"Boom!" Amid the thunderous crash, Kokuō was nearly smashed bloody, and the Earth Mountain Technique was about to close in on it completely.
"Roar, roar, roar!" A wounded beast was at its most terrifying. At this moment, the enraged Kokuō had fully unleashed its beastly nature. It opened its mouth, and a black sphere rapidly formed before it.
"Bastard!" Ōnoki roared again from the sky, bringing his hands together. "Dust Release—Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"
The cube of light formed by Dust Release struck the black Tailed Beast Ball with remarkable precision, dismantling the entire sphere without injuring Five-Tails Kokuō.
"Get in there!" Kitsuchi shouted, and the Earth Mountain Technique finally sealed Kokuō inside completely.
Yet even at this point, it was not over. The Earth Mountain Technique was not some Sealing Jutsu; it continuously consumed Chakra!
Although Kitsuchi possessed abundant Chakra, he could only keep such an enormous Tailed Beast confined for a dozen or so minutes at most.
Fortunately, Iwagakure was still one of the great ninja villages, so it did have a Sealing Squad. Ten-odd minutes were enough for every member of the Sealing Squad to make their preparations.
Ten minutes later, Kitsuchi, no longer able to hold on, finally released his hand seal. The many Sealing Squad ninja had long since prepared the Sealing Barrier.
Kokuō seemed to have realized that it could not escape. The moment it struggled free of the Earth Mountain Technique, extreme fury appeared in its blood-red eyes.
Without the slightest restraint, vast amounts of steam vented from its body. Even though the Sealing Squad ninja had been prepared, several could not withstand the superheated steam and were blasted away, hitting the ground as piles of corpses smelling of cooked meat.
Fortunately, even with several ninja blasted away, the remaining Iwagakure ninja swiftly filled