Chapter 542

"This is,"

A Sand ninja in the middle section of the barrier became alert. Not long after, he clearly saw the clothing of the three people in the distance.

"Black trench coat, red cloud pattern, could it be..."

The Sand ninja's eyes widened.

"Must notify Captain Yura immediately."

Yura was the leader responsible for the village's defense; otherwise, just by his status as a Jonin, he wouldn't be qualified to participate in the high-level meetings of the Sand ninja.

The Sand ninja who discovered the three of them was just about to turn around to notify the main force when he found someone standing behind him, which made his face light up with joy.

"Captain Yura, the Akatsuki organization members you asked us to be alert for before..."

"I know."

Yura's voice was low.

"Don't worry, things will end soon. Assemble the troops and have the troops guard the 'One-Line Sky'."

The so-called One-Line Sky was the only entrance to the barrier around the Hidden Sand Village. The One-Line Sky was no more than five meters wide and dozens of meters high, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yura looked at the three people in the wind and sand, his gaze calm—calm enough to make one's blood run cold.

"But, Captain Yura, don't we need to notify other troops? With just us..."

"It doesn't matter."

Yura signaled for the Sand ninja to assemble the troops, and the Sand ninja could only comply.

……

Sss~

A wisp of purple smoke drifted up from the direction of the One-Line Sky. Su Xiao in the wind and sand noticed that wisp of purple smoke.

"Sasori, it seems your pawn is good; they've already cleared the way for us."

"Mm, just go straight in. The timing is just right."

At this time, it was sunset, the desert was dim and yellow, and the golden sunlight on the horizon made the surrounding sand look like gold.

The three headed straight for the One-Line Sky. A Sand ninja stood in front of the One-Line Sky, his green Jonin vest stained with blood.

Sasori, hiding inside Hiruko, walked forward.

"Thank you for your hard work, Yura. Do you remember me?"

Sasori's voice, hiding inside Hiruko, was low and hoarse; this was intentional on Sasori's part.

"Yes, Lord Sasori."

Yura knelt on one knee in front of Sasori, his eyes full of worship.

"It seems the effect of the curse is good. Orochimaru is quite capable in this regard."

Deidara sized up Yura. He was scrutinizing the other's gaze; overall, Yura was fine for now.

"If the memory returns, he is a loyal subordinate. Let's go."

The three walked into the One-Line Sky. Inside the One-Line Sky, there was still a pungent smell, and all around were the corpses of Sand ninja.

The One-Line Sky was more than ten meters long. After reaching the other end of the One-Line Sky, the Hidden Sand Village appeared before their eyes. It had a very desert style; most of the houses were low, and the entire village was earthy yellow.

After walking out of the One-Line Sky, Su Xiao discovered that the One-Line Sky wasn't entirely built by the Sand ninja. The Hidden Sand Village was already surrounded by mountains, and the Sand ninja had carved a circular barrier out of the mountains, while the One-Line Sky was a mountain-cutting project.

"Then, let's do it, Bai Ye."

Deidara threw out two palm-sized clay birds and performed hand seals. White smoke rose, and the size of the clay birds increased to a wingspan of about three meters.

Su Xiao jumped onto the back of one clay bird, and the Spider Queen appeared in his hand.

Deidara jumped onto the other clay bird.

"For the village, the best attack position is from the air, hm."

Deidara looked sideways at Sasori.

"How about it, Brother Sasori, this artistic shape, hm."

Sasori glanced at the new clay bird under Deidara's feet. It was obvious that this thing didn't fit his aesthetic.

"Don't make me wait too long, Deidara."

Deidara chuckled and didn't reply.

"Clear the guards first."

Su Xiao stepped on the clay bird beneath him, and Deidara controlled the two clay birds to fly up.

"You take the left, I'll take the right. Clear the sentries first."

Su Xiao looked down at the village below. On the rooftops of the high places in the Hidden Sand Village, he saw some ninja. These ninja were not very strong, all Genin or Chunin.

"Can do. The right side is yours."

The Hidden Sand Village was divided into two by Su Xiao and Deidara, and the two began to clear the guards.

However, before clearing the guards, Su Xiao still had one thing to do. He took out two special-grade alchemy bombs and integrated them into the clay bird.

The clay bird's body began to stiffen, recovering after a few seconds.

Su Xiao nodded to Deidara in the distance, and Deidara released his control over the clay bird.

Su Xiao placed his hand on the back of the clay bird, attempting to manipulate the alchemy bomb inside. The clay bird, which had already shown a tendency to fall, gradually stabilized.

He manipulated the clay bird to fly to the left, and the clay bird beneath him immediately flew to the left.

This was a technique Su Xiao and Deidara had researched during their spare time. He could now control this clay bird to fly, but there was a time limit.

Deidara had injected chakra into this clay bird. Once this chakra was exhausted, the clay bird would go out of control.

Su Xiao could control this clay bird for one hour, after which this thing would explode because there was no chakra to harmonize it. Fortunately, one hour was enough.

Being able to control the clay bird alone was much more convenient. Later, Deidara would need to fight, and Su Xiao sniping all the time was fine, but he needed to find an opportunity to get close to the jinchūriki to subdue them.

More importantly, Su Xiao wanted to take the opportunity to absorb the chakra within the Tailed Beast to upgrade his Blue Steel Shadow level; this was his ultimate goal.

The clay bird flew to a high place. Su Xiao activated the "8x Optical Infrared Detection Scope (Active)" and took out a black iron tube from his storage space.

This was a silencer for a sniper rifle. Although the Spider Queen came with a silencing function, the built-in silencing function was imperfect, and the gunshot could still be heard.

Attaching the silencer to the barrel, the silencer was obviously thicker than the barrel. Su Xiao wouldn't usually attach this thing; the Spider Queen's bullet kinetic energy was too strong and would cause damage to this retrofitted silencer.

This silencer was something Su Xiao had spent 2,000 Paradise Coins to have a craftsman build in the Reincarnation Paradise. After shooting dozens of times, it would be scrapped and lose its silencing function.

Now was not the time to be stingy with Paradise Coins; he was attacking the Hidden Sand Village.

Hum~

The "8x Optical Infrared Detection Scope" extended from the Spider Queen. Su Xiao brought his head to the scope, aiming the crosshairs at a Sand ninja below.

Holding his breath, he pulled the trigger.

Pfft.

A slight gunshot sound came, the bullet left the muzzle, and the head of the Chunin in the scope exploded.

Turning the muzzle, Su Xiao searched for the next target.

Deidara on the other side also began to clear the sentries. He threw down spider-shaped clay bombs from high altitude.

Boom, boom~

Several slight explosion sounds came. Compared to Su Xiao's method of clearing sentries, the noise Deidara made was a bit louder.

These were special clay bombs. Although there was still an explosion sound, the explosion sound was very small, but the power was also reduced.

A Sand ninja whose cheek had been blown apart crawled up from the ground, his mouth wide open, attempting to shout.

"Not good."

Deidara was just about to throw a bomb when a bullet flew toward the Sand ninja's head.

With a slap, blood splattered, and the Sand ninja fell to the ground.

"Not bad."

Deidara looked at Su Xiao in the high sky and nodded to him.

……

At the edge of the Hidden Sand Village, the scene of Su Xiao and Deidara clearing the sentries fell into Yura's eyes.

"As expected of Lord Sasori's companion, this fighting style."

Yura was clearly somewhat shocked by Su Xiao's high-altitude sniping. This was simply a silent killer.

"That guy Deidara."

Sasori was somewhat dissatisfied; Deidara had almost made a mistake just now.

Five minutes later, the sentries at the high places of the Hidden Sand Village were cleared, and they could sneak in.

Deidara controlled the clay bird to dive downward. After reaching a certain altitude, he jumped onto a circular rooftop; this was the Kazekage Building.

"Sneaking in successful, very good."

Just as Deidara landed, a wisp of wind and sand blew past.

Whoosh~

A bullet flew over, the cloud of wind and sand was scattered, and a figure appeared within it, staggering two steps before standing firm.

"Oh? Was I discovered?"

Deidara looked at the figure in front; it was the One-Tail jinchūriki, Gaara. There was a sand barrier Gaara had set up in the air, which was very difficult to detect.