Chapter 353

"I don't want to lose to that guy Isobu! Pull yourself together!!!"

The loud, low voice rang in Lao Zi's ears; the owner of the voice was the Four-Tails, Son Goku, sealed within Lao Zi's body.

"I..."

Hearing this, Lao Zi gave a violent start.

"I promised to defeat the enemy in front of me!"

Lao Zi muttered subconsciously. He turned his eyes to look at the Rock ninjas behind him, who also wore expressions of despair, and for some reason, a glimmer of courage suddenly appeared in his heart.

"No, I cannot lose!!"

Lao Zi thought silently to himself and hurriedly asked the Four-Tails, Son Goku.

The best way to deal with an incoming Tailed Beast Bomb was naturally to use an identical Tailed Beast Bomb to cancel it out.

But launching such a terrifying move as a Tailed Beast Bomb was a significant drain even for a Tailed Beast, and such a drain was even more terrifying for a Jinchuriki.

Therefore, Lao Zi was currently in the "cooldown" period for his techniques and was unable to launch another Tailed Beast Bomb.

"Son, what should I do?"

Facing the Tailed Beast Bomb attack, he was completely at a loss and could only choose to ask the Four-Tails for help.

"At this point, there is only one way left."

"It depends on whether you are willing or not."

The Four-Tails' voice sounded again, but this time it carried a hint of something inexplicable.

"What way?"

Lao Zi asked hurriedly.

"Break the seal and let me 'come out'."

The Four-Tails' voice sounded slowly and unhurriedly, but this time it seemed to carry a hint of demonic temptation.

Time was short; even if Lao Zi received the full support of the Four-Tails now and became a "perfect Jinchuriki" like Mizunuki Ryosuke, he could not possibly exert the full power of the Four-Tails in such a rush. He still would not be Mizunuki Ryosuke's match.

So, to defeat the opponent in front of him, perhaps he really had to do as the Four-Tails said.

Break the seal and let the Tailed Beast break free.

Perhaps in a wild state, the fully restored Four-Tails could fight Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Hearing this, Lao Zi's pupils contracted slightly.

As a Jinchuriki, how could he not know what breaking the seal meant for a Jinchuriki?

Once the Tailed Beast seal, which had long since merged with the Jinchuriki, was broken and the beast emerged completely, it meant the Jinchuriki's own life had come to an end.

As a Jinchuriki, Lao Zi should have refused sternly, but because of the current situation, Lao Zi suddenly fell silent.

"Can I trust you, Son?"

After a brief moment of contemplation, Lao Zi asked the Four-Tails; the deep meaning behind this sentence was enough to explain many things.

"After you break the seal, I will take over your body, but I will not leave immediately."

"I promise you, as long as you let me out, I will defeat this guy in front of us."

"At the same time, I will not make things difficult for the Rock ninjas, and I will help the Rock ninjas escape from here."

"This is the promise of the Four-Tails, 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Son Goku'."

The Four-Tails' voice rang in Lao Zi's ears; this was also the first time Son had formally reported his true name to Lao Zi, which counted as a kind of promise to him.

"Good!"

Without too much hesitation, and with no time to hesitate, Lao Zi ultimately chose to agree to the Four-Tails' request.

Because now, he had no other choice but to choose to believe in the Four-Tails' promise.

At this moment, Lao Zi thought of Onoki and Kitsuchi, who had sacrificed everything for the Hidden Rock, and the thousands of Rock ninjas behind him.

In this battle, the Hidden Rock really could not lose.

Even if it meant paying with his life, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, Lao Zi had to fight for it.

Thinking of this, a red flame suddenly erupted from Lao Zi's body. Large pitch-black runes appeared on his skin, and under the red flame, the pitch-black runes were burned to nothing.

Subsequently, a will that seemed to come from the ancient wilderness descended upon Lao Zi.

At this moment, although Lao Zi's appearance had not changed, his inner self had been completely replaced by another will.

Unlike Jinchuriki, Tailed Beast Bombs were a means of survival for Tailed Beasts; releasing and dealing with them was like an instinct. Naturally, Tailed Beasts had their own countermeasures for such offensive means.

Lao Zi could not launch consecutive Tailed Beast Bombs, but that did not mean the Four-Tails could not.

Seeing that the Tailed Beast Bomb launched by Mizunuki Ryosuke was already right before his eyes.

At that moment, two miniature Tailed Beast Bombs, which had hardly undergone any charging, were fired directly by the Four-Tails at the two Tailed Beast Bombs coming from the sky.

The Four-Tails' approach was quite clever.

When facing the bombardment of a "ballistic missile," the best way was not to dodge, nor to resist head-on.

It was to launch a "defensive missile" and use the method of "sympathetic detonation" to trigger the ballistic missile to explode prematurely.

Under the stimulation of the two miniature Tailed Beast Bombs, the large Tailed Beast Bomb launched by Mizunuki Ryosuke and the frozen "returned-to-sender" Tailed Beast Bomb were both affected and finally detonated.

"Boom!!!!"

The intense white light obscured everything, and the terrifying white light pushed the dust and smoke to spread outward from the center of the battlefield.

Needless to say, the Rock ninjas and Cloud ninjas fighting on the battlefield retreated consciously toward the edges of the battlefield.

And those who ran slowly could only blame their own bad luck and wait for death on the spot.

Even though the Four-Tails used the "sympathetic detonation" method to trigger Mizunuki Ryosuke's Tailed Beast Bomb prematurely, at such a close distance, if he resisted the aftermath of the explosion head-on, he would likely be stripped of a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

A Tailed Beast Bomb represented the strongest offensive means of a Tailed Beast.

Even for a Tailed Beast itself, taking one hit was a result of being directly severely injured or near death.

Then, the Four-Tails, who had occupied Lao Zi's body, moved directly.

He raised his right fist and smashed it into the ground. A gap opened directly beneath his feet, and the Four-Tails burrowed into the ground without a word.

The terrifying white halo spread, and the terrifying explosion destroyed everything on the surface.

Many ninjas near the center of the battlefield closed their eyes in despair at the same time.

After the explosion, a giant semi-circular crater dozens of meters deep appeared on the earth. Mizunuki Ryosuke looked at his "masterpiece" with a face devoid of joy or sorrow.

After this blow, at least a thousand Cloud and Rock ninjas near the center of the battlefield were accidentally injured.

And Lao Zi himself was left in an unknown state of life or death after this blow.

An ice-blue arc appeared in Mizunuki Ryosuke's eyes; clearly, he had activated thermal sensing to scout, constantly detecting the surroundings. At the very last moment just now, he had keenly sensed that some kind of change had occurred on Lao Zi.

It was precisely this change that made Mizunuki Ryosuke suspect that Lao Zi had not died in the previous attack.

Sure enough, Mizunuki Ryosuke's thermal sensing soon received feedback.

And just then, the earth began to tremble violently.

"Rumble!!!!"

A massive body rushed out from the ground; it seemed to come from the center of the earth, and its body was still stained with lava emitting terrifying high temperatures.

This massive body soon crawled out from the ground, exposing itself completely to the sunlight.

This was a giant monkey-like creature covered in red fur with a majestic face; behind it were four thick, massive red tails.

Only, it looked a bit disheveled at this moment; not only was its majestic red fur covered in dust, but its strong, burly body was also covered in visible wounds.

This showed that even though it had managed to hide underground in time, the Four-Tails, Son Goku, had still not been able to completely negate the damage from the Tailed Beast Bomb.

However, it ignored its disheveled appearance at this moment; it excitedly raised a fist the size of a small hill and beat its chest vigorously.

"Bang bang bang!!!"

The dull impact sound even made people's eardrums feel dizzy.

"Old Son is finally back again!!!!!"

The Four-Tails let out a beastly roar toward the sky, displaying its manic and savage posture to the fullest.

Facing the savage posture displayed by the Four-Tails' mountain-like massive body, everyone had different expressions.

On the Rock ninja side, the commander Kitsuchi looked at the Four-Tails' madness, a trace of sorrow flashing in his eyes.

The appearance of the Four-Tails meant that Lao Zi had used his last resort, and it also meant—Lao Zi had failed!

And Lao Zi's failure was equivalent to his death.

And what the Four-Tails, having broken the seal, would do now, no one could guess.

A Tailed Beast would not view small humans as being in the same camp as itself.

Because from the Four-Tails' perspective, the Rock ninjas who had sealed it for many years should also fall into the category of "enemies."

The greatest possibility was that the Four-Tails would take the opportunity to go on a killing spree on the battlefield, and finally successfully escape, or be captured and sealed by the Fourth Mizukage.