Cutting off his beard and discarding his robe

Uchiha Mai wielded two chakra blades, every slash blazing with fire. Each strike left a wound several meters long on the Four-Tails.

Tailed beasts were indeed masses of chakra. Those wounds alone could not kill one, but they could greatly weaken it.

Repairing wounds and recovering from injuries always consumed chakra.

Under Uchiha Mai and Orochimaru's combined assault, the Four-Tails was suppressed once again, raging helplessly without so much as touching either of them.

"Roar!"

In the end, the Four-Tails could only pound the ground with both fists and unleash Lava Release: Mount Huaguo again, forcing the two back with the wide-area attack.

Orochimaru withdrew, while Uchiha Mai spread the Black-Gold Wings on his back and rose into the sky, looking down upon the Four-Tails and the sea of lava.

"On the day I return to this world, all traitorous subjects shall die."

For some reason, Uchiha Mai could not help reciting that line.

It was the line from Dragon Raja 2 that Little Devil Lu Mingze spoke when he took over Lu Mingfei's body and executed Dragon King Fenrir with Wrath, one of the Seven Sins.

Uchiha Mai thought it suited the occasion perfectly. Also, screw that bastard Yang Zhi.

The tomoe in Consciousness-Only: Sharingan rotated as Spirit Vision activated. The chakra forming the Four-Tails' body became transparent, revealing Roshi hidden within it to Uchiha Mai.

"Innate Time Control: The End of No Ignorance."

Uchiha Mai extended an open hand toward the Four-Tails. Chakra poured out, forming a barrier around Roshi inside its body.

The next instant, time slowed within the barrier. Because he was slowing time, the caster had to endure the world's punishment for as long as the barrier remained active.

Creak, creak... Those were the sounds of his bones grinding under the pressure of the corrective