Shukaku's Death

"We've finally arrived."

Katsuki finally clung to Shukaku's head, sensing the discordant fluctuation hidden within Shukaku's ocean-like Chakra.

That was the aura of Jinchuriki.

"Knock knock knock!"

Shukaku suddenly turned around and started running westward at top speed. Its bulky body displayed unimaginable agility, and the Shira patterns on its body glowed faintly. Gusts of wind swirled between its feet, making each step Shukaku took several times easier.

"Mmm..."

The sudden, intense wind pressure caught Katsuki. The immense pressure caused him to plunge headfirst into the quicksand, which nearly twisted his head off. Fortunately, Katsuki was strong enough and reacted quickly. With his hands wrapped in lightning, he dug and scraped until he finally managed to pull his head out.

In that instant, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Damn it, how could they pull such a trick!"

Katsuki, his back hunched, endured the powerful wind pressure as it howled towards him. He pursed his lips. Shukaku actually knew how to use the reverse wind pressure created by its high-speed movement to deal with him. He truly lived up to his reputation as a monster with so many years of experience; his combat experience was quite rich!

"But... don't underestimate me! I'm not an ordinary human." A series of popping sounds, like beans exploding, came from Katsuki's body as he stood up despite the immense pressure.

"Come on, get ready to receive the big gift I have for you!"

Katsuki's right hand continuously gathered and refined Chakra, a bright and dazzling silver lightning bolt coiled around her fingers and palm, far exceeding the Chakra required by the Lightning Dragon. A continuous stream of Chakra was poured into the lightning, and bursts of popping sounds came from the air around her. This was caused by the collision between the lightning in her palm and the wind pressure blowing in.

"Awooooo!!!"

Shukaku sensed that the little insect above its head was doing something very ominous, which made it instinctively uneasy; it felt a power that could threaten it.

Suddenly halting its forward charge, Shukaku, disregarding all pretense of dignity, unleashed its ferocity and slammed its right claw down hard on its forehead.

"Hey! Only now you're making your move?" Katsuki chuckled. "Too late—!"

His right hand, crackling with lightning, slashed down with the force of a raging fire, plunging deep into the quicksand.

"Great Thunderclap!!!"

A silver bolt of lightning erupted directly from Shukaku's body, accompanied by a heavy sonic boom. In less than the blink of an eye, the silver lightning pierced through Shukaku's body, starting from his forehead and then tearing a large hole in his lower back. The remaining force cracked a large area before exhausting its power.

A straight, smooth tunnel appeared in Shukaku's body.

"Rustle--!!"

Shukaku's raised right claw suddenly crumbled, and a shower of sand began to fall from the sky. Katsuki's feet suddenly sank, and Shukaku's entire body began to disintegrate. In the blink of an eye, it completely collapsed. With a deafening roar, like a magnificent landslide, Shukaku turned into a hill of quicksand.

"Sizzle!"

A silver bolt of lightning shot out from the quicksand hill.

"Ptooey! Whew—I almost suffocated."

Katsuki struggled to climb out of the quicksand.

The Great Thunderclap that pierced through Shukaku's body was not a simple attack; it was aimed at the Jinchuriki hidden inside Shukaku's body. Killing the Jinchuriki was a much more swift and efficient way to kill Shukaku than to expend effort to eliminate him.

Tailed Beast are not simply life forms, but massive aggregates of Chakra. There is no such thing as killing Tailed Beast; the only options are to seal it or to completely shatter its form and disperse its Chakra, which can achieve a temporary death effect. However, after a while Chakra that has been wandering in the world will gather again, and it will be resurrected.

These are the methods. Although Fuinjutsu are the Uzumaki's signature skill, Katsuki's training has always focused on improving his combat power. As for Fuinjutsu, he's only half-knowledgeable!

If they can't seal it, then they have no choice but to kill Shukaku. And compared to destroying Shukaku's physical form, it's obviously easier and faster to just take down the Jinchuriki.

In terms of the result, it's not bad. The One-Tail Jinchuriki was reduced to ashes, leaving not even a trace. It will take some time before Shukaku can be revived.

"However, it seems a bit far from here!"

Katsuki stood atop the hill, looking around at the heavy rain, the desolate landscape, and packs of hyenas roaming in the downpour.

"Well, as expected of Tailed Beast, it has traveled this far in such a short time." Katsuki shook his head. He used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to its limit but still could not sense any familiar Chakra, which meant that he had been taken by Shukaku to a place more than ten kilometers away from Black Tail Mountain.

"Whoosh!!"

Lightning exploded beneath their feet, and a chariot rapidly materialized, lifting Katsuki into the sky. A silver streak of light shot out towards the eastern heavens.

Black Tail Mountain.

A murderous aura soared to the heavens!

The Sand Ninja and Stone Ninja began their retreat, their distinct groups heading northwest and southwest respectively, without interfering with each other.

"Senior Sakumo."

Tsunade strode over, her fair face stained with blood, blood still dripping from her jade-like fists, and an indistinguishable organ hanging from her shoulder.

Her God of Slaughter- like appearance makes it hard to believe that she would develop hemophobia in the future.

"Senior Sakumo, both the Sand Ninja and the Stone Ninja have escaped. Which one should we pursue? Or should we hunt down both?"

She cracked her knuckles, looking like she wanted more.

"Chasing one family is about the limit. Although the Sand and Stone Ninja didn't gain any advantage, our losses were also considerable." Orochimaru walked over slowly, his vest had many holes, but overall it was still relatively clean, much better than Tsunade's murderous aura.

"Where is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

Sakumo didn't respond, but instead questioned the sensory ninjas on either side of him.

"Here we are, teacher! Don't worry, my sister is fine, nothing's wrong with her at all." Katsuki's clone shouted at the top of his lungs and walked over with Kushina. Dan was carried on a stretcher by two Anbu.

"Lady Tsunade, please help me quickly! Teacher Dan- sensei looks like he's about to die!"

Upon seeing Tsunade, the clone excitedly waved its hand.

He was just an avatar and couldn't heal people by bleeding like the original. Kushina also didn't have the skill to heal physical wounds. According to clan records, not every clan member could fully master the skill to heal physical wounds, so they had to carry Dan to Tsunade.

"I haven't hung up yet!" Duan said with a wry smile.

Sakumo ignored the commotion and grabbed Katsuki's clone, asking, "What happened to your main body? What's going on with the One-Tail Beast?"

"Hmm, my main body was carried far away by the One-Tail, beyond my perception range, but I don't think there should be any major problems, since I'm still here!" the clone shrugged and said.