Chapter 48 Intense Battle

In the vicinity of Tanzaku Town, the forest was shrouded in darkness. The only sources of light were the sporadic flashes of chakra-infused jutsu and the distant glow of the moon.

Amidst the towering trees, the clash of steel and the crackle of jutsu resonated through the night as shinobi from Iwagakure and Konohagakure engaged in a deadly combat dance.

Konoha's elite forces moved with precision, their leaf insignias shimmering in the moonlight as they confronted their Iwagakure adversaries.

With swift movements, they leaped from tree to tree, their forms blurring as they unleashed a barrage of kunai and shuriken towards their foes.

Iwagakure shinobi, donned in their sturdy earth-toned armor, stood firm against the onslaught. Their resolve remained unbroken as they retaliated with earth-shaking jutsu.

Massive boulders hurtled through the air, crashing into the forest with tremendous force and sending wood splinters flying in all directions.

In the midst of the chaos, Minato, his face covered with dust, found himself face to face with an imposing Iwa Jonin.

"A Jonin?" Minato murmured, his azure eyes fixed on the burly Iwa shinobi standing some distance away. This was his first time confronting a Jonin head-on in a war.

Despite having trained under Jiraiya and having fought extensively on the battlefield over the past six months, facing a Jonin could be life-threatening.

However, despite the danger, Minato didn't exhibit fear. His eyes revealed an eagerness to engage the enemy.

But just as Minato and the Iwa Jonin were about to lunge at each other, the entire forest shook violently, followed by a massive surge of heat.

At the heart of the forest, a massive explosion seemed to have occurred. A fiery mushroom cloud reaching towards the sky was easily spotted by every shinobi in the forest.

As the fiery mushroom illuminated the forest, Roshi, caught in the blast, was thrown back.

"Not Yet!!!"

His tail beast cloak momentarily dissipated, but his eyes were ablaze with fierce determination. He was not going to be defeated so easily.

Roar!!!!!

With a roar that echoed through the forest, Roshi pushed himself up. The red chakra bubbled up around him once more, but this time it was different.

It was more intense, more powerful. His four tails flicked behind him, but then, they started to grow.

Roar!!!!!!!

The ground shook as Roshi transformed into his full tailed beast form. His roar was deafening, and his presence was overwhelming.

The entire forest bore witness to the true power of a tailed beast.

"Tailed Beast Transformation, truly impressive, but this also provides us with a bigger target,"

Kazuki, on one knee, watched the huge four-tailed red monkey with awe. Despite the awe, his face still held hope for victory.

The bigger the enemy, the easier it was for an attack to hit.

Fukashi, who had been thrown away by Kazuki's water chain, was blown further by the bijudama blast but he managed to land safely at a distance.

Hiss!!!

He quickly pulled out the blade drilled into his shoulder, wincing at the pain. His Sharingan spun as he assessed the situation, a grim look on his face.

Kazuki and Fukashi saw the red-skinned and green-furred monkey with eyes having yellow irises and white pupils looking at them, their faces changing.

Roar!!!

With a roar, he charged towards them. The ground shook with every step the humongous beast took, his multiple tails whipping around him.

But just when both Kazuki and Fukashi planned to move away from the range of Roshi, a huge shadow flew out of the forest and moonlight was reflected by a huge sword suddenly.

A Red Toad with Jiraiya sitting on top of its head flew out. It moved nimbly in the air and slashed the huge swords in its hand at the four tails.

The huge toad was easily spotted by Roshi who had transformed into four tails. Watching the sword making its way towards him, he showed no fear and raised his huge arm to punch towards the sword.

"DAMN THIS MONKEY!!!"

The skin of Four Tails was so thick that the blade was unable to pierce through it and was actually forced out of the grip of Gamabunta, who cursed in shock and anger.

"Stay Put, You Insect!!!" Seeing the angry toad, the four tails spoke up and at the same moment raised his arm for another punch, the only difference being lava appearing on the huge fist.

"BAD!!!" Seeing the massive lava fist, the anger of Gamabunta was instantly replaced by clarity as he cursed in fright, even Jiraiya showing a dreadful look.

Doton: Retsudo Tenshou {Earth Release: Splitting Earth Force}

But just when both Jiraiya and Gamabunta were fully exposed to the lava fist and seemed helpless, everything in an area of hundreds of meters shook and the ground right under the four tails split open.

A foot of four tails was stuck in the ground that opened suddenly as it lost its balance immediately, the huge beast toppling down.

At some distance from the opened ground, Kazuki, with his palms placed on the ground, his face pale from the large scale earth style jutsu used by him.

"Ha! That punch was really lethal; it's taking too long to recover," Kazuki muttered while taking in large breaths.

Most of his chakra reserves were being consumed to heal from the injury caused by the punch that he got hit with earlier.

"Anyways, It's time for the last push."

Shaking his head, Kazuki stood up and began to mobilize the remaining bit of chakra in his body, ready to put his last effort into this battle.

The huge beast fell on the ground, toppling everything due to its immense mass.

"Again it's that kid!" The Four Tails didn't seem to have been affected much from the fall. Lying on the ground, it moved its eyes to gaze at Kazuki at some distance, understanding who just cracked the earth open.

But the focus of Four Tails was quickly shifted from Kazuki as the red toad suddenly sprayed a large amount of oil from its mouth.

Jiraiya, at the same time standing on its head, sprayed out fire, a look of dread appearing in the eye of the four tails.

Fire Release: Toad Oil Flame Bullet!

The oil and fire mixed together to create a massive sea of high-temperature flames. The four tails could only see flames everywhere.

Read chapters ahead on p@treon.com/Gojo6666.