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"Not bad! Your talent completely surpassed my expectations. If I weren’t the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, I definitely wouldn’t be your match."

Even through the Tailed Beast Cloak’s defenses, the explosion had left Roshi covered in blood, his cloak looking as though it might extinguish at any moment.

Yet his face was full of excitement and gratification.

No matter what, he did it for the village. He wanted to become Tsuchikage because he wanted to make the village better.

With young people like this, the village’s future was bright!

"If you can withstand my next move, I’ll give you the position of Fourth Tsuchikage. If you can’t, then you’ll obediently listen to me from now on."

Roshi’s expression gradually turned solemn. He was preparing to use his trump card: complete Tailed Beast Transformation. He had only just learned how to control it himself, yet he had not expected to use it for the first time in a test against this young man from the same village.

Ōnoki!

Though I don’t agree with some of your policies, your eye for choosing disciples truly surpasses mine…

On the other side, Deidara watched the terrifying Chakra suddenly erupt from Roshi’s body, so dense it was beginning to take physical form, and started panting heavily.

What was with this old man? Why did it feel like I would lose out whether I won or lost?

Damn it, I’m running out of Chakra. Was this my limit?

Then taste this art that blooms in an instant!

But just as Deidara was about to do something—

A black-and-red figure swiftly appeared before him. A man in a tailcoat, looking exceptionally gentlemanly and brimming with masculine charm, stood there with elegant poise, as though he had appeared out of thin air.

Deidara vaguely remembered this man. He had helped him out with a few minor matters, and it was this man who had arranged for him to meet here this time. He had not expected to run into that annoying old man.

"My sincerest apologies for being late. It seems I caused you quite a bit of trouble."

"In that case, allow me to resolve that trouble for you."

Edward Rothschild wore an elegant, gentlemanly expression. Then he raised a finger, and spheres resembling blood continuously gathered at its tip.

They condensed amid a piercing shriek.

While he was charging his attack, Roshi had also completed the Four-Tails’ full release!

A flaming ape resembling King Kong appeared before them with a skyward roar.

The clouds scattered beneath that roar.

Shockwaves spread outward in rings from its position across the ground.

The entire earth began to turn into lava.

Even Deidara had to raise a hand to shield his eyes.

Edward’s expression changed slightly as he continued charging his attack.

The power of the Four-Tails’ complete release exceeded even his expectations!

Was this the pressure of a Tailed Beast? This terrifyingly abundant energy, this ominous oppression… even his Blood Explosion could not withstand it!

Still, he only needed to stall for time. Deidara and Alice would cooperate with him and attack together.

Yet before that thought could even finish forming, several disgusting tentacles had already wrapped toward him.

The attack he had gathered to bombard the Four-Tails had no choice but to change targets midway, annihilating all the devouring tentacles into nothingness.

"Damn it! Alice!"

Following his shout, a shadowy figure shot along the tentacles toward the enemy. A black beam capable of devouring everything swept through, drawing out a muffled groan.

Then a severed-armed, fleshy lump of a figure staggered out from the shadows. Qi Xieyuan had not expected the other side to have two people!

The Blood Explosion that could annihilate anything, along with the black light that followed to cut through all things—every strike had reached his level.

But fortunately…

Though this was unexpected, we’re still stronger than you. With my regenerative ability, I can stall the two of you for a while!

Elsewhere, a massive azure blade aura cut through the air. The flames around the newly awakened Four-Tails suddenly dimmed considerably.

Large amounts of water vapor appeared, as though it had suffered an attack of extreme cold, causing its movements to halt.

Taking advantage of that pause, Muto, whose entire body was covered in Armament Haki, bit down and crushed a pill in his mouth. His aura surged once more.

All the strength in his body gathered into the katana in his hand as he assumed a sword-drawing stance.

Draw!

Slash!

A fleeting flash of blade light swept past. A widening gash appeared on the Four-Tails’ enormous King Kong-like ape body, and it was severely injured in an instant.

Muto slowly sheathed his katana and exhaled a breath of Tainted Qi, seeming to age many years in an instant.

Yet satisfaction still appeared on his wrinkled face.

He had concentrated the power explosively boosted by the pill into a single strike, enough to inflict the highest-rated severe injury on the Four-Tails.

The final reward was already his!

Roar!

However, the Four-Tails’ next roar of pain and fury jolted him awake.

Had his attack been a little too strong, so strong that even a Tailed Beast could not endure it? He had only intended for this battle to determine the victor, enough to earn a sufficient rating, but now it seemed the blow dealt to it had far exceeded expectations.

If so, perhaps there was a chance to clear this boss-like monster. If the three of them joined forces and killed it…

Yet when he looked up at the Four-Tails while thinking, he discovered that its towering body was inexplicably missing a huge chunk, as though a circular section had been gouged out of its back.

The wound was slowly regenerating amid lava-like bubbles, but the process was very slow.

Moreover, after taking two attacks in succession, Roshi had already awakened from his lost state and seemed about to withdraw from Tailed Beast form…

Huh?

That wound shouldn’t have been caused by me. What was going on?

And why had the system prompt still not appeared? Where was my reward…

The bewildered Muto did not notice the line of bloody tears streaming from the Sharingan Wang Zhaoming had transformed into.

After the massacre, they had obtained a complete set of Sharingan. It was not difficult to directly perform surgery and have Wang Zhaoming pay to upgrade from One Tomoe to Three Tomoe.

Once he had reached Three Tomoe, Xu Yue could directly seal a shot of the Eternal Mangekyo’s Kamui ocular power into Wang Zhaoming’s body!

Just as Itachi had once sealed a shot of Amaterasu into Sasuke, causing it to automatically attack when he saw Obito, it was not difficult for Xu Yue, whose Sealing Jutsu knowledge surpassed even Itachi’s and who possessed the Eternal Mangekyo, to accomplish this.

It merely placed a greater burden on Wang Zhaoming!

Because they had obtained a piece of rare intelligence, Wang Zhaoming and Muto had signed an agreement: if Wang Zhaoming attacked personally, all the spoils would still belong to Muto.

But now, the attack had been indirectly launched by Xu Yue through Wang Zhaoming’s hand…

Ding~ Achievement mission completed: Rampaging Four-Tails. Dealt the highest damage to the Four-Tails while the Four-Tails Jinchuriki was rampaging. Reward obtained: Kekkei Tōta: Dust Release. Note: Because the Reincarnator did not participate in the prerequisite mission, learning the scroll requires S*1 Plot Points.

After receiving the prompt upon arriving in the Land of Earth, Xu Yue could not help but curl his lip. The system was really stingy.

But this also demonstrated the power of Dust Release itself. It was an ability on the same level as the Mangekyo!

However, for Xu Yue, the most crucial part was still the technique for fusing three types of Chakra. Once his plan was carried out, it should be able to play a key role…

Three updates complete! This bonus chapter is in return for everyone’s support through average subscriptions!

Thank you, everyone~ It’s the end of the year, and there are so many things to do, not to mention the even more terrifying New Year coming up. I’m trembling all over~