Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 317 Slaying the Four-Tailed Beast

At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, Onoki, who had flown towards Li Yaofeng's clone, made his move.

Five hundred meters away, a white, transparent cube formed in his hand using Dust Release flew toward Li Yao's Wind Release clone.

Teng!

Before the white, transparent cube could expand using its dust escape technique, a slash from Li Yao's wind escape clone had already sliced ​​through the white, transparent cube.

Dust Release has strong attack power, but it is not fast.

This is also why many powerful individuals whose offensive ninjutsu is not as strong as Onoki's can still fight him.

The white, transparent cube was cut open and exploded instantly.

A white sphere of light, 100 meters in diameter, appeared between Li Yao's Wind Release clone and Onoki.

"It just didn't work!"

Upon seeing this, Onoki's heart tightened; his Dust Release was indeed unable to withstand the opponent's Wind Release slash.

In this case, one must either engage in close combat or use the strongest technique of Dust Release: Limit Decomposition.

However, looking at the wind armor on his opponent's body, Onoki felt uneasy. Thinking of the terrifying physical defense that the Mass Technique had given his disciple Ishii, he lacked confidence.

"Lava Release - Volcanic Explosion!"

While Li Yao's Wind Release clone was fighting Onoki, Lao Shi and the Four-Tails below also made their move.

Five enormous volcanic craters suddenly rose from the ground, spewing out large amounts of scorching magma that converged into a sea, surging towards Luo Sha and his group like a magma tsunami.

Faced with this large-scale molten attack.

The Sand Village didn't have much of a way to deal with it; even the Water Release techniques used by all eight of them couldn't extinguish the overwhelming magma tsunami.

In the end, it was only through the use of a large-scale gold-flecked waterfall by Rosa that the spread of the lava tsunami was stopped.

However, the magma ahead was still hot and flowing, blocking their path.

At this moment, Rōshi and the Four-Tails began to condense the Tailed Beast Ball once again.

Seeing this, Li Yaofeng's clone frowned slightly and glanced at the burly man wearing a red straw hat among the group of Iwagakure ninjas below.

"This person probably can't control the complete tailed beast transformation yet."

From the beginning until now, the main target has been the Four-Tails. Li Yao's Wind Release clone guesses that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki should not be able to fully control the Tailed Beast, at most he can only activate a half-Tailed Beast transformation mode.

The main force is still the Four-Tails. If this guy isn't eliminated, there's a high probability that Rasa and his group will be wiped out.

Li Yao's Wind Release clones don't care how many Sand Ninjas die, but they can't all die.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to continue playing the role of the fourth Kazekage.

Thinking of this, Li Yao used his Wind Release clone to abandon Onoki and fly directly towards the Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

High in the air, seeing this, Onoki quickly turned around and shouted a warning: "Romurasaki, be careful!"

As he spoke, Onoki continued to increase the distance, releasing the Dust Release: Particle Style Detachment Technique at Li Yaofeng's clone from a distance of 500 meters.

Teng!

This time, Li Yao didn't even need to turn around with his Wind Release clone. With a thought, a wave of energy shot out from behind him, cutting through Onoki's Dust Release.

boom!

Another white orb of light appeared in the sky.

I must say, the Dust Release attacks are very visually appealing.

Li Yaofeng escaped into the body and mind path.

"Lava Release: Mountain Fire Technique!"

Below, Old Purple and the Four-Tails, having received a reminder from Onoki, immediately abandoned their Tailed Beast Balls and used Lava Release, spitting out a stream of scorching magma from their mouths and spraying it towards Li Yao's wind-style clone.

Clang!

Li Yaofeng didn't dodge with his clone, but rushed straight towards the incoming lava flow. A slashing wave appeared in front of him, cutting through the lava and separating it.

"Um……"

Li Yaofeng's clone was somewhat surprised; the separated magma did not continue to separate but instead enveloped him from behind.

"I see!"

Li Yaofeng smiled as he used his Wind Release clone. This was the Four-Tails Jinchuriki's intention to switch from using Tailed Beast Balls to attacking with magma.

But... *clang clang clang*

The magma that was enveloping him was instantly sliced ​​into countless pieces, and Lao Zi could no longer control it.

Soon, Li Yaofeng's clone was only 500 meters away from Lao Zi and the surrounding area.

This distance is enough for him to attack.

"Wind Release: Wave Slash!"

Li Yaofeng used his clone to mutter softly, his right hand forming a palm like a knife, and slashed at the middle of the four-tailed beast's huge head.

In an instant!

A sharp slash, like a celestial blade suddenly appearing in the air, fiercely struck down at the massive body of the four-tailed creature.

As expected, the attack, which even the Tailed Beast Ball couldn't withstand, was naturally unstoppable for the Four-Tails as well, and its massive body was instantly split in two.

Boom!

The power of the cleaving wave that severed the four tails remained undiminished, leaving a deep canyon in the ground behind it.

The three Iwagakure ANBU ninjas who were unfortunately caught in the blast were crushed into mincemeat and died.

This terrifying attack once again deeply shocked the hearts of all the Iwagakure ninja.

"Old Purple!!!!"

High in the sky, Onoki, who was flying in, screamed in pain, but it was too late.

Bang!

A massive burst of chakra exploded out, creating a gust of wind that instantly blew away everyone within a two-kilometer radius, clearing the area in a flash.

In the center of the chakra explosion, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, lay on the ground, his body split in two, utterly dead.

When the Jinchūriki dies, the Four-Tails, whose soul is fused with the Jinchūriki's, naturally dissipates temporarily and can only be reborn somewhere after a long time has passed.

This is the difference between a Jinchūriki Tailed Beast and a wild Tailed Beast.

A tailed beast that becomes a jinchūriki has its life and death tied to its jinchūriki; killing the jinchūriki will cause the tailed beast to dissipate.

Wild Tailed Beasts do not have this problem.

As chakra life forms that are half flesh and half energy, tailed beasts will not dissipate or die even if they are split in two.

Just like Shukaku back then, he could be cut countless times by Li Yao's wind-escape clones without dying, but his soul power would be lost.

Once soul power is lost, it means a permanent loss of a portion of chakra, which cannot be recovered, or is very difficult to recover, and takes a very long time to recover.

Shukaku was defeated by Li Yao's Wind Release clone because it was afraid of losing too much of its soul power; otherwise, Shukaku would never have submitted to anyone.

However, once a tailed beast is sealed into a jinchūriki, its chakra merges with the jinchūriki's chakra, and its soul naturally merges with it as well.

Moreover, this part of the soul is not just a small portion.

Rather, once the Jinchuriki dies, this part of their soul dissipates, directly causing their entire life structure to collapse and turn into a massive amount of chakra dissipating into soul energy.

This can cause them to take several years or even more than a decade to recover.

Therefore, no tailed beast is willing to become a tailed beast sealed inside a jinchūriki.

At this moment, the Five-Tails, sensing the dissipation of the Four-Tails, felt its hatred for humans deepen even further.

If they weren't sealed inside the Jinchūriki, their Tailed Beasts wouldn't have dissipated so easily.

Despicable humans!

Let's leave aside the thoughts and feelings of the Five-Tails for now.

After killing the Four-Tails, Li Yao used his Wind Release clone to turn around and fly towards Onoki.

Seeing this, Onoki decisively took Li Yao's Wind Release clone and flew into the sky. When he saw Li Yao's Wind Release clone chasing after him, Onoki secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was heartbroken when Lao Zi died.

But as long as he can distract the Fourth Kazekage, Han will definitely be able to take down the remaining Sand Ninja, and then the reinforcements will be able to force the Fourth Kazekage to retreat.

Onoki no longer hoped to kill the Fourth Kazekage.

He only hoped that this time he could force the Fourth Kazekage to retreat, and then let his disciple Shi Yan return. Only Shi Yan, who had also developed the single-attribute Earth Release to the level of Kekkei Tota, could block the Fourth Kazekage's Wind Release slash.

"Go! The Four-Tails Jinchuriki has been killed by the Kazekage!"

The four-tailed beast's massive body split in two and fell to the ground. Rasa immediately led a group of Sand Ninja in a frenzied charge. The scorching magma was temporarily filled by Rasa with quicksand, and the group rushed towards the Iwa Ninja on the quicksand.

On the Iwagakure side, although the death of Rōshi dealt a great blow to the morale of the Iwagakure ninja, their years as ninjas had long since made them accustomed to fighting in desperate situations.

It's not too bad now; at least the Fourth Kazekage, who had driven them to despair, has been drawn away by the Third Tsuchikage. All they have to do is kill these invading Sand Ninja.

Boom!

clank!

In the instant the two sides clashed, even though the Sand Ninja had the advantage in numbers, they could only fight to a draw against the elite Iwa Ninja led by Onoki.

Kunai and daggers clashed, explosive tags detonated, and various ninjutsu attacks and defenses unfolded one after another on the land.

(End of this chapter)