Huff, huff!!
The large-scale Fire Release unleashed by Mokgetsu surged towards the Hidden Mist, forcing many of them to join forces and use Water Release to block it.
Meanwhile, the other Konoha ninjas took the opportunity to counterattack.
"One Flash!"
Kakashi focused his breath, converting all the gathered Chakra into Lightning Attribute Chakra to activate his cells. He darted across the battlefield like a bolt of lightning, cutting down any Hidden Mist ninja he passed.
"Eight Gates, Limit Gate, open!"
Might Guy directly opened the fifth gate of the Eight Gates, unleashing a large amount of Chakra from within, further increasing his speed and power. Every punch and kick dealt heavy blows to the surrounding Hidden Mist ninjas.
For the current Might Guy, only opening the Five Gates without activating the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode wouldn't place a significant burden on his body.
Shisui was also unwilling to be outdone. His blood-red eyes scanned the Hidden Mist around him, and in the next moment, phantom Shisuis surrounded them, making it difficult for the Hidden Mist to deal with their flickering forms.
"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bomb!"
Obito pushed the Breath of Flame to its limit, gathering a massive amount of Chakra in his throat and then exhaling it all at once as flames. The vast blaze turned into a sea of fire that split and transformed into fire dragons, encircling the Hidden Mist ninjas.
Although it wasn't as spectacular as Mokgetsu's overwhelming Fire Release, it was still quite striking on the battlefield, even stronger than the Fire Releases of many Konoha Jonin.
Under the strong counterattack of the Konoha Ninja Squad, the Hidden Mist Squad centered around Hozuki Zangetsu was suppressed, with one Hidden Mist falling after another under the Konoha Ninja Squad's retaliation.
Before Zangetsu was killed, the battlefield was like a balanced scale, and Mokgetsu killing Zangetsu was like placing a weight on the Konoha side of the scale, gradually tipping the victory towards Konoha.
Karatachi Yagura's face grew darker. Although he had the Three-tailed Jinchuriki on his side, Konoha on the other hand was formidable, with most of their Jonin present. He couldn't replicate Mokgetsu's swift beheading of Orochimaru.
No matter how unwilling Karatachi Yagura was, he had to admit that the Hidden Mist lost this battle, despite having a significant intelligence advantage.
"Use that then." Karatachi Yagura swung his iron rod to repel Orochimaru and then spoke to the Three-tailed Jinchuriki, who was viciously attacking Manda.
Karatachi Yagura was not a reckless person. Although he believed that having a Jinchuriki gave the Hidden Mist a high chance of victory, he was not arrogant enough to think the chance was one hundred percent.
So Karatachi Yagura had long thought of a way to deal with this situation.
There are several states a Jinchuriki can assume, with the most powerful being Complete Tailed Beast Transformation. In this state, the Jinchuriki maintains their self-awareness and transforms their entire body into a Tailed Beast, fully utilizing the Tailed Beast's terrifying power and immense Chakra.
However, not all Jinchuriki can achieve Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, as it requires significant skill on the part of the Jinchuriki.
The current Three-tailed Jinchuriki of the Hidden Mist doesn't have this ability; otherwise, Karatachi Yagura would have already had him transform completely and wouldn't be struggling as much.
But there's actually a trick to achieving Complete Tailed Beast Transformation: let the Jinchuriki lose consciousness so that the Tailed Beast becomes the leading force. This also enables complete transformation, except it's the Tailed Beast controlling the body, not the Jinchuriki.
However, doing so comes with a downside: since the relationship between Tailed Beasts and humans is generally poor, a Tailed Beast that's free to act will indiscriminately attack the ninjas around it.
Nevertheless, Karatachi Yagura had no better options at this point. After all, this was Konoha's stronghold, and letting the Tailed Beast rampage would surely cause more damage to Konoha.
The Three-tailed Jinchuriki nodded and, bursting with Tailed Beast Chakra, charged straight at the Konoha Ninja Squad, ignoring no matter what ninjutsu or ninja tools were thrown his way.
No matter how inept the Three-tailed Jinchuriki was, he was still a Jinchuriki, and the Konoha ninjas failed to stop his charge.
Upon crashing into the Konoha Ninja Squad, the Three-tailed Jinchuriki used a Secret Technique to send his consciousness into slumber.
At that moment, an incredibly terrifying Chakra rose from the Three-tailed Jinchuriki's body, turning from intangible to tangible and finally transforming into an unbelievably massive turtle covered in spikes and bearing three tails.
The great turtle opened its blood-red eyes, glaring at the myriad ninjas fighting around it, radiating a terrifying killing intent.
It had been peacefully resting in the water when suddenly these humans captured it and imprisoned it in eternal darkness.
Isobu swung its three gigantic tails mercilessly at the ninjas. Any ninja who couldn't dodge in time was struck down, their bodies drenched in blood, lying on the ground, unsure if they were dead or alive.
"Letting the Tailed Beast rampage is somewhat troublesome." Orochimaru's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
He had previously witnessed the rampage of the Eight-tails. Although a rampaging Tailed Beast was not as powerful as a true Complete Tailed Beast Transformation, the beast's own terrifying strength and Chakra could still cause massive destruction even in a mindless state.
Karatachi Yagura was clearly burning the bridges, for the Tailed Beast wouldn't rampage forever, and the Jinchuriki would suffer once they regained control.
[Name: Isobu]
[Chakra: 18,500,000]
Mokgetsu curiously appraised the Three-tailed Jinchuriki and found that the appraisal showed the name of the Tailed Beast instead of the Jinchuriki's name, with an astonishing Chakra amount of eighteen million five hundred thousand.
"A Jinchuriki can't fully utilize the Tailed Beast's Chakra under normal circumstances," Mokgetsu recalled the appraisal results he received for the Four-tailed and Five-tailed Jinchuriki at the Hidden Rock Battlefield.