Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Every time they steal the Eight-Tails' chakra, they are met with fierce resistance from the Eight-Tails.

But at this moment, facing a life-or-death crisis, the Eight-Tailed Gyūki couldn't care less about his internal strife with Burubi.

“We tailed beasts are immortal. Even if we are killed, we will be resurrected after a few years. But I don’t want to actually die once…”

The Eight-Tails said in a huff, "I also hate Wood Release. But since we have a common enemy, I'll help you this once!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a large amount of chakra was transferred into Burubi's body.

This chakra, instead of being astonishingly corrosive as the tailed beast chakra that was forcibly stolen in the past, was filled with incomparably vigorous vitality, and quickly healed Brubi's injuries.

One by one, the thorns were forced out of Brubi's body by the rapidly healing wound.

Brubi's size was also expanding rapidly. In the blink of an eye, her height increased by more than ten meters, and it was still increasing rapidly.

During her rapid weight gain, Brubi's physique also underwent tremendous changes.

Previously, although he had grown eight tails and his body was covered with white bones, he still had a human-shaped structure overall.

When the transformation was complete, he had become a bizarre creature, thirty meters tall and eighty meters long, with an upper body resembling a bull and a lower body consisting of eight enormous octopus tentacles.

The vines that were wrapped around his body were all broken off.

"Your body can't hold out for long. Even if I help you, you can't withstand my chakra for long. At most, a few minutes. If you don't come out of this state, you will die!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki shouted from inside Burubi's body, "Let's finish this quickly!"

"Take down the enemy in one fell swoop!"

Brubi roared inwardly, raising his forearm and striking a punching pose.

The next moment, his eight tails slammed into the ground, and he hurtled towards Yagami Yoruichi like a giant meteorite.

"This power is a bit excessive!"

Yagami Yoru's eye twitched slightly, and he quickly used the Flying Thunder God seal he had previously left to teleport away.

After fully transforming into a tailed beast, even pure taijutsu possesses astonishing destructive power.

Yoruichi Yagami had no desire to experience just how terrifying the power of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki could be when it unleashed its full force.

Boom!

The Eight-Tails crashed into the spot where Yagami Yoruichi had just been standing, and the violent impact caused the ground to tremble.

Just by looking at this, you can tell how terrifying the power of this attack is.

As the dust settled, a huge pit, hundreds of meters in diameter, was revealed, with a depth of tens of meters at its center.

If it were an offensive ninjutsu, even a typical B-rank or A-rank ninjutsu would hardly cause such extensive damage.

This is just the most basic burst of physical strength.

If the strongest Tailed Beast Ball is used, its destructive power will increase by at least a hundred times.

"We can only try to control him with the vines again..."

"Just now, I only used 10,000 chakra to grow the vines. If I used more chakra, the strength of the vines should increase by another level."

Yagami Yoruichi raised his arm, intending to release 'Wild Growth' again to generate even thicker and tougher vines to control the Eight-Tails.

Suddenly, Yagami Yoruichi's expression changed slightly, and without hesitation, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique again to dodge.

Boom!

A fist enveloped in lightning slammed heavily onto the spot where Yoruichi Yagami had been standing.

It was none other than the Third Raikage, who appeared here at some unknown time and launched a sneak attack on Yagami Yoruichi.

"Did Uncle Sakumo lose?"

When Yagami Yoruichi saw the Third Raikage appear, he was startled and quickly used his [Wind Perception] to sense Hatake Sakumo's chakra aura.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the opponent's chakra aura had not changed much, and that the opponent was only slightly weak.

The location where the Third Raikage and Sakumo Hatake fought was several kilometers away from here.

Although Yoruichi Yagami was constantly fighting with Buru, she was also monitoring the entire battlefield's movements through her [Wind Perception].

Moreover, in the rear headquarters, there are also sensory ninjas monitoring the entire battlefield and transmitting information about the movements of the Cloud Ninjas to everyone in real time through Yamanaka Inoichi's mental secret technique.

Just a moment ago, the Third Raikage was fighting with Sakumo Hatake. How did he suddenly appear behind him?

The name of the Flying Thunder God Technique immediately popped into Yagami Yoruichi's mind.

Of course, the Third Raikage could not have learned the Flying Thunder God Technique.

However, the Hidden Cloud Village also possesses similar space-time ninjutsu, though with greater limitations.

"The art of divine intervention?"

Yoruichi Yagami wondered to herself, "The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki fully transformed into a tailed beast, and at the same time, he teleported the Third Raikage here to join forces and attack me? He wants to kill me?"

Although the situation looked dangerous, Yagami Yoruichi was not worried about her safety.

If you really can't win, you can just use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape.

Although Yagami Yoruichi wanted to gain reputation through this battle, she was not willing to risk her life.

When possible, we should strive to win.

But if things really can't be done, self-preservation should definitely be the priority.

Of course, although the current situation is troublesome for Yagami Yoruichi, it is not yet time to run away.

"I used up a lot of chakra before, and now I have less than 200,000 chakra left, which is enough to keep me fighting for a while."

"As long as I hold out until Uncle Shuo Mao arrives and helps me hold off one enemy, I still have a good chance of winning against the other."

As Yagami Yoruichi silently chanted in his heart, he created two clones that simultaneously used Zyra's version of Wood Release to create countless vines to block the attacks of the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails.

They did not seek to injure the enemy, but only to buy time and wait for Sakumo Hatake's reinforcements.

……

Behind, inside the command room.

"The Raikage's chakra location suddenly changed, shaking off Lord Sakumo and appearing on the battlefield between Yoruichi and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki!"

"The Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki are attacking Yoruichi!"

The sensory ninjas quickly relayed what they had sensed to Nara Shikaku.

Upon hearing this news, Nara Shikaku was startled and immediately used Yamanaka Inoichi's mental technique to transmit his voice to Hatake Sakumo's mind: "Lord Sakumo, the Raikage is located six kilometers away at your eight o'clock position. He is currently attacking Yagami Yoruichi together with the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. Please hurry over there!"

Six kilometers is not a long distance for Sakumo Hatake; he can reach it in a few minutes.

However, if Yagami Yoruichi is injured during this period of time under the siege of the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, or even if she only suffers from excessive chakra depletion, it could cause the entire battlefield to collapse.

Nara Shikaku looked at the clone Yagami Yoruichi had left behind not far away to provide treatment for all the ninjas in Konoha, and asked, "Can you hold on?"

Yagami Yoruichi said, "I'm not sure about the situation on the main body's side, but I can hold on for now."

This clone didn't retain much chakra, only a little over ten thousand.

However, as the battle has progressed, Konoha ninjas have not been injured particularly frequently.

Yoruichi Yagami's clone only needs to occasionally use slugs to perform a few medical ninjutsu, so the consumption is not too great.

Upon hearing Yagami Yoruichi's reply, Nara Shikaku immediately realized that he had asked a pointless question.

He racked his brains trying to figure out where else he could draw on combat power to support Yagami Yoruichi.

However, the enemies are the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

The ninjas qualified to intervene in battles at this level must be the elite of the elite Jonin.

Nara Shikaku, and indeed the entire ninja world, does not have the concept of 'Kage level'.

However, those ninjas at the top levels are well aware of the different levels of their abilities.

Nara Shikaku knew very well that ordinary elite Jonin were not qualified to fight against someone of the Raikage's caliber.

Only a very small number of top-tier elite Jonin are qualified to participate in battles of this level.

On this battlefield, the only ones who meet this strength requirement are Sakumo Hatake, the commander-in-chief, and Yoruichi Yagami, who is being besieged by the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

Anyone else, even if the Ino-Shika-Cho trio attacked together, or an elite Jonin like Kurenai Yuhi, would be instantly killed by the Third Raikage in a single exchange.

They wanted to find reinforcements to support Yoruichi Yagami, but there were no suitable people available to spare.

"You must hold on, Yoruichi..."

Nara Shikaku muttered to himself, but dared not contact Yagami Yoruichi's true form through Yamanaka Inoichi's mental techniques, for fear of distracting her and causing her to get hurt.

……

On the other side.

Hatake Sakumo pierced the chest of a Cloud Ninja with a single slash.

The Cloud Ninja, his heart pierced, was already in a hopeless situation, but he forced himself to breathe his last and revealed a cold smile: "Lord Raikage will avenge us! Your genius brat is doomed!"

"Your will to create a fighter jet at the cost of your life is truly admirable, but unfortunately we are the enemy."

Hatake Sakumo rarely praised his opponent, but with a slight twist of his wrist, he completely crushed Yun Shinobu's heart.

After confirming that the Cloud Ninja was completely dead, Hatake Sakumo drew his short sword and muttered to himself, "The Heavenly Delivery Technique? It's said that very few people in Kumogakure know this technique. Sending a ninja who has mastered the Heavenly Delivery Technique to his death, just to create an opportunity to kill Yoruichi? It seems the Cloud Ninja harbors a deep hatred for Yoruichi..."

They were preparing to locate Yoruichi Yagami and provide support.

Suddenly, Nara Shikaku's voice echoed in Hatake Sakumo's mind: "Sakumo-sama..."

After hearing the information relayed by Nara Shikaku, Hatake Sakumo didn't even bother to clean up the battlefield. Holding his short sword in one hand, he used the Body Flicker Technique at top speed and rushed towards Yagami Yoruichi's location.

I only ran a little over two kilometers.

Sakumo Hatake could sense the enormous commotion from afar.

In the complex terrain of the jungle, even large-scale ninjutsu can only cover a small area.

If you're a little further away, you won't notice anything.

But now, even from several kilometers away, he can clearly feel the earth-shattering commotion in the distance.

It's easy to imagine how intense the fighting was there.

Ninjas with weaker abilities wouldn't even be qualified to watch the battle, let alone intervene in it.

Anyone who gets too close to the battlefield will be crushed by the aftershocks of the battle.

"This commotion... Even Yoruichi's ninjutsu isn't this large-scale, is it? Could it be that the Eight-Tails has been released?!"

Sakumo Hatake was startled and quickly sped up to catch up.

A few minutes later, Sakumo Hatake stared in disbelief at the countless plants growing densely and at an astonishing speed in front of him.

"Mu...Mudun?!"

"Yoruichi-kun has mastered Wood Release?!"

Chapter 176 The Jinchūriki is on the verge of death, and the Third Raikage falls!

"Wild growth!"

"The entangled roots!"

Yagami Yoruichi frantically channeled his chakra, creating enormous vines several meters in diameter that tightly coiled around the Eight-Tails.

Spikes several meters long sprouted from the vines, piercing into the Eight-Tails' body and greedily devouring its life force and chakra.

Although the Eight-Tails can always break the vines with brute force in the shortest amount of time, it can still be controlled for a short while.

Each time, the life force and chakra absorbed are nothing compared to the enormous amount of chakra the Eight-Tails possesses.

But if it happens too often, it will be extremely uncomfortable.

Furthermore, since the chakra of the tailed beast and the jinchūriki are completely linked together, whenever the Eight-Tails' life force and chakra are devoured by the thorns, a portion of Burubi's life force is also drawn away.

In addition, there is the heavy burden brought by the Eight-Tails' chakra.

Brubi's condition is getting worse and worse, and he can only rely on the full assistance of the Eight-Tails to ensure that he does not completely lose control of his tailed beast form.

In a one-on-one situation, Yoruichi Yagami could easily exhaust Brubi's life force.

At that time, no matter how much chakra the Eight-Tails possesses, it will be of no use.