Six-Tails Jinchuriki

"Guy, Genma, Ebisu, go and have the squad halt first." Uchiha Akira looked toward the few Jonin present.

The teacher of these three, Akimichi Choza, was still fighting on the front lines of the battlefield.

Although Uchiha Akira was only a Chunin, his brilliant combat record gave him immense authority within the team; he held more sway than even the Jonin.

"What do we do now?" Hyuga Homura looked toward the ten o'clock position with a grave expression; the presence of the suspected Tailed Beast host exerted tremendous pressure on him.

"I will handle that suspected Tailed Beast host..."

"No, I will deal with him!"

Might Duy's words were cut short by Uchiha Akira.

Uchiha Akira looked at Might Duy and said, "Kirigakure only has the Six-Tails host here right now, and it won't be solved that easily. It would be better for Senior Duy to concentrate firepower with the other Jonin to take out the Kirigakure Jonin."

As he spoke, he looked at the Chunin present: "The Chunin and medical ninjas will be responsible for protecting the wounded. This time, the advantage is on our side."

Although Konoha only had twelve people, divided into three squads, their high-end combat power was actually greater than that of Kirigakure.

Each of the three squads was effectively equipped with one Jonin.

This meant that, excluding Uchiha Akira and Might Duy, Konoha still had three additional Jonin.

The people present had no objections to Uchiha Akira's arrangements.

Even though his ninja rank was not high, his strength was formidable. In a situation where the enemy had potentially deployed a Tailed Beast host, following the arrangements of the strongest was the correct choice.

If something were to go wrong, they would have someone to take the blame, so why wouldn't they be happy to comply?

Hyuga Homura looked at Uchiha Akira and said in a deep voice, "Then you must be careful. If they dared to send a Tailed Beast host onto the field, it means that host can already utilize the power of the Tailed Beast!"

"I will be careful. You all should be cautious as well; Kirigakure ninjas capable of infiltrating this far shouldn't be pushovers," Uchiha Akira cautioned.

Might Duy looked at Uchiha Akira and said solemnly, "Young man of the Uchiha, I will do my utmost to defeat my opponents this time. Before that, please hold your ground."

Uchiha Akira nodded and said, "I will do my best to keep the battlefield with the Tailed Beast host away from the squad."

At this moment, Hyuga Homura's eyes narrowed, veins bulging around his Byakugan as he spoke rapidly: "They've moved! They are charging toward us!"

As his voice fell, five figures immediately surged forward.

Hyuga Homura, Kakashi, Chiba Ryu, Might Duy, and Uchiha Akira; all of Konoha's high-end combatants were deployed, striving to quickly crush the invading Kirigakure forces.

After galloping for several hundred meters, the two sides met in the dense forest.

Uchiha Akira's gaze immediately locked onto a middle-aged man with brown hair, wearing loose blue robes, holding a tool for blowing soap bubbles.

Clearly, this person was not Utakata, the Six-Tails host Uchiha Akira was familiar with, but the previous Six-Tails host, Haori.

It stood to reason that he likely shared a blood relation with Utakata.

Uchiha Akira's Sharingan could clearly see the massive chakra within this man who resembled Utakata.

His chakra was not below his own; aside from the Fourth Raikage and Uzumaki Kushina, Uchiha Akira had never seen anyone whose chakra could steadily suppress his own.

Might Duy opened the sixth Gate of View of the Formation of the Eight Inner Gates as soon as he arrived, his fists dancing as he unleashed a barrage of air cannons toward the thirteen Kirigakure ninjas opposite him.

Boom!

With a massive roar, the battlefield instantly descended into chaos.

Everyone immediately sought out their respective opponents.

Kakashi, Hyuga Homura, and Chiba Ryu each engaged a Jonin.

Might Duy, meanwhile, launched his brutal offensive against the Kirigakure Chunin.

Uchiha Akira and the Six-Tails host exchanged only a few probing moves before flying several hundred meters away from the main battlefield.

Clearly, both sides were intentionally distancing themselves from the fray.

Uchiha Akira stared at the Six-Tails host with his scarlet Sharingan, completing the hand seals in an instant: "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!"

Layer upon layer of flames transformed into a sea of fire a thousand layers deep, instantly covering a vast expanse of the forest ahead.

"Water Style: Water Formation Pillar!"

The Six-Tails host was not slow either; he finished his hand seals in an instant, opened his mouth, and sprayed a torrent of water like a bursting river, colliding instantly with the towering sea of fire.

Boom!

A massive roar echoed as a pillar of dark red chakra shot into the sky, kicking up violent chakra storms.

Accompanied by the dark red chakra storm, the surrounding trees were blown away like straw, and in an instant, a massive yellow crater was formed.

A figure with six dark red tails, resembling a humanoid Tailed Beast, appeared in the center of the crater, emitting low, guttural roars from its mouth.

Rings of dark red chakra rippled out in layers from the partially transformed Six-Tails host.

"Partial Tailed Beast transformation. It seems Kirigakure's research into utilizing Tailed Beast power is indeed very deep!" Uchiha Akira was quite surprised.

The power of a Tailed Beast, when used to this extent, was already extremely formidable.

Whoosh!

Uchiha Akira felt a blur before his eyes; in an instant, the partially transformed Six-Tails host, Haori, appeared before him, a dark red chakra claw swiping down with the force of a thunderbolt.

"Fast!" Uchiha Akira's face showed not a hint of panic; blue sparks of electricity erupted from his body, and his figure vanished from where he stood.

Dozens of meters away, the figure of Uchiha Akira shifted from ethereal to solid, gradually taking form.

Crack.

The next moment, the earth beneath his feet split open as dense, dark-red chakra tentacles erupted from the ground like sharp blades.

Blue lightning burst forth once more, and Uchiha Akira's figure vanished.

"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Technique!"

Suspended in mid-air, Uchiha Akira completed his hand seals and exhaled, manifesting four crimson fire dragons that lunged at the Six-Tails jinchuriki Haori from all four directions.

"ROAR!"

Influenced by the chakra of the Six-Tails, the partially transformed Haori opened his mouth and spat out a dark-red bubble; it detonated, sending an invisible shockwave crashing into the four fire dragons.

Struck by the impact, the four dragons instantly dissipated, transforming into a vast sea of flames that surged into the firmament and dyed the entire sky a brilliant crimson.

Sizzle.

The next moment, a sizzling sound erupted beside the Six-Tails jinchuriki; Uchiha Akira had appeared at his side without a sound.

"Lightning Style: Lightning Blade!"

In an instant, Uchiha Akira thrust the blade, forged entirely from lightning, directly toward the heart of the Six-Tails jinchuriki!

This was one of the B-rank lightning ninjutsu Uchiha Akira had created himself.

It maximized the sharpness of his blade by extending a secondary edge formed entirely of lightning-attribute chakra.

It was incredibly keen; since he had arrived on the battlefield, nothing had been able to withstand this strike from Uchiha Akira.

Sshhh.

Uchiha Akira sensed something was wrong immediately; the lightning blade had only pierced less than two centimeters into the jinchuriki's chest, clearly failing to truly penetrate the defense of the Tailed Beast cloak.

The next moment, the six tails behind Haori whistled through the air, slamming down toward him.

Sizzle.

Uchiha Akira dissolved into a bolt of lightning and vanished, reappearing dozens of meters away.

Watching the jinchuriki roar at the sky, Uchiha Akira thought, It seems standard ninjutsu is completely ineffective against a jinchuriki transformed to this degree. I must create a terrain advantage and borrow the power of nature!