The Akatsuki's offensive surged like a raging tide, and the Allied Shinobi Forces soon found themselves locked in a desperate struggle.
In just a few moments, casualties mounted, and blood stained the earth red.
Ōnoki looked over the corpses scattered across the ground and the shinobi slowly being driven back. His chest heaved as he roared, "Damn it!!!"
Two towering figures charged out from the rear of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Their chakra surged like the sea as they hurtled toward the heart of the battlefield!
Ōnoki's gaze sharpened. "Roshi, Han...!"
The Jinchūriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails had entered the fray. One was wreathed in chakra as scorching as molten lava, while steam roiled around the other, waves of heat rippling through the air.
"GRAAH—!!"
With a furious roar, Roshi's arms were engulfed in magma as he slammed them toward Kakuzu!
"Steam Danger Burst!"
Han propelled himself forward on a burst of high-pressure steam, his body becoming a silvery blur as he cut into Sasori's puppet army from the flank!
"Hmph. Asking for death." Kakuzu sneered as his masks flew into position.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
"Fire Release: Searing Migraine!"
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
Three elemental techniques intertwined and erupted with a deafening roar.
Lightning split the sky, flames surged, and raging winds tore through the battlefield. Where the three attacks converged, a massive explosion erupted. Its shock wave thundered through the air as violent gusts swept across the field!
Yet the techniques failed to hit Roshi or Han directly.
Roshi's magma-quick reflexes let him channel his chakra in an instant, forming a shield of molten rock that forcibly blocked the flames and lightning.
Han, meanwhile, unleashed even more Tailed Beast Chakra. Steam formed a shield around him, greatly weakening the impact of the Wind Release attack.
"Dance of