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Ordinary ninjas and villagers were filled with a sense of powerlessness and deep-seated fear under the oppressive power of the tailed beasts and the giant snake.
Chapter 70 Sasuke VS Shukaku
"What, what happened?" Naruto's eyes widened, unable to believe that he was still in Konoha Village.
The once peaceful and tranquil Konoha Village was gone, replaced by a war-torn landscape he had never witnessed before.
This made him feel a little disheartened.
“Before I went to Mount Myōboku, this hadn’t happened. If there are no surprises, it must be that the Sound Village and the Sand Village joined forces to launch an attack on Konoha!” Jiraiya said in a deep voice, a hint of anger on his face.
"Damn it!" Naruto's face also showed anger. He couldn't understand why everyone was doing well, and why they had to start a war.
But now is not the time to think about these things; the priority is to kill the invaders as soon as possible.
With a thought, the shadow clone he left in Konoha disappeared, and all the memories that happened while he was away from Konoha Village quickly flooded into his mind.
"My grandfather was kidnapped by the Fourth Kazekage and taken to that rooftop. Gaara's tailed beast erupted during the Chunin Exams and was transferred outside the village by my shadow clone."
“I don’t have much Sage Chakra that I’ve fused with natural energy right now, so I can’t create a lot of Shadow Clones. I’ll deal with the Tailed Beasts and help the Third Hokage first. Jiraiya-sensei, I’ll leave the rest to you,” Naruto said, frowning.
“I see, I understand now,” Jiraiya nodded and said.
Naruto immediately created a shadow clone. The two exchanged a glance and nodded, and the shadow clone disappeared instantly.
Jiraiya narrowed his eyes. [The Flying Thunder God Technique?]
Naruto himself went to the rooftop where the Third Hokage and Orochimaru were.
Jiraiya looked around, his gaze settling on the two or three giant snakes at the village entrance.
He recognized it all too well; it was Orochimaru's summoning beast.
Right now, the two spirit beasts are the most destructive force to the village.
"Orochimaru!" Jiraiya's face darkened. "Do you really have absolutely no feelings for the village anymore?"
The place where the guardian crane resides.
Naruto uses his shadow clones, while Hinata and Sasuke fight against Shukaku's burst of power.
"I don't have much chakra left, and I need to save the amount of chakra I can use for the Flying Thunder God Technique to deal with his Tailed Beast Ball. Sasuke, I'm counting on you for this battle," Naruto #1 said with a serious expression.
The chakra left to him by his original body, after lasting for a month, could no longer support his relentless barrage of ninjutsu attacks.
As for physical skills, he is just a shadow clone, which will disappear immediately if attacked with even a slightly stronger force.
However, he cannot disappear now. If Shukaku activates the Tailed Beast Ball, he must use the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer the Tailed Beast Ball away, otherwise the village will be in trouble.
This is why he didn't disappear automatically to notify the original entity.
The original team doesn't know what's going on yet.
Shukaku has already activated the Tailed Beast Ball once, but fortunately he managed to transfer it away in time.
Hinata's attack methods are not very effective against such large creatures.
Therefore, Sasuke is the main force in this battle!
Gaara was very decisive in releasing the tailed beasts, using the Sleeping Technique right at the start of the Chunin Exams.
Shukaku was released directly in Konoha Village.
Fortunately, Naruto #1 used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport them to the Flying Thunder God Mark left outside the village, thus saving Konoha from another Tailed Beast attack.
"I understand." Sasuke, his three-tomoe Sharingan now revealed, looked at the massive Shukaku with a fighting spirit in his eyes and nodded.
"Hehe, you annoying brats, die!" Shukaku's sharp voice rang out. It patted its huge belly and spat out several wind balls in the direction of Sasuke and the others.
Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, instantly discerning the trajectories of the several wind balls that Shukaku had spat out.
That wasn't an ordinary wind-style technique; it contained a terrifying cutting force capable of tearing through rocks.
Even a casual strike from a tailed beast can be incredibly destructive.
"Scatter!" Sasuke shouted, leaping rapidly to the left.
Naruto #1 and Hinata also dodged Shukaku's attack.
The typhoon blasted the ground, creating several deep craters and sending sand and gravel flying.
Before the dust could settle, Shukaku's sharp, piercing laughter rang out again: "Hehehe, you think you can escape, you little bug! Wind Release: Practice Air Bullet!"
Shukaku's massive body inhaled sharply, its entire abdomen bulging dramatically, as if it were about to unleash an even larger, destructive wind-style ninjutsu.
"Don't even think about it!" Sasuke's eyes were sharp as knives. His hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals, and his chakra surged wildly.
"Earth Escape·Seismic Core·Rock Cage Coffin!"
He was born with the attributes of fire and thunder. After cultivating these two attributes to their extremes, he followed the principle of the five elements generating each other: wind generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates thunder, thunder generates water, and water generates wind.
He began cultivating both water and earth attributes simultaneously, and through his efforts, he has now achieved results.
The ground in front of Sasuke trembled violently, and several huge, sharp stone pillars, like fangs, rose from the ground, not to attack, but to close in instantly.
A thick rock barrier formed in front of Shukaku's open, enormous mouth!
Although it was immediately cracked and on the verge of shattering by the strong wind pressure accumulated in Shukaku's mouth, this precious moment of delay interrupted the continuous release of Shukaku's ninjutsu.
"Hiss, damn it! That annoying rock!" Shukaku's attack was thwarted, and it slapped its tail against the ground in frustration, raising a cloud of dust.
The Sharingan with its three tomoe gleamed with an eerie red light amidst the dust, clearly capturing the flow of Shukaku's raging chakra and its momentary opening.
"Now! Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!" Sasuke took a deep breath, his chest heaving, and spewed out a huge fire dragon, roaring as it charged toward Shukaku's eyes. Even though it was a tailed beast, that was still a weak point in its defenses.
Shukaku reacted extremely quickly, instinctively raising its massive sand arm to block.
But Sasuke's attacks continued relentlessly!
"Chidori Sharp Spear!" Taking advantage of the moment when Shukaku blocked the fire dragon, Sasuke's left hand flashed with dazzling lightning, and a sharp lightning spear flew out of his hand, stabbing towards the sand arm connection that was blocking Shukaku's vision with the force of thunder!
The Sharingan's insight played a crucial role, as the attack struck the chakra node precisely, causing a large amount of sand imbued with Shukaku's chakra to instantly disintegrate.
"Ouch! It hurts!" Shukaku let out a painful scream as his chakra nodes were invaded by lightning, and his shattered sand arm was unable to quickly reform.
Sasuke didn't stop. Using the insight of his three-tomoe gems, he anticipated Shukaku's brief stiffness due to pain and continued his attack: "Water Release: Water Fang Bullet!"
He slammed his hands on the ground, and the water containing chakra transformed into several giant, high-speed rotating water drills that suddenly emerged from the earth beneath Shukaku, piercing fiercely towards the vital area supporting his body in his lower abdomen.
Shukaku's massive body swayed and lost its balance under the impact of the Water Fang Bullet.
Feeling the stimulation from the chrysanthemum, it was completely enraged: "Damn brat! How dare you attack my weakest point! I'll crush you! Wind Release: Sand Shower!"
Countless sand bullets imbued with Wind Release chakra covered the entire area like a storm, leaving no way to escape!
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall Formation!" Sasuke braced his hands on the ground, and three massive, incredibly sturdy earthen walls instantly rose up in front of him.
The sand and rain pounded violently against the earthen wall, producing a continuous series of explosions, and dust flew everywhere.
Although he successfully defended, it also consumed a lot of Sasuke's chakra.
Seeing that its area-of-effect attacks were ineffective, Shukaku became ferocious and opened its massive maw once more. Deep purple, destructive energy began to rapidly condense within its mouth—a Tailed Beast Ball!
Chapter 71 Shukaku is very happy
"Damn it! It's another Tailed Beast Ball!" Naruto #1 was on high alert, gripping his kunai tightly, ready to activate the Flying Thunder God Technique at any moment.
At this critical moment, Sasuke's three-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, the three tomoe almost forming a circle.
A massive amount of chakra surged within him, coalescing into an unprecedented large-scale combination ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire! Earth Release: Rock Iron Cannon Technique!"
A colossal fire dragon, far larger than before and radiating terrifying heat, roared toward the front of Shukaku's gaping maw. At almost the same location, Sasuke used Earth Release chakra to compress and condense a massive, incredibly hard, solid, super-heavy rock projectile from the ground. Under the cover of the fire dragon's advance, it shot out like a cannonball!
The massive rock projectile struck the Tailed Beast Ball that was halfway formed in Shukaku's mouth with pinpoint accuracy!
Detonate ahead of schedule!!
A deafening roar, like the earth splitting open!
A violent energy shockwave spread wildly in all directions, illuminating the entire battlefield with dazzling light.
Shukaku was the first to be hit. Its massive body was violently thrown backward by the terrifying energy that exploded near its mouth beforehand. It let out a deafening scream, thick smoke billowing from its mouth, and the Tailed Beast Ball it had condensed completely dissipated out of control.
Although it failed to seriously injure it, the sudden and massive impact interrupted its strongest attack and plunged it into immense dizziness and pain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Sasuke knelt down on one knee, panting. The intense exertion forced him to temporarily halt his offensive, but his Sharingan with three tomoe remained fixed on Shukaku, who had been blasted away, cold and full of fighting spirit.
Hinata used her Byakugan to observe Shukaku's situation.
"This is not good. Although its body has been severely injured, it is absorbing sand from the ground and is constantly regenerating its body."
"In other words, unless we can defeat him in one fell swoop, we'll just be dragged down by him!"
Naruto #1 frowned and said, "Tailed Beasts are all aggregates of chakra. As long as their chakra isn't exhausted, they can't be killed."
"Then, let's defeat him in one go!" Sasuke said coldly.
Thunderclouds had appeared in the sky sometime earlier.
Sasuke's use of Fire Release had caused the temperature in this area to rise sharply, which was part of his tactic.
Sasuke's eyes spun wildly with the three tomoe, bloodshot yet carrying a resolute, cold light.
"Its regenerative ability is too strong, it must be dealt with in one blow!" he roared, lightning crackling around him as he squeezed out all the remaining chakra in his body!
In the sky, the thick thunderclouds churned violently due to the high temperature of his previous fire-style technique, and the muffled thunder roared like a giant beast.
Sasuke raised his hand high, which was wrapped in dazzling lightning, as if the lightning had become a fuse connecting heaven and earth!
"Now the heavens are mine to wield, Qilin!"
In an instant, the raging power of heaven and earth was precisely guided by the Thunder Cutter in his hand!
A massive bolt of lightning, piercing the sky and distorting space, suddenly took shape, resembling a mythical unicorn thunder beast. With terrifying destructive power, it tore through the sky and slammed down on Shukaku below, who was gathering sand to repair its body!
Before the lightning even arrived, the destructive air pressure had already scraped away a layer of the ground, forcing Hinata and Naruto's shadow clones to retreat repeatedly.
"Howl!!!" Shukaku let out a shrill scream, and for the first time, true fear was reflected in its huge beast eyes.
Faced with this divine punishment that far exceeded the scope of humanity and almost represented the wrath of nature, its massive body erupted with dark, ink-black tailed beast chakra!
The endless sand was instantly attracted, compressed, and condensed by this terrifying chakra.
At the critical moment, a semi-circular, metallic black barrier of sand, condensed to the extreme, was erected above Shukaku's head!
Its thickness far exceeds that of ordinary sand walls, and its surface is covered with runes representing the curse marks on Shukaku!
The Qilin, that destructive behemoth of lightning, crashed into the dark barrier with a brutal and unadorned force!
Boom, boom! ! !
An even more terrifying explosion than the previous Tailed Beast Ball detonation shook the earth.
The blinding lightning clashed violently with the dark sand wall, unleashing countless twisted arcs of electricity that pierced the air.
The entire battlefield was instantly engulfed by violent energy turbulence and blinding white light!
Naruto #1 and Hinata had to raise their arms to cover their eyes.
Naruto #1 was extremely anxious: "Sasuke!"
The light and the loud noise lasted for several seconds before gradually dissipating.
Shukaku's massive body remained standing in the same spot.
The absolute defensive barrier above its head, which had been filled with a massive amount of chakra, was now covered with huge spiderweb-like cracks. A charred hole emitting black smoke had been blasted through its center, and it was almost completely torn apart, so badly damaged that it was no longer usable.
"Heh...heh heh heh!!" Shukaku's voice was hoarse with exhaustion and twisted with the wild joy of surviving a near-death experience. "I blocked it...I blocked it! You foolish brat! Your strongest attack was blocked by my 'Absolute Defense'! Hehehehe!!!"
It was panting heavily, sand rolling around its body. Clearly, constructing this "absolute defense" that far exceeded that of an ordinary sand shield had also consumed a huge amount of its chakra, but it had ultimately blocked the terrifying heavenly lightning.
On the other side of the battlefield, Sasuke, having exhausted all his chakra, maintained his hand seals. His body swayed, and he suddenly knelt on one knee, panting heavily. The light of his three-tomoe Sharingan dimmed.
Those Sharingan eyes were fixed on the still-standing Shukaku, filled with resentment and coldness. The "Kirin" that he had activated with all his might was actually blocked!
"Wind Release: Sky Bullet!" Shukaku suddenly unleashed three powerful wind balls at Sasuke.
"Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!" Hinata unleashed a palm strike at the three wind orbs.
The powerful chakra directly shattered the three wind balls.
"Annoying bugs!" Shukaku became increasingly agitated.