The heat and light emanating from the fireball in the darkness attracted countless small insects, which flew into the fireball one after another, eventually turning into ash.
Shisui, standing below, instantly understood Uchiha En's idea when he saw the insects recklessly charging toward the fireball.
"Is Senior En trying to use the characteristics of insects to lure out the Seven-Tails? Will that work?" Shisui muttered to himself.
In fact, Uchiha En was just trying his luck, operating under the principle of 'trying anything, even if it's a long shot.'
He felt that no creature could resist its instincts; the Seven-Tails' true form is an insect, and it would have a special reaction to light and heat.
Of course, the Seven-Tails is a Tailed Beast with its own intelligence, so it's uncertain whether it will follow its instincts like a common bug!
For ordinary bugs, it's like a moth to a flame; they fly toward it even knowing it means death.
If the Seven-Tails' instinct can overpower its intelligence, it will definitely come, even if it knows it's an ambush!
Ten minutes later, the fireball had consumed the lives of countless small insects, but the Seven-Tails still hadn't appeared.
Uchiha En sighed, just about to give up, when suddenly a giant insect dropped from the sky and rushed toward the fireball recklessly.
"No way! It actually came!" Shisui stared dumbfounded at the Seven-Tails lunging toward the fireball.
The Seven-Tails' hiding place was actually very close to the small mountain. Because the Seven-Tails had previously suffered a loss at Uchiha En's hands, it was unwilling to give up and had been waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.
The moment Uchiha En condensed the fireball, the Seven-Tails immediately noticed it.
But the Seven-Tails wasn't stupid; it was a Tailed Beast possessing intelligence equivalent to a human's, so it naturally understood that this was likely a trick Uchiha En was using to draw it out. Thus, the Seven-Tails chose to ignore the fireball.
However, afterward, the Seven-Tails felt an increasing desire for the fireball. Driven by its insect instincts, it especially wanted to approach the ball of fire.
Initially, the Seven-Tails could suppress this instinct with its will, but gradually, instinct overcame will, and the Seven-Tails could no longer resist, flying directly toward the fireball.
The Seven-Tails flew straight over and collided with the giant fireball Uchiha En had condensed.
To put it simply, this fireball was a Great Fireball Technique, but it was enhanced by Uchiha En's Mangekyo Dojutsu, Magatsu, and Uchiha En also used Annihilation on it.
The power of the Great Fireball Technique was already terrifying.
The moment the Seven-Tails collided with the fireball, Uchiha En immediately teleported away.
"Boom~" Accompanied by a deafening explosion, the entire mountaintop was leveled.
And the Seven-Tails was blasted directly away.
Uchiha En could clearly sense that the Seven-Tails' terrifying Chakra was beginning to weaken.
At the same time, Magatsu's Dojutsu took effect, and the Seven-Tails' Chakra and vitality were constantly draining away.
Uchiha En took advantage of the situation, activating Lightning Release Chakra Mode and instantly teleporting next to the blasted Seven-Tails.
The Seven-Tails was covered in wounds from the fireball, with black smoke rising from its body, while Magatsu continuously caused it to lose Chakra and vitality.
However, as a Tailed Beast, it wasn't so easy to defeat. Chakra began flowing out from inside the Seven-Tails, repairing its injured body.
Simultaneously, the Seven-Tails let out a roar toward Uchiha En, then shook its body, causing large amounts of scale powder to fall from its surface.
The scale powder quickly enveloped Uchiha En's location, then, just like before, the powder emitted a dazzling light and immediately began to explode.
This move by the Seven-Tails was clearly a repetition of an old trick, aiming to shake off Uchiha En.
Uchiha En wouldn't fall for the same trick twice, having learned his lesson. He absolutely would not let Chomei escape again.
Uchiha En's mind stirred, and the Three Tomoe in his pupils transformed into a hexagram.
His right Mangekyo Dojutsu, Inari, activated, and the Chakra and vitality lost by the Seven-Tails Chomei all converged upon Uchiha En.
The Tailed Beast's massive Chakra made Uchiha En feel an unprecedented excitement.
Furthermore, the Tailed Beast vitality absorbed by Inari could be used perfectly to supplement the Mangekyo Sharingan's Dōjutsu Power, without consuming Uchiha En's own vitality.
Now, Uchiha En had even fewer reservations, and his Sharingan spun wildly.
The next second, a set of blue ribs appeared around Uchiha En's body.
The Seven-Tails' immense Chakra caused the ribs to "grow" rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, the ribs grew arms, a torso, and a head.
As Chakra continued to be injected, the ribs "grew" muscle tissue, and a deep blue blade appeared in its hand.
Uchiha En wanted his Susanoo to transform again, believing that the Seven-Tails' Chakra and vitality should allow the Susanoo to evolve to the Third Stage.
But no matter how much Chakra Uchiha En injected, the Susanoo showed no sign of further evolution. This disappointed Uchiha En, who guessed that his Dōjutsu Power might not be strong enough, failing to reach the threshold required to activate the Third Stage Susanoo.
However, the Second Stage Susanoo should be sufficient, especially since it was already wielding his nodachi.
Dealing with a Seven-Tails without a Jinchuriki is still quite simple.
Uchiha En directly manipulated the Susanoo to swing its blade and strike the Seven-Tails.
After seeing the Susanoo, the Seven-Tails lost all desire to continue fighting and immediately flew into the sky, attempting to escape.
"Can you escape? Yata Mirror!" Uchiha En flung a series of blue magatama at the Seven-Tails.
The lightning in the sky also cooperated with Uchiha En, launching an attack on the Seven-Tails.
The Seven-Tails was struck by the Yata Mirror and the lightning's Wind Blade, causing it to plummet straight down from the sky.
After landing on the ground, the Seven-Tails realized it probably couldn't escape, so it decided to fight to the death and began condensing a Tailed Beast Ball.
Uchiha En hesitated for a moment and didn't interrupt it, as he wanted to see if he had the ability to destroy a Tailed Beast Ball head-on.
A few seconds later, the Seven-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball was fully formed, and a black sphere shot toward Uchiha En.
Uchiha En manipulated the Susanoo to swing its blade and cleave it.
"Boom~" A massive explosion echoed through the heavens, leveling a large area of the forest.
When the smoke and dust from the explosion cleared, Uchiha En's Susanoo had some cracks but was not shattered, while the Seven-Tails lay motionless on the ground.
Uchiha En smiled, walked over to the Seven-Tails, manipulated the Susanoo to chop off two of the Seven-Tails' tails, and then placed them inside a sealing scroll.
Once he had the Seven-Tails' Chakra, Uchiha En deactivated the Susanoo and told Shisui to notify the people of Takigakure to come and seal the Tailed Beast.
Ten minutes later, the leader of Takigakure and an Elite Jonin rushed over, carrying a small girl aged two or three.
Judging by her hair color, Uchiha En guessed that this little girl was Fu, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki from the original work.
To avoid suspicion, Uchiha En did not participate in sealing the Seven-Tails; Takigakure completed it themselves.
Thus, the mission to assist Takigakure in capturing the Seven-Tails was successfully completed.
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