Chapter 299: Nine-Tails vs. Eight-Tails
As Uchiha Douhuan's voice fell, he returned to the Susanoo that had its defense broken by the Dust Release just now. In the next moment, the defensive gap in the Susanoo slowly recovered.
At the same time, a figure wreathed in a chakra flame wave also shot up into the sky not far away. Mifune and Onoki's hearts tightened as they looked at this figure. That direction was the direction where they had ambushed Uchiha Douhuan's Kage Guard. But now it seemed that not only could their side not take down Uchiha Douhuan, but even the other side was about to be completely wiped out.
Soon, Neji flew to Uchiha Douhuan's side, handed him Swift Thunder, and then said, "The ambushers have all been dealt with."
"Is anyone injured?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.
"Besides Kiba who twisted his ankle from rushing too fiercely, no one is injured," Neji said.
Neji's words made Onoki and Mifune feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave. You must know, besides ambushing Uchiha Douhuan here, the three of them had also set up an ambush of nearly a thousand people on the Kage Guard's side. But now they were all wiped out?
"You two have also heard. Now lay down your weapons. Our Konoha does not wish to increase the slaughter any further," Uchiha Douhuan looked at the two and said.
Mifune and Onoki exchanged a look, then let out a long sigh. Mifune threw the sword in his hand and then asked, "I wonder how Lord Hokage intends to handle us?"
"I still say the same thing. If you are willing to turn your coats and surrender with courtesy, you will not lose your positions as marquises," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"So be it. The era of the samurai should have ended long ago," Mifune sighed longly, seemingly intending to surrender.
"And Lord Tsuchikage?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.
"Whether I am a marquis or not doesn't matter. What's important is how you will treat the current Land of Earth."
"The people of the Land of Earth, for a short period of time, will still be governed by the people of the Land of Earth," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"Alright. This war, in the end, you have won," after Onoki landed, he said. "I will cooperate with you in reorganizing the army of the Land of Earth, and then smoothly transition the power of Iwagakure into Deidara's hands."
"In that case, it would be for the best," Uchiha Douhuan nodded, then turned his head and said to Neji, "Go back to the village for a trip. Get a team of medical-nin over here as soon as possible to help treat the wounded here."
"Understood," Neji nodded, and then transformed into a streak of light and flew towards Konoha.
Onoki looked at Neji's departing back and also let out a heavy sigh. Their Iwagakure was not only behind Konoha in the next generation, but the next next generation was also far behind.
Soon, the events that had taken place in the Land of Iron spread throughout the ninja world. The Land of Earth and the Land of Iron raised their flags and surrendered. The Daimyō of the two countries, Mifune and Uesugi Hideyoshi, after submitting their letters of surrender to the Land of Fire, also came to Konoha to accept Minamoto Miyuki's enfeoffment. From then on, the Land of Earth and the Land of Iron officially became history.
At the same time, Iwagakure, under Onoki's decision, also gave up resistance. The remaining ninjas accepted the reorganization and reform of the Konoha ninjas. At the same time, Onoki also announced his retirement and the permanent sealing of the title of Tsuchikage. The forcibly brought back Deidara was forced to accept the position of the leader of the reformed Land of Earth ninja corps. At the same time, Uchiha Douhuan also had Shikamaru enter it as the chief of staff. Considering Deidara's mind full of art, it was already very obvious who would be commanding this army.
But the Land of Lightning, which had lost its Raikage, besides retreating its defensive line on the main front again, actually took the measure of abandoning the Cloud Village and then scorching the earth outside the Lightning Capital. It seemed they intended to resist to the end.
This was also the intention of the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning. Compared to the Daimyō of the Land of Earth, Uesugi Hideyoshi, who placed the common people in a higher position, the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning could not accept the matter of accepting the enfeoffment of the Land of Fire at all. For this reason, he demanded that the Cloud Village resist stubbornly. This coincided with the thoughts of Killer Bee, who had temporarily taken over as the Fifth Raikage and had sworn to avenge his brother.
In a tavern in the Lightning Capital, Naruto and Gaara, in disguise, were sitting in a private room. Not long after, Jiraiya pushed the door and entered.
"Outside, the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning has given another order. The ninjas have all been dispatched and have forcibly requisitioned the grain of the city's residents."
"I know," Naruto let out a long sigh. Ever since he had come to this Lightning Capital and laid low, such things had happened many times. Now in the Lightning Capital, the houses in the outer civilian areas had basically all been demolished, and the metal in the city had basically all been collected. And now they had started on the grain.
"Jiraiya-sensei, are you still going to stop me from assassinating their Daimyō?" Naruto looked at Jiraiya and asked seriously. "The unwritten rules of ninjas, are they more important than the lives of the millions of civilians in this Lightning Capital? Let me end this war."
Naruto had come to the Lightning Capital and laid low not long after the war began, precisely for the matter of assassinating the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning. However, Jiraiya had always used the unwritten rules of ninjas as a reason to stop Naruto.
And now, facing Naruto's gaze, and thinking of the scene he had just seen of the city's ninjas forcibly robbing the civilians' grain, Jiraiya also wavered.
"But, Naruto..." Jiraiya wanted to say something but held back. But at this time, Naruto had already looked at Gaara.
"Gaara, tonight you help me keep an eye on Grandpa Jiraiya. I'm going to end this war," Naruto said.
"Uh, Naruto, don't you need my help?" Gaara asked.
"No need," Naruto came to the window and looked in the direction of the Lightning Capital's palace, his eyes flashing for a moment.
That night, the palace of the Lightning Capital, this behemoth constructed of coarse black basalt and cold metal, under the reflection of the pale lightning, was like a giant beast lurking in the shadows of the mountains. Every line exuded a cold and hard majesty.
Deep in the palace, the audience hall was brightly lit, yet it strangely exuded a chill. The Daimyō of the Land of Lightning sat on his high throne. His well-maintained, slightly puffy face, under the flickering candlelight, was like a layer of solidified wax.
On both sides of the hall stood elite Cloud ninjas in neat attire. The dark cloud patterns on their chakra technology armor flowed under the lights. They held their breath, like cold sculptures. Only the gazes that occasionally swept over Killer Bee and the Daimyō revealed an absolute loyalty and a trace of imperceptible tension.
Suddenly, a pale, sky-tearing bolt of lightning suddenly struck down! A dazzling white light instantly filled the huge floor-to-ceiling window, illuminating everything in the hall—the outline of the throne, the samurai's armor, the flicker of astonishment on the Daimyō's face—as if it were an overexposed negative, every detail was visible.
The light was extremely bright, and then it instantly disappeared, leaving behind a heavier darkness and a burning afterimage on the retina.
Just at this moment of light and dark transition, when vision was most vulnerable, a sudden change occurred!
"Rip!"
The sharp sound of tearing cloth pierced the end of the Daimyō's words! Behind the throne, the thick brocade screen, which symbolized the majesty of the Land of Lightning and was embroidered with a huge lightning emblem, was suddenly torn open from the middle from top to bottom by a sharp and unparalleled force!
A figure stepped out from the torn dark gap. There was no sound, no warning. He stood in front of that messy, broken screen, his whole body enveloped in a crimson-gold chakra cloak. The shadow of his hood was cast down deeply, revealing only the lower half of his face—his tightly pressed lips formed a cold and ruthless straight line.
"Bee! Be careful! It's the Nine-Tails!" Killer Bee's ear, Gyūki's voice sounded.
"Nine... Nine-Tails! Why is the Nine-Tails here!" Killer Bee's roar was like a clap of thunder, instantly dispelling all the deathly silence in the hall. The huge shock and disbelief made his voice change pitch.
He almost instinctively, at a speed that surpassed the limit of vision, took a fierce step forward. His sturdy body erupted with terrifying power, and the black stone bricks under his feet shattered into a spiderweb-like pattern! He was going to use his own body to build an insurmountable bronze wall between Naruto and the Daimyō!
A violent chakra vortex churned. Killer Bee at this moment also entered his Tailed Beast state.
A thick, python-like deep red octopus tentacle, wreathed in violent Lightning Release chakra, tore through the air with a piercing shriek, wrapped in the force of a thousand jun, and whipped hard towards Naruto's body!
"Rasengan!"
Naruto in Kurama Mode raised his hand and condensed a Rasengan, smashing it heavily onto the whipping octopus tail. The two were thus deadlocked.
"Nine-Tails!" At this time, after Killer Bee saw Naruto's face, the hatred of his own big brother dying at the hands of a Konoha ninja also welled up at this moment. "Alright, then I'll kill you first to get some interest for my big brother!"
Naruto was pushed back by the huge recoil, his feet plowing two deep trenches in the palace floor. The hood was thrown back by the violent impact, revealing his currently rock-hard face.
"Kurama, your Jinchuriki is going too far," inside the Tailed Beast space, Gyūki also said in a low voice to the Nine-Tails.
"Hmph, cut the crap. It's been a long time since we've had a fight, right?" the Nine-Tails said with a cold snort.
"Your Highness the Daimyō, you retreat first," after speaking, Killer Bee's arms suddenly crossed in a swing!
"Acrobat!" Seven strangely shaped, cold-gleaming ninja swords instantly popped out from the scabbards on his back. As if they were given life, at a tricky angle difficult for the naked eye to capture, they tore through the air, emitting a mournful shriek, and transformed into a deadly storm of steel, instantly enveloping Naruto's entire body! On the blades' edges, the deep red chakra of the Eight-Tails was attached, adding an indestructible sharpness!
Naruto's eyes sharpened, and a golden light exploded in them!
"Sage Art: Wind Release - Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken!"
A dazzlingly bright giant golden wind ball formed at high speed in his palm, its sharp hum overpowering the sound of the blades piercing through the air! The violent natural energy and the Nine-Tails' chakra perfectly fused, making this ninjutsu exude a destructive aura. Without any hesitation, he met that deadly net of blades and fiercely pushed out this Sage Art Rasengan that contained a terrifying cutting power!
Gold and deep red once again collided with a boom!
The explosion this time was far greater than before! A dazzlingly bright light instantly swallowed this palace of the Lightning Capital, as if a small sun had been born at this moment! It illuminated the night sky of the Lightning Capital as if it were white porridge. The violent energy turbulence, like an out-of-control torrent, frantically tore at everything around it.
The palace of the Lightning Capital crumbled and disintegrated in large areas in its wail. Huge stone blocks were thrown high by the shockwave. The entire Lightning Capital seemed to be awakened by this violent tremor, and the faint sound of alarms came from a distance.
The ninjas who were escaping with the Daimyō were slammed heavily into the palace walls by the aftershock of this explosion. The Daimyō, who was usually well-exercised, fainted directly.
Before the light had completely dissipated, at the center of the energy storm, the air suddenly became viscous and heavy, like solidified mercury.
A deep, as-if-it-could-swallow-all-light black sphere rapidly condensed and formed in front of Killer Bee, spinning frantically, emitting a destructive aura that made even space tremble—the Tailed Beast Ball!
Almost at the same time, in the direction where Naruto was, another black sphere of the same size and equally heart-stopping also appeared in front of him, spinning at high speed, the golden Nine-Tails chakra wrapping around it like a raging flame!
The two spheres of destruction, representing the ultimate power of a Jinchuriki, like two black comets pulled by fate, with the momentum of crushing everything, shot towards each other with a boom! Wherever they passed, the air was completely sucked away, leaving a vacuum death trail!
The tips of the two Tailed Beast Balls, above the very center of the floating rock platform, collided silently and precisely.
In an instant, absolute silence descended.
Immediately after—
"RUMBLE—!!!"
An indescribably terrifying explosion occurred! A hundred times more terrifying than all the previous commotions combined! A huge, incomparable ball of light rapidly expanded, instantly swallowing everything around the center of the explosion! The palace of the Lightning Capital was pulverized and evaporated in large areas like a fragile biscuit! The shockwave transformed into a visible, tangible ring of destruction, sweeping out in all directions at a speed surpassing sound! The core of the explosion was as bright as day.
The residents of the Lightning Capital under the night sky were awakened. However, when they walked out of their homes, they found a giant golden nine-tailed fox and an eight-tailed octopus with a bull's head fighting in the palace.
"It's the Immortal Fox! The Immortal Fox has come to save us!" Somewhere, a commoner of the Land of Lightning suddenly shouted. "Lord Immortal Fox! Kill that tyrant!"
At this time, the positions of the two giant beasts made it easy to see that the golden nine-tailed fox was aiming for the palace of the Lightning Capital. The common people, who had been on the verge of not being able to live under the tyrannical rule of the Daimyō of the Land of Lightning during this period, naturally began to cheer for the Nine-Tails with abandon.
After his voice fell, more and more common people in the Lightning Capital began to shout loudly, cheering for the Nine-Tails, which was clearly aiming for the palace of the Lightning Capital.
"Go for it! Lord Immortal Fox!"
"Did you hear that? Big Brother Kurama," inside the Nine-Tails, Naruto said with some excitement.
"Of course. It feels pretty good," Kurama grinned. With the ability to sense the emotions of others, this was the first time since his birth that he had sensed this kind of hope for his victory from a crowd of humans.
"Brat, so many people want us to win. We can't let them down," Kurama said with a laugh.
"Naturally. Let's go! Big Brother Kurama!"
(End of chapter)
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