After days of brutal fighting, the tides had finally shifted in Konoha's favor. But just when hope flickered on the horizon despair struck.
From the ranks of Iwagakure emerged one figure.
Ishikawa the First Tsuchikage floating effortlessly above the battlefield his presence radiating unshakable authority. Also Rokuro who was pushed back by Raizen now had cold expression and was unreadable as he stepped forward.
Without a word he released the seal.
A tidal wave of red bubbling chakra burst from his body. His skin cracked. Fangs sprouted from his mouth. Four blazing tails spiraled behind him and a monstrous voice echoed from his throat.
Son Goku had awakened.
Konoha's shinobi froze. Even Jonin who had fought in countless skirmishes knew this was no ordinary foe.
From the other side Ishikawa raised a single hand. The air around him shimmered as Dust Release formed a blinding white cube between his palms.
Raizen stood at the center of it all his body crackling with restrained energy.
[Almighty System - Online]
Daily Task Progress: Next task unlock after 1000 days
Push ups: 600/700 Squats: 600/700 Run: 6/10km
Time Remaining: 5 hours
Progress: Day 755/1000
Kaido Template Progress: 75%
Beast Body (Enhanced) Armament Haki (Adv) Observation Haki (Adv) Conqueror's Haki (Mid) Fish-Fish Fruit (Mid)
Wood Release – 45% (Inherited)
Unlocked: Thunderclap Eight Trigrams
Unlocked: Human-Beast Form
Unlocked: Beast King's Iron Mace
His body began to change.
Massive horns sprouted from his forehead scales rippled across his skin. His muscles expanded with thunderous pulses of power. A draconic tail erupted behind him and from his mouth came a low, echoing growl that sounded like thunder.
"So this is... the perfect Human-Beast Form," Raizen muttered. His voice deeper and laced with raw might.
He raised his hand to the right side and from his system storage he pulled out a massive spiked mace forged of obsidian colored metal with coils of primal energy dancing around it. To those watching, it seemed as if he had summoned it from a space time Jutsu.
Even Ishikawa narrowed his eyes.
"Interesting," the Tsuchikage whispered. "He's not just a child."
"He's a monster," Rokuro growled, fully transformed into Son Goku's beastly form.
The four tailed ape inhaled and a Tailed Beast Ball began forming in front of its mouth blazing with chakra of catastrophic intensity and was shot towards Raizen.
Ishikawa also launched the Dust Release simultaneously and the world turned white and red.
But Raizen didn't falter.
With a single leap, he soared into the sky and with his left hand coated with armament Haki he changed the direction of the Dust Release attack.
Simultaneously his right arm swung the massive Beast King's Mace coated in armament Haki so thick it turned black as night.
Tailed Beast Ball and the mace made contact with explosive force.
BOOM!!
The thunder and shockwave turned night into day. The Tail beast ball was pushed over the valley like a homerun. The sheer pressure from the strike flattened trees silenced battlefields and sent both Konoha and Iwa shinobi reeling.
Raizen's body landed in a crater steam rising from his back.
But he wasn't done.
With a roar he activated his newly unlocked technique Thunderclap Eight Trigrams.
A spiraling current of wind and lightning coiled around him forming a vortex of destruction. He vanished from sight and reappeared behind Ishikawa mid air delivering a devastating spinning strike that cracked the Tsuchikage's defense and sent him crashing into the mountainside.
Rokuro in beast form roared and lunged forward.
Raizen caught the strike with his mace and pushed back matching the raw might of the Four Tails itself.
Might Fist, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Nara Shikaji and all other ninjas watched the battle in awe unable to interfere.
Might Fist: "He has become something else entirely..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "That's on another level."
Shikaji: "He is not just a shinobi anymore... he is a force of natural destruction."
The sky above trembled as Raizen hovered and his roar made the heart of many shinobi tremble with fear.
But the battle wasn't over yet.
Ishikawa rose again bleeding and furious. Rokuro now fully controlled by Son Goku let out a guttural roar that shook the mountains.
Raizen gripped his mace tighter.
Raizen: "Let's end this."
The three titans clashed again.
The heavens split as the real battle began.
[To be continued...]