Ōnoki's Utter Humiliation

"What's going on?!"

Just as Yu Han was gathering Yin and Chakra and was about to successfully release the Tailed Beast Ball, he suddenly sensed something was wrong. Another powerful force was constantly interfering with his Chakra compression, showing signs of getting out of control.

The release of the Tailed Beast Ball requires Chakra of both Yin and Yang attributes, mixed and compressed to the extreme in a 2:8 ratio.

Simply knowing the basic proportions is insufficient, because the amount of Chakra required to release Tailed Beast Ball is unimaginable to ordinary humans.

Unless it's a true humanoid Tailed Beast like the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, it's impossible to unleash a technique like the ' Tailed Beast Ball ' by human power.

With Chakra reserves as high as the First's, there was no need to use the Tailed Beast Ball.

Because even a low-level Ninjutsu can easily unleash the power of Rank B, Rank A, or even S-rank Ninjutsu when supported by a massive amount of Chakra.

Under normal circumstances, Tailed Beast Ball is either released directly by the Tailed Beast itself, or released by Perfect Jinchuriki with the assistance of the Tailed Beast.

Even among Perfect Jinchuriki, there are actually significant differences.

The reason why Han is a ' Perfect Jinchuriki ' is because of his own great strength. The Five-Tails has a gentle personality and is not particularly hostile to humans. In addition, it has spent a lot of time with Han and does not resist Han using its power. In most cases, it is willing to cooperate with him. Therefore, when Han uses the Tailed Beast Ball, the Five-Tails also helps.

However, Han would not directly allow the Five-Tails to control his body and release the Tailed Beast Ball.

A truly Perfect Jinchuriki should be like the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, where the two are of one mind and work in perfect harmony.

Kushina and Kurama can do this too.

However, the Kurama is not on the same level as the other Tailed Beast. Its Chakra, in terms of both quantity and quality, far surpasses that of the other Tailed Beast. Even the Eight-Tails cannot compare with the Kurama in its complete form. Therefore, Kushina has not been able to use all of the Kurama 'Chakra to this day.

Even at her peak, Uzumaki Mito only forcibly extracted a small portion of the Kurama 'Chakra to fight using the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

Kushina can now mobilize a significant portion of her Chakra for combat with the help of Kurama. However, the quality of Tailed Beast Chakra far surpasses that of humans, so even with Kurama's assistance, the human body cannot fully withstand it. Kushina is missing a crucial element.

According to Kurama, Kushina's blood relationship with the Sage of Six Paths was not close enough, so she could not fully control its power.

Boom--!

From Shiraha's perspective, various Energy Particles in the Sorcery Array rapidly went berserk, then rushed into the Tailed Beast Ball that had accumulated in Hankou.

By the time Han and Five-Tails realized something was wrong, it was too late.

Just as the Tailed Beast Ball was about to be completely completed, cracks suddenly appeared on it, and violent Energy Particles, carrying extremely compressed Yin Chakra, produced a tremendous explosion.

"Ah!"

Han let out a scream as he was blasted into the air by the shockwave of the explosion. He had taken a Tailed Beast Ball at point-blank range, which contained a large number of Energy Particles. Even though he had already entered Partial Tailed Beast Transformation, this blow nearly killed him.

Firelight shot into the sky, and a huge mushroom cloud rose into the heavens. The resulting high-pressure shockwave spread outwards, instantly shattering the surrounding trees, and sending sand and dirt flying everywhere.

Shiraha's figure flashed, and he leaped into the sky. The white scales on his body had a 100% increase in magic resistance. In addition, with the Crimson Airflow surrounding him, Shiraha was completely unaffected even at the center of the explosion, which was filled with high temperature and negative energy radiation particles.

His outstretched right fist, amplified by the "Colossus Skill," expanded rapidly like an inflating balloon, striking Han in the chest from above.

Boom!

Han's body plummeted as if hit by a cannonball, crashing into the ground and creating a large crater, embedding itself deeply into the bottom of the hole.

Suffering repeated heavy blows, the Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak Han's body instantly disintegrated, and he directly reverted from his Partial Tailed Beast Transformation state back to human form, severely injured and unconscious.

Shiraha landed beside Han, looked at the remaining splashes of Chakra around him, and took out a specially made metal Vessel to collect them.

"The improved Antimagic Array is really powerful!" Shiraha muttered the incantation, slapped his hands on the ground, and deactivated the Sorcery Array he had set up beforehand. This Sorcery Array was a consumable item, and Shiraha would naturally not waste it if he could use it a few more times, so he deactivated the Sorcery Array as soon as the battle ended.

Tailed Beast Chakra can be materialized, and it also contains the cells of the Tailed Beast. It should be useful for improving Shiraha's bloodline purity. It's just a pity that after the quality of the Kurama 'Chakra cells reached perfection, it became ineffective in improving Shiraha's bloodline purity. The same Chakra cells cannot produce the same effect repeatedly, which was within Shiraha's expectations.

"The power of the Tailed Beast Ball." After collecting the Five-Tails 'Chakra, Shiraha looked at the weak man and couldn't help but gasp. This was only the Five-Tails ' Tailed Beast Ball. If it were the Kurama ' Tailed Beast Ball, it would be even more terrifying.

Shiraha felt fortunate that Kushina and Kurama were on his side.

"Antimagic Array" is a powerful level one Sorcery Array recorded in "The Book of the Ancient Warlock". However, it only works on Wizard apprentices below First-Level Wizard. When activated, it can interfere with Energy Particles within the range, causing all Wizard apprentices inside to be disturbed and making it more than ten times more difficult to cast spells. Simply put, Wizard apprentices cannot cast 0th-Level Spell at all inside.

However, this was quite useless to Shiraha. He could defeat Wizard apprentice with a single punch even without using magic, so there was no need to use such a wide-range Sorcery Array. Only some families or academies in the Wizarding World of the previous life could use such Sorcery Array, or some secret realms.

However, Shiraha discovered that this Defensive Wizardry Array, combined with the "Antimagic Field" spell and Sealing Jutsu, could interfere with the use of Chakra.

This was specially developed by Shiraha to deal with Jinchuriki.

Unfortunately, in the battle against Kushina, it was not very effective against a true Perfect Jinchuriki like her, as Kurama was connected to her mind and the interference was limited.

This improved "Antimagic Array" can forcibly mix other Energy Particles into the Yin- Chakra when the Jinchuriki uses the Tailed Beast Ball, and the most disruptive of these is Natural Energy.

Although Tailed Beast refine Chakra by absorbing Natural Energy, only Tailed Beast (the Kurama) can use Senjutsu; the other eight Tailed Beast Senjutsu.

Therefore, when Kurama uses the Tailed Beast Ball in conjunction with Kushina, the Natural Energy forcibly mixed into the "Antimagic Array" will be eliminated by Kurama itself.

Of course, when the experiment was conducted, Kushina, Kurama, and Shiraha were all on the sea surface, and they used a small Tailed Beast Ball, since Shiraha didn't want to destroy the Land of Whirlpools Peninsula.

It now appears that the "Antimagic Array" was only ineffective against Kushina and Kurama, but it was a devastating weapon against Jinchuriki like Han.

After all, if Jinchuriki cannot use the Tailed Beast Ball, the threat is very limited, at least for Shiraha.

He sensed Han's location from the beginning, so he appeared underground at the location where the Kumogakure and Iwa Ninja were fighting early on, and set up a "Antimagic Array" covering an area of several hundred meters in advance, just to wait for Han's arrival.

In the past, many battles were fought with gritted teeth, but now that there is time to prepare in advance, Shiraha will not be careless when facing any opponent.

He waited until Han appeared before appearing, which was actually because he was prepared, not just to pretend that he would follow closely behind.

In summary, although Shiraha was not very clear about Han and the Five-Tails ' specific abilities, he was well prepared from the beginning and had more trump cards than he could use.

"Hmm? They arrived really quickly! And there are quite a few people!"

Shiraha raised his head and looked northwest, then quickly Hand Seals and patted Han's chest and abdomen.

Four Symbols Sealing + Five Elements Sealing!

It completely locked up Han 'Chakra, who was severely injured.

Then, Shiraha lifted the nearly 2.3-meter-tall man up as easily as if he were a chick.

He quickly ran towards the southeast.

Shiraha did not intend to kill Han or bring him back to the Uzumaki Clan.

The Tailed Beast are too hot to handle right now. The Uzumaki Clan has not even officially established a nation yet, but they already possess the strongest Tailed Beast, the Kurama.

Moreover, Rin is secretly the Jinchuriki the Three-Tails. If there were another Five-Tails now, the Kage of the other four great ninja villages probably wouldn't be able to sleep well.

We have already obtained the Five-Tails ' Chakra cells. For the Uzumaki Clan now, the Five-Tails is just icing on the cake and doesn't mean much.

Killing Han would cause the Five-Tails to dissipate, only to revive a few years later. This would lead to an irreconcilable conflict between the Uzumaki Clan and Iwagakure. A large-scale war now would be extremely detrimental to the Uzumaki Clan's development.

The living Han, and the Five-Tails with the hope of returning, are the most valuable to Shiraha and Iwagakure.

Of course, if Iwagakure wants Han to return alive, they can forget about it without suffering a severe injury.

Shiraha's slap was meant to swell up the face of Iwagakure, and then he'd rub it for them.

As long as he and Kushina are still alive, Iwagakure will not fight them to the death.

"Sigh, it's tough being a manager!" Shiraha carried Han as he sped through the mountains and forests, pondering how much compensation to ask Iwagakure for. After all, he had a large family to support, and Shion had been 'frightened' again. A few hundred million taels shouldn't be unreasonable at all.

"Stop!"

A sharp shout came from the sky, interrupting Shiraha's thoughts.

A short, white-haired old man flew down directly from above the clouds. He was none other than the Five Kage of the Era, and known as the "Third Tsuchikage of the Ōnoki of the Scales".

Seeing this, Shiraha grabbed Han and jumped up to the top of the tree, ten meters high, to wait for Ōnoki's arrival.

Ōnoki descended rapidly from the air and stopped about twenty meters away from Shiraha.

Looking at the heavily injured and unconscious Han in Shiraha's arms, Ōnoki frowned, his face grim as he looked down at him. "You are... Yagami Shiraha!? You actually attacked our Iwagakure's Jinchuriki! Does the Uzumaki Clan want to start a war against our Iwagakure?! You don't think our Iwagakure is as weak and easily bullied as Kirigakure, do you?!"

Shiraha remained calm, and said with a mocking tone, "You certainly know how to play the victim."

"You!" Ōnoki glared, his beard bristling, then narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean by that?"

"You people from Iwagakure dare to kidnap my daughter? Do you really want to start a war with our Uzumaki Clan?" Shiraha's expression turned cold.

Sensing Shiraha's cold tone, Ōnoki's expression changed slightly as he asked, "Your daughter?"

Shiraha: "Shion, Shion Priestess of the Demon Country, is my daughter, and the major shareholder of the Serpent Spirit Corporation is our Uzumaki Clan! Your previous underhanded tactics were at least business competition, which I couldn't be bothered with. But now you dare to kidnap my daughter. I guess you want to try the Kurama ' Tailed Beast Ball too, don't you?"

Ōnoki: "What evidence do you have to prove that it was Iwagakure who did it?"

"My words are the evidence!" Shiraha said firmly.

Upon hearing this, Ōnoki narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint flashing in them. "Young people these days have less and less respect for their elders."

"If the outcome of the Ninja World War were determined by seniority and age, Iwagakure would definitely be the strongest."

Shiraha retorted.

A murderous glint flashed in Ōnoki's eyes. He clasped his hands together in front of him, his fingers touching, forming a triangle. A semi-transparent cylindrical barrier quickly formed in the palms of his hands.

Shiraha felt a chill run down his spine, sensing a sense of crisis, but his face remained unusually calm as he said:

"Is this the Kekkei Tōta Dust Release? I've heard it can break down matter to the atomic level, but I wonder if it can distinguish friend from foe?"

As he spoke, Shiraha brought the unconscious Han to his front.

The cylindrical barrier in Ōnoki's palm grew larger and larger. He sneered and said, "If it can kill you, then Han's death will have been worthwhile."

Although he said that, Ōnoki did not make a move, because judging from Shiraha's appearance, he seemed very confident in dodging. After all, he was a man who could match the speed of the Third Raikage, Dust Release would have to rely on a sneak attack to hit him with Dust Release.

Moreover, Ōnoki would definitely be reluctant to kill all the men in his own village as well.

Unlike Roshi aloof Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Han was highly respected in the village and had made many contributions to it. As the Third Tsuchikage, how could he possibly kill him?

Moreover, the most crucial point is that there is an even stronger Kushina in the Uzumaki Clan. If Shiraha is killed, the Kurama ' Tailed Beast Ball might really fall into the center of Iwagakure.

Even if they manage to defeat Kushina with the full strength of the village, Iwagakure's strength would likely regress by several decades, becoming the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, and then be destroyed in the subsequent Ninja World War. This is something Ōnoki doesn't want to see.

In this incident, they were in the wrong for kidnapping Shion, and the most crucial point is that they were in the wrong but hadn't even beaten anyone.

If he had known that Shion was Shiraha's daughter and that the Uzumaki Clan was behind the Demon Country, he definitely wouldn't have used this method.

Unfortunately, it was too late for regrets.

As one of the Five Kage of the Era, Ōnoki is well-versed in the art of negotiation. Even if he is in the wrong, he will not back down right away.

"You can try and see if your Dust Release is faster or my speed is faster," Shiraha said confidently, looking at Ōnoki. Then he glanced at the sword in his hand and said, "I will snap his neck before I can dodge. After that, Iwagakure will be the mortal enemy of our Uzumaki Clan!"

Ōnoki's face darkened. "Are you threatening me?"

"I'm giving you a chance, and also giving both of us a chance. Otherwise, I would have killed him to vent my anger," Shiraha added.

Ōnoki's eyes flickered, then he clasped his hands together, dispelling Dust Release, and said in a deep voice, "What are your conditions?"

"I don't like it when people talk to me in a condescending manner," Shiraha said calmly.

Ōnoki frowned, but still took the initiative to land at the same level as Shiraha.

Shiraha: "Forty billion taels!"

"What?!" Ōnoki exclaimed, "Are you crazy?!"

"Isn't a Kage Level powerhouse plus a whole Five-Tails worth forty billion taels?" Shiraha retorted.

"The reason why Iwagakure and Konoha continued to fight was because we refused to accept the 500 million ryo in reparations demanded by Konoha. If the Third Hokage had not agreed to waive the reparations, the war would have continued."

Ōnoki said with a sullen face, "When Shiraha made his demands just now, even with his composure, I almost couldn't resist using a Dust Release technique."

This is outrageous!

"The Third Hokage agreed to waive war reparations, which shows his magnanimity. But I am very petty, extremely petty. If anyone dares to provoke me, I will definitely retaliate tenfold, a hundredfold!" Shiraha said coldly.

Ōnoki managed to say with difficulty, "At most five hundred million taels!"

"At least 1.5 billion taels. If it's less, I'll kill him. As for capturing the Five-Tails, that's up to each of us to decide!" Shiraha's attitude was resolute. He lifted Han Gao high and tightened his wrist slightly.

"Wait!" Seeing that Shiraha was really going to strangle Han, Ōnoki panicked.

A single Kage Level shinobi is worth far more than money, not to mention that Han recently became Perfect Jinchuriki, which is of great significance to Iwagakure.

Unexpectedly, he was forced into this situation right at his own doorstep. Ōnoki felt extremely aggrieved and cursed the person who suggested kidnapping Shion a hundred times.

"Iwagakure doesn't have that much money right now," Ōnoki said in a deep voice. Actually, it wasn't that Iwagakure couldn't come up with the money, but that losing 1.5 billion ryo would affect the village's mission operations. After all, Iwagakure a remote mountain village, making it difficult to receive individual mission requests.

"We'll pay 500 million taels in cash first, and the remaining 1 billion taels will be paid in kind. The stone from the Earth Country has always been of the highest quality in the entire Shinobi World, so we'll use stone and minerals to pay off the debt."

Seeing that Ōnoki's attitude had softened, Shiraha didn't press him too hard.

Shiraha had initially planned to ask for several hundred million taels, but it was clear that the Jinchuriki was worth much more than he had imagined. Unfortunately, he couldn't go back on his word now. He should have asked for 4 billion taels at the beginning, and then had Ōnoki cut the price in half. Getting 2 billion taels shouldn't have been too much of a problem.

He's still too honest and kind!

"Okay, deal! But you have to hand over Han to me first." Ōnoki said through gritted teeth, wishing he could devour Shiraha.

"Lord Tsuchikage, don't look so sad. You should know that by using 1.5 billion ryo to reconcile with our Uzumaki Clan, you actually made a profit. In the future, Iwagakure can also cooperate with the Serpent Spirit Corporation. At that time, Iwagakure will definitely earn more than you paid."

Shiraha laughed and threw Han over.

Ōnoki was startled, not expecting that Shiraha would actually return Han first. He quickly flew over to take Han, while being on guard, fearing that Shiraha might launch a sneak attack.

"I'm a man of my word, and I hope you in Iwagakure are the same." After leaving these words, Shiraha departed gracefully.

Ōnoki was left behind with an unpredictable expression.

Soon, a large number of Iwa Ninja arrived, only to find that the battle was over. Their Third Tsuchikage had driven away the invading enemy and rescued the Jinchuriki.

But why did the Third Tsuchikage look like he had lost his son?