In the arena.
"Has he gone berserk?"
Setsuna looked at Seiryū, who was wrapped in dark red chakra, his hands and feet transformed into dragon claws, a tail behind him whipping wildly, and the chakra fluctuations around him so powerful that even Setsuna felt shocked.
His expression also became especially solemn. "What tailed beast is this? It isn't the Nine-Tails, and it isn't any tailed beast I know of."
"Could there be other tailed beasts in the ninja world besides the nine tailed beasts?"
Clearly.
This state was something that appeared when the tailed beast inside a Jinchūriki went berserk.
A rampaging tailed beast, a rampaging Jinchūriki.
He had once seen it on the battlefield.
That powerful force, enough to destroy an entire nation, had left a deep impression on him.
He was not confident he could deal with this power.
Fortunately, the other party did not seem to have completely transformed into a full tailed beast.
A violent, bloodthirsty roar burst from Seiryū's mouth, and the sound waves turned into a shockwave that swept across the surroundings.
The powerful and heavy chakra fluctuations around him even caused the ground beneath his feet to crack apart.
The rampaging Seiryū only retained some subconscious instincts.
Naturally, Setsuna, who showed "malice" toward him, would be regarded as a target to attack.
So the rampaging Seiryū moved.
His legs exerted force, and the already cracked ground became even more ruined at this moment.
Seiryū's figure turned into a streak of light, and the distance between them was crossed in an instant. "Bzz bzz bzz!"
A huge dark red Rasengan spinning at high speed smashed down toward Setsuna's head!
Rumble!
Explosions rose one after another, the earth shook, and shockwaves swept in every direction.
Broken stones were swept up by the shockwaves and scattered like bullets, while smoke and dust surged into the air.
Fortunately, the Four Violet Flames Formation separated the inside from the outside, preventing the shockwaves from spreading out.
The Four Violet Flames Formation was a sealing barrier that could withstand Kage-level attacks!
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!!"
Amid the smoke and dust, Setsuna leapt out, avoiding the attack while his hands instantly formed seals.
The next moment after landing, his chest swelled, and scorching flames spewed from his mouth!
Whoosh!
A curtain of fire surged and burned, almost covering the entire field sealed by the Four Violet Flames Formation.
The temperature inside the arena climbed, turning it into a lava hell.
The curtain of fire swept forward, roaring toward Seiryū!
Boom boom boom!!
A series of roars resounded through the arena, and Seiryū's right dragon claw tore forward, ripping apart the incoming curtain of fire.
Relying on the defense of his chakra cloak, the flames filling the sky burned continuously, but they could not stop Seiryū from moving forward.
"Ugh, roar ahhh!"
After entering the "Hollowfication" state and opening the Fifth Gate, the Gate of Limit, Seiryū's strength had risen greatly.
He was even stronger than when he first rampaged!
Every movement carried tremendous power.
Boom!
His right hand, transformed into a dragon claw, slapped down, and the ground was blasted open into a huge pit under this strike. Rocks jutted up across the arena.
The shockwave slammed into the Four Violet Flames Formation, as if even making the barrier tremble.
Under such an impact, although Setsuna reacted extremely quickly and dodged, the erupting shockwave still affected him.
Making him cough up blood again.
Being injured repeatedly made the anger, killing intent, and humiliation in Setsuna's heart burn even more fiercely!
The three-tomoe Sharingan spun wildly, and the black pattern became even deeper, carrying an even more bewitching aura.
"Roar!!"
After one strike was dodged, Seiryū roared again.
His perception locked onto Setsuna's chakra fluctuations, and his figure erupted once more.
Seiryū, who possessed Shunpo, was a speed-type ninja. Even in his normal state, he was already difficult to deal with.
Now, he was so fast it was almost unreasonable. The naked eye of ordinary people could not capture him at all.
Fortunately, Setsuna was a ninja with a dōjutsu bloodline. The three-tomoe Sharingan gave him powerful dynamic vision, allowing him to capture Seiryū's movements.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every one of Seiryū's attacks shook out a roar, and the sound waves even passed through the Four Violet Flames Formation, allowing the people outside to hear them.
Such movement naturally made countless people feel their hearts pound in fear.
However, even such fierce attacks did not hit Setsuna.
They were either parried by him or dodged.
'This can't continue.'
But the more Setsuna fought, the more alarmed he became. His aged body was already becoming unable to withstand this kind of high-intensity battle.
He was no longer young.
Even though he relied on the Uchiha Style sword technique he had developed himself to deflect the other party's attacks with less force, the other party's strength still exceeded his imagination.
Every time he parried, it made him feel unwell, and both arms had begun to ache and swell.
If this continued, he would definitely be torn apart by the other party!!
He was the great elder of the Uchiha clan, and held a certain amount of real authority. If he were defeated and killed by a brat still wet behind the ears, it would definitely be a joke.
A huge joke.
And something he absolutely could not tolerate!!
The flame-burning short blade in his hand once again deflected the smashing fist, and the vibrating force nearly made Setsuna lose his grip on the blade.
He gripped the hilt tightly, ignoring the blood bursting from the web of his hand.
Setsuna instantly formed seals, his chest swelling. "Wind Release: Great Vacuum Cannon!!"
An even stronger storm cluster shot from his mouth, slamming heavily into the semi-tailed beast transformed Seiryū and blasting him far away.
"Die!!"
Setsuna shouted loudly, chakra surging violently from his body. Scorching flames spread up the short blade and rose into the sky.
Turning into a scorching giant sword more than ten meters long.
Gripping the giant sword with both hands, Setsuna slashed down with a fierce attack.
Like cleaving Mount Hua, the power of this blade could not be ignored, it was extraordinarily strong!
"Roar!"
The perception of Bakudō #58, Kakushitsuijaku, was passive. Although Seiryū had gone berserk and lost his reason, it did not affect the use of jutsu without seals.
He had already sensed the incoming danger.
With a roar, his right hand, transformed into a dragon claw, opened, and in almost the blink of an eye, a Rasengan had already formed.
And under the infusion of powerful chakra, it became more than ten meters wide!
It blasted toward the descending flaming giant sword!
Rumble!!
One above and one below, two ninjutsu collided at this moment, shaking out a terrifying roar, and frightening shockwaves bloomed, sweeping everywhere.
Boom boom boom!
The flaming giant sword was incomparably powerful, crushing the Super Big Ball Rasengan.
Although its power had weakened somewhat, it still smashed down toward Seiryū below, its might still fierce!
But Seiryū's subconscious reaction was also extremely fast. His right dragon claw reached out, grabbing toward the falling flaming giant sword.
In an instant, tremendous force erupted, and the ground beneath Seiryū's feet cracked and sank.
Thick cracks spread out with Seiryū's body as the center.
However, Setsuna's attack was still blocked by the rampaging Seiryū!
But in the next moment, the blocked flaming giant sword suddenly dissipated.
The sudden change made Seiryū, who had been exerting force to resist the flaming giant sword, lose his balance for an instant, his step following forward.
"It's over!"
This had been Setsuna's deliberate move from the start, and he captured Seiryū's momentary opening.
Setsuna flashed in front of Seiryū, his increasingly bewitching three-tomoe Sharingan meeting Seiryū's scarlet eyes.
He shouted coldly, "Genjutsu Sharingan!!"
The dōjutsu power of the Sharingan could restrain tailed beasts.
As the great elder of the Uchiha clan, Setsuna could not possibly be unaware of this.
The Uchiha Madara of the past had used the dōjutsu power of the Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails, driving the Nine-Tails' power for his own use.
(To be continued.)
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