Chapter 96: Chapter 96: Absolute Power!
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After sending Chōji and the others flying, the Armored Shukaku's wings on its back flapped sharply, allowing it to regain its balance and land back on the ground.
The similarly damaged Yin Release black staff was rapidly repairing itself.
However, because Karin had violently used the Gravity Jutsu, the suddenly erupted chakra had exploded within its arm like a bomb.
The skeleton, constructed by the Adamantine Sealing Chains, fractured. The flesh and blood, formed by sand, dispersed, and even the armor covering it shattered into numerous pieces!
But, it didn't matter.
Karin immediately activated the Adamantine Sealing Chains to reconstruct the skeleton, and Mugetsu controlled the sand to regenerate the flesh and blood. Layers of overlapping armor once again covered its arm!
And at this moment, on the other side of the battlefield, Orochimaru once again summoned several giant snakes, each over a hundred meters long, which began to besiege Tsunade and Katsuyu.
After Tsunade saw that Mugetsu was actually toying with Jiraiya and the others like beating a snail, she no longer held back her strength. Facing the dozens of giant snakes rushing towards her, her hands rapidly formed several hand seals, and then she shouted loudly, "Yin Seal: Release! Strength of a Hundred Seal!"
As her voice fell, the diamond-shaped mark on Tsunade's forehead instantly began to spread across her body, forming black patterns that covered her entire form!
If an ordinary ninja using chakra was like drawing water from a pond with a single pipe, then the Yin Seal was equivalent to a massive, constantly accumulating reservoir, and the Strength of a Hundred Seal was like the floodgates on top of the dam!
After Tsunade opened the reservoir and lowered the floodgates...
A massive amount of chakra roared out from her body!!!
In Karin's divine mind's eye, Tsunade's chakra reaction at this moment was completely on par with a Tailed Beast!
"Katsuyu!" Tsunade shouted. Katsuyu immediately understood. With a swing of its head, it sent Tsunade flying towards the hundred-meter-long snakes on the side. Then, it entangled itself with the Ten Thousand Snakes.
In the divine mind's eye, Tsunade, who was flung out, was like a dazzling supernova, instantly arriving in front of one of the giant snakes. A massive amount of chakra poured into her arm, and then she raised her fist and struck fiercely at the snake's head!!!!!
Roar!!!!!
With just a single blow, the hundred-meter-long snake instantly exceeded its damage threshold. Thud, it was forced to dissolve into a pool of bloody flesh, then its summoning was dispelled, returning it to Ryuchi Cave!
The other giant snakes immediately turned their heads, opened their blood-red maws, and lunged at her from different directions!
But at this moment, Tsunade, who was in mid-air, raised her right leg high above her head. Her expression stern, she shouted loudly, "Heavenly Foot of Pain!!!"
As if a meteorite falling from the sky, Tsunade plummeted from the air, her foot striking the ground, and then...
Roar!!!!!!!!!!
An area of land hundreds of meters square instantly turned into tofu blocks and was blasted into the sky. The snakes crawling on the ground immediately lost their balance. One of them was even directly crushed into meat paste by the rising rocks!
Another snake was briefly blasted into the sky. Tsunade rushed forward, directly grabbing that snake's tail with both hands, then swung it around like a meteor hammer, dazing the other two giant snakes before smashing them into a cloud of smoke, sending them back to Ryuchi Cave!
At this moment, Orochimaru, who had been ambushing Tsunade from underground, pondered for a moment after seeing this, and then quietly retreated...
To fight Tsunade one-on-one like this when she was using ninjutsu was simply courting death!
He had no deep-seated hatred with Tsunade. Instead of wasting time like this, he might as well think of a way to lure the battlefield towards the street side and give Jiraiya, who was in his heart, a good stab.
And just as Tsunade and Katsuyu were beating down Ryuchi Cave's snakes, the two toads and Chōji also quickly gathered by Jiraiya's side. They looked gravely at the Armored Shukaku before them!
At this moment, Shukaku was far more terrifying than during the Chūnin Exams!
Jiraiya also looked at everyone and immediately spoke, "The way that power is used is a bit like Tsunade's brute force. You guys mustn't fight it head-on. Try to restrict its movements from the sides. I'll try using ninjutsu!"
The two toads and Chōji immediately nodded upon hearing this, then spread out, looking for an opportunity.
At the same time, Jiraiya also said to Gamabunta beneath him, "It will disrupt the chakra in the sand. Bunta, use Water Style!"
"Hmph! Leave it to me!" Gamabunta snorted, then immediately opened its mouth wide towards the Armored Shukaku. A large amount of chakra instantly began to gather!
"Water Style: Iron Water Cannonball!"
In the divine mind's eye, Gamabunta's body suddenly lit up with an enormous chakra reaction. Then, dozens of giant water spheres, each over ten meters in diameter, shot out like meteors towards the Armored Shukaku, simultaneously sealing off all its escape routes to the left, right, and above!
Mugetsu's eyes narrowed. He immediately borrowed Shukaku's power. Then, the Armored Shukaku held its staff horizontally before its body and swept it lightly. A raging wind instantly gathered!
Shukaku's wind, under the enhancement of the Eye of Ipet, instantly formed on the trajectory of the staff a giant wind sphere equal in quantity to the water spheres, which then shot out towards the incoming water spheres!
"Wind Style: Air Bullet Barrage!"
The raging wind surged. The small wind spheres and water spheres, each like a three-story building, violently collided. In an instant, a torrential downpour was whipped up. In this brief moment, a terrifying, anomalous weather phenomenon formed here!
The dispersed, massive typhoon directly overturned houses. The dense clusters of water spheres struck everything within range like cannonballs, riddling it with holes!
The massive wind and clusters of water mixed together, sweeping away everything in the vicinity!!!
This scene was like a terrifying natural disaster!
But when these water spheres struck the Armored Shukaku's body, they didn't even break through the outermost layer of armor!
Jiraiya's face instantly darkened. The Shukaku from the Chūnin Exams didn't have this kind of power. And what horrified him most was that Naruto had actually become a perfect jinchūriki!
In this ninja world, there were many strong individuals who could single-handedly defeat a Tailed Beast, because most Tailed Beasts only relied on instinct to fight, even if they were the 'university student' Shukaku of the entire village. It also got easily agitated in battle and would disregard everything once it went berserk.
But perfect jinchūriki were different. When they fought in their fully Tailed Beast-transformed state, consciously controlling it, they were no longer like wild Tailed Beasts. They were more cunning, smarter, and also calmer, and their combat experience and awareness were extremely rich...
Ninjas!
This was why all jinchūriki pursued becoming perfect jinchūriki. The Iwagakure's Four-Tails jinchūriki, Old Roshi, had even left the village for this goal and had been secretly cultivating in seclusion outside.
These thoughts flashed through Jiraiya's mind. And at this moment, Kakuzu's voice suddenly came from the side.
"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"
"Water Style: Water Formation Wall!"
The white-faced mask and the water-faced mask simultaneously flew off Kakuzu's back, then opened their mouths wide and unleashed ninjutsu.
The sharp Lightning Spear instantly tore through the air, striking the area of the Armored Shukaku that had been soaked by water. Then, the lightning instantly spread, shattering a large piece of armor in one go!
Immediately after, a highly compressed water cannon followed closely, rushing towards the broken area!
Karin had already detected the sudden chakra reaction with her divine mind's eye.
But the lightning instantly tore through the night sky, leaving her no time to react.
However, the water cannon that followed immediately afterward couldn't reach a level that made it impossible for people to react.
Mugetsu and Karin were in sync in this state, so Karin instantly understood his thoughts. She immediately controlled a purple chakra tentacle, wrapping it around Samehada and lashing it towards the water cannon!
Then...
Thwack... Samehada merely grazed the water cannon and shattered it, and at the same time, instantly devoured all the chakra within it!
Immediately after, Karin controlled the Adamantine Sealing Chains again to repair the damaged armor.
Kakuzu's face darkened upon seeing this. He then said in a low voice, "Samehada... This is really troublesome now. What the hell is that Kisame guy doing? How did he let Samehada be taken away?"
Most of Kakuzu's attack methods were ninjutsu-based, which could be said to be completely countered by Samehada.
After Samehada devoured the chakra in the water cannon, it licked its lips, then turned its head to look approvingly at the purple chakra tentacle.
However, Karin didn't dote on it. She immediately materialized a fist and, using Gravity Jutsu, fiercely slammed it onto its head.
After a dull thud, Samehada finally behaved itself again.
The purple tentacle also grabbed Samehada and began to continuously roam within Shukaku's body, awaiting the next opportunity to strike.
The Hachimon Kinko could ignore ninjutsu of any nature, and Samehada could similarly absorb most ninjutsu.
Mugetsu looked at Kakuzu and Hidan. Then, with a flicker of his eyes, the Armored Shukaku crossed several streets in a single step, gripping the Yin Release black staff and smashing it down towards their location!
The giant staff, like a pillar supporting the sky, arrived in an instant, carrying a raging wind and disturbed airflow, right in front of Kakuzu!
Jiraiya gritted his teeth and immediately directed the three Toad brothers to charge forward. Kakuzu was now on their side, and he couldn't let Mugetsu weaken their forces so easily.
Gamaken held its shield before its body. Its powerful legs stomped on the ground. Like an enormous cannonball, it charged towards the Armored Shukaku!
Everyone's movements were undoubtedly revealed in the divine mind's eye. The staff in the Armored Shukaku's hand immediately left its grip. Thud, it smashed into the location where Kakuzu and the others were.
Then, it violently turned its body, its legs stomping on the ground. At the same time, its wings flapped. While recoiling, it also stirred up a gust of wind. This not only increased its speed but also slowed Gamaken's advance.
But at this moment, with a loud thud!
Gamahiro suddenly charged in from the side, right next to the Armored Shukaku, then crossed its twin swords in an X-shape and slashed towards it!
Karin immediately controlled the wings on its back to thrust forward. In an instant, they grabbed the blades of the twin swords. Gamahiro roared, and the full force of its entire body pressed down. The sharp blades instantly pierced through its palms, cutting all the way to its forearms!
But!
After the Armored Shukaku's palms were split open, they immediately transformed into purple tentacles, tightly entangling the now immobile blades!
Gamahiro was shocked. It tried to pull with all its might but couldn't budge them an inch!
And because it couldn't decisively abandon its weapons and retreat, the wings grabbed its twin swords and pulled them apart to the sides, instantly leaving Gamahiro's center wide open!
At the same time, a large amount of chakra also gathered in the Armored Shukaku's right leg!
Then...
Roar!!!!!
The Armored Shukaku's right leg shot out, like a meteor streaking across the sky. In an instant, it directly kicked Gamahiro's body!
Bones shattered, fresh blood sprayed from its mouth, and the terrifying force directly sent it flying away like a shooting star!
The Armored Shukaku's right leg exploded. It immediately mobilized a large amount of chakra, and the staff in its hand swept forward. "Wind Style: Air Bullet Barrage!!!"
The Yin Release black staff instantly shot out dozens of giant wind spheres, which flew towards the retreating Gamahiro!
Then, boom boom boom boom boom!!!
A series of explosions directly flattened the entire mountaintop, stirring up a sky full of smoke and dust!
But unfortunately, before this, Gamahiro's chakra reaction had already disappeared.
It was clear that Jiraiya, seeing the situation was dire, had dispelled the summoning and sent Gamahiro back to Mount Myoboku!