Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 287 Capturing the Tailed Beast and Refining the Strange Flame

The Land of Earth, a primeval forest in the north.

After being developed by the Iwagakure village, all the surrounding wild beasts have been driven away, creating a temporary resting place for the Iwagakure ninja.

This is where the Four-Tails was reborn. The Hidden Stone Village has already discovered traces of the Four-Tails' past life here. It is a huge active volcano, but the surrounding environment is exceptionally good, suitable for both the Four-Tails and the gorilla.

One day, the Iwa ninja gathered here because the Eight-Tails from Kumogakure had arrived.

"It's just ahead. Based on our assessment, that volcano ahead is where the Four-Tailed Fox lives. There's also a stone tablet here, which must have been left a long time ago. It's called Flower Fruit Mountain."

Huang Tu spoke to Killer Bee and the group of Cloud Ninja, then led them forward for a while longer.

The Iwa ninja received intelligence that a large amount of chakra had gathered near Huaguo Mountain, which was clearly a sign of the rebirth of the tailed beasts. Therefore, Huang Tu personally brought Killer Bee over, hoping that the Eight-Tails inside him could persuade the Four-Tails to stay still.

"Lord Huangtu, the chakra ahead is gathering faster and faster."

A ninja from Iwa suddenly rushed over to report, and after he finished speaking, Killer Bee, who was standing next to Huang Tu, started rapping: "The Eight-Tails has already told me that the Four-Tails has been resurrected!"

"So fast, a few days earlier than previously estimated."

Huang Tu said in surprise, then turned to Killer Bee and said, "Thank you for your help. If this doesn't work, then we'll have to use the second plan. We hope you can convey the sincerity of our Iwagakure village. Thank you."

After using only the time it takes to become a Jinchuriki, the village of Iwagakure will no longer capture the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails. This was a decision that Onoki made despite the pressure from the other elders of Iwagakure.

"I understand, I will try my best to say it."

Killer Bee also stopped rapping. He knew that the upcoming battle was related to the survival of Iwagakure and Kumogakure, so he became serious.

After arriving at the entrance of a huge cave in Flower Fruit Mountain, Killer Bee said to Yellow Earth, "We don't need so many people to go in now. You and a few others can come in with me."

"All right."

Huang Tu did not object, but only allowed the other two Jonin to accompany him and Killer Bee as they walked into the cave.

This cave is very large, about sixty or seventy meters high, more than enough for the tailed beasts to pass through freely.

After walking for a while, Huang Tu and the others felt increasingly hot before they finally passed through the cave and arrived at a more spacious cave.

"Flower and Fruit Mountain!"

A loud roar suddenly echoed from inside the cave, and then Huang Tu and the others saw a torrent of lava erupting from the ground in front of them, rushing towards them rapidly.

"Earth Release·Earth Style Wall!"

Huang Tu reacted quickly, forming hand seals and then spitting out Earth Release chakra, which then transformed into a thick wall blocking their path.

The lava was blocked after hitting the earthen wall.

"You damned humans!"

A giant orangutan appeared and, after the lava was blocked by the earthen wall, swung its huge fist fiercely.

Rumble!

The earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese magic) wall was shattered by a single punch, then slammed heavily onto the ground, causing the cave to shake violently and dust and gravel to fall from the ceiling.

"Wait a minute, Sun Wukong!"

The giant octopus-like Gyuki burst out of Killer Bee's body, then lashed out with two octopus tails, binding the Four-Tailed Fox, which was trying to throw another punch.

We need to talk to you!

"What's there to say, you demon? You've already sided with humans and think sealing us away is the right thing to do, right?"

I've already died once in battle, and now I've finally gained my freedom. I absolutely refuse to be sealed away again, Flower Fruit Mountain!

After saying this, the Four-Tails roared and then slammed its other uncontrolled hand into the ground. The next second, a wave of magma erupted from the ground.

"Damn it! It's so hot!!!"

The Eight-Tails quickly loosened its tail that was binding the Four-Tails, and then jumped backward.

"Earth Escape - Earth Core Movement!"

Huang Tu used ninjutsu again to create a deep pit in the ground, allowing the lava to flow in before sealing it with earth-style techniques, thus stopping the lava flow.

Having been attacked twice without provocation, Huang Tu was also furious. He then said to the Eight-Tails, "Eight-Tails, how about we subdue the Four-Tails first? It's too violent."

"Let's wait a minute. Once we start fighting, Sun Wukong will be even harder to talk to. They're all so short-tempered."

The Eight-Tails also said somewhat angrily, "Among the nine tailed beasts, the Four-Tails' temper ranks third. Apart from Kurama and Shukaku, who often quarrel, Goku has the worst temper."

However, remembering Killer Bee's request and the information gathered by the Cloud Ninja, the Eight-Tails suppressed its anger and dodged the Four-Tails' magma attack once again, before finally saying, "Help me suppress him for a bit."

"No problem, Earth Release: Mountain Earth Technique!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Tu did not conserve his chakra. He used all the chakra he had just refined on this ninjutsu, and a huge boulder tens of meters high rose directly from both sides of the Four-Tails, clamping it down hard.

Upon seeing this, the four-tailed fox shrieked, "It's no use!"

After saying that, the four tails snapped and whipped, the immense power shattering the Mountain Earth Technique; although the Four-Tails died under Godzilla's radiation stream, other attacks in the ninja world would hardly kill a tailed beast.

Even the Ten-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball only broke off the tails of the tailed beasts, without killing them.

However, after the four-tailed octopus shattered the two boulders that were trapping him, eight octopus tails quickly stretched out and bound the four-tailed octopus tightly.

"Sun Wukong, you bastard, can't you let me finish what I have to say?"

After binding the four tails, the Eight-Tails hurriedly said to it, "Shukaku, Saiken, and Shigenobu have been kidnapped, and Isobu's whereabouts are unknown. Can you stop attacking right away, you bastard!"

Upon hearing this, the Four-Tails calmed down slightly. Bound by the Eight-Tails, it stopped struggling and instead asked, "Gyuki, is what you said true?"

"I have no reason to lie to you like this. Although I came to see you at Killer Bee's request, I will not use lies to convince you. This is all information gathered by those ninjas."

After the Eight-Tails finished speaking, Huang Tu also spoke up, saying, "It's true. A new Shinobi World War could break out at any time. We also want to unite all forces, but after gathering some intelligence, we learned that several tailed beasts have already been captured."

"Let me go, you demon!"

After the Four-Tails stopped struggling, it said that the Eight-Tails, seeing that the Four-Tails did not seem to be going to continue fighting, released its tail.

Then Eight-Tails said, "I only came to mediate, but you attacked the moment we met. We even fought together before."

"The past is the past, the present is the present!"

Four-Tails glanced at Eight-Tails and the yellow dirt on its head, then continued, "Speak, what did I come to say to you?"

"We hope you can help us win the upcoming war."

Huang Tu didn't beat around the bush and directly stated the bottom line of Iwagakure. He realized how resistant the Four-Tails was to the Jinchūriki. If he talked about anything else, even if the Four-Tails was forcibly sealed in the end, it probably wouldn't help Iwagakure.

They might have to be wary of the Four-Tails Jinchuriki going berserk in the village, and Iwagakure would have to send some ninjas to guard it, which would be a losing proposition.

After hearing Huang Tu's words, the Four-Tails laughed loudly, then said with a sarcastic tone, "I don't believe you humans at all. Back then, that bastard Hashirama Senju captured me from Mount Hanako, and then I was enslaved by your Iwagakure for decades. Now that I've finally escaped, you actually want me to return to your ninja's body again."

"Hashirama Senju has been resurrected, the Four-Tails."

Huang Tu interrupted the Four-Tails, then continued, "This news has practically spread throughout the ninja world: Hashirama Senju has been resurrected and might capture you again. Besides, Four-Tails, don't you want revenge? If you lend us your power, the Iwagakure village won't seal the Jinchuriki, and you'll be free!"

The last thing was something Huang Tu came up with on the spur of the moment: the Fourth Shinobi World War was about to break out, and they needed the power of the Four-Tails.

"No need for a seal, hehehehe, it seems you're scared too, otherwise you wouldn't be begging me so humbly."

The Four-Tails laughed in surprise upon hearing the request, but after a moment's thought, it glanced at the Eight-Tails and said to Huangtu, "I can agree to your request, but if you deceive me in the slightest, then..."

"You're planning to join forces against Hashirama Senju? Your thinking is naive enough, but you probably won't have the chance."

Inside the spacious cave, another unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out.

Eight-tailed Fox, Four-tailed Fox, Yellow Earth, and the others all turned around to look at the source of the sound, only to find that, for some unknown reason, there was another person in the cave.

The armor from the Warring States period and the slowly rotating three-tomoe Sharingan brought them immense pressure, as if making the atmosphere in the cave heavy.

Even the Eight-Tails and the Four-Tails felt extremely uncomfortable being stared at by those Sharingan eyes, as if their bodies were instinctively suppressing them.

Not to mention Huang Tu and the others, Huang Tu even swallowed hard after seeing Uchiha Madara; although Uchiha Madara only said one sentence, his aura brought him considerable pressure.

"Konoha ninja, this is the Land of Earth. Do you want to start a war?!"

Huang Tu forced himself to muster his courage and shouted at Uchiha Madara. He didn't know how Konoha could have produced such a strong ninja, but those Sharingan eyes were undeniable; he was probably a hidden powerhouse in Konoha.

"Konoha ninjas? How laughable. Hashirama's leniency back then allowed the other ninja villages to survive until today. It's truly regrettable. If that brat Onoki were here, he would recognize me."

Madara Uchiha sneered and then jumped down from the height.

Bang!

A cloud of dust and debris appeared, and then Madara Uchiha emerged from it. At this moment, Black Zetsu emerged from beside him and said to Madara, "Lord Madara, it seems that the Four-Tails is reviving faster now, while the Five-Tails may have to wait another month."

"Has the target location for the Five-Tails' revival been confirmed?"

"I've already sent White Zetsu to keep an eye on things."

"That's fine."

Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu's conversation was not hidden, and every word was heard clearly by Huang Tu, the Eight-Tails, and others.

Huang Tu and his men overheard their names and their purpose.

"Madara, you're Uchiha Madara!?"

Upon hearing the name, Huang Tu was shocked and asked in disbelief, "Uchiha Madara is dead, how could he possibly be resurrected!?"

As Madara Uchiha walked, he said, "If Hashirama Senju could be resurrected, why can't I?"

Huang Tu hurriedly warned, "Eight-Tails, Four-Tails, be careful! His target is you!" He then quickly formed hand seals, preparing to refine his chakra.

The Eight-Tails spoke up: "Uchiha Madara? The guy who controlled Kurama? He's a troublesome enemy."

"Demon, deal with him first, then we'll talk about other things. This is my territory!"

Sun Wukong shouted loudly, and just as he was about to slam his fist into the ground and unleash a torrent of lava, he suddenly saw Uchiha Madara forming hand seals.

"Spiritual communication!"

Bang.

A huge cloud of smoke appeared, but it quickly dissipated, revealing the thing that had been summoned.

"Outer, Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!?"

When the Eight-Tails and the Four-Tails saw the giant demon statue that had been summoned, they were shocked and cried out. They also saw that the Gedo Mazo had opened five eyes, which contained the chakra of many tailed beasts.

"Gyuki, this guy has actually collected five other creatures! He wants to summon the Ten-Tails!"

"We have to finish him off here, or we'll be the ones dying!"

The eight-tailed beast and the four-tailed beast each explained the situation very clearly. Huang Tu and the others quickly understood that the tall, ugly stone statue in front of them actually sealed five tailed beasts.

The Tailed Beasts were mysteriously stolen before, and it was this Uchiha Madara who did it.

Huang Tu whispered to one of the Iwa ninja beside him, "We'll try to buy you a chance to leave this place and send the message back."

"You can't go anywhere, you'll all have to stay here!"

Wheel Grave!

Madara Uchiha's eyes instantly transformed into Rinnegan, and he immediately unleashed the Rinnegan's eye techniques.

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"Bai, just follow my clone's instructions. Use all your strength to freeze me."

Within the Land of Whirlpools, Uchiha Yoichi instructed Haku that only he and Haku had come here this afternoon because he planned to attempt to refine the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and he had also brought Haku with him.

Although it lacked the Spirit Absorption Pills and other auxiliary pills, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame acquired in the trade had already been processed by Gu Yuan and had become much milder.

After all, it was meant to be refined by Gu Xun'er. If the strange fire hadn't been properly processed, it would have been an easy task to burn Gu Xun'er, who wasn't even a Dou Zhe.

However, Uchiha Yoichi did not absorb the spirit, so the situation became much more dangerous. He had to use Yin-Yang Release to control the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and turn it into his own bloodline limit.

Bai said solemnly, "I understand, Teacher Yang, I will do my best to complete it."

"There's no need to push yourself so hard. Just do your best. Teacher, I'll be fine."

Uchiha Yoichi found Haku's serious expression quite adorable and couldn't help but pat his head. He then left a clone beside Haku while his main body went to this place that had been ravaged and looked like a dead end.

The Land of Whirlpools was almost destroyed by Uchiha Yoichi, turning it into a desperate situation. Several powerful alien beasts appeared there in succession, and he even used three Truth-Seeking Balls when fighting the Golden Behemoth King.

If a few more battles of the scale of the Golden Behemoth King were to occur, this country would be destroyed by Uchiha Yoichi.

Upon arriving at the open space, Uchiha Yoichi immediately entered Six Paths Mode.

With the Rinnegan of the Six Paths, nine Truth-Seeking Balls appeared behind him, crystalline scales appeared on his skin, and a dorsal fin tail emitting a purple light grew from his back.

This is not Uchiha Yangyi's full strength. If he were to use the fourth level of Lightning Annihilation Mode, that would be his true power. However, refining the strange fire is not a battle, so there is no need to activate Lightning Annihilation Mode.

Opening the ability panel, Uchiha Yoichi pressed the "Extract Different Flame" button.

bake!

A cluster of golden flames danced in the void, and the surrounding temperature seemed to rise dozens or even hundreds of times in an instant.

There was originally a lot of ice around here, which Uchiha Yangyi had Haku set up in advance, but it was melted in just a few seconds after the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame appeared, and then evaporated completely and disappeared.

This temperature change directly affected the entire Land of Whirlpools, and even the seas surrounding the Land of Whirlpools were affected.

Uchiha Yoichi had to use chakra for protection; he had underestimated this fourth-ranked strange fire.

The clone immediately placed its hand on Haku's shoulder and said, "Haku, don't worry about chakra, just use Ice Release."

"Yes, Teacher Yangyi."

Upon hearing this, Bai felt a continuous surge of chakra within his body, and immediately formed hand seals before raising his hands forward and shouting, "Ice Release: Blizzard!"

A powerful blizzard was instantly unleashed from Haku's hands; without considering chakra consumption, any ninjutsu could unleash the effect of an S-rank forbidden technique.

Furthermore, the Frost Dragon Sadair resides within White's body, which also enhances White's abilities.

However, this only lowered the temperature in the vicinity. It wasn't until Bai continued to release his ninjutsu for nearly an hour that the temperature of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame gradually decreased.

"As expected of the fourth-ranked strange fire, the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame directly burned through a thousand miles of void. The fourth-ranked Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame is not bad either, even after being weakened considerably."

After making a plan, Uchiha Yoichi waved his hand to send the three Truth-Seeking Balls closer to the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

As it approached the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame, the Truth-Seeking Balls began to show signs of instability, surprising Uchiha Yoichi. This was a product of the combination of seven chakra nature transformations, incredibly hard, yet the strange flame before him was making the Truth-Seeking Balls almost unable to hold on.

Uchiha Yoichi then exerted all his strength to control it, and the Truth-Seeking Ball stabilized. After approaching the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, he directly enveloped it, wrapping it with three layers in succession.

seal!

After doing all this, Uchiha Yoichi directly controlled the Truth-Seeking Ball to fly towards himself, then compressed it to almost the size of a pill, and put the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame sealed in the Truth-Seeking Ball into his body.

At this moment, the clone in the distance said, "Let's go closer now and freeze the main body directly. It might take several hours, or even longer."

"I will definitely persevere, Mr. Yangyi."

Bai said with a determined look, and then he and Uchiha Yoichi's clone came to the side of the main body. He used the Ice Release ninjutsu again to freeze Uchiha Yoichi into a block of ice.

However, the ice melted quickly, but thanks to Bai's continuous power, the ice seal was maintained.

one hour

Two hours later

The clone kept supplying chakra to Haku, but maintaining the ninjutsu for so long was pushing Haku to his limit, since he had to control his chakra.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Yoichi slowly refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. Although he only managed to refine one-tenth of it, his continuous attempts allowed his genetic energy to refine almost a quarter of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Furthermore, Uchiha Yangyi made the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame his ability after advancing to the planetary level, and it will later develop into a fundamental law that he controls.

Bang!

Uchiha Yoichi shook off the ice on his body and smiled at Haku, saying, "That's enough, Haku, you've worked hard today."

"It's nothing, I'm just glad I could help Teacher Yangyi."

With a pale face, he smiled and said, then his legs went weak and he was about to sit on the ground, but he was supported by the clone behind him.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Yoichi's eyes transformed into Mangekyou Sharingan, and he used the ocular technique Yamawa Yama no Mi on Haku.

The vital energy gathered and quickly repaired the small amount of meridian damage in Bai's body. All that was left was mental fatigue; he just needed to rest well when he got back.

Refining the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame did not significantly increase Uchiha Yoichi's strength; he had only refined a quarter of it so far.

Only after it has been completely refined will it become his ability.

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Hyuga clan territory

They are probably the ninja clan with the most rumors circulating in the village recently. Many branch family members who are in the guard unit have asked for leave to go home, which has greatly affected the manpower of the guard unit.

Although it was outrageous, all these leave requests were approved with an order from the Hokage's office.

At this time, apart from the branch family members who were still in the Sand Special Zone, almost the entire Hyuga clan had gathered at the clan's territory.

"Chieftain, they've arrived!"

The second elder of the clan spoke up, but his words were somewhat superfluous. Everyone present rolled their eyes, as they had all seen the commotion in the clan's territory.

"Chief, what should we do? Use the caged birds?"

Hiashi Hyuga shook his head, sighed, and said, "No, the Caged Bird Seal can only control one person at a time. Besides, Satomi Hyuga doesn't have the Caged Bird Seal. If we do that, there's a high risk of violence."

"They still dare to attack us; it's just a matter of splitting up the family."

The elder of the clan didn't finish his angry words before he slowly fell silent under the gazes of the others.

"I'll go talk to Hyuga Satomi. If we take action, the Hyuga clan will become a laughingstock. Elders, the Hyuga clan may have to make a change today, otherwise, the consequences may be beyond my control."

After saying this, Hiashi Hyuga walked outside.

Upon hearing this, one of the elders of the main family angrily slammed his fist on the table; but he had to admit that Hiashi Hyuga was right, they were powerless against Rimi Hyuga and the branch families, even without the Fifth Hokage's intervention.

Is this the end of the system of main family and branch family?

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(End of this chapter)