Saitama's Sharingan locked onto Roshi, every muscle in his body taut with tension.
Lightning surged continuously around him, boosting both speed and strength. A solid armor of crackling electricity enveloped his entire body, transforming him into a living thunder deity.
Dun! Dun! Dun!
Bending his knees, Saitama coiled his body like a spring before launching forward. His blade sliced sideways through the air at his side, carving out a half-circle arc as it came down against Roshi.
"Come on then!" Roshi said with a stern expression. With Lava Release — Chakra Mode active, he feared no one in close combat.
Lava Release enhanced both offense and defense. Even compared to the Raikage, renowned for his taijutsu, Roshi believed himself capable of matching strength for strength.
Whoosh! Clenching both fists, Roshi blew out a thick cloud of steam. Crimson light reflected in his eyes, his entire body seeming ready to erupt as bubbles constantly rose from his superheated form.
Crrrzzt! Saitama's blade struck Roshi's arm. The magma rippled, dispersing Saitama's impact while creeping up along the sword's edge simultaneously.
"Hm?" Narrowing his eyes, Saitama instantly exploded with chakra, converting it into even thicker lightning.
"Kia!" Roshi launched a punch straight toward Saitama's chest.
Because of the height difference, even in his transformed state from Lava Release — Chakra Mode, targeting the chest still felt most natural to him.
If aiming for the head, he'd have to actually jump.
Psssh! The blade sliced through the magma surrounding Roshi, heading straight for his fist.
Deng! Deng!
On contact, both fighters stepped back a step each, the immense force nearly causing Saitama to lose his grip on his sword.
"No wonder you're the Four-Tails!" Saitama muttered grimly, halting his backward momentum. He wiped away blood from the corner of his mouth left by their earlier clash.
"Daring to challenge me as a jinchuriki — your strength truly is impressive!"
Roshi stared at Saitama, molten lava seemingly flowing within his blazing red eyes.
[Chidori Current]
Straightening his posture, the electric current around Saitama crackled loudly as thick blue-white arcs became more concentrated and deepened in hue.
Whoosh! Cracking the air, Saitama vanished from Roshi's sight.
Thump-da! A figure appeared behind Roshi. Before he could react, Saitama slashed downward at his head.
Crrrzzt! Molten magma flew off from the blade's path as Roshi clutched his neck, flying backward from the strike.
"That was way too fast. Son Goku, do you have any ideas to slow him down?"
Magma still coated part of Roshi's face, masking his expression.
Had the Four-Tails not warned him just now, that strike might've ended his life.
Even protected by magma formed from Four-Tails' chakra, Roshi still felt a chill along his neck.
The blade had grazed his skin, leaving a shallow wound.
Zap! Electricity continued expanding violently as Roshi lowered his stance, his fiery gaze piercingly fixed on Saitama.
Saitama's speed exceeded expectations, so he decided to create terrain better suited for himself.
Placing both hands on the ground, Roshi crouched low, resembling an ape.
As he kept exerting himself, the ground beneath his feet began to crack. Fissures spread outward in all directions.
At the same time, blazing crimson magma erupted from the cracks in the earth's surface, surging toward him.
"Ha!" Roshi's body expanded as a dark crimson tail sprouted from his lower back.
With each swing of his tail, waves of blistering hot air surged forth, making the atmosphere grow increasingly thin.
Roar! Though Roshi retained his sanity, he still let out an enraged roar at Saitama, his wild chakra rampaging wildly.
Saitama stood his ground, narrowing his eyes at Roshi.
Blazing magma flowed from beneath Roshi's feet, spreading rapidly until it completely engulfed the battlefield.
Without hesitation, Saitama leapt backward while keeping his eyes locked on Roshi's arm.
Hidden from Roshi's line of sight, there was a row of black talismans on the outer side of his arm. Amidst the blazing magma, the talismans remained intact, as if frozen in space.
[Water Release — Great Waterfall Technique]
Saitama pushed off the ground with his feet and soared upward, narrowly avoiding the magma creeping toward his feet.
At the same time, mid-air, he formed a single ninja seal with one hand.
Powerful chakra surged within him, continuously gathering in his throat.
Moisture began condensing around him, pushing back against the searing heat.
With a deep roar, he tilted his head downward and unleashed a torrent of water from his mouth.
The chakra within him surged outward, sustaining the technique through his mouth.
Hiss! The scalding magma collided with the icy water, erupting in steam like red-hot iron dunked into frost.
A burst of steam exploded skyward, enveloping everything in mist!
This had now become a battle of who possessed more chakra—or whose stamina would give out first.
With a thud, Saitama landed and immediately resumed his Water Release, unleashing a constant jet of water!
A sea of fire clashed with a flood of water—two extremes colliding. Countless vapor clouds and white mists emerged where the techniques met.
"Ha!"
Roshi's voice rang out. As a jinchuriki, he'd never feared any contest of chakra, so he poured even more energy into his technique.
[Lava Release — Scorching Magma Stream Technique]
Now half-transformed into the tailed beast, Roshi could wield this ninjutsu far more skillfully, enhancing its power, lethality, and range.
Though the steam clouded Saitama's vision, through his enhanced vision, he clearly saw Roshi's movements.
Instantly cutting off the chakra flow from his mouth, Saitama began forming hand seals while lowering his stance. A massive amount of air filled his abdominal cavity, expanding his entire torso.
[Water Release — Water Severing Wave]
He tilted his head back slightly, building up for the technique. Then, catching movement slicing through the mist from the corner of his eye, he immediately released a sharp stream of white water from his mouth.
Zilaa! A straight, high-speed jet of water, packed with cutting force, sliced clean through the magma fireball launched from Roshi's mouth.
"Hmph!"
Roshi snorted coldly and leapt aside. Saitama's ninjutsu tore through the magma he spat out and kept coming straight at him with unrelenting force.
After casting the technique, Saitama immediately vanished from sight. A blue-white light flashed briefly across the night sky.
"Roshi, watch out!" Four-Tails warned within their shared consciousness, but it was already too late. Saitama activated the Flying Thunder God Technique he had inscribed onto Roshi's arm during their earlier clash, instantly appearing beside him.
Shing! A ninja blade, surging with endless thunderous power, severed one of Roshi's arms.
But this wasn't the end. Like a chef facing exquisite ingredients, Saitama wielded his sword like a butterfly flitting between blossoms, continuously slashing and carving wounds across Roshi's body.
"Ahhh..." Roshi clutched at his right shoulder, now empty space, while subsequent strikes left him staggering and dazed.
"Roar!" He let out a beast-like roar, eyes turning crimson red, having lost all clarity.
Clenching his left fist, fiery magma enveloped it as Roshi threw a punch toward Saitama.
Bang! Saitama blocked with his sword held before his chest, but the force still sent him flying backward.
Moreover, due to the magma, although Saitama deflected most of the impact, part of it still reached him.
Crack! A faint sound of bones breaking reached Saitama's ears, followed by searing heat spreading across his chest and the smell of burning flesh beginning to rise.
"Huh huh!"
Saitama slid backward on the rock formed from cooled magma, supporting himself with one hand.
Laughing aloud, Saitama showed no concern for the wound on his chest.
To his senses, the skin scorched by the magma was already sprouting new tissue—clear signs of healing.
As for the broken bones? That wasn't anything serious either.
In contrast, Roshi had lost an arm—his dominant right hand no less—effectively cutting his combat capability in half.
Roar! Covered entirely in magma, Roshi grabbed the ground with his remaining hand as countless threads of fiery chakra gathered around his body.
His human appearance began to fade, gradually transforming into a tailed-beast state.
Clearly, Roshi knew he couldn't fight Saitama anymore and handed over control of his body to Four-Tails.
Bloodlust, fury, and coldness flashed in Roshi's eyes before he raised his head and let out a heaven-piercing howl.
The shockwaves rippled outward like those spreading across a still lake when a single drop hits its surface.
Though his fiery body hadn't completed full transformation into a tailed beast form,
It resembled Uzumaki Naruto in his Four-Tails state battling Orochimaru at the Heavenly-Earth Bridge.
The beast chakra ravaged Roshi's skin, leaving exposed muscle beneath torn flesh, yet all of this remained covered by an outer layer of crimson chakra, somewhat concealing the gruesome damage.
In this transformed state, his missing right arm had been reconstructed from pure chakra.
Getting down on all fours, Roshi resembled an angry ape baring his teeth threateningly at Saitama.
He finished off with a few mocking chest-thumps, letting out his rising fury.
"This is getting interesting!" Feeling the surging chakra and violent aura radiating off Roshi after his partial tailed-beast transformation, Saitama grabbed his shirt collar with one hand and tore off the severely damaged trench coat completely.
Zip! Saitama flung off his coat, revealing a dark green close-fitting combat suit underneath. His tight, well-defined muscles pressed against the fabric, perfectly outlining his physique.
"Roar!" Roshi raised his head, purple-black chakra beginning to gather in his mouth as a fist-sized [Tailed Beast Ball] started forming.
"Heh!" Saitama squatted down, the wound on his chest already healed, with only a torn spot on his combat suit hinting at what had happened moments ago.
Bang! Saitama seized the sword in his right hand, and pale blue electricity — darkening as it surged — wrapped around his entire body.
Zoom! Rushing rapidly toward Roshi, Saitama immediately recognized it as a [Tailed Beast Ball], fully aware of its power.
He wasn't going to drag this out — time to end it now!
Boom! The sound of a cannon firing burst from Roshi's mouth as the completed [Tailed Beast Ball], under his control, rocketed toward Saitama at incredible speed!
Squinting, Saitama drove the sword forward, massive amounts of electricity gathering at the blade's tip. Pale-blue lightning continuously compressed and slowly transformed into pitch-black lightning.
This black lightning carried a chilling, ominous presence!
Crrk! Saitama's right arm tensed as he thrust forward, the darkness of the blade barely noticeable under the night sky.
Only the swirling chakra vortex around him revealed that he was still channeling chakra.
"Shatter!"
The [Sharingan] instantly calculated the trajectory of the [Tailed Beast Ball], and without hesitation, Saitama charged straight forward to meet it head-on!
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