Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 315 It really was cut open!

"Tailed Beast Ball!"

The moment it appeared, Old Purple immediately harnessed the Four-Tails to unleash the Tailed Beast Ball, and a purplish-black chakra sphere rapidly condensed.

"Oh no, it's the Four-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball!"

The Four-Tails was enormous, and the moment it appeared, the Sand Ninja on the mountaintop noticed it. After all, the direction in which Li Yao's Wind Release clone severed Huang Tu's head and held it in his hand was too obvious as a provocation.

Seeing the purple-black chakra sphere that condensed from the Four-Tails' open mouth, the Sand Ninja couldn't help but recall the terrifying destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball.

However, these people quickly calmed down.

Because they suddenly realized that the Fourth Kazekage, a man capable of cutting through Tailed Beast Balls, was here.

"With the Kazekage here, what can a Tailed Beast Ball do!"

The attitudes of the Sand Ninja changed quickly. Even Rasa was not too worried at this moment. He had personally witnessed the Fourth Kazekage use Wind Release to cut through the Tailed Beast Ball released by Shukaku. He was not that afraid of the Tailed Beast Ball and calmly faced the Tailed Beast Ball that the Four-Tails was about to solidify in the distance.

"A mere Tailed Beast Ball... Heh!"

Li Yaofeng chuckled as he used his clone to send Onoki's son, Huangtu's, head flying into the sky.

Bang!

The explosion was as loud as an air bomb, and the purplish-black Tailed Beast Ball in the mouth of the Four-Tails shot straight towards the mountaintop like a ballistic missile.

Onoki looked at him coldly. "You brat, didn't you claim you could cut off a Tailed Beast Ball? Show me how."

Onoki did not believe the information circulating that the Fourth Kazekage had defeated the One-Tailed Shukaku.

What is a Tailed Beast Severing Ball?

That's utter nonsense.

Even his Dust Release couldn't stop the Tailed Beast Ball. Faced with the rampaging Tailed Beast, sealing it was the only option.

Subdue the Tailed Beasts?

Does this kid think he's Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi?

Onoki scoffed inwardly, not believing that Li Yao's Wind Release clone could sever the Tailed Beast Ball.

I can believe that Onoki managed to dodge the Tailed Beast Ball.

After all, the Fourth Kazekage's strongest technique before he became famous was Wind Release: Ninjutsu, which gave him extremely high speed, making it possible for him to dodge the Tailed Beast Ball.

However, very quickly, Onoki's pupils dilated and contracted sharply.

Clang!

The world seemed to have been sliced ​​in two by a sharp sword, and the Tailed Beast Ball, the size of a house, was cut open like an iron ball.

The Sand Ninja standing on the mountaintop, even though they already knew that the Fourth Kazekage could cut through a Tailed Beast Ball, couldn't help but stare in shock as the two halves of the Tailed Beast Ball, their reddish cuts, flew past the mountaintop and towards the sides behind them.

Boom!

The two halves of the Tailed Beast Ball exploded two kilometers behind the mountaintop, accompanied by blinding light and deafening noise. Two small suns appeared out of thin air on the ground. The violent shockwave was so powerful that even though Onoki and the others were five or six kilometers away, they could still feel its terrifying destructive force.

"It's...it really was cut open!!!"

Onoki's mouth gaped open, his jaw almost dropped, and his face was filled with disbelief and utter astonishment. He was completely stunned.

Someone actually cut open a Tailed Beast Ball!

That's a Tailed Beast Ball!

Synonymous with ultimate destruction!

It is the ultimate weapon for maintaining balance between ninja villages!

Why was Iwagakure able to survive despite facing dire circumstances at the very beginning of the Fourth Shinobi World War?

It wasn't that they were very strong, nor that the enemy was merciful.

Rather, it was because Konoha and other villages didn't want to face the first wave of Tailed Beast Ball retaliation after Iwagakure's two Jinchūriki went berserk, and wanted to slowly grind Iwagakure down like a frog in boiling water, which gave Iwagakure the time to buy time.

Otherwise, Iwagakure would have been captured in the first year of the war.

It's easy to imagine how fearsome and terrifying the Tailed Beast Balls are.

However, now someone can actually break through the Tailed Beast Ball's attack head-on!

Back then, the Third Raikage was said to be able to trade one life for one with the Eight-Tails.

But that was only relying on speed and defense to engage in close combat with the Eight-Tails. The Third Raikage dared not give the Eight-Tails the chance to unleash a Tailed Beast Ball attack on him.

Otherwise, if he were to actually clash head-on with the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball, the Third Raikage would be instantly annihilated. His terrifying physical defense and Lightning Release armor would be completely useless against such a devastating attack as the Tailed Beast Ball.

In the entire ninja world, in Onoki's memory, only the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, could withstand a Tailed Beast Ball; even Madara was almost there.

Those who haven't seen Madara at his peak, activating his Complete Susanoo, cut two mountains in half with a single strike, might think Madara could subdue tailed beasts simply because of his powerful genjutsu, which even the Nine-Tails could control.

In the actual battle, Madara was unable to stop the Tailed Beast Ball attack.

Only Hashirama Senju could do that; he was the man who single-handedly captured all the tailed beasts except for the One-Tailed Beast and distributed them to the five great nations.

This is something everyone in the ninja world knows.

Only his Wood Release allows him to treat Tailed Beasts like toys, manipulating them at will.

Only the God of Shinobi can withstand the Tailed Beast Ball.

This is also why Onoki agreed to surround and kill Li Yao in the first place. He didn't want another God of Shinobi to appear, a being who could maintain the balance of power between the ninja villages of their respective countries—a god whose tailed beasts were reduced to toys.

However, the result... is hard to describe.

Li Yao is dead, but recently Orochimaru has appeared.

Orochimaru's sudden display of Wood Release was already enough to give Onoki a headache.

And now, a Fourth Kazekage has appeared who can slice through a Tailed Beast Ball head-on without using Wood Release!!!

What's wrong with this world?

Why does it feel so unfamiliar?

Onoki really wanted to ask.

"How is this possible?"

Even with Onoki in such a state, the other Iwagakure ninjas, witnessing for the first time the Tailed Beast Ball being sliced ​​open head-on, were even more shocked, all staring in stunned disbelief.

The same was true for Rōshi, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails; he was also stunned and dumbfounded.

The Tailed Beast Ball is the strongest attack method of a Jinchūriki and a symbol of destruction. How can a man who can even cut through a Tailed Beast Ball continue to attack?

Meltfall?

Even the strongest Lava Release is stronger than the Tailed Beast Ball?

What else does he have besides Lava Release?

For a moment, Lao Zi was at a loss as to what to do next.

"Old Purple, another Tailed Beast Ball!"

At the critical moment, it was Onoki, the Third Tsuchikage, who was the first to recover from the shock. He flew over the Four-Tails, which had transformed into its tailed beast form, with a telescope and said something.

"it is good."

Just as Old Purple was wondering what to do next, upon hearing the Third Tsuchikage's order, he immediately opened the Tailed Beast's maw again, mobilizing Yin and Yang chakra to condense a Tailed Beast Ball.

Bang!

With a sonic boom, the massive Tailed Beast Ball, which had been successfully condensed, shot out once again from the mouth of the Four-Tails towards the distant mountaintop.

This time, Onoki stared intently through his telescope at Li Yaofeng's clone on the mountaintop, watching his every move, wanting to know how Li Yaofeng's clone cut through the Tailed Beast Ball.

As soon as he saw the Tailed Beast Ball hurtling towards him at lightning speed, Li Yao's Wind Release clone on the mountaintop instantly raised his right hand, clenched it into a palm, and slashed downwards like a sharp sword.

then……

Clang!

In an instant, an invisible blade appeared again in the world, and as expected, the Tailed Beast Ball was once again cut in half and slid down to the two sides of the mountaintop.

The whole process was incredibly smooth.

Boom!

A violent explosion erupted, sending flames shooting into the sky once more. Under the light of the two small suns, Onoki felt a chill run through his entire body.

The Tailed Beast Ball is a high-quality, highly compressed, and highly concentrated chakra sphere. It has certain physical properties. When it encounters a normal attack, it is like a high-speed steel ball hitting a piece of paper; it will be crushed and passed through directly without exploding.

Therefore, for the Tailed Beast Ball emitted from the mouth of a Tailed Beast to explode, one of two conditions must be met.

First, once the Tailed Beast Ball is launched, without the control of the Tailed Beast, it will automatically explode after flying a certain distance because it can no longer maintain its stability.

Second, if the Tailed Beast Ball is blocked by an object during its movement, disrupting its stability, it will also explode.

For example, if it is blocked by a large mountain, and the Tailed Beast Ball itself is not stable enough to crush the mountain, it will explode because its own stability is destroyed.

(End of this chapter)