Deidara's hand is still broken.
This guy lives so happily he might as well be an idiot.
Even with a broken arm, Deidara is still smiling happily. What on earth gives this guy such a good attitude!
This time, to defeat Gaara, Deidara had to use a little trick, paying the price of losing an arm to blow Gaara into a critical state.
Uehara Naraku glanced at Gaara on the back of the clay giant bird, relieved that this guy wasn't dead, and then looked at that idiot Deidara.
The blond youth's left arm was ripped off by Gaara's yellow sand, so now Deidara was happily waving his severed left arm at Uehara with his right hand...
Uehara Naraku's eye twitched, damn idiot!
Your hand is broken, what's there to laugh about!
Uehara Naraku flew down beside Deidara, took over Deidara's arm, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Let me just say, I've never learned how to reattach limbs..."
"..."
Deidara's smile instantly froze on his face.
In the next moment, Deidara suddenly reached out with his right hand to grab Uehara Naraku's collar, trembling all over as he cursed, "Bastard, didn't you say as long as I didn't die, you could save me?
Didn't you save that bastard Hozuki Mangetsu when he was almost dead? And now you're telling me you can't do this little limb reattachment surgery!"
Damn it, what the hell!
A medical ninja who can't reattach limbs!
Aren't you just messing with me?
Uehara Naraku pointed to Sasori of the Red Sand in the distance, without arguing, he just explained, "Senior Sasori probably can, Senior Kakuzu probably can too. Those two are pretty good at these little surgeries. I really can't, I have a phobia of blood..."
"Give me a better excuse!"
Deidara grumbled as he released Uehara's collar, looking curiously over at Sasori and Granny Chiyo locked in battle in the distance, letting out a slight "Eh": "Is that really Sasori's true form? Why does he look so young? Uehara, why aren't you helping out?"
"Can't do it."
Uehara Naraku spread his palms and said softly, "Senior Sasori made himself into a human puppet. His granny, Granny Chiyo, saw her grandson can't marry and continue the family line, so this is a family matter..."
Uehara Naraku spoke utter nonsense with a serious face.
Deidara nodded solemnly, surprisingly believing it: "We really probably shouldn't get involved in such matters… Hey, Sasori, the mission is complete, come back quickly!"
"Shut up, I know!"
Sasori of the Red Sand swiftly maneuvered the Third Kazekage and Fourth Kazekage above him, conjuring a black-gold magnetic sand wave to form a defensive wall.
This defensive barrier was unusually strong. No matter what the Hidden Sand's ninjutsu or the puppets' weapons, none could penetrate it.
Taking this opportunity, Sasori of the Red Sand jumped onto the ancient giant dragon, immediately starting to curse at Deidara: "You little brat, you made me wait so long!"
"Sasori, don't be so old-fashioned!"
Deidara looked at Sasori's young, handsome little face, playfully walked to Sasori's side, and draped his cloud black robe over him.
Deidara even curiously reached out to touch Sasori's hair: "You look younger than me! Yet you always had that old-fashioned demeanor..."
Sasori's true appearance was incredibly deceptive!
No matter how much Deidara wanted to treat him with the respect he once did, it all felt a bit off because he looked so young, only in his teens!
Sasori of the Red Sand donned the robe, glaring coldly at Deidara, eyes full of killing intent: "Let go, get lost!"
"Hey, hey, hey, have a little respect!"
Deidara shrugged, pouting his lips: "You're so young, you ought to call me Big Brother Deidara from now on, alright?"
"Shut up!"
"Why are you so impolite!"
"Shut up, or I'll kill you!"
"Why are you like this!"
Deidara puffed his cheeks discontentedly, insisting: "I've been calling you Master Sasori for so many years, can't you just call me Big Brother for once?"
"..."
Sasori of the Red Sand suddenly didn't want to argue anymore.
Deidara was such an idiot jokester.
If it weren't for this brat's past show of respect, always protective of him, Sasori of the Red Sand really would have liked to sew that mouth of Deidara's shut...
But right now, Deidara had something more in need of stitching.
Sasori of the Red Sand glanced at the spot where Deidara's arm was severed and said coldly, "Uehara, let's find a place to stitch this brat's arm back on!"
"Can't you just call me Big Brother Deidara?"
Deidara pouted, sitting cross-legged unhappily on the ancient giant dragon with his broken arm: "Would it really kill you to call me Big Brother once?"
"..."
Sasori of the Red Sand remained silent for a while.
In the next moment, the Chakra Line in his hand suddenly snapped out swiftly, tightly binding Deidara's mouth, leaving him only able to make muffled sounds.
The Art Duo finally stopped bickering.
Sasori of the Red Sand turned to look at Uehara Naraku and Nagato: "Alright, let's go. If there are any pursuers, I'll leave them to you!"
"Sure, I won't let any pursuers from the Hidden Sand Village catch up."
Uehara Naraku chuckled, nodding at Sasori of the Red Sand. He tapped the head of the Ancient Giant Dragon and smiled as he commanded, "Alright, let's go now! Before we leave, you can finally unleash yourself!"
"Roar!"
The Ancient Giant Dragon let out an earth-shattering roar!
In the next moment, this creature arguably the strongest Summoning Beast in the Ninja World rose up, leaping into the sky and soaring above the Hidden Sand Village!
Granny Chiyo saw the silhouette of the Ancient Giant Dragon in the sky, pulling on her Puppet Strings, trying to grasp the dragon's limbs.
However, the Ancient Giant Dragon didn't care at all, effortlessly breaking the Puppet Strings with a slight force. It even turned and spewed out a massive Fireball, forcing Granny Chiyo to leap away to avoid it.
"Don't think you can escape!"
"The Kazekage is on that monster!"
"Take back the Kazekage!"
"Hurry up and chase!"
A group of Hidden Sand Ninja shouted as they gathered into a series of ninja squads, preparing to converge at the exit of the Hidden Sand Village.
However, the Ancient Giant Dragon did not choose to leave but instead slowly increased its altitude. After reaching a high point in the sky, it raised its head and unleashed a massive Fireball downwards!
A huge Fireball suddenly struck from thousands of meters high, landing precisely in the center of the Hidden Sand Village. The ground shook instantly, followed by a violent explosion!
The overwhelming blast wave swept through everything in the Hidden Sand Village!
One by one, the solid houses were instantly toppled by the blast wave. These structures, which were enough to withstand sandstorms, couldn't withstand the impact wave from the Fireball's descent and explosion!
No matter what level of ninja they were, they were all sent flying!
Even the defensive high walls surrounding the Hidden Sand Village collapsed after being hit by the blast wave, and the ninjas stationed here fell into the ruins.
Uehara Naraku glanced at the Ancient Giant Dragon's devastation of most of the ninjas in the Hidden Sand Village. His own Dark Harvest gains had tripled his three-dimensional attributes.
This feels amazing!
It's almost too good to be true.
Overnight, Uehara Naraku's three-dimensional attributes, which were originally over seventy thousand, directly exceeded two hundred thousand due to Dark Harvest.
It must be said, for Uehara Naraku to harvest so much in the Hidden Sand Village, both Konoha and the Hidden Sand Village, along with Uehara Naraku, have to bear this responsibility.
After the Third Ninja World War ended, the Hidden Sand Village, economically impoverished, had no choice but to cut down on ninja personnel, shifting towards cultivating elite ninjas.
Of course, their elite cultivation didn't really produce anything...
Therefore, the military strength of the Hidden Sand Village has often ranked at the bottom among the Five Great Countries.
When the Land of Grass incident occurred, the Hidden Sand Village openly supported Konoha, regaining tasks and funding from the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Wind.
To maintain the title of one of the Five Great Countries and face the threat of the Hidden Rain Village's up-and-coming genius Uehara Naraku, the Hidden Sand Village began to gradually restore its ninja ranks.
Now with thousands of ninjas in the Hidden Sand Village, Dark Harvest directly provided Uehara Naraku with over a hundred thousand three-dimensional attributes.
Life Energy: 210,921
Chakra Energy: 209,790
Natural Energy: 208,790
Life Energy Recovery: 108 points/second
Chakra Energy Recovery: 108 points/second
Natural Energy Recovery: 216 points/second
Skill Cooldown Reduction: 100%
Remaining Gold Coins: 6430
Dark Harvest: Upon defeating a ninja, you gain a portion of the enemy's power, increasing Life Energy, Chakra Energy, and Natural Energy by 10 points each time. Current total increases: Life Energy 149,630, Chakra Energy 149,630, Natural Energy 149,630 points.
This is absolutely insane!
The harvest from crushing a ninja village of the Five Great Countries is unbelievably high.
The destruction of the Hidden Grass Village only yielded over ten thousand in the past, but now the Hidden Sand Village gives over a hundred thousand!
Uehara Naraku patted his heart, which was beating a little fast. There are at least eighty thousand ninjas in the Ninja World!
Uehara Naraku couldn't help but want to thank one person.
That person is Shimura Danzo, whom he killed early on.
If Uehara Naraku hadn't killed Shimura Danzo early, he wouldn't have obtained the god-level passive skill, Dark Harvest.
Uehara Naraku is on a path of becoming increasingly stronger, and the future of the Five Great Countries' ninja villages will become bleak. It really is all thanks to Shimura Danzo...