Undoing the summoning does not mean Gekko Chizan intends to flee.
Rather, the battle about to erupt will far exceed the previous one. If the four snakes remain here, they might get caught in it.
"I've been waiting so long I was getting impatient!"
"Chizan, I'm going first!"
Tagitsuhime takes the initiative. Her chakra begins to surge bit by bit.
Beside the Titan Python, a massive amount of red chakra suddenly gushes forth. The chakra gathers together and, under everyone's gaze, transforms into a crimson serpent no smaller than the Titan Python.
"What is that? Another snake?"
"Don't underestimate it. That's a Snake Princess from Ryūchi Cave. She's using senjutsu."
Kabuto's confusion had barely begun when someone answered him.
Nagato had fought Tagitsuhime before. He knew exactly how powerful this Snake Princess from Ryūchi Cave was.
The damage caused by that senjutsu could not be measured by common sense. Even against her, he had no good countermeasures—he could only rely on his own strength to endure it.
"Senjutsu, huh..."
"A fascinating strength. If it could be applied to puppets..."
A glint flashes in Kabuto's eyes. Clearly, he is very curious about this new power.
As Tagitsuhime reveals her true form, it means the battle is about to continue.
"Move."
The moment Nagato's voice falls, he acts.
Alongside him, Kakuzu and Kabuto move as well.
Only Uchiha Makito remains still. Something feels off to him, so his eyes shift. The Three-Tails charges in his place.
"Chizan! I'm going!"
"Oh, I'm not done yet!!"
Before Gekko Chizan can finish speaking, Tagitsuhime has already rushed forward.
Under the crimson glow, she opens her mouth and spews poisonous flames.
"Senjutsu—Poison Blaze!"
The bewitching red flames, shimmering with a sinister glow, surge toward the Akatsuki.
"Don't clash head-on!"
"That's not ordinary fire—it's fire poison!"
Nagato, who had fought Tagitsuhime before, raises his hand without hesitation.
A Shinra Tensei slams forward.
"Tch, Rinnegan? I'm not afraid of you!"
Facing Shinra Tensei, Tagitsuhime does not resist head-on as before. Instead, she sharply amplifies her chakra and twists her body in a sudden vibration.
Through a certain rhythm, she directly disperses the incoming shockwave.
Snakes can already use their bodies to mitigate external force, and with senjutsu support, Tagitsuhime pushes this trait to its absolute limit.
"You can neutralize shockwaves?"
"Hmph. Then what about physical attacks!"
Nagato remains unmoved. The Asura Path beside him once again unleashes a barrage of missiles.
He intends to use the destructive force of modern weaponry to strike.
"Support him! Puppet brat! Earth Grudge Fear!"
"Yeah, yeah! Sand Iron World Method!"
Kakuzu understands perfectly what assistance means. Since Nagato has taken the lead, he has no reason not to exploit the opening.
He immediately uses Earth Grudge Fear to assist, black thread-like tendrils striking later.
He even reminds Kabuto, who had been enjoying the show. Only after hearing Kakuzu's voice does Kabuto reluctantly join in.
As for the Three-Tails, it has already transformed into a high-speed spinning wheel, charging straight at Tagitsuhime.
The four of them share an extremely clear target—Tagitsuhime.
That makes Gekko Chizan laugh.
"You want bigger?"
"Chōmei! Let's go!"
The Titan Python suddenly lets out a sky-shaking roar.
The name Chōmei makes everyone in the Akatsuki freeze. Chōmei? What is Chōmei?
But in the next second, they understand.
It isn't an object.
It is a glowing… mass of energy… a Tailed Beast????
"Ahahaha! I'm here!"
"Chizan, that damn turtle and the Uchiha are mine!!!"
"You little brats! Let me show you the might of Lord Seven-Tails Chōmei!"
The massive energy form rapidly condenses into the Seven-Tails Chōmei.
In the next instant, its wings beat, and it charges straight at the Three-Tails.
A high-speed wheel? Who cares! Chōmei has no physical body right now. As an energy form condensed from chakra, it is directly immune to physical damage!
"What?"
"A Tailed Beast?"
"A Jinchūriki? Impossible!"
The sudden appearance of the Seven-Tails shatters the thoughts of Nagato, Uchiha Makito, and Black Zetsu lurking in the shadows.
Gekko Chizan is a Jinchūriki???
But why is the Tailed Beast appearing in pure chakra form?
"Boom!"
Amid their confusion, Chōmei and the Three-Tails collide.
"Ahahaha! You think just because I'm an energy form I can't hit you?"
"Take this—One Thousand Years of Death!"
Chōmei teaches the Three-Tails a lesson with the horn on its head.
High-speed wheel? So what. It drives its horn into the ground and with a powerful upward thrust, the Three-Tails is sent flying into the air.
Seizing the opportunity, Chōmei thrusts its horn again, striking directly into the Three-Tails' abdomen.
"Roar!"
The sudden pain enrages the Three-Tails.
After landing, it immediately opens its mouth and begins spewing water.
"Hey, you damn turtle!"
"You're actually spitting at me!"
"Fine! Insect Blade!"
As the Seven-Tails, Chōmei possesses six wings, one tail, and a horn.
The horn can stab—naturally, the wings can cleave.
With chakra coating them, every flap of its wings produces a razor-sharp blade.
"And you! Damn Uchiha!"
"Get over here and let Lord Chōmei educate you!"
"Scale Powder Carnival!"
While resisting the Three-Tails' water cannons, Chōmei doesn't forget its earlier promise.
It said it would block the Uchiha—and it will.
A massive amount of highly concentrated scale powder sprays from its mouth, directly enveloping Uchiha Makito in his Susanoo form.
"This is..."
"Not good. Poison?"
Sensing danger, Uchiha Makito immediately activates his dōjutsu, using Mukyō to block the scale powder.
He has a feeling that inhaling it would lead to disastrous consequences.
"Don't just stand there!"
"Let's keep going!"
"Fire Release—Great Fire Annihilation!"
With Chōmei already in motion, Gekko Chizan certainly won't stay idle. While the enemy is still stunned—
He exhales a torrent of flames.
Whether it's Earth Grudge Fear's tendrils or the sand iron spikes, everything is burned in one sweep.
"Damn it! Earth Release—Earth Spear!"
"Shinra Tensei!"
Suddenly under attack, and with the flames continuing to spread, Kakuzu, Kabuto, and Nagato snap back to their senses.
Each of them deploys their defenses, narrowly avoiding being incinerated by that single blast of fire.
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