Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 191 Regeneration Nucleus

This iron sand barrier, like a giant shield, tightly envelops Sasori of the Red Sand, forming an impenetrable defense.

The water dragon crashed directly into the sand iron wall, unleashing a deafening roar. Water splashed everywhere, and lightning crackled on the sand iron wall. Under the fierce impact of the water dragon, it was forced back dozens of meters before it could barely regain its footing.

Boruto drew a sharp sword from behind him, gripped the hilt tightly, and leaped forward like an arrow released from a bow.

As the sword flashed, the once indestructible iron sand wall became as fragile as paper under Boruto's sword, and was easily torn apart.

Wherever the sword's edge went, not only was the iron sand sliced ​​through, but even the puppets hidden inside were not spared, being cut in half. After successfully breaking through the iron sand wall, Boruto let out a soft shout: "Shinya."

Upon hearing Boruto's call, Shinja immediately sprang into action. Its massive body moved swiftly, its gaping maw clamping down on the Third Kazekage's puppet.

Xin Ya's teeth, like sharp scissors, easily destroyed the puppet's core, disrupting its core control mechanism. Then, Xin Ya spat out the crushed puppet remains from his mouth with a look of disgust.

Without the control of the Third Kazekage's puppet, the iron sand that had been floating in the air lost its chakra support and, like lifeless raindrops, scattered to the ground.

At this moment, the puppet parts scattered all over the ground by Sasori of the Red Sand began to tremble, and were eventually pieced back together by chakra threads.

Sasori, facing the power Boruto displayed, said in a deep voice, "I admit you're a remarkable brat. I never expected there to be someone like you in Konoha."

The moment Boruto broke the Iron Sand, Sasori immediately used the Third Kazekage puppet as a shield, using it as a shield. At the same time, he took advantage of the puppet's special structure to split it at the joint, allowing him to escape with the "Regeneration Core" on his left chest. He himself became scrap metal, just like the Third Kazekage puppet.

"To think that you could push me to this point, it seems that using other humanoid puppets would be of no use." Sasori of the Red Sand stretched out his hand and slowly untied his Akatsuki robe, revealing the steel cable with deadly poison in the abdomen of his own puppet: "It's been a long time since I've used my own body."

Sasori of the Red Sand summoned a powerful fire ninjutsu from his scroll: "Scroll: Infernal Prison Formation!" As he spoke, a burst of raging flames erupted from the channels in his palm.

Sasori of the Red Sand uses the chakra generated from his own core to control the intensity and range of his flames, giving them powerful melting force and extremely high temperature.

"Red Secret Technique: Hundred Machine Manipulation".

At the same time, Sasori of the Red Sand took out another scroll and summoned hundreds of puppets dressed in red robes to appear on the battlefield.

Each puppet is equipped with different weapons, from swords to spears to all sorts of strange tools. The puppets' movements are controlled by the chakra threads emitted from the "regeneration core" within Scorpion's body.

Because of the existence of the "Regeneration Core", even without using his fingers to directly control them, Scorpion can accurately reflect the puppeteer's will in the puppet's movements. Therefore, these hundreds of puppets can be controlled by him as freely as his own hands and feet.

Granny Chiyo was so shocked by the hundreds of puppets summoned by Sasori of the Red Sand that she couldn't close her mouth.

In the world of puppeteers, the number of puppets a person can control is indeed an important standard for measuring their strength and skill. Usually, due to the limitation of the number of fingers, a puppeteer can control a maximum of ten puppets at the same time, which is the limit.

However, Scorpion's abilities far exceeded this traditional limit, breaking the norm and enabling him to control hundreds of puppets simultaneously, reaching the pinnacle of puppetry.

Granny Chiyo frowned deeply. She knew that although she possessed the Chikamatsu Ten, they paled in comparison to the power displayed by Sasori of the Red Sand. In this situation, they were simply unable to play their due role.

The sheer number and quality of the puppets controlled by Sasori, along with his unconventional manipulation abilities, put unprecedented pressure on Granny Chiyo.

While Granny Chiyo was pondering, Sasori of the Red Sand did not stop. He quickly manipulated the hundred puppets and charged towards Boruto, intending to use their numerical advantage to quickly suppress and defeat him.

Boruto pulled out a shuriken imbued with purple lightning chakra and hurled it forcefully in front of him: "Shuriken: Shadow Clone Technique!"

The purple lightning shuriken split into countless shuriken in mid-air, like a metal storm, hurtling towards the puppets and aiming directly at their vital parts.

In just a moment, a third of the puppets were destroyed by the violent arcs of the Purple Lightning Shuriken and fell to the ground.

However, as the number of puppets floating in the sky decreased, Sasori's control over the remaining puppets became more precise. He was able to concentrate the power of the chakra threads more effectively, thus barely managing to block Boruto's remaining attacks.

After this wave of attacks, Sasori of the Red Sand was able to control a large number of puppets, from a hundred to less than twenty.

Sasori's main body circled around to follow Boruto, and the blade on his arm slashed straight at him, but Boruto grabbed him and placed his hand on the "regeneration core" with the character for "scorpion" written on Sasori's left chest, saying, "This is the device that sustains your life, isn't it?"

When Boruto captured him and touched the "Regeneration Core," Sasori of the Red Sand did not utter a word. He pulled on the steel cable on his abdomen and stabbed towards Boruto's head, aiming for a fatal blow.

However, Sasori suddenly discovered that the turntable he was controlling with the steel cable was stuck. When he looked down, he found that a long sword was stuck in his abdomen. The blade was precisely wedged in the turntable that controlled the steel cable, making it impossible for him to manipulate the steel cable freely.

Seeing this, Sasori of the Red Sand gave a bitter smile. All his attack strategies and puppet techniques had been seen through by the young opponent in front of him.

Sasori glanced at Grandma Chiyo behind Boruto with a complicated expression, then slowly lowered his eyes, ceasing his struggle, seemingly accepting his impending death.

Just as Boruto was about to destroy Sasori's "Regeneration Core" and end the battle, Granny Chiyo's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Boruto's actions.

"Wait a minute! Boruto! Can I say a few last words to my grandson?"