The moment Ōnoki spoke, Kinnara understood what he was thinking. He just wanted to drive down the price!
Perhaps he even intended to keep Kinnara in Iwagakure.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Kinnara's lips as he spoke. "Does Lord Tsuchikage want to see the power of Wood Release? Fine, I'll grant your wish!"
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
"Wha—" Upon hearing the words "Deep Forest Emergence," Ōnoki's expression changed. Before he could finish speaking, thick trees erupted from the ground.
Like enormous mad pythons, the trees instantly filled the entire Training Ground. Since they were inside the mountain, the three Iwagakure shinobi had nowhere to evade.
"You damned brat! Stop this at once!" Ōnoki hurriedly flew into the air, but the mountain's interior was only a little over ten meters high. It was quickly filled by massive tree trunks.
As for Rōshi, he had only just formed a Tailed Beast Cloak when the trees wrapped around him. The Chakra throughout his body was immediately drained dry, leaving him hanging from a tree.
If Rōshi had entered a complete Tailed Beast Transformation in an instant, he might have been able to break free from this forest. But facing Wood Release, the natural nemesis of Tailed Beasts, with only a Tailed Beast Cloak, he naturally had no power to fight back.
As for the tall young Iwagakure shinobi, after using Earth Release to resist the Wood Release for a while, he too was completely captured.
"Enough!" Enraged, Two-Scales Ōnoki condensed a beam of Dust Release and instantly sheared away half the trees.
Kinnara did not press the matter any further. He had only done this to raise the price, after all. He had no desire to truly fight Two-Scales Ōnoki.
At his command, the trees released Rōshi and the