Chapter 573: Complete Tailed Beast Reappearance
"Was everything part of your plan?" Iwakura gritted his teeth as he looked at Mugetsu, then at Jiraiya.
The resting and rendezvous point Mugetsu had chosen was simply too perfect.
Not only was the terrain flat and exposed, making it easy to attack and difficult to defend, but there was also a river nearby, giving Mugetsu the ideal environment to use Water Release to suppress Roshi, the Four Tails Jinchuriki who wielded Lava Release.
Now, not only did Iwagakure have no defensible position, but one of their greatest combat assets, the Jinchuriki, had already been cleanly suppressed. And this was only the beginning.
"You've worked hard." Once the Konoha Ninja Force arrived, Jiraiya canceled his Summoning Technique and sent the injured Gamaken back to Mount Myoboku.
The delaying tactic had succeeded. Now it was time to harvest the results.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
"Water Release: Raging Stream Blast!"
Without waiting for orders, the newly arrived Konoha ninja immediately unleashed ninjutsu and hurled ninja tools at the Iwagakure force.
Fireballs blazing with intense heat, sharp lightning spears, and fierce water dragons all slammed into the enemy formation.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
The Iwagakure ninja who reacted in time either defended or counterattacked.
"Just as Jiraiya sensei said, I really can't fall too far behind Mugetsu." Minato quietly drew a Flying Thunder God kunai from his ninja pouch.
Although he could not directly overpower a Jinchuriki the way Mugetsu had, relying on sheer ninjutsu proficiency and elemental suppression, his efficiency in killing ordinary ninja was second to none.
The reason he had not shone much earlier was that, after arriving with Flying Thunder God, he had been forced to keep a close watch on Jiraiya and prevent him from being isolated within the Iwagakure force.
Then, once Gamabunta and Gamaken had been summoned, Minato had also needed to support them and reduce the damage they took as much as possible.
Before the Konoha force arrived, Minato had basically been acting as support, so he naturally had not displayed anything too dazzling.
Whoosh!
Minato instantly appeared beside an Iwagakure ninja through a pre arranged Flying Thunder God marker.
By the time the Iwagakure ninja realized Minato had arrived, Minato's black kunai had already pierced his heart.
Swish!
A nearby Iwagakure ninja seized the opening, drew his sword, and slashed at Minato.
But Minato had already sensed the killing intent. He calmly pulled out his kunai and flicked it upward.
Whoosh!
The moment the enemy's blade came within five centimeters of him, Minato's body vanished. The slash cut through empty air.
Pfft!
In the next instant, Minato appeared above the enemy by means of Flying Thunder God. He caught the falling kunai and drove it straight into the enemy's heart.
Minato's strength did not lie only in the movement speed of Flying Thunder God, but also in his terrifying reaction speed.
That allowed him to instantly organize attacks in the middle of high speed movement, or detect incoming attacks in time and counter with Flying Thunder God at the fastest possible moment.
Whoosh!
After killing the second Iwagakure ninja, Minato did not hesitate for even a moment. He activated Flying Thunder God again and instantly moved elsewhere.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
This time, rather than using a kunai kill, Minato threw a shuriken and immediately formed hand seals.
He had deliberately chosen an area where the chakra signatures were weaker.
In other words, the Iwagakure ninja nearby were generally weaker, at most Chunin.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Under the influence of Minato's chakra, one shuriken became two, then two became four, four became eight, and multiplied at explosive speed.
In the blink of an eye, a dense rain of shuriken formed, instantly cutting down more than ten nearby Iwagakure ninja who had no time to defend.
And that still was not the end.
With such density and volume, even if those Chunin and Genin had been given more time, many of them still would not have been able to dodge or block it all.
Thud, thud!
Blood blossomed across the battlefield as Iwagakure ninja fell one after another.
At that moment, many Iwagakure ninja remembered the fear once inspired by the Yellow Flash.
Mugetsu:... Minato Namikaze rarely used ninjutsu other than Flying Thunder God and Rasengan. He almost never displayed large scale techniques with overwhelming visual impact the way Mugetsu and Jiraiya did.
Even so, among the Iwagakure ninja, Minato inspired more fear than Jiraiya.
That was because Jiraiya took fewer missions, and most of the time he was busy dealing with Jinchuriki. In truth, he had not killed that many ordinary Iwagakure ninja.
Minato, however, was a true killing machine. Whether it was Jonin, Chunin, or Genin, he cut them down like weeds.
As long as a target could not withstand Rasengan, Minato could exploit a single weakness and erase them with one blow.
And for ordinary ninja, he did not even bother using Rasengan. A kunai was enough.
"Summoning Technique!"
Seeing Han, who had failed to attack Gamaken, rush toward him, Jiraiya slammed his palm onto the ground and used the Summoning Technique.
If he only had to deal with a single Jinchuriki, there was no way he would retreat.
Not to mention Han was still only in a semi tailed beast transformation state. Even if Han fully transformed, as long as it was a one on one fight, Jiraiya had absolute confidence in himself.
Other than a Tailed Beast Ball, which he had no good counter for, Jiraiya could deal with the rest.
White smoke burst out, and Fukasaku and Shima appeared on the ground.
"Another Jinchuriki, huh? But at least this time there's only one. The other one doesn't look to be in very good shape."
Perhaps because the combat intensity had been too high recently, Fukasaku actually felt relieved that they only had to face one tailed beast. Even though tailed beasts were terrifying monsters, this somehow counted as an improvement.
"What terrible timing. I was just about to make breakfast," Shima complained.
Even while grumbling, both of them moved without hesitation and jumped onto Jiraiya's shoulders at the same time.
Facing a Jinchuriki capable of full tailed beast transformation was no joke. Without Sage Mode, the danger would be far too high.
Sage Mode not only enhanced the power of ninjutsu, but Senjutsu Chakra also invigorated the body itself, increasing both defense and recovery.
"Fukasaku sama, Shima sama, sorry for the trouble." Jiraiya used Body Flicker Technique to dodge Han's attack while gathering chakra.
Boom!
Han's thick arm, wrapped in dense red chakra, smashed into the ground where Jiraiya had just stood. The terrifying force shattered the earth and left behind a crater.
"Sage Mode!"
Once enough natural energy had gathered within him, Jiraiya decisively fused his own chakra with it to create Senjutsu Chakra.
As sage markings spread across his face and his nose took on a slightly toadlike appearance, he successfully entered the Sage Mode of Mount Myoboku.
"Boil Release: Unrivaled Impact!"
Han unleashed the tailed beast chakra within him and activated Boil Release to amplify his physical power.
It was not only the five basic nature transformations that could evolve in multiple directions. Even the same bloodline limit could develop in completely different ways.
For example, Mei Terumi's Boil Release manifested as an extremely corrosive mist, while the Five Tails' Boil Release amplified the user's body itself by raising chakra to the boiling point and converting it into overwhelming physical force.
With the extraordinary sensory ability of Sage Mode, Jiraiya naturally had no intention of trading blows head on with an enraged Han. He continued to dodge with nimble movements.
The difference now was that he had created enough space and no longer had to worry about harming Konoha ninja, so he could counterattack freely.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Flame Bullet!"
While leaping aside, Jiraiya transformed the Senjutsu Chakra within him into Fire Release and spat out a massive, surging bullet of flame.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"
The Iwagakure jonin accompanying Han immediately used a defensive ninjutsu to help block the attack.
But how could a Fire Release technique unleashed by Jiraiya in Sage Mode be stopped by an ordinary Iwagakure jonin?
Boom!
The raging flames blasted straight through the thick earth wall, as if they wanted to incinerate everything in their path.
Han narrowed his eyes as he looked on.
Was he waiting to die? Of course not.
Now that there was no longer any need to worry about hurting allies, he could further draw on the power of the tailed beast.
Dark red chakra surged out from Han once more, and an overwhelming aura rose from his body.
As the chakra climbed higher and higher, the dark red coating around him rapidly transformed into a solid tailed beast form.
Soon, a gigantic white beast appeared on the battlefield, even larger than the giant toads Jiraiya had summoned earlier.
Han's complete tailed beast transformation immediately drew attention from every direction.
As the super weapons of the five great nations, tailed beasts possessed terrifying deterrent power. Even standing still, they could impose suffocating pressure.
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