Fortune Favors the Bold!

RUMBLE!

At terrifying speed, Kushina appeared directly in front of the Cloud Shinobi, blocking their escape route.

This filled the mercenary ninja corps with dread.

"Ignore the monster! There are so many of us, she can't possibly kill us all instantly. Break through!"

When ordinary humans encounter wild beasts, you don't need to defeat the beast; you just need to be faster than everyone else.

The elites of this mercenary ninja corps, who were also from the Land of Lightning, decisively chose to abandon the ninjas they had recruited from across the Shinobi World.

However, from a distance, Uzumaki Kushina roared, and her fourth tail gradually emerged completely. At the same time, her skin showed signs of being burned by dark red chakra.

Her skin and blood turned into black ash under the terrifying Tailed Beast chakra, and a black sphere formed around her, visible to the naked eye.

"Run!"

The mercenary ninjas panicked. Though they didn't know what was happening, this instinctive fear was never wrong.

Meanwhile, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade shouted:

"Everyone maintain a safe distance! Jonin, prepare to assist Tsunade with the Fuinjutsu!"

RUMBLE!

Just then, the black sphere revealed its occupant: a terrifying figure resembling a small Nine-Tails. In the next moment, it swung its arms with all its might, and the earth shook.

The ground cracked, a large area of forest exploded instantly, and terrifying broken trees filled the air. Simultaneously, this terrifying attack generated a powerful hurricane.

It even cleared a large area.

"Defend quickly!"

Facing the terrifying aftermath of the battle, with countless branches blown by the hurricane, all the ninjas cried out in alarm, and numerous ninjas began to cast ninjutsu for defense.

Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall

Uchiha Yoru hurriedly cast an earth style defense, while other ninjas also put up defenses, and some hid behind defensive ninjutsu together.

"What kind of monster is this!"

Shikaku Nara, hiding behind the earth wall, stared into the distance in terror and couldn't help but exclaim.

Although they were from the second generation of Konoha's prominent families, they had heard of Jinchuriki, but they had never witnessed such terrifying combat.

After all, Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Mito, had always been a deterrent and had never appeared on the battlefield.

"This! This is a Jinchuriki!"

Minato Namikaze, witnessing such a terrifying scene for the first time, had a look of stunned disbelief.

This terrifying power had surpassed their understanding!

Let alone them, even Uchiha Yoru, who knew that ninjas could become powerful enough to be like gods, couldn't help but be awestruck when facing it directly.

Knowing and experiencing it firsthand were two completely different concepts.

"No good! It's a Tailed Beast Ball!"

Tsunade's surprised cry came from a distance. Uzumaki Kushina, who was lying on the ground and had transformed into a small Nine-Tails, suddenly formed a black chakra sphere in her mouth.

Instantly, the Tailed Beast Ball compressed and shrunk. This qualitative change in chakra caused the surrounding ground to collapse violently.

The next moment!

ROAR!

With a roar, the Tailed Beast Ball was swallowed, and then, towards the direction the mercenary ninjas were fleeing, she opened her mouth wide.

Instantly!

Under the stunned and shocked gazes of countless people, a blinding, sky-piercing white light illuminated the world, making all things dim.

The next moment!

RUMBLE!

Following the dazzling light came the terrifying, world-destroying rumble. The shockwave from the terrifying explosion swept over.

RUMBLE!

The massive shockwave, like a natural disaster in the form of a hurricane, made the surrounding trees sway. Nearby trees were uprooted.

"Can... can we really participate in a battle like this!"

"Monster! Monster! Kushina is a monster!"

The Tailed Beast Ball came and went quickly!

As the rolling dust and smoke dispersed, revealing the traces in the distance, countless ninjas stared with stunned and terrified eyes.

"This! This is simply a monster!"

Uchiha Yoru, standing on a large tree and witnessing this scene firsthand, his pupils suddenly constricted!

A large area of forest was wiped out, and even the ground was gouged out three to four meters deep.

A vast expanse of forest was instantly erased!

The destructive power of this attack was so immense that even ordinary Earth Style ninjutsu used for concealment wouldn't be enough to evade it; they would simply be obliterated by the Tailed Beast Ball.

The group of mercenary ninjas who had been shouting just moments before were now silent, their distant, smoke-billowing scorched earth devoid of even the chirp of an insect after a single Tailed Beast Ball.

"This is the ultimate weapon, the Jinchuriki!"

Orochimaru, witnessing the terrifying power of a Tailed Beast for the first time, felt a surge of greed in his golden eyes after his initial shock.

"Five squads, go scout for survivors."

Orochimaru wouldn't pass up this opportunity.

Even under the Tailed Beast Ball, some ninjas were lucky enough to be on the edge of the blast radius, or some Jonin managed to quickly use ninjutsu to escape.

After all, there were too many varied ninjutsu techniques used by ninjas. However, any ninja who survived such an attack was indeed fortunate, having avoided the epicenter.

As the Tailed Beast Ball exploded, revealing Uzumaki Kushina's figure, it was clear that her fourth tail had vanished. Since she wasn't the true Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the excessive chakra consumption had caused her to revert to her Three-Tails state.

"This is bad! If Kushina depletes this chakra, her life will be in danger!"

Tsunade shouted upon seeing this, her eyes filled with anxiety.

Damn it! I was careless!

I thought I'd let Kushina grow a bit and resolve some of her inner turmoil, but I never expected her to go berserk like this.

This state of adapting to the Nine-Tails chakra sealed within her body meant that if the tailed beast chakra inside her was depleted, it would be akin to forcefully extracting the Tailed Beast. Uzumaki Kushina would face only one outcome.

Death!

Boom!

In her Three-Tails state, Uzumaki Kushina's form was human-like, but her skin was scorched by the Nine-Tails chakra, her face particularly red from the burns.

However, even in her Three-Tails state, Uzumaki Kushina's low growls indicated she hadn't regained her sanity.

Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld

Shadow Snake Hands

With Jiraiya and Orochimaru working together, Earth Style ninjutsu restrained Uzumaki Kushina, while Orochimaru's Snake Ninjutsu controlled her.

"Careful, Tsunade! Retreat!"

The moment countless pythons wrapped around Kushina, Orochimaru seemed to sense something and shouted sternly.

Tsunade, who was holding a Talisman Seal and preparing to rush forward, suddenly heard Orochimaru's stern warning.

She watched as the pythons entwined around Kushina began to vaporize before her eyes.

"Captain Tsunade!"

Just then, a familiar shout came from the side. A black silhouette flashed by, followed by a flying tree trunk.

Tsunade used the flying tree trunk to propel herself backward, changing her direction with a powerful kick. She then yelled at the figure emerging from the side:

"Kid, this isn't a battle you should be involved in! Get to a safe distance!"

The one who had thrown the tree trunk from afar was Uchiha Yoru. Facing Tsunade's stern warning, his expression was filled with determination.

In this ninja world where strength reigned supreme, proving his true Will of Fire in front of everyone was how he would gain immense power.

As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold!

With my Sage Body and the Shinobi World's number one healer, Tsunade, as long as I have a breath left!

I'll go for broke!

With that thought, Uchiha Yoru took a deep breath, the one-tomoe in his eyes filled with resolve.

"I, Uchiha Yoru, will never abandon my comrades!"

Though it sounded foolish, Uchiha Yoru knew that in this sick and twisted ninja world, this kind of sentiment was precisely what worked.

"Watch out!"

Tsunade suddenly exclaimed, and in an instant, a red figure lunged towards her.

"Me!"

As Uchiha Yoru was passionately shouting, his pupils contracted. Uzumaki Kushina, clad in a Tailed Beast Cloak, was charging at him.

How fast is a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who has detonated her Three-Tails?

He knew!

His one-tomoe Sharingan could only perceive a blur of red light. Before his brain could even process, the figure was already in front of his face!