Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 194 Eight-Tailed and Two-Tailed: Is this correct?

"Roar—!" The Azure Dragon roared as it charged out of the magic circle, its body wreathed in dazzling azure lightning, transforming into a thunderous whip that lashed fiercely at Darui, who was attempting to form hand seals!

"Screech!" The Vermilion Bird cried out, its wings spread wide, and a rain of blazing fireballs covered Troy and his dark forces like a meteor shower!
"Roar!" Xuanwu roared, its massive tortoise-snake body moving like a mountain, carrying an overwhelming water-escape shockwave, crashing into the Nuruyi team and forcing them to retreat repeatedly!

"Roar!" The white tiger roared, its claws flashing out, and several massive wind blades, condensed to the point of being tangible, tore through the air and slashed towards Xi's direction!

"Hiss!" The golden snake snaked, the earth and rocks churned, and sharp spikes suddenly rose up from under the feet of the Cloud Village ninja without warning!
The Southern Dipper Immortal's magic array lit up, and an invisible barrier instantly enveloped several members of the Dark Guard, restricting their movements!

The Hokuto Sage followed closely behind, his defensive barrier protecting the besieged Blood Pond Clan members and blocking the deadly kunai and ninjutsu!
The celestial maiden's figure was as graceful as an immortal, but the ribbon in her hand, which resembled a soft sword, transformed into a deadly noose, nimbly and swiftly wrapping around another member of the Dark Guard who was attempting a sneak attack!

The phantom of death appeared silently, its massive chakra scythe carrying the chilling intent to reap souls, as it quietly swung towards the last lone elite!

The arrival of the Nine-Faced Beast instantly turned what was originally a one-sided massacre of the Blood Pool Clan into a bitter battle in which the Cloud Hidden Elite could barely protect themselves!

Darui's Storm Release Lightning was neutralized by the Azure Dragon's lightning; Troy's square shuriken melted in the Vermilion Bird's fire rain; Nuru's Earth Release defense teetered on the brink of collapse under the impact of the Black Tortoise; and Xi's perception and illusion were disrupted by the White Tiger's gale!

"Kakuzu, Kisame!" Menma's icy voice pierced through the deafening sounds of battle, clearly reaching the ears of the two.

"Now, the Blood Pool Clan is the property of the organization. Don't let these Cloud Village scum destroy the organization's property!"

"Hmph! I understand!" Kakuzu snorted coldly, a satisfied, sinister smile appearing on his face covered in stitches, as he looked at the word "property."

Beneath his wide black robe, the Earth Grudge's pitch-black tentacles shot out like venomous snakes, precisely entangling a member of the Dark Guard who was trying to bypass the Golden Serpent to attack the Blood Pool Clan, instantly piercing him through!

At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals, merging Fire Release: Head Hardening and Wind Release: Pressure Damage into a devastating firestorm that swept towards the Cloud Village ninja on the other side!
"Understood!" Kisame Hoshigaki's face was expressionless, but his eyes were sharp as knives.

Although he was only holding a standard longsword from the Kirigakure Anbu, it did not prevent him from displaying the ferocity of the Kirigakure's 'Tailless Tailed Beast'!

Deep blue chakra flowed over the blade like water, and Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique was instantly unleashed!
The enormous water shark roared and charged out, crashing hard into the square shuriken thrown by Troy and sending it flying!
Kisame himself charged forward like a ghost, his sword flashing fiercely and ruthlessly, each strike aimed straight for vital points. Combined with the celestial maiden's unpredictable ribbon attacks, he forced the Trojan team into a perilous situation!

Taking advantage of the chaos, with the help of Miyajo Jin, Oyajo En protected his wife and unconscious daughter Chino, and led the remaining, terrified Blood Pond clan members, using the Hokuto Sage's defensive barrier as cover, and struggled to break through towards the only exit of Hell Valley.

The Blood Pool people's eyes were filled with the fear of surviving a catastrophe and the uncertainty of the future, but the instinct for survival drove them to desperately flee this killing field.

The twelve elite Cloud Village soldiers were surrounded by nine summoning beasts with powerful elemental ninjutsu and special abilities. With the fierce attacks of Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki, they were immediately put on the defensive like never before!
"Shura—!!!"

A furious roar, as violent as thunder, drowned out all the sounds of fighting!
Raikage A was completely enveloped in a dazzling lightning chakra armor.

Thunder escape chakra mode!
Raikage Ai's speed was so fast that he transformed into a humanoid lightning bolt and once again fiercely attacked Menma!
His fist, burning with deep-seated hatred and imbued with terrifying power capable of shattering mountains, slammed into Mianma's face with a sonic boom that tore through the air!
"Arrogant bastard! Today, this Hell Valley will be your burial ground!!" Ai's roar was filled with a resolute determination to fight to the death!
Following closely behind, the two-tailed beast Matatabi and the eight-tailed beast Gyūki, now fully transformed into their tailed beast forms, roared and charged forward once more!

A giant cat claw, burning with eerie blue flames, tore through the earth, and eight thick octopus tentacles swept across like towering pillars, sealing off Menma's entire escape route! The raging tailed beast chakra formed a tangible shockwave, carving deep furrows into the ground!

Faced with this triple attack that could instantly annihilate a Kage-level expert, the eyes beneath the pockmarked mask remained as cold as an abyss.

He didn't even take a step back.

A dark red chakra, even larger and more sinister and violent than before, erupted from his body like a volcano that had been suppressed for thousands of years!
Om-! ! !
The blinding dark red light instantly engulfed his figure!

Nine enormous tails, almost tangible and formed from pure dark red chakra, thrashed wildly behind him!

A chakra cloak, raging and dark, seemingly containing endless destructive energy, instantly covered his entire body, revealing only a pair of eyes that shimmered with a cold red light.

Dark Nine-Tails Chakra Cloak!

The powerful chakra pressure swept out like a tsunami, momentarily halting Raikage A's sprint!
"What?!" Raikage Ai's pupils suddenly contracted!
"Tailed Beast Cloak?! Nine-Tails?!" Killer Bee and Yugito, both fully transformed into their tailed beast forms, exclaimed in disbelief at the same time!
"[Gyuki~ Yo~ This guy~ Could he be~ the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki~?] Killer Bee urgently questioned the Eight-Tails Gyuki in the psychic space.

[Mataru! What's going on?! Isn't the Nine-Tails in Konoha?!] Yugito also sought answers from the Two-Tails within her, shocked.

The Eight-Tails, Gyūki, was on the verge of collapse: "[I can't tell! I really can't tell! I told you last time, this guy's weird! His chakra nature is very similar to the Nine-Tails', but… it feels so unfamiliar! It carries an indescribable darkness!]"

Matatabi's voice was filled with surprise and doubt: "[Is it...? No...no...not the Nine-Tails we know!!]"

Hearing the two Jinchūriki's surprised expressions, Raikage A's mind raced, and he roared, "Don't be fooled! He's probably like those two bastards, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who stole some fragment of the Nine-Tails' chakra from somewhere! Kill him!!"

The battle erupted once again! Menma, having activated Dark Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, reached a terrifying level in speed, strength, and reaction!

He stopped dodging and chose to confront them head-on!

boom!
The fist, covered in dark red chakra, collided fiercely with Raikage A's heavy fist, which was wrapped in lightning!

A violent shockwave exploded out in a ring, instantly turning the rocks beneath their feet into dust!

Ai felt an overwhelming force coming from him, his arm trembled violently, and he was forced back several steps!

Menma used the recoil to shift to the side, and his dark red chakra claws swung out, accurately striking the burning giant claws that the Two-Tails Matatabi was sweeping towards him!

laugh--!
The dark red and deep blue energies clashed violently and annihilated!
Two-Tails Matatabi let out a painful roar, and its burning giant claw was forcefully slapped away, with large parts of the flames covering it being extinguished by the dark red chakra!
At the same time, several tentacles of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki had already wrapped around it!

The nine dark red tails that were dancing wildly behind Menma seemed to have their own consciousness, instantly transforming into nine incredibly tough chakra whips that lashed out at the tentacles of the Eight-Tails with a sharp whistling sound as they tore through the air!

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
A series of dull thuds, like whips striking leather, rang out!
The Eight-Tails roared in pain as its tough tentacles were ripped open, and dark red chakra gnawed at the wounds like a leech!

Killer Bee felt a sharp pain in his mind!
One against three! Menma, having activated the Dark Nine-Tails' cloak, actually managed to suppress the strongest Raikage of Kumogakure and two Jinchuriki who had fully transformed into Tailed Beasts all by himself!

The aftermath of the battle completely altered the surrounding terrain, leaving behind huge craters, molten rocks, and chasms everywhere!

On the other side, under the combined attack of Nine-Faced Beast, Kakuzu, and Kisame, Darui and the others were in a sorry state.

Several ANBU ninjas were seriously injured and rendered unable to fight; they were dragged to the rear by their comrades.

Although Darui's Storm Release was powerful, it was overwhelmed by Seiryu's Lightning Release interference and Kakuzu's Earth Grudge Fear sneak attack.

Troy's Magnet Release Shuriken was countered by Suzaku's Flame and Kisame's Water Release. Nurui's taijutsu was difficult to use against Genbu's defense and Byakko's wind blades. Xi's perception and support were also constantly interrupted by Kinja's Earth Release and Nanto's barrier.

Of the twelve elites, less than half are still struggling to hold on, and signs of defeat are already emerging!

"Damn it!" Raikage A was once again forced back by Menma's chakra tail whip. Looking at his subordinates retreating in the distance, and then at the terrifying enemy in front of him who was fighting three against one with ease, he was both shocked and angry.

He finally realized that close combat alone would probably not be enough to defeat his opponent in a short time.

"Bee! Yugito!" A acted decisively, roaring at the two Jinchuriki, "Use the Tailed Beast Ball! Destroy him completely!!"

"Yo yo~ I understand~ Big brother~"

"Yes, Lord Raikage!"

The two-tailed beasts, Matatabi and Gyūki, in their fully transformed tailed beast forms, simultaneously unleashed a deafening roar!

Their enormous bodies tilted back slightly, opening their gaping maws large enough to devour mountains!

Terrifying energy was frantically gathering and compressing in their mouths!
The azure chakra and the deep purple chakra condensed into two enormous energy balls radiating destructive energy.

Tailed beast jade!
The surrounding air was being sucked in frantically, and space itself was slightly distorted by this terrifying energy!
At the same time, Menma also raised his right hand.

The nine dark red tails behind him danced like living things, and the massive Dark Nine-Tails chakra also gathered and compressed wildly above his palm!
A tailed beast ball, dark red in color and exuding an even colder and more violent aura than the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails, took shape at an astonishing speed!

Its core darkness seems capable of swallowing all light!
Three Tailed Beast Balls, each containing earth-shattering energy, faced each other from a distance of less than 100 meters!
The air in Hell Valley seemed to freeze completely, and time seemed to stand still at that moment!
Everyone who was fighting, whether it was Kakuzu, Kisame, Darui, or the remaining members of the Blood Pond Clan, felt a tremor from the depths of their souls!

call out--! ! !
The two enormous Tailed Beast Balls launched by the Eight-Tails and the Two-Tails, along with a dark red Tailed Beast Ball, collided with each other like three falling death stars, tearing through space with a shrill shriek!

Boom boom boom——!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A terrifying explosion occurred that defies description!

A blinding white light instantly engulfed everything!
What followed was a deafening roar that could shatter eardrums!
A colossal sphere of light, imbued with destructive energy in shades of dark red, ghostly blue, and deep purple, rose slowly from the center of Hell Valley like a newborn sun!
The violent energy shockwave spread out in a spherical shape, and wherever it passed, all matter—rocks, soil, stone houses, and even air—was instantly vaporized and annihilated!
The earth shattered and collapsed like a fragile biscuit!
The towering rock walls on both sides of the canyon look as if they were cleaved by a giant axe of the gods, collapsing and sliding down in large chunks!
The entire terrain of Hell Valley was completely reshaped by this cataclysmic collision!
A huge, circular crater, more than two kilometers in diameter and seemingly bottomless, appeared at the center of the explosion. The rocks at the edge of the crater were melted by the high temperature into red magma, which flowed slowly!
Kakuzu, Kisame Hoshigaki, Darui, Troy, and the others sensed the deadly crisis as soon as the Tailed Beast Ball began to condense, and had already given up the fight, each unleashing their strongest defensive measures.

They fled desperately towards the edge of the canyon with all their might!
Even so, the terrifying shockwave that swept in slammed into their defenses like a heavy hammer, causing their blood to churn, spitting out blood, and being thrown far away like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily outside the edge of the circular crater, looking utterly disheveled!

Miyajo En and Miyajo Jin risked their lives to protect their clansmen. Relying on the last rays of the Hokuto Sage's defensive barrier and the complex terrain of Hell Valley, they narrowly avoided the core explosion zone, but were still thrown off balance by the aftershocks and were left in shock.

As the devastating light finally began to dim, the deafening roar turned into a low hum, and thick dust, mixed with smoke and energy particles, filled the sky like a gray curtain, shrouding the entire unrecognizable Hell Valley.

At the edge of the circular crater, Raikage A withstood the aftershocks thanks to his powerful Lightning Release armor, but his body was also marked with several charred marks.

He was breathing heavily, his eyes fixed on the churning dust at the center of the explosion, and he roared hoarsely at the equally disheveled Killer Bee and Yugito, "Beetle! Yugito! What happened?! How could he also condense a Tailed Beast Ball?! Those half-baked Tailed Beast transformations like Gold and Silver Brothers could never do that!"

Killer Bee and Yugito were also shocked and puzzled.

Kinkaku and Ginkaku could only use the Nine-Tails' chakra to undergo a partial tailed beast transformation, gaining power and speed, but they could never condense a true tailed beast ball!
【Be careful!】The eight-tailed Gyūki’s urgent warning suddenly exploded in Killer Bee’s mind!

[Yugito! Get out of the way! Something's wrong with that thing! That's not the Nine-Tails! It's definitely not the Nine-Tails we know!] Matatabi's shrill female voice was filled with unprecedented terror!
The moment Raikage Ai finished speaking!

boom--! ! !
The pervasive dust was suddenly torn apart by an even more violent and sinister force!

A massive, suffocatingly dark red figure, like a ferocious beast crawling out of the abyss of hell, burst forth from the epicenter of the explosion with boundless ferocity!
That was a nine-tailed fox formed entirely of dark red chakra!
It was even larger than Killer Bee's Eight-Tails, its body engulfed in dark red flames that seemed to be real, and its nine enormous tails thrashed wildly behind it, each hair radiating destructive energy fluctuations!

Its eyes burned with a cold, savage, and irrational crimson light, locked onto the nearest eight-tailed demon!

"Roar—!!!" Dark Nine-Tails let out a soul-shattering roar, its huge front claws carrying terrifying power that tore through space, and with a speed that exceeded the limits of vision, it fiercely grabbed at the massive body of Eight-Tails Gyūki!
Killer Bee and the Eight-Tailed Gyūki were utterly terrified! They had no time to mount any effective defense!

"By!!" Raikage Ai's eyes widened in fury!

Yugito's face was filled with disbelief and horror!
The opponent is not only truly the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but this Nine-Tails is also filled with unprecedented strangeness and ferocity!

Konoha's Nine-Tails... has it really been lost?!
But the two-tailed beast's warning still echoed in my ears.

This isn't the Nine-Tails she knew from the Eight-Tails!

boom--! ! !
The Dark Nine-Tailed Fox's giant claws gripped one of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki's main tentacles and half of its body like iron clamps!
The immense power caused the Eight-Tails to let out a painful roar!
But at such a close distance, Killer Bee could also see the Shura standing on the head of the Nine-Tails opposite him!
"Who exactly are you?" Killer Bee questioned again.

However, the Dark Nine-Tailed Fox's massive mouth, filled with fangs, had already opened!

A Tailed Beast Ball, even larger than before, with a jet-black core and surrounded by dark red chakra, was rapidly condensing in its mouth!

(End of this chapter)