Chapter 147: Compassion
Here it comes!
Heiyan's eyes narrowed. Even at his peak in Sage Mode, taking on the Third Raikage's One Sword Piercing head-on would have been nearly impossible.
Fortunately, he had the Six Paths stone tablet Meteor Hammer.
Whoosh!
With Heiyan's command, the chain in his hand suddenly retracted, yanking the Six Paths stone tablet back from the distance.
Gripping the chain with both hands, he began spinning furiously, gaining speed before unleashing the stone tablet with all his strength.
Swish!
The Six Paths stone tablet shot forward once again, aiming straight at the Third Raikage. The speed was so great that friction with the air caused flames to burst from its surface.
"Break!"
The Third Raikage roared forward fearlessly, his piercing finger colliding head-on with the incoming stone tablet.
Zzzztt!
As his fingertip struck the tablet, massive surges of lightning erupted outward from that single point, nearly blinding everyone nearby.
However, this deadlock between man and stone lasted less than three seconds.
Much to the Raikage's disbelief, the expected explosion of the shattered stone tablet didn't happen. Instead, his One Sword Piercing was completely stopped by a thin, almost paper-like layer of black aura covering the tablet.
In an instant — BOOM!
The Third Raikage's massive body was directly hit by the stone tablet, sending him flying backward—for the third time.
This time, he was sent flying over a thousand meters, smashing through trees, ruins, and boulders before sliding across the ground, carving a trail over a hundred meters long.
The Third Raikage fell, motionless, his fate unknown.
Witnessing this, the enemy ninja were stunned into silence.
Even the invincible Third Raikage had fallen in direct combat. Did this mean no one could defeat Heiyan face-to-face?
Realizing this, despair gripped every heart.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a violent blizzard howled across the battlefield as the Third Mizukage commanded the Three-Tails Isobu to open its massive maw, unleashing waves of icy wind and snow—an ultimate technique it had been charging for quite some time.
The Third Mizukage had no intention of confronting Heiyan directly. Instead, he sought to freeze him solid under this terrifying blizzard, slowly entombing him in death.
His strategy was truly effective.
In an instant, everything within a hundred-meter radius around Heiyan turned into a frozen wasteland. Snowflakes danced through the sky, filled with dense Ice Release chakra that seeped everywhere without mercy.
Even Heiyan's body, the chain he was holding, and the Six Paths stone tablet were instantly encased in ice.
Although he immediately exploded with chakra to break free and charged toward the Third Mizukage, wave after wave of snow surged back, repeatedly freezing him in place.
If this continued, Heiyan would be at a severe disadvantage.
"Hiashi!"
Seeing Heiyan in danger, Fugaku looked toward Hiashi Hyuga and activated his Mangekyou Sharingan once again. Understanding instantly, Hiashi picked up a silver bow from the ground, aimed at the distant Three-Tails, and fired a single arrow with a loud twang.
[Amaterasu!]
Fugaku activated his ocular power, shedding a line of bloody tears as he summoned black flames to ignite the flying arrows.
The perfect coordination between the two extended the effective range of Amaterasu several times over. Moreover, Hiashi's arrows were accelerated by telekinesis, moving so fast that Three-Tails didn't have time to react and was completely unable to dodge.
[Whoosh!]
The Amaterasu-lit arrow pierced straight into Three-Tails Isobu's gaping mouth amidst a sharp whistling sound.
Immediately afterward, Three-Tails roared in pain and anguish. The black flame spread rapidly inside its mouth, causing unbearable agony and costing it nearly half its life at once.
What made Third Mizukage even more desperate was that due to the interruption of Three-Tails' technique, Heiyan had successfully broken free from the icy prison and charged forward, wielding a Six Paths stone tablet as his meteor hammer.
[Swish!]
With no other choice, Third Mizukage reused his previous tactic—controlling Three-Tails to retract its head and limbs into its shell, attempting to defend against Heiyan's attack.
Unfortunately, proof soon showed that even Three-Tails' shell couldn't withstand the impact of the Six Paths stone tablet.
[Crack!]
Descending from above, the Six Paths stone tablet landed directly at the center of Three-Tails' shell, crushing and shattering it completely. The tremendous force drove downward, slamming Three-Tails hard into the ground and causing the earth beneath them to collapse several meters down.
[Whoosh!]
Heiyan struck again without hesitation, delivering another hammer blow straight onto Three-Tails Isobu's head under Third Mizukage's despairing gaze, killing the Tailed Beast on the spot!
At the exact moment of Three-Tails' death, the Third Mizukage—who served as its Jinchuriki—also perished filled with deep resentment.
Heiyan gazed at Three-Tails' corpse, his eyes flashing with profound sympathy.
This mighty Tailed Beast, the great turtle Isobu, hadn't committed any actual wrongdoing—but after being controlled by Madara Uchiha's Sharingan, it had suffered endless torment and endured the burning of Amaterasu before death—a truly tragic fate indeed.
That was precisely why Heiyan chose to end its life swiftly and decisively without hesitation. He wanted to end its suffering—to give it peace and true freedom.
After all, Tailed Beasts do not truly die—Three-Tails would eventually be reborn somewhere in the wild after some time passed.
While the body hadn't yet dissipated into chakra energy, Heiyan approached the corpse and marked it with one of his Flying Thunder God formulas.
If the formula survived Three-Tails' rebirth, Heiyan would sense its reappearance the moment it entered his sensing range.
Then, to prevent it from falling back under someone like Madara Uchiha's control, Heiyan would step in personally and ensure this great turtle received a better home.
"Mizukage-sama… is dead…"
Among the Mist ninja, many saw their leader's demise and became overwhelmed with grief, completely losing their will to fight.
Seeing Three-Tails' gruesome death and Six-Tails' twitching remains scattered across the battlefield, Two-Tails and Eight-Tails instinctively exchanged glances. In each other's eyes, they saw nothing but sheer terror.
Without another word, both turned around and fled.
Trying to escape?
Heiyan turned his eyes toward the retreating Two-Tails, placing his left sword fingers across his chest. In an instant, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Initially, after capturing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, he intentionally let her return to Cloud Village because he had left behind a Flying Thunder God seal on her, allowing him to monitor the movements of Cloud's high-ranking elders.
And now, it was time to retrieve his pawn.
Whoosh!
Two-Tails Matatabi leaped high, soaring across the great river surrounding Uzugakure, preparing to vanish into the ranges of mountains and woods.
But in the next instant, Heiyan appeared atop its back. [The Six Paths stone tablet] slammed down as he lifted it high and brought it crashing onto Matatabi's back.
"Ugh!"
Matatabi let out a sharp cry of pain. Its massive body fell from the sky like a meteor, crashing into the river with a thunderous splash.
Heiyan hadn't gone for a killing blow. Instead, he carefully controlled his strength, merely draining it of the ability to keep fleeing.
Truth be told, this blue cat demon was one of the more agreeable beings among the Nine Tailed Beasts—polite and easygoing.
However, during their first battle, Heiyan had drained half of Matatabi's Chakra. Even the most patient being would struggle not to hold deep resentment toward him after that.
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