Shadow of the Wood

Chapter 280 Withering

The air in the coastal areas is already humid, and there have been several heavy rains in the Tianzhi country in recent days, which makes people even more irritable.

Didara took a sip of tea and sighed comfortably, only then did he feel his thirst eased a bit.Looking at the silent red sand scorpion, he focused his attention on the rain curtain. The continuous heavy rain covered the city, making the scene somewhat blurry, but apart from being in a daze, Didara didn't know what to do next. What are you doing.

Since the red sand scorpion robbed Gaara and killed the sand ninjas such as Ebino and Kankuro who came after him, he seemed a little taciturn.

Deidala has no lack of malicious speculation that he may have been a little depressed because he was almost killed by Chiyo in the end and found that the "eternal art" he had always believed in was so fragile.

There were still a few soldiers with knives around their waists in the teahouse. Seeing that Didala had taken off his bamboo hat and was wearing a rebellious forehead, he did not dare to be presumptuous and talked in a low voice. At that time, business was already difficult to do. Since the opening today, he has only met two groups of customers. They were either soldiers or rebels. He didn't even have the guts to go up and collect the bills.

"When will this battle be over?" Xu Shi saw that Didala and the Red Sand Scorpion were relatively quiet, and the soldiers at the other table couldn't help talking louder. A young man put down his tea bowl and said with a sad face , "The family's farm work has been delayed, and the food and salary cannot be paid."

"Whether you can win or not is the question. You still want to end the war?" A companion next to him sneered when he heard the words, but his tone was also very bitter.

"It will be miserable if you lose. I heard that after those people in the south capture a city, they will kill all the men and distribute the women and property to the soldiers." One person said worriedly.

"Yeah, I also heard that the soldiers over there sometimes eat human flesh, so they are all burly, and they use living sacrifices to the devil, and they can't be cut with knives. That's why the ninjas and samurai hired by the lord and the daimyo are no match. They." Another person echoed.

Didara and the Scarlet Sand Scorpion couldn't help looking at each other when they heard what the soldiers were talking about, and Didara almost laughed out loud.The intelligence they have is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary soldiers. The major ninja villages did not participate in the civil war in Tanokuni because of Nara Shikamaru's deterrence in the ninja world. , Ri Xiangning, Akimichi Dingji and other former Konoha ninjas blocked it.This is why there is no doubt that Nara Shikamaru is behind Yijiao and this war.

The information mastered by the general has told Didara and the Red Sand Scorpion that Shikamaru is proficient in space ninjutsu. If he misses a hit, the two must find a way to prevent Shikamaru from avoiding the battle. This war and the main connection between Yijiao and Shikamaru are likely to seize Shikamaru's weakness.

"Let's go, I'm afraid we won't get any information here." The Red Sand Scorpion said disdainfully. This place has not been affected by the war for the time being. Or understand the situation from the false news passed by those in power, and demonize the southern army led by Qingji Uesugi, without the useful information that the two need

Didala nodded, picked up the bamboo hat on the table and put it on, and left the teahouse one after the other with the red sand scorpion, and walked into the rain. As for the tea money, it was naturally left behind. It is the luck of the owner of the teahouse that the shop was not demolished.

The guys at the side watched Didara and the Red Sand Scorpion leave without even daring to ask. The soldiers at the other table saw the two leave, and they looked at each other, and they all slapped the knives on their waists. When they arrived at the table, the voice of the conversation could not help but also become a little louder, very lively.

The teahouse clerk cleaned up the table that Didara and the Red Sand Scorpion had used before, and sighed, he really didn't know what to do next.

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Didara and the Red Sand Scorpion came out of the teahouse and accelerated their journey. The two of them rode the giant bird that Didara transformed into clay and went straight to the border of the country of fields, which was much faster than walking on the road until they reached The area controlled by Qingji Uesugi was changed to walking just now, and he was waiting for an opportunity to catch a priest of Yijiao and interrogate the intelligence.

When the balance of the war tilted toward Sugi Qingji's southern army, the pressure on the Yijiao priests on the battlefield was much less, and they focused more on people's livelihood. Naturally, food production after the war was the top priority Moreover, Shikamaru set the tone for the development of Yijiao to start from the bottom, and many priests helped farmers in the villages.

Didara and the Scarlet Sand Scorpion are now planning to find a village, but this is not an easy task. The scars of war cannot be easily recovered. In this remote area where weeds are frequent, The two also only found a smoke that indicated that someone was living.

Didala, who was walking side by side with the Red Sand Scorpion, suddenly focused his eyes, and slowed down his pace. The Red Sand Scorpion noticed the abnormality of his companion, and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

The puppet "Crimson Liuhu" is short in stature, and now surrounded by weeds, the sight of the red sand scorpion is also blocked. Compared with him, Didara can see a forest in front of the two, and there is a person with his back on his back. Leaning against a big tree, with arms folded and eyes closed, he stood there, as if he was waiting for someone.

"It's Nara Shikamaru." Didara looked at the man's appearance carefully and said in surprise.The visitor was young, with long hair and shawl, dressed in a black kimono, calm and relaxed. I don't know if he was influenced by what he heard about Shikamaru's deeds, and the resulting psychological effect, Didara just looked at Shikamaru's posture Looking at his expression, he felt that he had a calm temperament that was very different from his immature appearance.

"It's finally here." When Didara saw Shikamaru at the edge of the woods, Shikamaru also found Didara and the Red Sand Scorpion wearing a black-bottomed red cloud trench coat. If someone has seen the whereabouts of the two, Shikamaru will know. He knows that he is pregnant with the eight-tailed fierce bull. He must be a member of the arrest list in Akatsuki's organization. However, due to limited information, he cannot know the progress of "Akatsuki" , can only wait for the arrival of the other party.

Now that the capture of Hachio has already started, I am afraid that the plan to capture Uzumaki Naruto has already been put on the agenda by "Akatsuki". Thinking about this, Shikamaru stood up straight and rushed towards the place between Didara and Akasama. The two scorpions suddenly turned around and threw a few kunai behind them, nailing a few clay spiders that had detoured behind him at some point to the ground.

boom!

The deafening explosion was accompanied by a wave of heat coming from behind, but Shikamaru was out of the killing range of the detonating clay, and rushed towards the enemy without stopping.

Halfway through Shikamaru's body, a layer of pitch black chakra appeared on the surface of his body, and at the same time, dark red chakra appeared outside his body, vaguely forming the shape of eight tails, chakra gushed out from under his feet, driving his body like a cannonball The same rushed forward.

Black magic. Absolutely loud!

Shikamaru's figure rushed straight past, the meadow under his feet was even lifted up by the huge chakra, and broken weeds fluttered in midair.

Didara's pupils shrank, and he quickly jumped away. At the same time, he put his right hand into the ninja bag, chewing the clay with his big mouth.

The red sand scorpion residing in the puppet "Crimson Gogo" was not as agile as Didala. In mid-air, he took out a scroll from his arms and shook it open. Accompanied by a puff of green smoke and a weak explosion, a humanoid puppet appeared, and was carried on his back by the red sand scorpion.

That humanoid puppet was wearing a gray robe, with long hair on its head, and its orange pupils rolled occasionally, as if there was life in this puppet. It was the Red Sand Scorpion's favorite work. A human puppet made by the third Kazekage of Hidden Sand Village.

Shikamaru ignored the red sand scorpion first, turned around and pushed his palm towards Didala's lower abdomen, who was not far away from him, but was blocked by the opponent's arm, and at the same time jumped back to open the distance, Shikamaru saw this and continued Instead of chasing, focus on the red sand scorpion.

Swish!

As soon as the red sand scorpion's feet landed, it threw the human puppet of the third Kazekage towards Shikamaru. The sharp blade that popped up from the human puppet's arm was faintly covered with a layer of purple liquid, obviously venom was smeared on it.

Just in time!Seeing this, Shikamaru sneered instead, and rushed forward, avoiding the sharp blade on the human puppet's arm. The mental energy covering his body surface was enough to offset its damage, and he pressed his right hand on the human puppet's chest.

White magic!

With Shikamaru transplanted from the cells of Senshoubashita, he has already mastered Mutun, but compared to Tianzang, Shikamaru's ability to use natural energy is very different from it. The most notable point is naturally the ability of life energy. Control, if the wooden escape used by Tianzang is nothing more than a rootless tree, a mass of dead matter, Shikamaru can revive the withered tree to life.

Shikamaru's ability just restrained the red sand scorpion who used the wooden puppet. A stream of life energy was transmitted from Shikamaru's palm to the human puppet. It was blocked, but in a moment, under the shocked eyes of the red sand scorpion, one of his most proud collections turned into a twisted lump of wood, fell to the ground, and became a waste product.

"He knows wood escape!" The red sand scorpion retreated again and again, and said loudly to Didara, Shikamaru's previous performance had made him raise his vigilance to the highest level, and Shikamaru, who mastered wood escape and life energy, would undoubtedly defeat him completely The puppet technique made him feel a little nervous. His puppet, including the main body, is mainly made of wood. If Shikamaru uses the previous method to touch it lightly, the consequences will be disastrous.

Didala didn't have time to slander the fragile "art" of the Red Sand Scorpion, and waved a flying bird made of clay. The palm-sized flying bird burst into a cloud of green smoke in mid-air, which swelled into a cloud under the influence of Chakra. A giant bird big enough to accommodate two people floated in mid-air with its wings flapping.

After Didara jumped onto the giant bird, he raised his hands and threw the prepared two-winged birds to Shikamaru. The clay bird with two pairs of wings flew across the air at high speed and hit Shikamaru's back. It's a pity that when he was about to touch Shikamaru, he was blocked by a thick octopus tentacles emerging from his waist. Although there was a burst of powerful flames, it didn't hurt Shikamaru.

Swish!

Shikamaru ignored Didara's attack, and still focused on the red sand scorpion, throwing the three sealed kunai wrapped around the handles at him.

The red sand scorpion knew Shikamaru's space ninjutsu was powerful, and now he was worried about being approached by Shikamaru, so he backed up again and again, and at the same time took off the windbreaker to reveal the puppet mechanism on his body, then opened his hands and palms, aiming at several Kunai, with one hand pointed in Shikamaru's direction, relied on the energy provided by the scroll with ninjutsu sealed behind it, and spewed out two scorching flames.

If it was spraying a high-pressure water gun, Shikamaru still needed to dodge one or two, but at this time the red sand scorpion chose to spray flames, and the "yin and shadow" on Shikamaru's body surface was enough to deal with it, so it condensed on the palm of his hand Holding Chakra, several strands of energy continuously rotate and gather in a sphere, and after undergoing the transformation of the "yin" attribute, under the control of Shikamaru, a huge chakra shuriken is formed, He spun quickly in his palm, and was thrown towards the Red Sand Scorpion by Shikamaru.

In Shikamaru's perception, the chakra shuriken that had left his body was surrounded and supplemented by natural energy, so that the chakra contained in it dissipated at an extremely slow speed, and the red sand scorpion caught off guard had not yet Before he had time to dodge, he was sliced ​​in two by the invincible Chakra shuriken.

Shikamaru, who understands the secrets of red sand scorpion ninjutsu, will naturally not give up, but at this time Didara has already shot to save the field. This is a powerful move, but it also changes a lot of biwings to attack Shikamaru.

White Magic. Iron Pear Wood!

Shikamaru was determined to kill the red sand scorpion first, and pressed his palm on the ground without looking back. With the transportation of chakra, several wooden sticks suddenly broke out from the ground behind him and on the side, layer by layer. Overlapping and branching at a speed visible to the naked eye, countless branches are connected and intertwined, forming a wooden wall to block Shikamaru's side.At the same time, Shikamaru's other hand pointed five fingers differently, pointing at the Red Sand Scorpion, which was temporarily unable to move because it was cut in two by Chakra's shuriken.

Although Tenzo's wooden escape technique cannot be compared with that of the first Hokage Senjujuma, it also provided a lot of help for Shikamaru to master the wooden escape ability. Each finger has turned into slender wooden strips, and quickly grabbed the red sand scorpion.

The Red Sand Scorpion was chopped into two pieces. Although it didn't hurt its body, it couldn't resume its action immediately. Watching helplessly as Shikamaru's fingers changed to touch the puppet he was resting on, he quickly regenerated the puppet's chest. The core is separated from the puppets, but this is tantamount to a change in the situation. Before Shikamaru has time to summon more puppets from the scroll, the Red Sand Scorpion is like a fish without water, and Shikamaru uses the wooden escape to destroy his puppets. , after taking advantage of the trend to destroy the subsequent scrolls, his death has become a foregone conclusion.

"How did you collect information!?" Seeing this, Didala gritted his teeth and muttered, "Brother Scorpion, I'm sorry!"

Didara stuffed a large ball of detonating clay into his mouth, and the flying bird under the control seat climbed up into the sky, while he chewed the clay desperately, and at the same time made mudras with his hands, and with a muffled grunt, he opened his mouth and spit out the clay continuously until it formed A huge doppelgänger identical to his appearance.

c4. Garuda!

Shikamaru sensed Didara's movement, and quickly controlled Chakra. Two pitch-black spiritual energies emerged from behind him, forming two huge wings, covering him into a ball, tightly wrapped .

Almost at the same time that Shikamaru's action was completed, the Deidara avatar that mixed clay and Chakra swelled and exploded, and countless nano-scale bombs that could not be seen by the naked eye were scattered in the air in a short time.

"What is this!?" Didara's left eye is equipped with a micro-telescope, and he can see the situation in the distance clearly. At this time, seeing Shikamaru wrapped into a black ball by spiritual energy, he couldn't help but hesitated, and wanted to use "NO.18" came to kill Shikamaru, but Shikamaru had quietly rolled under him at some point.

Swish!

The spiritual energy enveloping Shikamaru's whole body suddenly spread out, and Shikamaru rushed towards Didala from below like a cannonball, and the two wings of changing spiritual energy behind him kept waving, increasing his upward momentum.

He can fly! ?Didara's pupils shrank, his eyes were a little dumbfounded, and he quickly detonated the bombs. The nano-scale bombs that could not be detected by the naked eye exploded one after another. Unfortunately, Shikamaru's body surface was covered by a layer of chakra, and these bombs were blocked outside the body one after another. Has no effect on Shikamaru.

laugh!

Shikamaru transformed a slender energy blade with one hand, and cut open the flying bird that Didara was sitting on. Seeing that Didara jumped off the flying bird and lost his standing in the air, he joined his finger in the seal, relying on The seal left when the palm of the hand was in contact with Didala's arm before, used "Black Magic. Ten Directions" to break through the space and appear behind Didala. It was not used before because there was still clay under Didara's feet. I was worried about being blocked by the giant bird, and I couldn't kill it with one blow, which would add trouble, but now is a good time.

Seeing Shikamaru disappearing from sight, Didara felt bad and wanted to move, but he felt a chill in his chest, and a pitch-black sword had pierced his heart from behind and protruded from the front of his body.

boom!

Shikamaru pierced Didara's chest with the dagger made of spiritual energy, but still refused to give up, driving the opponent's body to the ground like a shell, making a loud noise and stirring up a cloud of dust.

By the time the dust and mist cleared, Didala, who was crushed by Shikamaru, was dead and could not die anymore.