Chapter 101: Chapter 101
"What? This is... Wood Release?"
Killer B felt the tremendous binding force of the wooden dragon and instinctively tried to break free.
To his surprise, the harder he struggled, the tighter the wooden dragon coiled around him.
Even worse, the dragon was continuously absorbing his chakra. Its body grew thicker and more imposing at a visible rate, while his own strength rapidly weakened in comparison.
’How is this possible...? This scale, and the way it suppresses tailed beast chakra... It’s no different from the Shodai Hokage’s Wood Release.’
Shock surged through Killer B’s heart.
He knew that the longer this dragged on, the slimmer his chances of victory would become, so he decided to take a risk.
"Don’t think my power is useless just because you’ve tied me down."
Killer B opened his mouth and condensed a small Tailed Beast Bomb, blasting apart the wooden dragon’s head as it lunged toward him.
The attack did not stop there and continued flying toward Kiriya.
However, just as the Tailed Beast Bomb reached a point only a few meters in front of Kiriya, a huge wooden hand suddenly rose from the ground and gripped it tightly.
"What?"
Under Killer B’s shocked gaze, an enormous wooden figure rose from beneath Kiriya’s feet.
It had one head and eight arms, with a powerful, imposing body that was not much smaller than Killer B’s complete Eight-Tails form.
It was Senjutsu: Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!
With Kiriya’s original chakra reserves, there was no way he could have created a Wood Human Technique on this scale.
But with Sage Mode enhancing him, the power of his ninjutsu had increased several times over.
This Wood Human Technique finally carried a faint trace of Senju Hashirama’s former grandeur.
’Wood Release at this level... Is this guy the Shodai Hokage reincarnated?’
The thought flashed through Killer B’s mind, but he quickly threw it aside.
Facing the Tailed Beast Bomb right in front of him, he had no room to relax.
He hurriedly crossed four tentacles together, using them as a thick shield of flesh to block the Tailed Beast Bomb Kiriya had shoved back at him.
Boom!
The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded between the Wood Human and Gyūki.
A violent shockwave swept in all directions, snapping and blowing away every tree within a kilometer.
"That hurts, you bastard!"
Killer B lost three tentacles in one blast.
The pain was so intense that even he could not stop himself from roaring. He then swung his fist toward Kiriya, who stood on top of the Wood Human’s head.
Bang!
Kiriya controlled one of the Wood Human’s arms to catch Killer B’s attack.
The remaining pairs of hands then came crashing down onto Killer B’s head with thunderous force.
Boom, boom, boom!
After that came a dense barrage of punches. Killer B cried out repeatedly from the beating and tried to counterattack by swinging his tails.
However...
"Wood Release: Hotei Technique."
Several enormous wooden hands shot up from the earth and tightly grabbed all of Killer B’s tails, pinning them in place so he could not move.
"What? He can maintain such a powerful ninjutsu and still use other techniques at the same time?"
Although Killer B had already been shocked many times today, this still stunned him.
This boy’s control over Wood Release was far too skillful.
Naturally, he did not know that the Wood Release Kiriya was using was actually the magic Forest of All Things, specialized through his Falna.
Compared with Yamato’s Wood Release, which required complex hand seals and precise manipulation, Kiriya’s Forest of All Things moved according to his will and was far more flexible to control.
Combined with the enhancement of senjutsu chakra, he could maintain two techniques at once and still handle them with ease.
And now, with Killer B’s arms trapped and all eight tentacle tails pinned down, the Eight-Tails looked at Kiriya standing on the Wood Human’s head, and a bad feeling flashed through his mind.
’Looks like I’m really going down this time.’
The thought had only just appeared when Kiriya’s fists rained down again.
"Ora ora ora—!"
Maybe it was just an illusion, but Killer B could swear he even heard background music when he got punched!
Kiriya’s brutal beating of Killer B continued for a full three minutes, draining every last bit of senjutsu chakra stored by that shadow clone before he finally stopped.
By now, Killer B’s tailed beast form had completely lost consciousness and returned to human form.
His entire body had swollen by who knew how many sizes, to the point that not even his mother—no, not even his beloved big bro—would be able to recognize him.
"The Eight-Tails..."
Kiriya looked at Killer B lying on the ground and licked the corner of his lips, a flash of heat appearing in his eyes.
"If I could get this guy’s chakra, my strength would probably rise several times over."
But for now, he could only think about it.
After all, he did not have any powerful sealing techniques, such as the Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals.
A treasure mountain was sitting right in front of him, but all he could do was stare at it.
"Forget it. Better to kill him first, just in case something changes."
As he spoke, Kiriya jumped down from the Wood Human’s head and drew his sword, preparing to send Killer B on his way.
But at that moment, a flash of light appeared in the sky, and a dark-skinned, heavily muscled man whose body looked as hard as iron made a dramatic entrance.
He came straight at Kiriya with a Hell Stab.
Whoosh!
Kiriya avoided it with Flying Thunder God.
The Wood Human behind him was not so lucky. Without Kiriya’s senjutsu chakra supporting it, the newcomer’s hand spear pierced straight through it.
’What powerful taijutsu. That physique, this Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and that blond hair... Is that the Sandaime Raikage?’
Kiriya looked at the Sandaime Raikage, who resembled a furious lion, and had no idea how this man had managed to arrive here.
Also, wasn’t this guy supposed to have been surrounded by ten thousand Iwagakure shinobi and eventually die after fighting until his body gave out?
Why was he showing up here now?
Naturally, Kiriya did not know that because of his appearance and outstanding battle record, Kumogakure had continuously raised its threat assessment of Konoha.
Because of that, they had always adopted a relatively conservative strategy against Iwagakure.
As a result, the Sandaime Raikage had not rushed off to settle scores with Iwagakure, so the legendary scene of him fighting ten thousand enemies alone had never played out.
And after receiving the young Kumo-nin’s message, the Sandaime Raikage, worried about his son and the Eight-Tails jinchūriki, had directly used Kumogakure’s secret technique, the Heavenly Transfer Technique, to reach the battlefield.
This technique had originally been designed to transport strategic supplies.
No one had ever intended to use it on a human body.
The pressure applied during transfer was enormous, enough to crush an ordinary person into paste.
But who was the Sandaime Raikage?
He was currently the toughest tank in the shinobi world, a monster of raw durability.
Naturally, he was not afraid of such side effects.
With one order, he used the Heavenly Transfer Technique to travel here, which was how he arrived at the battlefield at the critical moment.
The Sandaime Raikage looked at the enormous Wood Human, then at the devastated battlefield.
Finally, his gaze landed on Killer B, who had swollen several sizes, and his brows furrowed.
"I see. An ultra-fast movement technique, Wood Release, and a technique that enhances taijutsu ability. No wonder A and B were injured."
"Boy, you’re dangerous."
He turned around and looked at Kiriya’s youthful face. A strong feeling of resentment surged inside him.
Konoha again!
Why did geniuses like this always come from Konoha?
The gods were far too generous to that damn place.
"Oh? Planning to kill me early?"
Kiriya’s interest immediately rose.
The man in front of him was probably the strongest taijutsu user in the current shinobi world.
He was a first-rate sparring partner!
Fortunately, Kiriya had previously left three shadow clones to gather natural energy.
He had used two while fighting A and Killer B, and he still had one left. It was perfect for testing the strength of the strongest Raikage in history.
Just as Kiriya dispelled the final shadow clone, re-entered Sage Mode, and prepared for a serious fight, the strongest Raikage turned around and lifted Killer B onto his shoulder.
He gave Kiriya one deep look, then turned and left without hesitation.
"...He ran?"
Kiriya was left with a head full of question marks.
’You’re the Sandaime Raikage. The strongest Raikage in history.’
’How can you leave without fighting?’
’Doesn’t that damage your reputation as the strongest?’
But the Sandaime Raikage’s reasoning was very simple.
This boy had a movement technique comparable to the Yellow Flash, so the Raikage was not certain he could hit him.
If a fight broke out and he moved too far away from Killer B, the boy might seize the chance to kill B instead.
The importance of the Eight-Tails to the village was self-evident, and Killer B was also a junior he valued greatly.
He could not take that risk.
And so, the battle Kiriya had been looking forward to ended before it could even begin.
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