Tatsuma glanced to the side and saw Minato forming the seal for lightning release, with lightning flashing on his hands as well.
"Lightning Release! Thunder Serpent!"
Minato extended his right hand, and a lightning serpent with the sound of thunder wrapped around Tatsuma's water blade, heading towards the Cloud Ninja. The two Lightning Release Ninjutsu quickly intertwined.
With lightning bursting forth, Tatsuma could hear Minato grinding his teeth, but at least the Cloud Ninja's technique was blocked. Tatsuma no longer hesitated and increased the flow of Chakra.
In an instant, the water flow bound by lightning broke free, and as Tatsuma lowered his head, the water blade detached from the Cloud Ninja's control and cut into the Cloud Ninja's body like a saw slicing through meat in a meat locker.
"Whoosh~"
A mouthful of blood was spat out from the Cloud Ninja. He could no longer maintain his technique, and the lightning on his hands dissipated. The water blade had completely pierced through his body and burst out from his back.
The thunder serpent, with a roaring sound, followed the water flow and climbed towards the Cloud Ninja, biting into him and completely engulfing him in lightning.
The paralysis caused by the thunder serpent made it impossible for the Cloud Ninja to use Chakra to resist the water blade. The water blade moved smoothly, slicing through from his chest and almost instantly disassembling the Cloud Ninja.
"Squad Captain!"
The Chunin who was initially thrown shouted in anger, seeing his squad captain's tragic death. Without hesitation, he charged towards Tatsuma and Minato.
Tatsuma stopped casting the Water Severing Wave and formed seals again with his hands. But after forming just one seal, he stopped. He was used to using Water Release as an initial attack, but against the Cloud Ninja, Water Release was not very effective.
Earth Release would be countered by Lightning Release techniques, and as for Wind Release, he had not mastered it extensively, especially lacking large-scale and highly destructive Wind Release Ninjutsu.
The only option left was Fire Release.
Tatsuma stopped and formed seals again. Chakra quickly transformed into fire-type Chakra within him. As the seals were completed, he took a deep breath and exhaled.
"Fire Release! Fire Dragon Bullet!"
A streak of fire instantly expanded into a huge fire dragon, roaring and clawing its way towards the advancing Cloud Ninjas. However, for the Jonin of the Hidden Cloud Village, this was not too troublesome.
With the Body Flicker Jutsu, he easily evaded it. Aside from a few Chunin who couldn't dodge in time, this technique didn't seem to make much impact.
But for Tatsuma, this technique was merely a cover for his next move.
Tatsuma's hands changed seals again, and then he forcefully brought them together, causing a violent gale to burst from his palms.
"Wind Release! Gale Palm!"
The wind fueled the fire, causing the fire dragon to explode instantly. The flames completely enveloped Tatsuma and Minato, obscuring the view of the approaching Cloud Ninjas.
A Cloud Ninja with sensing ability tried to use Perception Technique to determine Tatsuma and Minato's exact positions. However, before they could act, two shuriken broke through the firelight.
"Ninja Art! Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
The delayed-release technique protected the Shuriken Shadow Clones from the flames. With the explosive firelight's air pressure boosting them, the speed of these shuriken increased sharply.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~"
Several Jonin were struck by the shuriken due to a moment of inattention. Although the damage was not enough to incapacitate them, it disrupted their formation.
Amidst the cover of countless Shuriken Shadow Clones, two kunai mixed in as well. As various Ninjutsu, weapons, and ninjas passed through the firelight, attempting to attack Tatsuma and Minato, they found that there was no one there.
In the chaotic formation, two flashes of gold and silver continued to flicker, harvesting the lives of Hidden Cloud Chunin. Almost every place the golden and silver flashes passed, a Hidden Cloud Chunin fell.
"Damn it, too fast!"
One Jonin gritted his teeth and said. Compared to Space-Time Body Flicker Jutsu, they were still too slow, only able to chase after the two flashes.
After breaking through the Cloud Ninja formation, Tatsuma and Minato finally stopped, catching their breath. Minato was very clean, with even his owl mask still looking pristine.
Tatsuma, on the other hand, looked as if he had just come out of a fierce battle. His mask was damaged, his left shoulder had burns, and his clothes had several cuts.
However, oddly enough, despite the size of the cuts, Tatsuma should have had wounds underneath them, but there were none—just smooth skin beneath the cuts.
But the exposed flesh of a youth clearly did not attract the attention of the Cloud Ninja, who were more focused on Tatsuma's damaged and blood-stained Yaksha mask.
Combined with the kunai still dripping blood in Yaksha's hand and his crimson eyes, he looked just like a real evil Yaksha demon.
This appearance briefly scared the Cloud Ninja, causing them to scrutinize the two with more caution and seriousness. Seeing that they had not immediately pursued, Tatsuma took out a Military Rations Pill.
Lifting up half of his mask, Tatsuma swallowed the Military Rations Pill and felt his strength recovering, letting out a quiet sigh of relief.
Although his Chakra amount was not inferior to that of an average Jonin with the support of [Expand], and with [Endless], the Chakra his body could refine and extract exceeded that of many Jonin.
However, after continuously casting large-scale Ninjutsu, his body still couldn't handle it well. The sensation of his body being rapidly depleted made his hands feel somewhat cold.
But after swallowing a Military Rations Pill, he felt his condition improving and began to warm up, no longer feeling the weakness like he was about to suffer from heatstroke.
Minato was in better condition than Tatsuma. He had not expended much of his Chakra and was now vigilantly watching the slowly approaching Cloud Ninja, ready to take Tatsuma away at any moment.
"Boom! Rumble, rumble~"
At that moment, a sudden loud noise and the trembling ground drew the attention of both the Cloud Ninja and Tatsuma.
From the direction of Sakumo and Blue B's battle, a mushroom-shaped cloud of dust rose. The luxurious and massive building where Blue B had been staying was now half destroyed.
"Roar~~"
A strange roar echoed as a black and red beast with eight tails burst out of the dust. In front of it, there was also a human figure.
"Go."
Tatsuma told Minato, who did not hesitate. Minato instantly used Flying Thunder God and then performed his self-named Super Wind Multiple Flash Teleport Zero Style, a multi-stage teleportation technique.
Sakumo was instantly transported to Tatsuma's side. Tatsuma helped Sakumo, who appeared disoriented from multiple Space Transfers in a short period. At the same time, Tatsuma's Chakra flowed into Sakumo's body.
Confirming that Sakumo was only physically and Chakra-depleted with some injuries but no other issues, Tatsuma let out a sigh of relief and handed Sakumo a Military Rations Pill.
Sakumo soon regained his senses, took the Military Rations Pill, and swallowed it. Seeing Blue B, who had finally noticed Sakumo's figure and was running towards them, Tatsuma broke into a cold sweat and forced a grim smile.
Observing the ferocious Blue B, Tatsuma couldn't help but ask, "Sakumo-sama, what did you do?"
Though Blue B, or rather the Eight-Tails controlling him, had been ferocious before, it was more due to the unique nature of Chakra. However, the Eight-Tails now exhibited genuine, unrestrained ferocity.
Sakumo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "I tried combining One Thousand Years of Death with Explosive Tags, and the results were very good. You should have seen the power just now.
It's a pity I couldn't fit them all in; otherwise, even the Eight-Tails wouldn't be so rampant."
Upon hearing this, Tatsuma's mouth twitched, and he felt a pang of regret. He lamented that Sakumo died too early in the original work. If Sakumo had been able to mentor Naruto and draw out Naruto's similarities to himself, perhaps the entire ninja world would have been in upheaval?
"Boom, boom, boom~"
The Eight-Tails, now on all fours, caused heavy thudding sounds with each strike of the ground, propelling itself towards Sakumo at an extremely fast speed.
Along the way, Cloud Ninja were tossed aside by the Eight-Tails' horns. Whether intentional or not, the horns seemed to pierce into the Cloud Ninja's most sensitive areas.
In an instant, the already disorganized formation of the Cloud Ninjas became even more chaotic. Sakumo glanced in a certain direction and said, "This is our chance; let's run!"
"Alright, Sakumo-sama, you go ahead. I'll catch up with you using Flying Thunder God."
Tatsuma nodded, his eyes fixed on the approaching Eight-Tails, with an unprecedented seriousness in his gaze.
Sakumo also noticed something was wrong. It seemed that a special Chakra was coalescing in the Eight-Tails' mouth.
"Tailed Beast Bomb?!"
Sakumo exclaimed, grabbing Tatsuma and Minato by their collars to flee. But Tatsuma shook off Sakumo's grip and said, "Sakumo-sama, trust me."
"I'll assist you."
Minato also shook off Sakumo's hand and said firmly. Sakumo glanced at the Tailed Beast Bomb that was continuously gathering and said, "Make sure you catch up! You must!"
With that, Sakumo used Body Flicker Jutsu to quickly distance himself. If it had been any other Konoha Ninja, Sakumo would not have acted this way. But his current teammates were Tatsuma and Minato, who both mastered Flying Thunder God Jutsu. Sakumo reassured himself in his heart.
"Boom!"
The Tailed Beast Bomb, infused with limitless destructive Chakra, erupted from the Eight-Tails' mouth like a cannonball, heading towards Sakumo, with Tatsuma and Minato in its path.
"Do you have a handle on that technique?"
Tatsuma raised his hands and asked Minato. Minato also raised his hands and replied, "My understanding of Sealing Jutsu is not as thorough as yours. I need your help with the details."
"Alright."
Both of them looked at the Tailed Beast Bomb with intense seriousness. They had witnessed the power of the Tailed Beast Bomb when it was demonstrated to them by Uzumaki Mito. Even the basketball-sized Tailed Beast Bomb had made them feel a sense of dread, and now they faced a Tailed Beast Bomb much larger than an average person's height.
Taking a deep breath, without needing any further reminder, they began to form seals. Their movements, speed, and rhythm in forming the seals were identical, and in an instant, they completed the Snake-Horse-Rat-Ram seals.
"Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!"
The technique expanded around the two of them like a net. The Tailed Beast Bomb collided directly with the net, its speed rapidly decreasing as it was gradually engulfed by the technique. Tatsuma and Minato's hands trembled slightly as they struggled to maintain the technique.
"I left a Flying Thunder God Jutsu mark inside that building."
"So did I."
Both of them smiled. In the next moment, the engulfed Tailed Beast Bomb suddenly appeared within the partially destroyed building.
"Boom!"
The intense explosion instantly destroyed the building. The Cloud Ninja Jonin turned in shock and fear to look at the explosion, while Tatsuma and Minato exchanged glances and immediately used Flying Thunder God to reach Sakumo's side.
Sakumo slowed down and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Tatsuma nodded and was about to say something when a flash of lightning suddenly erupted in front of them.
"Does it seem like I don't exist while you're causing destruction in my Land of Lightning?! Lightning Release! Elbow Bolt!"
A massive, lightning-infused elbow suddenly shot out from the lightning light cluster, heading straight for Sakumo's face.
"Watch out!"
Tatsuma grabbed Sakumo by the belt and threw him aside, but the unstoppable elbow strike continued to advance towards him.
"Bang!"
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