A Girl in Battle

"Hateful!"

Kushina used her tail as a stake to drive it into the ground, her Chakra hands gripping the earth tightly, and the fox's claws leaving clear scratch marks.

The powerful wind pressure rolled over her like a boulder, making it impossible for her to stand up straight!

"Damn it, if it weren't for that old man interfering, we would have already..."

Kushina bit her lip, feeling extremely unwilling to accept it.

She had already suppressed the One-Tail with the Adamantine Sealing Chains, and if she had just a little more time, she could have sealed Shukaku for a period of time. However, Roshi's actions caused her plan to fail.

Not only did the plan fail, but Shukaku also went berserk and went into a rampage.

What to do?

While dodging the storm, Kushina considered her next move. Shukaku's rampage wasn't necessarily a bad thing for her; at least compared to facing the combined attack of the One-Tail and the Four-Tails, her current situation was already quite good!

"Hmm? This is..."

Kushina narrowed her eyes slightly; more than a dozen extraordinary Chakra were rapidly approaching from the ground.

"Stone Ninja and Sunagakure ninja?"

It was obvious that the people who came from underground were up to no good. Under such circumstances, being surrounded and attacked by a group of Jonin, Kushina couldn't help but frown. She couldn't take it!

The wind was beginning to weaken. Even the One-Tail couldn't maintain a storm of this size for long. Maintaining this level of Ninjutsu would consume an astronomical amount of chakra, which would be a huge burden for Chakra. Shukaku, being Jinchuriki Kushina, was well aware of this.

Tailed Beast's Chakra isn't truly inexhaustible; it's just that due to its enormous quantity and extremely fast recovery speed, it does appear bottomless. However, if the rate of depletion exceeds the rate of recovery, it's not impossible for their Chakra to be exhausted. This applies to both Tailed Beast and humans.

The crimson color faded, and one of her tails, which had been stuck in the ground like a stake, disappeared. Kushina deactivated her Four-Tails form and reverted to her three-tailed form!

Maintaining the Four-Tails form for an extended period puts immense pressure on her nervous system. If this continues, she herself might go berserk like Shukaku, with the Tailed Beast's will replacing the Jinchuriki's will to control her body.

Is it a case of "when it rains, it pours"?

Kushina couldn't help but criticize herself, her heart heavy.

Her senses were excellent, and she naturally knew that there were protectors lurking not far behind her, all of them Jonin- level experts. However, compared to the Stone Ninja and Sand ninjas who were attacking, they were completely outnumbered. They couldn't even muster enough people to make up three of them, let alone the One-Tail and Four-Tails.

"Water Release, Water Shockwave."

As the wind weakened, Kushina suddenly straightened up, standing on the ground against the gale. Her hands quickly Hand Seals, and a swirling water ripple appeared beneath her feet, like a spring that had been dug open, gushing out water. In just a few breaths, it created a magnificent wave, which then surged outwards at an astonishing speed.

"Shadow Clone Technique"

A series of firecracker-like explosions rang out, and clones clad in Tailed Beast Cloak stood atop the waves, rapidly moving in all directions.

"You damned Sand Ninja, I'll definitely soak every single one of your bones in magma and burn them to ashes..."

Hidden underground, Roshi silently cursed the Sand Village ninja. This mad tanuki was indiscriminate in its dealings with friend and foe, and almost dragged him into the mess as well. Luckily, he managed to escape by burrowing underground. His resentment towards the Sand Village ninja now even surpassed that towards Konoha.

"However... should we take down the Nine-Tails Beast first, hmm?"

Just as he was pondering, a creaking sound came from the rock above.

"Not good!"

A sense of crisis suddenly surged within him, and Roshi reacted instantly. His right fist, enveloped in lava, melted the surrounding soil as he met the torrent pouring down from above...

Boom!!

A deafening roar shook the earth violently, and white steam billowed into the sky, filling the air with a white mist that even the fierce winds exhaled by Shukaku couldn't carry away quickly enough, obscuring everyone's vision.

This startled even the frenzied Shukaku, causing it to immediately halt its waning Ninjutsu and take two steps back, its heavy body struggling to catch its breath before continuing its attack. Tailed Beast are monsters, not machines, and even machines need to dissipate heat when they overheat.

One, Suppression!

Kushina clenched her fist secretly, suppressing the excitement of wanting to punch and shout.

The Second Hokage's Ninjutsu scrolls are truly impressive. Not only do they record many powerful Water Release Ninjutsu, but they also analyze the properties of water as a substance in great detail. The technique he used against Roshi was a steam explosion, which is an explosion caused by the rapid boiling of a liquid generating excessive heat.

Speaking of which, the application of the properties of steam explosion seems to have originated from the Second Mizukage of Kirigakure. According to the scroll, the Second Mizukage had a Ninjutsu that used Steam Explosion to kill enemies. Its power was terrifying, which even tempted the Second Hokage, a Ninjutsu development fanatic, and he studied it. Unfortunately, he died in battle before he could achieve any results.

Kushina was only trying it out, after all, steam explosions require specific conditions: a sealed environment and extremely high temperatures to cause the liquid to boil rapidly, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to cause an explosion. She was gambling.

"It's not time yet. That old man is Jinchuriki; he can't die so easily. We need to hurry..."

Bang!

Kushina leaped backward swiftly, and a series of sand projectiles landed on the water where she had just stood, splashing up a spray of water.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique"

"Water Release: Water Fang Bullet Technique"

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The Shadow Clone charged towards Shukaku, riding the surging waves. One Ninjutsu after another was unleashed, and the blue-green water dragons manifested as claws and fangs were more than twenty meters long. They crashed heavily into Shukaku's legs. One or two of them were insignificant to Shukaku's massive body, but when the number increased to a dozen or twenty, they crashed into him at the same time.

Even Shukaku couldn't remain indifferent to this.

Its heavy body staggered backward, its thick tail lashing the ground. Shukaku managed to keep from falling, otherwise it would have been difficult to get up after falling.

Logically, Tailed Beast should be extremely agile, but Shukaku's Jinchuriki has not completely loosened the reins. In other words, Shukaku is still bound by a layer of restraint, making it unable to move freely and stiff like a puppet. In short, Shukaku is now similar to a fixed turret.

"Those wretched crawlers."

Shukaku lashed out with its tail, its arms lashing out in the air, unleashing a torrent of sand bullets that mercilessly cleansed the earth below.

One after another, the Shadow Clone were unable to dodge and were swallowed up by the dense sand bullets, turning into white smoke and dissipating.

"It's not over yet!"

The girl roared!