novelraw Chapter 333 - 333 Susanoo vs Four-Tails & Five-Tails
Chapter 333 - 333 Susanoo vs Four-Tails & Five-Tails
The vast desert outside Toriwari Mountain Castle, eastern border of the Land of Earth.
At this time, the battle had entered its most brutal and spectacular phase.
The earth was scarred, with huge craters, trenches flowing with lava, and rock layers torn apart by violence visible everywhere, silently telling of the terror of the fierce battle just concluded.
The two-hundred-meter-tall red Susanoo stood majestically, like a warrior god supporting the sky, the terrifying pressure it emitted causing the air to stagnate.
In comparison, the fully transformed Four-Tails and Five-Tails, with their massive bodies over sixty meters tall, now seemed like fierce hounds circling at the giant's knees.
The Five-Tails let out a sharp screech, part horse, part boar. Its pure white beast pupils locked onto the Susanoo's knee joint. The five sharp horns on its head gathered immense chakra, its entire body charging forward like an out-of-control chariot.
Horn Break!
Facing this impact capable of collapsing mountains, Hikari, standing within the pentagonal crystal on the Susanoo's forehead, only moved her eyes slightly. Her cool face showed no ripple of emotion.
She didn't even use a weapon, merely controlling the Susanoo to lift its right leg, which is clad in crow tengu armor, and casually kick forward, as if swatting away an annoying insect!
Boom-!
The Susanoo's foot accurately kicked the side of the Five-Tails' head. The absolute difference in size made the effect of this kick particularly exaggerated.
A dull, teeth-grating, tremendous sound!
The Five-Tails let out a pained cry. Its massive body was sent flying by an irresistible force, tumbling and crashing into the desert hundreds of meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust, like a wild dog kicked aside.
The ground was plowed into a deep trench!
"Han!" Inside the Four-Tails, Roshi was both shocked and furious. He clasped his hands together, dark red Lava Release Chakra surging out wildly.
"Lava Release: Flower Fruit Mountain!"
Instantly, the ground within a several-hundred-meter radius centered on Hikari's Susanoo softened, boiled, turning into a seething, burning lake of lava!
Blistering heat waves distorted the air. Thick magma tried to entangle the Susanoo's legs, restricting its movement.
Hikari frowned slightly. The Susanoo's massive wings spread out, preparing to take off and escape this lava hell.
Onoki, floating in the air searching for an opportunity, wouldn't let this chance slip.
His hands formed seals fast as lightning. "Earth Release: Added Weight Rock Technique!"
An invisible, heavy force suddenly applied to the Susanoo's legs, causing its slightly airborne body to sink abruptly.
Immediately after, without pause, Onoki pressed his hands towards the void: "Earth Release: Rock Arm!"
Rumble-
From the edge of the lava lake, a giant arm made of hard rock burst from the ground, its fingers spread wide, grabbing the Susanoo's left ankle tightly!
The dual restraints of the Added Weight Rock and the rock arm actually temporarily fixed this red warrior god in place.
"Now! Roshi! Han!" Onoki shouted, his voice hoarse.
In the distance, the Five-Tails, which had just climbed to its feet, and the roaring Four-Tails simultaneously opened their massive mouths. Destructive Chakra rapidly gathered and compressed within, forming two black spheres.
Tailed Beast Bombs!
Hikari's crimson Mangekyo Sharingan swept over the forming Tailed Beast Bombs, then glanced at Toriwari Mountain Castle not far behind and the Toriwari Dam further back.
If she dodged now, these two Tailed Beast Bombs would strike Toriwari Mountain Castle or the dam unimpeded, causing catastrophic damage.
However, not only did her face show no panic, it instead curled into a proud smile. Through the Susanoo, her clear, echoing voice resounded across the battlefield:
"Brat, playing these little tricks... is worthless in the face of absolute power."
Before her words faded, she controlled the Susanoo to give up struggling, instead pouring all its power into the hundred-meter-plus Chakra Greatsword in its right hand.
The greatsword hummed, the burning red Chakra Flames on it suddenly blazing, emitting an even more terrifying energy fluctuation.
The two Tailed Beast Bombs finally finished forming. With a momentum that could tear everything apart, they shot forward from left and right!
"Cut!"
Hikari gave a cold shout. The Susanoo's arms gripped the sword hilt. Its massive body displayed astonishing speed belying its size. The great sword drew a red arc in the air, meeting the two Tailed Beast Bombs!
Sss-!
Boom!!!
The first Tailed Beast Bomb collided head-on with the chakra great sword's blade. It didn't explode directly but was forcibly split in two by the extremely sharp sword energy!
The Tailed Beast Bomb, its balance forcibly destroyed, instantly triggered an earth-shattering explosion. Blinding white light and violent shockwaves swept out, but were blocked for the most part by the Susanoo's broad sword blade.
Almost simultaneously, using the recoil from cleaving the first Tailed Beast Bomb, the greatsword, with a clever application of force, drew a curved line. The back of the sword accurately slapped the side of the second Tailed Beast Bomb!
Whoosh-!
The second Tailed Beast Bomb had its trajectory changed by this strike. Like a struck baseball, it flew back the way it came at an even faster speed, its target the densely packed Iwagakure's army in the rear!
"Not good!" Onoki's eyes widened in horror.
The Tailed Beast Bomb fell into the dense Iwagakure's formation.
A brief silence, then destruction descended.
Boooooom-!!!
An even more violent explosion than before occurred. A huge black mushroom cloud shot into the sky. A savage energy storm devoured everything within its range.
Screams, explosions, the sizzle of vaporizing rock mingled together.
With just this one strike, over a thousand Iwagakure's Ninja were instantly vaporized. Another two to three thousand Iwagakure's Ninja around the blast were blown away by the shockwave. The originally orderly army formation was brutally erased in a large section, leaving only a horrifying, charred giant crater.
Kitsuchi, Monga, and others, luckily located at the edge of the explosion, were sent flying by the shockwave. Landing in disarray, they looked at the spot where their comrades had vanished instantly, their faces drained of all color, leaving only endless fear and bewilderment.
"Mon... monster..." Monga sat collapsed on the ground, muttering distractedly.
Onoki floated in the air, his body trembling uncontrollably. Looking at the red Susanoo, still standing majestic and unmoving amidst the explosion's smoke and dust, a bone-chilling cold shot from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
'To neutralize and counter Tailed Beast Bombs so easily...'
'Was this really a power a Ninja could possess?'
Before his shock could subside, Hikari's counterattack had already arrived.
"The game is over."
The Susanoo's wings flapped. Its massive body burst forth with frightening speed completely at odds with its size. Like a red meteor, it charged straight towards the Five-Tails, which had just finished releasing the Tailed Beast Bomb and was in a brief state of exhaustion.
"Han! Dodge quickly!" Roshi shouted anxiously.
But it was too late.
The Chakra Greatsword, carrying the power to tear the sky, fell from above!
Squelch-!
The dull sound of a blade cutting in was grating.
The Five-Tails' pure white head was severed cleanly at the neck. Its massive beast body stiffened for an instant, then collapsed with a crash, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The Five-Tails' Jinchuriki, Han, was severely injured by this blow, falling from the severed neck. He was desperately rescued by the quick-reacting Akatsuchi who rushed forward, but he was already on the verge of death.
"Roshi! Be careful!" Onoki's warning had just left his mouth when Hikari's gaze turned towards the enraged Four-Tails.
"Scorching River Great Eruption!" Roshi controlled the Four-Tails, unleashing his strongest Lava Release. A giant fist of lava, like a volcanic eruption, smashed towards the Susanoo.
"Stubborn fool." Hikari's Mangekyo narrowed slightly.
"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi!"
Black flames of Amaterasu instantly covered the Susanoo's entire body, turning it into a demon god burning with ominous black fire.
The lava fist struck the black-flamed Susanoo. Not only did it fail to cause effective damage, it was quickly entangled and burned by the black flames.
Simultaneously, the Susanoo's giant left hand reached out, grabbing the Four-Tails' ferocious ape head, the tremendous force holding it firmly in place.
The right hand's Chakra Greatsword followed with a horizontal slash!
A flash of the blade, and the Four-Tails' head fell accordingly.
The massive headless body swayed, then collapsed like a falling mountain and crumbling pillar, turning into surging lava that slowly dissipated.
Roshi fell from within, his entire body charred black, unconscious.
In the blink of an eye, the two fully transformed Jinchuriki were crushed as easily as breaking dead wood!
Roshi and Han, one severely injured, one unconscious!
Hikari controlled the Susanoo. Its left hand held the Four-Tails' still-burning, dissipating large head. Its right hand held the Chakra Greatsword. Her crimson Mangekyo looked down indifferently at the sole remaining Onoki below, and the distant Iwagakure's remnants who had completely lost their will to fight, trembling.
"This guy... is even more terrifying than Uchiha Madara..." Onoki floated dejectedly, the image of the just-concluded crushing battle replaying in his mind. The last shred of his will to resist was completely crushed.
This wasn't a battle at all, but a one-sided slaughter!
It was the crushing of mortals by a god!
However, Onoki's despair was not over.
Just as this deathly silence and despair permeated the battlefield, three figures appeared to the left and right of Hikari's Susanoo.
They were Shisui, Izumi, and Uchiha Inabi, who had just arrived after rushing to reinforce.
"Hikari-sama, apologies for our tardiness," Shisui said with a slight nod, his tone gentle.
"No matter, you've arrived just in time to clean up," Hikari replied indifferently.
"Yes!"
The next moment, three powerful Chakra surges shot into the sky!
Shisui's eyes, the Mangekyo pattern spinning, erupted with verdant green Chakra. Bones, flesh, armor rapidly constructed themselves. A Complete Body Susanoo with wings on its back, holding a spiral sword, rose from the ground. Though slightly shorter than Hikari's red Susanoo, its monumental presence was equally awe-inspiring.
Izumi and Inabi also activated their respective Mangekyo simultaneously.
One, pure white as snow, with a graceful female form, and another, entirely cyan-green, with sharp, keen lines, took shape close behind.
These two Susanoo, though not reaching the Complete Body Stage, were already on the third stage, covered in Chakra Flesh and Tendons, about sixty to seventy meters tall, similar to the previous Tailed Beasts. They stood proudly on the battlefield. Echoing the red and green Susanoo, the visual and psychological impact they delivered was unparalleled.
Four Susanoo, like four gods from the age of myth. Their shadows enveloped the remaining Iwagakure's army.
Onoki, looking at this despair-inducing scene, felt the last of his strength drain away. He slowly descended from the air, collapsing to the ground, as if instantly aged another ten years.
He could exhaust the Third Raikage to death with ten thousand Iwagakure's Ninjas because the Third Raikage was ultimately human, without large-scale destructive abilities like the Tailed Beast Bomb.
But facing the Susanoo, in such a short time, over two thousand of the ten thousand Iwagakure's Ninjas had already fallen!
If they continued fighting, these ten thousand Iwagakure's Ninjas would be wiped out!
Onoki's heart trembled.
He raised his head with difficulty, looking at the red Susanoo, his voice dry and hoarse:
"St... stop... We... surrender..."