Sasuke didn't say anything, though he really wanted to comfort his girlfriend. In this situation, he truly couldn't find the words.
Instead, the Nine-Tails laughed heartily, "Little girl, among kunoichi, you're already strong enough. At just 16, you possess strength close to Kage level. There's no need to compare yourself to those two guys; they're not normal humans."
The two people the Nine-Tails referred to were Sasuke and Yoruha. The Nine-Tails could naturally sense the Indra chakra within Sasuke.
Although Sakura wasn't familiar with the Nine-Tails, due to her relationship with Yoruha, the Nine-Tails made an effort to be considerate.
Anyone familiar with the Nine-Tails would know its tsundere nature. It rarely said comforting words like these. Even though Sakura knew the Nine-Tails was trying to comfort her, she smiled, "Thank you, Nine-Tails."
Seeing Sakura smile, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief. He certainly didn't want to see Sakura upset. After comforting Sakura, the Nine-Tails got serious.
"Sasuke, kid, your chakra isn't enough right now, but that's okay. I can share some of my chakra with you. The upcoming battle will be extremely difficult.
That kid could have defeated us from the start. He's testing us, and now I'm also part of the examination. We must cooperate. Although I don't particularly like the Uchiha clan, we have to be comrades now. Don't let that guy look down on us."
The Nine-Tails could certainly feel the overwhelming chakra within Yoruha, nearing the level of the Ten-Tails. What the Nine-Tails didn't know was that this was just Yoruha's own chakra; the planetary energy he could harness was dozens of times greater.
At this moment, Yoruha was also using his own chakra in battle. His chakra alone was already immense, practically inexhaustible. Naturally, Sasuke wouldn't refuse the Nine-Tails' cooperation.
In an instant, the Nine-Tails transferred a portion of its chakra to Sasuke, replenishing his depleted reserves. Tailed Beasts have the ability to share chakra.
It was unexpected for the Nine-Tails to cooperate with the Uchiha clan, which it disliked the most.
Although it also disliked Hashirama, compared to Madara, who once controlled it with the Mangekyo Sharingan, Hashirama seemed less detestable. With the Nine-Tails' chakra supplement, Sasuke unleashed a massive amount of chakra to maintain his Susanoo.
At this moment, the strength of Susanoo was on par with Madara's, a true Perfect Susanoo, towering over a hundred meters high. It enveloped the Nine-Tails, its strength immense.
Sasuke had now compensated for the only area where he was inferior to Madara, which was his own chakra reserves.
With the Nine-Tails as a chakra supplement, Sasuke's chakra capacity wouldn't be less than Madara's. After all, Madara had only used the Nine-Tails as a power amplifier back then, without extracting its chakra.
Of course, using the Nine-Tails as the main force also conserved his own chakra. The Nine-Tails, after letting out a roar, charged towards Yoruha with Sasuke and Sakura. The roar was deafening, and the ground trembled violently under its massive weight.
As they approached the wooden figure, the Nine-Tails immediately began to form a Tailed Beast Ball.
In an instant, several Tailed Beast Bombs gathered in front of the Nine-Tails. Sasuke immediately channeled a large amount of chakra, infusing his own chakra into the Tailed Beast Bombs. The bombs transformed into Tailed Beast Bomb Shurikens, each one coated with Amaterasu.
The power of these Tailed Beast Bombs was enough to obliterate several villages. The Nine-Tails truly lived up to its reputation as the most chakra-rich of the nine tailed beasts. The ability to conjure so many Tailed Beast Bombs at once was something no other tailed beast could achieve.
Yoruha showed no emotional reaction to the barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs. He calmly remarked, "Continuous Tailed Beast Bombs, huh? The Nine-Tails has some skills." Then, he muttered to himself, "Looks like I'll need to enhance my defenses; a single wooden figure won't hold up."
"Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!" The ground shook violently, splitting open as countless giant trees surged forth.
These trees converged to form a colossal Buddha, towering over a thousand meters high. Behind the Buddha were countless massive wooden hands, making the entire structure reach three thousand meters, rising like a mountain from the earth.
The ground trembled fiercely. The Buddha obscured the moon, casting a massive shadow that enveloped the Nine-Tails. Yoruha stood atop the wooden figure, which was seated on the Buddha's head. The hundred-meter-tall wooden figure seemed insignificant, unable to even fill the Buddha's head.
Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned, as if they had seen a god descend.
Normally, this jutsu required Sage Mode to activate, but for Yoruha, it was unnecessary because he could directly harness natural energy without entering Sage Mode. Of course, Yoruha never learned it, nor did he develop it himself.
But that didn't matter, as Sage Mode held no significance for him. Directly utilizing natural energy was far more powerful, especially since Yoruha primarily used planetary energy. Yoruha's True Several Thousand Hands was simply outrageous.
It was even more absurd than Hashirama's from back in the day. Hashirama's Buddha was several hundred meters tall, and with the hands, it reached over a thousand meters. Yoruha's version was three times that size.
The Nine-Tails, completely shrouded in darkness, was speechless. "Is this really a test? Or is he trying to wipe us out?" Sasuke's mouth twitched as he looked at the gigantic Buddha that seemed to have no end, feeling utterly hopeless.
"The gap is so vast. Was the First Hokage really this powerful? No wonder he's called the God of Shinobi." Sasuke began to admire Hashirama.
The terrifying Buddha indeed made him feel despair. What was the point of fighting? But upon hearing Sasuke's words, the Nine-Tails replied, "You're overestimating the First Hokage. Even Hashirama couldn't create a Buddha of this size." "Is this guy trying to erase us from existence with a single slap?"
The Nine-Tails suspected that Yoruha was using the test as a guise to eliminate it.
Otherwise, why create something so ridiculous? Sasuke paused, then chuckled bitterly, "Not that strong, huh? Yoruha is always so over-the-top.
Maybe in his imagination, the First Hokage was like this?" The Nine-Tails agreed with Sasuke's analysis, thinking, "Maybe that guy read the wrong books, or Hashirama exaggerated in his clan's history."
Sasuke didn't believe it, but he knew Yoruha had definitely overestimated both him and the Nine-Tails. What was the point of fighting? Even a dozen Tailed Beast Bombs would probably just tickle this Buddha.
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