"It directly caused the Four-Tails to lose a massive amount of chakra. Even its aura has grown weak."
"But there are also weaknesses."
"If it misses, it wastes a large amount of my own chakra."
"If I want to use it, I must be certain it will hit."
Scattered chakra flowed across the Four-Tails' body like blood.
However, it was not true blood. It was merely chakra.
Rasa rode his Gold Dust and pursued.
"The test continues!"
Halfway through the chase, Rasa revealed a surprised expression.
He had originally thought Roshi would take advantage of being blasted away to flee. Unexpectedly, the moment Roshi stopped, he charged back toward Rasa instead.
The next instant, when their gazes met, Rasa understood.
The main consciousness was no longer Roshi.
It was the Four-Tails.
The Four-Tails' consciousness had taken command.
Roshi was not a perfect jinchuriki, so this situation was not unexpected.
The Four-Tails looked at Rasa, savage light filling its eyes.
It had only just gained a bit of freedom, and the first thing that greeted it was such a cannon blast.
The enormous impact had caused the Four-Tails terrible pain.
As a ferocious Tailed Beast, how could it suffer a loss and not retaliate?
Especially when the other party was a human.
"Roar!"
Beast-like roars rang out one after another.
Immediately afterward, the Four-Tails beat its chest violently.
Its body was enormous, yet its movement speed was astonishingly fast. With one kick backward, it leapt hundreds, even thousands of meters.
The ground trembled beneath it.
At this moment, inside the Four-Tails' body, Roshi's consciousness was cursing furiously.
In Roshi's view, the opportunity just now had been excellent.
By using the momentum of being blasted away and turning directly to flee, Roshi felt that it would not have been easy for Rasa to catch up. This was the border of the Land of Wind. Once he crossed the border, his situation would improve greatly.
But the Four-Tails would not listen at all.
Driven by anger, it had charged straight back.
"Antlion!"
The Four-Tails landed.
It was just about to leap again.
But it discovered that it could not jump no matter what.
Its feet had sunk directly into the sand.
And this was not ordinary sand, but flowing sand. It streamed inward from all sides, making it extremely difficult for the Four-Tails to pull its legs free.
"Byakugan, Pressure!"
Rasa arrived overhead and looked down at the Four-Tails below.
The Four-Tails' body trembled slightly.
"Gold Dust Thundercloud!"
A large amount of Gold Dust gathered above the Four-Tails' head, transforming into the shape of a cloud layer.
The next instant—
Countless bolts of lightning poured down, all striking the Four-Tails' body.
Wave after wave.
Lightning flashed, completely engulfing the Four-Tails' form.
The Four-Tails, already struggling to escape, found it even harder to break free from the quicksand.
Its anger reached the extreme.
Stifled.
An intense sense of stifled humiliation.
The Four-Tails forcibly endured the pressure and gathered chakra before its mouth, compressing it, then raised its head and aimed upward.
An extremely condensed chakra sphere appeared.
The strongest attack method of a Tailed Beast.
Formed by mixing Yin and Yang chakra at a special ratio.
"Tailed Beast Ball!"
The two forces collided.
Bang!
A massive explosion rang out. An incomparable shockwave spread outward in every direction.
Along with it came violent chakra.
Rasa took out Samehada and used it as a shield in front of him, absorbing every surge of chakra rushing toward him until nothing remained.
A wave of joy came from Samehada.
Clearly, Samehada liked Tailed Beast chakra.
The thundercloud dispersed, revealing the Four-Tails' figure.
It looked extremely battered.
Its fur was torn, ragged, and filthy. Its two huge eyeballs glared fixedly at Rasa.
Holding Samehada, Rasa charged toward the Four-Tails while thinking through the results of his tests.
"Anubis, plus Byakugan, plus Sharingan, plus Sand Transformation Technique. This is my strongest close-combat mode. Under this mode, it is extremely difficult for enemies to block my attacks, and equally difficult for them to injure me."
"This mode can be called Elemental Swordmaster Mode."
"Full name: Top-tier great swordsman with elementalization."
"Top-tier swordsmanship, the special ability to cut through objects without cutting their exterior, the Byakugan's x-ray vision and all-around field of view, the Sharingan's extreme dynamic vision, and elementalization to nullify the enemy's physical attacks."
"In this mode, I can actually stack Magnet Release and the two abilities Grant S/N as well."
"In the current shinobi world, very few people can surpass me in this aspect."
Rasa looked toward the Four-Tails.
"If I'm facing an enemy with enormous chakra reserves, I can also replace Anubis with Samehada."
"Just like now."
Facing the fist the Four-Tails smashed toward him, Rasa raised Samehada and slashed straight into it.
Bang!
The two collided.
The Four-Tails' expression abruptly changed. The enormous suction force from Samehada made it uneasy.
That punch not only failed to harm the opponent, but also caused it to lose a considerable amount of chakra.
It hurriedly swung its other fist over as well.
But at that moment, a cluster of Gold Dust wrapped around the Four-Tails' arm.
The Gold Dust attached itself to the arm, greatly obstructing the Four-Tails' movements.
Its punching speed slowed considerably.
It became sluggish and delayed.
And it was not only one arm. The Four-Tails' limbs, as well as its torso, were all wrapped with large amounts of Gold Dust.
The Gold Dust did not harm the Four-Tails. It merely entangled it.
The chakra consumption was low, but the effect was very good.
A massive body, if still agile, was indeed extremely threatening.
But a massive body paired with sluggishness and clumsiness became a living target.
Rasa's figure moved rapidly, slashing Samehada into the Four-Tails again and again.
Yet none of the strikes targeted vital points.
It did not look like he was killing an enemy.
It looked more like he was practicing his swordsmanship.
At this moment, Roshi finally understood what Rasa was doing.
For a moment, he shook with rage.
"This bastard is using me as practice!"
"He's treating me like a target!"
"From the very beginning!"
"As if he has already eaten me whole, as if his victory is one hundred percent guaranteed!"
That made Roshi furious.
As an elite ninja of Iwagakure and the Four-Tails jinchuriki, Roshi had great confidence in his own strength. He also had the pride of a strong person. Even after hearing of Rasa's reputation and feeling some wariness, Roshi had never believed he had no ability to fight back at all.
"You're too arrogant, Rasa!"
"What do you take me for?"
"Am I weaker than those opponents you faced before?"
"How am I inferior to Yagura Karatachi?"
"How am I inferior to Minato Namikaze?"
"How am I inferior to Jiraiya?"
The Four-Tails was enraged, but it could do nothing to Rasa.
All it could do was roar in impotent fury.
"There are only the Body Separation Technique, the Forced Transformation Technique, and the Forced Vacuum Technique left to test."