Chapter 90: Sakumo Slays Chiyo
While the right flank had been breached, the center remained fiercely contested.
Sakumo had already fought Chiyo for several rounds. Their battle had cleared the area around them, leaving an open zone with no other ninja daring to get involved. It was just Sakumo against Chiyo and her ten puppets.
Though incomplete, the Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets still posed an immense threat.
Sakumo remained extremely cautious, but Chiyo was equally wary of the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Whenever he threw a kunai to set up a teleportation mark, she deftly avoided it, preventing Sakumo from finding a decisive angle for a killing blow.
The one opportunity he did find resulted in Chiyo barely escaping a fatal injury. She was left with a deep, bone-revealing wound on her waist. If not for her exceptional Medical Ninjutsu, she would have lost her ability to fight.
After being injured, Chiyo steadied herself, withdrawing three puppets to defend her flank. Her strongest defensive puppet, the ox-head, had already been destroyed by Kawakaze and was now his trophy.
With a subtle flick of her fingers, the seven remaining puppets launched another coordinated assault.
The puppet with double blades clattered forward, swinging a vicious slash at Sakumo's head. Another puppet, armed with an iron whip, attacked from behind.
Sakumo advanced toward the puppet with the double blades, parrying its strike with his short sword before using the Body Flicker Technique to evade the whip and the remaining attacks.
Not losing momentum, he charged at Chiyo once again. He knew that if he could eliminate her, the puppets would become useless.