At this moment, Han was enveloped in materialized chakra, with five thick red tails grown behind him. The power of the tailed beast had been fully unleashed by him.
The sage transformed Ryun moved with extreme speed, but the tailed beast transformed jinchuriki was also not to be underestimated. The two continuously collided on the sea surface, and the contest between fist and claw caused the air to emit terrifying explosive roars.
Every time Ryun threw a punch, the end of his fist would release bursts of terrifying energy. This was the strange force technique passed down to him by Tsunade, and also a manifestation of having reached a certain peak state in chakra control.
The attacks of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and Ryun both seemed to belong to the category of strange force, but in reality, there were significant differences between the two.
Ryun's 'Strong Fist Strange Force' was produced by gathering chakra at one point, then exploding outward to generate the strange force. Han's 'Tailed Beast Strange Force', however, was different. He erupted with the power of chakra within his body, thereby gaining this formidable strength enhancement.
The fist covered in fine dragon scales and the claw wrapped in a crimson chakra coat collided fiercely once again. Along with the dull sound of impact, a very faint sound of bone cracking began to emanate from Han's fingers.
"Han, we cannot continue fighting like this. With your current physical condition, you cannot use the strange force for extended periods, let alone engage in such terrifying contests of strange force!"
A solemn reminder from the Five-Tails Matatabi sounded in Han's mind.
In the view of the Five-Tails Matatabi, that young human opposite was far too terrifying. He actually dared to confront the strange force of a tailed beast transformation with a human body, and even managed to sustain a prolonged confrontation!
Its proud peerless strange force actually had someone daring to face it head-on... How could this opponent be like a normal human?
He was simply a monster!
Han heard the Five-Tails' warning clearly, but he could not stop the taijutsu confrontation at will, even though his hands were enduring the terrible pain of being 'crushed' by tremendous force.
While the two were engaged in fierce combat, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki not far away had already filled his mouth with chakra and was staring intently at Ryun's position.
'No, we can't keep fighting like this...'
Seeing Ryun fight with increasing vigor, Han simply couldn't discern the opponent's limit of endurance. He only knew that if they continued, his limbs might not be preserved, and even tailed beast chakra might not be able to repair the internal injuries to the bones of his hands and feet.
Seizing the moment when Ryun kicked him in the waist, Han endured the pain to use the force to create a long distance between them. A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth.
Whoosh!!!
At the instant the two separated, a chakra energy ball, small in size but surprisingly fast, shot directly at Ryun's body.
This was the Four-Tails Jinchuriki making his move. The timing was perfectly grasped, and the attack was extremely ruthless.
The chakra energy ball exploded violently on Ryun's body. The fierce shockwave completely engulfed his figure in an instant.
"Did we succeed?"
Han muttered to himself, pulling down his blood stained mask as he looked at the dazzling flames.
In his view, such an attack was easily enough to kill an elite jonin.
"Not that easy. He's still alive, and..." The voices of the Five-Tails and the Four-Tails sounded almost simultaneously in the minds of the two jinchuriki, and they stopped abruptly in sync... because as the thick smoke dispersed, Ryun was actually in a completely unharmed state!
"Really a monster..." The Four-Tails couldn't help but curse under its breath upon seeing its attack easily neutralized.
"Is this the power of the Four-Tails? Merely so-so..." Ryun spoke faintly, mocking.
The reason he appeared unscathed was because the Susanoo had blocked the attack. The cost was actually not small...
Roshi knew Ryun was a speed type ninja, so when launching the attack, he abandoned the high powered Tailed Beast Ball in favor of this method of offense which had relatively smaller power but was very difficult to dodge.
The reason Ryun voiced his mockery was because this method of attack was relatively troublesome for him. If the opponent had started by frantically throwing Tailed Beast Balls, he actually wouldn't have minded...
His specific abilities and intelligence were hardly secrets in the eyes of the higher ups of the major nations.
"This guy might be even more troublesome than that old fossil (the Third Tsuchikage). From now on, we need to go all out..." Roshi turned his head and reminded Han seriously.
Having fought until now, Uchiha Ryun still hadn't used summoning beasts or tailed beasts. This meant the opponent might not have truly started exerting his strength, or perhaps he truly had the strength and confidence to take on both of them alone.
"Next, I will attack. You look for an opportunity to see if you can heavily injure him with one blow..." Roshi devised a simple tactic, then actively launched an attack towards Ryun.
Taking advantage of the gap in the two jinchuriki's conversation, Ryun took out a small scroll from the storage bag on his back. He then opened the scroll and released the seal on it.
Soon, a strange weapon full of spikes was held in his hand.
This was the great sword Samehada. It could also be said to be the natural enemy of ordinary jinchuriki!
The first round of tentative confrontation between the two sides was over. The second round of going all out now began.
"Flower Fruit Mountain!"
The Four-Tails Jinchuriki actively crouched down on the sea surface. As he outputted chakra, the seawater at his feet actually began boiling in an instant, and this scalding water with extremely high temperature spread to Ryun's feet at a very fast speed.
Seeing the enemy's attack had reached him, Ryun immediately formed hand signs rapidly. "Water Release: Exploding Water Shock Wave!"
Fierce currents of water were spat out from his mouth, and in the blink of an eye, they took on the momentum of a flash flood and tsunami. Ryun stepped on the huge waves, ignoring the boiling water beneath his feet, and charged directly at the Four-Tails Jinchuriki holding the Samehada great sword.
The seawater at Roshi's feet had now turned into magma. With the output of a massive amount of chakra, the magma wave soon reached the height of the wave at Ryun's feet. Water and fire collided violently at this moment, and the two on the waves thus began a new round of fierce fighting.
Ryun wielded the Samehada great sword so densely that not even wind could pass through, forcing the unarmed Roshi to dodge incessantly and in a sorry state. Here, one could not see any sword-swinging technique, only pure brute force...
Initially unaware of the Samehada great sword's power, Roshi used his magma fist to directly clash against it several times. He quickly discovered his chakra loss rate was abnormally high compared to usual.
It wasn't until Ryun seized an opportunity and used the great sword to slash away nearly half of his chakra that Roshi finally understood the true terror of this strange weapon!
By the time Roshi reacted, his tailed beast coat had already been reduced to a thin layer, and three of the four tails behind him had been devoured by Samehada in one bite.
Having received the chakra feedback from the great sword, Ryun decisively pressed the advantage in the next moment, launching a larger-scale Water Release ninjutsu.
"Sage Art: Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shock Wave!"
The previously barely balanced situation between water and fire was instantly broken. A super giant water ball expanded at an astonishing speed, enveloping both Jinchuriki within it one after the other.
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