Wind Release: Big Ball Rasenshuriken

After landing the blow, Uchiha Sora seized the moment while his opponent was impaled and instantly formed a Rasengan in his other hand!

Without time to add wind-nature transformation, he drove it straight toward the Fourth Mizukage's face!

Every move was aimed to kill!

But Uchiha Sora showed no mercy. His opponent was in a tailed beast transformation state, after all, with incredible defenses and regeneration. Attacking anywhere else on his body would barely amount to a scratch.

Yet just as the Rasengan was about to smash into the Fourth Mizukage's face, he reacted and raised a hand to block it!

The Rasengan slammed into the Fourth Mizukage's palm, which was cloaked in tailed beast chakra!

Spinning violently with the force to tear through everything, the Rasengan erupted in dazzling light!

The Rasengan's power gradually forced the Fourth Mizukage's palm backward, its rotating force already injuring and twisting his hand...

Roar!

But the next instant, the Fourth Mizukage suddenly threw back his head and roared, unleashing an even more violent surge of chakra from his body!

Under that powerful chakra, Uchiha Sora's Rasengan was abruptly pushed back!

The powerful tailed beast chakra even began creeping along Uchiha Sora's palm, trying to spread onto his body!

At the same time, the Fourth Mizukage clenched his other hand-the palm pierced by the sword-around Uchiha Sora's blade!

He grinned and opened his mouth wide, instantly forming a black Tailed Beast Bomb inside it!

Startled, Uchiha Sora quickly released his sword. With a thought, he vanished from in front of the Fourth Mizukage.

The next instant, he reappeared where he had originally stood, beside a Flying Thunder God Kunai embedded in the ground.

The Fourth Mizukage froze when his target suddenly disappeared. Without even bothering to pull out the sword lodged in his body, he scanned his surroundings and immediately spotted Uchiha Sora again.

He aimed the black Tailed Beast Bomb in his mouth at Uchiha Sora and fired!

Seeing the terrifying Tailed Beast Bomb hurtling toward Uchiha Sora, Mei Terumi, who had been making a feint from the side, cried out anxiously, "Get out of the way!"

But Uchiha Sora's lips curled into a faint, enigmatic smile.

The next instant, he gripped a kunai with both hands, then spread all ten fingers forward. An invisible barrier quietly unfolded in space like a fishing net.

The basketball-sized black Tailed Beast Bomb contained immensely powerful chakra, but when it struck the barrier, it was like a heavy weight falling into a vast net. Dense rows of symbols carried the Tailed Beast Bomb down into space.

At that moment, Uchiha Sora shouted to Mei Terumi and the others, "Fall back!"

They were already stunned by what Uchiha Sora had done, but his warning immediately snapped them out of it. Without another word, they raced backward.

Meanwhile, the Tailed Beast Bomb had completely vanished from in front of Uchiha Sora.

But the very next moment, that vanished Tailed Beast Bomb suddenly appeared in front of the Fourth Mizukage!

This was Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!

In fact, he had already mastered this skill when he learned the first stage of Flying Thunder God.

The principle was simple: expand the Flying Thunder God Formula into a vast barrier net, catch the object to be transported, and teleport it!

The reason this Tailed Beast Bomb had been teleported back to the Fourth Mizukage was the sword still lodged in his body!

It bore a Flying Thunder God coordinate formula!

The Fourth Mizukage clearly had yet to react. He had never expected the Tailed Beast Bomb he had fired to return to his side a moment later!

Caught completely off guard, he had no way to defend himself!

The next instant, the Tailed Beast Bomb's power reached its critical point and erupted!

An enormous burst of light instantly engulfed the entire battlefield. Violent energy tore the earth apart, sending dirt and rocks flying. The surrounding trees snapped and shattered as though made of paper.

The instant the energy exploded, Uchiha Sora activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished, reappearing beside Zabuza, who had already retreated far enough away.

Watching the explosion's light shoot skyward in the distance, Zabuza and the others broke into cold sweats.

Uchiha Sora's arrival made all of them turn to look at him.

Ao, who had been observing with his Byakugan the whole time, asked in astonishment, "Was what you just used the legendary space-time ninjutsu? That formula, those elusive movements... could it be the legendary Flying Thunder God Technique?!"

"The Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Mei Terumi and Zabuza knew little about the technique. They only vaguely recalled seeing information about it, but they too were deeply shocked.

They had never imagined Uchiha Sora had already mastered such an unfathomable space-time ninjutsu!

Uchiha Sora nodded. A shinobi of Ao's age who had participated in the Third Shinobi World War would naturally recognize the Yellow Flash's signature technique.

With Sora's confirmation, a trace of awe crossed Ao's face.

During the Third Shinobi World War, the Yellow Flash had been someone whose mere presence sent enemies fleeing! His fearsome reputation had surpassed even that of Body Flicker Shisui later on!

Now Uchiha Sora had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique as well, on top of his already enviable Sharingan, and he was still so young...

Ao could not imagine what heights Uchiha Sora would reach in the future!

The explosion's shock wave lasted a full ten seconds before slowly dissipating.

"Ao, how is Lord Mizukage?" Mei Terumi asked.

Observing the Fourth Mizukage from a distance with his Byakugan, Ao smiled. "Lord Fourth Mizukage is still alive. From the looks of it, he's probably unconscious..."

"No!" Before he could finish, his smile froze. He cried out in alarm, "Lord Fourth Mizukage is fine! He-he's about to undergo a complete tailed beast transformation!"

Ao had barely finished speaking when an even stronger burst of chakra erupted in the distance.

The chakra swept across the area, whipping up fierce winds. Even Uchiha Sora and the other three, who were already far away, were forced a step backward.

Then an enormous tailed beast appeared before their eyes.

Its body, as massive as a small hill, took the form of a giant turtle. Its shell looked incredibly thick and hard, and three conspicuous tails swung behind it.

Isobu, the Three-Tails!

The Fourth Mizukage had actually undergone a complete tailed beast transformation, fully unleashing the tailed beast's power!

Feeling the immense chakra pouring from the tailed beast, Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza were overwhelmed by the pressure. For a moment, they had no idea how to attack.

Uchiha Sora's expression remained unchanged. He did not panic.

Although the Fourth Mizukage retained his awareness after the complete tailed beast transformation and still controlled the Three-Tails' power, making him stronger than a wild tailed beast, his transformed body was so enormous that it became a massive target.

He created a shadow clone to remain where he stood, leaving a Flying Thunder God Kunai at its feet.

His original body charged straight toward the enormous Three-Tails.

"Mei Terumi, let's go!" Uchiha Sora said.

"Right!" As though inspired by Uchiha Sora's fighting spirit and confidence, Mei Terumi cast aside her hesitation. Watching his back, she gave a captivating smile.

"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique!" Mei Terumi hurried after Uchiha Sora, charging straight toward the Three-Tails as she formed hand seals and unleashed her other kekkei genkai!

A boiling acidic mist gushed from her mouth, turning into a sea of vapor that engulfed the Three-Tails' entire body!

Too large to evade the attack, the Three-Tails was quickly shrouded in the acidic mist.

Its powerful corrosive effect made even the heavily armored Three-Tails roar in pain.

Uchiha Sora seized the opportunity to circle swiftly behind the Three-Tails. Once Mei Terumi's Boil Release dissipated, he leaped up and climbed onto the Three-Tails' head from behind.

Only then did the Three-Tails notice that Uchiha Sora had reached its head.

Startled, it ignored the pain of the corrosion covering its body and began thrashing violently.

Its three tails swept toward Uchiha Sora atop its head at the same time.

Uchiha Sora threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai, driving it firmly into the Three-Tails' head.

He dodged one incoming tail, then raised both hands, formed a Rasengan in each, and struck the other two tails!

Bang! Bang!

The force of the Rasengan knocked both tails back.

Meanwhile, a basketball-sized Rasengan was rapidly taking shape in the distant shadow clone's hand. Not only that, but a powerful torrent of wind-nature chakra was being poured into it.

Bzzzz...

As more and more wind-nature chakra flowed into it, the Rasengan turned white, and a constantly rotating shuriken-shaped mass of energy formed around it.

It was Wind Release: Big Ball Rasenshuriken!

It contained far more chakra than an ordinary Rasenshuriken! It had been formed from nearly all the chakra within that shadow clone!

"Such powerful wind-nature chakra! That power... it's terrifying!" Ao exclaimed, his Byakugan fixed on the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken in the shadow clone's hand.

"If that hit you, even a few extra lives wouldn't be enough!" Zabuza could not help saying.

At that moment, he suddenly felt that following someone so powerful might bring him a far more glorious future!

While the two were still marveling inwardly, the shadow clone vanished from before them with the Wind Release: Big Ball Rasenshuriken!

Flying Thunder God Technique!

The next instant, the shadow clone appeared atop the Three-Tails' head, right where the Flying Thunder God Kunai was embedded.

Holding the Big Ball Rasenshuriken, the shadow clone drove it toward the Three-Tails' face without the slightest hesitation!

Boom, boom, boom...

Amid the thunderous explosions, the Big Ball Rasenshuriken's power tore the shadow clone apart! The Three-Tails was engulfed in the enormous surge of energy as well.

Uchiha Sora's original body used Flying Thunder God to return to Zabuza and Ao.

"Whew! That Big Ball Rasenshuriken took nearly half my chakra to create! I hope it works, or this operation is going to fail!" He let out a long breath, murmuring to himself.

At this point in the battle, he had done everything he could. Now it all depended on the power of that Big Ball Rasenshuriken.

He still had to keep some chakra in reserve in case Obito Uchiha appeared.

Fortunately, Obito Uchiha was not nearby and had yet to appear. Otherwise, things would have been even more troublesome.

The Big Ball Rasenshuriken's power lasted even longer than the Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion!

Only after roughly a full minute did that immense power finally dissipate!

Looking out over the battlefield, they saw that another, deeper crater had formed inside the one blasted open by the Tailed Beast Bomb!

The enormous Three-Tails lay at the bottom, seemingly unconscious, its chakra rapidly weakening...

As the Three-Tails' chakra weakened, its fully transformed body gradually receded, revealing the Fourth Mizukage once more.

Protected by the tailed beast's power, the Fourth Mizukage's body had not suffered much damage. But as the Three-Tails endured that powerful attack, he too had borne immense mental strain. In the end, when the Three-Tails was defeated, his will gave out and he lost consciousness as well.

Uchiha Sora flickered over to the Fourth Mizukage. Seeing him unconscious, he let out a small sigh of relief.

Mei Terumi, Ao, and Zabuza followed him over. At the sight, they finally relaxed as well.

"Wonderful! There's no time to waste. Let's dispel the genjutsu on Lord Fourth Mizukage right away!" Mei Terumi said.

"Right." Sora nodded and was just about to use his Three-Tomoe Sharingan to help dispel the Fourth Mizukage's genjutsu.

Suddenly, the system's voice sounded in his mind.

"Ding..."