Konoha's Hextech Ninja

The slug that remained beside Yoruichi Yagami, despite splitting into hundreds of clones, only decreased in size by about one-fifth.

It glanced at the spot where Yagami Yoruichi's original body had stood, then at Yagami Yoruichi's shadow clone, and asked, "Don't you need my help in the battle?"

“I’ll call you if I need to. As for now, it’s not necessary.” Yagami Yoruichi shook her head.

If the slug's true form were here, it might not be afraid of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, and might even be able to defeat him.

However, Yoruichi Yagami was also unable to summon the slug's true form.

If too much chakra is used to summon a larger slug clone, Yoruichi Yagami's own fighting ability will be affected, which would be counterproductive.

This slug clone is still a bit too weak to deal with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. It would be better to leave it in the rear so that it can fill in if any gap appears in Konoha's defenses.

……

Deep in the dense forest.

Yagami Yoruichi instantly appeared next to a Cloud Ninja, his Kusanagi sword crackling with sharp wind-style chakra. With just a few swings, he wiped out the entire Cloud Ninja squad.

"Six hundred meters."

Using his [Wind Sense], Yagami Yoruichi located the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki and immediately rushed over at high speed.

A few seconds later.

Yagami Yoruichi saw Brupi, who had already partially transformed into a tailed beast and had grown giant octopus tentacles on her body.

He was originally heading towards Konoha's headquarters.

But the moment Brubi saw Yoruichi Yagami, her eyes immediately turned bloodshot, and she let out a roar that sounded inhuman as she angrily charged towards Yoruichi Yagami.

What deep-seated grudge could there be?

Yagami Yoruichi noticed that Burubi seemed a little off, but didn't have time to think about it.

Using superhuman strength and chakra, he swung the Kusanagi sword at Burubi.

The blade collided with the giant octopus tentacle, but instead of the sharp blade piercing through the tentacle, it was as if two blunt instruments were colliding, producing a dull thud.

The immense recoil force caused both of them to fly backward involuntarily.

"Such great strength, even greater than last time... Has the tailed beast transformation deepened?"

A thought flashed through Yagami Yoruichi's mind, and his hands did not stop moving in the slightest as he quickly began to form hand seals.

The environment here cannot benefit from the advantages of being at sea.

However, with Yagami Yoruichi's chakra reserves, she could unleash astonishing ninjutsu in any environment; it would just require a bit more chakra.

Moreover, without a specific environment, Yagami Yoruichi does not need to limit herself to using only a certain type of ninjutsu; she only needs to choose ninjutsu according to the situation of the battle.

"Earth Release - Earth Rising Spear!"

One after another, sharp stone pillars rose from the ground, piercing towards Brubi.

"Roar~!"

Brubi let out a roar, and white bones grew from his body, which was covered by dark red tailed beast chakra, as he slammed his hands against the stone pillar.

The solid stone pillars, in the face of these white skeletons, were as fragile as glass, shattering at the slightest touch.

Even the stone pillars that weren't smashed by Brubi immediately shattered into pieces upon hitting his body.

"A tailed beast cloak? Is its defense this strong? I didn't realize it before..."

Yagami Yoruichi frowned involuntarily.

Judging from their previous encounters, Brubi's mastery of the tailed beast's power is clearly not very deep.

Reaching the 'half-tailed beast transformation' state is already the limit.

That is, its body is covered with dark red tailed beast chakra and has eight tails.

But at this moment, the white bones on Brubi's body reminded Yagami Yoruichi of the battle between Naruto Uzumaki and Pain.

These white bones, composed of tailed beast chakra, signify that the Jinchūriki has reached an extremely high level in their use of the tailed beast's power.

The next step is 'complete tailed beast transformation', transforming into the form of the Eight-Tails.

"As it stands, he still retains his own consciousness. I wonder if he will be able to maintain a certain level of clarity after fully transforming into a tailed beast... The combat power of a tailed beast, whether it is controlled by the tailed beast itself or by the Jinchuriki, is completely different."

As Yagami Yoruichi pondered this in his heart, his vigilance was raised to the highest level.

Although it is unclear why Burubi's utilization of the Eight-Tails' power has suddenly increased, it is a very dangerous sign.

If he can truly break through his limits and reach the level of a 'perfect Jinchūriki', his combat power will definitely skyrocket.

It's possible that he could reach the 'super-movie level'.

After all, the future Killer Bee, with the strength of a 'Perfect Jinchuriki', has already reached Kage-level combat power.

Among all the perfect Jinchūriki, only the Jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails can reach this level. Even if the Jinchūriki of other tailed beasts are 'perfect Jinchūriki', they can only hover within the Kage level.

"Roar~!"

Brubi let out a beast-like roar, and the orange-red tailed beast chakra transformed into a pair of large hands, grabbing at Yagami Yoruichi.

"Only deep red chakra will have white bones attached to it; orange-red chakra is much weaker..."

Yagami Yoruichi raised his hand and swung his sword.

The Kusanagi sword easily severed the chakra claw.

In that short time, Brubi 'slammed' towards Yagami Yoruichi like a cannonball.

"There's no time to use ninjutsu."

Yagami Yoruichi immediately realized that there wasn't enough time for her to form hand seals and slowly release the ninjutsu.

As for knife skills and superhuman strength.

The Kusanagi Sword is one of the few weapons that can withstand superhuman strength.

In addition, given Yagami Yoruichi's terrifying physical attributes, few in the ninja world could withstand her slashes.

However, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki are among the few who can suppress Yagami Yoruichi in terms of pure power.

In their previous clash, both of them were sent flying backward by the enormous recoil.

However, Yoruichi Yagami was clearly at a slight disadvantage in the clash of strength.

Continue with close combat?

This is the enemy's area of ​​expertise, and Yagami Yoruichi wouldn't be foolish enough to use her weakness to directly confront the enemy's strength.

"Rune Imprisonment!"

Yagami Yoruichi raised her hand and released a ball of chakra.

Chakra transformed into a rune and imprinted on Burubi's body, significantly reducing his speed.

Without the 'Surge' effect, [Rune Imprisonment] only slows down enemies and cannot completely control their movements.

However, this amount of time is enough.

"The magic surged!"

"Overload!"

Two bursts of chakra were unleashed, striking Burubi.

His already fully formed white skeleton was shattered on the spot by the terrifying impact of [Overload], and the aftershocks penetrated the Tailed Beast's cloak and ran through Brubi's entire body.

Despite the protection of the Tailed Beast Cloak, Brupi still suffered a deep, bone-revealing wound on her chest, sending her flying backward.

but……

Yoruichi Yagami clearly saw that at the same time, the tailed beast cloak that had been scattered by [Overload] was covering Brupi's body again.

The wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's several times faster than the Healing Palm Technique in terms of recovery speed. Is this the life force of a Jinchūriki?"

Yagami Yoruichi secretly complained to himself.

With such terrifying recovery speed, it's almost impossible to kill the opponent unless you can kill them in one blow.

This is understandable, as each village regards the Jinchūriki as the most important weapon in war.

Apart from a small number of ninjas with special abilities, the vast majority of ninjas are like glass cannons with high attack but low defense, and their margin for error is pitifully low.

If a Jinchūriki with immense strength and an almost superhuman recovery ability were to appear on the battlefield, the resulting advantage would be astonishing.

Having experienced their previous encounters, Yagami Yoruichi knew that she couldn't outlast the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki in a battle of attrition.

Although the Eight-Tails' chakra reserves are not as high as the Nine-Tails', they are still greater than his own.

In addition to its abnormal recovery ability, if a real fight breaks out, it will not only take a long time, but the probability of losing is also very high.

This is clearly not what Yoruichi Yagami wanted to see.

Although, once most of the other Cloud Ninja are dealt with, with only the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki remaining, other Konoha ninja can come to support them and, at a certain cost, defeat Burubi.

But Yagami Yoruichi hoped that he could defeat the enemy using only his own strength.

"In that case, let's try out the effects of 'Wood Release'..."

Yagami Yoruichi clapped his hands together and shouted, "Wood Release: Advent of the Tree World!"

Chapter 175 The First Battle of Wood Release! Against the Perfect Eight-Tails!

Countless vines sprang up from the ground, like countless snakes, and 'swam' towards Brubi.

As soon as the tough vines touched Brubi's body, they immediately coiled upwards, tightly binding her.

The so-called 'birth of the Tree Kingdom' is of course fake.

Yagami Yoruichi doesn't know this ninjutsu at all.

In fact, Yoruichi Yagami used the two skills [Wild Growth] and [Entwined Roots] together to create a large number of vine-like plants.

It does look somewhat like the birth of the Tree World.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that the plants created by Yoruichi Yagami are only thick, tough vines, and there are not a single tree.

Brubi was tightly bound by thick vines.

Even with the power of the Eight-Tails unleashed by the [Powerful Imprisonment] effect, he still couldn't break free.

"How could it be Wood Release?!"

Bulubi was horrified.

The eight tails within him were reminded of certain memories they didn't want to recall, and fell silent.

Yagami Yoruichi noticed that Brubi's reaction seemed to be a beat slow, as if he was startled by the sudden Wood Release.

However, Yagami Yoruichi would not slow down his attack just because the enemy was distracted. He immediately activated his chakra again and raised his hands: "Deadly Thorns!"

Sharp thorns grew from the vines, piercing through the tailed beast's outer layer of Brubi's body and embedding themselves into his flesh.

Blood was drawn by the vines along the thorns.

Along with it, Burubi's chakra and life force were also absorbed.

Through the transformation and tempering of vines.

A wisp of life force, pure to the extreme, traveled along the roots of the vines and into Yagami Yoruichi's body.

This vitality did not directly enhance Yoruichi Yagami's strength.

But Yagami Yoruichi instinctively sensed that it would bring him considerable benefits.

However, for Yoruichi Yagami at the moment, the most important thing is to confirm that Zyra's version of 'Wood Release' still has a very strong restraining effect on tailed beasts, or at least on tailed beast jinchūriki.

The sharp thorns can easily pierce through the tailed beast's cloak and absorb the life force and chakra of the jinchūriki.

The healing effect brought by the tailed beast chakra is not as overpowered as the life-draining effect of the passive skill [King of Thorns], and the recovery speed is far from keeping up with the speed of life loss.

"Yata, think of something quick!"

Brubi felt her body growing weaker and weaker, and became anxious. She said to the Eight-Tails inside her, "If I die, you will die too!"

Brubi was not a perfect Jinchūriki and was unable to reconcile with the Eight-Tails and become friends.

It can utilize the power of the Eight-Tails to some extent, but it still relies on the method of forcibly stealing the chakra of the tailed beasts.