Roshi's entire body was stained with blood, and his Tailed Beast Cloak had been shattered by the Lightning Release.
The wounds began to tear under the erosion of the Tailed Beast chakra. Roshi felt an unbearable pain all over his body, almost making him faint.
He gasped for breath, the color gradually fading from his eyes.
"Pa pa..."
Immediately afterward, sticky liquid dripped from his body onto the ground.
He knew what it was—his own blood.
Am I going to die?
Pain!
So much pain!
Intense burning pain!
"Iya..."
The scene suddenly shifted, and the sound of clear, cold water came from afar. Roshi vaguely felt himself numbly walking forward on his tiptoes.
He had lost control of his own body!
The sound of water grew louder and louder. Then, a huge pool of water appeared in front of Roshi.
The pool was like a mirror.
As Roshi approached, he seemed to break the stillness, stirring up layers of ripples.
He stood at the edge of the pool and looked down.
Deep in the turquoise water, something floated up.
It was a huge ape, with long, blood-red fur and four tails, but its hands and feet were shackled with iron chains.
It stared at Roshi, and Roshi also looked at the ape.
Their eyes met briefly, confirming their mutual gaze.
"Hey, kid!"
"Do you need my power?"
"Why are you so weak? It's because your depravity... isn't deep enough."
"I can give you more power, let you defeat anyone you want to defeat."
"Come on, make a deal with me!"
"Make a deal with me."
A look of struggle appeared in Roshi's eyes, but it soon gave way to intoxication. He didn't even realize that he had already started walking forward involuntarily.
First his instep,
then his knees,
then his waist,
until finally,
the water submerged his neck,
and eventually, his whole body entered the pool.
The water wasn't cold; it was even warm, and the water was clear, with high visibility. When he entered, he didn't even feel the pain of suffocation.
"Finally... finally... I've waited! Hahaha."
A wild laugh echoed through the night.
Sakumo instinctively felt that something was wrong with Roshi. Cautious, he leaped back to Uchiha Tatsumi's side.
After all, the previous secret technique had consumed too much chakra, and he couldn't launch another powerful attack in a short time.
At this moment, Roshi stood alone in the rain, his previously dazed eyes
had turned blood red.
The red chakra that had disappeared reappeared, bubbling out like foam. Under the influence of the Four-Tails' chakra, the wounds on his body healed faster and faster, as if he had never been injured at all.
Watching Roshi's injuries begin to heal, Hatake Sakumo snorted unhappily.
He had been fighting the Four-Tails Jinchuriki for so long, and now it could be said that it was all for nothing. He now felt the difficulty of dealing with the Tailed Beast.
The defense and recovery abilities of the Tailed Beast Cloak were too strong. This feeling was like an absolute defense!
Hatake Sakumo also wanted to defeat the Jinchuriki directly with Uchiha Tatsumi's assistance. However, the Tailed Beast Cloak and the large amounts of lava that appeared from time to time made Hatake Sakumo, who had chosen close combat, feel like a dog biting a hedgehog.
So Hatake Sakumo began to reflect on whether he lacked a super-powerful penetrating ninjutsu?
Just as Sakumo was thinking, Roshi roared at the sky. The heat in the air became stronger and stronger. The scorching heat made the skin of Uchiha Tatsumi and the others tingle all over.
Originally, Roshi was only wrapped in a layer of chakra. But now his appearance had undergone a huge change.
Red chakra, like hair, draped over Roshi's body. The chakra behind his buttocks also swayed constantly, eventually condensing into four tails.
Slowly, Roshi's appearance began to resemble an ape under the cover of chakra. In those eyes filled with fire, there was a fierce look.
"Ahahaha, I'm finally out."
"I can eat my favorite bananas again!"
"I can go to Mount Huaguo again to ask for a treasure to give me monkey babies."
"Hahaha."
The Four-Tails, who had taken control of Roshi's consciousness, was completely unruly and elated.
"It seems he has lost his mind and is controlled by the Four-Tails." Uchiha Tatsumi frowned. Such a Jinchuriki was very difficult to deal with.
The Four-Tails, who was about to wreak havoc, looked at Uchiha Tatsumi and Sakumo.
"Oh, there are two delicious little bugs. They can be my midnight snack."
"Rumble!"
Scorching lava covered down, instantly engulfing the place where Uchiha Tatsumi and the others were standing. The terrifying high temperature directly melted the ground within dozens of meters nearby.
Without a word, the Four-Tails began to enlarge its attack.
Swish!
Uchiha Tatsumi's figure naturally appeared outside the range of the Four-Tails' attack. From a distance of hundreds of meters, he stared at Roshi, who had turned into a monster.
"Roar!"
Roshi, who had transformed into a monster, looked up again after failing to kill the two little bugs.
A large amount of lava surged out of his mouth, gradually condensing into shape.
Uchiha Tatsumi's expression tightened.
In a few breaths, the scorching lava above Roshi's head condensed into a huge fireball with a diameter of nearly five meters.
The fireball emitted an extremely terrifying high temperature, and the surrounding air was filled with visible ripples.
The next moment, the huge fireball was launched by Roshi, attacking Uchiha Tatsumi and the others.
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