An Iwagakure jōnin glared at Rōshi, who stood at the center of a sea of lava. His furious roar echoed across the battlefield.
Rōshi looked at the hellscape he had created with his forbidden jutsu, Flower–Fruit Mountain, burying many Iwagakure ninja in a fiery grave.
His expression twisted in shock and anger, as if he had suddenly awakened. Instinctively, he turned to look at Uchiha Shisui.
A pair of blood-red, almost eerie eyes entered his vision for a brief moment before he forcibly cut off his gaze.
Closing his eyes, Rōshi called out to the Four-Tails in his mind. When he received a response, he felt a slight sense of relief—but also a lingering uncertainty.
Genjutsu… Could someone really use it to such an extent?
A genjutsu even a Jinchūriki couldn't resist?
Or… was this the power of Uchiha Madara's eyes? Was this the true strength of the Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan?
Another arrow pierced his body. Though he managed to use the Four-Tails' tail to deflect it slightly at the last moment, it still tore away a chunk of his flesh.
Rōshi fully realized his predicament.
If he opened his eyes to fight Shisui normally, he risked falling into the Mangekyō's illusion again, leading to even more devastating losses for the Iwagakure ninja. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
But if he kept his eyes closed, he would be nothing more than a target, forced into a passive defense until he was eventually defeated.
Could he rely on the Iwagakure ninja for help?
The thought crossed Rōshi's mind, but he immediately dismissed it.
With Shisui's level of genjutsu and combat ability, the Iwagakure ninja wouldn't be able to trouble him in the slightest.
Especially since Shisui had yet to use his most famous technique—Body Flicker Technique. If he did, a direct assault would be meaningless.
"Don't worry! If you trust me, I can be your eyes!"
The Four-Tails sensed Roshi's hesitation and took the initiative to speak.
"Do I trust you? As a partner, I'm counting on you!"
Roshi was momentarily stunned but quickly let go of his doubts. Without hesitation, he willingly handed control of his body to the Four-Tails inside him.
In this situation, if the Four-Tails wanted to, it could completely take over his body and everything else. It could rampage like a Jinchuriki losing control, bringing destruction and chaos!
A Tailed Beast's will and chakra weren't something just anyone could withstand. After being captured, imprisoned, and hated by humans for a thousand years, their chakra was filled with negative emotions.
But the Four-Tails didn't seize the opportunity to take over Roshi's body. Instead, it actively shared its perception with him.
"Use large-scale attacks to deal with him!"
With their consciousness connected, Roshi and the Four-Tails could communicate instantly. They didn't even need words—each could feel the other's thoughts, like the most synchronized of partners.
No explanations were needed.
No words were required.
Roshi understood the Four-Tails' intent. Likewise, the Four-Tails understood his.
Using large-scale attacks on the battlefield could easily affect Iwagakure. While he was still conscious, Roshi didn't want to drag his village into the fight.
"Make those Iwagakure guys leave."
The Four-Tails let out a roar. Its half-Tailed Beast Form rapidly expanded, and soon, a massive beast as large as a small mountain stood atop the molten lava, towering over the battlefield.
Seeing this, the Iwagakure shinobi's expressions changed drastically. They thought the Four-Tails had lost control and immediately cleared out, leaving a massive open space in the battlefield.
Dense volleys of arrows rained down one after another, but with a single swipe of its massive palm, the Four-Tails easily swatted them away, crushing them into dust.
A violent aura swept across the battlefield in an instant. Every ninja present felt an overwhelming pressure weighing heavily on their hearts.
"Damn it, has Rōshi lost control and gone berserk?"
Facing the combined assault of Orochimaru and Tsunade, Ōnoki sensed the immense chakra of the Four-Tails, along with its towering beastly form, and his expression darkened.
Although Rōshi was always at odds with him, Ōnoki knew the man well. His control over the Tailed Beast shouldn't have failed .
"Old man, don't get distracted!"
Kitsuchi controlled a giant stone golem to block Tsunade's punch, panting heavily. The area struck by her fist shattered instantly into rubble.
If he hadn't been constantly channeling chakra to maintain the rock-hard defense of his technique, Tsunade would have already dismantled his stone giant.
Kitsuchi prided himself on his monstrous strength, but compared to that woman, he had to admit defeat. He had no desire to take a direct hit from her.
With the power behind her punches, even if he braced for impact, he would likely suffer severe injuries.
In the past, his old man's Dust Release had been a deterrent. But now, looking at the strange fan Orochimaru carried on his back, Kitsuchi felt an ominous weight in his heart.
According to Ōnoki, he had seen a similar fan in Uchiha Madara's hands before.
But the fact that it could reflect ninjutsu—especially Kekkei Tōta techniques—was something that deeply unsettled them.
The Four-Tails slammed both fists into the ground, and for a brief moment, the battlefield fell into an eerie silence.
Yet, every ninja affected by the Tailed Beast's chakra felt an overwhelming sense of impending doom surging through them.
The ground beneath the Four-Tails trembled. The more perceptive shinobi could already sense an apocalyptic force brewing from deep within the earth—
It was fiercer than before, more violent, with even greater destructive power. It resembled the magma of a natural disaster, erupting from around the Fourth Tail.
The Fourth Tail seemed to be sitting on top of an erupting volcano.
At the moment of eruption, the hot magma surged out from the depths of the earth, and the rising pillar of magma looked like a huge, red dragon soaring into the sky.
The thick volcanic ash and smoke spread into the sky, blocking the light that had been falling from above. The battlefield, now covered in smoke and fog, quickly lost visibility, becoming dim and dark.
Lava Release: Scorching River Great Eruption!
Lava Release: An upgraded version of Flower-Fruit Mountain.
When the latter was used, it already had a terrifying impact and destructive power. But when the former was used, it felt like the heavens and earth were collapsing, and the ground shook, transmitting a loud rumble far away.
Ninjas standing on the ground felt as if they were standing on ocean waves, stumbling a bit.
Only by instantly injecting chakra into their feet to counteract the shockwave could they stand firmly.
But the shockwave that traveled through the ground into their bodies still caused them to freeze for a moment.
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