Roar!
On the other side, Seiryu, trapped deep in the swamp, let out a deafening roar.
Atop Seiryu's head, Tatsuya, wearing the Mountain Demon mask, flashed and leaped onto an earthen wall.
"Seiryu! Activate the Cursed Seal!" Tatsuya shouted to Seiryu from atop the wall.
Upon receiving Tatsuya's command, a large amount of natural energy began to gather on Seiryu's body. Black, tribal-like markings spread like flowing water across Seiryu's entire body. Instantly, Seiryu's aura surged.
Roar!
With a roar, Seiryu swung its massive tail, whipping up countless clods of mud.
"Quick! Don't let it break free!" The Kumogakure Jonin organizing the encirclement saw this and shouted, his expression changing drastically. As he spoke, he desperately squeezed out the chakra within his body, channeling it into the ground to maintain the A-rank ninjutsu, Swamp of the Underworld.
The remaining Earth Style ninja collaborated to use the Earth Style ninjutsu, Sticky Earth Drop. Above the area where Seiryu was trapped, a large amount of clay, summoned from another dimension, fell from the sky, continuously landing on Seiryu's massive body. This clay had extremely strong adhesive properties, causing Seiryu, which had just shown signs of breaking free, to be firmly restrained again.
Simultaneously, more than ten Kumogakure ninja collaborated to use Fire Style ninjutsu. The intense Fire Style ninjutsu struck Seiryu's body, not causing significant damage but baking the falling clay, hardening it and gradually immobilizing Seiryu.
After a few minutes, most of Seiryu's body was completely fixed by the hardened clay, resembling a giant, fiery-red sculpture slowly sinking.
"Hmph! You think this is the end?" On a nearby earthen wall, seeing Seiryu trapped, Tatsuya showed no sign of anxiety. He glanced at the somewhat exhausted Kumogakure ninja around him, a cold smile curling his lips.
As soon as he spoke, another change occurred.
Rip!
On Seiryu's body, the original black, tribal-like markings rapidly expanded, covering the entire snake body within seconds, changing its skin color from green to gray. A sound like ripping cloth echoed through the night, and two large lumps protruded from either side of Seiryu's neck, just behind the head. The lumps grew longer and longer, finally unfolding when they reached seventeen or eighteen meters.
They were two gigantic, gray, fleshy wings!
Seiryu's head also became narrower, and sharp teeth protruded from its mouth, making its entire appearance ferocious and terrifying.
With a gentle flap of its two huge, gray wings, the hardened clay that had been tightly wrapped around Seiryu's body shattered into pieces.
Clatter!
With a series of crisp sounds, countless fragments of hardened clay fell, and Seiryu's body slowly floated upward. Not only had it broken free from the hardened clay's restraint, but even the swamp beneath it could no longer hold it.
"What... what kind of monster is this!" Seeing Seiryu's drastically changed appearance, the exhausted Kumogakure ninja were on the verge of despair.
This was Seiryu's Cursed Seal Level Two state.
Boom!
Having broken free from the Swamp of the Underworld's restriction, Seiryu immediately went berserk. Its body thrashed violently, its tail continuously slamming into the surrounding Kumogakure ninja. The surrounding Kumogakure ninja were completely unable to restrict its movements. Some exhausted Kumogakure ninja were directly crushed into meat patties by the tail, while others could only flee in disarray.
Under the attack of Seiryu in its Cursed Seal Level Two state, the Kumogakure ninja formation was instantly shattered.
Not far away, Raiin and the others, who had originally been preparing to attack Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy, were also drawn to the commotion caused by Seiryu. Seeing Seiryu with fleshy wings sprouting from its flanks, their expressions all turned grim.
"That's Tatsuya's summon?" Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy were also stunned, and Kakashi murmured in a low voice. Shisui and Guy were speechless. The power of Seiryu in its Cursed Seal Level Two state exceeded everyone's expectations.
"We can't wait any longer! Let's go!" On the hilltop of the valley, C, clearly sensing the entire battlefield situation, opened his eyes and said gravely to Darui and Samui.
"Let's go!" Darui didn't waste any words, directly flashing and rushing down the mountain.
"C, you stay here and wait for the boss!" Behind him, Samui instructed C before following closely, leading two teams of Kumogakure Anbu ninja down the mountain.
On the battlefield, Seiryu continued its rampage, and the assembled Kumogakure ninja were utterly helpless against it.
Gate of Wonder, open!
On another part of the battlefield, Guy once again activated the Sixth Gate. With him leading the way, Kakashi supported Shisui and followed closely behind.
"Don't let him get away!" Seeing this, Raiin immediately led the Kumogakure ninja to intercept them again.
Facing Guy with the Gate of Wonder open, even Raiin, who had activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, could only barely hold his own. With the assistance of other Kumogakure ninja nearby, the three quickly found themselves in a dangerous situation.
"Seiryu! Go over there!" On the earthen wall, sensing the situation, Tatsuya leaped back onto Seiryu's head and pointed towards Kakashi, Shisui, and Guy, shouting.
Upon receiving Tatsuya's instruction, Seiryu snapped out of its berserk state. It stopped engaging the Kumogakure ninja and swiftly slithered towards the battlefield where the three were located.
Seiryu moved extremely fast, quickly arriving within a hundred meters of Kakashi and the others.
Sizzle!
Lightning Style: Black Panther!
Just as Tatsuya's face lit up with joy, a sound of crackling lightning echoed from a nearby earthen slope on the right. Illuminated by firelight, a panther-shaped black lightning bolt shot from the sky, striking directly at his face.
Seeing the incoming black lightning, Tatsuya's expression changed dramatically. He immediately rolled to the ground, barely dodging the black lightning's attack.
Boom!
Hiss!
The black lightning struck Seiryu's head. The intense pain caused even Seiryu, in its Cursed Seal Level Two state, to let out a loud, pained hiss.
Damn it!
Having dodged in a flash, Tatsuya didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief when the black lightning that had struck Seiryu's head quickly split and dispersed, enveloping him in a black lightning net.
Black lightning! It's the Kumogakure ninja, Darui!
Trapped within the black lightning net, Tatsuya's entire body went stiff, unable to move. Where the black lightning struck, his skin was torn and lacerated. From this single ninjutsu attack, Tatsuya instantly recognized the attacker's identity.
After the Third Raikage's death, Darui was the sole inheritor of Black Lightning. Not only did he possess the enormous chakra to freely use the Six Paths Sage Tools, but his swordsmanship and ninjutsu usage were also masterful. Although Darui was still young at this time, his strength was already at the peak of Kumogakure.
Sure enough, before the black lightning net had dissipated, Tatsuya saw a laser beam heading straight for him.
It's Darui's Storm Release ninjutsu, Laser Circus!
Boom!
His body sluggish, Tatsuya couldn't dodge in time and was directly blasted from Seiryu's head by the laser beam.
Swish!
"Tatsuya!" While Tatsuya's body was still in mid-air, the sound of rushing wind echoed, and Guy's robust voice rang in Tatsuya's ear.
"Are you alright?" Catching the retreating Tatsuya, Guy steadied himself and asked with concern.
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