Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 441 The Four-Tails Jinchuriki

Seeing the battle completely collapse and his side trapped in a desperate situation, Han steeled his heart, his eyes turned bloodshot, and an even more ferocious tailed beast chakra erupted from his body. His body began to swell, his skin tore open, revealing the red tailed beast muscle tissue underneath.

Hidden underground, Umino Sasuke kept a close eye on the entire battlefield.

Seeing Han's actions, he frowned slightly. He hadn't expected that Might Guy, after opening the Seventh Gate, would fail to defeat the Five-Tails Jinchuriki in such a short time. This Han was no ordinary man.

We can't let him transform into a tailed beast again. The Five-Tails in its complete form is too destructive. Unless we expose ourselves or use Wood Release.

"Magical Universe: All Things in the Universe!"

With a thought, Sasuke Umino felt a slight warmth rise from the red vertical mark between his brows, and a surge of pure and powerful Yin Release energy instantly erupted, unleashing an S-rank genjutsu directly at Han.

This illusion technique combines the essence of tree binding and shackle techniques, instantly pulling the target's consciousness into a terrifying illusion filled with endless tree shackles and mental piercing.

Han, who was on the verge of becoming a fully-fledged tailed beast, was caught off guard and instantly struck. His sprinting motion suddenly froze, his eyes became empty and lifeless, and the tailed beast chakra around his body fluctuated violently. The process of becoming a fully-fledged tailed beast was forcibly interrupted.

"Hirutora!"

Just as Han was trapped in the illusion, Matt Day unleashed a tiger-shaped air cannon.

"boom!!!"

The terrifying shockwave not only destroyed the tailed beast's body but also struck its interior. Han, who was hidden inside, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground.

The tailed beast chakra within him completely receded into his body, his steam armor was severely damaged, and his entire body was emitting black smoke from the burns inflicted by his own steam. He remained unconscious.

The battlefield was deafening and brutal, with explosions and numerous ninja techniques illuminating the night sky in a flickering light.

Smoke, firelight, steam, and splattered blood mixed together to create a nauseating odor that filled the air.

With Iwagakure's defeat inevitable, and even Onoki seemingly on the verge of being surrounded and killed, a scorching heat wave suddenly erupted from their flank.

Earth Release: Lava River!

A rough, explosive roar erupted, accompanied by a rumbling sound as if the earth's crust was being torn apart. A scorching torrent of dark red magma crashed into the battlefield where Onoki was besieging, with an all-consuming force.

Wherever it passed, the ground instantly turned black, melted, and caved in, and the air was distorted by the high temperature, emitting a hissing sound.

"Scatter!" Danzo, experienced and shrewd, warned sharply.

He retreated swiftly, his Wind Release chakra ready to be unleashed.

Uchiha Shun's Mangekyou Sharingan twitched slightly, and his figure vanished into thin air before the lava reached him. The next moment, he appeared on a giant rock dozens of meters away, his face cold.

The ninth Wood Release clone reacted even faster, its Hashirama cell prosthetic limbs slamming into the ground, propelling it backward while its hands formed hand seals with lightning speed:

"Earth Escape: Earth Current City Wall!"

A thick, solid earthen wall rose up first, blocking the lava in front of it.

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

Immediately afterwards, a torrent of water appeared out of nowhere and covered the earthen wall.

When water and fire clashed, they erupted into a cloud of white steam that hissed and instantly obscured a large portion of the field of vision.

The earthen walls melted rapidly under the impact of the lava, but the dual defense of water and fire ultimately managed to barely withstand this sudden and fierce attack.

In the distance, a middle-aged Iwagakure ninja with a fiery red beard strode towards them, stepping on the black reefs formed by the cooling of his Lava Release technique.

He was surrounded by high-temperature steam, his exposed skin glowed with a dark red sheen, and his eyes were sharp. He was none other than Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Onoki, you old codger, haven't you been broken apart by Konoha yet?" Old Purple's voice was loud and clear. His gaze swept over the disheveled Onoki, his expression mocking, but deep in his eyes was a hint of worry that was not easily detected.

Although he disagreed with Onoki's political views and spent many years traveling, almost detached from Iwagakure, the will of stone flowing within him ultimately summoned him back to this blood-stained battlefield when the village faced a life-or-death crisis.

"Old Purple?" Onoki looked at the timely reinforcements, feeling a mix of emotions. He was relieved to have escaped from a desperate situation, but also had complicated feelings about facing his old rival and partner.

Finally, he let out a complex sigh: "Be careful of this Umino Sasuke!"

Onoki's battlefield intuition was quite good; he believed that the greatest threat was actually the crippled Umino Sasuke.

"Hmph, how much fighting power can a crippled ninja with a broken leg retain?"

Old Purple snorted coldly, his battle-ready gaze fixed on the ninth clone. "Hey! Umino Sasuke! Your opponent is me! Let me see how many rounds you can withstand my Lava Release!"

Before he could finish speaking, Old Purple had already made his move. His hands formed hand seals so fast that they left afterimages, and his chakra surged like a volcanic eruption.
"Melting Granite!"

Large amounts of viscous, hot lava with a pungent sulfurous smell spewed from his mouth, rapidly shaping in the air and transforming into numerous granite cannonballs burning with dark red flames.

These shells did not attack in a straight line, but rather drew tricky arcs, raining down on the Number Nine clone from different directions like a dense meteor shower. Their precise control and terrifying power demonstrated the terrifying combat strength of this veteran Kage-level powerhouse!
With his feet exerting force, the ninth clone unleashed astonishing power and elasticity from the Hashirama cell prosthetic limbs, allowing him to maneuver like a cheetah within a confined space.

"Water Release·Water Dragon Bullet!"

Instead of opting for large-scale defense, it used precise control, and a relatively smaller but more condensed water dragon roared out, not heading straight for all the cannonballs, but precisely crashing into the few most threatening ones, detonating them in mid-air, turning them into a sky full of fire rain and steam.

At the same time, his body twisted at an incredible angle, narrowly avoiding direct hits from other shells, the scorching heat causing the hem of his white divine robe to curl slightly.

"You're quick to hide! Let's see how long you can keep it up!"

Old Purple's fighting spirit intensified, and he directly entered a half-tailed beast transformation state. With a "bang" behind him, two chakra tails made of boiling lava extended, and his speed and power increased dramatically in an instant.

He transformed into a red afterimage that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, carrying scorching wind pressure as he rushed straight towards the ninth clone.

"Molten Escape: Burning River Rock Technique!"

More lava fireballs, like machine guns, spewed from his mouth, their density and speed increasing again, forming a fire net that left almost no blind spots.

The ninth clone took the prosthetic body technique, Body Flicker, to its extreme, seamlessly switching between Water Release and Body Flicker.

Sometimes he uses Water Release: Water Wall for localized defense, sometimes he uses Water Release: Water Blade Slash to cut through the incoming lava blocks, and most of the time he relies on superhuman speed and reaction time to dodge.

His movements were fluid and graceful, making it impossible to tell that his legs were prosthetics. However, his fighting style, which primarily relied on Water Release and Earth Release, did not reveal his Wood Release abilities.

"boom--!"

With no way to avoid it, the ninth clone will also collide fiercely with Old Purple's Rock Fist.

With a deafening roar, the ninth clone was thrown back several meters by the violent force. Its prosthetic limbs plowed two shallow furrows in the ground, and the clothing on its arms was only burned with holes by the intense heat. Other damage from the high temperature was easily withstood by the Divine Tree Armor, concealing the fact that it was a clone. "Hmph! Not bad power!" Old Purple's Lava Release chakra surged even more fiercely, its attacks like a storm, giving the ninth clone no chance to breathe.

Just when the ninth clone seemed to be suppressed and could only struggle to maneuver by relying on its mobility, Umino Sasuke, who was hidden deep underground, finally made his move again.

The vertical flame mark between his brows was slightly warm, and a cold, invisible Yin energy silently penetrated the earth, precisely enveloping the frenzied Lao Zi.

"Magical Consciousness Weaving!"

This is not a powerful attack illusion, but a more subtle auxiliary illusion. It does not directly create illusions, but interferes with Lao Zi's nerve signal transmission, causing his combat intuition to deviate slightly, resulting in a slight error in his judgment of distance and speed.

At the same time, a sense of indescribable unease and anxiety was planted in his heart.

Just as Old Purple was about to launch an even stronger attack, his movements suddenly faltered slightly. He felt as if the target he was aiming at had shifted, and the flow of chakra within his body became momentarily obscured.

This strange feeling made him extremely uncomfortable, as if he had punched cotton with all his might and ended up with sticky hands.

"What's going on?!" He was shocked and furious. His scarlet beast eyes scanned his surroundings, but he found nothing except for the billowing steam and the chaotic battlefield. However, this ever-present interference was seriously affecting the continuity of his fierce offensive.

It was this fleeting vulnerability.

Number Nine, with his mind and body in perfect harmony, keenly seized this fleeting opportunity. No longer blindly dodging, he stomped his feet hard on the ground, crouched low like a cheetah poised to pounce, and then transformed into a blur as he charged straight at Lao Zi.

"Strange power!"

His right fist was clenched tightly, seemingly ordinary, but in the instant he swung it, he highly compressed and concentrated a massive amount of chakra into the tip of his fist, causing the air to whistle.

Lao Zi hastily erected his arms, which were covered in lava, to block the attack.

"boom!!!"

The impact was loud and explosive.

Old Zi felt an irresistible, immense force surge through him. The lava armor on his arms instantly cracked, and he was sent flying uncontrollably, crashing heavily into a pile of ruins behind him, kicking up clouds of dust.

"puff--"

Old Zi felt a sweet taste in his throat, and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

Despite having paralyzed legs, he can still unleash such terrifying power?!
Seeing that Rōshi was easily suppressed by Umino Sasuke, Ōnoki was extremely anxious. It seemed that the collapse of the entire battlefield was beyond saving.

Fortunately, the appearance of Old Purple temporarily relieved a lot of his pressure, allowing him to find an opportunity to finally end the seal on the gravity field on his body, and once again use the Light-Heavy Rock Technique to fly into the sky.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Shun and Danzo's teamwork became increasingly seamless.

"Dust Release: Particle Style - Cube!"

Onoki attempted to clear an area with a wide-range Dust Release technique, opening a path for the remaining Iwagakure troops on the ground to survive.

A dazzling white light cube instantly took shape, descending downwards with an aura of annihilation.

However, Shun's left Mangekyou Sharingan had already reached its maximum spin, and blood tears slid down his pale cheeks, making him appear both tragic and eerie.

Just as Dust Release was about to be activated, his figure vanished from his original spot and instantly appeared diagonally above Onoki, his kunai wreath wreathed with sharp chakra, aimed straight at Onoki's wrist as he maintained the hand seals.

"Damn Mangekyou Sharingan!" Onoki was forced to interrupt his ninjutsu and awkwardly dodged to the side.

"Wind Release·Vacuum Jade!"

Danzo had a very good grasp of the timing of battles, always launching the most powerful Wind Release attacks when Onoki was struggling the most against Uchiha Shun.

Dozens of vacuum bullets intertwined to form a killing net, attacking Onoki from tricky angles.

These wind projectiles are highly concentrated and have extremely strong penetrating power, specifically targeting the relatively weak points in Onoki's Earth Release defense.

Onoki pushed his Earth Release: Hardening Technique to its limit, covering his body in thick rock armor, and continuously used the Rock Fist Technique to block, even occasionally using the Golem Style to summon a giant rock golem. However, under the two's well-coordinated and fierce attacks, he still seemed to be struggling to defend himself.

"puff--!"

A vacuum bullet that he couldn't completely avoid left a small wound on his shoulder blade, and the blood seeped into his rock armor.

"Lord Tsuchikage!" Several members of the Shadow Guard who came to provide support had bloodshot eyes. They had just escaped from the entanglement of the Konoha ninja and rushed forward without hesitation upon seeing this.

"Earth Escape·Multiple Earth Current Walls!"

They used their bodies and lives to build a defensive line, trying to buy Onoki a chance to break through.

"Insects! You're asking for death!"

Danzo's voice was as cold as iron, showing no emotion whatsoever in the face of these Iwa ninja who were risking their lives.

"Wind Escape·Vacuum Jade!"

The highly compressed vacuum shell instantly tore through several layers of earthen walls, blasting the upper body of a young Shadow Guard member behind it to pieces!

Uchiha Shun also transformed into phantoms and appeared behind another Shadow Guard member who was trying to use Earth Release. His short sword silently slashed through the air, bringing with it a spray of blood.

Screams, the sound of rocks shattering, and the clash of ninjutsu mingled together as Onoki watched helplessly as his loyal subordinates, like moths to a flame, fell one by one into pools of blood to cover him, their eyes filled with resolute determination and resentment.

The Third Tsuchikage, who had completed the centralization of power in Iwagakure, was now weeping bitterly, his heart aching, and an overwhelming sense of grief and powerlessness almost consumed him.

These are the children he watched grow up; they are the future hope of Iwagakure!
"what--!!!"

Onoki let out a heart-wrenching howl.

The pain and grief in that roar pierced through the clamor of the battlefield, making those who heard it tremble, but it could not change the fact that Iwagakure had suffered a complete defeat.

If even Onoki is in such a difficult situation, then the overall situation on the battlefield has become one-sided, with Iwagakure engaging in a massacre.

Hatake Sagumo, the sharpest "white fang" in Konoha, has completely transformed into a white grim reaper on the battlefield after losing the checks and balances of top combatants like Onoki and Rōshi.

His figure was no longer clearly visible to the naked eye; he could only be seen as a white, flowing light disappearing into the rock formation at high speed.

Wherever it went, the command nodes of Iwagakure, the Jonin who were trying to regroup, and the Earth Release squads that were forming defensive formations all fell down like harvested wheat.

(End of this chapter)