Jiaoxin charged forward alone, releasing his three masked entities: fire, water, and lightning.
His Five-Phase Grudge originally allowed him to possess four additional hearts, with each heart corresponding to one masked entity.
But two of his hearts had been destroyed before, and he had only replaced one so far. With one heart still missing, he currently had only three masks.
Still, that was enough to deal with Three-Tails.
"Fire Style: Searing Migraine!"
"Lightning Style: False Darkness!"
He struck first, sending several enormous fireballs hurtling toward Three-Tails.
Three-Tails slammed a claw down, instantly raising a massive wall of water in front of itself to block Jiaoxin's fireballs.
But just as the water wall stopped the fireballs, a laser of lightning shot toward it, piercing straight through the wall and striking Three-Tails.
Zzzzt!
The lightning couldn't penetrate Three-Tails' hard shell, but the scattered currents coursed through its entire body, making even it feel a surge of pain.
"Roar!"
Three-Tails roared in fury, quickly opening its mouth and spitting out several enormous, high-pressure water balls in succession.
"Water Style: Super Water Ball Technique!"
Jiaoxin's water-type mask immediately opened its mouth, likewise spitting out several massive water balls that collided with those of Three-Tails.
Boom!
Three-Tails was better at Water Release, after all, and much stronger. The water-type mask's water balls were eventually smashed apart, and the resulting surge of water pressure rushed toward Jiaoxin.
Jiaoxin swiftly retreated to dodge it.
Just then, two figures circled around to the front of Three-Tails, one from each side.
They were Zhao Qiu and Duan Fei!
"Ura, ura!"
Wielding the Large Scythe, Duan Fei slashed at Three-Tails' neck, trying to draw its blood so he could use Curse.
But Three-Tails simply retracted its neck, blocking his strike with its hard shell.
Clang!
The scythe struck the shell,