Speaking of their relationship, Rasa and Jinghang were like Naruto and Kakashi from the manga, maybe even closer. When Jinghang was promoted to jōnin at sixteen, he took twelve-year-old fresh graduate Rasa as his first student (taking Pakura came years later). But he never put on teacher airs around Rasa - he always guided him as an older brother, bringing him on missions and adventures throughout the ninja world. He carefully instructed Rasa in jutsu and shared his experience. After twenty years together, their bone-deep understanding needed no words - one look from Jinghang and Rasa knew what to do.
The sky was now showing the pale light of dawn, meaning Matatabi and Sasori had dragged out the fight with the Nine-Tails for a full night. During that time, they'd consumed quite a bit of the Nine-Tails' stamina and made it fire two Tailed Beast Balls. Now came the phase of giving the Nine-Tails no breathing room and continuously draining its chakra.
Jinghang had developed his Gundam Technique by practicing on Shukaku, though back then he'd only faced an incomplete Shukaku - quite different from the Nine-Tails before them now.
So he'd brought Rasa as support. Double Gundam versus Nine-Tails - they should be able to drag this out for a day and night.
Jinghang had this confidence because he and Rasa had long ago mastered a combination attack technique that was extremely powerful when unleashed.
The Nine-Tails, struck on the crown, saw spinning stars in its vision. After a moment of daze, it flew into a rage.
All these years, except for Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha... and others, it had never suffered such a loss at anyone's hands!
Were young people these days all this arrogant?! Daring to mess with me! It immediately lashed out with its nine massive tails, pouncing at the black iron giant with claws bared.
But the black iron giant had no intention of engaging. It took long strides and ran, dragging its blade behind.
The iron giant ran, the Nine-Tails chased, while the golden giant sneakily followed step by step behind the Nine-Tails.
The iron giant was clearly slower than the Nine-Tails. Seeing its chance, the Nine-Tails pounced. If those claws connected, forget iron sand - even solid iron would be torn apart.
Just then, the iron giant suddenly stopped, whipped around, front leg taut, back leg bent, and thrust its three-pointed, double-edged blade forward like a venomous snake probing a hole - executing a perfect turning spear attack in that split second!
The Nine-Tails couldn't brake in time. Its throat slammed straight into the blade!
Its massive body was sent flying backward.
"Beautiful!"
Sasori, watching from a safe distance, excitedly pumped his fist.
Yugito remained calm: "Don't celebrate too early. This kind of attack can't cause any real damage to the Nine-Tails. It'll just make it angrier... Ah!"
Before she could finish, Yugito gasped and covered her mouth.
Chrysanthemums withered, wounds everywhere, Rasa's golden mace had turned yellow.
Just as the Nine-Tails flew backward, Rasa had somehow snuck behind it and thrust his golden mace straight at the Nine-Tails' rear, hitting the bullseye and penetrating about halfway.
The Nine-Tails' expression became extremely subtle - its triangular eyes went perfectly round, mouth agape, tongue hanging out, face twitching slightly, as if containing some indescribable... anguish.
"We're screwed. Now it's fight to the death."
Yugito sighed, holding her forehead and shaking her head.
With a "pop," the golden giant pulled out its mace. The Nine-Tails' body shuddered violently again.
Jinghang didn't give the Nine-Tails time to savor this unique sensation. Grabbing his three-pointed, double-edged blade, he leaped up and slashed at the Nine-Tails' head. (Classic scene - Yang Jian beheading Daji)
The Nine-Tails had just regained its senses when the blade was already at its face.
"Huh?"
Like a dull knife cutting rough hide - it couldn't cut through at all. But the tremendous force still sent the Nine-Tails tumbling several times.
The Nine-Tails was completely enraged. People had defeated it before, but Jinghang and Rasa were the first to humiliate it like this.
Its claws dug viciously into the ground, instantly carving ten furrows in the hard stone surface.
A beast's roar rumbled in its throat, drool dripping from its mouth - signs of an impending explosion.
But the iron and golden giants paid no attention to the Nine-Tails' fury. Instead, they struck dramatic poses like actors on a Beijing opera stage.
Jinghang planted his blade in the ground like searching for snakes in grass. Rasa raised both maces high like lifting fire to burn the heavens.
They seemed to be chanting opera lyrics in mocking tones:
Jinghang: "My strength could move mountains, my spirit conquers the world."
Rasa: "But time is against me, and my horse won't advance."
...
"I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"
The Nine-Tails roared furiously.
The iron giant leaned on its blade and pointed at the Nine-Tails.
"Nine-chan, how come you keep repeating the same few lines? Kill me? Can you even do it? You know, I've been preparing for this battle for fifty-two years! Come on, let me send you far away."
Rasa quickly reminded him: "Big brother, if I remember correctly, you're only thirty-five. Where'd the fifty-two years come from?"
Jinghang waved dismissively. "You don't understand. This battle has been in the works since that summer when I was eighteen."
Rasa was completely confused.
The Nine-Tails had no patience for their banter. It accelerated toward the chatty Jinghang.
"Move it!"
Jinghang yelled at the top of his lungs. The iron and golden giants had lost all their previous imposing presence and ran away quite undignifiedly.
The Nine-Tails seemed fixated on Jinghang and quickly caught up again.
"Turning spear!"
Same move, same formula - another thrust toward the Nine-Tails' throat. The golden giant had somehow circled back and was ready for battle.
But this time Jinghang and Rasa miscalculated. The Nine-Tails obviously wouldn't fall for the same trick twice.
Its nine tails swept like nine massive steel cables toward the golden giant, the tremendous force sending it flying far away. At the same time, the Nine-Tails tilted its neck slightly to dodge the blade, opened its massive maw, and bit down precisely on the iron giant's neck.
"We're done for."
Yugito covered her eyes.
"Done for how?"
Sasori asked curiously.
"Isn't this..."
Yugito pointed at the battlefield.
"Tch, so what if it bit down? It's just chewing on iron sand."
Sasori said dismissively.
...
The iron giant caught by the throat flowed like water, streaming out of the Nine-Tails' mouth.
At the same time, a small blue-gold figure appeared carrying a massive "ball," heading straight for the Nine-Tails' face.
"Wind Release: Super Great Ball Rasen Shuriken!"
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