Traveling through Naruto with Heroes of Might and Magic.

"Eight Tailed Beasts!!"

The fully grown eight-tailed creature roared, its eight enormous octopus tails spinning and lashing wildly, shattering the approaching wooden hands and roots.

"Celestial Technique: Meteor Shower!"

Mumu unleashed an even wider range of magic without hesitation.

The Eight-Tails was too large to dodge, so the only option was to unleash a chakra cloak to defend itself.

On the other side, Qingwu, along with ten unicorns, also engaged in battle with Raikage.

The Raikage's hair stood on end, showcasing the ultimate Lightning Release Armor, making him incredibly fast.

Moreover, his fists, crackling with deep blue lightning, struck one unicorn after another, sending them tumbling and rolling away.

This guy's explosive power is truly terrifying.

Qingwu seized the opportunity to harass Raikage with [Slow Spell] and [Magic Arrow], finally giving a unicorn a chance to strike Raikage head-on.

The unlucky Raikage let out an "Ah!" and hurriedly retreated.

Blindness—though late, it has arrived!

Qingwu seized the opportunity, unleashing "Advanced Water Magic: Mirror Image Technique!"

Mumu followed suit and used the same mirror technique.

Boom! Boom!

Two tailed beasts, identical to the eight-tailed demon, appeared on either side of the Raikage.

One of them extended its octopus tail and used its roots to entangle and trap Raikage in place, while the other raised its head, opened its huge mouth, and a jet-black Tailed Beast Ball quickly formed in its mouth!

"What!!!?"

"impossible!!"

Killer Bee and the earthen platform behind the Hidden Cloud Village both exclaimed in surprise.

"Big Brother!!"

Killer Bee panicked completely. Temporarily trapped by the wooden hand, he was furious. He suddenly opened his mouth at close range, and a more solid Tailed Beast Ball quickly formed, shooting straight at the nearby Kumuk!

At such a speed, Mumu had no time to completely dodge!

The Raikage... is the same!

A glint flashed in Mumu's emerald green pupils, and it slightly turned its massive body to the side.

At the same time, he held his arms in front of him, with layers of thick wooden armor on his arms, like two huge wooden shields.

Before the Raikage could activate his cells to restore his vision, he unleashed all his chakra, *zzzz*—

A high-intensity electric current formed from Lightning Release chakra concentrated in his hands, unleashing "Lightning Release: Lightning Torture Horizontal Thousand-Generation Dance!"

This was the explosive attack that once severed the left horn of the Eight-Tails with a single hand, and it was also the strongest technique capable of splitting Madara Uchiha's Susanoo.

boom--!!

The Tailed Beast Ball slammed solidly into Mumu's arms!

A destructive energy several times stronger than before erupted instantly, blinding light engulfing everything, and the deafening explosion made the ninjas on the distant stronghold walls cover their ears.

boom--!!!

The Tailed Beast Ball emitted by the Mirror Demon also overwhelmed the trapped Raikage.

The smoke and light from the explosion lingered for several breaths before slowly dissipating.

On the battlefield, two terrifying craters, each over two hundred meters in diameter, appeared.

At the edge of a giant crater, Mumu's massive body knelt on the ground.

Its arms, which it used to block, were severed at the shoulders, and its massive torso was covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The light emanating from its body had dimmed considerably, indicating that it had suffered a severe injury.

"Mumu!" Hongdou and Tianzang exclaimed in surprise from the city wall.

In the center of another giant crater, the Raikage stood unsteadily because... he had lost a leg.

It concentrated almost all of its chakra in its hands for the frontal slash, so its arms seemed to be fine, but the aftershock of the explosion annihilated one of its legs!

"Big brother!"

"Lord Raikage!"

The explosion of the two Tailed Beast Balls nearly destroyed the "forest," and the barrier between them was finally broken. The Eight-Tails charged menacingly towards Qingwu, who was being protected in the center by the Unicorn.

He hates!

He hated that brat from Konoha had repeatedly and severely injured his older brother.

"Immortal Technique·Wood Release·Wooden Ingot Wall!"

In a hurry, Qingwu conjured a wooden wall in front of him.

However, the hasty defense was insufficient to completely withstand the Eight-Tails's resentful attack.

laugh--!!

The wooden wall was easily breached, and an octopus tail bound Qingwu in the same way, while a bull's horn pierced Qingwu's left shoulder.

The violent lightning chakra instantly invaded.

collapse!

One of Qingwu's arms flew out.

"Captain Qingwu—!"

"team leader!!"

Suzaku Nara cried out in alarm, and Tenzo, disregarding everything, jumped off the city wall and rushed over.

The situation changed too quickly for anyone to react.

Both of the Eight-Tails' mirror images had disappeared in the aftershocks of the explosion, but Raikage and Qingwu had lost a leg and an arm, respectively.

A lose-lose situation!!

click!

Mumu painstakingly extended a root and caught the arm that flew out of the air.

At the same time, it used its last bit of energy to unleash a [Fire Wall] attack on the Eight-Tails.

The burning attack, combined with the unicorn's encirclement, freed Qingwu from the eight-tailed octopus's tail.

Killer Bee didn't continue fighting, but quickly approached the Raikage and protected him.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

Sure enough, a massive number of roots and arrows from the Great Elf shot towards the "crippled" Thunder Shadow.

"Roar……"

The eight-tailed octopus tail lashed out wildly, firmly protecting the Raikage within it.

"&#￥%"

Mumu let out a low, painful hiss, slowly raising its head, its emerald pupils fixed on the eight-tailed Gyūki in front of it.

His eyes were filled with an indomitable will, but his momentum was noticeably weaker than before.

Even with the aid of Sage Mode, Kokumu paid a heavy price for withstanding a close-range Tailed Beast Ball from a fully-formed Eight-Tails. His powerful regenerative abilities seemed to have reached a certain limit.

Treatment for slugs seems somewhat inadequate at this point.

"Huh...huh..."

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki was also panting heavily. Releasing such a powerful Tailed Beast Ball had taken a toll on it, and the crimson light in its eyes had dimmed slightly.

It stared intently at Mumu, who was severely injured but had not yet fallen, its eyes filled with apprehension and solemnity.

The tree-man's defensive capabilities and vitality are beyond imagination.

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Chapter 222 The oil has run out and the lamp is burning out

Blood seeped from Qingwu's left shoulder, and the wound was charred black.

The paralyzing sensation from the Lightning Release left half of my body feeling weak.

The Raikage was in even worse shape than him, barely able to glare at Qingwu with the "support" of the octopus tail.

However, the difference is...

Mumu brought over Qingwu's severed arm and secured it with her roots.

Maintaining her immortal mode, Qingwu cast a water-based spell, [Healing], and with the slug's healing, quickly reattached the severed arm.

He stretched his arms, panting as he looked across at the other side.

Raikage: "..."

He glanced down at his left leg, severed at the thigh, his eyes filled with... rage? resentment? A mixture of emotions!

On the battlefield, a stalemate has temporarily broken out.

Mumu is seriously injured and recovering slowly;

Qingwu suffered an injury to his left shoulder, and his Sage Mode was being depleted.

The consumption of eight tails is not small;

The Raikage's left leg is missing; he is now crippled.

Both sides realized that continuing the fight would likely result in mutual destruction or even mutual annihilation.

Raikage raised his head, his face grim as he glanced at the heavily injured but still stubbornly standing Mumu, then at Qingwu, whose fighting spirit had not diminished.

Finally, his gaze swept over the Konoha ninjas standing guard at the distant outpost, and his own exhausted and bewildered Cloud Village troops.

He quickly weighed the options in his mind.

The combination of Thousand Hands Green Wu and that Tree Man was far stronger than expected. Even the AB combination couldn't defeat them, and there was a risk of both sides being injured.