The wind swept through the forest, fluttering the hem of Miki's robe and revealing a small section of her smooth, slender legs.
As she stood still, the Tailed Beast Ball progressed to the next stage.
As it rapidly shrunk, accompanied by a short, sharp buzz of Chakra, a circular shockwave of air swept out.
The ground beneath Four-Tailed Tsunade's feet sank, and a circular crater was instantly compressed into shape.
The Tailed Beast Ball, a chaotic purplish-black color from the mixture of Yin and Yang, was swallowed whole by Four-Tailed Tsunade.
It was a mixture of Yin and Yang in an eight-to-two ratio.
The moment it went down, Four-Tailed Tsunade swelled up, lying on the ground like an inflated fat ball.
Her terrifying, bestial face, devoid of humanity and human form, turned towards Miki, her narrow, white-glowing fox-like eyes staring intently at Miki's figure.
The attack was poised and ready.
Four-Tailed Tsunade slowly opened her ferocious, bestial mouth, filled with Chakra teeth.
Miki made no special movements.
As the two sides silently stared at each other, killing intent, like a tsunami, pressed down on Miki.
The Nine-Tailed was about to emerge.
Rather, the currently conscious-blurred Tsunade, under the influence of the Nine-Tailed Beast Chakra, was equivalent to the Nine-Tailed.
And within that, even with her consciousness blurred, Tsunade's subconscious still perceived Miki as extremely dangerous.
"What can mere hatred accomplish?"
"Can you kill me?"
"Why don't you try?"
The moment she finished speaking, Four-Tailed Tsunade moved.
Between her teeth, a faint crimson light emanated; this was not light, but radiating Chakra.
Immediately following, Four-Tailed Tsunade suddenly threw her head back.
Now!
Synchronously, Miki's hands clapped together sharply.
The next second, tiny, dense craters exploded on the ground near Four-Tailed Tsunade, and emerald beetles shot up dazzlingly under the sunlight.
On the Winter Storm Chariot, as the valves opened and propelled them, they shot into the air like bullets, then quickly arrayed themselves into formation, and a blue screen of Chakra light connected them all.
A blue cubic Barrier enveloped the Nine-Tailed.
The cube was not set upright; its corners pierced the earth, standing on the ground.
But this was not the end.
The Winter Storm Chariot continuously shot out from the ground, then combined to form.
One blue Barrier after another stacked up, layer upon layer.
They were spaced about half a meter apart.
Leaving space for buffering and movement.
Before long, a huge Barrier stood in place.
It covered an area of about a hundred meters in width and length.
Immediately, the Winter Storm Chariot's valves opened, this time not inhaling, but exhaling.
As the jets propelled them, the entire Barrier began to spin rapidly in place.
And within it, each layer of the Barrier rotated in a different direction.
Insect Secret Technique: Winter Storm Chariot Dance: Multi-Layered Barrier
If one Barrier wasn't strong enough, then quantity would make up for it.
Although Miki knew the Four Red Yang Formation, the Winter Storm Chariot did not.
The Tailed Beast Ball attack could no longer be interrupted, not even by Four-Tailed Tsunade herself.
Now, the arrow was on the string and had to be loosed.
A crimson blast instantly shot out from her mouth, and the thick, orange-red column of Chakra light immediately slammed into the Barrier.
Then, an explosion.
From the inside, the Barrier rapidly and wildly fractured layer by layer, with crisp sounds like breaking glass, and the outermost Barrier burst open with a hole.
But the trajectory of the blast was deflected by the rapidly rotating Barrier.
The hole opened above the Barrier, and the trajectory was an oblique path towards the sky.
Immediately following, a second hole broke open, and its trajectory was also towards the sky.
Then came the third hole.
This meant that the concentrated stream of Chakra energy was cut and separated, which resulted in a dispersion and weakening of its power.
Immediately, more holes broke open.
As the bright orange-red beams of light shot out, driven by the rapidly rotating Barrier, they resembled the laser lights of a nightclub.
They served no purpose other than to set the mood.
A massive amount of Chakra was transmitted from afar, pouring into Miki, and as she kept her hands clapped together to maintain the technique, blue, overflowing Chakra surged all over her body, constantly dancing and swirling like flames.
This was a struggle of Chakra amounts.
Four-Tailed Tsunade's one-time burst of power was simple and crude.
Miki's set of techniques, however, was precise, ingenious, and continuous.
Until the bombardment ceased.
This wave was a case of self-inflicted damage; even Four-Tailed Tsunade would not feel good being bathed in her own Tailed Beast Ball.
The rapid rotation of the Barrier stopped, immediately followed by the jets switching to suction.
As the eye of the storm surged, the Barrier began to freeze, and crystalline mist billowed.
Moments later, a massive ice crystal Barrier stood in the center of the field.
Try it and you'll die.
In the distant forest, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Naori, and White Fang, who had followed and retreated, silently watched this scene unfold.
No one knew what their thoughts were.
But, it was over now.
A fully manifested Nine-Tailed could still struggle under various sealing arrangements.
But Four-Tailed Tsunade did not have that ability.
When Miki clapped her hands together again, the seal within Tsunade's body began to activate and close.
Cutting off the Nine-Tailed's Chakra supply, and without the Nine-Tailed's support, the Nine-Tailed Beast Chakra on her body began to dissipate.
About ten minutes later, Miki withdrew the Barrier, and the emerald-like beetles flew away, entering the nearby forest.
In the deep pit where they had been, Tsunade was left curled up, shivering in the icy water.
She was still unconscious.
Her injuries were rapidly healing automatically.
Miki stepped forward, jumped down to the bottom of the deep pit, picked up Tsunade, and slowly walked back, casually dropping Tsunade on the ground.
She leaned against a large tree nearby, quietly waiting for Tsunade to wake up.
Seeing that the matter was concluded, Naori did not immediately step forward, but turned back.
Hitomi was still lying down; it would be too pitiful to just leave her there.
White Fang, however, looked at Miki, who had easily dealt with Four-Tailed Tsunade, and scratched his head.
To be honest, it was a bit shocking.
She had effortlessly accomplished something he couldn't.
"She's really amazing…" Jiraiya, who had long since exited Sage Mode, exclaimed in admiration.
Indeed, Miki, that girl, has truly been terrifying since she was little.
"It's not that impressive," Orochimaru said, glancing at Jiraiya. "What a fool."
"She's clearly very impressive," Jiraiya said. "Anyway, I don't want to be enemies with the Mushi-Hime."
Jiraiya had realized this since he was a child and always kept his distance, afraid that he might foolishly court death and then be overwhelmed by insects.
"Use your brain and think carefully," Orochimaru said. "A clever seal is not the same as a frontal defeat; that alone gave her a huge advantage. Secondly, Tsunade was clearly unable to move just now, which was a big disadvantage for her. Otherwise, that Mushi-Hime's Barrier would not have been so easy to trap Tsunade."
Even so, Miki was still cautious enough to have her teammates stall while she calmly set up the decisive battlefield.
Her mind was as terrifying as ever.
"Even so…" Jiraiya said, looking at Orochimaru, "Could you have done it? I'm afraid…"
I'm afraid he would have been beaten into a dead snake.
Looking at Orochimaru's face, Jiraiya, who was habitually confrontational, was a bit speechless.
This…
"You're right," Jiraiya changed his tune.
Hearing this, Orochimaru looked at Jiraiya with a dark expression, and Jiraiya nervously averted his gaze.
This guy!
Orochimaru put distance between himself and Jiraiya.
A little dangerous!
Orochimaru walked away with a dark expression.
He clutched the medicine in his pocket. He would take it as soon as he got back! Every day! He would never forget again!
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