Chapter 242: The Tailed Beast's Terrifying Chakra

"Moonrise Jonin, you just used such a powerful combination ninjutsu—are you alright?" Just as they were about to head out for support, a Leaf Jonin asked.

"The enemy on Jiraiya-sama's side is strong; if your condition isn't good, it'll be dangerous."

Moonrise smiled and said in thanks, "It's fine. I managed to seize a chance to recover some chakra, so it won't affect the battle."

Since Moonrise said so, that Leaf Jonin nodded and said no more, charging with Moonrise and the others toward the site of the recent explosion.

Still, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Strong in power, handsome in appearance, humble in character, and values his comrades—if he weren't so low-key, he'd have been famous in Konoha long ago."

Although he'd had no contact with Moonrise before, now he was very willing to become friends with Moonrise—if he could survive the war.

Since they were all jonin, they moved extremely fast and soon arrived at the battlefield where Jiraiya was fighting the jinchuriki.

When Moonrise and the others arrived, both sides seemed to have just fought a fierce round; everyone was covered in dust and grime, and several bodies of Iwa ninja and Leaf ninja lay on the ground.

"Jiraiya-sama, we have repelled the attacking Iwa forces and achieved a great victory, so we came to reinforce you," the Leaf Jonin quickly reported to Jiraiya.

"Haha, well done!" Jiraiya laughed heartily.

Although he'd already anticipated it after seeing Iwa's signal earlier, hearing it was a great victory made Jiraiya even happier.

Minato was somewhat surprised to see Moonrise arriving, but with the enemy before them, he didn't go over to ask.

"Hear that? You've already lost." Jiraiya taunted the two jinchuriki with a full smile.

"We're still standing here, so Iwa hasn't lost yet." Rōshi said coldly.

He didn't regard those Konoha ninja at all; in his eyes, it would just take one more Tailed Beast Ball.

"Kill you all, then break through the line—then Iwa will be the winner." Han said flatly. He didn't believe Jiraiya could handle both him and Rōshi together.

What just happened was only probing; they hadn't yet shown their real strength.

"Talking big. Let me show you the power of Jiraiya of the Three Ninja!" Jiraiya curled his lips, very confident in his own strength.

"You'll soon see who's talking big," Rōshi laughed at Jiraiya's words, then directly exploded the tailed beast chakra within him.

Boom! Boom!!

An extremely powerful aura suddenly rose. Just releasing the chakra made the ground unable to bear that immense power, cracking open.

Almost tangible red chakra manifested around Rōshi, finally forming a huge monkey head.

Seeing Rōshi show his real skill, Han beside him also went all out, erupting the tailed beast chakra within him, forming a huge white beast head.

The moment the two released their chakra, it stirred up a gale, blowing Jiraiya's hair back, and also lifting the sand and dust on the ground, making the atmosphere heavy and deadly.

"So this is a jinchuriki? Such terrifying chakra." A Leaf ninja, seeing the fearsome might of Rōshi and Han, couldn't control the sweat streaming down his forehead.

The strength of their chakra was so great that no sensory ninjutsu was needed to detect it.

Moonrise calmly appraised the two.

【Name: Rōshi】

【Chakra: (???)】

【Skills: Lava Release (Mastery: 100/)...】

【Name: Han】

【Chakra: (???)】

【Skills: Boil Release · Unrivalled Strength (Proficiency: 2200/2500)...】

Moonrise couldn't say whether their stats were strong or not. If he said strong, even some top jonin had skill proficiencies much higher than theirs. If he said not strong, their chakra was absurdly vast—he reckoned the total chakra of all the Leaf ninja present was far less than half of either one's.

"The tailed beast's chakra volume is indeed terrifying," Moonrise thought to himself. His appraisal showed that both their chakra was still skyrocketing.

Without the tailed beast, Rōshi would be okay, but Han would be at most a passable jonin.

Because Rōshi's Lava Release was his own, Moonrise could see that Mastery-level Lava Release skill, but Han's Boil Release was the Five-Tails' ability, so Moonrise could only see the application regarding Boil Release, seeing the skill itself.

When their chakra rose past five million and then stopped, Moonrise didn't know if that was their limit or the Four-Tails' and Five-Tails' limit, but it was already a terrifying number to Moonrise.

This showed the importance of skills. Despite having massive chakra, the jinchuriki were still captured by Akatsuki in the end. If Moonrise had that much chakra, with his pile of high-proficiency powerful skills, he could solo the Akatsuki organization.

"If you want to fight us, go bring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki here! You're not qualified!" Roshi shouted with a laugh, then began to gather a Tailed Beast Ball.

The monkey skull opened its huge mouth, and terrifying chakra began to gather, finally forming a small black ball. The black ball grew larger as Roshi continued to inject chakra into it.

On the other side, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han also silently began forming a Tailed Beast Ball. The two black balls kept growing larger.

"This is different from last time. It looks like they're really going all out. Minato, it's time to retreat." Jiraiya said with a serious expression.

Roshi had used a Tailed Beast Ball before, but it was much smaller in scale compared to this, and this time even Han was using one.

"Everyone, gather close to me!" Minato, sensing the terrifying power within the Tailed Beast Balls, suddenly changed expression and shouted urgently.

He could feel that the power of the black balls was enough to instantly destroy all of Konoha. With such a terrifying attack, although he had great faith in Jiraiya's abilities, he didn't think Jiraiya could block that terrifying Tailed Beast Ball. Using Flying Thunder God to dodge was the best course.

Muyue immediately went to Minato's side. Although he could escape the attack range on his own, that would reveal his true strength. It was better to hitch a ride.

Minato's two teammates knew his abilities, so they quickly moved toward him. The several Konoha Jonin arrived last, but they also managed to get to Minato's side before the Tailed Beast Balls landed.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Minato quickly covered the several people around him with chakra and teleported them away together.

Whoosh!

Boom!!!

A violent explosive light shot into the sky. The moment the Tailed Beast Balls touched the ground, the earth began to crack rapidly, forming a gigantic crater.

The impact of the two Tailed Beast Balls was so great that even after Minato and the others escaped using Flying Thunder God, they could still see the terrifying explosion's white light and feel the ground trembling slightly.

"Whew, have we already arrived in the afterlife?" a dark-skinned slightly chubby ninja couldn't help but joke.

"Obviously not, but if Minato hadn't learned Flying Thunder God, we'd probably really be in the afterlife," the black-haired ninja remarked with a sigh.

Only by experiencing a Tailed Beast Ball firsthand could one understand the importance of a Jinchuriki. He felt that if this were fired at a Konoha ninja camp, no barrier defense ninjutsu could possibly block it.

Minato let out a soft sigh. It was also his first time experiencing a full-power Tailed Beast Ball from a Jinchuriki. The power was truly terrifying.

If his jutsu had failed just now, everyone would have died under the Tailed Beast Balls.

"The power of a tailed beast is this terrifying... Her body also houses such a monster..." Because of Roshi's final words, Minato couldn't help but think of Kushina, who was far away in Konoha.

It was precisely because Konoha wanted Kushina to bring out the power of the Nine-Tails that they had her undergo special training.

"Thank you, Minato." Muyue smiled and thanked Minato.

Muyue's words pulled Minato out of his thoughts.

Minato replied with a gentle smile: "Helping comrades during battle is only natural."

"I know you two get along well, but now is not the time for catching up. The rest of you, go back and guard the camp. Minato, teleport us back." Jiraiya thought for a moment about tactics, then said.

Once the Jinchuriki had given their full power, ordinary Jonin could no longer play a role in the battle. Minato would also have to waste extra chakra using Flying Thunder God to protect them. He planned to take the squad he had personally trained and go head-to-head with the two Jinchuriki.

"Lord Jiraiya, I think I can be of some help if I stay." Muyue volunteered to remain.

He hadn't come all this way just to see the power of the Tailed Beast Balls and then leave.

"Jonin Muyue's strength is far greater than ours. We owe our victory in this battle to Jonin Muyue. He severely injured Iwagakure's Explosion Release Kari and killed many Iwa ninja."

To prevent Muyue's good intentions from being misunderstood, the Konoha Jonin who had been on the same battlefield as Muyue briefly explained Muyue's accomplishments in this battle.

"You actually defeated that Kari?" Jiraiya was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

In Jiraiya's impression, Muyue was just an ordinary Tokubetsu Jonin who cooked very well and had decent talent in sealing techniques, but that Explosion Release Kari was no easy opponent. Among the Konoha forces on the Land of Grass front line, aside from himself, only Minato had the ability to defeat Explosion Release Kari in one-on-one combat.

"He underestimated me. Actually, I'm only a little stronger than him," Muyue said modestly.

"I didn't expect you to have this kind of strength." Jiraiya laughed heartily and patted Muyue on the shoulder.

"Then come along! Let those two Jinchuriki know the power of Konoha ninja!"

After hearing about Muyue's accomplishments, Minato's expression was even more surprised than Jiraiya's. Just now while fighting the Jinchuriki, he had occasionally worried about Muyue on the other battlefield. He never expected Muyue to be so strong as to defeat Explosion Release Kari.

"Muyue, this is my Flying Thunder God kunai. Hold onto it for now." Minato handed a Flying Thunder God kunai to Muyue.

Muyue didn't refuse politely; after taking it, he thanked Minato.

"Everyone, get ready. We're going back." Minato reminded them, and then after ten seconds, he used Flying Thunder God.

Whoosh!

The scene before them changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, Mu Yue and the others were back on the battlefield, standing at the edge of a pit, while the two Jinchuriki were still at the spot where they had just released the Tailed Beast Ball.