Roar!
The Four-Tails roared at Yechen. Fierce winds howled, and powerful sound waves surged forward.
Yechen stood amid them, completely unaffected, a faint white glow radiating from his brow.
Boom, boom, boom...!
Seeing his opponent remain so calm only further enraged the hot-tempered Four-Tails. He hammered the ground beneath his feet with his iron fists.
Then the earth cracked, and searing red liquid erupted from within.
Columns of lava shot into the sky, wrapping around the Four-Tails at his command.
Now clad in Lava Release armor, the Four-Tails looked like a giant ape made of molten rock.
Despite his enormous size, he was incredibly fast. Though he could not match the Five-Tails in speed, his strength was astonishing, and he also possessed Lava Release. Even Yechen dared not clash with him head-on.
Boom, boom, boom...!
Yechen kept dodging as the Four-Tails' fists slammed into the earth, each punch carrying terrifying power.
The Rock Ninja gathered nearby suffered for it. Without their Sealing Squad, how could they withstand a Tailed Beast's power?
Amid the terrifying blast waves, chunks of molten rock struck them one after another. Even those who survived were badly injured.
In moments, the Rock Ninja ranks scattered, fleeing toward the rear. None of them dared remain in the area.
Meanwhile, Konoha chose not to attack. They knew that advancing now would gain them nothing. They might even get caught in the destruction, making the losses far outweigh any gains.
"Blond kid, what do you think?" Gamabunta was asking whether he intended to intervene.
"Let's watch for now. I have a feeling Yechen still has a trump card he hasn't used. If he can't handle it, we can step in then."
In Minato Namikaze's eyes, since Yechen had killed the Five-Tails Jinchuriki and was now going after the Four-Tails,