Han's attack was swift as thunder. This strike contained not only the full thrust of his Steam Armor's instantaneous burst but also incorporated the violent Chakra of the Five-Tails, Kokuo.
Its power was so great that, not to mention ordinary Jonin, even Naruto in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode during the Fourth Great Ninja War in the original work was sent flying by this move.
The red steel fist tore through the air, carrying scorching white steam, seemingly about to completely engulf Hikari's seemingly slender figure.
However, at this critical moment-
Hum!
A surge of red Chakra instantly erupted. A ferocious half-body skeletal frame materialized out of thin air, completely enveloping Hikari.
Han's determined punch landed solidly on this red skeletal frame!
Clang-!!!
A dull, thunderous roar exploded. Violent shockwaves spread outwards in a ring, sweeping up sand and stones from the ground.
That strike capable of splitting mountains and cracking rocks actually failed to shake the foundation of the skeletal frame. Only a few spiderweb-like fine cracks appeared at the point of contact with the fist.
Protected within the Susanoo, Hikari's figure didn't even waver.
She slowly turned around, her crimson Sharingan indifferently scanning the cracks on the skeleton before turning her gaze to Han's disbelieving face. Her cool voice: "Utilizing steam bursts and Tailed Beast's Chakra to amplify Taijutsu... you must be Iwagakure's Five-Tails' Jinchuriki. Speed and strength are... passable."
This plain evaluation sounded like the greatest sarcasm to Han's ears.
His all-out strike only earned him a 'passable'?
Before Han could react further, the other arm of the half-body skeletal frame clenched into a fist and simply punched forward!
No fancy techniques, only absolute power crush.
Bang!
Han barely had time to cross his arms in front of his chest. His entire body felt as if hit head-on by a high-speed train. The irresistible force made his throat sweeten, and he flew backward uncontrollably, tracing a parabola in the air.
"Han!" Roshi growled. Dark red Tailed Beast's Chakra instantly surged around him, forming one tail Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak. He shot forward, catching Han mid-air.
The immense impact force made the two slide for over ten meters before barely stopping.
"Thanks, Roshi." Han stabilized himself, a trickle of blood seeping from the edge of the red mask covering half his face, his expression terribly grave.
He stared fixedly at the distant red skeletal frame, saying in a deep voice: "This person's strength is extremely terrifying... conventional methods are probably meaningless. I'm afraid both of us need to enter Complete Tailed Beast Transformation to possibly contend with her!"
"Complete Tailed Beast Transformation?!" Roshi's pupils contracted, his wrinkled face showing shock.
'After just one exchange, Han, who had always prided himself on Taijutsu and strength, made such a judgment?'
He knew Han wasn't one to speak rashly, but to enter Complete Tailed Beast Transformation amidst an army of tens of thousands of Iwagakure's Ninjas?
"Now? Here?! You'll cause friendly fire!"
As the two were shocked and doubtful, commotion arose from the Iwagakure's Ninjas crowd behind them.
They saw Onoki, holding his lower back, being helped up by his granddaughter, Kurotsuchi, grimacing and gritting his teeth.
"Ouch... My bones... This young person, no sense of restraint in their attacks, no respect for elders..." He complained while rubbing his back, but when his cloudy old eyes looked towards the battlefield ahead, all complaints turned into unprecedented gravity.
Ahead, Hikari, who had activated the first stage of Susanoo, did not remain stationary.
The half-body skeletal frame's hand now held a large sword burning with red Chakra Flames.
She moved!
The deep blue figure, enveloped in the red skeleton, charged like a meteor falling into a yellow sea, actively charging towards the still massive Iwagakure's army!
She didn't even use any more Ninjutsu, relying solely on this first-stage Susanoo and the Chakra Sword in its hand, transforming into the most efficient killing machine.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Every flash of the red blade light was accompanied by the collapse of earth walls, the shattering of tools, and the miserable wails of lives extinguished.
The Earth Release defenses the Iwagakure's Ninjas exerted their full strength to create were as fragile as paper against the Chakra Sword… dense showers of kunai and shuriken hitting the Susanoo's bones only sparked sporadic sparks before powerlessly bouncing off.
Hikari's figure weaved through the crowd, her Sharingan accurately capturing every attack gap and defense weakness. Wherever the blade light pointed, Iwagakure's Ninjas fell in waves, blood soon dyeing the desert red.
The frontal battle line formed by tens of thousands of Iwagakure's Ninjas was actually being pierced and torn apart by her alone!
The moans of the wounded filled the field, casualties were heavy. In a short time, hundreds, even thousands, of Iwagakure's Ninjas lost their combat ability, either dead or injured.
The originally orderly formation was now a scene of chaos, panic spreading like a plague.
"We can't let her keep killing like this!"
Kitsuchi was furious, eyes wide with rage, roaring: "Roshi! Han! Come with me! Akatsuchi, Monga, organize long-range Ninjutsu support, pin her down!"
"Understood!"
"Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique!" Kitsuchi's giant rock fist smashed hard towards the Susanoo.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Stone Golem!" Akatsuchi summoned a huge rock giant that charged forward with heavy steps.
Monga shouted hoarsely, directing the Ninja in the rear: "Third and Fourth Divisions, combined Earth Release: Earth Flow River! Fifth Division, Wind Release support! Restrict her movement range!"
Instantly, various Earth and Wind Release Ninjutsu poured onto Hikari's Susanoo like a storm. Explosions were incessant, smoke and dust permeated the air.
However, most of these attacks were stubbornly withstood by the Susanoo. The few with greater threat were precisely split or flicked away by the agile Chakra Sword.
Hikari still seemed to have plenty of room to maneuver amidst the Ninjutsu bombardment. The Susanoo, offensive and defensive as one, protected her tightly.
"Lava Release: Flower Fruit Mountain!" Roshi finally stopped hesitating. Tailed Beast's Chakra stronger than before erupted around him, forming a four tails Tailed Beast Cloak. He opened his mouth and spewed a wide-area lava sea, attempting to melt the Susanoo with high temperature.
"Boil Release: Unrivaled Strength!" Han also entered a Semi-Tailed Beast State, growing five tails. Steam and Chakra mixed, bursting forth with greater strength and speed. His fists rained down on the Susanoo's skeleton like a storm.
Boom! Boom! Clang! Clang!
The battle instantly turned white-hot.
The two Jinchuriki in Semi-Tailed Beast State, coordinating with the fierce attacks of Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, and other Jonin, engaged in intense close-quarters combat with Hikari enveloped in the red skeleton.
Roshi's Lava Release was scorching and violent, Han's steam fists were swift and fierce, but the Susanoo's skeleton and sword controlled by Hikari always managed to block and counterattack in the most skillful ways.
Occasionally seizing an opening, a single Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique forced Roshi and Han to temporarily avoid the sharp edge.
The more they fought, the more appalled Roshi and Han became.
'The other party's control over the battle rhythm, her utilization of the Susanoo and Ninjutsu, was simply terrifying!'
'Was this the strength of a top-tier Uchiha Ninja?'
Just the first stage of Susanoo made them, two Jinchuriki plus several Elite Jonin, feel helpless!
Just as the battle reached a stalemate-
"Everyone, move aside!"
Onoki's aged yet authoritative voice rang out.
He had somehow flown above the battlefield. His hands joined in front of his chest, a semi-transparent cubic barrier rapidly condensed and stretched between his palms, transforming into a conical shape!
"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"
Blinding white light shot from the cone's tip, transforming into a huge rectangular beam that instantly enveloped Hikari and most of her Susanoo!
Wherever this beam passed, even the air seemed completely erased, carrying an annihilating aura!
Hikari's Sharingan sharply focused, her pupils contracting.
She felt an immense threat!
Subconsciously, she controlled the Susanoo to raise its right arm, blocking in front of the beam.
Hiss-!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a teeth-grating, subtle sound as if matter was being completely disintegrated.
Before the seemingly invincible Dust Release beam, the Susanoo's red skeletal right arm, like ice under sunlight, began disintegrating and dissipating from the point of contact, instantly turning into the most basic particles, completely vanishing!
"Success!"
"Tsuchikage-sama's Dust Release!"
"Finish her!"
Seeing this, expressions of wild joy instantly appeared on the faces of Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, and others.
Roshi and Han also felt their spirits lift, once again stirring their Chakra, preparing to launch a fatal strike while the momentum was with them!
However, as the smoke cleared, the expected scene of Hikari severely injured on the ground did not appear.
She still stood firmly on the ground, looking up at the Susanoo's right arm stump that had been 'erased' at the shoulder. There, the red Chakra writhed like a living thing but could not immediately regenerate for the time being.
Not only was she not panicked, she actually laughed lightly.
"A Kekkei Tota that can disintegrate matter to the atomic level? Dust Release, somewhat interesting." Uchiha Hikari's voice remained aloof and cool.
"No wonder that kid Uchiha Madara remembered you back then. However..."
She changed her tone, the crimson pupils in her crimson eyes beginning to rotate rapidly, transforming, finally turning into a more complex and eerie pattern.
Mangekyo Sharingan!
"But if this is all you have, it's still far from enough."
As her icy words fell, the Mangekyo pattern in Hikari's eyes lit up slightly.
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi!"
Instantly, black flames ignited out of thin air!
But these black flames did not burn aimlessly. Instead, as if possessing life, they precisely attached themselves to the Susanoo's remaining skeleton!
The black flames burned and flowed quietly on the red bones, emitting a fearful, ominous aura.
Simultaneously, where the black flames covered, the Susanoo's right arm, shattered by Dust Release, began to rapidly reshape and regenerate at a visible rate!
At this moment, Roshi and Han's full-power strikes also arrived!
The lava fist and the steam-heavy punch smashed hard into the Susanoo's chest covered with black flames!
Boom!!
In the violent explosion, the Susanoo swayed slightly, but the black flames of Amaterasu covering it were like a bone-deep affliction, instantly winding back along the attack contact points, entangling Roshi and Han's Tailed Beast Chakra Cloaks!
"Argh!"
"What are these flames?!"
The two cried out in pain simultaneously. The black flames not only brought scorching pain to the bone but were also madly burning their Chakra!
No matter how they tried to extinguish them, the black flames remained motionless, instead showing signs of burning more fiercely!
"It's the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan Dojutsu: Amaterasu!" Onoki's face in the distance changed dramatically. He hurriedly shouted a reminder: "The black flames released will absolutely not extinguish until the target is completely burned away! Quickly shed the Chakra Cloaks!"
Han reacted extremely quickly. Upon hearing this, without hesitation he shook his hands violently. The Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak condensed on his body instantly shed, the attached black flames falling to the ground along with it, scorching pits into the earth.
Roshi also followed suit, painfully shedding his Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak.
Although the two had shaken off the black flames' entanglement, their auras were considerably diminished, forced to exit their Semi-Tailed Beast States.
Only now did they have the leisure to look around.
They saw that the originally dense Iwagakure's army had long since retreated a great distance to avoid the aftershocks of their battle.
Around the core area where they had fought Hikari, large areas of scorched and pitted land were left, along with over a thousand corpses of Iwagakure's Ninjas in various poses, silently recounting the brief yet brutal battle that had just occurred.
Onoki slowly floated down to land beside Roshi and Han. He looked at the red Susanoo covered in black flames, its right arm already fully restored, and at Hikari protected within, her Mangekyo Sharingan coldly gazing at them.
He took a deep breath, a resolute expression appearing on his face.
"It seems conventional tactics are ineffective against her." Onoki's voice was heavy and solemn. "Roshi, Han, we can no longer hold back. Go all out. The opponent... is a monster transcending the ordinary Kage-level."
Roshi and Han exchanged a glance, seeing the same determination in each other's eyes.
At this point, they indeed could no longer worry about friendly fire. Otherwise, the entire Iwagakure's army might perish here.
"Understood."
"Roar-!"
The two no longer suppressed the Tailed Beasts within them.
Tailed Beast's Chakra vast as an ocean surged from their bodies like a volcanic eruption!
Dark red Chakra shot into the sky, rapidly condensing and shaping!
At Roshi's location, a massive, crimson giant ape with four thick tails roared towards the sky with a deafening roar!
Four-Tails, Son Goku!
At Han's location, an equally huge, pure white beast resembling a horse and dolphin, with five tails, appeared, pawing the ground with its hooves, emitting a dull whinny!
Five-Tails, Kokuo!
The massive bodies of the two complete tailed beasts stood on the battlefield, the oppressive feeling they brought enough to make ordinary Ninja mentally collapse.
They flanked Onoki floating in the air, looking down upon the 'tiny' Hikari on the ground in their contrast.
Faced with this terrifying power capable of overthrowing a small country, Hikari merely laughed lightly, a flash of excitement in her Mangekyo Sharingan.
"Finally showing some decent strength. Then..." She tilted her head slightly, her tone still carrying that infuriating composure.
"I'll get a little serious too."
As her words fell, red Chakra ten, a hundred times more vast than before erupted violently with her as the center!
The ground at her feet cracked inch by inch, the surrounding space seemed to warp!
The half-body skeletal frame emitted an overwhelmed hum, then suddenly shot up from the ground!
The bones grew madly, extending, becoming thicker, more ferocious… red Chakra Flesh and Tendons rapidly covered them, and next, ancient and majestic tengu armor condensed and assembled piece by piece!
A pair of huge wings spread open on its back, flapping forcefully, instantly stirring up violent hurricanes that made the observing Iwagakure's Ninjas in the distance struggle to stand firm!
This red Complete Body Susanoo held a huge scabbard in its left wing. Its right hand slowly drew a Chakra Greatsword over a hundred meters long, burning with red flames, from within!
Where the blade pointed, space itself seemed to tremble!
When this heaven-supporting, earth-standing red warrior god was fully displayed before everyone, a feeling of fear and insignificance seized the heart of every Iwagakure's Ninja.
Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, Gari, and other Iwagakure's elites who had already fled several kilometers away, thinking themselves safe, now had faces full of unconcealable terror.
The violent wind blew their hair, rolled-up gravel stung their faces.
They were one and all pale-faced, trembling all over, even their breathing became difficult!
They stared dumbly at the distant red armored giant and the two Tailed Beasts facing it.
'This was simply not an existence that human power could contend against!'
Onoki, suspended between the Four-Tails and Five-Tails, looked up at this red warrior god that seemed even more oppressive than the memory of Madara's blue Susanoo. His aged body trembled slightly.
At this moment, Onoki finally recalled the fear of being dominated by Susanoo.