Red sand dust

At the cost of completely destroying a stand-in puppet, Daimaru injured Gaara again.

The tiny puppet fragments were like small flying blades, cutting small holes on Gaara's body.

Although most of them were skin injuries and the toxicity was not severe, it was enough to interfere with Gaara's actions.

It can't fly, so it can only use magnetic escape to control the sand's levitation. Its weakness is exposed, and the control is not very flexible.

Gaara, who was thrown away, had no one to rely on, and it was difficult to even turn over. He could only stand in an awkward position, half sideways, and watched helplessly as Daimaru approached again.

The sand protecting his body was blown away and was heading towards the main body.

But, it's too late...

"Wind Release: Gale Wind Palm!"

boom……

He clenched his hands tightly and struck Gaara's side with a condescending blow.

The skin on the surface of the body began to bleed. The one-tail jinchuriki dived like a cannonball. Before it hit the ground, a whirlwind picked up the wind and sand and hit him head-on.

"Ninja Technique·Night Wind!"

Gaara, who only had time to protect his head and neck with his arms, was knocked upside down by the force of the recoil.

"This time, I can't use the substitute technique!"

A whip kick hit Gaara's shoulder, but Gaara blocked it slightly. He rushed forward with both hands and struck hard with the Woxin Fist, but Gaara also blocked it with his palms.

"Looks like I won't be able to defeat him for a while! 』

Daimaru's taijutsu is stronger than Gaara's, but the gap is not so big that he has a crushing advantage.

If he couldn't break through all of Gaara's defenses in one go and then severely injure him, reducing his combat capability, Daimaru's chances of winning would be quite small.

Because it is just a sparring battle, many of the killing moves with poor control cannot be used, but some ninjutsu that will not cause permanent trauma can still be used.

He looked back at the defensive sand that was almost approaching, as well as the sand armor that was beginning to recover on Gaara's body.

As long as there is enough chakra, it doesn't matter no matter how miserable Daimaru beats Gaara. As long as he recovers, Gaara can return all his money and profits.

After checking the locations of the shadow clones around him, Daimaru calmly made a gesture to indicate that he should proceed as planned.

Waving the star puppet string with both hands, he tied Gaara.

"It's useless. I'm covered in sand armor. Your moves can't break through and you can't control me..."

"I know!"

Daimaru, with a smug smile on his face, said with a narrow-minded tone,

"This can be regarded as a minor weakness in my secret technique. However, I have never thought about completely controlling it. Just blocking it is enough..."

The Star Puppet Thread is very powerful, but it is useless if it cannot contact the opponent's body. It cannot invade the opponent's spiritual power and can only be used like ordinary chakra thread.

The sand armor, which contains rich chakra, can not only effectively block physical and ninjutsu attacks, but is also highly resistant to illusions.

In addition, the presence of a Shukaku in his body made Daimaru give up the idea of ​​using spiritual magic to control Gaara.

"Then what do you want to do?"

"You didn't notice anything strange about you?"

"Strange?" 』

Indeed, there is always a feeling of falling into a trap. I raised my hand and looked around, but found nothing.

but……

"Do you think my speed is abnormally fast sometimes?"

"this……"

Gaara's uneasiness grew.

"How does he know what I'm thinking?" 』

"It's not that I'm getting faster, it's that you're getting slower..."

Daimaru's scheming smile could no longer be concealed;

"In order to match your perception, I deliberately slowed down my speed. It's really hard for me..."

"You mean..."

Gaara sensed the vicinity in surprise.

In addition to the unchanging desert below, there is also increasingly fierce wind and sand.

"Because there was no reference, I unconsciously judged the passage of time based on Daimaru's speed, so I made a big mistake!" Was my perception misguided? 』

In Gaara's surprised eyes, four shadow clones of Daimaru suddenly appeared, surrounding the space where the two were fighting.

At the same time, Gaara, who was falling in a parabola, suddenly felt that the air nearby became thicker, and he felt as if he had fallen into strong glue that solidified rapidly, and was fixed in the air, unable to move.

"Wind Escape Secret Technique·Polarized Light Killing Formation is really a 'formation'. Some names are wrong, but nicknames are rarely wrong. Ninjutsu's names are not without reason..."

Ukon is a talented ninja who is good at sealing and barrier techniques. The black seal and the four black mist formations are not all of them.

Daimaru's talent in this area is very ordinary, but after obtaining most of Ukon's memories, he is not considered an amateur.

The invisible air lag field around him is actually the advanced form of the perfected secret technique of wind escape and polarizing killing array.

If Daimaru hadn't revealed the four shadow clones who arranged the barrier, it would have been difficult for Gaara to discover the mystery.

As the nearby air slowly becomes thicker, the body experiences greater resistance during rapid movement.

Gaara, who was used to Daimaru's super-high-speed movement, didn't realize that his movement speed was slowing down, something strange, and he thought it was because he was injured.

In order to dispel Gaara's doubts, except for the rapid assault, Daimaru used all his strength to attack, and usually slowed down his movements slightly, allowing Gaara, who had no reference to speed and time, to ignore the air during the tense battle. Changes in viscosity.

Once the barrier was formed and Gaara was completely trapped, Daimaru gave up the step-by-step method and directly increased the chakra output, causing the barrier to instantly solidify the surrounding air.

Except for Daimaru who can move around freely, some things inside the barrier are prohibited. Even breathing is a luxury.

Is it difficult to do something like this?

It's really not possible if the range is large, but it's still possible for an area of ​​less than ten meters in radius. Umino Iruka can do similar things, but he uses talismans, while Daimaru directly diffuses chakra and controls the surrounding air.

In essence, it is the same principle as before when Daimaru manipulated the air density and flow direction to deflect light, but after switching to the barrier technique, it was more powerful and terrifying.

"You can imagine yourself as an insect trapped in a rosin ball! The polarized killing array is not just about 'polarized light', the 'killing array' is the core..."

Daimaru who said that slowly approached Gaara who couldn't even speak.

"I have been thinking a long time ago that water escape can control water, thunder escape can guide thunder, earth escape can change the terrain, fire escape is almost indistinguishable from real flames in nature, why is wind escape only sharp and cutting... the ultimate Friction? It's ridiculously superficial! Can't we control the source of power like 'wind' - the ubiquitous air itself - like other escape techniques?"