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Deep within the desert crater, the dust had yet to fully settle. The fierce battle between the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and the Magnet Release Puppeteer Sayo had been raging for a long time. The two stood in a standoff across the air, their heavy breathing clearly audible in the brief silence.
Rasa hovered in mid-air, the golden Gold Dust still flowing around him, but upon closer inspection, its speed was no longer as fluid and effortless as it had been at the start. Beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and his breathing was slightly labored.
Continuously unleashing large-scale, high-intensity Magnet Release, especially the cube formed by draining the Gold Dust from a vast area, had been a massive drain on his Chakra and energy. Even though he was at his Peak, such extravagance left him feeling exhausted.
He locked his gaze onto Sayo, his heart filled with shock and uncertainty: "Is this kid's Chakra truly endless? Why is it that after such a long battle, his Aura has not diminished, but instead become even more condensed?"
On the other hand, Sayo stood on the shoulder of the scarred Gundam. Although his face was slightly pale due to the massive output of Mental Energy and Chakra, his eyes were growing brighter, and his breathing remained steady, as if there were an invisible spring within his body, endlessly replenishing his consumption. This was the terrifying recovery advantage brought by the "pocket body cultivation furnace" continuously converting Natural Energy to nourish his Physical Body!
"I cannot drag this out any longer!" Alarm bells rang in Rasa's mind; a prolonged battle was not in his favor. He had to use greater power to end this quickly! He slammed his hands together, preparing to spare no cost to condense an even stronger killing move.
Sayo, too, had made up his mind. He knew that a mere stalemate would not change the Kazekage's mind; only by demonstrating absolute power and completely crushing his convictions could he prevent the war that he believed would bring disaster. He needed an indisputable victory!
Just as this thought of victory arose, an unprecedented, bold, and almost insane idea flashed through Sayo's mind like lightning! Natural Energy!
He had worn the body tempering furnace for years and had long been able to vaguely perceive the ubiquitous yet violent and untamable Natural Energy in the air. Although he had never attempted to Cultivate Sage Mode due to the risks, at this moment, what he thought of was not self-absorption, but—grafting!
"What if... what if I channel Natural Energy through the 'Super Brain Technique' connection between me and the Gundam, and into the huge 'natural energy puppet core' within the Gundam's body, allowing the core to stabilize and convert it, and ultimately... have the Gundam unleash a Sage Art Ninjutsu infused with Natural Energy?!"
This thought made his own heart race! The Gundam was a Puppet; it lacked the limitations of a meridian System and had a far greater tolerance for Natural Energy than a human body! And that core, crafted with a god tree fragment at its center, was the perfect vessel for converting Natural Energy!
Action followed thought! Sayo slammed his eyes shut, immersing all his focus into the connection with the Gundam. He pushed the "Super Brain Technique" to its limit; his Mental Energy, like invisible tentacles, surged wildly through the Chakra Threads into the massive core emitting a soft green light within the Gundam's chest!
"Resonance! Guidance! Fusion!" Sayo screamed wildly in his mind.
He abandoned his fine control over his own Chakra, instead pouring his massive Kage-level Chakra without reservation—like a bursting dam—into the core. Serving as a fuse and catalyst, he fully stimulated the core's deepest potential to frantically absorb, capture, and harmonize the violent Natural Energy in the surrounding space!
At this moment, Sayo himself seemed to become a massive energy relay station and stabilizer. Using his own cultivation as the foundation and the core as a furnace, he was forcibly conducting an unprecedented energy experiment!
Vroom, vroom, vroom—!!! The Gundam's massive body suddenly shook violently, and the silver-blue armor on its surface let out a groan of being overwhelmed! The natural energy puppet core in its chest erupted with an unprecedented, brilliant green light, which even shone through the gaps in the armor, illuminating the entire battlefield with an eerie glow!
"What is he doing?!" Startled by this sudden turn of events, Rasa stopped forming hand seals, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.
The next moment, a sudden change occurred! On the Gundam's surface, across that cold metal armor, countless profound and complex, faintly glowing dark blue patterns began to emerge! These patterns were not engraved, but spontaneously formed by a mixture of highly concentrated, tamed Natural Energy and Chakra. They spread rapidly, covering the entire Gundam in the blink of an eye, as if draping it in a sacred and powerful energy cloak!
An indescribable, vast pressure, as if coming from the world itself, suddenly radiated from the Gundam! The surrounding air seemed to become thick and heavy, and space warped slightly!
Sayo suddenly opened his eyes, and the same glowing patterns seemed to flash and vanish within them. Feeling the unprecedented, majestic power that seemed capable of controlling everything being fed back through the Gundam, a realization surged into his mind.
"It worked... This is not the Sage Mode of a human body; this is... the Sage Art of a Puppet! This form is named—Gundam: Unicorn Mode!"
He did not hesitate any longer. With a thought, he controlled the Sage Art-infused Gundam to raise its massive arm, covered in Natural Energy patterns, aiming it at the endless sea of sand below and the hovering Rasa in the air.
This time, what he used was no longer simple Magnet Release Chakra, but—Sage Art Magnet Release, infused with Natural Energy!
"Sage Art: Magnet Release: Earth Pulse!" Hum—!
An invisible yet immensely vast magnetic fluctuation, centered on the Gundam's palm, instantly spread like ripples across the entire battlefield and even into the depths of the desert beyond!
In the face of this Sage Art Magnet Release infused with Natural Energy, Rasa discovered with horror that his control over his Gold Dust was rapidly slipping away! It was as if the magnetism in his hands had become a child's toy, while what his opponent wielded was the true authority of a god commanding the earth!
He desperately pushed his Chakra, attempting to regain control of the Gold Dust, but the golden sand that had once been as obedient as his own limbs now felt as if it were stuck in an invisible quagmire—becoming heavy, sluggish, and even... beginning to repel his power! They were more inclined to obey that deeper, more primal magnetic summons coming from the earth itself!
"No! This is impossible!" Rasa exclaimed, his face showing disbelief and even terror for the first time! His Gold Dust Technique, his Bloodline Limit that he prided himself on, had actually... failed!?
At the very moment his composure shattered, Sayo (Gundam) clenched his massive hand, covered in Sage Art patterns, in mid-air! "Sage Art: Magnet Release: Absolute Control!"
Rumble—! The entire earth seemed to come alive! Countless black iron sand, and even various metal ores buried deep underground, broke through the soil as if on a pilgrimage! They no longer distinguished their Origins, but under the absolute command of the Sage Art Magnet Release, they converged into a pitch-black torrent capable of swallowing everything!
This torrent easily scattered Rasa's uncontrolled, dissipated Gold Dust. Like a black dragon, it spiraled and instantly coiled around, locked, and imprisoned Rasa—who was hovering in the air, stunned by the failure of his abilities. The powerful magnetic field not only imprisoned his body but completely severed his connection to the external Gold Dust!
Rasa struggled with all his might, only to find he could not move; even the circulation of Chakra throughout his body became extremely difficult. He stared blankly at the steel giant flashing with Sage Art patterns, looking like a descending god of magnetism, and at the young figure with flying black hair on the giant's shoulder.
An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and absurdity surged into his heart.
He... the Fourth Kazekage Rasa... had actually been completely defeated in this way, in the field he was most proficient in. The battle was decided.
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