False Sleep Technique: Shukaku Appears

Bang!

In the Possession Body state, Gaara's defense increased dramatically.

The Sand Dragon formed from the sand Chiba had seized control of was actually quite powerful, but when it struck Gaara, it still sent him flying and inflicted considerable injuries, leaving his entire body drenched in blood.

"Blood... my blood?"

Yet Gaara, who had been truly injured for the first time in his life, stared fixedly at the blood that belonged to him. His expression instantly became one of disbelief, and his gaze grew increasingly crazed.

Before today, Gaara had never imagined that the sand which had always protected him and helped him kill countless people could have its control forcibly seized by someone else.

Nor had he expected anyone to be able to truly injure him.

Shock, fear, excitement, rage... all sorts of emotions surged from the depths of Gaara's heart.

A terrifying storm was also brewing within him.

Outside the Four Violet Flames Formation!

"So this is the Tenseigan?"

Rasa's expression was extremely grave at this moment.

Although, due to his age, Gaara's ability to control sand was inferior to his own Magnet Release: Gold Sand,

the fact that Hyuga Chiba could forcibly seize Gaara's control over sand by manipulating Gravity and Repulsion likewise left him deeply shocked.

Moreover, according to the intelligence sent from Konoha, once Hyuga Chiba activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, his ability to manipulate Gravity would only become even stronger.

"It seems I underestimated the Tenseigan before."

Though unwilling, Rasa had no choice but to admit it.

Then, his gaze fell upon Orochimaru, Kimimaro, and Gaara within the Four Violet Flames Formation as he murmured, "In that case, let them probe Hyuga Chiba's Tenseigan further."

"Orochimaru is one of Konoha's Sannin, after all. Even if he truly cannot deal with Hyuga Chiba, he can still wear down his Chakra."

"Gaara... this failure should be about to become Shukaku's Complete Body, right?"

Although doing so would increase the risk of Hyuga Chiba becoming the next One-Tailed Jinchuriki,

Rasa did not believe Hyuga Chiba possessed the ability to transfer the Shukaku sealed within Gaara into himself.

As for Hyuga Chiba using the Tenseigan to seize One-Tail's Chakra?

Rasa recalled that, according to the intelligence from Konoha, Hyuga Chiba had only demonstrated the ability to completely extract Chakra from a target's body once.

But extracting it did not mean he could make that Chakra his own, did it?

If anything unexpected truly happened, Rasa could also find a way to break the Four Violet Flames Formation from outside and attack Hyuga Chiba!

Inside the Four Violet Flames Formation!

"Chiba-kun, I truly didn't expect your Gravity and Repulsion to reach such a level."

Orochimaru stared at Hyuga Chiba floating in the air, his interest in the latter's Tenseigan growing ever stronger. "Those are truly splendid eyes."

"Then... I'll gladly take them!"

"Great Snake Summoning Technique!"

Before his words had even faded, Orochimaru's figure instantly vanished. In his place appeared a massive white snake with his head, its body composed of countless tiny white snakes.

Immediately afterward, a Kusanagi Sword shot from Orochimaru's enormous maw. Its blade extended at incredible speed, stabbing toward Chiba.

"Shinra: Rotation Air Palm!"

Seeing this, Chiba spun rapidly in midair, creating a small inner Green Tornado and a larger outer White Tornado.

Combined with the powerful repulsion of Shinra Tensei, the attack range and power of Shinra: Rotation Air Palm far surpassed the Eight Trigrams: Kaiten Air Palm he had used more than once before.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The next moment, Orochimaru, the Giant Snake he had summoned, Kimimaro, and even Gaara, who was about to completely go berserk, all felt themselves struck by a violent impact. Their bodies were sent flying backward until they crashed into the Purple Rectangular Barrier behind them.

"Argh!"

Then, scorched by the flames of the purple barrier, which had already become covered in spiderweb-like cracks from that impact and seemed on the verge of collapsing, Orochimaru and the others could not help letting out pained screams.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

Gaara, already on the verge of a mental collapse, went completely mad. In an instant, he transformed into a massive creature covered in curse-mark patterns, resembling something between a raccoon dog and a tanuki.

It was none other than One-Tail Shukaku!

One of the Nine Tailed Beasts, ranked in the upper middle tier of strength!

And after Shukaku appeared, the Four Violet Flames Formation could no longer hold and immediately dispersed.

The Sound Four all spat blood as well, clearly having suffered considerable backlash.

"False Sleep Technique!"

The next moment, driven by intense rage and killing intent, half of Gaara's body rapidly emerged from atop Shukaku's head. He directly performed the technique, temporarily putting himself to sleep.

In this state, Shukaku could completely take control of the body and unleash his true strength.

The drawback was that Gaara would be entirely unable to restrain Shukaku. What the latter did would depend entirely on his mood.

Of course, at this moment, Gaara only wanted to kill Hyuga Chiba, who had forcibly seized control of his sand and caused him to be truly injured for the first time.

He did not care about anything else.

Conversely, if Shukaku really could destroy Sunagakure after killing Hyuga Chiba, Gaara would only be even happier.

"Hahahaha!"

"I'm finally out!"

As Gaara fell asleep, Shukaku, having regained control of his body, was immediately as delighted as a child weighing several thousand—perhaps even several million—tons.

Then he raised a hand, pointed at Chiba in the air, and shouted, "How wonderful! The moment I get out, I find someone I want to kill!"

"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"

A massive sphere of wind packed with enormous amounts of Chakra shot from Shukaku's mouth, aimed directly at Chiba.

"Shukaku, you've finally appeared."

Rather than being alarmed, Chiba was delighted. His voice brimmed with excitement and anticipation as he said, "From now on, part of your Chakra will completely become mine."

"Tenseigan Chakra Mode, activate!"

Boom!

Enormous Tenseigan Chakra erupted violently from Chiba's body, and a layer of green Tenseigan Chakra Cloak once again appeared around him.

Six Truth-Seeking Orbs covered in green Tenseigan Chakra also appeared, floating behind him.

One of the Truth-Seeking Orbs swiftly moved before Chiba after appearing, extending into a round green shield that easily blocked Shukaku's Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet.

"Is this... the Sage of Six Paths' power?"

Shukaku's expression immediately changed at the sight. Then he reacted. "No, the Sage of Six Paths' eyes and Chakra Cloak were not green."

"And this guy's level of power doesn't seem to have reached the Six Paths level?"

"While I was sleeping inside this brat's body, I vaguely heard that someone possessed a Tenseigan on the same level as the Rinnegan, and that his target was the Chakra within me?"