Seeing Roshi enter Partial Transformation mode, many Iwagakure ninja grew worried.
"Didn't Elder Roshi already use the Tailed Beast Ball? Isn't entering this state again too risky?"
"If he gets further provoked, things could get really bad!"
A jinchuriki's rampage results in indiscriminate attacks, meaning they'd either have to defeat the jinchuriki or wait until his stamina ran out before retrieving him. There were just too many unpredictable variables involved.
Onoki also scowled darkly. "That guy Roshi is already at the brink of losing control!"
He wasn't angry with Roshi for losing control—he'd have done the same if treated like that!
"Still, this might be an opportunity. The moment Roshi loses control should be when he's most vulnerable..."
Facing him, Danzo coldly launched a Wind Release attack. "You dare let your mind wander in front of me!"
Dodging the attack, Onoki shot back sarcastically with a sidelong glance, "Who are you calling 'old man'? You're disrespectful!"
Danzo twitched his lips slightly—he had momentarily forgotten that Onoki was actually older than him—but still defiantly retorted, "Hmph! Dwarf!"
Onoki immediately fired a [Dust Release] technique. "What did you say, bandage-faced brat?"
...
After entering Partial Transformation mode, Roshi's speed and strength significantly increased. Injuries he'd previously sustained healed visibly fast.
However, psychological wounds couldn't heal so easily.
Roaring up at the sky, Roshi spat out a massive magma fireball—about the equivalent size of dozens of smaller fireballs combined compared to those he used earlier.
Such a level of lava fireball even [Seki] wouldn't dare directly withstand—it'd take more than just [Ice Release] techniques to counter it effectively.
After jumping aside, Seki discovered the giant fireball was still pursuing him closely.
"He can remotely control it even at this size?"
"You scared now? Ha! Turn to ash in my magma, gramps!"
Roshi roared loudly, then saw Seki running toward where Iwagakure ninjas gathered densely.
"What the hell is this?"
"Elder Roshi, please don't lose your temper!"
The joy he felt watching Seki run quickly faded into rage. Roshi shouted furiously, "Coward! Come face me like a real man!"
But Seki completely ignored him, calmly maneuvering around the battlefield while even finding time to summon Katsuyu to assist with healing everyone.
"Dwarf!"
"Kid!"
"Dwarf!"
"Runta—"
Like two children hurling childish insults at each other, Danzo and Onoki suddenly felt uneasy, turning their heads to see Seki sprinting straight toward them, followed by both the colossal fireball and charging madly after it, Roshi.
"Don't come over here!"
"What in the world are you two clowns doing?"
Onoki panicked and shot straight into the air. Danzo, meanwhile, ditched Seki, activated his Wind Release Chakra Mode, and bolted.
"I'm a Wind-natured ninja—I sure as hell shouldn't stick around and fan the flames!" Danzo thought as he fled, but realized the rumbling sounds behind him seemed persistently loud.
Looking back, he saw Seki tightly chasing right behind him.
"Why are you following me?"
"I'm here to bring warmth to Elder Danzo."
Seeing the scorching magma behind him, Danzo nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood and clenched his teeth. "I'm already plenty warm enough!"
Seiki blinked in confusion, then shook his head. "You misunderstood, Elder Danzo. I meant Katsuyu."
"Eh? You mean... Katsuyu?"
After sending off the small slug, Seiki turned and walked away. Danzo twitched at the corner of his mouth. "What in the world was that?!"
"It's finally almost done," Seiki silently sighed.
Ever since he suspected Black Zetsu might be eyeing his body, he had remained cautious, using various pretexts each time he fought to spread Katsuyu across different battlefields.
As the summoner, he could share vision with Katsuyu.
Just like when he fought Hanzo, releasing Katsuyu not only helped rally support and muddle Hanzo's judgment but also served an important purpose in monitoring the battlefield.
Strategically, you could scoff at that old scheming Black Zetsu, but tactically, there couldn't be even a bit of slackness.
"Damn brat! Stop right there!"
Roshi was nearly furious enough to spit blood. Although that brat was fast, Roshi wasn't incapable of catching up.
The problem was, the kid kept dashing into crowded areas of Iwagakure while his entire body was covered in magma—he dared not push his speed to the limit.
Hearing Roshi's voice, Seiki immediately turned back.
Enough monkey teasing for now—the fireball had transformed into a lava ball, so it was time to mess with his opponent's mind again.
Seiki leaped high, launching a powerful aerial kick at the massive solid rock sphere.
Caught completely off guard, Roshi was smashed into the ground by the impact before he could react.
A normal man would have been flattened under such a strike, but Jinchuriki weren't ordinary men.
With a tremendous explosion, the huge stone shattered apart.
Bruised and battered, Roshi crawled out from the wreckage. "You damn bastard!"
"Sorry, Kurama told me Four-Tails has quite a playful nature. He asked me to keep an eye on it if we ever met." Seiki solemnly shifted the blame onto a certain fox.
"Keep an eye on monkeys... Kurama..."
This time, it wasn't just Roshi who became enraged—Four-Tails inside him shared the fury too.
Aside from Kurama's famously stubborn and arrogant nature, the real issue was that they simply couldn't accept it.
Why was the Nine-Tails so much stronger than them? The Sage of Six Paths must've played favorites!
Suddenly, chakra erupted—a volume dozens of times greater than what manifested under Partial Transformation mode. Roshi's body rapidly expanded until he stood as tall as a hill, fully transformed into Four-Tails.
"What?! He transformed directly into the Complete Form?!" Onoki gasped, his eyes practically popping out as he forgot entirely about launching a stealth attack.
He had expected Roshi to lose control in Partial Transformation mode; he hadn't even considered the possibility of reaching Complete Form.
If he still had a chance to subdue Roshi in Partial Transformation state, he had no confidence doing so at all in Complete Form.
Although having lost rationality, Four-Tails instinctively charged toward Seiki.
The earth trembled violently; magma surged wildly like an active volcano rolling forth, crushing any nearby ninjas too slow to escape.
"This is terrifying... This is the power of the Bijuu?"
"Run! Lord Roshi has lost consciousness!"
As the Four-Tails charged forward wildly, Seiki remained standing still and looked toward the sky. "The accumulated moisture in the air should be enough now!"
Earlier, the ice layer that had frozen the ground had already evaporated into water vapor after Roshi kept running around in his molten form.
[Sage Art: Ice Release: Arrival of the Heavens!]
In an instant, the bright sunshine was blocked by thick clouds. The wind howled violently as snowstorms blew down from the sky.
It was as if the very process of time had sped up dozens of times. The blizzard rapidly covered the Four-Tails.
Almost immediately, the Four-Tails—just moments ago displaying tremendous power—was completely frozen, leaving only a massive block of ice standing on the ground.
Seeing this, everyone wore expressions of disbelief.
"Are you kidding me? That was the Four-Tails!"
"He's commanding the weather itself! That's like gods-given power!"
"No way! No matter how strong someone is, it's just a snowstorm. How could it possibly immobilize the Four-Tails?"
"No, that's not just a snowstorm—it's a binding seal!"
"You've gotta be joking! A sealing technique at this level…"
"We can't win. There's no way we can defeat such an enemy!"
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