Chapter 47: Boil Release, Great Strength, and Little Amaterasu? (1/2)

Orochimaru eventually resorted to using a white giant snake as his mode of transportation—Manda had no interest in cooperating any longer.

Orochimaru also abandoned the idea of traveling with Wakaho on Kokuo—Wakaho had already ridden Kokuo off into the distance.

This marked the appearance of the second grand spectacle on the battlefield.

Kokuo, the snow-white five-tailed beast, galloped across the mountains and the sea of people, while Orochimaru, using the tunnels created by Manda, made his way more directly.

Although quickly outpaced, Orochimaru's "escape" was relatively smooth due to Kokuo's diversion of Iwagakure's attention.

The appearance of Kokuo was a shock to Iwagakure. The news that the Jinchuriki was not Han quickly reached the village, causing Onoki to drop the map he was studying in mid-air...

"Slow down, slow down, slow down..."

Finally supported by the messenger, Onoki felt a bit dizzy.

"Repeat what you just said... again," Onoki said weakly.

"The Five-Tails appeared in its full form in front of the Kaminari Bridge, attacked the ninjas who were intercepting Orochimaru, and is now heading towards Konoha."

The messenger hesitated, then clenched his teeth and said, "Lord Han has been confirmed killed..."

"..." Onoki's vision darkened.

"Lord Third!"

"Lord Third! Pull yourself together!"

"Someone! Medical team! Medical team!! The Third Lord has fainted!"

Onoki, enraged, fell unconscious temporarily. However, soon, Iwagakure's front-line command center took over. Onoki's son, Kurotsuchi, took decisive action and issued the highest-level orders to Iwagakure's forces.

The order was to suspend operations against Cloud Village and revert to defensive mode, preventing any invasion by Cloud Village.

As for Konoha, Iwagakure ninjas were to intercept at all costs, even if it meant killing, to ensure the Five-Tails was captured before it reached Konoha.

The urgency of capturing or killing the Five-Tails was absolute; they could not allow Konoha to snatch it away.

The Four-Tails Jinchuriki was also summoned to the battlefield, leaving the village to join the fight.

This order was both decisive and resolute.

From any perspective, it was undoubtedly the correct course of action.

The full effort to intercept the Five-Tails while preparing for a possible Cloud Village attack on the Land of Earth aimed to mitigate losses and prevent further exploitation of the situation.

But could Iwagakure truly recover its losses?

Wakaho made no judgments.

In any case, his gains were considerable.

After establishing a chakra connection with Kokuo, in addition to gaining the ability to communicate mentally with Kokuo, Wakaho received a system notification.

[Your chakra reserve attribute has been temporarily raised to A.]

[Kekkei Genkai: Boil Release has been activated.]

[Acquired through: Chakra donation.]

[The passive effect of Little Fire God is triggered, causing all your elemental jutsus to be replaced by intense flames with successful attribute fusion.]

[Your flames can now have a corrosive effect (activated through Five-Tails' chakra).]

[Corrosive Effect: Your Fire Release techniques can cause ongoing damage after hitting the target, with the duration depending on (Five-Tails) chakra amount.]

[Acquired S-rank skill: Boil Release - Great Strength.]

[Boil Release - Great Strength: Raises (Five-Tails) chakra to its boiling point, briefly and significantly enhancing all physical attributes.]

"There's this effect as well?"

Wakaho was delighted, not expecting the fusion of Kekkei Genkai with the "Little Fire God" to yield such results.

"Corrosive effect... isn't this just like Amaterasu?"

Fire Release deals direct damage by burning the target with high temperatures.

Amaterasu, the "strongest form" of Fire Release, has the highest temperature and continues to burn the target until it is completely incinerated.

Thus, his Boil Release variant of Fire Release was essentially a miniature version of Amaterasu!