However, there was not the slightest trace of joy on Pakura's face.
As the smoke gradually dispersed, everyone was shocked to discover that the Rasa who had just been hit by the fireballs had already turned into a pile of loose sand.
Only moments later, about thirty meters away from them, the sand seemed to be driven by some mysterious force as it rapidly gathered and condensed, quickly reshaping into Rasa's figure.
Seeing this, Pakura thought, 'Since when did Rasa gain the ability to turn into sand and reconstruct himself?'
Before this, nobody had ever heard of Rasa possessing such an ability.
At this moment, not only did Rasa not take the chance to flee, he instead stared coldly at Pakura while forming one complicated hand seal after another at high speed.
As Rasa moved, the originally ordinary sand beneath his feet gradually began shining with golden light.
And the light grew brighter and brighter, as though the sand itself was undergoing some strange transformation.
Clearly, this was Rasa's important preparation before battle, gathering a large amount of gold dust to strengthen himself.
Everyone knew that the more gold dust there was, the greater the boost it gave Rasa.
Pakura knew the situation was urgent. If they did not strike first now, once Rasa completed his accumulation of gold dust, the consequences would be disastrous.
So she immediately shouted, "Spread out! Execute Combat Plan Number Three!"
The companions who came with her immediately understood after hearing the order.
They knew Pakura was about to use a large-scale jutsu with tremendous power, so they quickly retreated in all directions.
Right after that, Pakura took a deep breath, and the surging chakra inside her instantly erupted like a flood breaking through a dam.
At the same time, an enormous fireball suddenly appeared behind her.
The next moment, the fireball exploded without warning, countless sparks scattering in all directions like a dazzling fireworks display.
The spinning fireballs filling the sky shone like stars across the heavens.
They roared and whistled as they charged toward Rasa.
In the face of the attack, Rasa's expression did not change. His hands rapidly formed complicated seals.
In an instant, a powerful force surged up from the ground beneath his feet, and huge masses of gold dust burst out from the earth like giant dragons.
Then, with a wave of Rasa's arm, the massive gold dust surged toward the countless fireballs around him like a raging torrent.
A thunderous explosion rang out as the gold dust and fireballs violently collided in the air, producing countless sparks and deafening blasts.
However, this was only the beginning.
Before the smoke from the explosions had even cleared, the gold dust in midair suddenly changed.
The originally solid masses instantly transformed into countless sharp spikes, rapidly extended and shot out.
The gold dust spikes packed the sky densely like heavy rain, intertwining with the still-flying fireballs.
At the same time, the four Sunagakure experts brought by Pakura showed no weakness. They formed hand seals together and took deep breaths.
"Wind Release: Great Sickle Blades!"
The moment the words fell, four giant wind blades like bright moonlight shot from their mouths. The air split apart wherever they passed, producing sharp whistling sounds.
Meanwhile, the other two Sunagakure ninja worked together smoothly and slammed both hands onto the ground.
Immediately, the rolling yellow sand underground rose into the air as though summoned and quickly gathered into an enormous sand wall.
The sand wall stood firm like solid rock in front of them, building an unbreakable shield for their teammates.
At that moment, the six sealing squad members outside the battlefield had already taken their positions, standing according to a specific six-pointed star formation.
"Hexagram Formation!"
The six of them simultaneously formed hand seals. Six blue beams shot up from their positions and merged together in the sky, forming a thick blue membrane.
The membrane rapidly spread and connected into one whole. In the end, another huge blue plane formed above them, like an upside-down canopy covering everyone underneath.
At the same time, the blue plane at the top pressed down at high speed with crushing force, and its purpose was obvious.
To stop Rasa from escaping by flying.
In the next instant, the four giant sickle blades flashing with cold light shot over like lightning, carrying wind straight toward Rasa.
Against the sudden attack, Rasa hurriedly used his Gold Dust Boundary Technique, trying to block the sickle blades.
But right then, a series of cracking sounds suddenly rang out.
His Gold Dust Boundary Technique was actually being continuously broken apart during the violent collision with the sickle blades, and the defense that had seemed impossible to break instantly became unstable.
Even while trapped in danger, Rasa did not panic. His eyes quickly swept around like a hawk's, calmly and accurately analyzing the current situation.
At that moment, Pakura had already condensed another powerful Scorch Release attack and threw it toward Rasa without hesitation.
The huge fireball formed from Scorch Release roared toward him with a long trail of flames behind it.
The terrifying power of it immediately increased the pressure on Rasa, who was already struggling to deal with the Great Sickle Technique.
This Scorch Release fireball was far beyond ordinary Fire Release. It possessed terrifying heat capable of evaporating all the moisture inside a person's body in an instant.
Even a strong fighter like Rasa, the One-Tail jinchuriki, would likely suffer severe injuries or even risk death if struck head-on by the Scorch Release fireball.
In an instant, scorching heat swept over like raging waves covering the sky and earth.
Rasa felt as though he had been thrown into the crater of a volcano about to erupt. Even breathing became extremely difficult.
The burning heat rushed toward him, and he could even faintly smell the sharp scent of his own flesh being scorched.
"Since things have come to this, none of you are leaving here easily either."
At this critical moment, Rasa steeled himself and finally decided to enter tailed beast form and break through by force.
He glared and shouted toward the One-Tail Shukaku inside him, "Shukaku, lend me your chakra immediately, or both of us will be captured by them today!"
Before he even finished speaking, Rasa had already impatiently begun drawing out Shukaku's chakra.