False Sleep Technique, Shukaku Appears

"Peng!"

In his Possession Body state, Gaara's defensive power increased significantly.

The Sand Dragon formed from the sand Chiba had seized control of possessed no small amount of power, but as it slammed into Gaara, it still sent him flying backward. He suffered considerable injuries, his entire body drenched in blood.

"Blood... my blood?"

However, having truly been injured for the first time in his life, Gaara stared fixedly at the blood on his body that belonged to him. His expression instantly turned one of disbelief, and his gaze grew increasingly manic.

Before today, Gaara had never imagined that the sand, which had always protected him and served as the instrument for him to kill countless others, could actually have its control forcibly snatched away by someone else.

He was even more shocked that someone could actually injure him.

Shock, fear, excitement, anger—all sorts of emotions surged from the depths of Gaara's heart at once.

A terrifying storm was brewing within him.

Outside the Four Violet Flames Formation!

"Is this the Tenseigan?"

Rasa's expression was very grave at this moment.

Although Gaara's ability to control sand was not yet on par with his own Magnet Release: Gold Dust due to his age, the fact that Hyuga Chiba could forcibly seize control of Gaara's sand by manipulating gravity and repulsion was equally shocking to him.

Furthermore, according to intelligence from Konoha, once Hyuga Chiba activated the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, his gravity and control abilities would only grow stronger.

"It seems I underestimated the Tenseigan before."

Rasa was unwilling to admit it, but he had no choice but to do so now.

Immediately, his gaze fell upon Orochimaru, Kimimaro, and Gaara inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, and he whispered to himself, "Since that's the case, let them further test the limits of Hyuga Chiba's Tenseigan."

"Orochimaru is one of the Sannin of Konoha, after all. Even if he truly cannot deal with Hyuga Chiba, he can at least deplete his Chakra."

"Gaara... this failure should be about to transform into the complete body of Shukaku, right?"

Even though this would increase the risk of Hyuga Chiba becoming the new One-Tailed Jinchuriki, Rasa did not believe that Hyuga Chiba possessed the ability to transfer the Shukaku sealed within Gaara's body into his own.

As for Hyuga Chiba being able to use the Tenseigan to steal the One-Tail's Chakra?

Rasa remembered that in the intelligence mentioned by Konoha, Hyuga Chiba had only displayed the ability to completely extract the Chakra from within a target once.

Just because he could extract it, that didn't mean he could make that Chakra his own, right?

If any accidents were to occur, Rasa could also find a way to break the Four Violet Flames Formation from the outside, thereby launching an attack on Hyuga Chiba!

Inside the Four Violet Flames Formation!

"Chiba-kun, I really didn't expect your Gravity/Repulsion to be capable of reaching this level."

Orochimaru stared at Hyuga Chiba, who was hovering in mid-air, his interest in the latter's Tenseigan growing increasingly intense. What truly remarkable eyes.

"In that case—I won't be polite about taking them!"

"Great Snake Summoning Technique!"

Before the words had even faded, Orochimaru's figure vanished instantly. Replacing him was a giant white snake with his head, its body composed of countless small white snakes.

Immediately following this, a Grass Sword was spat out from the giant snake's mouth, its tip extending at extreme speed to pierce toward Chiba.

"Shinra Rotation Palm!"

Seeing this, Chiba spun his body rapidly in the air, forming a small green tornado on the inner perimeter, and a large white tornado on the outer perimeter.

Coupled with the powerful Repulsion of the Almighty Push, the attack range and destructive power of the Shinra Rotation Palm far exceeded the Eight Trigrams Rotation Palm he had used more than once before.

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

The next moment, Orochimaru, the giant snake he had summoned, Kimimaro, and even Gaara, who was on the verge of a complete rampage, all felt a violent impact. Their bodies were sent flying backward, only stopping when they collided with the purple rectangular barrier behind them.

"Ah!"

Following that, under the scorching flames of the purple barrier—which was already covered in spiderweb-like cracks from the previous impact and seemed on the verge of collapsing—Orochimaru and the others couldn't help but let out agonizing screams.

"Kill you, I'll kill you!"

Gaara, already on the brink of a mental breakdown, went completely insane. In an instant, he transformed into a giant creature covered in Curse Mark patterns, its appearance somewhat resembling a raccoon dog or a tanuki.

This was none other than the One-Tail, Shukaku!

Among the nine Tailed Beasts, it was an existence with strength in the upper-middle tier!

As soon as Shukaku appeared, the Four Violet Flames Formation could no longer hold up and dissipated on the spot.

The Sound Four all coughed up blood; it was clear they had suffered a significant impact.

"False Sleep Technique!"

The next moment, driven by intense inner rage and killing intent, Gaara's upper body quickly emerged from the top of Shukaku's head. He immediately performed the ninjutsu, forcing himself into a temporary state of sleep.

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

The drawback was that Gaara would be completely unable to restrain Shukaku; whatever the latter chose to do 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 his first real injury.

Everything else was irrelevant to him.

Conversely, if Shukaku could actually wipe out Sunagakure after killing Hyuga Chiba, Gaara would only be even happier.

"Hahaha!"

"I'm finally out!"

Soon, as Gaara drifted off to sleep, Shukaku regained control of the body and was instantly as happy as a child weighing thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands of tons.

He immediately pointed a hand at Chiba and shouted into the air, "How wonderful! The moment I come out, I find the person I want to kill!"

"Wind Style: Air Bullet!"

A massive wind sphere containing a vast amount of Chakra shot out from Shukaku's mouth, aimed directly at Chiba.

"Shukaku, you've finally appeared."

Seeing this, Chiba was not alarmed but delighted instead. His tone was filled with intense excitement and anticipation as he spoke, "From now on, a portion of your Chakra will become my property."

"Tenseigan Chakra Mode, activate!"

BOOM!

A massive amount of Tenseigan Chakra erupted violently from Chiba's body, and a green Tenseigan Chakra Cloak manifested around him once again.

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

One of the Truth-Seeking Orbs quickly moved in front of Chiba after appearing, extending into a circular green shield that easily blocked Shukaku's "Wind Style: Air Bullet."

"This is... the power of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Seeing this, Shukaku's expression changed instantly, but he quickly realized, "No, that's not right. The Sage of Six Paths' eyes and Chakra cloak were not green."

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

"When I was sleeping inside this kid earlier, I vaguely heard that someone possessed a Tenseigan on the same level as the Rinnegan, and that his goal was the Chakra inside me?"