Battle Between Man and Beast

Seeing that Mokui was seriously injured, Shuichi quickly created a Shadow Clone to heal him.

Zhu, who was locked in combat with the enemy, did not seek personal glory. When his opponent's mind was distracted by the changing situation, he quickly retreated. Now that Shuichi had arrived, it would be difficult for the opponent to escape.

"Lord Shuichi, that guy is Lava Release: Roshi. We took down one of them before, but they've been relentlessly pursuing us..."

Zhu gave him a concise report. Shuichi knew who this guy was, but he didn't expect him to be so angry. "This is an opportunity. Let me see how much you value your comrades."

"Your Rasengan didn't kill Roshi, did it?" Mokui coughed twice. "What do you plan to do with the rest of them?"

Shuichi's lips curled up. "Of course I didn't kill him. If I wanted to, I would add Wind Release to the attack. He should still be able to get up now. As for the rest, I'll cripple them first, then do a little test..."

On the field, the Stone Ninja dared not make a move. The reinforcements from the opposing side were ridiculously strong, defeating Roshi and Kawaishi in just two moves. Their unbelievable speed left them completely clueless about how to deal with them...

"Whoosh!"

Upon seeing Shuichi's first move, one of the Stone Ninja threw out a large number of ninja tools and ran towards Roshi, while the other three surrounded him, intending to attack the immobile Mokui to buy time for their teammates.

"It seems they don't know much about the Flying Thunder God Technique. During the Third Shinobi War, the Jinchuriki team didn't appear on the battlefield because they were wary of Minato?" Shuichi thought to himself.

Although he was thinking about something, it didn't affect his actions. His Shadow Clone immediately stopped the treatment and quickly moved to Kakashi's side with Mokui and Zhu Fei, while his main body burst out with chakra and rushed to the Hand Seals Stone Ninja was forming hand seals, kicking him away like a cannonball.

As he turned around, two more Senbon were fired. A ninja with Stone Ninja intently at him when suddenly Shuichi appeared in front of him, still holding his own Senbon in his hand.

"Too arrogant! Die!" The Stone Ninja swung his sword with all his might, but the opponent simply raised his arm to block the blade. Instead, Iwa's hands were jolted back, feeling as if they had hit a rock. His hands went numb and he almost lost his grip on the sword.

After parrying, Shuichi grabbed the opponent's wrist and used his Explosion Release to blast apart the internal muscles. While the enemy was in pain, he delivered a side kick that struck the opponent's head with a thud. After releasing his grip, the man collapsed to the ground.

The ninja running towards Roshi was still halfway there when he heard a series of loud thuds of fists colliding behind him. The sight that came when he turned around made his eyes widen.

Several teammates lay sprawled on the ground, their fates unknown, while a visible gust of wind reached their rear. At such close range, there was no time to dodge; after a scream, the storm was swept even further away.

Roshi, who had been hit by the Rasengan earlier, got up while clutching his abdomen. His Lava Release Chakra Mode dissipated due to loss of control. If it weren't for the defensive power provided by Lava Release, that attack would probably have killed him.

"How could this be? And who are you?"

The fact that his team was almost completely wiped out in such a short time was unacceptable to Roshi. All sorts of negative emotions surged into his heart, and his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.

With a gurgling sound, red chakra appeared all over his body, the surrounding tree branches were blown away, and the wound on his abdomen began to heal slowly.

That wasn't all; beneath the Tailed Beast Cloak, a massive amount of lava surged forth, the overflowing scorching magma turning the ground pitch black, its eyes fixed on Shuichi as he approached, like those of a wild beast.

"Come on, I'll stand right here!" Shuichi looked at him with great interest, hoping to get a closer look at how the Jinchuriki changed during the battle.

Roshi Hand Seals and roared, the lava beneath his feet churning and rising into the air, transforming into a red waterfall that pressed down on Shuichi.

Water Release: Water Wave!

Shuichi didn't dodge; the slow-moving Lava Release technique was practically useless against him. But now he could play along with his opponent.

"Splash..." Even a mere C-rank Ninjutsu displayed astonishing power in his hands. The water he spat out instantly formed a massive wave, far surpassing his opponent's lava river in both height and volume. "Sizzle..."

The two streams of water, one red and one blue, collided instantly. Upon contact, the water was quickly vaporized by the high temperature. However, the subsequent waves seemed endless, not only dissolving the powerful impact of the lava but also pushing it back towards Roshi's location.

With Shuichi Yi leaped to the top of the wave, directing the waterfall from high above as it crashed down on Roshi below, "Boom!"

The entire battlefield was filled with a chaotic mix of water, soil, and mudslides. The surrounding trees were blown to pieces, and an ordinary person would probably think that some kind of natural disaster had occurred there.

Shuichi remained suspended in the air. It was unlikely that he could drown Roshi with his Water Release. The lava cooled and turned into rock to protect him. He hadn't brought Samehada with him today, and he didn't need to waste time slowly wearing him down.

Seeing through his X-ray vision that Roshi was about to break free of the rock, Shuichi immediately swooped down from the sky, wielding another Rasengan, and slammed both himself and the rock into the ground.

With a loud bang, a large circular pit was dug out of the flattened ground; with a little water added, it could probably become a small fish pond...

Shuichi landed on the edge of the circular pit. Inside the pit, Roshi's Tailed Beast Cloak had disappeared, and he lay on the ground, trembling with difficulty. Controlling the Rasengan to injure without killing was truly a skill, though it wasn't difficult for him.

"Thump!" An unconscious Stone Ninja was thrown next to Roshi. Sensing something, he looked up shakily and saw that it was indeed one of his friends and trusted partners who had known him for many years, but now his fate was unknown.

Shuichi down and stood in front of him, a wicked smile on his face. He kicked the man, "Poor thing, I almost smashed his head in. I brought him here to keep you company, so you'd better thank me!"

"Ugh, ugh..." Roshi's body shook violently, his fists clenched tightly to support himself on the ground, but his injuries could not be healed for a while, causing him intense pain.

Shuichi lifted the man up again, took out Kunai and stabbed him directly, spraying blood all over Roshi's face. "Looks like your pain isn't deep enough, then I'll add some more fuel to the fire!"

"Boom..." Powerful chakra erupted from the crater. In the distance, Mokui and the others immediately heard a monstrous roar. Speechless, they said to Shuichi, "So the other side is Jinchuriki. Are you bored? Why did you provoke him like that?"

"You don't understand." Shuichi's Shadow Clone looked in a certain direction. A small red figure with two tails was lying on the ground like a puppy. The impact of its chakra even affected them.

"Only two tails? Looks like this is all it can go. I'm a little disappointed."

Watching the earth shake as his main body and the little red beast fought, he sighed helplessly, "I guess I won't get the tail meat today. I wonder if Roshi can Complete Tailed Beast Transformation after another 10 years of training. Anyway, he's just weak!"

Shuichi, his hands wrapped in Magnet Release White Sand as if wearing boxing gloves, was engaged in a human-dog boxing match with Roshi, who was in his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, until the third tail appeared, at which point he decided not to continue.

"Alright, let's leave a jutsu on him and collect some flesh and blood tissue while we're at it. There's no need to rush the Four-Tails' chakra."

Just as Mokui's injuries were being treated, several strange, crisp sounds came from afar. This didn't attract anyone's attention, but then the scene instantly quieted down. The battle ended so quickly?

"Why did you stop playing?"

Shuichi threw Roshi to the ground, Kakashi noticed that there were small holes in his hands and feet, and blood was slowly flowing out.

"There are people heading this way, and quite a few of them. I guess it's reinforcements from Iwagakure," Shuichi explained. "As the frontline commander, my orders are to end the battle as quickly as possible. Now that their Jinchuriki has delivered himself to our doorstep, it's a perfect opportunity."

Within his perception range, he had already sensed several small teams approaching. Clearly, the commotion caused by the Tailed Beast Power was too great, making them easy to spot.