I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 550 Don't believe your competitors' concessions; they're either absolutely confident or secretly setting traps for you.

"How about we keep it simple and have a contest of Tailed Beast power?"

Tatsuma said with a smile, the Nine-Tailed Fox's ferocious expression paused, its lips drooping down again to cover its fangs, but sensing something was wrong, it resumed its ferocious expression, but its fierce eyes held a hint of doubt.

"You don't think that I'm weaker than you just because I'm sealed away, do you? After all, you're just a ball of chakra, while I'm no different."

Both Kurama and Tatsuma are currently in Kushina's mental world. Most of Kurama's power is sealed, and Kushina can only use a small amount of power if she doesn't use the seal to extract it.

However, Tatsuma was also unable to unleash his full power because Kushina, as a "container," determined the "amount" of chakra that could be contained. Once the amount exceeded the limit, either it would overflow or the container would be damaged.

Chenma nodded, turned to look at the seemingly endless spiritual world, which actually had a very short boundary, and said, "The upper limit is already set, so we can not compare quantity, but rather quality."

Within the chakra equivalent that Kushina could tolerate, how about we determine which is superior?

"Ha! I've controlled the power of a tailed beast for a thousand years! What makes you think you can beat me?!"

"So what are you hesitating about?"

After Tatsuma finished asking the question, Kurama fell silent. The vague feeling of facing its natural enemy made Kurama lack confidence, but Tatsuma had already put it that way.

"I agree!"

Kurama finally agreed to Tatsuma's suggestion. Tatsuma nodded and, while forming hand seals, said, "Then I'll remove the outer seal for you, so you won't cheat and be a sore loser later."

"snort!"

Nine-Tails snorted, but made no attempt to stop Tatsuma. After all, why not take the advantage offered by the opponent?

As for losing, while not entirely confident of victory, Kurama wouldn't dwell on the possibility of defeat. Besides, Tatsuma's desire to learn the method of chakra sharing...

The Nine-Tailed Fox can't teach. Even if it loses to Tatsuma, it can "teach" him. If Tatsuma can't learn, that's a problem with his talent. What does that have to do with the Nine-Tailed Fox?!

"Boom!"

Outside, Kushina was suddenly enveloped in a fiery red chakra cloak, alerting the Sannin and Minato. Shikaku had already reached the doorway, ready to go out and fetch reinforcements at any moment.

Kushina shook her head and said, "It wasn't out of control, but rather that Tatsuma broke the seal and allowed Kurama to control the chakra."

Although she didn't know what was happening in her mental world, as a Jinchūriki, she could vaguely sense some of Kurama's emotions.

Hearing Kushina's words, the group's worries dissipated somewhat. Tatsuma, that kid, knows what he's doing, right?

"Hiss~"

Suddenly, Kushina gasped. Minato frowned, noticing something was wrong with her. The veins on her hand, which had just bumped fists with Tatsuma, were bulging, and her muscles were twitching involuntarily.

Kushina instinctively bent down and stepped back, trying to create distance, but her fist and Tatsuma's fist seemed to be glued together, and no matter how hard Kushina tried, she couldn't move her fist away.

Orochimaru stroked his chin and murmured, "Interesting."

Within the spiritual realm, the Nine-Tailed Fox, its chains now detached, stands upright on its hind legs, its forelegs pawing the air, and its nine tails flailing wildly.

"Bang!"

As he landed, countless water droplets splashed up, and his eyes regained the confidence brought by ferocity and power.

"Tick-tock~"

Saliva dripped down, splashing onto the water's surface. Nine-Tailed Fox's voice turned low and hoarse as she said, "You gave up your only chance of victory."

Tatsuma ignored him, and as he clasped his hands together, countless vines sprouted from his body, enveloping him. Kurama was stunned for a moment, then said, "Isn't this the power of a tailed beast? What's the meaning of using Wood Release?"

If Tatsuma uses Wood Release, what's the point of betting?! Why not just lie down and accept the humiliation?!

"Don't misunderstand, this is my tailed beast power; Wood Release is just the surface."

Tatsuma still offered an explanation, lest Kurama be unable to accept defeat. Kurama extended and retracted its forelimb claws, scrutinizing the changing Tatsuma, and ultimately chose to believe him.

In no time, Chenma transformed into a giant wooden figure with three heads and six arms. The head on the front had five eyes, two on each side arranged vertically, and one eye located between the eyebrows.

There are three eyes on each side of the head, but at this time these eyes are not complete, some are empty.

The five eyes on the central head are complete, and the eye between the eyebrows is encased in a semi-transparent chakra shell, with a standing Tatsuma standing there, like a commander in the control room.

Each of the two heads has one eye; the left head has a right eye, and the right head has a left eye. The eye between the eyebrows is closed and not open.

The giant wooden figure made a grasping motion with its three hands, and the trees in its palms grew rapidly into different magical artifacts. With a step on its left foot, a lotus platform appeared beneath the wooden figure's feet.

"Fine! Fine! Fine! Is this how you play the game?! A Thousand-Eyed, Thousand-Armed Bodhisattva, and a Great Black Flame Mouth God, is this your compassion?!"

Upon seeing the wooden Buddha statue take shape, Kurama cursed loudly. Although the Vajra Yaksha Myōō before him was not as awe-inspiring as the Thousand-Armed Kannon of Hashirama Senju, everyone has their own specialty.

Upon seeing the Vajra Yaksha Myō-ō before her, Kurama would recall the horrific memory of being devoured by Tatsuma. This Vajra Yaksha Myō-ō, now transformed from Tatsuma, was far more refined and terrifying than before.

Especially when those eyes were fixed on her, Kurama seemed to see herself being devoured, along with her "companions" being devoured.

Scanning through the eyes, including the central eye where Tatsuma resides, all the open eyes seemed somewhat familiar, except for the eyes of the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails.

Even without waiting for the day when Tatsuma devours the Three-Tails and the Six-Tails, Kurama can already imagine what the Vajra Yaksha Myōō looks like with its nine eyes open. As for the eyes between its eyebrows on the left and right sides, Kurama felt excruciating pain in its soul just from imagining it.

The only thing that pleased Kurama was that Tatsuma placed its eye in the very center; however, compared to the other eyes, only the central eye was semi-transparent.

Was it because Tatsuma didn't extract enough chakra from it?!

For some reason, Kurama felt inexplicably annoyed.

Tatsuma finally stopped changing. Although he was inside the eyeball, he could see his entire self, since it was all formed from his will.

If this technique were fully released as Wood Release in the outside world, it would be comparable to Hashirama Senju's True Several Thousand Hands. Unfortunately, he can't do that yet, so he can only rehearse it in this spiritual world first.

"Sage Art! Wood Release! Vajra Extinction! Buddha Transformation on Top!"

"That's a good name," Tatsuma thought to himself, while also asking Kurama, who was now shorter than him, "Are you ready?"

The voice, emanating from the mouths of the three wrathful images, sounded incredibly majestic, as if the entire spiritual world trembled.

The nine-tailed creature dug its claws into the ground and roared, "Come on!"

"Boom!"

Instantly, the Nine-Tails' fur became incredibly shiny, and a crimson light enveloped its body, with its nine swaying tails resembling burning flames.

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

From its mouth, positive and negative chakra began to condense, and a purplish-black sphere gradually formed.

Chenma clapped his hands, and in an instant, gold dust appeared out of thin air on the Buddha statue, coating the Buddha's jewels with gold powder. Then, a ghostly blue flame swirled around the statue, its ritual implements, lotus platform, and the Buddha's three mouths.

Then, between the gaps in the trees that make up the body, one can vaguely see flowing magma, while steam continuously erupts from the Buddha's nose, just like the rhythm of a normal person's breathing.

Within the spiritual realm, an unexpected light shone upon the glittering golden scales, causing the Buddha statue to gradually rise into the air, with the lotus pedestal becoming the only connection between the Buddha statue and the ground.

The black ink covered the surface of the body, making it even more like the image of Vajrayaksa Myō-ō in the enshrined paintings in the ancient temple.

The next moment, the Buddha statue shook its ritual implements, and both positive and negative chakra were constantly gathering, even faster than the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails' eyes twitched as it frantically drew upon its chakra. However, due to the limitations imposed by the deep seal, the amount of chakra it could draw was extremely limited, and it seemed unable to keep up with the speed of the Buddha statue.

Outside, if Kushina hadn't been held by Tatsuma, she would have been kneeling on the ground in pain. Her expression and limbs were contorted, and tears were streaming uncontrollably from her eyes.

She opened her mouth to cry out in pain, but her vocal cords were too tense to produce any sound.

The hand that collided with Chenma's fist was now completely red, with beads of blood oozing from its pores, looking extremely painful.

But apart from Minato holding her, no one else dared to intervene. Even Tsunade was frowning. She wanted to help Kushina relieve her pain, but she was afraid of affecting Tatsuma's actions, so she could only pace back and forth like a headless fly.

Minato didn't dare to rashly intervene with his own chakra, so he could only hold Kushina tightly and pray that Tatsuma's "negotiation" with Kurama would end soon.

"Hmm"

Suddenly, Minato's expression turned ferocious as Kushina bit his shoulder. Minato felt as if a piece of flesh was about to fall off him, but he dared not struggle and could only remain frozen in his current position.

Within the spiritual world, the two enormous Tailed Beast Balls had collided, both severely deformed, with ring-shaped shockwaves emanating from the center.

The physical rules that originally existed in the spiritual world also seemed to be ineffective at this moment. The Nine-Tails' body also floated in the air, its claws pressed against the Tailed Beast Ball, and it pushed towards the Buddha statue.

The light, which was originally no different from that in reality, now became distorted and blurry.

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~"

Just as the Nine-Tails trembled from overexertion, the Buddha statue shook its vajra bell, and Tatsuma's voice also rang out.

"You've reached your limit, Nine-Tails. The truth you seek remains shrouded in darkness."

The moment the words were spoken, the Buddha statue abandoned the magical artifact in its hand, and all six arms braced against the Tailed Beast Ball, which had only been pushed a little distance by the Nine-Tails.

Despite being made of wood, the Buddha statue possesses a beautiful, muscular pulsation as it exerts its power, rendering the Nine-Tailed Fox's resistance utterly meaningless.

The next moment, the two Tailed Beast Balls merged and then swallowed the Nine-Tails.

"Ding~"

(End of this chapter)