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Chapter 101 - Chapter 101: The Battle is Over, The Hunt is About to Begin

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A purple meteor streaked across the night sky.

At this moment, Armored Shukaku had discarded most of its body. The length of its wings on its back also exceeded three hundred meters. Under the blessing of the Shukaku's wind, like a torrential rain, it rapidly moved away from the battlefield.

In the mental space, Little Shukaku hugged its twin arms to its chest, shaking its head and saying with a face full of disdain, "This is the Uzumaki way, huh? That big blockhead must have been angered to death by you, right?"

Wu Jie chuckled, "Angry to death? I'll just take it as you saying that. If I can anger someone to death, that's also my skill, isn't it? Besides, Choza himself said he was about to die anyway. Why should I leave him there? Am I tired of living too comfortably?"

Little Shukaku stomped its foot dismissively, "You can't lose, even if you're little, you have to fight fairly with that big guy."

Wu Jie chuckled, "Fair, huh? Was that chili pill fair? A hundred times the power, huh? Or is it still just cheating?"

Little Shukaku couldn't argue with him, so it folded its arms and then shook its head, "With this mental state, I'm afraid you really won't have any fate with the underworld."

"Going to the underworld only requires extreme mental fortitude." This was Little Shukaku's previous theory, and Wu Jie also believed this before, but now things were a little different.

So he retorted, "That's not necessarily true. Not long ago, I suddenly realized something. It seems I was misled by you. You said that only with brave and fearless mental fortitude can one break through mental limits and reach the extreme of the underworld, grasping the power of the underworld. But the Uchiha clan members all awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan through extreme pain."

"As descendants of the Six Paths, the Sharingan is the closest existence to the human eye, and the Sage Mode nearly reaches it as well. However, the requirement for the underworld is simply extreme fluctuations in emotions. Pain, bitterness, courage, love, hatred—these emotions should all be able to achieve it. It's not just courage. And before, you wanted me to maintain a fearless state of mind. In fact, the ultimate goal was to make me publicly exist, and then it would be easy for you to openly cause trouble."

Little Shukaku had its thoughts exposed. It opened its mouth as if to refute something, but after thinking carefully, it seemed there was nothing to refute. It stomped its foot and said fiercely, "You still haven't gotten rid of that white-haired bastard!"

At this moment, Wu Jie and Karin were both at their limits. He manipulated Armored Shukaku, which quickly landed on a nearby mountain. Then, with a puff, Wu Jie retreated from his fully Tailed Beast form, and Karin also dispelled the continuous "Kagura Method."

Immediately after, the scattered yellow sand gathered together again. With a whoosh, it transformed into a small Shukaku in the air and was caught by Karin, who hugged it to her chest.

Wu Jie breathed a sigh of relief. He then continued, "As for Jiraiya, I still need to go back and take on the Fifth Hokage position. I don't know if the Akimichi clan's chili pills are inherited or produced. The power of Konoha is still too great. If the Tailed Beasts are sealed for the Hokage, I'm afraid they might achieve breakthrough progress on the battlefield without even realizing it. And if I do everything, then what's the point of starting the Great Ninja War? I'd rather just kill everyone."

When Little Shukaku heard this, it immediately shrieked with excitement, "Good, good, good! Let's do it!!"

Looking at Little Shukaku's expression, Wu Jie couldn't help but laugh. He shook his head and said, "If we do that, we'll immediately become public enemies of the ninja world. By then, it won't be people like Kakashi, but Kage-level powerhouses who will seek to kill us. As for Jiraiya, his life is also about the Great Ninja War. This world, the more naive a person is, the more they will suffer."

And if Kakashi and the others hadn't prepared things like Armored Shukaku in advance, then it's very likely that Wu Jie and Karin would have been left here.

Although Little Shukaku got Wu Jie's explanation, it still turned its head away, dissatisfied.

Wu Jie then looked at Karin. Her chakra consumption was equally heavy, even greater than Wu Jie's in battle. This was because she possessed a special constitution, even among the Uzumaki clan, which was why she could endure it.

Especially her mental fatigue. Karin had continuously maintained her high-precision Mind's Eye of the Kagura in battle, and still had to use the Kagura Method to form bones and armor, and even awakened Adamantine Sealing Chains at the end, constantly maintaining the battle's conclusion. These were all particularly taxing things.

Of course, Wu Jie's situation wasn't good either. He didn't have Karin's powerful physique, and fighting in a completely Tailed Beast state placed a tremendous burden on him.

Naruto used the Four-Tails state to hit Orochimaru, and after dispelling it, he would collapse and fall asleep, although some of his injuries were also a reason for that.

But the consumption of this state was indeed very large. Otherwise, Jinchururiki would be in a half-Tailed Beast state from the start of a battle.

Especially the Armored Shukaku fusion technique connected the chakra of two people. Although this allowed them to fight together, the resulting fatigue also doubled.

At least for them now, the Armored Shukaku fusion technique indeed somewhat exceeded what they could bear.

Thinking of this, Wu Jie suddenly looked at Karin and fell into contemplation. Was Karin's special constitution, as a descendant of the Uzumaki, truly the closest existence to a Sage body, besides Hashirama? After all, the Senju clan also seemed to only have Hashirama with such tremendous vitality.

So, if he could swap their positions, having Karin completely transform into a Tailed Beast, and have him apply the armor, the effect should be better.

Moreover, didn't he also have a Nine-Tails in his hand?

Thinking of the Nine-Tails, Wu Jie's mood improved. Then he looked at Karin and asked her, "How's your body? Do you feel alright?"

Karin silently sensed it. The fatigue coming from her brain was extremely severe. She frowned and said, "My body is mostly fine, but we probably won't be able to use that fusion technique again in a short time."

Wu Jie also nodded and said, "It will also be difficult for me to fully transform into a Tailed Beast again in a short time. That state places a great burden on the body. This success was also largely due to Shukaku's cooperation."

Little Shukaku, hearing this, immediately became energetic again. "Hmph, thank this old man's benevolence!"

"It's just... thank you, Old Man." Wu Jie casually agreed to Little Shukaku, then continued, "Our cultivation time is too short after all. To be able to do this much is already rare. I've never heard of anyone at this age being able to contend with Kage-level powerhouses."

Wu Jie smiled and patted Karin's head. "Thanks to you. If you hadn't mastered Adamantine Sealing Chains in the end, we would have been in danger." Adamantine Sealing Chains was indeed their biggest gain from this trip.

From One-Tail to Eight-Tails, each Tailed Beast's chakra had its own characteristics.

For example, One-Tail's magnetic release, Two-Tails' fire release, Three-Tails' water release, etc. But only Nine-Tails' chakra had no special characteristics. If one absolutely had to name a characteristic...

...that would be, the strongest!

Nine-Tails possessed the strongest chakra!

Leaving aside its combat skills, at the very least, Adamantine Sealing Chains could suppress the Nine-Tails at its peak in terms of power, which already proved the might of this technique.

And after Karin mastered Adamantine Sealing Chains, even if they didn't use Armored Shukaku, their combined combat power could at least reach the Kage-level. Other things like "Granny Chiyo" were no longer in his eyes.

Karin happily opened her hand, and a section of golden chains emerged from her palm. However, a strong sense of fatigue washed over her, making her temporarily abandon this idea.

Wu Jie smiled and said, "Let's rest and recover our strength first. We'll have another battle later."

From the three toad brothers, one could see that they lacked the ability to instantly surpass their opponents and withstand limits. But now, he already had some ideas in his heart.

After speaking, he took out military rations and water from his ninja bag. The two of them sat on the spot and slowly began to recover their stamina.

Unfortunately, they didn't have the secret medicines of the Dog Family or Akimichi clan; they could only slowly wait for their stamina to recover.

Roar!!!!

Tsunade slammed her fist onto Manda's head again, making it dizzy, seeing stars, and blood oozed from the corner of its mouth.

Before Manda came here, it had two bumps on its forehead; those were its fore-horns about to evolve into dragon horns. But after coming here...

...it now had a head full of bumps!

When Orochimaru couldn't be used, almost all the damage had to be taken by Manda alone.

If it weren't for Orochimaru occasionally summoning a few other toads to block damage, Manda would have long since thrown Orochimaru aside and run back to Ryuchi Cave.

Damn it, this time I must make Orochimaru give me a hundred more lives!

Manda thought to itself.

Just then, with a gurgle, Gamabunta spat out a large mouthful of acid at Orochimaru, corroding a deep, pool-like pit in the ground on his clothing!

Orochimaru's lips held a smile, but his heart was filled with extreme alarm.

He indeed possessed many self-preservation methods that could ignore most fatal injuries, but Gamabunta's acid was an exception!

Because once he was thrown into such strong acid, he would instantly melt. All his self-preservation methods would be useless!

Orochimaru continuously dodged around, avoiding the acid splashing on his face, but suddenly, from Jiraiya's side, a sound of Manda's incomparable resentment, a roar of unwillingness, was heard, followed by a sudden thud.

Orochimaru immediately looked over, and then let out a light chuckle. So Manda actually ran away, huh? Then he said to Tsunade, "You've been abandoned again. It's like the rope and the broken. Only this time, it's you who's been abandoned."

Tsunade paid no attention to this. She let out a snort at Orochimaru. "Forget it, Orochimaru. That kind of pathetic provocation has no effect on me. It will only make you look like a clown."

Orochimaru chuckled. Indeed, Jiraiya is more fun. Just saying something casual can make him suffer for a long time.

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