Southern Battlefield Outcome

Kushimaru Kuriarare's expression turned even uglier, and he flung several smoke bombs from his robes.

"Poof."

Smoke scattered in all directions.

Uzumaki Shiro had no choice but to retreat to Uzumaki Sasuke's side, waiting quietly for the smoke to clear.

To his surprise, once the smoke dissipated, Kushimaru Kuriarare was nowhere to be seen.

As he fled, Kushimaru Kuriarare cursed, "I've suffered internal injuries; I'm not running away. I'll come back out once the war is over."

Uzumaki Shiro activated his sensory perception, but he could not find a trace of Kushimaru Kuriarare, leaving him full of confusion.

Uzumaki Sasuke leaned against a large tree, gradually catching his breath.

"Uzumaki Shiro, since the enemy has vanished, go and rescue Elder Keimei now."

Uzumaki Shiro was uneasy about leaving his teammate behind. Uzumaki Sasuke lacked the strength to argue further and could only wave his hand to urge him on.

After a moment of thought, Uzumaki Shiro hurriedly picked up Uzumaki Sasuke.

"Bear with the pain. I'm going to hide you in a different place where you can heal while I go save Elder Keimei. This is the only way I can set my mind at ease."

As Uzumaki Sasuke lay resting in the hidden cave, he shouted to Uzumaki Shiro as he walked away:

"You must win this battle."

Uzumaki Shiro looked back, offered a smile, and waved his hand.

"It is we who will win this battle."

Southern battlefield.

Jiraiya had already gained the upper hand. Seeing the unconscious Jinin Akebino, Raiga Kurosuki used a Great Flame Bomb Technique to render him completely combat-ineffective.

The moment he saw Jiraiya approaching, Raiga Kurosuki used his Thunder Blade Kiba to strike with lightning, blocking the advance. When he went to assist Uzumaki Jiro, he unleashed another lightning strike, stalling there without attacking, merely watching the battle between Kaguya Kenma and Uzumaki Jiro.

Jiraiya's eyes twitched. Good grief, he's trying to drag this out until his teammate Kaguya Kenma arrives. Jiraiya stopped attacking and watched Uzumaki Jiro.

It seemed the southern battlefield would be decided by the two of them.

The pressure was now on Uzumaki Jiro. Kaguya Kenma saw that the opponent was treating him like cargo, casually trading and swapping opponents.

A surge of rage rushed to his brain. He controlled his bones to envelop his entire body, increasing their density until he resembled a tank encased in bone.

He charged directly at Uzumaki Jiro, the weight of the bone tank leaving cracks in the earth with every step.

Uzumaki Jiro stared at the monster rushing toward him and formed hand seals.

"Earth Style: Earth Wall"

He channeled chakra into the earth to raise a wall of stone, attempting to block Kaguya Kenma's charge.

However, Kaguya Kenma ignored the ninjutsu and slammed straight into the earthen wall. It was like paper; he broke through it effortlessly without the slightest resistance.

Uzumaki Jiro was dumbfounded. He had seen many taijutsu users, but he had never witnessed someone with such immense weight who could still move with such agility.

Staring at Kaguya Kenma, who was closing in, he used the signature technique of the Uzumaki Clan and formed hand seals.

"Sealing Technique: Four Symbols Seal"

He pressed his hand directly onto Kaguya Kenma.

But as the sealing runes covered Kaguya Kenma's body, they had no effect on his movements.

He slammed into Uzumaki Jiro, sending him tumbling across the ground until he finally stopped after crashing into a large tree.

He pushed himself up and spat out a mouthful of blood. Even as he lay on the ground, he couldn't understand it: his sealing technique had hit Kaguya Kenma, so why was the man still able to move freely?

Kaguya Kenma looked at the dense web of sealing runes on his body and revealed a savage grin.

"The tattoo you gave me is quite pretty!"

Then, layer after layer of bone shed like molting skin; as the bones fell away, the runes went with them, revealing fresh, white bone underneath.

Only now did Uzumaki Jiro understand why his sealing technique couldn't affect the opponent's actions—the technique simply couldn't seal him completely.

Now, there was only one path left to take—an immature, untested path.

He combined his own knowledge of sealing with the research he had done on Uzumaki Shori's Sealing Scroll: Chakra Capacitor.

His body had reached its limit; to break through now, he had to rely on external means.

He stood up, brushed the dirt off his body, and tore off his clothes, revealing the dense array of sealing runes covering his entire frame. Come.

"Let me show you the ninjutsu I've developed by combining it with the Sealing Scroll: Chakra Capacitor." He formed hand seals.

"Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chains Modified"

Chains erupted from his back, coiling around his body in tandem with the runes.

Fire-attribute chakra surged from the runes, and the chains began to glow, turning red-hot like iron forged in a furnace, radiating intense heat.

As the massive amount of fire-attribute chakra combined with the Uzumaki Clan's secret technique, the Adamantine Sealing Chains formed a highly condensed entity of chakra. He straightened his body and let out a roar.

"Now, it is my turn to attack."

Kaguya Kenma gazed at the giant his opponent had transformed into, a grin of excitement spreading across his face.

He charged toward his opponent, eager for a head-on collision.

The two slammed directly into each other, a fist burning red-hot colliding with a bone-white fist.

The bone-white fist began to corrode upon contact with the opponent's fire-attribute chakra.

They traded blow for blow, their bones eroding under the pressure of the opposing chakra.

Kaguya Kenma sprouted new bones directly from his body, layer after layer of corroded bone falling to the ground, as the advantage gradually shifted toward Uzumaki Jiro.

Kaguya Kenma wore a look of bewilderment; How could I lose? I am of the Kaguya Clan; I cannot possibly be defeated here.

"Dance of the Larch"

Sharp spikes erupted from his bones as his body began to spin at high speed, resembling a spiked top.

Uzumaki Jiro's high-density chakra construct was scraped until sparks of fire flew from his entire body, the chains wrapped around him grinding until they cracked and shattered.

Uzumaki Jiro knew he could no longer allow the assault to continue, so he pushed the seals etched across his body to their limit. With his chakra overdrawn, his fiery red hair bleached to a snowy white.

The Adamantine Chains formed two additional arms at his waist, and all four arms lunged to grab the rapidly spinning Kaguya Kenma.

He forced the rotation to a halt, tearing directly into the exoskeleton and ripping Kaguya Kenma out from within the thick layers of bone.

He slammed him against the ground like a ragdoll, then unleashed a relentless barrage of four-fisted strikes upon Kaguya Kenma.

Cracks spiderwebbed across the ground, which soon began to collapse inward.

Deep underground, Kaguya Kenma was beaten into unconsciousness, instinctively triggering the final technique of the Kaguya Clan.

"Dance of the Seedling Fern"

Countless bones erupted from the earth, centered on Kaguya Kenma.

Uzumaki Jiro was thrust out from the underground by the rising bones, which continued to sprout incessantly from the earth.

By the time Uzumaki Jiro was launched into the air, he had exhausted every ounce of his strength; as he was sent flying, the Adamantine Chains began to disintegrate, and the sealing runes on his body faded away.

His body was covered in burns from his own fire-attribute chakra. Jiraiya, who had been standing guard nearby for some time, caught Uzumaki Jiro as he plummeted toward the ground.

As the bone spikes continued to erupt from the earth, he formed hand seals.

"Summoning: Power Toad"

The Power Toad, residing in the Hidden Village of Mount Myoboku, was a toad of immense strength that also possessed the ability to fly.

Jiraiya leaped onto the back of the Power Toad, carrying Uzumaki Jiro with him.

Raiga Kurosuki realized this place was no longer safe; dragging his injured body, he hoisted the unconscious Jinin Akebino and fled frantically toward the perimeter.