Taking advantage of the Two-Tails staggering backward and leaving itself wide open, Jugo dropped to one knee.
The biological cannon on his left arm, already glowing red-hot and billowing with intense heat, pressed firmly against the Tailed Beast's defenseless, soft abdomen.
"Piercing Cannon!"
There was no explosion, only a short, sharp hum.
A beam of high-energy white light, as thin as a finger but so blindingly bright it was impossible to look at directly, instantly pierced through the Two-Tails' massive body.
With its momentum undiminished, it even pierced through an iceberg several kilometers away, leaving behind a smooth-edged molten hole.
"Awooo!!"
The Two-Tails let out a shrill scream.
A large, gaping hole appeared in its chest, piercing straight through from front to back as its blue chakra cloak splashed and scattered everywhere.
However, before the surviving Destroyer warriors could even cheer, the blue flames around the wound began to surge, intertwine, and grow frantically.
In just a few seconds, the wound completely healed, leaving not a single trace behind!
"Despairing, little mouse?"
Having regained its composure, the Two-Tails lowered its massive head, looking down at Jugo with a hint of cruel mockery in its eyes.
"I am a Tailed Beast, an accumulation of chakra—I am immortal!"
"As for you... with an attack of that magnitude, your chakra must be nearly exhausted, right?"
Jugo looked at it expressionlessly, feeling the still-abundant chakra and stamina churning within his body.
"Then let's continue."
His voice was cold and flat.
"I can keep fighting for three days and three nights."
Hearing this, Matatabi's mouth twitched, and its composure suddenly began to crumble.
This monster... what on earth is it made of?
Why can't I sense any fatigue or fear from it?
Just then, the thick clouds overhead were suddenly torn apart.
A giant black-and-white ink bird flapped its wings, forcefully breaking through the snow-filled sky to hover directly above the battlefield.
Standing on the bird's back was a pale-faced youth carrying a scroll.
"Is that... Sai's Super Beast Imitating Drawing?"
Shin, who was guarding his injured teammates below, looked up in surprise.
Immediately after, a crisp female voice called down from the bird's back.
"Against a big cat made of chakra like this, your brute force won't work!"
"Thanks, Smiling Man!"
Accompanied by a sharp cry, a red figure leaped directly from the back of the ink bird, plunging dozens of meters through the air.
Boom!
The figure smashed heavily onto the frozen ground in front of Jugo, kicking up snow everywhere.
The dust settled.
Karin straightened up and pushed up the glasses on her nose.
Her body was already covered in black curse mark patterns, and she had simultaneously activated the first stage of the Gene Lock, her red hair dancing wildly in the agitation of her chakra.
Clatter, clatter...
Five chains shimmering with golden light, yet entwined with black curse mark patterns, slowly emerged from behind her, winding and twisting in the air as they emitted a heart-palpitating sound.
She looked at the arrogant Two-Tails before her, clenched her fists, and a confident smile appeared on the corners of her mouth.
"Hey, big cat."
"Next... it's my turn to play with you!"
"Get... down!!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Five golden chains, covered in dense curse marks, erupted from Karin's back as fast as lightning.
Adamantine Sealing Chains: Curse Mark Enhanced Version.
Unlike Naruto's aggressive, barbed killing chains, Karin's chains were rounder and heavier, with runes far more inclined toward suppression and sealing.
"This is... chakra of the Uzumaki Clan?!"
The pupils of the Two-Tails Matatabi contracted sharply.
As a Tailed Beast that had survived since ancient times, it was all too familiar with this type of chakra; it was their absolute nemesis!
"Don't even think about touching me!"
The Two-Tails' massive body leaped backward violently, attempting to use its astonishing speed to evade those chains.
Just as it jumped, the silent Jugo finally moved.
The chakra thrusters on his back instantly overloaded, and his entire body turned into an afterimage flying close to the ground to anticipate the Two-Tails' landing point.
The massive spike on his right arm, which had long been ready, struck out once again.
Bang!
Just as the Two-Tails landed, a fully charged piercing strike accurately slammed into the joint of its hind limb once again.
"Awooo!"
The Two-Tails felt the pain, lost its balance, and its movements stiffened for a split second.
And that split second was enough.
Five golden chains instantly wrapped around the Two-Tails' neck, limbs, and torso.
The moment the golden chains touched the blue chakra cloak, it was as if they had encountered a natural enemy; the flames covering its body were instantly extinguished by more than half.
This secret technique, originating from the Uzumaki Clan, was specifically used to seal and suppress Tailed Beast chakra, forcibly severing the connection between the Tailed Beast and the outside world.
"Retract!"
Karin formed hand seals with both hands and pulled sharply.
But she didn't pull the giant Tailed Beast over.
Instead, she used the pulling force of the chains to launch her petite body toward the Two-Tails like a cannonball.
Chakra condensed frantically around her right fist.
Chakra Enhanced Strength!
Karin clenched her fist in the air and smashed it hard onto the Two-Tails' massive forehead.
Rumble!
The massive impact caused the Two-Tails' head to slam heavily into the ground, leaving the massive feline completely stunned.
But at the moment of contact, the high temperature of the Tailed Beast cloak instantly burned Karin's skin.
Her right arm turned charred black in an instant, emitting the smell of roasted meat.
"Hmph."
Karin didn't even frown.
Under the dual effects of her terrifying Uzumaki constitution and White Zetsu cells, the charred skin fell off instantly, and new, tender flesh grew back at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This was the vitality that Karin now possessed—so vigorous it was despair-inducing for her enemies.
Karin ignored the pain and fiercely pressed her other hand onto the spot on the Two-Tails' abdomen where Yugito Nii was located.
Four Symbols Seal!
The massive Tailed Beast's body began to twist and compress violently before turning into a large stream of chakra that was forcibly stuffed back into the body of Yugito Nii at its center.
Thump.
As the last trace of chakra extinguished, the unconscious Yugito Nii fell softly into the snow, silent once more.
The wind and snow ceased.
The battlefield was left with only scorched earth in disarray and the surviving Kumogakure ninjas in the distance, who were so dumbfounded they had even forgotten to flee.
Jugo removed his overheated helmet and exhaled a puff of white air.
"Thanks."
Karin shook her newly grown arm, pushed up her glasses, and responded indifferently.
"It's nothing; it's all in service to Lord Naruto."
Kazahana City, Central Plaza.
Completely different from the grim atmosphere of the snowy battlefield, this place was still immersed in an ocean of joy.
"Koyuki Kazahana! Koyuki Kazahana!"
As the last note fell, the stage lights slowly dimmed, but the audience's enthusiasm had not diminished in the slightest.
Just when everyone thought the performance was over and were preparing to leave...
Ding—!
The spotlight suddenly converged on the giant screen in the very center of the stage, and the image on the screen switched.
A figure appeared in the image.
His short blond hair was meticulously groomed, and he wore a pair of non-prescription glasses on the bridge of his nose, making him look both gentle and full of authority.
The entire plaza instantly quieted down.
Even the most fanatical fans obediently shut their mouths the moment they saw the youth.
That was the master of the entire Northern Territory.
Through the giant screen, his calm expression was magnified countless times, reflecting in the eyes of the tens of thousands of people present.
He pushed up his glasses and revealed a gentle yet authoritative smile.
"Good evening, citizens of the Land of Snow."