Chapter 18: The Divine Dragon Descends! Dragon's Wrath Flame
"What's with all this bickering?"
Aoyama Ryuun frowned in irritation.
So slow!
One-on-one battles everywhere — did they really need to waste so much time?
"Dragon's Breath!"
Boom!
A torrent of fiery, destructive energy erupted from Ryuun's mouth,
blasting straight toward the figure hidden in the swirling storm of sand.
"Ahhh! Hot! Hot! HOT!"
Shukaku's roar cut off mid-scream, replaced by a startled cry.
The Dragon's Breath exploded violently,
and with a deafening blast, Shukaku's massive body was sent flying out of the sandstorm!
Aoyama Ryuun lowered his head slightly, stopping the attack.
The tailed beast had been blown away just as it appeared.
Needless to say — that sight made every Konoha ninja's morale skyrocket.
"Lord Ryuun is invincible!"
"Victory is ours!"
"Long live Lord Ryuun!"
No matter how arrogant Aoyama Ryuun might seem at times,
in this world, ninja didn't judge by attitude — only by strength.
The battered Shukaku staggered up from the crater,
cursing several times before standing to his full towering height —
dozens of meters tall, a giant of sand.
Compared to that colossal form,
Aoyama Ryuun looked almost tiny.
"Finally found something I can kill!"
Shukaku grinned, a twisted, monstrous smile spreading across his face.
"Hahaha…"
Aoyama Ryuun chuckled twice softly,
then suddenly burst out laughing.
"Hahahahahahahaha!"
"What's so funny?!"
Shukaku's brows twitched in irritation.
Was this human actually mocking him?
Did he really think he could fight the One-Tail and laugh like that?
Still laughing, Ryuun casually took off his coat —
and tossed his ninja blade to the side.
"Damn… that's hot,"
Yekura muttered under her breath, glancing sideways mid-battle.
Even she couldn't help but admire the sight.
A confident man always drew eyes —
even in the middle of war.
"Focus!"
Rasa growled beside her, black lines forming on his forehead.
What's wrong with this woman? Complimenting the enemy while fighting?!
How about praising me for once?!
Aoyama Ryuun smiled faintly.
These people... they had no idea what they were dealing with.
"Because only by defeating a monster like this," he said calmly,
"does victory actually mean something."
"Pathetic human! Die!"
Shukaku raised his monstrous arm high
and slammed it down toward Aoyama Ryuun with tremendous force.
Boom!
Even a simple movement from a tailed beast —
was enough to cause a small-scale natural disaster.
Sand and wind exploded outward, engulfing the battlefield.
"Is that all you've got?"
Aoyama Ryuun's voice echoed faintly through the storm.
"So that's Shukaku, huh? Not that impressive."
"Shut up and DIE!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The desert trembled as Shukaku unleashed attack after attack,
his furious roars shaking the sky.
On another front,
Lady Chiyo — controlling her puppets — briefly glanced toward the source of the noise.
"That man's about to die," she muttered.
She had investigated earlier —
that Aoyama Ryuun was Tsunade's man.
But if he could defeat her,
then a mere One-Tail wasn't enough to bring him down.
Tsunade's eyes, however, stayed calm.
Her confidence in Ryuun never wavered.
"Hm?"
That composure made Chiyo frown.
Did this man… have a trump card?
And then—
Everyone froze.
From within the roaring storm of sand,
a majestic, colossal dragon burst forth with a thunderous roar!
Its body was no smaller than Shukaku's,
and its golden eyes glowed like suns.
The divine dragon's claws caught Shukaku's massive arm, stopping it cold.
"Dragon's Breath!"
Fully transformed, Aoyama Ryuun unleashed another inferno —
a torrent of blazing dragon fire that erupted from his maw,
engulfing the entire One-Tail in a sea of searing flames!
BOOOOOOM!
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