Kekkei Tota, Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Jutsu. This was a power capable of reducing a human to mere atoms; no matter how staggering one's taijutsu might be, it could never hope to contend with such a force.
Vaguely, it felt like a power that transcended ordinary ninjutsu, touching upon the laws of reality. It was perhaps similar to how standard ninjutsu became entirely neutralized when facing the Sage of Six Paths mode.
This was even truer of the Truth-Seeker Orbs that appeared later, which possessed the Power of All Creation. Containing the full essence of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements, they represented a power that went far beyond Kekkei Tota, and naturally, far beyond Dust Release.
A Truth-Seeker Orb could render any ninjutsu utterly useless with ease.
Of course, Onoki currently only possessed the power of Kekkei Tota, but that was already a terrifying force in its own right. The Dust Release energy completely enveloped Tianyuan.
Then, the space seemed to shatter like glass. When the light of the Dust Release finally dissipated, there wasn't a trace of a human figure left inside. Under the might of that technique, everything was destined to be reduced to atomic dust.
Such was the horror of Dust Release.
"Is he dead?" Onoki paused, startled. Killing Tianyuan so easily felt somewhat unexpected. Even though this was the combined strength of two Jinchuriki and a Kage, it didn't quite match the legends he had heard about Tianyuan's prowess.
"Over here!" Roshi and Han, currently in their Tailed Beast transformations, were incredibly sensitive. They immediately detected Tianyuan's presence nearby.
"Stellar perception," Tianyuan said calmly as he stepped out from the distance, his expression serene.
"You're not dead? Then that just now was..." Onoki's brow furrowed as he looked at him.
"Oh, that? It was just a Shadow Clone," Tianyuan replied indifferently.
"A Shadow Clone? A Shadow Clone couldn't possibly be that resilient," Onoki said, his voice laced with disbelief.
"Perhaps," Tianyuan smiled. What he had used wasn't an ordinary Shadow Clone, but a Wood Clonethe power of Wood Release.
"Tianyuan, you truly are formidable," Onoki said in a low, heavy voice. "Even with our current strength, trying to keep you here might be too great a task."
"So, Onoki, do you plan to let me go?" Tianyuan asked.
"No, we must leave you here regardless," Onoki shouted. He wove through a series of hand signs, and a massive fist of stone manifested before him.
It was the Earth Release: Rock Fist Jutsu.
"Earth Release: Super Weighted Boulder Jutsu!" He added the strength-enhancing technique to the stone fist. As the blow launched, the power it carried was violent to the extreme.
"Well met!" Tianyuan's own fist surged forward to meet it. The two fists collided with a thunderous boom, but this time, the outcome was surprising. Tianyuan was actually knocked back by the force of the impact, while Onoki's figure didn't even waver.
"What incredible power." As Tianyuan was sent flying, he saw the transformed Roshi and Han charging toward him from the corners of his eyes.
"In that case, let's have a proper brawl," Tianyuan's eyes flashed with a cold light. "Gate of Opening, Gate of Healing, Gate of Life, Gate of Pain, Gate of Limit, Gate of ViewOpen!"
"Six Gates Released!" Suspended in mid-air, Tianyuan instantly pushed his Eight Inner Gates to the sixth level. A brilliant green light radiated from his body, permeating the air around him.
"Armament Haki: Hardening." Tianyuan's hands turned pitch black. This was the hardening of Armament Haki; supported by his powerful physical body, the Haki was stronger than ever before.
Using the Sky Dancing Technique, Tianyuan came to a dead stop in the air.
"The Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, I presume?" Tianyuan reached out and actually caught Roshi and Han by their arms. The terrifying Tailed Beast power radiating from them failed to have any effect on him.
"Roar!" Roshi and Han let out violent bellows, struggling to break free from Tianyuan's grip.
"Did you think I'd let you go that easily?" Tianyuan gripped them both tightly and slammed them down toward the ground with immense force.
Boom! Boom!
The terrifying power exploded upon the earth and their bodies. Massive, spider-webbed craters formed instantly. One could see just how vast Tianyuan's strength washe was essentially a humanoid Tailed Beast, much like the Third Raikage.
He relied on pure taijutsu to contend directly with Tailed Beasts, but Tianyuan was even more exaggerated, pinning Roshi and Han down so they couldn't even escape.
"Such powerful taijutsu?" Onoki watched from a distance, his pupils shrinking violently. Tianyuan's physical prowess had reached an inconceivable level. Even without the power of a Mangekyo, Tianyuan could fight on par with Kage-level opponents using pure taijutsu alone.
"What's wrong, Onoki? Are you afraid, or just worried?" Tianyuan called out to him while continuously slamming his captives into the ground.
"I am neither afraid nor worried. I am merely surprised by your strength," Onoki said slowly. "However, you know as well as I do that the power of a Tailed Beast is more than just this."
"I am well aware," Tianyuan noted. As they continued to roar, tails began to sprout behind Roshi and Han. He could feel the Tailed Beast chakra around them becoming denser and more concentrated, their Tailed Beast Cloaks thickening and hardening.
They were about to enter the Version 2 Tailed Beast Form.
Roshi still seemed to maintain some human reason, but Han's rationality was beginning to fade. In terms of controlling a Tailed Beast, Roshi was clearly the superior of the two.
Violent energy continued to erupt from Tianyuan's palms.
"Then let's try this one more time." Tianyuan flew high into the sky and released a burst of strength, hurlng the two Jinchuriki downward.
Boom!
Two human-shaped pits appeared deep in the earth.
"Roar..." With a world-shaking cry, two figures wreathed in berserk Tailed Beast chakra emerged. Shrouded in their Tailed Beast Cloaks, there was no longer any hint of a human form left in Roshi or Han; they were now true humanoid beasts.
The Jinchuriki Han roared incessantly, clearly having lost his mind to the transformation.
"Roshi, I'll leave this battlefield to you two," Onoki said, taking in the situation. He immediately began to retreat, heading toward a different front.
Tianyuan watched Onoki leave but did not give chase. At that moment, the system had triggered a new task.
If he defeated Roshi and Han, he would obtain one half of an X-Men high definition video. This would allow him to combine it with the portion he had received previously.
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