The moment the clone took shape.
Seisen's true body unhesitatingly unleashed all his spiritual power again, turning it into thick chains that tightly strangled the two channels frantically drawing the Nine-Tails' chakra.
The siphoning force was forcibly cut off.
The Nine-Tails crashed heavily onto the water's surface, sending up huge splashes.
It panted heavily, its fox face twisting in agony.
In just those few breaths, a large chunk of the little foundation it had painstakingly built back up had been drained away again!
Once it caught its breath, the Nine-Tails' fury shot straight to its head.
"Hyuga Seisen!"
The Nine-Tails' deafening roar exploded through Seisen's mind.
"Are you screwing with me, brat?!"
Beside itself with rage, the Nine-Tails slapped its massive claws against the water, making it boom.
"You've already reached this level, yet you need over a dozen damn hand seals just to make a lousy Shadow Clone?!"
"Huh?!"
"A whole damn dozen-plus hand seals!"
"Do you think my chakra grows on trees, letting you waste it like this?!"
An ordinary jonin only needed one or two hand seals to create a Shadow Clone.
But this guy was practically dancing with how many seals he formed.
Every extra seal meant a massive additional drain of chakra from it. Who could take that?!
Faced with the Nine-Tails' furious cursing,
Seisen wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and coughed guiltily.
"Calm down. There's a reason for it."
Seisen pointed at the clone beside him, which radiated a blue-white glow, and explained,
"This isn't an ordinary Shadow Clone."
"I forcibly constructed it using highly concentrated Reishi."
Seisen looked at the clone, satisfaction flashing through his eyes.
"Since I developed this technique on the spur of the moment, I haven't had time to optimize its formula yet."
"Reishi is far more violent