With a loud *thud*, Kitsuchi, who had been crushed beneath a pile of rocks, dissolved into a pile of sand.
Seeing this, the others finally exhaled in relief.
Fortunately, it was only an Earth Clone. If that had been the real Kitsuchi...
Kitsuchi was the son of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki. If he had died here, not one among them would have survived unharmed.
"Come here."
Taking advantage of their momentary hesitation, Satori grabbed another ninja and pulled him forward.
In an instant, the ninja transformed into Satori's exact likeness.
"Cursed brat! Are you truly going to side against us and oppose the Kage?!" Kitsuchi glared furiously at Satori.
Satori grinned. "Didn't you guys attack first?"
"So this is the hegemony of the Five Great Ninja Villages? Truly terrifying."
Feigning fear, yet mockery glinted unmistakably in his expression, leaving the Iwagakure ninjas furious but too intimidated to speak up.
Just then, a shadowy figure silently approached behind Satori, preparing to ambush him.
His body seemed transparent, as if he had truly vanished from sight, making it impossible to detect his form.
"Die!"
[Earth Release: Earth Spike]!
A razor-sharp spear of rock shot straight at Satori's chest.
But in the next moment, Taiseki saw the smirk on Satori's face.
"Get in here."
A Black Hole Space with terrifying suction power suddenly manifested, swallowing Taiseki, who had activated Hiding with Camouflage Technique.
Having dispatched another ninja, Satori burst into laughter.
"How absurd—thinking you could sneak attack me without my notice. Who gave you such courage?"
"Under these eyes, nothing will remain hidden."
At that moment, Satori felt as if Sasuke himself had possessed him.
With such powerful eyes, naturally he wanted to boast and show off a bit.
"Cursed brat! Where did you send Taiseki?!"
The Iwagakure ninjas stared at Satori with rage—they hated him so much they wished to skin him alive.
Yet ultimately, they feared Satori's strength and techniques too much to act—only daring to hurl threats verbally.
After all, Satori's abilities were simply too eerie. He controlled both attraction and repulsion forces, capable of creating black holes to absorb jutsu or even throwing back enemy attacks. Not to mention, he could alter memories.
Such a range of powers sounded like sheer fantasy to anyone hearing about it secondhand.
If not for facing Satori directly themselves, they'd never believe someone like him—or eyes like his—could exist.
To them, Satori was like a porcupine covered in spikes. Though they understood some of his abilities, with the current intelligence and tactics available, there was no effective way to counter him.
Truly, his powers were unsolvable.
As the group stood there, uncertain what to do, from the rear stepped forward an older man.
He had red hair tied into a ponytail, a distinctive beard, and was clad in purple robes and plate armor.
"You lot step aside. Let me deal with him."
This was Roshi, one of Iwagakure's Jinchuriki. The Four-Tails Son Goku resided within him, and he excelled in Lava Release techniques.
As soon as he appeared, everyone else promptly stepped back several paces.
His entire body radiated extreme heat, and a glossy, magma-like sheen coated his body.
[Lava Release: Blazing River Rock Jutsu!]
He opened his wide mouth and spat out multiple scorching magma fireballs, barreling forward like a torrent toward Satori Hyūga.
Satori showed no fear whatsoever. He raised his hand and fired off a repulsive force to deflect the attack.
Seeing this, Roshi remained calm and composed. He performed hand seals with both hands and released the Tailed Beast inside him.
A sudden surge of oppressive heat erupted, so intense that it ignited the wooden structures of the temple.
The temperature had become unbearable.
In his transformed state, Roshi's entire body was engulfed in molten lava, taking on the form of a colossal Tailed Beast.
The beast's towering form loomed like a skyscraper, surrounded by flowing magma that continued to spread outward.
Before long, this place would become a land of molten rock.
Upon seeing this, Shrine Maiden Miroku's face flickered with internal conflict.
This was an ancient temple, a sacred site passed down through generations in the Land of Demons—was it really about to become a molten wasteland?
But facing such a mysterious enemy, Miroku had no choice but to endure the situation for now.
"Brat, accept your defeat."
While I deeply despise the power of the Tailed Beasts, I can't deny that they are the strongest beings in this world.
No matter how many strange abilities you have, you can't hope to defeat someone wielding a Tailed Beast.
As a Jinchuriki, Roshi had always loathed Son Goku, the Four-Tails, but endured his hatred for the sake of power.
Now, facing Satori Hyūga, Roshi released his full power, transforming into Tailed Beast Mode.
His massive body rose up, glaring at Satori with a fierce expression, then spat out a river-like stream of burning magma.
Satori raised his hand and summoned a Black Hole Space, blocking the searing magma attack.
But Roshi didn't stop, spewing torrents of magma as if trying to overwhelm the Black Hole Space completely.
"Trying to drag this into a stalemate?" Satori asked, puzzled.
Roshi glared at him furiously, laughing madly. "Scared yet?"
Earlier, while observing the battle, Roshi had assumed that Satori's Black Hole Space couldn't contain too much volume.
By transforming into Tailed Beast Mode and unleashing constant streams of magma, he aimed to overload that space.
Satori found Roshi's strategy almost amusing.
"Your idea isn't bad, but unfortunately, it's utterly useless against me."
With a wave of his other hand, another Black Hole materialized in his palm.
Whoosh—
The scalding orange magma flowed through the channel of the second Black Hole, corroding the green stone floor of the temple.
Cracks spread across the floor with loud snaps, turning the entire ground into a bubbling pool of molten lava, thick with high-temperature gases.
Fortunately, Satori's body was exceptionally strong, allowing him to hover effortlessly in midair without being affected.
Seeing this scene unfold, Roshi caught his breath sharply, his mouth halting its eruption of magma.
He never expected his carefully planned killing move to be neutralized so effortlessly.
Letting out a furious roar, he unleashed a terrifying burst of flames and lava from his body, erupting violently into the sky.
[Lava Release: Flower–Fruit Mountain]!
"
Countless waves of molten lava surged forward in a fiery torrent as if to consume Satori Hyūga.
Seeing this, Satori Hyūga slightly furrowed his brow.
"Not a bad technique."
The sheer amount of molten energy unleashed in such a volcanic blast had briefly caught him off guard.
However, for someone with the Tenseigan, it wasn't too difficult to handle.
A strange glint flickered within Satori's jet-black Tenseigan eyes. An invisible force spread over his body.
He wore a long black robe emitting a faint black glow, resembling dark energy flames swirling around him.
Behind him, a Black Truth-Seeking Ball naturally formed and began orbiting his body, radiating immense power.
[Here, the age of the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki comes to an end.]
[Even the tailed beast transformation of a Jinchuriki is no match for me in this form.]
The once-invincible tailed beast-enhanced warriors were now obsolete, surpassed by the evolution granted through Satori's Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
[Fall before me. Join the ranks of my defeated foes.]
As he finished speaking, the Truth-Seeking Ball released terrifying power, instantly slamming downward.
As it passed, the orb scattered searing magma in all directions, carving out a massive spatial rift in its wake.
With a thunderous boom, Roshi—still in his tailed beast form—was struck and hurled hundreds of meters through the air.
Others weren't so lucky, caught in the full force of the blast and left gravely wounded.
At the same time, on the moon, several elders tasked with guarding the colossal Tenseigan within the Otsutsuki Clan exchanged wary and uncertain glances.
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