowingly.
"What are you smiling at?" Rasa narrowed his eyes. "Just a little bit more, and I could have taken your life."
"Yeah, what a pity. I admit I was a little careless just now. Actually, you weren't caught in my Genjutsu at all, right?" Tatsumi folded his arms and chatted with his opponent while recovering his chakra.
Tatsumi was a little strange before, why Rasa's sand's speed and power were so much weaker than before.
He originally thought that Rasa's chakra was not enough. It turned out that the other party deliberately exposed the flaws to lure Tatsumi closer.
Because of the Magnet Release and Sand Armor, Tatsumi wanted to defeat Rasa, he had to get close to him. And Tatsumi's common tactics, usually at the moment of getting close, use Genjutsu to directly control the opponent.
Rasa also knew this, so he pretended to be caught in Genjutsu, luring Tatsumi closer. Then, at the moment when Tatsumi got close, he directly used Desert Funeral.
I have to say, this plan was really good. Rasa really knew Tatsumi's fighting style very well. Information, at certain times, can indeed play a decisive role.
Rasa showed a regretful expression.
"That's right, I wasn't caught in Genjutsu." The eye on his eye socket suddenly shattered, turning into a thin layer of sand. Then the sand re-blocked his eyes.
"Possessing Magnet Release, I can use sand to sense your movements. That is to say, sand is my eyes, and your Sharingan is ineffective against me."
"That's really an interesting piece of information," Tatsumi showed a meaningful smile.
"Yeah, without Genjutsu, your strength will be greatly reduced, right? Today, all of you will die here!" Rasa shouted ferociously. Behind him, a sea of sand suddenly flew high, overwhelmingly engulfing Tatsumi.
Chidori reappeared in Tatsumi's hand. His body jumped high, directly breaking through the covering sand, as if transformed into a line of flowing light, directly rushing towards Rasa.
"Useless!" Rasa shook his head.
Sure enough, when Tatsumi appeared next to Rasa, his feet had sunk into the sand and could no longer move forward.
Then Rasa waved his hand, and a spear composed of gold dust appeared in his hand.
Tatsumi just smiled, then raised his head and looked up at the sky at a forty-five degree angle. In the high altitude, an eye was floating, staring at Tatsumi.
"Genjutsu: Dream Lock Body."
"What..." Rasa froze for a moment, and the spear in his hand fell to the ground.
The originally dissipated Chidori reappeared in Tatsumi's hand, and the dazzling lightning quickly pierced towards Rasa's chest.
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