Traveling Through Multiple Realms: The Supporting Character's Counterattack

"Pfft—Sizzle!!!"

This time, the swaying tailed beast chakra cloak on Han's body was not able to completely withstand this fire release attack that was condensed to the extreme and had a strong burning attribute.

The Flame Release: Rasengan struck like a red-hot iron into cold butter, producing a teeth-grinding sound. It instantly pierced through the dark red chakra defense and slammed solidly into Han's flesh and blood.

Extreme high temperature and violent rotational tearing force erupted within Han's body.

"Awooo—!!!"

Han let out the most agonizing scream since the start of the war, his waist and ribs were charred, and one could even vaguely see the scorched white ribs underneath.

His tall body was thrown backward like a tattered sack thrown by a tremendous force, crashing heavily onto the ground dozens of meters away, and then tumbling around a dozen times before finally coming to a stop.

The ominous cloak of tailed beast chakra on his body instantly crumbled, revealing his scarred and battered true form.

He struggled to get up, but due to the severe injury to his waist and the disorder of his chakra, he was unable to stand up for a while.

"It's a success!"

Genma was slightly out of breath, his chest rising and falling.

After a series of high-intensity, extreme dodges, coupled with the final, extremely energy-consuming Fire Release: Rasengan, even with his chakra reserves and stamina, he was now feeling a wave of fatigue wash over him.

Minato's figure appeared instantly beside Genma. Looking at the man who was struggling on the ground and temporarily out of danger, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

The Jinchuriki's tenacity was beyond imagination, but he was more determined to end the battle as quickly as possible: "I must seal him now, or at least completely incapacitate him! Genma, buy me some time!"

"clear!"

Genma responded without hesitation, quickly reaching for his ninja tool pouch with both hands. With a series of swings, a large number of shuriken and senbon were shot out like a storm, accurately forcing back several Iwagakure Jonin who were trying to risk their lives to rush up to rescue Han.

At the same time, he remained highly vigilant, keeping a close eye on Han's movements to prevent a last-ditch counterattack.

Minato quickly formed hand seals, and his chakra began to circulate in a mysterious way, preparing to unleash a powerful sealing technique in order to eliminate the threat of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki once and for all.

However, there seems to be some mysterious connection between the Jinchūriki, right at this crucial moment when the outcome is about to be decided—

"boom!!!"

Another, even more violent and terrifying chakra, filled with the aura of destructive lava, erupted from the other side of the battlefield like a volcano that had been dormant for thousands of years.

The evil and immense power of that chakra far surpassed that of Han, who was half-tailed beast.

With a roar that shook the entire area and made all the Konoha ninjas tremble, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Rōshi, finally abandoned his human form and completed his full tailed beast transformation.

A gigantic ape monster made of scorching lava and dark red chakra—the Four-Tails Son Goku—has suddenly descended upon the battlefield!

Jiraiya and the giant toad Gamabunta had clearly exhausted their strength in the previous battle, and now, after being knocked back by Roshi in his fully transformed tailed beast form, they were obviously no longer able to effectively suppress him.

"Oh no!"

Minato's expression changed drastically, and he had to forcibly interrupt the sealing technique he was about to complete.

His gaze instantly fell on the lava behemoth, and he sensed an unprecedented crisis.

The Four-Tails, in the form of Roshi, opened its massive maw filled with fangs, and terrifying chakra began to frantically converge and compress into it.

A jet-black sphere, containing enough energy to destroy everything, rapidly took shape at a speed visible to the naked eye and grew larger and larger.

Tailed Beast Ball!

The Tailed Beast Ball was aimed directly at the area where Konoha's defenses were most concentrated, and where the wounded and reinforcements were located.

If hit, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"It's too late to seal Han!"

Minato acted decisively, grabbing Genma's shoulder and speaking rapidly, "Genma, retreat! We must stop the Tailed Beast Ball first!"

The Flying Thunder God Technique was activated, and the two figures vanished from their original positions in an instant.

Almost at the same time they left, several Jonin from Iwagakure rushed forward and struggled to drag the heavily injured and unconscious Han back to Iwagakure's main camp.

The next moment, Genma and Minato appeared beside Jiraiya, who was standing ready for battle.

"Well done, kid!"

Jiraiya raised his hand to wipe the grime mixed with sweat and dust from his face, and looked at Genma with undisguised admiration in his eyes.

To be able to severely injure a half-tailed beast Jinchuriki in such a short time is a feat that would make one stand out from all others of the same age.

But his expression immediately turned extremely serious, and his tone became heavy, "But now the trouble is even greater. Old Zi seems to have completely gone mad!"

"The Tailed Beast Ball... is coming!"

Minato's azure eyes were fixed on the black sphere in the Four-Tails' mouth, which had swelled to a terrifying size. Sensing the destructive energy contained within, even he felt a chill run down his spine.

"Is our only option to tough it out?"

Genma looked up at the Tailed Beast Ball, which resembled an invitation from the Grim Reaper, and felt an unprecedented, mountain-like pressure enveloping his entire body, making even breathing difficult.

The battlefield is like a giant meat grinder, where lives are lost every second. The screams, explosions, and the clashing of kunai intertwine to create a cruel symphony of death.

All this commotion seemed to be silenced the moment the pitch-black sphere appeared in the giant mouth of the four-tailed Goku.

That was a power that transcended the realm of ordinary ninjutsu; it was the manifestation of the Tailed Beast's destructive will—the Tailed Beast Ball.

It slowly rotated and expanded, devouring the surrounding light and emanating a terrifying aura that sent shivers down one's spine.

The air distorted because of it, emitting a low, oppressive hum, as if death was whispering in one's ear, announcing the coming of the end.

At the front of Konoha's defensive line, everyone's heart felt as if it were being gripped by an icy hand.

Despair spread among the ninjas like a plague.

Faced with such a catastrophic attack, the power of an individual seems so insignificant and laughable.

Some of the younger ninjas even instinctively stepped back, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

"It's over..."

Such thoughts arose in the minds of many people.

However, amidst this gloom of despair, two figures went against the current.

"No, we still have a chance!"

Minato's voice was resolute, carrying an unquestionable determination.

His azure eyes were fixed on the pitch-black sphere that was rapidly expanding within the Four-Tails' massive maw, radiating an aura of destruction. He explained to Genma in rapid succession, "The Tailed Beast Ball is formed by compressing Yin and Yang chakra in a 2:8 ratio. It is extremely unstable in its early stages. As long as a sufficiently powerful external force is used to precisely impact it, breaking its fragile internal balance, it can be made to explode prematurely! Although this still has destructive power, the damage is much less than if a fully formed Tailed Beast Ball were to hit you directly!"

Genma instantly realized that this was like precisely cutting a hole in the fuse of a barrel of dynamite—a huge risk, but the only way to potentially turn the tide.

"I see!"

Genma nodded emphatically, his eyes sharp as knives, and his chakra began to be refined at an unprecedented speed.

"Ready!"

Minato let out a low shout, and his top-notch combat instincts as "Konoha's Yellow Flash" allowed him to accurately capture the subtle moment when the Four-Tails was about to launch its Tailed Beast Ball.

With a sudden swing of his arm, a specially made trident kunai shot out, its surface wrapped in highly compressed, sharp wind-attribute chakra, transforming it into a blue lightning bolt that tore through the night sky, shooting toward the Four-Tails' head at a speed beyond visual perception.

Almost at the same instant the kunai was released, the Four-Tails let out a deafening roar, unleashing its accumulated destructive energy.

The jet-black Tailed Beast Ball, having detached from the Four-Tails' massive maw, initially moved slowly, then accelerated, carrying an aura of annihilation as it crushed towards the densest and most central area of ​​Konoha's defenses.

Wherever it passed, the space seemed to tremble. Its pure "evil" and "destructive" will brought all those who faced it to the brink of mental collapse.

"Now! Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Minato placed his hand on Genma's shoulder, and in the next moment, time and space shifted. The two figures were erased from their original positions as if by an eraser, and then, amidst the horrified and desperate gazes of all the Konoha ninjas and the ecstatic and expectant gazes of the Iwagakure ninjas, they appeared out of thin air, like ghosts, directly in front of the Tailed Beast Ball that had just accelerated and was radiating destructive energy.

With them practically touching, the energy fluctuations emanating from the Tailed Beast Ball were like a tangible tsunami, violently impacting their bodies and minds.

A burning sensation spread through their skin, as if they were near lava, making it extremely difficult to breathe, and the dense shadow of death seemed about to engulf them completely.

Genma could even clearly "see" the unstable energy flow on the surface of the Tailed Beast Ball surging like black lightning.

"Otama Rasengan!"

Minato roared, a huge sphere of chakra radiating a deep blue light coalescing between his hands.

In this sky shrouded in the darkness of the Tailed Beast Ball, the blue light appeared so dazzling, yet so tiny, like a candle flickering in a storm.

"Fire Release·Super Large Jade Rasengan!!!"

At the same time, Genma gathered all the immense chakra he had refined into his body into his hands and unleashed his strongest attack ever.

Om-! ! !

A massive, dark red fireball, over three meters in diameter, like a miniature sun, suddenly appeared between Genma's hands.

The surface of the fireball was not a simple flame, but a highly condensed, leaping, and destructive arc of electricity. The extreme heat instantly ionized the surrounding air, producing crackling and popping sounds. Its brilliance even temporarily suppressed the darkness of the Tailed Beast Ball, illuminating the two people's faces in a crimson glow.

Without the slightest hesitation, and without even a verbal exchange.

Minato and Genma exchanged glances instantly, a tacit understanding arising spontaneously.

That is the absolute trust that can only be formed by fighting side by side and entrusting each other with life and death.

The two, one on the left and one on the right, like two shooting stars shooting backwards, resolutely hurled their Rasengans, each imbued with their strongest power—one a scorching crimson, the other a pure azure blue—at the pitch-black sphere that represented absolute destruction.