Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Suddenly, its five white tails stretched out and swept across the surrounding enemies with a sweeping momentum. Huang Tu and the other five rock ninjas who controlled the rock giants quickly controlled the rock giants to block it.

After a series of clashes, apart from Huang Tu and one elite Jonin whose rock giants barely managed to block one of the Five-Tails' tails, the rock giants of the other three elite Jonin were shattered. They could only watch helplessly as the Five-Tails' three tails swept across a large number of Iwa ninjas, causing numerous casualties.

"You've made another bad move, Huang Tu. These tailed beasts are not something you can stop. Without Onoki and excellent sealing ninjas, no matter how many people you have, you can't withstand the tailed beast's attack. These things are not human; they can't be killed by ordinary means."

In the sky, Kirito watched as King Mu slaughtered a group of Iwa ninja below as if they were nothing, and shook his head.

However, he was quite pleased to see Iwagakure suffering heavy losses at the hands of the tailed beasts, and showed absolutely no intention of offering any assistance.

The more Iwagakure ninjas are lost here, the less pressure Amegakure will face against Iwagakure. With the help of Konoha, they can gain more time to develop.

Finally, the Second Shinobi World War officially came to an end.

To be honest, he was already tired of the war and wanted it to end soon so he could continue living a peaceful life. In addition, he had obtained many valuable things from Madara Uchiha and needed time and a lot of money to research them. He couldn't let the war drag him down any longer.

"Damn Cloud Village! If it weren't for these barbarians, my purse wouldn't have shrunk to this extent. And who knows how much money will be needed to rebuild Rain Village? It's so easy to destroy something when it's so difficult to build it."

Kirito's head started to ache at the thought of how much money would be spent on the reconstruction of the Land of Rain.

Using Hattori Masanari's identity, the entire Land of Rain has quietly become his money bag. However, due to Kumogakure, this money bag is now leaking everywhere. To patch up the leaks, he will have to put money into it in the future.

As a result, his various research projects are likely to face a funding shortage in the short term.

The only good news is that his company, Higanbana Pharmaceuticals, has flourished in various countries during the Second Shinobi World War. Although the headquarters and main production line in the Land of Rain were severely damaged, the core members and most of the funds have been successfully transferred.

Once the Land of Rain returns to peace, and with the funds in place, production can quickly resume and profits can be made again.

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Nearly five thousand ninjas launched an attack on Koku-o. Although Koku-o, as a tailed beast, was powerful and possessed an immense amount of chakra, it would still be very difficult for him to kill Iwagakure, whose members were skilled in defense and fusion ninjutsu, in a short time.

The collective Earth Release ninjutsu of Iwagakure is indeed powerful.

After withstanding the first and second large-scale attacks from King Mu, the Iwagakure ninjas gradually set up numerous obstacles around King Mu using collective Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall and collective Earth Release: Earthquake Core, greatly restricting King Mu's mobility.

They used earth to create a sturdy wall and used the earth's core to cause the ground to sink, thus trapping King Mu.

However, Iwagakure has made huge sacrifices to achieve this, with nearly a thousand ninjas losing their precious lives.

"A bunch of idiots, do you think you can trap me like this?"

King Mu, who was in the depression formed by the earthquake core, looked up at the large number of rock ninjas standing on the rock wall formed by the earth flow above him, and sneered.

The next moment, a large amount of high-temperature steam spewed out from its body again. However, this time the steam was released from below its body. With the powerful thrust brought by this steam, Mu Wang flew upwards rapidly, directly pushing against a large number of stones fired by the Iwa ninja using Earth Release: Rock Cannon Technique.

"Stop it with the rock giant."

Upon seeing this, Huang Tu immediately shouted loudly, then manipulated the rock giant beneath him to jump down from the rock wall, intending to use this to press King Mu back into the ground from the depression.

But then, a small black sphere was released from King Mu's mouth.

It is a miniature version of the Tailed Beast Ball.

However, this miniature version of the Tailed Beast Ball still managed to shatter the rock giant, allowing Koku to soar into the sky, escape his predicament, and look down at the Iwa ninja with despair on their faces, including Huang Tu.

"It can fly."

Upon seeing this, Huang Tu could only manage a bitter smile.

Now, these Iwa ninja were truly helpless against the tailed beast before them. Their signature group Earth Release ninjutsu posed no threat to an enemy flying in the air, just like their previous encounter with Hattori Masanari.

Thinking of Hattori Masanari, Huang Tu couldn't help but subconsciously glance at the despicable Amegakure not far away.

Hattori Masanari hasn't left yet; he's been watching this place from the air nearby. What he's planning is self-evident.

Even if the Hidden Stone Village successfully suppresses the Five-Tails, this guy will definitely not sit idly by and will cause trouble from the sidelines, all in order to use the tailed beast to eliminate the people of the Hidden Stone Village.

"retreat!"

The loess earth cried out in discontent.

Even if one is unwilling, the best choice is to preserve one's strength as much as possible when one realizes that one is powerless to subdue the Five-Tails and is surrounded by powerful enemies.

The other Iwa ninjas, having fought the Five-Tails for so long, knew that with their current strength, it was impossible to bring the Five-Tails back to the village. Upon hearing Huang Tu's order to retreat, they immediately turned and ran, wishing they had more legs, fearing they would be a step behind.

King Mu was very pleased to see the people of Yanyin fleeing in all directions and couldn't help but laugh. But how could he let these humans who attacked him escape so easily?

As it laughed, numerous water spheres appeared around its body, then shot out in all directions like a shower of flowers from a fairy maiden.

Many of the fleeing Iwa ninja were caught in the attack, resulting in serious casualties once again.

"That wretched beast! When Father comes, he'll teach it a lesson it won't forget."

Huang Tuhong watched as King Mu slaughtered his fleeing compatriots, and his hatred for King Mu suddenly surpassed his hatred for Hattori Masashige.

"As expected of a tailed beast that has mastered Boil Release, this water release ability is outstanding."

Kirito watched as King Mu used his Water Release ability to slaughter the people of Iwagakure and praised him, while a strange light flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, he wanted to obtain some of the tailed beast chakra from King Mu, and ideally, he could split its soul to create a smaller Five-Tails, which would be convenient for him to use to study water and fire styles.

Unfortunately, his White Zetsu clone is currently not well-suited to attacking the Tailed Beasts.

If he makes a move, it would be tantamount to Amegakure coveting a tailed beast, which would violate the taboo of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. With Amegakure's current size and strength, it simply cannot take down a tailed beast.

"By the way, if we were to sell this tailed beast to Konoha as a package, it would definitely give Amegakure a lot of support from Konoha."

Kirito changed his mind and thought to himself.

Tailed beasts are rare and precious things, and now that we've encountered them, we obviously can't let them go easily.

"Human, are you planning to attack me?"

Suddenly, King Mu turned his head and stared at Kirito with cold eyes.

Just now, it clearly sensed the hostility of the human in front of it, which made it somewhat wary.

Its ability to emerge from Han's body owes much to this human.

Therefore, it was clear that the human in front of it was different from the Iwagakure ninja it had just dealt with; the other party was very strong and capable of posing a threat to it.

Kirito hadn't expected Mu-ou's senses to be so sharp, preventing him from launching a sneak attack. Hearing Mu-ou's words, he smiled slightly and said, "Not at all. But if possible, could you give me a small part of your body? Consider it payment for helping you emerge from the Jinchūriki's body. How about it?"

"Shut up, human. You can't fool me. You just want to weaken me so you can defeat me more easily. You want me to harm myself? Dream on."

King Mu roared at Kirito.

As soon as he finished speaking, a steam storm erupted from King Mu's mouth and shot towards Kirito at high speed.

"That kind of attack won't work on me."

Upon seeing this, Kirito shook his head and then clapped his hands together, unleashing a powerful burst of Earth Release chakra that flowed into the surrounding air.

The next moment, the steam spewing from King Mu's mouth was blocked more than ten meters in front of Kirito, preventing him from advancing any further.

Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique: Air Manipulation: Air Wall!

At the same time, King Mu also felt his body become heavier, as if a huge rock was pressing down on him. This made it impossible for him to continue flying in the air using the power generated by the jet propulsion. His body quickly descended and crashed heavily to the ground.

Earth Release: Super Weighted Rock Technique: Air Manipulation: Air Pressure!

"This guy really does have designs on the Five-Tails."

On the other side, Huang Tu, who had already escaped some distance, stopped abruptly when he saw Tong Ren start fighting with Mu Wang, his teeth itching with hatred.

However, Hattori Masanari's fight with King Mu gave him renewed hope of bringing King Mu back to Iwagakure.

He now hopes that King Mu will not be captured by Hattori Masashige so easily, and that he can teach Hattori Masashige a lesson.

The longer the delay, the greater the hope that his father, Onoki, would arrive to provide support. Once his father arrived, King Mu and Hattori Masanari would be nothing but rotten fish and shrimp.

King Mu landed on the ground, quickly stood up again under the immense gravity created by the high-density air, and swiftly ran out of the gravity field created by Kirito's Earth Release: Super Gravity Rock Technique.

"This is really troublesome. It seems that it will be difficult to defeat it with ordinary Earth Release ninjutsu alone."

Kirito frowned as he watched King Mu break free from his gravitational pull.

The Five-Tails' combat intelligence was higher than he had imagined. It immediately saw the weakness of the gravity field created by his Super Gravity Rock Technique, most likely because it had seen the same technique from Iwagakure before.

His interest in capturing the Five-Tails vanished quickly.

The reason is that there are still many people from Iwagakure here, so his White Zetsu clones cannot use many of their methods openly, such as sealing techniques, which greatly increases the difficulty for him to capture tailed beasts.

His interest in capturing the Five-Tails plummeted, while the Five-Tails' hatred towards him surged. It opened its mouth, and a black sphere quickly condensed in front of it, clearly intending to use a Tailed Beast Ball to attack him.

Kirito was well aware of the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball. He wasn't confident that he could block it with just a wall of air made of high-density air, so he immediately clapped his hands together and used Earth Release: Earth Core Movement.

The next moment, the ground beneath King Mu's forelimbs quickly caved in, his body lost its indestructible state, and he fell to the ground, thus breaking the Tailed Beast Ball.

Almost at the same time, a huge rock giant, nearly fifteen meters tall, rose up from the ground behind King Mu.

Kirito was standing on the top of the rock giant's head at that moment.

As soon as he stood on the top of the rock giant's head, the rock giant's massive body visibly slowed down and became more agile. It quickly came to King Mu's side and then used its huge right fist to attack King Mu frantically, causing King Mu to scream in agony.

Immortal Technique: Earth Escape: The Rigid Formation!

Earth Release: Super Light Heavy Rock Technique!

When King Mu was being brutally beaten by Kirito with the Rock Giant, his counterattack was also incredibly fierce. His five tails behind him kept sweeping and stabbing at the Rock Giant, but they were blocked by the Rock Giant's incredibly hard body, leaving only a few traces of impact on it.

"Just let me take a part of your body, King Mu."

Kirito multitasked, controlling the rock giant to suppress it with one hand while simultaneously using Earth Release: Super Gravity Rock Technique to further suppress Kokuou with gravity. He then controlled the rock giant to grab one of Kokuou's tails with the other hand and said coldly.

As the rock giant tightened its grip on the five-tailed creature's tail, King Mu immediately let out a scream.

With a "rip~" sound.

A white tail then detached from King Mu's body.

But then, a huge white beam of light descended from the sky and struck the rock giant on the head.

In an instant, the rock giant's head turned to ashes in the beam of light.

Chapter 259: The Cunning Five-Tailed Fox

After the rock giant's head disappeared, it seemed to collapse due to losing the control of its former master who had been standing on its head. The huge tail that had been torn off the Five-Tails slipped from its hand and fell to the ground.

At the same time, the Five-Tails also got a chance to catch its breath and quickly moved away from the rock giant. However, its gaze was no longer on the rock giant, but on the sky, with deep anger and a trace of deeply hidden fear in its eyes.

The white beam that had just killed the rock giant's head along with that Rain Ninja named Hattori Masanari was very familiar to me; it was the Dust Release ability that the despicable Iwagakure ninja named Onoki relied on for his fame.

A terrifying escape technique that transcends bloodline limits, called Bloodline Elimination.

Once hit by a Dust Release ninjutsu, any tangible matter will be instantly broken down into molecules.