Escape from Konoha.

"Wind Release: Sky Bullet Training!"

It began to accumulate a large amount of chakra in its mouth, and then it began to spew out huge wind balls in a fan-shaped area, sweeping up trees and enemies along the way.

A heavy popping sound rang out in the air.

Its power and range are unmatched by conventional ninjutsu.

At this moment, the Sand Ninja and Shiraishi tacitly stopped fighting, wanting only to find cover and avoid the terrifying wind ball attacks.

"Phew...phew...are you two alright?"

Shiraishi clutched his shoulder, where his clothes had been accidentally scratched by the wind blades scattered by the wind ball, leaving a shocking wound that was bleeding.

Honestly, this situation is really a headache.

Unexpected events just keep happening one after another.

What was supposed to be a normal mission to destroy a supply point was forced to be interrupted and the team had to retreat prematurely due to incorrect intelligence.

Now, encountering another monster going berserk has left Shiraishi speechless.

Right now, more important than dealing with Sand Ninja is figuring out how to avoid getting caught up in the monster's wide-range attacks.

"It's alright, but this monster's chakra feels really bad. It's the most powerful chakra I've ever seen. It's hard to imagine that such a thing exists in the ninja world."

Ayane took a breath. Because of her Byakugan, she could directly observe how terrifying the chakra of this monster named 'Shukaku' was.

Among the people she knew, Ruri was already considered a ninja with an extremely high amount of chakra.

However, compared to this monster, the amount of chakra they possess is on a completely different level.

"Of course, those are Sunagakure's tailed beast weapons. I didn't expect Sunagakure to be preparing to deploy such things on the battlefield. We need to escape as soon as possible."

Liuli seemed to know something, and a look of seriousness flashed in her eyes.

"Tailed Beast?"

Shiraishi raised an eyebrow. He had seen this kind of being in some documents, but this was the first time he had seen a real person.

It is said to be a nine-headed demon passed down from ancient times, which is called the Tailed Beast by modern ninjas.

Their original origins are unknown, but it is known that they have existed since ancient times and have an extremely long lifespan.

Each tailed beast possesses a chakra level that ninjas cannot match; even the slightest movement can cause the earth to tremble. To deal with such monsters, even using sealing techniques to suppress them would come with enormous sacrifices.

Such a terrifying monster.

It was more intimidating than what Baishi had learned from books.

The three of them hid behind a rock, facing the storm head-on. The rock was covered with marks, as if countless blades had scraped across it.

Feeling the heavy atmosphere in the air and the still-raging storm, Shiraishi rubbed his aching temples.

It's not fair to say the situation is more dangerous than before, because the monster's rampage caused the Sand Ninja to stop their pursuit and their attention was drawn to Shukaku.

However, the problem was that Shukaku's wide-range attack also dragged the three of them into it.

"and many more!"

Ayane suddenly saw something with her eyes rolled back.

"what happened?"

"Hurry up and go!"

Ayane didn't have time to explain; she simply told Shiraishi and Ruri to quickly follow her away.

Shiraishi and Ruri dared not linger; Ayane must have discovered something, otherwise she wouldn't be so flustered.

Indeed, the chakra emanating from the air felt increasingly heavy.

The whites of his eyes are jet black, and his pupils are sandy yellow—that's the gaze Shukaku gives when he stares.

Its gaze was as sharp as a knife, and its mouth split open in an exaggerated way, revealing a dangerous and cunning grin.

It tore open its blood-red maw, and tiny chakra orbs began to gather in front of its face.

The individual chakra spheres merged together to form a giant black chakra sphere.

The outer layer of the black chakra sphere was shrouded in a mysterious pale purple halo.

It looks like a huge, black gemstone that emits a purple glow; it is a perfect sphere.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, and the biting cold seeped into people's skin, giving them a chilling feeling.

Just as it was about to launch, the heavy impact caused its bulky body to stagger, and the black sphere emitting purple light was thrown into the sky in a parabolic trajectory.

Even though it flew out in a parabolic trajectory, the black ball was very fast, like a gust of wind.

As the three Shiraishi members continued running in the opposite direction from the camp, they looked up and saw the huge black ball suddenly streak across their heads and fly into the distance.

The light illuminated everything.

All the people, trees, and earth disappeared from sight.

The three members of the Shiraishi family involuntarily closed their eyes due to the intense light from the explosion.

The silence lasted for a few seconds before the rumbling explosions began.

The forest trembled, the riverbed collapsed, and a cliff was created directly in front of them.

The sandstorm rolled in like a tsunami.

The land, spanning several kilometers, has been transformed into a massive crater, barren of all vegetation.

"Cough cough!"

Bai Shi emerged from the ground in a disheveled state, covered in dust.

Just then, I saw Ayane and Ruri emerge from the ground, looking extremely disheveled. Their clothes were worn and covered in bloodstains on their arms and thighs, indicating that their injuries were quite severe.

These injuries were caused outside the blast radius.

If the chakra ball had landed right where they were, they would probably have vanished into thin air.

Shiraishi tilted his head, patted his ears, and tried to empty the dust out.

Is this still a battle between ninjas?

Witnessing the devastated land before them, the three of them had the same thought.

In any case, it's too exaggerated to say that such a large area of ​​the earth could collapse in an instant.

If such chakra balls were to appear a few more times, even the strongest ninja force wouldn't be able to withstand the slaughter of this monster.

"It's right ahead!"

"Stop them! Don't let them leave here!"

The sound of footsteps moving quickly came from behind.

"Come on!"

There was no time to be shocked by Shukaku's destructive power. The Sand Ninja were so persistent that they didn't intend to let them go even at this point.

Do you not want the news here to be leaked?

That's right. Such a powerful monster weapon should not be revealed to the enemy in advance, so as to catch them off guard.

Rather, because Shukaku's riot has become known, the Sand Village ninjas are even less likely to let them go. Once the news gets out, their hard-earned plans may be ruined.

Because the Sand Ninja arrived very quickly, Shiraishi and his two companions could only run in a straight line to escape the battlefield as quickly as possible.

Shukaku fell silent. Whether it was because the sealing technique had subdued it again or something else, Shiraishi had no idea.

The most important thing now is still to escape the pursuit of the Sand Village ninja.

As I passed through the desolate land destroyed by Shukaku, clusters of pale black chakra gas emitting a purple glow were visible in the air.

Upon seeing this, Bai Shi had an idea.

He had a very direct understanding of Shukaku's power.

This power is enough to make anyone's heart flutter.

So he immediately took out a glass bottle from his ninja tool bag, uncorked it, and started running while collecting the physical chakra that hadn't completely disappeared along the way.

In no time, the chakra was collected. Shiraishi put the glass bottle back into his ninja tool bag and smiled with satisfaction.

It seems this wasn't a complete waste of time.

If conditions allowed, he really wanted to find a place to study this peculiar chakra properly, as he might gain great inspiration from it.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Reversal Brought by Immortal Arts

The Sunagakure camp, now razed to the ground, is a scene of utter devastation.

Everywhere were the brutal traces of Shukaku's rampage; an entire forest had been turned into wasteland, and it was impossible to tell what the original camp looked like.

The air, once a camp but now a wasteland, still carries the chilling chakra of Shukaku, and the pressure has not yet dissipated.

Where Shukaku had stood, now stood a ninja wearing a black overcoat.

This person is the current leader of Sunagakure, and also the most outstanding and powerful ninja in Sunagakure—the Third Kazekage.

On the desolate land, black dust was scattered. He looked at a monk lying unconscious on the ground beside him.

The monk's skin was burned all over his body, but he recovered his vitality at an unusual speed.

Even to him, the Third Kazekage, it was an incredibly astonishing scene.

"If it were an ordinary Jinchūriki, he would have died by now... He's really a tenacious guy."

He muttered something to himself.

Shukaku is a tailed beast that the Sand Village has possessed since ancient times.

However, because the power of the tailed beasts is so immense, ordinary ninjas would feel a deep-seated fear just by looking at them from afar, let alone getting close.

Therefore, it is necessary to seal the tailed beast within a human body using sealing techniques, treating the human as a sacrificial jinchūriki, and storing the tailed beast's power to be used when necessary.

This monk was none other than Shukaku Jinchuriki, the guardian spirit of Sunagakure.

"Kazekage-sama!"

A large group of Sand Ninja arrived here; a rough count revealed four or five hundred of them, all elite ninja from the Sand Village.