novelraw Chapter 121 Harvesting the Eight-Tails!
Chapter 121 Harvesting the Eight-Tails!
Chapter 121 Harvesting the Eight Tails!
On the other side of the battlefield, the symphony of thunder and beast roars was equally deafening, yet it presented a scene completely different from the battlefield of immortals.
In the sky, a colossal purple-gold dragon coiled and swirled, emitting a long, soul-stirring roar as it engaged in a protracted struggle with an eight-tailed behemoth on the ground, which was wildly waving its whiskers.
This is precisely the Peacock Magic Dragon God technique manipulated by the collector!
It has a tough skeleton made of golden chains containing the properties of the Vajra Sealing Technique, and flesh and scales forged from a vast amount of chakra that is as tangible as a substance.
Each pounce and bite carried the sealing power aimed at the tailed beast, forcing the eight-tailed Gyūki to roar repeatedly.
The fierce tentacles, carrying the immense power to shatter mountains, were swung out, but each time they were nimbly dodged by the dragon's flapping wings, or crashed into the condensed and tough dragon body, only able to create ripples of chakra, unable to truly tear them apart.
"roar!"
The eight-tailed creature's enormous body stirred up dust and smoke, and each angry hammer blow caused the earth to tremble, stirring up waves of earth tens of feet high.
However, its proud power was perfectly countered by its opponent.
The purple-gold dragon did not simply engage in a head-on confrontation. It drew elegant yet deadly arcs in the air, using its absolute advantage in height to continuously swoop down, feint, and entangle, probing the weaknesses beneath the eight tails' sturdy skin with its dragon claws and fangs wrapped in sealing power.
Several Vajra chains were hidden beneath the flowing chakra of the dragon's body, like lurking venomous snakes, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment.
"Damn it! Slippery as an eel!" Inside the sealed space, Killer Bee's true form also restrained its usual carefree attitude.
The heavy voice of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki echoed in his mind: "Bhikari, be careful! This guy's chakra—is extremely effective against me!"
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Killer Bee was well aware of this; he had long since sensed the strangeness of the dragon god's power.
The opponent's raw strength may be slightly inferior to his own in his complete form, but the sealing properties contained in his power are a sharp blade hanging over his head!
Once truly entangled and bound by it, what awaits him is likely to fall into an endless dark prison once again. This is a deep fear shared by the Eight-Tails, who has experienced the pain of being sealed!
"Hey! You cunning fellow—cheating in the air—you idiot, you bastard!"
Killer Bee maintained his usual rhythmic speech, but his movements became increasingly solemn.
In contrast, the Collector in the air, his gray robes fluttering, his mask still hidden in the shadow of his hood, only his eyes, gleaming with a sharp light, were fixed on the Eight-Tails' every move.
For him, the stalemate was still under control. The Dragon God's defense and agility were at a satisfactory level, enough to contend with the fully transformed Eight-Tails.
The only regret is the lack of a super destructive technique like the Tailed Beast Ball, and —
His gaze swept over the enormous tentacles of the eight-tailed fox, which were an alluring target.
"What a pity—they were too vigilant," the collector thought to himself.
He wasn't without the opportunity to forcibly tear off a few tentacles; the tailed beast limbs, rich in powerful chakra and vitality, were one of his targets on this trip.
However, Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails, clearly learned a painful lesson from the earlier encounter with Yugito, the Two-Tails, and his limbs were exceptionally well protected. Every time the dragon tried to forcibly bite, it would be met with a frenzied counterattack from the dragon, causing the dragon god's chakra consumption to increase dramatically.
Taking forceful action would be counterproductive.
If he fails to obtain the Eight-Tails' chakra at this rate, then his operation will have been a complete loss.
Even though he didn't put in much effort, he didn't earn enough, so isn't that a loss?
A cold thought flashed through the collector's mind.
What he's pursuing isn't just a stalemate, but absolute dominance and greater gains! He must find a way to break the deadlock!
Just then, something unexpected happened!
"Big brother!!!"
A heart-wrenching roar, completely devoid of rhythm and pretense, like the mournful cry of a wounded beast, suddenly exploded from Killer Bee's mouth, resounding through the sky!
Although they are not blood brothers, their past interactions have forged a bond that transcends that of normal brothers, which erupted to its extreme in the face of life and death!
Through the billowing smoke and turbulent energy currents, the eight-tailed behemoth, tens of meters tall, clearly saw the heart-stopping scene on the distant battlefield through its enormous eyes.
His elder brother, the Fourth Raikage A, who was once as majestic as a mountain, was now covered in blood, his arms twisted and hanging down, his lightning armor dim and almost extinguished, and he was being suppressed in place by a terrifying storm of sage energy.
Fear! Fury! In an instant, Killer Bee's reason was overwhelmed!
"roar!!!"
This time, it wasn't the Eight-Tails' roar, but rather the blood-soaked cries of Killer Bee and Gyuki, simultaneously emanating from the depths of their souls, solely to protect their loved ones! Those enormous beast eyes suddenly turned blood red!
"By! There's no time to think! Go save our brother!"
The bull demon's voice was urgent and resolute; it understood Kirabi's persistence and importance in this kind of feeling!
Without any hesitation! The Eight-Tails' massive body suddenly abandoned all defensive stances and charged headlong towards the Raikage!
It poured its immense chakra into its legs without restraint. With each stomp of its huge foot, it left a giant crater like a meteorite crater, and rocks flew like rain. The entire battlefield seemed to be a surface of water with pebbles thrown in, violently rising and falling, cracking and shaking around it!
What purple-gold dragon! What seal threat! What biting probing! At this moment, all of that was completely erased from Killer Bee's mind!
His vision was filled only with that precarious figure! That figure who was like a father and a brother to him!
The enormous figure crashed through the dust and smoke, unstoppable!
"An opportunity!" The collector's pupils suddenly contracted.
His extraordinary senses allowed him to instantly understand why Killer Bee had gone mad.
The Fourth Raikage was actually forced into such a desperate situation in such a short time? Even he was taken aback.
It's important to know that the Fourth Raikage was already over thirty years old, and his strength could be said to have reached its peak. He was definitely not a newcomer who had just stepped into the Kage level. In this era, he was one of the few strong individuals.
But even such a powerful figure, facing Jiraiya's incomplete Sage Mode, only lasted so long before succumbing to his death.
The power of Sage Mode is terrifying!
Jiraiya's Sage Mode wasn't as perfect as Naruto's, but his overall strength was far greater than Naruto's at that time.
This power, while probably not as great as Sage Naruto's, should be close to the threshold of the peak of the Kage level!
Such strength, at this point in time, does indeed feel like a game-changer.
Although he could understand Killer Bee's deep concern for his brother.
But at this moment, the Eight-Tails' back was wide open, completely exposed! A once-in-a-lifetime hunting opportunity! He couldn't possibly miss it!
The next moment, an extremely cold light ignited in his eyes.
Target locked!
The collector controlled the purple-gold dragon, which roared and bit off one of the eight tails' thick tentacles.
But Killer Bee completely ignored the attack from the purple-gold dragon. He could bear the injury; the most important thing now was to get to the Fourth Raikage's location and save his older brother!
The enormous tentacle landed on the ground, creating a violent tremor.
This tentacle is probably no smaller than the one that Sasuke Uchiha cut off in the original story.
Even this single tentacle could be used as a substitute for the Eight-Tails to feed the Gedo Mazo, which shows its value.
But if we can gain more, then this is not enough!
The collector took a deep breath.
The purple-gold dragon in the sky let out a deafening roar, and its massive body instantly transformed into a dazzling torrent of chakra before disappearing without a trace.
The power instantly returned to the Collector's body, and the huge chakra wings on his back flapped violently. Accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, he became a gray-purple streak of light that tore through space, biting tightly into the fleeing giant figure!
As he pursued, his hands clasped together in front of his chest! A violent stream of chakra, accompanied by a piercing shriek, converged, compressed, and shaped itself!
A massive shuriken, composed of sharp, rapidly spinning wind blades and imbued with destructive cutting energy, was rapidly taking shape in his palm.
"Wind Release: Rasengan!"
But that's not enough!
Killer Bee is too fast! In a pure throw, the speed of the Spiral Shuriken is very likely to be overtaken by the opponent's terrifying charge!
"Diamond Lockdown!"
The collector gave a low shout, and dozens of incredibly strong golden chains instantly shot out from under the skin on his back!
They were not used to bind the Eight-Tails, but rather, like living metal vines, they converged and twisted into a thicker, enormous golden chain in the blink of an eye!
One end of the chain was fastened to the core vortex of the newly formed spiral shuriken with lightning speed!
The next second, the collector, like an ancient giant wielding a chain hammer, moved his arm, pulling the thick golden chain.
Using the immense kinetic energy of high-speed flight, the spinning, hissing Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, radiating an aura of destruction, was swung like a giant eagle striking a deadly meteor hammer, fiercely hurled at Killer Bee's unsuspecting broad back!
"Be careful!" The eight-tailed Gyūki issued a piercing alarm from inside Killer Bee's body!
It clearly sensed the terrifying power behind it, a power capable of obliterating flesh and blood cells!
however.
"Ox-demon! Big Brother—is waiting for us!" Killer Bee didn't even turn his head, and his ferocious sprint speed increased again!
His eyes burned with a reckless rage, and he had only one thought in his mind.
Charge forward! Use your body to shield your brother from that destructive blue light! Take the fatal Rasengan for your brother!
"Pfft!!"
The Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, spinning with a desperate shriek, struck the Eight-Tails' side and back with perfect accuracy!
A terrifying wind-style storm erupted instantly!
That was not a simple explosion, but a destructive vortex composed of billions of incredibly sharp energy needles formed from ultra-high-density wind-attribute chakra!
"Whoa!!!"
The octopus tentacles on the eight-tailed giant body were instantly shredded into countless flying pieces of flesh and blood the moment they came into contact with the vortex of wind blades, as if they had been thrown into a giant meat grinder!
Deep blue blood poured down like a torrential rain! The skin covering the carapace trembled violently, cracked, and shattered amidst a piercing scraping sound!
The excruciating pain felt like thousands of red-hot steel needles piercing my brain!
However----
Even though the excruciating pain nearly made Killer Bee faint, his remaining sanity gave rise to a beastly roar!
Instead of retreating, he advanced, frantically using the thrust generated by the massive shockwave from the explosion behind him to squeeze the last potential of the Eight-Tails' muscles, his enormous body enduring the excruciating pain of flesh being torn apart.
Like a giant cannonball launched from the ground, it hurtled towards the direction where the blinding blue light was about to devour its loved ones with superhuman speed, covered in blue blood and bits of flesh!
The light shimmering at the edge of the Sage Art: Rasengan that descended from the sky was now clearly visible!
"Big brother! Hang in there!!"
The light of death had touched the burning skin of the Fourth Raikage, A.
The destructive energy contained in Sage Art: Rasengan could completely vaporize that once proud steel body that dominated the ninja world into dust in the blink of an eye with just a single breath.
A close call!
In the last fraction of a second before the blue light representing annihilation devoured the lightning shadow, a barrier forged from flesh and will stood defiantly between destruction and life!
"Big brother!!!"
Accompanied by Kirabi's roar that tears apart all hip-hop rhythms and bursts forth with the most primal, mournful howl from the depths of his soul.
The enormous tentacles of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki acted as the most loyal shield, spreading and intertwining wildly from the side of Killer Bee's body, instantly enveloping the dying Fourth Raikage, A, layer by layer!
"Besiege Wei to rescue Zhao?" There's no time to think about it! Time only allows one choice: to block it with my body!
The thick tentacle that first met the Sage Art: Rasengan emitted a tooth-grinding wail the instant it came into contact with the destructive chakra.
The tailed beast's skin, as tough as steel, melted and crumbled at a visible speed, like butter under a hot knife.
The violent spiral storm invaded the flesh and blood with devastating force, turning the internal tissues into a cloud of blue blood foam!
"Ugh!"
Killer Bee let out a heart-wrenching roar, but his massive octopus head did not budge an inch, his eyes burning with a reckless madness!
Pain? Loss of limbs? All of that was thrown to the back of their minds at this moment! More tentacles, disregarding the horrific sacrifice at the front, surged forward like a living tidal wave, one after another, engulfing everything in their path!
Blood and flesh splattered everywhere! Blood flowed like a waterfall!
Just before the sage energy was about to penetrate the last gaps in flesh and blood and completely disintegrate the Raikage, the massive body of the Eight-Tails finally completely covered the area of death.
The heavy thud was drowned out by the shrill roar of the spiral storm. Killer Bee endured the impact that could crush mountains, desperately resisting the remaining power of Sage Art: Rasengan with his battered giant body. The Eight-Tails' feet plowed several deep furrows in the cracked earth!
"What?!"
The balance of power in the battle suddenly shifted!
Jiraiya's senses were incredibly clear in Sage Mode. He "saw" the Eight-Tails' movements and anticipated Killer Bee's rescue, but he never expected the other party's determination to be so resolute!
That speed that exceeded all limits, that insane will to save someone even at the cost of their own life, completely surpassed the scope of rational calculation!
The plan to kill the Raikage was thwarted by the brotherly bond that came at the cost of blood and flesh!
"Compare!!"
Almost at the same moment that he withstood the attack of the immortal technique, his rage and excruciating pain transformed into a destructive torrent!
Killer Bee's eyes were bloodshot, and all the giant tentacles that had not been destroyed and were still aggressive transformed into hundred-foot-long spears, shooting wildly at Jiraiya, who was momentarily stunned by the release of his ultimate move, with a sharp shriek that tore through the air!
The sound of something tearing through the air was sharp and piercing, as if it were about to puncture space itself!
"Watch out, Jiraiya! Don't take this mad beast's attack head-on!" Fukasaku warned sharply, his frog eyes filled with seriousness.
Even for a sage body, it would be unwise to directly confront a tailed beast's furious, desperate attack.
Master Shima was equally alarmed: "Retreat quickly!"
"Damn it!" Jiraiya gritted his teeth, suppressing his shock, anger, and regret.
It would be unwise to fight back now! He dodged quickly, and the rocks beneath his feet shattered under the heavy blows of the tentacles! Using the cover of smoke and flying rocks, he blinked repeatedly, narrowly avoiding the violent, storm-like piercing attacks.
Killer Bee forced Jiraiya to retreat! He had no intention of continuing the fight!
He carefully used his relatively intact tentacles to roll the small "cocoon" containing his brother into his body space, which was the safest protection.
The enormous beastly eyes swept rapidly across the ravaged battlefield. The elder brother Raikage's aura was weak, and the flame of his life flickered like a candle in the wind.
With its supreme commander gone, the Cloud Hidden Army is showing signs of collapse under the overwhelming force of its army.
"Walk!!"
A heavy decision weighed heavily on Kirabi's mind.
"Moo!" A roar of grief, resolve, and supreme command from a bull resounded through the heavens, the voice of the Eight-Tailed Beast echoing to every corner of the battlefield: "All troops, retreat!!!"
The massive roar drowned out the sounds of battle; it was a signal to retreat, and a final warning!
Its massive, mountain-like body, covered in dripping blue blood and countless wounds, instantly unleashed its fastest speed!
Completely ignoring the terrain, its massive body, billowing with dust and rubble, charged headlong toward the Hidden Cloud Village like a runaway land whale!
With each step, the earth trembled violently, leaving deep craters! It was a desperate escape, burning out the last bit of chakra!
There was only one goal: to save the older brother's life as quickly as possible!