Chapter 58: The Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb
Whoosh! Whoosh!
From the massive black iron chain still entangled with two Adamantine Sealing Chains in the high sky behind Li Yao, two smaller chains suddenly shot down and pierced straight into his back.
"Not good."
Uzumaki Mito's expression tightened. The moment she realized what Li Yao was attempting, she reacted instantly—eight more Adamantine Chains burst from the ground.
This time, they weren't meant to pierce him, but to bind him.
Unfortunately... she was too late.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two black iron chains pulled taut like a bowstring and launched Li Yao violently forward. The Adamantine Chains embedded in his body seemed to have no sealing effect at all.
The ones Mito had just fired didn't catch up either.
At this moment, Li Yao was in a hyper-burst state with all chakra points opened. The pulling force of the black iron chains behind him was greater than ever before.
His acceleration broke the sound barrier, blasting through the air with three sonic boom rings.
Through a gap where the Adamantine Chain barrier had not yet fully closed, Li Yao shot out—escaping the range of the cage-like sealing formation.
"Incredible."
Watching this unfold, Uzumaki Mito smiled with admiration in her eyes. It was unclear whether she was praising Li Yao's ability to escape her sealing technique or the instinctive combat skill he had shown while facing her.
Even though she had been holding back in this battle.
From the moment he sensed her pursuit, to every reaction he made along the way, and finally his escape—Li Yao had executed each move flawlessly.
That level of reactive combat intelligence was the foundation of a powerful shinobi.
With such talent, Li Yao was certain to become formidable in the future.
"What a shame..."
Gazing at his silhouette as he flew off into the distance, Mito sighed to herself.
Even if he were one of her own kin—if he posed a threat to Konoha, she would never hold back.
And through this battle, Mito had already come to understand: Li Yao would never become part of Konoha, even if he were allowed to live.
"In that case... forgive me, child."
She whispered softly, then narrowed her eyes. A chilling glint flashed within them. She was going to use her full strength.
Clap!
With her hands pressed together in a seal, Uzumaki Mito's Nine-Tails Chakra Mode advanced to the next stage. Behind her, nine golden tails materialized instantly.
She knew full well how powerful Adamantine Sealing Chains were.
Ordinary jutsu wouldn't do the job.
Even a smaller Tailed Beast Bomb might be ineffective unless it hit directly—her seals were that strong.
So Mito drew out all the chakra she could from the Nine-Tails.
She would end this with one strike, leaving no chance for Li Yao to turn the tables.
Buzz!
A heavy, oppressive ripple expanded outward. In front of her, the nine golden tails pointed at Li Yao soaring in the sky.
At their tips, a pitch-black chakra sphere swirled, with dark red energy streaks flowing across it, growing rapidly in size. Intense pressure radiated from it in waves.
The very air seemed to grow dry, blistering hot, and suffocating.
Across Konoha, the ninja racing toward the battlefield began to feel a weight in their hearts—a heavy, anxious pressure.
"A Tailed Beast Bomb!"
"Lady Mito is using the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb!"
Veteran shinobi with experience immediately recognized the sensation in the air.
Back when the First Hokage fought Uchiha Madara wielding the Nine-Tails, the entire Land of Fire had been blanketed in this same oppressive, dry atmosphere.
That terrifying chakra pressure from a Tailed Beast Bomb had spread across the entire country.
Though this one wasn't quite on the same level—
There was no doubt. This was the feeling of a Tailed Beast Bomb.
"Who could possibly be fighting Lady Mito?"
"Could it be... Madara Uchiha isn't dead after all?"
"Or perhaps it's one of the legendary demi-gods of the shinobi world? Or a Kage from another village invading?"
The incoming support teams murmured in shock. Only Madara, a shinobi demi-god, or a foreign Kage might be powerful enough to force Mito to use such a terrifying technique.
They could never have imagined that her opponent was a twelve-year-old boy from another world—Li Yao from Earth.
"Shit…"
Feeling a chill in his heart, Li Yao, flying at high speed, didn't even need to look back to sense the rapidly growing Tailed Beast Bomb behind him, already the size of a small car.
Faced with this kind of chakra nuke—
Even though his black iron chains had high resistance to jutsu, there was no way they could withstand Mito's car-sized Tailed Beast Bomb.
"I absolutely can't let that thing hit me."
"I have to stop Mito from launching it!"
With a Tailed Beast Bomb's enormous blast radius, evasion was pointless. His only option was to stop it from being fired.
"Thankfully, I can still control the chains."
Thanks to the mutation in his consciousness after transmigrating, Li Yao could still control the chains even after they left his body—by infusing them with fragments of his awareness.
With a single thought, he redirected the black iron chains still entangled with Mito's Adamantine Chains, sending them flying toward her.
If he could disrupt the launch, or cause a premature detonation, he should be safe at his current distance—about one kilometer away.
Unfortunately—
Li Yao wasn't the only one who could manipulate sealing chains remotely.
Clang clang clang…! This time, it was Li Yao's chains that were completely overwhelmed and bound by Mito's Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Not only bound—but crushed.
"What…"
Li Yao froze.
He had no moves left.
Mito was too strong. Even while forming such a terrifying Tailed Beast Bomb, she had spare attention to remotely control thousands of chains and crush his.
Such chakra control—
Li Yao couldn't help but wonder: could Mito also fuse her consciousness with chakra, just like he did?
Otherwise, how could she manage to form a car-sized Tailed Beast Bomb—something that demanded extreme concentration—and simultaneously crush his chains?
No ordinary person could pull that off.
It was clear now: she had been holding back earlier.
Thinking about it now, it made sense. Given the quality of Nine-Tails chakra—
Her Adamantine Sealing Chains could never be weaker than his.
Li Yao recalled the chakra structure he sensed when her chains had pierced him earlier and silently shook his head.
Mito's Adamantine Chains were enhanced by her own refinements, reinforced with numerous advanced sealing techniques that suppressed chakra flow, altered chakra form, and even absorbed chakra.
Forget raw strength—even the chakra-absorbing ability alone made them superior to his chains.
And just like now—his black iron chains couldn't withstand it. The moment Mito's chains began absorbing, his chakra collapsed, and the chains disintegrated.
(END CHAPTER)
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