Chapter 315 Seal , Zero Tail Turned To Ashes

Although its mouth was regenerating rapidly, the pain was still intense.

This time, Prison gave it no chance to recover.

With a single swing of its Thunder Blade, Prison beheaded the Zero-Tails once more.

As the Zero-Tails attempted to regenerate again, Prison’s other hand raised a shield etched with mysterious runes.

Boom.

Just as the Zero-Tails’ head began to reform, Prison slammed the rune-inscribed shield down upon it. The shield radiated a dense, powerful aura of Sage Art chakra.

Om~

When the shield struck, it instantly burst into a storm of lightning runes that spread across the Zero-Tails’ massive body, forming a binding web.

The Thunder Blade vanished from Prison’s hand. It brought its hands together in a seal.

Boom~

Riku’s golden eyes narrowed.

"Sage Art: Seal of Evil Suppression."

At that moment, Riku gathered a massive surge of Sage Chakra and activated a seemingly basic sealing technique—originally a minor method to suppress evil chakra.

But enhanced by his mastery of Sage Mode and the immense lightning power of Prison, this "basic" sealing jutsu was amplified to an unimaginable degree.

In the blink of an eye, the connection between the Zero-Tails and the Nine-Tails’ chakra was completely severed.

All of the Zero-Tails’ chakra was sealed away.

The instant the seal took effect, Naruto was ejected from the Zero-Tails’ seventh tail.

Not far away, Yamato witnessed it.

Seeing Naruto fall, Yamato quickly formed hand seals. "Wood Style: Great Forest Technique!"

From hundreds of meters away, a giant tree burst from the ground and caught Naruto mid-fall.

But Naruto had already lost consciousness.

A vast amount of chakra had been forcibly extracted from him. Even though the Nine-Tails possessed immense reserves, this violent extraction wasn’t something even its container could withstand.

With the Zero-Tails fully sealed, its massive body instantly began to collapse.

No longer supported by the Nine-Tails’ chakra, it couldn’t maintain its towering form.

In mere seconds, the beast shrank back down—reduced to a size of only a few dozen meters.

Riku dismissed Prison.

Boom~

As the now-diminished Zero-Tails fell from the sky, it crashed into the already fractured battlefield, carving a deep crater into the earth.

From within the collapsed remains, Shen staggered out.

He looked gaunt—completely drained of his previous vitality.

His powerful regenerative ability was gone.

Even Orochimaru had coveted Shen’s mysterious regenerative technique, once hoping to acquire it through Sasuke.

But Shen had no intention of ever handing it over.

Now, with his chakra sealed by Riku, even that coveted secret method had become worthless.

Shennong’s body began to wither.

He was an old man to begin with—his youthful appearance had only been maintained through his regenerative jutsu.

His technique was similar to Tsunade’s method of preserving youth, but stronger in one key aspect: regeneration.

In fact, his technique’s regenerative capacity surpassed even Tsunade’s Strength of a Hundred Seal.

That was why Orochimaru had dispatched Sasuke to seize it.

Shen’s body was so resilient that, in theory, he could’ve survived even the Eighth Gate of the Eight Inner Gates formation.

It was one of the most formidable regenerative secret techniques in the entire shinobi world.

But unfortunately for him, he encountered Riku.

Ordinarily, the Seal of Evil Suppression wasn’t sufficient to suppress Shen’s chakra.

But Riku had fused it with Sage Chakra, and through his mastery of sealing arts, he transformed the simple technique into something powerful enough to completely shut down Shen’s chakra system.

A technique that had once sustained him—kept him young, invincible—was now rendered inert.

And the man who should have died long ago... was rapidly reverting to his true form.

Riku appeared before him.

He watched as Shen’s hair turned white, then brittle, then fell away.

His skin withered. His body shrank.

His teeth loosened, then dropped from his mouth.

But even in this pitiful state, Shen raised a trembling finger at Riku.

"You... you... for destroying our Sky Ninja Village... even if... even if I die..." he croaked, eyes blazing with hatred, "I curse you... to die a wretched death!"