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The massive shockwave instantly obliterated everything in front of the Two-Tails, creating a total covering destruction. Following the shockwave came an even more powerful main attack weapon.
The Tailed Beast Ball, like a cannonball, was launched directly by the Two-Tails.
Almost instantaneously, a booming explosion and the resulting flames could be heard from afar. Judging by the hit distance and power, it was insane.
The knock-off Rasengan in Minato's hands could basically one-shot enemy ninjas with no pressure. But looking at the explosive effect of the Tailed Beast Ball, it was easy to think that this move could probably wipe out the entire human race without any problems.
Haori couldn't guarantee that he could completely dodge that kind of attack range.
That's what chakra weapons are all about.
Thankfully, there was the dazzling Minato.
Essentially, tailed beasts are split parts of a chakra entity that has lost its physical form. But if you classify them based on their external appearance, it's not so simple.
There are tailed beasts like the Eight-Tails and Six-Tails that clearly have physical bodies, and there are tailed beasts like the Two-Tails that look like a ball of chakra. And then there's the One-Tails, which is a collection of matter.
On the Two-Tails, chakra danced like blue flames on its surface.
At this moment, a massive number of Parasite Bugs, too many to count, perhaps measured in tons, had quickly enveloped the Two-Tails, leaving no space at all.
The Parasite Bugs Shizune Yūgao was using now were the kind with strong chakra absorption capabilities. Although each individual bug could only absorb a limited amount of chakra, if this cloud of bugs combined, it was enough to absorb any ninja's chakra completely.
But the problem was that his enemy now wasn't an ordinary ninja. It was a tailed beast.
Against this chakra monster, absorbing its chakra was attacking its strength. It wouldn't do any good.
It was clear that the Two-Tails didn't care about the chakra being absorbed… It gave off a "You can suck all my chakra if you want, but it's a waste of time" vibe.
Sure enough, the cloud of bugs quickly changed color from jet black to bright white, then the brightness faded and it turned directly to gray-white. Then, it fell to the ground in clumps.
"It's no use, Shizune. It's not just the amount of chakra. The Parasite Bugs' absorption won't do anything. Besides, the tailed beast's chakra is highly corrosive. Once your Parasite Bugs absorb a certain amount, they won't be able to survive." Minato said from the side.
Shizune Yūgao was really just doing useless work. With the tailed beast's chakra, his bugs would probably be poisoned to death before they could "eat themselves to death."
"It looks like I need to further improve the breed of bugs next time…" The attack was ineffective, but Shizune Yūgao didn't seem discouraged. He pushed his sunglasses up his nose and said.
"Anyway, we'll continue to attack according to the previous tactics." Minato said again. Bugs weren't something they could discuss now.
Although Minato said this, in reality, he had already subtly given up on the mission objective.
If they wanted to kill the tailed beast, the most feasible and effective way was to kill the Jinchūriki before they transformed. As for this state, Minato's single-target, ultimate attack ability was barely adequate.
Haori's sudden, fatal attack was undoubtedly a lucky guess, but unfortunately, no one knew beforehand that she was actually the Two-Tails Jinchūriki. Although he inflicted a fatal wound that was second only to a direct kill, in this state where she was still clinging to life, the tailed beast would revive the Jinchūriki.
Besides, the current situation was that the Tailed Beast Ball hadn't hit, but it was undoubtedly a super-large flare. Once this happened, as long as the Kumogakure ninjas weren't blind or stupid, they would know that their Jinchūriki was having problems. A large group of ninjas would definitely come here.
Konoha would also take corresponding actions, but considering Kumogakure's advantage in distance, everything would still depend on Minato.
After shaking off the bugs, the Two-Tails cat demon immediately turned its head towards Minato's squad. At this distance, the iron arrow in its left eye was clearly visible.
The formation began to spread out again. Haori slowly retreated.
If it were a normal creature, that kind of deep, eye-piercing attack would basically determine its death. But tailed beasts are different. To be honest, Haori was a bit doubtful about whether the injury he inflicted was permanent. The Two-Tails looked like a fluid. It was possible that the "injury" to its eye would heal the next time it materialized.
The battle would continue.
Chōji Akimichi, who was at the front, stuffed something into his mouth, and his entire body quickly swelled.
He used the Expansion Jutsu, preparing to fight the tailed beast at close range.
Chōji didn't have the high defense of the past Raikages, who could beat up the Eight-Tails. But after using the Expansion Jutsu, his attack power was definitely undeniable.
Although he couldn't truly withstand the tailed beast, in Minato's squad, he was the only one who could act as the MT when fighting monsters.
Of course, Minato wouldn't just stand there. He wasn't going to just stare blankly at the tailed beast. Minato used the Summoning Jutsu, summoning Gamabunta.
So, the current situation was one person and one toad attacking the tailed beast together.
But if you were to talk about extreme output in this squad, it would still be Haori. But unfortunately, his skill was currently "on cooldown," so he couldn't use his ultimate move. He could only stay away and continue to shoot iron arrows.
This had nothing to do with cherishing his precious possessions or hiding his trump card. Since he had imposed limitations on himself verbally, Haori wouldn't do anything to cause trouble for himself. Because once there was trouble, it would be a lot of trouble.
Unless the value of the situation was greater than the trouble it would cause, a super-urgent situation, Haori wouldn't reveal his instant, powerful attack ability. But now, this was definitely not in the category of what he considered "urgent."
Considering the tailed beast's enormous size and the fact that the two previous hits hadn't achieved the desired effect, Haori began to switch to larger iron arrows.
With Haori's attack speed and the fact that he always attacked from the Two-Tails' blind spot, although Yūgao could occasionally dodge an attack with extreme agility, most of them still hit their target.
But this highlighted the problem with this squad. It was a well-known problem: the tank couldn't hold aggro, and the boss always attacked the squishy ones.
The Two-Tails' two massive tails swung around in a circle, knocking the giant Gamabunta aside.
Then, it charged forward, sending Chōji Akimichi flying, and then it charged directly at Haori.
The blue cat only roared. It didn't have any problems. It just wanted to kill the guy who was shooting cold arrows first.
It's said… just a rumor, that the nine tailed beasts that were just born by the Six Paths Sage of the Six Paths were very cute. The specific details of how they went from cute and fierce to just fierce are unknown. But it's probably just a matter of them being subjected to all kinds of evil play by various ninjas throughout history.
The number of people who wanted to exploit the power of tailed beasts was countless before the ninja village system was established. So, the tailed beasts gradually became a collection of evil intentions… Of course, there might be some genetic factors involved.
You can't say that the Two-Tails was wrong to attack Haori first.
But Haori started reaching into his tool bag.
"Minato-sensei, everyone, get out of here… to 200 meters away!"
At the same time, he didn't forget to remind them.
From the past to the present, there's a common strategy: to deal with tailed beasts, you need to use sealing jutsu.
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