Chapter 113: Cunning Eight-Tails
After absorbing the Three-Tails, its massive body turned into scattered chakra fragments and dissipated into the air. It would probably take years or even decades to revive in the future.
Of course, that had nothing to do with Ling Yu. He only wanted the tailed beast chakra.
"What a great supplement. Just one Three-Tails replenished nearly one-third of the chakra in my body. Sure enough, the saying that tailed beasts are entirely made of chakra is completely correct. With such a huge body, they really do have an enormous amount of chakra."
Ling Yu clenched his fists tightly, feeling the chakra inside his body. A satisfied expression appeared on his face.
"Then next, only the Four-Tails and Eight-Tails are left. I wonder how Mikoto and the others are doing."
Thinking this, Ling Yu flew back into the sky again. Using Space Power, he instantly arrived at the battlefield where Mikoto and Kushina were fighting.
"Big Brother Ling Yu! You're finally here!"
The moment Ling Yu suddenly appeared on top of Mikoto's Susanoo forehead, Konan was the first to sense his presence. She smiled brightly and pounced toward him.
Mikoto also noticed his figure. She briefly withdrew her attention from the battle, turned her head, and gave Ling Yu a sweet smile.
"Konan is really amazing. You always notice me first every time I come."
Catching the little girl who flew toward him tightly, Ling Yu gently stroked her small head and praised her with a smile.
"I don't know why… I just have this feeling that Big Brother Ling Yu might appear from behind. Every time I guess correctly."
Nestled in Ling Yu's arms, Konan rubbed against him happily while smiling and explaining.
Big Brother Ling Yu's scent is the most reassuring.
"Really…?" Ling Yu was stunned for a moment. A trace of understanding flashed in his eyes as he looked at Konan.
Indeed, as Ling Yu thought, every time he used Space Power to approach the girls, Konan could always accurately predict his landing position and pounce toward him.
After hearing Konan's explanation, Ling Yu suddenly felt that she might have slightly stronger talent for space-related powers than ordinary people. If that was the case, perhaps in the future he could guide Konan toward developing space ninjutsu.
After spending a little time deciding Konan's future training direction, Ling Yu finally lowered his head and looked toward Mikoto and the Eight-Tails' battlefield.
At this moment, the Eight-Tails was being steadily pushed back by Mikoto's Susanoo. It had no power to fight back. Its whole body was covered in wounds large and small, and even three of the tails behind it had been cut off. Anyone could see who held the absolute advantage.
Moreover, Mikoto's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan was a perfect counter to tailed beasts. If she hadn't wanted to test her own strength and deliberately prolonged the fight, the Eight-Tails Gyūki would have been controlled by the Sharingan long ago and killed with a single slash.
"Mikoto, this battle should end soon. Finish it quickly."
After playing with Konan for a while, Ling Yu saw that the Eight-Tails basically had no strength left to resist. He felt it was time to absorb its chakra—otherwise, if the fight continued, it might be killed by Mikoto.
"Mm. I've been fighting for so long and I'm a little tired too. Let's finish it now."
"Genjutsu!"
"Cherry Blossom Slash!"
Mikoto nodded. First she used her Sharingan to control the Eight-Tails. Then she had Susanoo draw the two cherry-red long katanas from its waist.
Susanoo gripped both blades tightly. After Mikoto gathered all the pupil power of her Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan into the twin swords, she swung them forward, unleashing a massive "X"-shaped slash.
Slash!
The cherry-red sword wave tore through the air at supersonic speed, like a streak of light. It struck the completely undefended Eight-Tails. The residual sword energy left two trenches on the ground—each more than ten meters deep and thousands of meters long.
"ROAR ROAR—"
The Eight-Tails' body collapsed with a roar. Its body had been sliced into four pieces. Its life force began to slowly drain away.
"So easy?"
Ling Yu sounded confused. He put Konan down and used Space Power to appear behind the Eight-Tails, carefully observing the creature that had been cut into four pieces.
"I remember the Eight-Tails' greatest ability is escape—it can sever its tails to flee. Could it be that this is only one of the Eight-Tails' tails?"
Sure enough, when Ling Yu absorbed the Eight-Tails' chakra, he only received a portion. It seemed the Eight-Tails had really escaped.
"Tch… even I got fooled. Eight-Tails, your escape ability really is something."
Ling Yu never expected that even he would one day be tricked by a tailed beast. A trace of irritation rose in his heart.
Then he activated Observation Haki and followed the Eight-Tails' chakra trail. He discovered that the Eight-Tails had already returned to its jinchūriki's body and fled to the other side of the battlefield, reuniting with the Third Raikage.
"Then I'll let you live a little longer. After I absorb the Four-Tails, I'll come back to deal with you."
Ling Yu narrowed his eyes and looked toward one end of the battlefield. An indecipherable glint flashed in his gaze.
"What's wrong, Ling Yu? Did something happen?"
At that moment, Mikoto also dispersed Susanoo and brought Konan over to Ling Yu's side. Seeing his slightly serious expression, she couldn't help asking.
"Nothing. The Eight-Tails just managed to escape." Ling Yu shook his head and honestly told Mikoto everything that happened.
"The Eight-Tails wasn't… Wait, you mean this wasn't its real body? No wonder its power weakened so much for a while. So it had already escaped back then."
Mikoto was puzzled at first, then immediately understood. She looked at Ling Yu with a trace of apology on her face.
"Sorry, I was careless."
"It's fine, don't blame yourself. Even I got tricked. The Eight-Tails hasn't completely escaped yet. I'll go catch it again later."
"Alright, take Konan back first. I'll absorb the Four-Tails and then end this battle."
Pulling Mikoto into his arms, Ling Yu gently comforted her. After giving her instructions, he turned around and instantly teleported toward Kushina's battlefield.
On Kushina's side of the battlefield, Kushina's Nine-Tails Mode was currently fighting the Four-Tails in a very close match. In fact, the Four-Tails even held a slight advantage.
"Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder!"
The Four-Tails suddenly leaped high into the air. It smashed both fists heavily into the ground, creating a huge explosion.
In an instant, giant lava pillars erupted from underground like continuous volcanic eruptions, surging straight toward Kushina's Nine-Tails.
Seeing the extremely high temperature coming from the lava pillars, Kushina didn't dare take it head-on. She controlled the Nine-Tails' illusory form to nimbly dodge across the ground, evading the range of the lava pillars.
"Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique!"
However, the Four-Tails' attack wasn't over. It spat four gigantic molten rock spheres from its mouth, attacking toward Kushina.
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
Just as Kushina was about to counter, four enormous chakra fists had already accurately smashed into the molten rock spheres, blasting them apart one by one.
"Kushina, I'm here to help you."
At the same moment, Ling Yu's voice came from behind Kushina. She turned her head and saw that Ling Yu had somehow already arrived beside her, standing together on the Nine-Tails' head.
"Phew… you finally came. This four-tailed red monkey is really hard to deal with. Its ninjutsu is too annoying—it loves exploding everything. I didn't dare get close at all."
Letting out a small sigh of relief, Kushina complained to Ling Yu with a pout.
At first, she and the Four-Tails had been fighting back and forth evenly. But the Four-Tails' Lava Release was too effective against her. Every time she used Crystal Release ninjutsu, it would be shattered by the lava. Even her best sealing techniques required getting close to work.
For a while, Kushina's strength was suppressed and she couldn't unleash her full power. She could only dodge the Four-Tails' attacks while using long-range techniques.
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