Chapter 315: He Really Cut It!
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
The moment he appeared, Roshi immediately controlled the Four-Tails to launch a Tailed Beast Bomb. A purple-black chakra sphere rapidly condensed.
"Not good, it's the Four-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb!"
The Four-Tails' enormous form made it impossible to miss. The Sand shinobi on the mountain instantly noticed it—especially since Li Yao's Wind Clone had just provocatively lifted Huangtu's severed head in that exact direction.
Upon seeing the purple-black sphere gathering in the beast's mouth, the Sand shinobi couldn't help but recall the terrifying destructive power of a Tailed Beast Bomb.
But soon, their panic faded.
They suddenly remembered: they had the Fourth Kazekage with them—the man who could cut through Tailed Beast Bombs.
"With Lord Kazekage here, what's a Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Their confidence returned quickly. Even Rasa wasn't particularly worried. He had personally seen the Fourth Kazekage slice through a Tailed Beast Bomb fired by Shukaku. He wasn't afraid. He calmly stared at the Four-Tails in the distance.
"A mere Tailed Beast Bomb… heh."
Li Yao's Wind Clone chuckled, then flicked Huangtu's severed head high into the air.
BOOM!
A deafening blast echoed like a sonic boom. The purple-black Tailed Beast Bomb launched from the Four-Tails' mouth like a ballistic missile, arcing straight toward the mountaintop.
Ōnoki narrowed his eyes coldly. So, this brat claims he can cut a Tailed Beast Bomb? Let's see it.
As for the rumored battle in which the Fourth Kazekage "subdued" Shukaku? Ōnoki didn't believe a word of it.
Cutting through a Tailed Beast Bomb?
Utter nonsense.
Even his Dust Release couldn't stop a Tailed Beast Bomb. The only response to a rampaging Tailed Beast was sealing it.
Subduing one?
Who did this kid think he was—Uchiha Madara? Senju Hashirama?
Ōnoki sneered inwardly. No way Li Yao could slice a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Avoiding it? That he believed.
After all, before rising to power, the Fourth Kazekage was famous for his Wind Release taijutsu—his speed was exceptional. Dodging might be possible.
But then… Ōnoki's pupils dilated sharply.
Shing!
It was as if the heavens themselves had been split. The house-sized Tailed Beast Bomb was sliced cleanly in two, like a giant iron sphere cleaved by a blade.
Even though the Sand shinobi had heard of the feat before, seeing it in person was something else entirely. They watched, stunned, as the two red-hot halves of the Tailed Beast Bomb curved around the mountain peak and flew past them on both sides.
BOOM BOOM!
The two halves exploded two kilometers behind the mountain, lighting up the land with twin miniature suns. The shockwaves were so immense that even Ōnoki's team, over five kilometers away, felt the impact.
"H-He… he really cut it!!!"
Ōnoki's jaw dropped, nearly hitting the ground. He was dumbfounded, utterly speechless. He couldn't believe what he'd just witnessed.
Someone had actually cut a Tailed Beast Bomb in half!
A Tailed Beast Bomb!
The ultimate symbol of destruction. The ultimate weapon of balance between the Five Great Shinobi Nations.
When the Great Ninja War began, Iwagakure had only survived its initial crises not because they were strong or because the enemy showed mercy—
But because the other nations didn't want to face the immediate retaliation of two rampaging jinchūriki firing Tailed Beast Bombs. They opted instead to slowly grind Iwa down.
Otherwise, Iwagakure would've fallen in the first year.
That was how terrifying a Tailed Beast Bomb truly was.
And now—someone had destroyed one head-on!
Sure, the Third Raikage was said to have been able to battle the Eight-Tails to a draw.
But even that was through brute force and defense—never by letting the Eight-Tails actually hit him with a Tailed Beast Bomb. He wouldn't dare.
A direct clash with a Tailed Beast Bomb would've disintegrated him instantly. Not even his famed physical defense and Lightning Armor would help.
In all of ninja history, only the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, could withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on. Not even Madara could.
Ōnoki, who had never seen Madara at his peak wielding Perfect Susanoo to cleave through mountains, believed Madara had only ever controlled Tailed Beasts through his powerful genjutsu.
In reality, even Madara wouldn't dare face a Tailed Beast Bomb directly.
Only Hashirama—who once captured all the Tailed Beasts except Shukaku and distributed them to the Five Nations—had that level of power.
This was common knowledge across the ninja world.
Only Hashirama's Wood Release could toy with Tailed Beasts like they were pets.
Only the God of Shinobi could withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb.
That was the very reason Ōnoki had agreed to participate in the siege against Li Yao years ago. He didn't want another God of Shinobi to emerge—another being who could shatter the power balance of the world and treat the Tailed Beasts like toys.
And yet… well, the less said about how that ended, the better.
Li Yao had died—but now Orochimaru had emerged.
Ōnoki was already frustrated enough by Orochimaru suddenly revealing Wood Release.
And now, this?
A Fourth Kazekage who could split a Tailed Beast Bomb without even using Wood Release?
What the hell was going on in this world?
Why did everything feel so unfamiliar?
Ōnoki truly wanted to ask someone.
"How is this even possible…?"
If Ōnoki was in disbelief, the other Iwa shinobi were absolutely shaken. All of them stood frozen in stunned silence.
Even Roshi—the Four-Tails' jinchūriki—was shocked speechless.
The Tailed Beast Bomb was his strongest move. A symbol of annihilation. How was he supposed to continue attacking someone who could cut it in half?
Lava Release?
Could it possibly match a Tailed Beast Bomb?
If not lava, then what?
For a moment, Roshi didn't know what to do next.
"Roshi! Fire another one!"
At the critical moment, it was the Third Tsuchikage who recovered first. Flying above the transformed Four-Tails, he shouted the order while gripping his binoculars.
"Yes."
Still stunned, Roshi responded mechanically. He opened his mouth again and began channeling Yin-Yang chakra to form another Tailed Beast Bomb.
BOOM!
With a sonic boom, the new Tailed Beast Bomb launched from the Four-Tails' mouth toward the mountaintop.
This time, Ōnoki didn't take his eyes off Li Yao—not even for a second.
He wanted to see exactly how the Wind Clone cut the bomb.
As the bomb closed in, Li Yao raised his right hand—fingers pressed together like a blade—and slashed downward.
Then—
Shing!
Another invisible slash wave tore through space. Just like before, the Tailed Beast Bomb split neatly in half and flew off in opposite directions.
The entire motion was smooth. Effortless.
BOOM BOOM!
Twin explosions erupted again, their light as bright as miniature suns. Under their glow, Ōnoki felt a deep chill spread through his body.
A Tailed Beast Bomb was a high-mass, highly compressed, high-density chakra sphere—it had some physical properties. Normally, if met with a weak barrier, it would just smash through like a steel ball through paper, without even exploding.
For a Tailed Beast Bomb to explode midair, one of two things had to happen:
It flew far enough and lost stability without the Tailed Beast's control.It struck something solid enough to disrupt its internal balance.
If, for example, a mountain blocked its path—and it couldn't maintain stability—it would detonate.
(END CHAPTER)
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