manynovel Chapter 139 The Perfect Jinchūriki!
Chapter 139 The Perfect Jinchūriki!
Chapter 139 The Perfect Jinchūriki!
Its heterochromatic eyes were revealed, with the three tomoe on its left eye slowly rotating against a scarlet background.
The moment Yagura's gaze met that eye, his mind jolted, as if something was trying to invade his consciousness.
He gritted his teeth, and the Three-Tails chakra within his body surged wildly, forcing back the invading power.
"Illusion?" Yagura scoffed. "I'm a perfect Jinchūriki; your illusions have no effect on me."
"Is that so?" Izumi's smile widened, and he disappeared again.
With Orochimaru present and other spectators around, he didn't intend to reveal too much of his strength.
Using only the exposed bone veins, taijutsu, Byakugan, and Sharingan is sufficient.
Yagura no longer passively defended himself; he wielded his short stick as an impenetrable barrier.
At the same time, the Three-Tails' chakra surged out from within his body, enveloping him in a crimson cloak.
His speed, strength, and reaction time have all been greatly improved, and each swing of his short stick is accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tears through the air.
The two engaged in a fierce battle among the rocks. Izumi's martial arts were sharp and unpredictable, each punch and kick carrying a monstrous destructive force.
Yagura's short stick is like a nimble snake, combining offense and defense seamlessly, leaving no opening.
Coral Palm is even more troublesome; each attack shatters Izumi's bones, which then regrow.
The collision between the two created shockwaves in the mist, shattering the surrounding rocks.
On a distant mountain ridge, shrouded in thick fog, three figures silently watched everything unfold.
Pain, the Deva Path, stood at the forefront, his Rinnegan reflecting the fierce battle below, his face expressionless.
Obito stood beside him, the Sharingan beneath his vortex mask gleaming with a cold light, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Black Zetsu emerged halfway from the rock face, his yellow eyes fixed intently on the battlefield.
"Coincidence—it really is the best script." Obito's voice was soft, with a hint of smugness.
Unexpectedly, by sheer chance, Izumi Taketori was indeed in the Land of Water.
"Orochimaru and Izumi met in the Land of Water, and the Fourth Mizukage personally came to intercept them. Everything is proceeding according to our plan."
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"That Izumi Taketori is quite strong." Pain's voice was deep and calm. "To be able to fight a perfect Jinchuriki head-on without releasing his Tailed Beasts is no small feat."
"That's why I said we should recruit him." Obito's gaze fell on Izumigawa. "A person like that, if he can be used by Akatsuki, is a sharp blade; if not—"
He didn't finish his sentence, but Black Zetsu already understood what he meant.
"What about the Mist Ninja?" Black Zetsu asked. "Is there anything they need me to do?"
"Continue to monitor them." Obito raised his hand and gently touched the edge of his mask. "We'll enter the fray when they've fought enough."
"At that time, it will be much easier to subdue Izumikawa or control the Mizukage."
Pain did not object, but simply nodded slightly.
The battle below continues. The clash between Izumigawa and Yagura has reached a fever pitch.
The two figures weaved, collided, and separated in the mist, each exchange accompanied by a deafening roar.
The battles between the Anbu and Kabuto, Pakura, and Orochimaru also unfolded in various corners of the island.
The light of ninjutsu and the cold glint of kunai flickered in the mist, accompanied by screams and dull thuds of bodies falling to the ground.
As Obito watched all this, the corners of his mouth curved into a wider smile.
"Fight on, fight on," he muttered to himself, a cold laugh in his voice. "The more intense the fighting, the smoother my plan will go."
The sea fog, like a veil, shrouded Crescent Bay on the Mito Peninsula in a hazy, grayish-white veil.
The rocks were rugged, the waves crashed against the shore, and the air was thick with the pungent smell of blood and the burning aura of chakra.
The bodies of the Dark Division members lay scattered haphazardly among the sand and rocks.
Some were pierced through the throat by grass swords, some were burned to charcoal by scorching techniques, some were nailed to the rock wall by senbon needles, and some had their seven orifices entangled by poisonous snakes, their deaths were tragic.
Twenty Mist Ninja Anbu members, none survived.
Orochimaru drew the Kusanagi sword from the chest of the last ANBU soldier, flicked the blood off the sword, and turned his snake-like vertical pupils toward the center of the battlefield.
Dou stood behind him, pushed up his glasses, and the reflection on the lenses obscured his eyes, but the faint smile at the corner of his mouth betrayed his inner excitement.
Yecang stood on a reef, the light of her Blazing Release flickering in her palm, her gaze fixed on the figure shrouded in the crimson tailed beast cloak.
And Izumi was standing directly in front of that figure.
His arms, shoulders, and back were covered in bone armor, the white bone gleaming coldly in the mist, like a skeletal warrior crawling out of hell.
His right Byakugan was activated, and the veins in his pure white pupil bulged, allowing him to see clearly the flow of chakra within Yagura's body.
The three-tomoe Sharingan in his left eye slowly rotated, its scarlet background reflecting Yagura's every subtle movement.
"Lord Yagura," Izumikawa's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through the sound of the waves and the wind, "Your Anbu is gone. Do you still want to continue fighting?"
Yagura stood on the water, a short staff held horizontally in front of him, his tailed beast cloak billowing like flames.
His face showed no anger, only the composure and pride that belonged to Shuiying.
The wound under his ribs was still bleeding, and the poison on Orochimaru's sword was slowly eroding his nerves, but his eyes remained sharp as knives.
"The rogue ninja Taketori Izumi, the Scorching Release user Pakura, the rogue ninja Orochimaru, and that nameless nobody." Yagura's gaze swept over the four of them. "You think you can defeat me just because you killed a few ANBU?"
The Three-Tails' chakra within him suddenly boiled.
The crimson tailed beast cloak suddenly expanded, and three chakra tails danced wildly behind him, creating huge waves in the seawater beneath his feet.
His pupils turned vertical, his teeth became sharp, and tailed beast-like markings appeared on his skin.
"I'm the perfect Jinchūriki!"
Yagura's voice no longer sounded human; instead, it carried a low growl like that of a wild beast.
His short stick plunged into the seawater beneath his feet, and a surge of violent chakra exploded outwards from him.
"Water Release: Big Explosive Water Wave!"
The sea surface exploded, and towering waves rose out of nowhere, sweeping outwards like a tsunami.
The reefs were washed away, the beaches were submerged, and the entire Crescent Bay was instantly turned into a vast ocean.
Orochimaru leaped to a high place, with Kabuto following closely behind.
Yekura leaped into the sky, and the Blazing Release Sphere evaporated the approaching water into white mist.
A bone pillar grew from beneath Izumi's feet, lifting him out of the water and allowing him to stand steadily in mid-air.
Yagura gave them no chance to catch their breath.
His body moved at high speed across the water, his short staff sweeping across, carrying the violent power of the tailed beast's chakra, and smashing towards Izumi River.
Izumi crossed his arms, and bone armor coalesced into a bone shield in front of him.
boom--!
The bone shield shattered, and Izumi was blasted away, sliding dozens of meters across the sea, his feet leaving two white grooves in the water.
His arm felt slightly numb, and new bone was rapidly filling the cracks in his bone armor.
"Your strength has increased again." Izumi flexed his wrists, a slight smile playing on his lips. "That's more interesting."
He leaped off the bone pillar, treading water as he rushed towards Yagura. Bone blades extended from his wrist bones, two blades in his hands, ready to be drawn with both.
Yagura's short stick came at him.
The two engaged in a fierce battle on the sea. Izumi's martial arts were sharp and unpredictable, each strike carrying a monstrous destructive force.
Yagura's short stick was powerful and heavy, each swing creating huge waves.
The bone blade collided with the short stick, creating shockwaves that sent the surrounding seawater flying everywhere.
Orochimaru slashed in from the side, his grass sword transforming into a silver lightning bolt, thrusting straight at Yagura's nape.
Without turning his head, Yagura unleashed a chakra tail that swept across, forcing Orochimaru back.
Yekura's Blazing Release orb fell from the sky, crashing down on Yagura's head like a meteor.
Yagura raised his other tail, forcefully blocking the explosion of the Scorch Release, but the tail was burned through with a large hole, emitting black smoke.
In such a battle, Kabuto could only retreat to the sidelines, watching as Yagura crushed several snakes with one foot, but the venomous fangs of the snakes still bit into his calf.
"Annoying bugs!" Yagura roared, unleashing his tailed beast chakra once more, shaking everything around him.
Izumi was thrown several meters by the shockwave, but he quickly regained his balance and charged forward again.
This time, he changed his strategy, retracting the bone blade, opening his hands, and aiming his fingertips at Yagura.
"Corpse Bone Pulse - Ten Fingers Pierced by Bullets!"
Ten finger bones shot out from the fingertips like ten white bullets, blocking all of Yagura's evasive routes.
Yagura swung his short stick to parry, knocking seven sticks away, but three of them pierced his shoulder, abdomen, and thigh.
Blood splattered.
Yagura groaned and staggered. Orochimaru seized the opportunity and thrust his grass sword into Yagura's blind spot, piercing through his left arm.
Yekura's Scorching Release sphere followed closely behind, slamming into his back and scorching large patches of skin.
Yagura finally couldn't hold on any longer and knelt on one knee on the water.
Blood gushed from his wound, turning the seawater beneath his feet a pale red.
His breathing was rapid and heavy. The Three-Tails' chakra was frantically repairing his body, but the toxins and multiple injuries greatly slowed down the repair process.
"Is it over?" Orochimaru licked his lips, raised his grass sword, and prepared to deliver the final blow.
Yagura suddenly looked up.
Those vertical pupils no longer held any human emotion.
"You forced me to do this."
The Three-Tails' chakra within him surged forth like a burst dam.
The crimson tailed beast cloak suddenly expanded, enveloping Yagura entirely.
His body began to twist, deform, and expand, his bones reorganized, and his skin was replaced by tailed beast chakra.
Its limbs transformed into thick, powerful beast feet, and three enormous tails burst forth from its body, each as tall as a towering tree.
The seawater was shaken back, revealing the dried-up seabed.
In the sky, the thick fog was torn apart, revealing a pale moon.
Three tails slapped the surface of the sea, and a monster resembling a turtle appeared.
Three-tailed Isobutsu!
Its body is like a small mountain, its thick carapace is covered with sharp bone spikes, and its three huge tails sway slowly behind it, each sway stirring up a storm.
Its single eye, visible outside, gleamed crimson in the night, staring intently at the few humans before it, who appeared as insignificant as ants.
Yagura's figure had disappeared into the Three-Tails' body; his consciousness had merged with the tailed beast, and he had completely transformed into a tailed beast.
Izumikawa revealed a playful smile.
"This is troublesome!"
Orochimaru's expression also turned serious. He had seen and studied the Tailed Beasts.
But this is the first time we've actually dealt with a fully unleashed tailed beast.
When the Eight-Tails went berserk, he was just watching from afar and picking up the scraps.
"Lord Orochimaru, should we retreat?" Kabuto pushed up his glasses, a rare hint of tension in his voice. "The Three-Tails is not something we can handle."
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