"!!!"
"Who are you!!!"
The newcomer wore lightweight, comfortable training clothes, his long hair gently floating in the sea breeze. His face was exceptionally handsome, but those eerie eyes, one gray and one red, simultaneously triggered an extremely intense sense of crisis in the two Jinchuriki!
"Uchiha Ryun!!"
Han and Roshi spoke almost at the same time.
Actually, they did not know Uchiha Ryun personally, but these highly distinctive eyes instantly revealed the other's identity.
In the ninja world, you might not recognize the Sharingan, but if you are 'lucky' enough to see a handsome youth with a pair of strange heterochromatic eyes, you'd better pray that the red eye does not turn into a spiral shape. Otherwise...
Perhaps you will understand what it means to 'explode from just one more look (at the head)'!
"Ah..."
"Hmph..."
Just like the current Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han and the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Roshi, they merely glanced at this youth subconsciously... and their entire heads felt like they were about to split open, their consciousness almost forcibly interrupted!
The older Roshi grunted, clutching his head with a pained expression, his body unconsciously retreating several steps.
The younger Han, after a scream, saw darkness before his eyes and fell straight forward.
At the final moment before his consciousness plunged into darkness, Han faintly heard a very fast-paced sound of stepping on water, like a life-reaping horn, sending chills down one's spine upon hearing it!
Ryun held a long sword and closed in at extreme speed, the deadly blade aimed directly at the Five-Tails Jinchuriki whose consciousness was in chaos.
At the instant the chakra blade was about to pierce Han's abdomen, a huge golden horn abruptly emerged from Han's abdomen, precisely colliding with the chakra blade.
This clash fully illustrated what 'diamond cut diamond' means. The two erupted with a terrifying force the moment they briefly contacted. With a clear 'clang' of metal, Ryun's pupils dilated sharply the next moment.
His chakra blade had been snapped in half by that golden horn at the critical moment!
"Han, wake up now!"
In Han's consciousness, an urgent voice suddenly exploded. Han, who was nearly unconscious, woke up at this moment.
Ignoring the headache, he quickly performed the Body Flicker Technique, immediately creating a safe distance from the dangerous youth nearby.
"I... I almost died just now!!!"
Han, having narrowly escaped, looked incredulous, cold sweat instantly soaking his back.
He had almost been instantly killed moments ago. Fortunately, the Five-Tails Matatabi inside him acted at the critical moment to protect him.
"He shouldn't have been able to react. That golden horn... Did the Five-Tails awaken on its own to protect its host?"
"Really tough, it actually broke the chakra blade so easily..." Ryun looked at the broken sword in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
His attack was decisive and ruthless, swift and lethal. Originally, with Han's ability, he shouldn't have escaped being 'instantly killed'. But unexpectedly, the Five-Tails grew a horn to protect him at such a critical moment.
It must be said that the 'beast's' reaction to danger is indeed faster than a human's.
"Dammit! Don't look at his eyes. I think I was hit just now!" Roshi shouted a warning.
"I know, I was hit too. I almost died just now. This guy is very sinister. Mr. Roshi, you must be careful!"
Han, enduring the discomfort in his head, hurriedly responded.
"It seems you are both ready. Then let me properly witness the power of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails..." Ryun threw away the broken sword in his hand, his expression slightly excited.
"Wait... Why did you bomb our port? And why attack us? Our Land of Earth doesn't seem to have offended you, right?"
Seeing Ryun about to attack again, Han quickly spoke up to ask.
His question at this moment wasn't due to cowardice, nor was it just to satisfy curiosity. The main reason was actually to buy time, to allow himself to recover as quickly as possible.
The headache might not disappear in a short time, but he needed to adapt to it somewhat. Otherwise, it would be too disadvantageous in the upcoming high-intensity battle.
Regarding Han's question, Ryun felt there was no need to answer at all. It was just like how he didn't question the Land of Earth's bandits: Why did you go to the Land of Rice to burn, kill, and plunder?
This is a world where the strong prey on the weak. Weakness itself is the original sin!
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
Ryun formed hand signs, then spat out a massive wall of scorching fire from his mouth.
Facing the mighty sea of fire, Han unhesitatingly drew on the Tailed Beast chakra within him, then quickly formed hand signs with both hands:
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"
As his jutsu activated, a huge amount of seawater at his feet was instantly drawn by him, rapidly forming a barrier in front of the fire sea.
The water wall and fire sea collided violently, and a large amount of steam enveloped the three of them in an instant.
Just as Han was fully focused on being vigilant of his surroundings, the sound of dull impacts from fists and feet already came from within the thick mist nearby.
Ryun had intended to attack the relatively younger Five-Tails Jinchuriki again, but the Four-Tails Jinchuriki had reached them first to provide support.
Moreover, this guy went all out from the start. On his thick chakra coat, three thick blood-red tails could faintly be seen.
Under the enhancement of the Tailed Beast cloak, Roshi's speed and strength had multiplied. However, this level of power was still somewhat insufficient against 'Sage Mode'. After just over a dozen exchanges, Roshi was kicked hundreds of meters away by Ryun.
The humanoid Tailed Beast with three tails shot out like a cannonball, then crashed hard into the debris on the shore.
After repelling Roshi, Ryun quickly turned to defend against the taijutsu assault from the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. But what was beyond his expectation was that this Five-Tails Jinchuriki's strength was ridiculously great. He hastily blocked a punch from the other, but the entire force of that domineering punch blasted him far away.
"The peculiar strength of the Five-Tails..."
After sliding across the sea surface to dissipate the force, Ryun couldn't help but shake his painful, numb arm.
In the original story's later stages, Uzumaki Naruto once borrowed the power of the Five-Tails Matatabi, using peerless strength to block Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's glacial attack.
"Not bad strength... I wasn't prepared for that last one. Now let's continue..."
Ryun stared at the humanoid Tailed Beast not far away, battle intent full. The next moment, he actively charged at extreme speed towards the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. The seawater was plowed into two huge waves by his violent speed!
Peerless strength is indeed very powerful, but it's far from making him avoid its sharp edge.
Because he, Uchiha Ryun, also possesses 'monstrous strength'. Why should he avoid the sharp edge of this Five-Tails?
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