Planning to Capture Ōnoki Alive?

Sage Art Adamantine Sealing Chains coiled layer upon layer, firmly pinning the mountain-sized Four-Tails to the ground.

Each struggle of its lava-like body made the chains hum as golden light flowed across them, yet it could not shake this unbreakable restraint.

Minamoto Takuya looked tiny before the Four-Tails' enormous body, yet he carried an unquestionable pressure.

He slowly approached, his calm gaze meeting the Four-Tails' blazing giant eyes.

Unexpectedly, what churned within those eyes was not towering fury, but a resignation bordering on acceptance, along with quiet exhaustion.

The Four-Tails' deep voice echoed through the valley, slightly hoarse. "I was outmatched and defeated by you. I have nothing to say. Take what you want..."

It gave up its futile struggle, lowering its massive head slightly as though casting off an immense burden.

Minamoto Takuya said nothing. He merely extended a hand and firmly pressed it against the Four-Tails' scorching, rock-patterned hide.

In an instant, the dormant chakra around him erupted!

Countless ink-black Seals, flickering with a ghostly glow, spread and branded themselves across the Four-Tails' limbs and body like living vines, wildly growing from his palm.

In mere moments, the Tailed Beast's enormous body was completely covered in dense, strange, profound black Seals.

Minamoto Takuya withdrew his hand and formed seals.

"Sealing Jutsu - Chakra Severing Technique!"

Buzz!

The black Seals covering the Four-Tails' entire body lit up in response, bursting with blinding light!

Almost at the same instant, the Four-Tails let out a pain-filled howl as violent as a landslide and tsunami!

This was no longer an angry roar, but a heart-rending scream arising from the very source of its life!

Tailed Beasts were lifeforms condensed from the purest chakra.

The Secret Technique Minamoto Takuya was using was not a simple extraction of energy. It was like using an