Chapter 119: Intense Battle
[Hmm?]
Just as Yahiko was thinking about how to deal with his dad, a powerful Chakra fluctuation suddenly appeared in his perception.
As soon as he felt this fluctuation, Yahiko decisively used the Body Flicker Technique to leave his original spot. When he stood still again and looked towards the source of the Chakra, he was greatly shocked.
Roshi, who had been on his last breath just moments ago, was now standing up once again.
However, that wasn't what shocked Yahiko.
It was because Roshi no longer had a human form—or more accurately, he no longer had a human appearance.
At this moment, Roshi was entirely composed of blackish-red Chakra, with Three-Tails swaying behind him, and his whole body emitted a bizarre and evil aura.
[Is this... the Tailed Beast losing control?]
Looking at Roshi's current state, Yahiko pondered to himself. But immediately after, he assumed a combat stance.
Because he knew that regardless of whether the other party had truly lost control, his target was him!
Sure enough... "Roar~!"
With a roar, Roshi, manifesting Three-Tails, charged directly at Yahiko. His speed was far greater than the burst he had shown just now.
But Yahiko was no pushover. Although Roshi's speed in his Three-Tails state was fast, Yahiko's own physical fitness wasn't for show either.
Facing Roshi's direct attack, Yahiko reacted immediately and dodged it.
He then let out a long sigh of relief.
Of course, he wasn't relaxing because he dodged the attack, but because he knew that Roshi was now in a berserk state.
After all... there's a big difference between having a brain and not having one!
Seeing that his strike failed to hit Yahiko, Roshi turned around and charged at him again.
Next, a classic bullfighting scene unfolded within the mist.
Yahiko tensed his legs, assuming a stance where he could use the Body Flicker to move left or right at any time, and then held his hands in an offensive posture.
Then... he curled his right index finger in a beckoning motion.
"You... come here!"
Roshi: "???"
Although Roshi was currently in a berserk state, he hadn't gone completely brain-dead. He still recognized such an obvious provocation.
He immediately let out a low growl and charged at Yahiko.
Then... "Heh~, can't hit me, can't hit me, bleh bleh bleh..."
Saying this, Yahiko felt it wasn't enough, so he summoned a water ball and threw it at Roshi's head.
Splosh!
The sound of the water ball bursting rang out in the silent mist, sounding exceptionally heavy.
"Roar..."
An even louder roar erupted from Roshi's mouth, followed by the emergence of a fourth tail.
[Crap! I think I played around too much!]
With Four-Tails grown, Roshi became even more powerful, and his bursts of speed were even faster.
Several times, he almost managed to grab Yahiko.
[No! I can't let him keep going like this, I have to settle this quickly!]
After sensing that Roshi's strength was still increasing, Yahiko's expression turned serious.
Previously, he had wanted to test just how strong a Tailed Beast was. After all, Shukaku back in the Village didn't look fierce at all and was even a bit silly.
Now that he had personally experienced it, Yahiko wanted to end the fight quickly.
He wasn't a masochist, after all. He'd felt enough and decided to quit while he was ahead!
"Eight Gates... Third Gate of Life... Open!"
A surge of green energy radiated from Yahiko's body.
Immediately after, he took the initiative to strike, meeting Roshi head-on.
When Roshi saw Yahiko charging at him, he naturally burst forward, intending to tear him to shreds.
As the distance between the man and the beast closed, Roshi initiated the attack first, leaping at Yahiko with the intent to rip him apart with his front limbs.
As his limbs got closer and closer to Yahiko, Yahiko could even see a hint of a smile on Roshi's face, which was already distorted beyond recognition.
But Roshi was destined to be disappointed.
Just as his limbs were about to reach Yahiko, the Yahiko in front of him suddenly vanished.
Then, he felt a gale on his back, followed by a surge of immense force.
"Sand Hidden Whip Kick!"
Just as Roshi's limbs were about to catch him, Yahiko decisively exploded with all his strength. Using an instantaneous burst from his legs, he moved like a teleportation behind Roshi's back.
Then, using his waist to generate power, he delivered a spinning whip kick to Roshi's back, slamming him straight into the ground.
A giant crater was smashed into the earth. Yahiko then decisively used the recoil from the kick to return to the ground.
He deactivated the Eight Gates state and began forming hand seals.
"Water Release: Multiple Water Severing Wave!"
The water scattered on the ground was once again gathered by Yahiko, forming dozens of water pillars that blasted towards Roshi in the crater!
As for whether Roshi would survive such a barrage of water pillars?
That was no longer something Yahiko needed to consider at the moment!
After the dozens of water pillars finished their bombardment, the crater returned to silence.
Just as Yahiko thought it was all over... "ROAR!!!"
A roar even louder than before erupted from the crater, followed by a pillar of red light shooting into the sky.
[Not good!]
Seeing this, Yahiko decisively used Body Flicker to retreat, widening the distance and preparing for battle again.
When Yahiko found a safe spot to observe Roshi's position again,
Roshi had already disappeared. In his place was a fifty-meter-tall red gorilla—the complete form of the Four-Tails.
Looking at the Four-Tails staring intently at him as if it wanted to swallow him alive, Yahiko's expression became solemn.
[Oh ho~, looks like I played too much!]
[Now I'm targeted by the Four-Tails, what should I do?]
[Waiting online, it's pretty urgent!]
...On the Sand Rock Battlefield, the Ninjas from both sides were hiding in the distance, quietly observing everything in the center.
Ah... no!
They were observing the Four-Tails in the center.
Then their eyes followed the Four-Tails' gaze... Oh ho, there was one more person... Although there were several thousand people nearby, the Four-Tails' gaze wasn't on them. Its eyes were only on the person in front of it—the one who almost killed Roshi and almost caused its own death.
Those dozens of water pillars earlier had pierced through Roshi's body. If it hadn't already been on the verge of emerging, it might have really died without knowing why.
Therefore... this human in front of it... must die!
Thinking of this, the Four-Tails let out another roar to the sky!
Immediately, intense heat began to radiate from its feet, turning the surrounding ground into a battlefield of lava, intending to burn the man before it to ashes.
But thoughts were just thoughts.
After sensing the terrifying Chakra fluctuations coming from the Four-Tails, how could Yahiko not know it was preparing to attack?
So, Yahiko quickly performed a Ninjutsu, controlling the water beneath his feet to carry him away from the Four-Tails, and the further the better.
After all, for such a large Tailed Beast, even a casual palm strike... to a Ninja, would be an ultra-large-scale Ninjutsu range, let alone the current Four-Tails, which wasn't just striking casually. It was clearly preparing to perform a Ninjutsu.
Just as Yahiko expected, as he used Ninjutsu to flee, the ground began to turn red-hot with the Four-Tails' feet as the center. Then, roaring lava surged from the ground, turning the original earth into a domain of lava.
"Ow ow ow... hot hot hot!"
Feeling the scorching heat from the ground, which was nearly boiling the water beneath his feet, Yahiko hopped around and performed another Ninjutsu.
As more and more water was gathered, the temperature finally began to drop.
By the time Yahiko had completely escaped the range of the Four-Tails' Ninjutsu, he had already moved over a hundred meters away.
"Good grief! If we take the Four-Tails back, Hidden Sand Village could start a hot spring business!"
Looking at the lava flowing under the water and feeling the warm water temperature, Yahiko couldn't help but say.
Even though Yahiko spoke very softly, he was still caught by the Four-Tails, which had been staring at him.
Looking at the human who didn't forget to mock it even after running away, the Four-Tails' anger level rose another notch.
"Roar~" (Human, you must die!)
Glug glug
The lava that was originally suppressed by the water actually became active again under the Four-Tails' control, raising the water temperature once more.
Then... I'll add water... I'll keep adding water... Then... Roar~, lava... lava... I'll keep spitting lava... Of course, while releasing lava, the Four-Tails wasn't just standing still; it was also wading through the water, chasing after Yahiko.
But Yahiko was too agile in the water, dodging with Water Body Flicker one moment, playing around with Shadow Clones the next, and occasionally adding a Water Release Ninjutsu.
"Heh~ can't hit me, can't hit me!"
"Heh, I dodge! I dodge!"
"I'll hit you with another Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Don't worry, I still have a Water Severing Wave!"
"Right in your little JJ!!!"
Four-Tails: "!!!"
"ROAR~~~"
Faced with the continuous provocations from the human before it, the Four-Tails could no longer suppress its rage. It didn't care that this human was right in front of it anymore.
It immediately opened its mouth and gathered a black Tailed Beast Ball.
[Perfect!]
When Yahiko saw this, instead of feeling a sense of crisis, his spirits were lifted.
Because he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
The Tailed Beast's defense and recovery were simply too strong. Although the Water Severing Wave could injure or even pierce some weak spots,
the Tailed Beast's recovery ability was too abnormal; wounds often healed shortly after they appeared. This left Yahiko with no substantial progress.
Fortunately, Yahiko knew that a Tailed Beast needs to keep its mouth open when performing a Tailed Beast Ball, and the moment the Tailed Beast Ball is formed is when the Tailed Beast is at its weakest.
Seeing the Four-Tails open its mouth and gather a black Tailed Beast Ball in front of it,
Yahiko dropped his previous mocking expression and quickly began forming hand seals.
The surrounding water flowed rapidly towards Yahiko under the control of his Chakra, eventually condensing into two giant water dragons behind him.
But that wasn't all. As the water dragons took shape, Yahiko began forming hand seals again, but this time he wasn't forming Water Release seals, but Wind Release ones.
He remembered his dad telling him that the Second Hokage's Water Release could overpower a Mizukage, and he once used the Water Severing Wave technique to cut down a giant tree a thousand meters tall.
Although Yahiko thought his dad was boasting—how could there be such a tall tree in the Ninja World?
That didn't stop Yahiko from developing in that direction. Although he couldn't achieve it with Water Release alone, it wasn't like he only knew Water Release. Hidden Sand Village had many Wind Release Ninjutsu, and how could Yahiko, who was born with Wind-attribute Chakra, not learn Wind Release?
While Water Release alone couldn't do it, nobody said he couldn't use a combined Ninjutsu!
"Wind Release: Wind Tornado!"
"Combined Ninjutsu: Wind Dragon Biting Explosion!"
"Ahhhh~~~"
As Yahiko finished his Wind Release seals, a gale was added to the two spiraling water dragons.
The two water dragons then began to rotate even faster, shooting towards the Four-Tails' mouth under Yahiko's control.
As they got closer to the Four-Tails, the rotation speed of the two water dragons increased further, until even the two dragon heads became a blur.
The continuous rotation also pulled in the water on the ground, making the Ninjutsu grow larger and larger.
If viewed from a distance, it looked like a water gyro, its point currently rushing towards the Four-Tails at extreme speed.
[Not good!]
Seeing the momentum of the Ninjutsu before it, the Four-Tails was also secretly shocked.
It hadn't expected the human before it to be hiding such a move; he was truly despicable.
Looking at the Ninjutsu about to reach it, the Four-Tails' reason once again took the high ground.
But it was useless because it had no other choice now.
It could only choose to immediately fire the incomplete Tailed Beast Ball. If it didn't fire it, the Tailed Beast Ball would surely be detonated when the Ninjutsu arrived.
Then it would have to take full damage. Helping Roshi recover from his injuries and performing its own Lava Release had already consumed a lot of its Chakra.
Now, its condition wasn't perfectly fine. If it took full damage now, it might not survive.
So it quickly released the Tailed Beast Ball to let it explode in the air. This way, although it would still take considerable damage, it would ultimately be much less.
Of course, it could also choose to retract the Tailed Beast Ball and take the full damage of the Ninjutsu.
But... did it think the Ninjutsu's damage was low?
First, a blinding white light suddenly lit up in the sky, then... BOOM!
A loud explosion rang out, followed by a strong energy shockwave. Within the shockwave... there seemed to be a miserable howl.
Expanding outward from the center of the explosion,
it blew the lava and water on the ground away.
"Defend! Quick, fcking defend!" 2
Observing the scene in the distance, Kakuzu and Kitsuchi both shouted in their respective teams.
A long time later... "Holy moly, where the heck did this blow me to!"
Looking at the drastically changed environment, the Ninjas of both Villages marveled together.
A deep, circular crater now lay on the battlefield, its surface charred black.
The area outside the crater was also a mess.
Cooled lava was scattered everywhere.
There were also uneven puddles of water.
And... a giant clam in the distance.
Hmm?
A giant clam?
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