Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 449 The Disadvantages of Mechanical Ascension

The key is that Li Yao's Wind Release clone's wind-style slashing attack is not only as fast as lightning and difficult to dodge, but also silent and stealthy, making it impossible to tell when the attack was launched.

No one is unafraid of such an attack that is not only fast but can also cut everything off silently.

Facing Li Yaofeng's clones was like an ordinary person facing a master swordsman wielding a sharp longsword—there was no hope of victory, only the fear of death.

If possible, Granny Chiyo hopes that Li Yaofeng's clone will never return.

If she wants to return, her grandson must seal Shukaku alone to prove his strength, and then become the Fifth Kazekage.

In this way, even if the Fourth Kazekage were to return to the village alive, it would be too late.

Faced with the grandson of the Fifth Kazekage, the grandson with a strong sense of justice, and the alliance of their three major families.

If the Fourth Kazekage dares to make a move, that would be best. They can immediately declare the Fourth Kazekage a rogue ninja and then surround and kill him.

The Fourth Kazekage was powerful, but he was not without weaknesses.

The Fourth Kazekage's greatest weakness was his limited chakra reserves.

Faced with his grandson Sasori, who possessed unlimited chakra, and a host of village ninjas, even the mighty Fourth Kazekage would ultimately perish under their combined attack.

It was precisely because the Fourth Kazekage had this weakness, coupled with Sasori's unlimited chakra, that the three major clans, including Granny Chiyo, dared to release Shukaku to call Sasori back just one month after Li Yao's Wind Release clone disappeared, making Sasori the Fifth Kazekage.

Scorpion is the greatest source of confidence for the three major families, including Chiyo.

Therefore, Sasori must seal Shukaku alone.

If Sasori cannot seal Shukaku by himself, it will cause many people to retreat.

Granny Chiyo, her younger brother, and none of the ninjas from the three major clans stepped forward to help, and no one else would or dared to help.

In a battle of that magnitude, it would be no different for these people to go up there and die.

Everyone is cheering for Sasori, believing that with his unlimited chakra, he will definitely be able to seal Shukaku. Even if it takes a long time, at least he will be able to seal Shukaku by himself.

"What are you looking at?"

At this moment, the scorpion no longer had a physical body, otherwise it would have coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He was working hard to suppress Shukaku, but a group of his companions just watched the show and none of them came to help.

"And... is Shukaku really that strong?"

Sasori was having some doubts about life. He used to think that Shukaku's strength was just so-so, especially after he acquired the Puppet Heart.

It wasn't until they actually fought that they realized how formidable Shukaku was.

His attacks couldn't break through Shukaku's absolute defense; they could only bind Shukaku.

The Fourth Kazekage, however, could easily slice Shukaku in half and subdue it no matter how much it jumped around.

"The Fourth Kazekage is just too strong!"

Scorpion sighed, then glanced at Granny Chiyo on the village wall and shook his head slightly.

The Fourth Kazekage, who was so powerful, has only disappeared. Before seeing his body and confirming his death, where do you get the confidence to replace the Fourth Kazekage?

Are you really not afraid of being killed?

Maybe I'm really not afraid!

Scorpion sighed inwardly. Others might not know, but he knew very well that it wasn't him who killed the Third Kazekage, but the Fourth Kazekage.

Someone capable of killing the Third Kazekage wouldn't care about so many things.

"It's impossible for me to become the Fifth Kazekage, Granny Chiyo... Never mind, I'm no longer human, I have no human blood, and I have no family."

Sasori calmed himself down and focused on suppressing Shukaku. In his opinion, Granny Chiyo and the others would definitely die once Li Yaofeng's clone returned. No one could save them, including him, and besides, he wouldn't save them anyway.

Idiots aren't worth saving.

Moreover, compared to the Fourth Kazekage who pursued eternal art alongside him, the three great families and Granny Chiyo were all others.

He and the Fourth Kazekage were truly on their side.

If it weren't for Shukaku's rampage and the fear of something happening to the Fourth Kazekage, he wouldn't have heeded Chiyo's orders to return.

Sasori tried to reduce the pressure on Shukaku and spared some of his energy to control the sealing teapot to seal Shukaku.

He had already planned it all out. Once Shukaku was sealed, he would directly suppress the members of the third generation of the Kazekage family, including Granny Chiyo and others, and seal them all away until the fourth Kazekage returned to deal with them.

After that, he will stay in the village to oversee the Fourth Kazekage's affairs and protect her until the Fourth Kazekage returns.

He would never become the Fifth Kazekage, no matter what.

"Come on, grandson, you can do it!"

Chiyo's eyes burned with determination as she placed all her hopes on her grandson, Scorpion. She seemed to see her own beliefs transcend space and descend upon her grandson, giving him even greater power.

She believed that her grandson would be able to seal the guardian crane.

"this one?"

Seeing the weak and powerless sealing technique spreading from the sealed teapot onto his body, Shukaku revealed a contemptuous expression that said, "Is that all?"

Scorpion's expression froze. Only now that he had mechanically ascended would he not blush; otherwise, he would definitely be blushing.

The scorpion sensed it.

The sealing technique he manipulated landed on Shukaku like a rope the thickness of a finger landing on a mountain.

What would it feel like to pull a mountain with a rope as thick as a finger?

no feeling

This is how Shukaku and Sasori feel right now.

I felt nothing.

One is to pull him back if you can't sense the sealing technique.

One is that they cannot sense any effect of the sealing technique on Shukaku.

"what……"

The scorpion suddenly opened its mouth wide, its face contorted in a ferocious expression, and its veins bulged all over its body.

It appears that the scorpion is exerting its strength, squeezing out the potential deep within its body, and burning with willpower.

However, the sealing technique applied to Shukaku was weak and ineffective, having no effect on Shukaku whatsoever.

"It seems mechanical ascension isn't without its drawbacks after all!"

Li Yaofeng smiled as he used his clone to escape.

The bulging veins on Scorpion's face, his strained appearance, were merely effects of his control over the puppet's body; they served no real purpose.

For scorpions that abandon their physical bodies and ascend to mechanical flight.

All his power has been digitized.

Datafication means that the situation where someone suddenly unleashes their inner power at a crucial moment and has an unreasonable burst of energy will never happen.

Sasori after his mechanical ascension is incredibly strong, possessing an inexhaustible spirit and puppet body, as well as an unlimited amount of chakra.

But his power also has its limits.

The scorpion's willpower is its greatest limitation.

Logically speaking, Sasori, who possesses an unlimited amount of chakra, should have a simple task in suppressing the tailed beasts.

But the reality is that Sasori can only suppress Shukaku and cannot focus on controlling the sealing teapot to seal Shukaku.

The reason is actually very simple.

It's like someone having a Desert Eagle with unlimited bullets, but they can only fire one bullet at a time, not hundreds or thousands, to increase the instantaneous destructive power.

Unlimited ammo only grants unlimited endurance; it does not enhance instantaneous destructive power.

In terms of instantaneous destructive power, there is no difference between a Desert Eagle with unlimited ammo and one with only one bullet.

(End of this chapter)