Zombie Sage in Naruto

Chapter 97 Solo Kill of the Four-Tails, A New Application of the Void Realm Technique
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Hidan was stunned for a moment, thinking he had misheard.

Me? Go deal with the Four-Tails?
To be honest, Hidan knew he was very talented in certain areas and firmly believed that his current strength far exceeded that of his peers. If he had the opportunity to use his techniques, killing those powerful ninjas would be a piece of cake.

But to go all out from the start is just too much!
"I'm only 12 years old, and you want me to kill the Four-Tails? That's too much trouble, how could you give such an order!" Hidan scratched his head.

"Of course, I know your talent better than anyone else. As my disciple, you are the center of attention, and everyone is watching your growth, so you must not embarrass yourself... even though you don't have such a thing as a face."

Kaede Tsukasa walked up to Senju Momoka and blocked Han's attack route. This simple action had already made his stance clear.

"Takashi, Shizune, you two will assist Hidan—well, it's not impossible for Hidan to fight the Four-Tails Jinchuriki one-on-one." Kaede Tsukasa thought for a moment and felt that the gap between Takashi and Shizune's strength and Hidan's was too big. If they died, it would be difficult for him to explain, and he would have to use the Reincarnation Technique to revive the two of them.

"You two can just stand aside and watch the show. I'll call you back after I've killed that Four-Tails Jinchuriki."

Hidan looked disgusted, then slowly walked towards Rōshi, carrying a three-bladed scythe that was longer than his entire body. Combined with his loose and slouching posture, he looked unreliable no matter how you looked at him.

Hyuga Takashi said, "I understand. Be careful then."

"If you really can't beat them, don't force yourself. After the teacher takes care of the Five-Tails, he will come to help us," Shizune said.

The matter-of-fact words spoken by these three boys and girls, whose average age was no more than eleven or twelve, silenced both sides.

All eyes that were originally fixed on Kaede Tsukasa have now fallen on the boy who is fiddling with a scythe.

"Are you serious? This is outrageous!"

Jiraiya, panting heavily, was trying to recover his strength, astonished by Kaedeji's almost childish act.

He knew Hidan; many people in the village were paying attention to this boy whom Kaedeji had brought back from the Land of Hot Springs, and they also knew that Kaedeji had declared that he would spend several months training Hidan to become a talent.

How could he possibly go straight into fighting the Four-Tails Jinchuriki without any prior record? And judging from Hidan's own behavior, it seems he just found it too troublesome, rather than feeling he couldn't win?

This world must be crazy.

Minato's gaze sharpened: "Lord Kaedeji is not one to speak carelessly. If he has said this, it means he is quite certain of it."

"I know you've fought Hidan, but even with that kind of ability, it seems like it's no match for the Four-Tails."

Jiraiya recalled the scene he saw in the Third Hokage's crystal ball when he first returned to the village, and knew that Hidan was someone Minato couldn't kill despite trying every means.

Even so, what makes Hidan think he can fight the Four-Tails Jinchuriki? With his taijutsu, which still has room for improvement, and his immortality?
Kaede Tsukasa's squad deployed into battle formation, each facing one of the two Jinchuriki.

"Has your strength increased again, and you've become a powerful ninja at the Hokage level?" Senju Momoka stood up and asked.

Kaedeji shook his head: "Personally, I don't think so. I'm still a bit short of that level of strength, but with everyone's cooperation, we should be able to deal with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki."

They still refused to mention Hidan's situation at all.

Old Purple and Han stared coldly at Feng Jiansi, who seemed oblivious to everyone else.

"We meet again. It was you who made me withdraw from the war so early. I've always wanted to settle the score with you. You were lucky last time, but this time I won't let you get away so easily."

Old Purple narrowed his eyes, itching to kill Kaedeji directly, but reason told him that it would be difficult.

“Leave him to me. I’ll use my speed to deal with the space-time ninja and I’m more likely to kill him. No matter how many corpses he summons, they can’t stop me… Besides, I might not have much time left, so it’s best to finish this quickly,” Han said in a low voice.

Swish!
Han made the first move, but his first attack was not aimed at Kaede Tsukasa on the other side. Instead, he pounced on Hidan next to him and delivered a powerful punch from above, smashing Hidan into the ground with a loud bang.

A normal person would be physically shattered by such a blow.

"Let's take care of one first, Konoha's ghoul. It seems you haven't reacted at all. Relying on corpses to fight, your own reflexes seem to be inferior to that blond kid over there." Han's voice was icy as he selected his next opponent to kill.

"Ouch, you bastard! How dare you do this to me!"

Blood trickled from Hidan's mouth as he cursed loudly. With a burst of strength from his arm still above ground, he pulled his entire body out of the ground, brushing the dirt off his body as he did so.

"He can still move freely. Just who is this guy... His physical strength is also strange, and his self-healing ability is amazing."

Han ducked and dodged Hidan's horizontal slash.

Hidan's performance attracted everyone's attention.

Especially someone like Senju Momoka, who had experienced firsthand how powerful Han's physical skills were, was speechless looking at the lively Hidan.

What the hell?

This is the Jinchūriki of the Five-Tails. Relying on the power of the Five-Tails, the Tailed Beast with the strongest taijutsu, he is theoretically the Jinchūriki who is most skilled in taijutsu combat. Yet, when he attacked Hidan, he was unable to kill him.

"I think I understand why Kaedeji is so confident in his disciple, although I don't know how this young man does it."

Senju Momoka sensed a surging life force from Hidan, but she believed it couldn't be due to that life force. There must be another reason that allowed Hidan to withstand Han's attacks without dying.

Psychic art!

Kaedeji summoned a large number of zombies, and the three elite Jonin, Sandstorm Araki, Terai, and Troy, attacked together.

"Let's do it. Kill these two Jinchuriki and cripple Iwagakure's hands," Kaede Tsukasa said quickly. "Let Hidan handle him alone. If the other juniors want to join the battle, that's fine too. The three of us will deal with the Five-Tails first."

Jiraiya and Senju Momoka did not hesitate. No matter how many doubts they had, they could only trust Kaede Tsukasa at this moment.

Two battles broke out in quick succession.

"It's starting, Minato, what should we do?" Dekayi's voice was filled with suppressed excitement. "Lord Kaedeji, who is extremely skilled at dealing with tailed beasts, has arrived. The tide of battle will definitely turn. Which one should we deal with now, the Four-Tails or the Five-Tails?"

Minato hesitated for a moment: "We can't interfere with Jiraiya-sensei's side, so let's prioritize joining forces with Hidan. However, I'll go in, and you two will stand with the other two disciples of Lord Kaedeji and provide support from the perimeter of the battlefield. Try your best to protect yourselves and don't give the enemy any opportunities."

"Huh? This—"

“I have the Flying Thunder God Technique, which allows me to come and go freely. Even if I can’t win, I can quickly escape. You can’t do that. That’s settled then,” Minato interrupted, grabbing a kunai and joining the battle.

Of all the people present, besides Kaede Tsukasa, Minato was the one who knew Hidan best. Minato knew that Hidan seemed to possess an extremely terrifying technique.

That was a terrifying technique that Kaede Tsukasa described as certain to kill even Minato Namikaze if he were to be hit by it.

Hidan glanced at Minato and nodded reluctantly: "It's you. I thought it was someone else standing next to me in the way. But you're a different story. Remember to use space-time ninjutsu to get out of the way beforehand, so as not to affect my performance."

Immediately afterwards, Hidan charged forward wielding his massive scythe, hacking and slashing at everything in his path, cutting down all the trees and leaving marks on the ground.

He also let out unintelligible howls, and the expression on his face gradually changed from impatience to fanaticism and obsession.

"Hahaha, kill, kill, kill! I'm going to sacrifice you to the evil god, and he'll be very pleased with you!"

"An evil god? Although I don't know what's wrong with your body, it seems you're a believer. Can your evil god compare to the four-tailed beast inside me?"

Old Purple snorted coldly, first glancing at Kaede Tsukasa, but ultimately focusing his attention on Hidan. Killing these young people and taking down the top new generation of Konoha would be a pretty good achievement.

His tails lashed out rapidly, grabbing Hidan's scythe in one swift motion, and the two began to wrestle.

"What great strength!" Old Zi frowned.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Minato threw kunai around and appeared beside Rōshi, condensing a Rasengan in his hand and pressing it hard against Rōshi's body, but it was blocked by a chakra tail.

The Rasengan violently churned up Rōshi's tailed beast cloak, but still failed to cause enough damage.

"Hey, try not to let this guy enter half-tailed beast form, create an opportunity for me," Hidan said quickly.

Minato's expression shifted slightly. According to his analysis, Hidan wasn't afraid of Rōshi's power surging after entering the half-tailed beast form, but rather, for some reason, he needed to keep Rōshi in the tailed beast cloak stage... Could it be related to that technique? But why?
Despite the lack of intelligence, Minato still demonstrated exceptional combat skills.

"You two brats, do you really think you can take me down? Even if Kaede Tsukasa and Jiraiya came together, they would still die by my hand, let alone the two of you."

The tailed beast cloak on Rōshi's body became thicker, which meant that he had made further progress in the tailed beast transformation, but he had not yet entered the semi-tailed beast transformation. If he had a choice, Rōshi would not want to go to this step.

With several tails swishing, Minato reacted quickly and teleported away, but Hidan was in trouble. He was hit squarely and sent flying more than ten meters away by the storm-like shockwave.

"Now you should die, but just in case... Lava Release: Scorching River Rock Technique!"

Old Purple hadn't figured out Hidan's information, but he still added another attack, slamming several magma balls into Hidan in succession. In full view of everyone, Hidan was hit and looked like he was about to melt under this terrible attack.

Dekayi's heart pounded with fear: "No way, could it be that Lord Kaedeji's prized disciple has died just like that?"

"No, just watch. According to Lord Kaedeji, no one can kill him... Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!" Hyuga Takashi unleashed another palm strike from a distance, blasting away a large number of magma balls and revealing Hidan's charred body. He shouted, "Silence!"

"understood."

Shizune immediately jumped in front of Hidan and placed her hands on him.

Old Zi sneered: "It's useless. He's already dead. No matter how strong his body is, how could he possibly survive my Lava Release?"

But soon, Old Purple frowned as he heard Hidan's powerful curses.

Even though his entire body was burned beyond recognition, he was still alive. With Shizune's healing, Hidan stood up again.

"My hair!! You bastard, I've been growing it out for so long, planning to style it in a slicked-back look, and you've ruined it all!"

Hidan, covered in dust and dirt, was enraged when he touched his hair, which was now mostly gone. He once again grabbed his scythe and slashed at Roshi.

This left everyone completely bewildered.

Not to mention that Dekayi, who was seeing an immortal body for the first time, was dumbfounded.

Even Lao Zi (Old Purple) has some difficulties.

"It can withstand Han's taijutsu and resist my Lava Release... Could it be immortality? Although I don't know the principle behind this kid's immortality, this is Kaede Tsukasa's confidence. Sending an immortal guy to entangle me, if he has enough stamina and chakra, he can drag me down until he can't withstand the Four-Tails' chakra."

Old Purple looked down at his arm, where patches of skin had cracked and floated up as the tailed beast's chakra surged.

The longer the duration, the heavier the burden on the body.

He believed he had figured out Kaedeji's tactical plan: to use his immortality and space-time ninja to attack him simultaneously, and then use his power to deal with Han, who had already entered half-tailed beast form and was strong but had little time left. It was indeed a good idea.

"If we concentrate our efforts on killing the other four brats, the blond kid will still rescue them immediately. So, we really need to kill the immortal brat as soon as possible."

Old Purple plans to enter a half-tailed beast form and finish off Hidan in one fell swoop.

"Your immortality is essentially the power of corpse escape, isn't it? It's been two years, and that guy Kaedeji has created some pretty good works, but that's where it ends." Old Purple kept retreating, his body beginning to swell.

Hidan panicked and chased after Roshi, slashing at him. If this guy had entered half-tailed beast form, it would be even more difficult to obtain his blood.

"Hey, Minato Namikaze, I have a plan... Huh?"

Hidan stared wide-eyed when he saw Rōshi's festering skin and the gushing blood mingling with the tailed beast's chakra.

"what's the plan?"

"Hmm, this is half-tailed beast transformation. It's completely different from what I expected. It's not like my body was directly changed by the tailed beast's chakra."

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Minato couldn't understand. Wasn't this just having one's form altered by the tailed beast's chakra? What was the difference? Or was it...?

"Could it be that your technique actually involves..."

"Hey, it's so nice to team up with smart people. My plan is for you to attack me with that chakra ball."

A fierce glint flashed across Hidan's face, and before Rōshi could complete his half-tailed beast transformation, he immediately rushed over.

Old Purple raised his head, his face about to be engulfed by red and black chakra. He immediately snorted coldly, "You're courting death! In my half-tailed beast form, I can burn you to ashes in an instant. Let's see how you survive!"

Hidan rushed in front of Rōshi and swung his scythe as if to cut Rōshi in half, but his next move was unexpected by everyone.

Pfft!

Hidan pointed the scythe at himself and plunged it into his abdomen, screaming in agony as he endured the excruciating pain and pulled it sideways!
A large amount of blood spurted out. Before Roshi could react, Minato followed up from behind Hidan, condensing a Rasengan in one hand and sending it straight through Hidan's torn abdomen, pressing it onto Roshi's body!

"What...tactic is this?"

Lao Zi was stunned once again; he felt that his understanding of the world had been refreshed once more.

In his current state, he wouldn't be seriously injured even if he took a Rasengan head-on, but he wouldn't give Minato a chance to attack him with a Rasengan; he would definitely use his tail to block it.

But... what's going on here? In order for Minato to attack him, this immortal brat is willing to cut himself in half?

Play so big?

boom!
The first time, the Rasengan hit Rōshi's body squarely, producing a buzzing sound.

The high-frequency agitation in a short period of time did indeed injure Lao Zi, but the damage caused was not even as great as the damage Lao Zi suffered when he entered half-tailed beast form and his body was violently attacked by tailed beast chakra!
"That's all? You're too naive. Your judgment is not enough to allow you to stand before me."

Old Purple was a very serious person. At this moment, he twitched the corner of his mouth, opened his mouth and roared, his chakra bursting out, sending Minato and Hidan flying at the same time.

This also means that Rōshi has completed his partial tailed beast transformation and reached a new peak in strength.

"The game is over, kid. Now you'll see the real terror!" Old Purple spread his arms, his tail whipping wildly behind him, and visible chakra condensed into wisps of smoke that drifted above him.

Minato took a breath and looked at Hidan, who was almost split in two beside him: "How was it? Did you succeed?"

"He succeeded. He was right. Now we're about to witness true terror... but he'll experience it firsthand!"

Hidan raised his head, his expression contorted by the pain and excitement. He opened his palm, revealing the blood he had finally obtained, as if looking at a rare treasure, and then stuck out his tongue and licked it fiercely.

He even smacked his lips seriously, looking just like a madman.

Minato nodded emphatically. Although he didn't understand why Hidan did this, since he had chosen to trust Hidan, he wouldn't ask too many questions and would just wait for Hidan to perform.

"Whoa! What's going on? Why is he hurting himself? Minato's Rasengan didn't do anything at all; it only made his injuries worse!"

Dekayi was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand what was going on in this battle anymore. His gaze fell blankly on Hidan's almost torn waist.

"Next comes the ultimate terror. The first ceremony can't be too solemn!"

Hidan received Shizune's treatment, and with his own powerful life force, he quickly stopped the bleeding in his hollow abdomen and began to grow a large amount of new flesh and blood.

He pushed aside the silence and inscribed strange spells on the ground with his feet.

Old Purple immediately rushed over. This time, Hyuga Takashi tried to use the Eight Trigrams Palm again, but it wasn't enough to drive Old Purple away.

As soon as he saw it, Old Purple swung his tail behind him. However, this time, he did not use taijutsu. Instead, he sensed something was wrong, created a chakra ball on the spot, swallowed it, and spat out a terrifying chakra beam, which was aimed directly at Hidan!

No one dared to stand in the face of an attack of this magnitude. In the original timeline, Naruto grew a fourth tail, entered a semi-tailed beast state, and lost his reason. Even with such an attack, he was able to break Orochimaru's Triple Rashomon.

Hidan, of course, couldn't stop him either. If he didn't do something, he would be blasted into dust in a single encounter.

"give it to me!"

In a flash, Hidan's expression twisted, his hands formed a hand seal, and his figure vanished from the spot, replaced by a zombie.

Boom!

When the terrifying beam of light dissipated, there was no one left where Hidan had stood.

Old Purple believed he had completely killed Hidan, but Hidan's voice came from the other side.

"Hahahaha, you didn't expect that, did you? I also know the Void Realm Technique, although I'm not very skilled at it... but it's enough for me to complete the Death Possession Bloodline! You die!!"

Hidan drew a complete jutsu seal again, yelled, and stabbed himself in the abdomen once more.

"Ok?"

Old Zi's body suddenly fell down, and his hands also uncontrollably grabbed something and waved it at his stomach. He instinctively wanted to look down, but he couldn't move at all.

A sudden, intense pain severely disrupted his thoughts and was beyond his comprehension.

"My stomach just tore open out of thin air... What happened?" Old Purple couldn't believe it and tried to look at Hidan's stomach out of the corner of his eye.

The wounds are exactly the same, in terms of depth and angle, they all show the corresponding proportions, exactly the same!
"Heh, did you notice? It took you so much effort to succeed. You Jinchuriki are really hard to deal with. But now that I've succeeded, it means you're doomed. No one can escape my Death Possession blood!"

Hidan slapped his thigh again, the excruciating pain spreading throughout his body, which brought an extreme pleasure to his face. He even drooled and couldn't help but let out a morbid groan.

"Ahhh~ This is the feeling, it's absolutely wonderful..."

Hidan repeatedly took drastic measures against himself.

Every time he does something, Old Purple has to do the exact same thing, and then he will have the same wounds as Hidan.

This technique, which completely defies the rules of conventional ninjutsu, left Rōshi dumbfounded, and everyone who looked over was equally bewildered.

I've never seen it before, never at all.

"So that's how the spell is cast. It's amazing that such a terrifying technique exists in the world... What's it called?" Minato suddenly understood.

The key medium is blood. All that we've done so far is ultimately to get Hidan a drop of Rōshi's blood.

Even so, not everyone can do it; luckily, Hidan dared to be ruthless to himself.

"Ahhh~"

Hidan was completely engrossed, constantly cutting off pieces of his own flesh to bleed himself, and even reaching into his own body to rummage around, tearing at his internal organs with abandon.

Even someone as strong as Lao Zi is now in dire straits, unable to move, and suffering more and more injuries.

"This shouldn't be happening. I have the Four-Tails' chakra, which can heal injuries, so why..."

Old Purple was terrified, clearly feeling an invisible force slowing down the rate at which the Four-Tails' chakra was healing him: "Is this also the power of an evil god? I thought it was just a boring artificial god, but I didn't expect it to actually exist."

But... he won't collapse in a place like this!

Half-tailed beast transformation is not the end; full tailed beast transformation is the final stage!
"What a pity. When I wake up again, I don't know where I will be. If that Four-Tails acts recklessly again, he will humiliate me severely."

Old Purple was unwilling to lose his rationality, but he had no choice now. He immediately released the suppression on the Four-Tails, allowing it to release more chakra.

"That's right. You stubborn bastard, if you had just handed your body over to me from the beginning, I would have killed everyone here. Why would it have been so complicated?"

The Four-Tails roared excitedly, eager to completely engulf Rōshi with its chakra.

Old Purple snorted coldly: "Last time you went berserk, the first thing you did was kill my comrades, but let those Konoha guys go. Do you think I'll trust you again?"

“At that time, the opponent had a space-time ninja, and he commanded a large number of corpses. I couldn’t stop him at all. Rather than wasting time, I might as well kill the humans of Iwagakure and get some interest.” The Four-Tails made no attempt to hide its malice.

Iwagakure is not like Kumogakure or Konoha. As the Tsuchikage, Onoki is a cunning and tyrannical old man, and you can imagine how he treats Rōshi and Han, the two Jinchūriki.

There was a reason why Rōshi and Han eventually left Iwagakure and became wandering ninjas.

The Four-Tails and Five-Tails received even less favorable treatment, which only fueled their growing hatred for Iwagakure. It was only natural that they would seek opportunities to hunt down Iwagakure ninjas.

Old Purple really didn't want to deal with the Four-Tails, but he had no choice now. With the power of the Four-Tails, as long as he entered full tailed beast form, he would definitely be able to break free from this strange technique.

It was clear that Lao Zi's body was beginning to expand again.

"not good!"

"Oh no, is this a complete tailed beast transformation?"

"We're about to face a real tailed beast. Jiraiya-sensei and Kaede-sama-sama must have a way!"

The people in Konoha were deeply worried.

Only Kaede Tsukasa remained expressionless, merely glancing at Hidan.

Hidan decisively stabbed himself in the neck, severing his head on the spot.

Old Purple's head fell off simultaneously, bringing the process of his complete tailed beast transformation to an abrupt halt.

"Hahaha, how about that move? Did you think I didn't know how to do it? My teacher tortured me a lot during training, making sure I didn't give the enemy any chance!"

Hidan screamed with a ferocious expression. Even with his head severed, he was still alive, cursing loudly with his mouth open.

Everything happened so fast. Just when the end of the world seemed imminent, suddenly the apocalypse ended, and the future looked bright.

One of the enemy's jinchūriki has fallen!
"Old Zi!" Han was extremely shocked and roared incoherently.

The tailed beast chakra on Rōshi's head quickly dissipated, revealing his scarred face.

All eyes were on his face, filled with a complex mix of emotions: ecstasy, shock, worry...

"I was still a step too late. That guy did it on purpose, taking pleasure in self-harm, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment. I never imagined I'd end up like this, I never expected it..."

There was no pain on Rōshi's face, only endless peace. As the Four-Tails Jinchūriki, he had endured all kinds of torment, and now he could finally rest properly.

"Hey, don't close your eyes, you bastard! What will I do if you die? I'll die too!!"

The Four-Tails sensed the surrounding light rapidly dimming, the extreme darkness engulfing everything and about to devour it as well. It immediately went mad, struggling with all its might and roaring hysterically!

"So what if you die? Aren't you tailed beasts immortal? This kind of immortality is even more unstoppable than that kid from Konoha. What's there to be afraid of?"

In the mental space, Lao Zi looked up and calmly gazed at the four tails opposite him.

"You're talking nonsense! How can that be the same? I've never died in the past thousand years, and I don't want to be the first of all the tailed beasts to die!!" The Four-Tails was anxious and panicked.

Theoretically, as part of the Ten-Tails, it shouldn't die. But who knows what will happen after it dies and is resurrected? How long will it take to revive? Where will it revive? Who knows? As the Four-Tails, it certainly doesn't know; there are too many uncontrollable factors!
The point is, this is utterly shameful, a disgrace. If word gets back to the other tailed beasts, it will become a complete joke!

"Damn it, I won't allow you to die so easily. That's too good for you. Let me think... I'll use my chakra to pull your head back and reattach it to your body..."

"It's too late. You can feel it, right? My mental world is collapsing, and my body is losing its vitality. So, farewell, Four-Tails." Old Purple's figure disappeared.

The four tails roared madly, their bodies swallowed by extreme darkness, feeling utterly suffocated.

Who would have thought that such a sinister technique as the Death Possession Blood existed in this world! Even the Tailed Beasts couldn't have imagined it!
If it had known this would happen, it would have gone berserk from the beginning and used its fully transformed tailed beast form to kill Hidan with a single tailed beast ball!

But it was all too late; the Four-Tails' chakra dissipated.

Everything fell silent.

Old Zi's body lay there, motionless.

"Hey, it's completely dead now. I had a lot of fun. The evil god will definitely be satisfied with this kind of sacrifice."

Hidan yelled, "Shizune, quickly drag my body over here and stitch up my wounds! It hurts so much!"

"Oh, yes!"

Shizune snapped out of her shock and hurriedly dragged Hidan's body away. She then performed surgery on the spot, urgently stitching Hidan's head and body together. The key thing was that after just a few stitches, Hidan actually stood up again.

This was too abstract, leaving everyone speechless, as if in a dream.

"This is an incredible achievement! We've taken down a powerful enemy and even made them lose a tailed beast!" Minato was shocked. His best expectation was to force the enemy back, but he never expected that the enemy would be killed in one fell swoop!

Who would have thought that a Jinchūriki would end up like this? Who would have thought that a young man with no notable achievements could have accomplished this?
"D-Did it succeed?"

"Success! My Byakugan confirmed that the guy is dead, and the tailed beast chakra within him has dissipated."

"This was so exciting! I never expected it to be like this. I was prepared to die here, but who would have thought... Minato, and Hidan, right? You two created a miracle. You are the heroes of the village!"

"No, I dare not take credit. From beginning to end, what I did was actually very limited." Minato waved his hand. Even someone as calm as him could not help but be briefly immersed in this unimaginable achievement.

Hidan said nonchalantly, "Everyone has contributed, I don't care about the village's reward. I'll just ask my teacher for whatever I need. But... haven't they taken down the Five-Tails yet?"

The death of Rōshi was so shocking that, apart from Kaedejima Tsukasa who remained calm, Jiraiya, Senju Momoka, and Han were all dumbfounded.

It wasn't just Rōshi who died; the Four-Tails also perished. This was the most shocking outcome. In the worst-case scenario, Iwagakure would forever lose a tailed beast, severely weakening its war capabilities and potential.

"Focus your attention. Hidan's victory is only natural. Now let's see how long it takes us to deal with the Five-Tails," Kaedeji said calmly, surrounded by several zombies.

The current Hidan is filled with a large amount of life force. His physical skills are not much worse than the peak Hidan in the original timeline. He is stronger in other aspects, and because of Kaede Tsukasa, he can barely use the techniques under the Corpse Release system.

At his peak, Hidan was able to kill the Two-Tails Jinchuriki who had fully transformed into a tailed beast. So, it was only natural that the young Hidan would kill the Four-Tails Jinchuriki who was half-transformed into a tailed beast.

Kaedeji remained calm and showed no surprise whatsoever. It was this composure that, in the eyes of Jiraiya and Senju Momoka, only amplified their aura of strength.

Han couldn't take it anymore and couldn't accept this outcome, so he immediately went into full tailed beast form and went completely berserk.

Han believed that if he didn't fully unleash the Five-Tails' power, he might very well die here!

A white, five-tailed creature resembling a giant deer appeared before everyone.

"Finally, have you made up your mind to fully transform into a tailed beast?" Kaede Tsukasa had been waiting for this moment, and now it had finally happened.

Whether the Four-Tails lives or dies in this battle is completely unimportant. The real purpose is to force Han into full Tailed Beast form and then seize the Five-Tails' chakra.

Everything else is secondary except for the Five-Tails' chakra.

Jiraiya stretched out his hair, trying to tie up the Five-Tails, but the Five-Tails only swayed its body and broke off Jiraiya's hair.

Senju Momoka said nervously, "According to the information circulating in the village, the Five-Tails is extremely skilled in taijutsu combat. It's best to keep our distance and attack it with ninjutsu from a distance! And what about Hidan—"

“Yes, of course it will continue to work. However, Lady Momoka, it seems that the Five-Tails heard your words. It doesn’t intend to charge at us directly. It looks like it will use a Tailed Beast Ball.” Kaede Tsukasa pointed.

The Five-Tails is currently extremely irritable.

In fact, the other eight tailed beasts all knew about the Four-Tails' death the moment it happened.

Some tailed beasts were indifferent to the matter and didn't bother to pay attention, while others gloated. The Five-Tails, however, was extremely irritable.

It had at least had some contact with the Four-Tails, and although their relationship wasn't exactly friendly, they weren't enemies. They were both under the control of Iwagakure and shared some misery. But now that it was all alone, how could it not get angry?
He immediately unleashed a Tailed Beast Ball to wipe out the enemy!

"What should we do? We definitely can't block it head-on! I'll try using Earth Release and Wind Release to change the trajectory of the Tailed Beast Ball!" said Senju Momoka.

“It’s difficult. The distance is too close. This Tailed Beast Ball will definitely come towards us. To change its trajectory would be to forcibly push the Tailed Beast Ball into the sky, which we can’t do.” Jiraiya frowned.

Everyone looked up at the enormous, dark purple sphere in the sky. If that thing hit, it could obliterate a mountain, let alone a person.

"I can use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape with everyone," Minato said in a deep voice.

Kaede Tsukasa shook his head: "But if that happens, this area will be completely destroyed, and the nearby towns, which are not far from here, will also suffer... I have a better way. Didn't I just say that Hidan will continue to play a role? Now is the time for him to end this battle."

Hidan? Still using that unknown technique?
Jiraiya and Senju Momoka are both seasoned veterans. They now know that Hidan needs to obtain the opponent's blood to perform the technique. However, the Five-Tails has already entered its complete tailed beast form. Could it be that extracting the Five-Tails' chakra would also allow them to successfully perform the technique?

hum!
The Tailed Beast Ball was completed, and the Five-Tails lowered its head and spewed it at Kaedeji and the others.

In an instant, the air was compressed to the extreme, and the pressure changed drastically. Just standing there made one feel extremely painful.

Looking up again at the Tailed Beast Ball that had swallowed up everything in his field of vision and was growing larger and larger in his eyes, he almost suffocated.

Minato assumed a fighting stance, ready to lead the people away at any moment, his eyes fixed on Kaedeji.

How can this desperate situation be broken? Hidan himself looked completely lost, having no idea what to do.

"Then, I'll start."

Kaede Tsukasa formed hand seals, and one of the zombies beside him transformed into a black shadow, charging towards the Tailed Beast Ball with all its might.

Just as it was about to touch the Tailed Beast Ball.

"Two-stage airspace technique!"

"what?"

Completely bewildered, Hidan suddenly appeared beside the zombie. Caught off guard, he was pressed against the Tailed Beast Ball, his face was squeezed out of shape, and his body looked like it was about to be crushed by the terrifying impact of the Tailed Beast Ball.

The next second, Kaede Tsukasa suddenly changed his hand seals, transferring Hidan along with the Tailed Beast Ball. A ragged, ordinary zombie took Hidan's place, falling from the sky to the ground and turning into a bloody pulp.

"Hmm, it should still be in time."

Kaede Tsukasa slammed his hand on the ground, summoning Hidan back to life.

Before anyone could react, a terrifying explosion erupted from afar, and a horrifying sphere of light rapidly expanded. Immediately afterward, the ground began to shake violently, and a fierce wind arose.

A few seconds later, after everything had just calmed down.

"Si, what were you doing just now...?"

“That’s right, I’ve further developed the Void Realm Technique. As you all have seen, the technique has become more refined, and it can now transfer Tailed Beast Balls,” Kaede Tsukasa said.

(End of this chapter)