MSIN: Chapter 289
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"Is the Seven-Tails… dead?"
One of the Takigakure ninjas asked.
The current situation was completely beyond his comprehension. Or rather, it was completely beyond his understanding.
When ninjas fought tailed beasts, shouldn't they cautiously approach, constantly dodge the beast's attacks, and then seal it when they got a chance? Why was he seeing one person beating up a tailed beast? This was completely backwards!
The Seven-Tails was so miserable that he even felt a bit sorry for it. Bullying insects… that was inhumane.
But in fact, although the Seven-Tails was completely overwhelmed by Haori in terms of momentum, and seemed to be completely suppressed during the battle, it hadn't suffered any serious injuries besides looking a bit miserable.
Haori kicking the tailed beast a few times was ultimately not as good as hitting it with a cannon. In terms of depth of damage and penetration ability, these moves were still not as good as the Railgun.
Kakashi was about to explain it to him, but Haori's warning voice had already sounded.
"Be careful, it's coming!"
What was coming? The Seven-Tails' concentrated attack was coming.
Haori's body slightly crouched, ready to respond to the reaction from underwater at any moment.
In terms of how the Tailed Beast Ball is used, there are two common methods. The first is the most common, where the power is gathered into a ball and then ejected to complete the attack. The second is when the Tailed Beast Ball is half-formed, it explodes at the edge of the tailed beast's mouth. Then, the tailed beast ejects the explosive power forward with a similar force to a strong wind pressure, forming a wider attack range at a shorter distance.
So, at this time, the Seven-Tails was using this attack method. And the effect of its attack… it was like half the lake was jumping up.
For the onlookers, everything froze at this moment. All they saw was a red and white curtain of light.
Tailed beast attacks really were that powerful. After all, you can't treat them like innocent little lambs.
After the white light dissipated, a lot of steam evaporated and dissipated. The mist blurred everyone's vision. And when the lake water in the air fell back down, it seemed like the entire surface of the lake had been shaved down a bit.
The Seven-Tails, Chōmei, floated back up from the surface of the lake.
And at this time, Haori also released the Earth Release defense that surrounded him.
Because he had dodged in time, he hadn't been harmed by this terrifying attack.
Not to mention the external Earth Release defense, Sage Mode itself had incredibly strong defensive abilities.
Although he was using the same kind of Sage Art, he couldn't instantly heal himself like the First Hokage… He couldn't do that. But he still had the inherent defensive power of Sage Mode. For example, if he jumped off this waterfall cliff, even if he looked like he was completely suicidal, he could still be completely unharmed just by using Sage Mode.
But the problem now was… Haori found that he had lost his vision.
All he saw was red and white.
The steam from the lake was mixed with Chōmei's scales. And these scales could steal people's vision.
Fortunately, Haori was currently in Sage Mode. His sensory abilities could extend and supplement his vision. Otherwise, he would have had to prepare to open his eyes.
So, he could clearly sense that a huge amount of chakra was rushing towards him.
In the instant he was attacked, Haori dodged to the left. He successfully avoided the Seven-Tails' tail hook. Then, he instantly extended his arms, using his immense hand strength to clamp down on the tail… In reality, he didn't know exactly what he had grabbed. But it was part of the Seven-Tails.
Sage Chakra instantly struck his arms. Haori twisted his body and exerted his strength!
Now, these were truly a pair of arms. So, Chōmei was thrown into the air again by the immense force!
… Why didn't it learn its lesson? It should have concentrated its attack from a distance. What's the principle behind insisting on close combat?
But the situation of being blinded was still troublesome. Haori had to first find a way to solve this.
So, he formed hand seals again.
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
Two shadow clones appeared beside Haori. Next, he was going to try a combination jutsu in Sage Mode. He could clearly sense where the Seven-Tails was, so he didn't have to worry about missing.
In combination jutsu, chakra of different natures has a main and a supporting role. So, he first needed to create a buff.
The right clone formed hand seals first. Haori's real body followed, then the left clone.
While floating in the air, the Seven-Tails hadn't regained control of its body shape yet. As a result, it was directly hit by the Wind Release attack that came at it.
The first clone released a powerful, large-scale A-rank Wind Release jutsu.
Wind Release: Tornado Whirlwind.
A super-large whirlwind filled with Wind Release chakra instantly enveloped Chōmei!
This jutsu, Tornado Whirlwind, is characterized by its wide attack range, long duration, and immense power. It can even create a vacuum effect in the eye of the storm at its center. But for Haori, this effect wasn't needed here. If it was a vacuum, how could he light a fire?
Next, it was Haori's own self-created A-rank Fire Release.
Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.
This is easy to explain. It's just releasing ten Fire Dragon Flame Bullets at once… Simply put, it's a jutsu that requires stacking chakra. This kind of extravagant behavior was rare for Haori. After all, he didn't take advantage of this.
But in Sage Mode, Haori's approach was to stack as much chakra as possible into this jutsu. Stack it to death.
The power of the jutsu itself was already increased. Then… wind and fire combined. Almost instantly, Fire Release followed the trajectory of Wind Release, completely enveloping Chōmei.
The high temperature caused a lot of steam to rise around the Fire Dragon Whirlwind, forming a ring-shaped white curtain.
Then, the last clone's jutsu was also completed. After all, it was a jutsu that didn't require hand seals.
Lightning Release: Chidori Sharp Spear. But this time, the Chidori Sharp Spear was actually in the shape of a javelin.
Next, Haori threw this Lightning Release jutsu far away! Only the high-density, cohesive chakra in Sage Mode could solidify the formless Lightning Release so instantly.
When the Chidori Sharp Spear hit the layer of steam, it instantly disintegrated! But that was exactly what Haori wanted: He wanted to create an ionosphere around this Fire Dragon Whirlwind.
The instant the Chidori Sharp Spear melted away marked the final completion of the combination jutsu. At this time, the power of the Fire Release was finally detonated.
The electrolysis effect of the Lightning Release ionosphere caused the hydrogen and oxygen to decompose and explode. The increased power of the Fire Release caused the surrounding vaporization to intensify. Then, more steam joined the electrolysis reaction. This cycle continued.
So, visually, this jutsu began to amplify and expand on its own.
The center of the eye of the storm was now at a temperature of over 1,000 degrees Celsius.
The gathering of Wind Release and the burning of Fire Release caused this jutsu to make a strange, undulating sound when used, like the roar of some kind of mythical beast.
As the jutsu continued, the top of the whirlwind finally converged into a giant, red beast's head. Then, it paused for a moment, and then it charged towards the center of the eye of the storm with an unstoppable momentum. This was the final stage of the jutsu's explosion.
Both shattered together!
Although this move was clearly a composite jutsu of multiple natures, it was Haori's rare Fire Release-based jutsu. So, he called it Sage Art: Fire Release: Kirin.
So, was Chōmei being grilled, or braised?
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