Even after Roshi completed his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, he still couldn't escape getting beaten to a pulp by Rasa.
Purely physical attacks were something no amount of ninjutsu resistance or chakra could withstand. Luckily, the Partial Tailed Beast Transformation was similar to Susanoo, with chakra forming the outermost layer. That was the only reason Rasa hadn't beaten him to death.
"Roar!"
Roshi grew even more furious. With a roar, he lost all reason and entered Complete Tailed Beast Transformation. He clenched his fists and pounded his chest over and over!
The Four-Tails took over his consciousness. Now, its target was everything in sight. It wanted to vent the rage it had built up over all those years of being sealed.
It slammed both fists into the ground. Chakra surged out, turning into lava that spread rapidly in every direction. The terrain was gradually transforming into a sea of molten rock.
Rasa was fine, seated atop his Gold Dust Throne, but Pakura was in danger. She could only keep retreating, trying to escape the scene and get out of the Four-Tails' range.
Rasa glanced at Pakura and gave the Electromagnetic Force a slight nudge. Gold Dust spread out into a metallic carpet and flew in front of her.
"Get on." His tone brooked no refusal.
Pakura had hesitated, but at his words, she stepped forward and stood on the Gold Dust carpet. She stamped on it twice. It was sturdy, like solid ground.
Rasa drew Pakura over to his side and seated her on the other side of the Gold Dust Throne. It was large enough that even with both of them sitting on it, they wouldn't touch.
Pakura shifted closer to the edge. Then she suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, didn't you used to love flying around on Gold Dust?
Why haven't you used that move lately?"
"It's a long story. It's not very maneuverable, but we don't have much choice right now." Rasa controlled the Gold Dust throne, slowly flying upward to escape the lava-covered ground the Four-Tails had created.
Flying was actually simple. Gather metal particles beneath your feet and move them, and you could fly indirectly. Rasa and his son had been able to do this in the original story.
But this kind of flight had too many limitations. The human body couldn't withstand high speeds, and maneuverability was poor. There were too many restrictions.
Compared to flying directly by manipulating magnetic fields, it was like a knockoff Somersault Cloud. And compared to the Flight Technique, it fell far short.
In the blink of an eye, the surrounding terrain had been completely transformed. The Four-Tails clenched its fists and hammered the lava-covered ground. The molten rock began to boil and surge violently, then shot into the sky like an erupting volcano.
Lava Style: Flower-Fruit Mountain!
"Ever wanted to fly?" Rasa suddenly turned and asked.
"Huh?" Pakura paused, confused.
Rasa smiled. Before Pakura could answer, he controlled a vast quantity of metal particles and wrapped them around the Gold Dust Throne in an egg-shaped shell. Their vision suddenly went dark.
Several metal pillars revolved around the giant egg.
The erupting lava struck the metal egg and instantly launched it into the sky, reenacting Kars' story and turning him into a star, with nothing left to worry about.
Rasa divided his attention. With one hand, he constrained the molecular motion of the shell so it wouldn't get too hot. With the other, he controlled several metal pillars and carried them up into the sky.
Once the impact had carried them a thousand meters up, Rasa removed part of the shell. Their vision returned, sunlight streamed in, and the wind rushed at them head-on.
"Are we running away?" Pakura shouted. The wind was so loud she had to yell.
Rasa shook his head and asked in return, "Ever heard of a staff technique that comes crashing down from the sky?"
"What did you say? I can't hear you!"
If she couldn't hear him, so be it.
Rasa focused on the Four-Tails below. He could see only a vague black speck, but he could still feel its immense chakra, even from up here.
Just wait until you're face-down in the dirt!
The Electromagnetic Force spread out, supporting the Gold Dust Throne and several metal pillars as they continued climbing. One thousand meters, two thousand meters...
The Shinobi World was ultimately different from Earth. At around five thousand meters, Rasa felt as though he had reached the troposphere. Going any higher would put their lives at risk.
He gauged the Four-Tails' position from its chakra fluctuations, then used the Electromagnetic Force to adjust the polarity of the four metal pillars.
At the same time, he applied acceleration, driving them past the speed of sound and sending them crashing toward the Four-Tails.
Their initial speed was at least 350 m/s. With Gravity pulling them along, they would only get faster. The five-thousand-meter drop from sky to ground would take around ten seconds, enough time to build their kinetic energy to an even higher level!
With no enemies in sight, the Four-Tails was enjoying its solitude. It threw back its head and roared, then saw four metal pillars falling from the sky.
Before it could react, four deafening booms rang out. The pillars struck it squarely and pinned it down. Its Complete Tailed Beast Transformation began to crumble, its chakra-formed body on the verge of dissipating.
It let out a thunderous scream. More than ten seconds later, the sound reached Rasa and Pakura. They said a lion's roar could carry for several kilometers. Who knew the Four-Tails could do the same?
"We hit it! Did we win?" Pakura asked excitedly, gripping Rasa's arm.
"Not yet." Rasa narrowed his eyes and adjusted the magnetic polarity of the last remaining metal pillar beside him, making the polarity at its bottom opposite to that at the top of the four pillars below.
Like poles repelled, unlike poles attracted.
Then he pushed the Electromagnetic Force to its limit and accelerated the last metal pillar, the largest one.
The metal pillar weighed over two hundred kilograms. It broke the sound barrier and plunged down from the sky at a speed of at least 800 m/s.
Since it was descending, the pull of the earth's core added to its momentum, making it faster and faster. When its opposite polarity aligned with that of the four pillars pinning down the Four-Tails, its speed suddenly surged several times over.
Rasa had a feeling that if his Electromagnetic Force Precision could reach Lv. 2 and he developed techniques based on Electromagnetic Propulsion, he could pull off this move directly without all the fuss.
For now, though, he didn't want to use his lightning abilities, and he wanted to capture Roshi alive. His only option was to make a knockoff version of a Heaven-Based Kinetic Weapon.
"Boom!"
The metal pillar slammed into the Four-Tails. The immense kinetic energy scattered all its chakra and released a powerful shock wave, sweeping away the sand over a wide area.
The earth trembled.
The Four-Tails was completely defeated. Its chakra dissipated, and the surrounding lava gradually cooled and turned to volcanic ash.
Roshi lay unconscious in the middle of a crater.
Rasa controlled the Gold Dust Throne and slowly descended. When they were close to the ground, Pakura jumped off as though fleeing and walked over to Roshi, lightly nudging him with her toe.
He didn't move, but she could tell he was still alive.
"So this is a Jinchūriki. What incredible vitality," Pakura remarked.
Rasa controlled the metal particles and accelerated them with the Electromagnetic Force, sending them into every joint in Roshi's body, at the places where his bones connected.
Then he made a coffin with holes in it out of Gold Dust and put Roshi inside.
He patted Pakura on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. The mission went smoothly, and we even got an unexpected bonus."
This time, Pakura didn't complain that Rasa was taking advantage of her. She followed him and asked curiously, "What was that move just now, the one that came crashing down from the sky? What's it called?"
"Armstrong Electromagnetic Acceleration Orbital Kinetic Armstrong Cannon."
"That's a really long name..."
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