Chapter 325: Tenten’s Trump Card
"Hah! Is this your trick?", Temari only looked coldly at the twin swords stabbing toward her abdomen.
There was no sign of panic on her face.
She suddenly spun the Giant Folding Fan in her hands, instantly blocking the twin swords thrust by Tenten.
"If it's only like this, you can't beat me."
"Is that so? But this is only the beginning!", Tenten let out a light laugh and once again released her grip on the sword hilts.
This time, what she brought out was a spear.
Inside the two scrolls floating around them were not throwing-type ninja tools, but various close-combat ninja tools.
At first, Tenten had indeed considered what kind of ninja tools could break through Temari's Wind Release, but later on, judging from the throwing tools she could currently use, aside from the final trump card, every ninja tool would be firmly countered by the opponent.
So she came up with this method.
As long as she could get close to Temari and give her no chance to open the Giant Folding Fan, she could suppress Temari's greatest advantage.
Her taijutsu might not be as strong as Lee or Naruto's, but after training for so long with Aoba and Yugao, it was not weak either.
Tenten kept taking out various ninja tools from the scrolls and clashing with Temari.
Temari could only keep using the Giant Folding Fan to block, finding no opportunity at all to use Wind Release.
Even she couldn't help but feel surprised in her heart.
She had thought the other was just a weakling who only knew little tricks like throwing tools.
She hadn't expected her to actually have this kind of technique.
From the ninja tools Tenten had pulled out so far, there was basically not a single repeat.
Each time Temari responded, she had to face a different weapon.
Although her taijutsu wasn't bad, such a dense barrage of attacks still made her feel overwhelmed and hard to handle.
"Tenten's move is way too cool," Yakumo watched the two clashing in the arena, her eyes lighting up.
They say mages have the heart of a berserker. Yakumo also wanted to fight like a normal ninja using all kinds of dazzling ninjutsu or taijutsu.
But alas, her strength didn't allow it.
Even though her body had recovered, it was still hard for her to keep up with normal ninjas, so she could only fight relying on her Kekkei Genkai.
Not just Yakumo, even Aoba, watching Tenten in the arena, had eyes shining.
With her rapid switching of tools, Tenten's hand speed was so fast it started producing trails of light. And what man could refuse blade light?
He hadn't thought Tenten would choose this kind of fighting style.
But from the looks of it, Tenten was still losing more than winning.
Indeed, Tenten could now use all kinds of ninja tools to suppress Temari, but her use of these tools was only proficient, not truly masterful.
If she couldn't find a one-hit kill opportunity, there would always come a time when she ran out of tools.
Of course, theoretically, the ninja tools in Tenten's scrolls were infinite, because her scrolls weren't for storing ninja tools, but for summoning them. However, her own chakra was limited.
Temari at this point had quite a few beads of sweat on her forehead, but still maintained a smile on her face, though it was somewhat gritted.
"I did underestimate you earlier."
"Hah! If you hadn't been so confident at the start and given me the chance to get close, I might have had to work harder."
Tenten also sneered, her smile equally strained.
After all, using so many different types of tools at once was no small pressure for her.
"Is that so? I just wonder how many more tools you've got in those scrolls!", Temari sneered, in her view, tools stored in scrolls were ultimately finite.
"Then let's try it, see who gives in first!", Though her weak point had been hit, Tenten showed no sign of fear.
Her hand speed became even faster.
But objective reality wouldn't change just because of Tenten's willpower.
After some time in battle, Tenten's offensive slowed noticeably.
Temari noticed this moment.
Finally finding a chance to escape, she knocked away the attack and, without hesitation, retreated backward,
getting out of the range surrounded by the two scrolls.
As she retreated, Tenten's offensive also halted for now.
The two scrolls fell to the ground littered with ninja tools, and she herself was hunched over, gasping for breath.
On the other side, though Temari had broken free of the attacks, her state wasn't much better, she was also breathing heavily, with many wounds on her body.
But now she appeared rather composed.
"Looks like I've won this match after all," Temari had already fully opened the Giant Folding Fan.
Tenten could only smile wryly, the time was too short, and of all those ninja tools, most she had only recently learned to use.
She had charged in recklessly from the start, so this result was within her expectations.
She took out her last scroll.
But Temari didn't give her another chance.
Gripping the Giant Folding Fan, she swung it down hard.
"Wind Release, Kamaitachi!"
Without any hand signs, just swinging the fan whipped up a fierce gale that swept toward Tenten.
The wind blew up dust, and the arena was instantly carved with long cracks.
But when the dust settled, it revealed a black shield covered with slash marks.
The shield crashed down, revealing Tenten, ready to strike again, she threw a shuriken toward Temari.
"Only one?", Temari found it strange.
Tenten quickly formed hand seals.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
The shuriken flying toward Temari instantly split into countless shadow clones.
Temari's expression shifted slightly, and she once again unleashed Kamaitachi, blowing all the shuriken away.
Such an attack might surprise her, but it posed no real threat.
But at this moment, Tenten had already leapt into the air with her scroll.
To be honest, since creating this ninja tool, this was her first time using it.
But this was her final ultimate move.
"Tool Manipulation, Exploding Shatter Orb!"
Tenten unfurled her last scroll, from inside was summoned a massive Exploding Shatter Orb nearly ten meters in diameter, covered in kunai and explosive tags.
In her view, with this size and weight, there was no way Temari's earlier Wind Release could blow it away.
The only problem was that with a ninja tool of this scale, the explosion range might also hit herself.
Temari's expression also changed at the sight, with this size, normal Wind Release really wouldn't work.
However…
She bit her right finger and drew it across the surface of the Giant Folding Fan.
"Summoning Technique, Slash Dance!"
Temari unleashed her strongest move at the current stage.
An even more terrifying storm erupted.
The nearly ten-meter Exploding Shatter Orb was instantly sliced into pieces by the summoned Slash Dance, and the explosive blast was nullified by Wind Release.
A vacuum zone immediately formed around them.
"This Temari… looks like she's not simple either," Tsunade couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
That last summoning technique was already close to Jonin level.
Watching the trump card she had prepared for so long shatter into fragments, Tenten's eyes went blank as she fell from midair.
Temari swung her fan again, raising a gentle breeze to catch Tenten's body.
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