Chapter 139 Nine-Tails and Wood Release

"Roar!!"

A terrifying roar sounded near Konoha. Feeling the chakra rushing in from afar, the Konoha ninjas, who were already in an emergency state, suddenly looked into the distance with nervous faces.

A flame-like light flickered in the distance and approached the Konoha Village at a very fast speed. A moment later, a huge fire fox that was twenty or thirty meters tall, waving nine huge tails, appeared in front of many Konoha ninjas.

"The Nine-Tailed Fox!! It really appeared!"

"Where is the Fourth Hokage? Could it be that the Hokage has already..."

"We can't let this beast get any closer to Konoha! This distance is enough for it to use the Tailed Beast Ball! Everyone, quickly block the Nine-Tails."

At this moment, there was a roar, and the retired Third Hokage, fully armed, rushed out and shouted orders to the other ninjas.

Sarutobi Hiruzen has been the Hokage for decades. Although he has retired now, his prestige in the Konoha Village is still unparalleled. After hearing his words, many ninjas who were previously in a panic suddenly felt reassured.

"All the Chunin and Genin, quickly organize the villagers to take shelter! All the ninjas in the Jonin squad, follow me!"

After giving the order, the Third Hokage led a group of jonin to meet the Nine-Tails. Seeing that the Nine-Tails was about to rush into the village and had even begun to condense the Tailed Beast Ball in its mouth, the Third Hokage said nothing and aimed the diamond stick that the Sarumanma had transformed into at the opponent:

"Ape Demon! Grow taller quickly!"

The huge diamond stick, as thick as a man's embrace, stretched out at an extremely high speed in an instant, just hitting the chest of the rushing Nine-Tailed Fox and pushing it out directly.

The tailed beast ball that was originally in the Nine-Tailed Fox's mouth was also spit out into the sky by it. With a thunderous explosion, a strong wind wave blew down, blowing away some building tiles of the Konoha Village.

Looking up, many ninjas were horrified to find that some of the clouds in the sky had been blown to pieces by the Tailed Beast Ball, and the entire sky looked blue and clear.

If this Tailed Beast Ball fell into the Konohagakure, it would probably be a vast expanse of whiteness as well...

"No matter what, we can't let the Nine-Tailed Fox invade! Everyone, follow me and drive the Nine-Tailed Fox out!"

Following the Third Hokage's shout, all of Konoha's jonin rushed forward, but when the Nine-Tails stood firm and stared at everyone with cold eyes, even Konoha's jonin felt a tremor.

The strength of the tailed beasts is not much stronger than some Kage-level ninjas, but their deterrent power is far beyond that of ordinary Kage-level ninjas. This huge chakra mass full of tyranny is enough to make any weaker ninja tremble with fear.

Not to mention the Nine-Tails' strength, which is far superior to any other tailed beast. It is much stronger than the average Kage-level powerhouse, and the sense of oppression it brings is far greater than that of ordinary tailed beasts. If it weren't for the fact that the current Konoha ninjas have been through many battlefields and have all rolled in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, if it were not for the ninjas of peacetime, they would probably have been scared to the point of their legs going limp and unable to move.

"Roar!!"

Following the Nine-Tails's angry roar, the pure sound waves accompanied by a huge amount of chakra turned into a strong wind, which was as powerful as a large-scale B-level wind-style ninjutsu, directly blowing back many ninjas who were not strong enough.

"Damn... Is this Kyuubi guy more terrifying than I thought?!"

The Third Hokage looked a little unhappy, and secretly groaned in his heart.

During the Second Ninja World War, the Third Hokage had seen the power of other tailed beasts, so in his opinion, although the tailed beasts were powerful, they were by no means invincible.

However, the Third Hokage had never imagined that the Nine-Tailed Fox's strength was not at the same level as the other tailed beasts. After all, the Nine-Tailed Fox had been sealed perfectly by Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kushina. It had never gone berserk and had never been on the battlefield. So in the Third Hokage's mind, the Nine-Tailed Fox's strength was probably not much different from the other tailed beasts.

"The First Hokage didn't even give me a warning... I'm really being screwed now!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen murmured complaints, but recalling the demeanor of the First Hokage, he was probably afraid that in the eyes of the First Hokage, the Nine-Tails was no different from the other tailed beasts!

Anyway, they are all things that can be crushed to the ground with a slap, what? You mean the difference? Uh, maybe the Nine-Tails needs me to use a little more chakra?

"It seems like today might be the day I use that trick!"

Recalling a certain desperate sealing technique, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face showed determination. At this moment, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind the Nine-Tails:
"Wood Release - The World of Trees Arrives!"

Amid the rumbling sounds, countless trees grew out of the ground. Those thick trees twisted like giant pythons and directly wrapped around the body of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

The Nine-Tailed Fox's body struggled desperately, and terrifying chakra burst out. Although it shattered a large number of trees, a large amount of chakra was also absorbed, causing the more trees to be broken, the faster they grew, and soon they wrapped around half of the Nine-Tailed Fox's body.

"Am I dreaming?! Why am I seeing Tsunade using Wood Release?!"

The Third Hokage opened his mouth and looked at the majestic blonde woman in surprise. If he was not mistaken, that should be Tsunade among her three apprentices.

"Hokage-sama, you must be right, that is indeed the Wood Release of the Senju clan!"

Kakashi, who was standing next to the Third Hokage, said in surprise. At the same time, the people in Konoha behind him had already started talking and even cheering:
"Wood Release, that's Wood Release!"

"Princess Tsunade, have you awakened your Wood Release Kekkei Genkai?"

"The unique ninjutsu of the legendary first Hokage who pacified the world, even the tailed beasts can't escape!"

After listening to these people's discussions, the Third Hokage was sure that he was not mistaken, but... Tsunade awakened Wood Release? ! How is this possible? !
The Third Hokage, who once conducted a research project on the awakening of Wood Release, can be said to be one of the ninjas who knows the most about Wood Release as a bloodline limit. He knows one thing very well: Wood Release does not belong to the bloodline limit of Senju, but only belongs to Senju Hashirama!
Without saying anything else, just looking at the Wood Release cells left behind by Hashirama Senju, it can be seen that Wood Release is completely different from ordinary Bloodline Limits. It has already exceeded the level of bloodline awakening and can almost be called a genetic mutation.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how much the Senju clan practiced, it would be impossible for them to have bloodline of the same level as Hashirama Senju. If not, the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, would not have started the Wood Release experiment. Wouldn't it be more convenient for his clansmen to practice the Wood Release that combines water and soil?

"Could it be that Tsunade also conducted human experiments? Uh... With her level of medical ninjutsu, it is not surprising to have such results. However, based on her personality, would she really do such a thing?" The Third Hokage thought wildly for a moment, and then calmed down. No matter how Tsunade awakened the Wood Release, the most important thing now is to seal the Nine-Tails!
Although Wood Release has a huge restraint on any tailed beast, the Nine-Tails, as the strongest of all the tailed beasts, will naturally not be easily subdued by the Tree World Descent technique. Even though a large amount of chakra has been absorbed, it is almost about to break free at this moment.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage formed seals with his hands and directly created four shadow clones, and began to refine chakra:

"Five escapes - the art of continuous bullets!"

Water, fire, earth, wind and thunder, the five powerful escape techniques follow the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint, stimulating each other's power and transforming into a devastating shock wave, which directly hit the Nine-Tailed Fox!

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared wildly and was blown all over its body with a big hole in it. Fortunately, these tailed beasts were energy bodies formed by the condensation of chakra. Although they had some characteristics of flesh and blood, they were much more tenacious than ordinary creatures. Otherwise, they would have been killed directly by this blow.

As a half-ninjutsu turret-type ninja, the Third Hokage may not be able to defeat the Second and Fourth Hokage in a one-on-one fight, but in terms of pure destructive power, in the entire Konoha, only Jiraiya in Sage Mode can match him.

After being hit by several fierce blows in a row, the Nine-Tailed Fox roared towards the sky, and its nine tails waved wildly, bursting out with terrifying chakra energy, forming an attack that was almost like an energy storm.

In addition, a large number of small tailed beast balls condensed in front of it again. This time, the Nine-Tailed Fox did not condense chakra again, but directly blasted out these small tailed beast balls.

"Joint defense! Earth escape - Ten thousand miles of earth flowing wall!!"

Following a shout from the Third Hokage, many Konoha masters formed seals at the same time, and a wall like a cliff rose from the ground, blocking the Tailed Beast Ball.

With a loud bang, the entire earth flow wall was blown to ashes. Fortunately, after being blocked by the earth flow wall, the tailed beast balls did not cause any casualties.

Those who followed the Third Hokage to deal with the Nine-Tails were all Jonin. They might not be able to block the Tailed Beast Ball, but the aftermath of some rubble obviously could not pose any problem for them.

The Nine-Tailed Fox opened its mouth again, as if it wanted to use the Tailed Beast Ball again, but at this moment a rumbling sound was heard from the woods behind it.

"Wood Release - Wood Dragon Technique!"

Following Tsunade's light shout, the trees that grew from the tree world descended and entwined with each other, condensing into a huge wooden dragon, with fangs and claws bared, and pounced directly on the Nine-Tails!

Almost in an instant, the Nine-Tailed Fox could feel the chakra in its body being continuously drained by the wood dragon. In a rage, it opened its mouth wide and bit the wood dragon's neck.

But the wooden dragon was simply a bunch of trees, without any vital parts at all. Even the damage caused by the Nine-Tailed Fox's struggle was immediately restored by the continuous absorption of chakra.

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, coupled with the fact that the Nine-Tailed Fox itself was already seriously injured, after the Wood Dragon absorbed its chakra for another two minutes, it finally let out an unwilling roar and gradually shrank back.

After the Nine-Tails disappeared, what was revealed was Uzumaki Kushina, who had her eyes closed and was unconscious. The wood dragon stretched out its claws, held Kushina in its hands, swam back to Tsunade, and put Kushina in her arms.

The Third Hokage also came with a group of jonin and surrounded Tsunade. Although he wanted to ask Tsunade what was going on with Wood Release, in this situation, he was obviously most concerned about the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"Tsunade, what exactly is going on? I heard from Kakashi that you were attacked by the enemy?"

Tsunade nodded solemnly and said:
"The other party possesses space-time ninjutsu, and suddenly appeared in Kushina's delivery room, causing the Nine-Tails to run wild..."

"The Fourth Hokage has already gone after the enemy, but I don't know how the final battle will turn out. Fortunately, I have awakened Wood Release, otherwise I might not be able to suppress the Nine-Tails."

"Space-time ninjutsu... has it been confirmed? Does the other party really know this ninjutsu?"

"It is certain that the opponent can perform space-time ninjutsu just like the Fourth Hokage. Apart from Minato, it is estimated that no one in the entire Konoha can deal with him!"

Hearing this, the Third Hokage frowned even deeper and sighed deeply:

"I hope Minato can catch this guy! A ninja who is hostile to Konoha and possesses space-time ninjutsu... Konoha can't stand it now..."

However, things went against one's wishes. Even after the Third Hokage returned to the Ninja Village and lifted the guards, and waited for a full day and night, Minato Namikaze still did not return.

The next morning, after the torture by the Nine-Tails, Uzumaki Kushina "woke up", and Tsunade went out for a walk and brought back the crying Naruto.

"Naruto?! That's great, I'm glad Naruto is okay!"

Uzumaki Kushina took her child back, her body trembling slightly and her eyes red.

Although Uchiha Feiyu is selfish, cruel and ruthless, and can definitely be called a devil, at least he would not actually attack the baby. However, he used the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art to drain the Ashura Chakra hidden deep in Naruto's soul.

This will have a great impact on Naruto's physique and spirit. At least, it will be impossible for Naruto to possess the Nine-Tails-level Chaton like in the original work. His physique will also be much weaker. At most, he will be similar to an ordinary Uzumaki clan member, or even worse.

However, it was good enough to be able to keep his life, and after Naruto's essence was devoured by the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, he did not seem to have any injuries, which made Uzumaki Kushina breathe a sigh of relief.

Although she has completely turned into Uchiha Feiyu, Uzumaki Kushina still has deep feelings for her children.

Now that she sees that Uzumaki Naruto is fine, at least on the surface, Kushina is still very happy, and even full of gratitude to Uchiha Toba.

"Tsunade, where did you find Naruto? Any news on Minato?"

After knowing that Tsunade had found Naruto, the Third Hokage came over and asked in an anxious voice.

"I found Naruto in the ruins of the delivery room. As for Minato, I still haven't heard anything about him."

(End of this chapter)