Konoha's Hextech Ninja

If the Jinchuriki dies, the Tailed Beast will also die.

However, Yoruichi Yagami's opponents are not limited to just Burubi.

Just as Yagami Yoruichi was about to put in extra effort and severely injure Burubi.

A figure enveloped in lightning rushed towards them at high speed.

"Hell Thrust - One-Handed Strike!"

The Third Raikage's attack easily severed the vines and giant trees blocking his path, heading straight for Yagami Yoruichi.

Just as the attack was about to strike, Yagami Yoruichi's figure suddenly vanished from his spot and reappeared hundreds of meters away.

But in that brief opening, without the support of Yoruichi Yagami's chakra, the vines binding the Eight-Tails suddenly lost their resilience and were easily broken free by the Eight-Tails.

"Roar~!"

The Eight-Tails opened its mouth, and terrifying chakra gathered within.

"Don't think about it!"

Yagami Yoruichi recognized it at a glance: this was the Eight-Tails trying to release the Tailed Beast Ball.

This thing is the strongest power of the tailed beasts; even Yoruichi Yagami wasn't confident she could withstand it.

Once fired, most of the battlefield will be razed to the ground.

Putting aside the extent of the Cloud Ninja's losses, it's likely that very few of the Leaf Village's ninjas will survive.

Yoruichi Yagami would naturally not allow the Eight-Tails to successfully release the Tailed Beast Ball.

Fortunately, the Tailed Beast Ball needs some time to charge up.

Although the charging time for the Eight-Tails is not long, it still exists.

Yagami Yoruichi quickly gathered his chakra, which sprouted into vines that wrapped around the Eight-Tails and pulled hard.

The Eight-Tails immediately lost its balance and fell heavily to the ground.

The half-gathered Tailed Beast Ball also vanished and disappeared.

"By the way, I'll entangle him, and you can do it again!"

The Third Raikage shouted as he charged toward Yoruichi Yagami, trying to entangle her and prevent her from interrupting the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.

"Don't think about it!"

Seeing this, Sakumo Hatake dared not delay any longer. He immediately drew his sword and charged forward, blocking the Third Raikage. At the same time, he shouted to Yoruichi Yagami, "Yoruichi, I'll hold off the Raikage. The Eight-Tails is yours!"

Having fought side by side time and time again, Sakumo Hatake had great trust in Yoruichi Yagami's strength and chose to assist her without hesitation.

The current situation is very clear.

On the outer battlefield, the clashes between hundreds of Cloud Ninja and Konoha ninja squads were completely insignificant.

Even the battle between Sakumo Hatake and the Third Raikage is not important.

The key lies in whether Yoruichi Yagami can suppress, or even kill, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

If Yagami Yoruichi were to lose the battle, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki were to unleash the Tailed Beast Ball without restraint, Konoha would inevitably lose its frontline headquarters, and few of the ninja present would survive.

If Yagami Yoruichi wins, he can work with Hatake Sakumo to try and keep the Third Raikage here.

Even if that's not possible, Yagami Yoruichi's terrifying chakra reserves and large-scale ninjutsu can still "clear out" the remaining Cloud Ninja.

Seeing Sakumo Hatake arrive, Yoruichi Yagami breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Facing two opponents simultaneously, including the fully transformed Eight-Tails and the Third Raikage, was indeed extremely difficult and put immense pressure on Yagami Yoruichi.

Although it was only a few minutes, Yagami Yoruichi's chakra was consumed by tens of thousands of points.

Most importantly, there is the mental burden.

Both the Eight-Tails and the Third Raikage have the ability to severely injure or even kill Yoruichi Yagami. Yoruichi Yagami must be fully focused and cannot make even the slightest mistake.

This kind of high-pressure battle puts immense pressure on the mind.

If Sakumo Hatake had arrived ten minutes later, even if Yoruichi Yagami still had enough chakra and stamina, she might not have been able to keep up mentally.

"It will be much easier if we only deal with the Eight-Tails..."

Yoruichi Yagami's clone activated the power of Wood Release, creating a large number of thick vines that wrapped around the Eight-Tails.

The main body rapidly gathers a large amount of chakra.

Thanks to the [Shrink Engine], Yagami Yoruichi's 'Skill Speed' attribute has been stacked to tens of thousands of points, making her chakra refining and condensing speed several times that of a normal Kage-level ninja.

Even if a ninjutsu consumes tens of thousands of chakra points, it can be completed with just a clap of the hands.

However, at this moment, it took Yagami Yoruichi a full two seconds to gather chakra.

A terrifying wave of chakra erupted from Yoruichi Yagami, and the pressure emanating from him could be clearly felt within a radius of several kilometers.

The next moment, Yagami Yoruichi slammed both hands on the ground.

"The Vine of Severing Death!"

Zyra's ultimate ability, Stranglethorn Vine, imbues plants created through Wild Growth with powerful supernatural abilities, making them even stronger.

It consumed tens of thousands of chakra points in one go, granting the plant dozens of times the extra strength.

The vines that could have been easily torn off by the Eight-Tails with a single struggle were now as hard as high-strength steel bars, tightly wrapped around the Eight-Tails' body, rendering it unable to move.

Sharp, hard thorns easily pierced through the Eight-Tails' skin and embedded themselves in its body, greedily devouring its flesh and blood.

The eight-tailed creature struggled frantically, but was gradually weakened by the ever-increasing layers of vines that wrapped around it.

"Big brother..."

Brubi let out a low moan.

The massive loss of life force within his body brought his life to an end, and he could no longer control the immense chakra of the Eight-Tails.

"Hey kid, wake up, hang in there a little longer!"

"Yao!" Yao cried out anxiously.

Although they are tailed beasts, they are born with enormous amounts of chakra, but their control over chakra is terrible.

Without a Jinchuriki, it possessed immense chakra, yet it was unable to withstand Yagami Yoruichi's Wood Release.

"Sorry, Eight-Tails..."

On her deathbed, Burubi suddenly realized that her hatred for her Jinchuriki status and for the Eight-Tails had been completely meaningless throughout her life.

At that moment, he forgot the hatred in his heart and said to the Eight-Tails, "I'm sorry, Eight-Tails, I shouldn't have treated you like a monster."

"Hey, you little rascal!"

Seeing that Brubi was about to die, Yamata panicked and said, "Don't die! I don't want to die with you!"

"Yata, I can't let the village lose you..."

Beneath the 'shell' resembling a tailed beast.

Brubi formed a hand seal, activating the seal within his body: "I'm sorry, please forgive me, I must take you back to the village."

The next moment, the enormous eight-tailed creature rapidly shrank and was absorbed by the seal on Brubi's body.

The Eight-Tails was only momentarily stunned before most of its chakra was reabsorbed into the seal.

As the Eight-Tails' enormous body disappeared, Brupi seized the opportunity to escape through the gaps in the vines and rushed to the Third Raikage's side.

"Compare!"

Seeing this, the Third Raikage knew what was about to happen and couldn't help but shed tears.

But he couldn't care less about his grief. He took a blow from Sakumo Hatake, used the opportunity to create distance, grabbed the exhausted Brubi, and rushed away into the distance.

"Huh? They escaped?!"

Yoruichi Yagami immediately manipulated the vines to give chase.

But in the same spot, a new 'Burubi' appeared, frantically swinging its knife and cutting down all the vines.

"A clone? Such a powerful clone?"

Yoruichi Yagami was somewhat puzzled, but she did not hesitate at all. While fighting the 'clone' left by Brubi, she also created a new clone to chase after the Third Raikage and Brubi's main body together with Sakumo Hatake.

Having finally defeated Brubi, Yagami Yoruichi had no intention of letting the tiger return to the mountain; she was determined to leave the enemy behind completely.

……

The Third Raikage didn't run too far and quickly reunited with two Cloud Ninja who hadn't participated in the battle.

A Cloud Ninja took out a sealing scroll, broke the seal, and released a huge jar.

A thick white rope with a distinctive rune pattern was tied to the jar.

It is the treasure passed down through generations in Yunyin Village, the legendary treasure 'Amber Pure Bottle' that supposedly came from the Sage of Six Paths.

"Brubi!" The Third Raikage looked at Brubi with tears in his eyes.

"Big brother, bring the Eight-Tails back to the village!" Burubi, barely breathing, clung to his last breath, pulling up his clothes and pointing to the seal on his stomach, saying, "This seal can sustain my life for a few more days, allowing the village to transfer the Eight-Tails' seal as soon as possible..."

"Brubi, you bastard!"

Inside Brubi's body, the Eight-Tails roared angrily, "I risked my life to help you, and you still want those bastards from Kumogakure to continue sealing me!"

"I'm sorry, Ya-Tails."

Brubi did not defend herself, but only apologized repeatedly.

"Lord Raikage."

Seeing that the Third Raikage hadn't made a move, a Cloud Ninja urged, "Time is running out!"

"Let's get started."

The Third Raikage turned his head away, unable to bear to look.

Upon hearing the order, a Cloud Ninja immediately formed hand seals and cast a series of sealing spells on Burubi's body.

In conjunction with the seal on Brubi's body, his life force is temporarily locked.

Then, the ninja opened the amber jar and shouted, "Burubi!"

Brubi opened her mouth wide and whispered, "I'm here!"

The next moment, the Amber Purification Bottle automatically activated, sucking Brubi and the eight tails inside his body into it.

"Lord Raikage..."

Holding the amber bottle, Yunren said repeatedly, "It's time to leave!"

"Return the amber bottle first!"

The Raikage ordered, "Then you take the rest of the group and retreat first. I'll cover the rear!"

"Yes……"

The two Cloud Ninja did not continue to persuade them.

A Cloud Ninja formed hand seals and used the "Heavenly Delivery Technique" to teleport the Amber Purification Bottle directly back to Cloud Village.

After completing all this, the two immediately split up to notify the Cloud Ninja on other battlefields to retreat.

The Third Raikage glanced at the ground where Brubi had just been lying.

There is a human-shaped dent here.

The Third Raikage gently stroked the ground, as if he could touch Brupi again.

"By, I will avenge you at all costs!"

The Third Raikage gritted his teeth and said, "Once I return to the village, I will gather a large army and launch a full-scale attack on Konoha to avenge our fallen brothers!"

"I'm afraid you won't have that chance, Third Raikage."

Yagami Yoruichi's voice carried from afar.

The clone left behind by Brubi was quite troublesome. It took Yagami Yoruichi some time to deal with it, and she eventually discovered that it was a tentacle of the Eight-Tails.

These 'tentacle clones' are far more powerful than any clone that Yagami Yoruichi has ever seen.

Even with Yagami Yoruichi and Hatake Sakumo working together, it took them several minutes to finish the job.

This meant that the two arrived too late and were unable to stop the Cloud Ninja from using the Heavenly Delivery Technique to send Burubi back to the village.