Guiding the trio's training through the night, the group boarded a ninja eagle the next day and flew straight toward the Land of Fire.
After a year of training and modification, Little Black's physical size had further increased, and its speed had also improved greatly.
Furthermore, Little Black was the very first experimental subject—no, beneficiary—of the fairy lotus seeds. It acquired Tai Release, a fusion of the Yang and Wind releases, which granted it powerful attack capability while further boosting its flight speed.
Tai Release was a bloodline material Orochimaru had collected, and Tamura Hiroshi had fused it with the Seven-Tails.
Among the nine tailed beasts, the One-Tail possessed Magnet Release, the Two-Tails possessed Flame Release, the Four-Tails possessed Lava Release, the Five-Tails possessed Boil Release, the Six-Tails possessed Lava Release and Boil Release, and the remaining Three-Tails, Seven-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails possessed no elemental ninjutsu.
However, the Eight-Tails possessed Yang Release, granting it powerful explosive strength, while the Nine-Tails possessed both Yang Release and Yin Release, making it the strongest among the nine tailed beasts.
Tamura Hiroshi supplemented the tailed beast power he had acquired: he fused the Yuki Clan's Ice Release cells into the Three-Tails, giving it a weak Ice Release; he fused a weak Tai Release into the Seven-Tails; and he fused a weak Steel Release into the Eight-Tails.
The Nine-Tails could not be fused; its inherent Yin and Yang releases had a high degree of repulsion toward other bloodlines.
Although the fused bloodlines were very weak, they served as seeds that could be enhanced through training. Tamura Hiroshi had already used the cursed seals provided by Orochimaru to forge consciousnesses for the powers of the nine tailed beasts, enabling them to cultivate autonomously.
They were still a long way off, having not even guided the tailed