With the battle in Wood Leaf still raging, Shinji's points climbed past 1,000 in no time, only starting to slow once they reached 1,500. Aside from exchanging for the Rinnegan, another priority was restoring the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path into its complete form as the Ten-Tails.
Up to this point, Shinji had already obtained the power of the One-Tail through the Four-Tails. The remaining ones were the Five-Tails through the Nine-Tails.
[Alert! Host has exchanged "Tailed Beast Summoning Scroll (Five-Tails Kokuo)", consuming 100 points. Current remaining points: 1,430!]
[Alert! Host has exchanged "Tailed Beast Summoning Scroll (Six-Tails Saiken)", consuming 100 points. Current remaining points: 1,330!]
[Alert! Host has exchanged "Tailed Beast Summoning Scroll (Nine-Tails Kurama)", consuming 100 points. Current remaining points: 1,030!]
In one go, Shinji had exchanged for the scrolls of every remaining tailed beast. All that was left was to decide on the summoning location.
He had already carried out the warning to the Hero Association. Since they were now busy evacuating civilians from City A, there was no reason to summon the beasts there. If he did, Tatsumaki might show up to steal the credit, and given that she lived in City A, the odds of that were high.
Instead, Shinji picked a barren stretch of land far from City A and beyond the borders of any other city.
[Alert! Five-Tails Kokuo has descended at the host's location. Please challenge it as soon as possible!]
[Alert! Six-Tails Saiken has descended at the host's location. Please challenge it as soon as possible!]
One after another, the Five-Tails through the Nine-Tails appeared in the wasteland.
Standing atop the highest point in the area, Shinji could clearly see each massive beast materializing in different directions.
The Five-Tails Kokuo resembled a blend of horse and dolphin, its coat nearly pure white, with five flowing tails swaying behind it.
The Six-Tails Saiken was an enormous slug whose pale body was accompanied by six tentacle-like tails.
The Seven-Tails Chomei looked like a colossal winged insect, part beetle and part dragonfly, with six translucent wings and a single long tail to make seven in total.
The Eight-Tails Gyuki had the upper body and head of a bull, while its lower body ended in eight thick octopus tentacles.
And finally, the Nine-Tails Kurama, a towering orange fox with nine immense tails, radiates overwhelming power as the strongest and largest of them all.
The five beasts moved into position, forming a wide circle around Shinji, sealing off every possible escape route. Their gazes soon fixed on the lone human standing at the center.
[Alert! Host has exchanged "Rinnegan*1", consuming 1,000 points. Current remaining points: 30!]
[Alert! Host has obtained the complete Rinnegan, granting access to all ocular abilities of Madara Uchiha, including but not limited to Limbo: Border Jail, Tengai Shinsei, and Meteor Shower...]
Without hesitation, Shinji completed the exchange. Both of his eyes now shifted into the distinctive ripple-patterned grayish-purple of the Rinnegan, the power in them unmistakable.
Several small black spheres suddenly materialized in Shinji's hand. As he opened his palm, they shot into the air, scattering in different directions before halting directly above each tailed beast.
An immense gravitational pull erupted from the spheres, ripping apart the ground beneath the beasts. Chunks of earth and rock tore free, swirling upward and wrapping around their massive bodies. The debris gathered at the center of each sphere, compressing tighter and tighter until enormous stone orbs formed. Even the Nine-Tails Kurama could not withstand the pull, much less the other four beasts. In moments, all five were sealed inside their floating prisons.
The battlefield was left in ruins, with colossal stone spheres hanging in the air and deep craters marking where the ground had once been whole.
[Alert! Host has defeated the Five-Tails Kokuō, reward: 100 points + Tailed Beast Power (Five-Tails Kokuō)!]
[Alert! Host has defeated the Six-Tails Saiken, reward: 100 points + Tailed Beast Power (Six-Tails Saiken)!]
[Alert! Host has defeated the Nine-Tails Kurama, reward: 100 points + Tailed Beast Power (Nine-Tails Kurama)!]
[Alert! Host has successfully defeated all nine Tailed Beasts and obtained their complete power. Reward: 300 points!]
With all nine powers now in his possession, Shinji was ready to fuse them into the Ten-Tails. The five Chibaku Tensei spheres plummeted from the sky, crashing into the earth with a tremor that shook the barren land. The impact partially filled the massive crater below. Once each beast was defeated, the system wiped their memories and returned them to the Naruto world, leaving the spheres empty.
The sudden appearance of five tailed beasts, especially alongside the overwhelming energy of Chibaku Tensei, pushed the Hero Association's detectors to the brink.
"Multiple terrifying energy surges detected in a barren region north of City L's outskirts. Preliminary assessment: Dragon-level disaster!" the control officer reported, quickly attempting to contact nearby S-Class heroes.
At that moment, Tatsumaki burst into the control room of the Association's headquarters in City A.
"Is it another powerful monster this time?" she asked, her tone sharp with anticipation.
"Y-yes," the officer stammered, momentarily thrown off by her sudden entrance.
"They're all a bunch of unreliable slackers. Leave this one to me," Tatsumaki declared, her voice dripping with confidence.
"But that area is far from here. Maybe I should call the S-Class heroes nearby first, and if—"
"I already told you I'll handle it. Don't you understand?!" Tatsumaki's expression shifted to her usual imperious glare.
"Y-yes..." The young female officer flinched, startled by the psychic's intimidating presence.
"Honestly, don't underestimate me. You think this distance is far?" Tatsumaki scoffed, folding her arms as a vivid green light began radiating from her body. She had already pinpointed the exact direction and location, and without another word, she launched herself from the Association, soaring through the air.
Meanwhile, Shinji pressed his hands into a one-handed seal.
Summoning Technique: Gedo Statue
With a deafening roar, the enormous statue burst from the ground behind him, its towering frame casting a shadow over the crater. It settled into a cross-legged position, awaiting orders. Without delay, Shinji began channeling the gathered Tailed Beast power into the statue. Its massive body started to shift, the transformation into the Ten-Tails already underway.