Rumble!
The immense centrifugal force whipped up the scattered rocks, water, and the air itself from the canyon, forming a tornado that stretched between the earth and the sky. The terrifying suction generated by it enveloped the entire canyon!
"Roar!"
'Satori,' who was about to retreat, felt an irresistible colossal force grasp him. He roared and lost his balance, being violently yanked toward the center of the vortex!
The instant 'Satori' lost balance and was sucked into the vortex, a hand reached out from the center, gripping one of 'Satori's wings, while the other hand seized its slender torso!
"Gotcha! You stinky bat~ Yeah!" Killer B's excited voice resonated through a chakra vibration.
The Eight-Tails forcefully stopped its rotation, strictly confining the struggling 'Satori' directly in front of itself, preventing 'Satori' from escaping no matter how much it flapped its other wing!
Without hesitation, the Eight-Tails' head tilted back slightly, its colossal mouth opened, and Yin Release chakra and Yang Release chakra began to rapidly condense in front of it!
Tailed Beast Ball!
However, at this crucial, match-deciding moment, the situation abruptly changed!
'Satori,' which was tightly confined by the Eight-Tails' giant claws and seemingly trapped, also opened its huge mouth.
But instead of the highly charged "Cero," what emerged was a figure that had been lurking and waiting for this very moment.
—Kakuzu!
Kakuzu had hidden inside 'Satori's giant mouth long ago.
Now, the black threads all over his body furiously writhed. On his right arm, the three Jiongu mask monsters of Wind, Fire, and Lightning fused tightly like living creatures.
Three different chakra natures converged and compressed with unprecedented savagery, forming an extremely unstable chakra cannon in front of his palm...
"Composite Ninjutsu: Fearsome Mask Violent Quake!"
The moment Kakuzu's icy voice rang out, the terrifying chakra energy cannon—mixing scorching flames, volatile lightning, and tearing hurricane winds—erupted violently.
It blasted point-blank toward the Eight-Tails' head, which was only inches away!
This strike was too sudden and utterly insidious.
The Eight-Tails hadn't fully condensed its Tailed Beast Ball, let alone fired it to counter the blast. It could only rely on instinct, interposing a thick tentacle horizontally in front of its face...
Boom!!
A deafening explosion echoed through the entire Cloud and Thunder Gorge! The mixed-nature chakra cannon struck the Eight-Tails' tentacle head-on!
"Roar!!"
Even with the Eight-Tails' legendary defense, taking the full force of Kakuzu's premeditated, full-power strike at such close range and completely unprepared forced a painful roar from it.
The tentacle was severed and crashed to the ground with a dull thud. The remaining massive impact forced its colossal body to stagger backward!
And in this brief moment, while the Eight-Tails was off balance and exposed.
Mui, who had been standing atop 'Satori's head, completed his hand seals. 'Satori,' connected to him telepathically, completed the identical seals at the same time.
"Fire Release: Great Flame Heaven Prison!"
Mui roared. 'Satori,' beneath him, raised a hand and slammed it toward the Eight-Tails' exposed abdomen.
Boom!
A wave of reddish chakra, resembling flames, instantly flared up on the surface of the Eight-Tails' body, then sank into its interior.
Quickly, red patterns rapidly surfaced and intertwined across its colossal body, forming rope-like seals that branded and bound it!
"Is this, a Sealing Jutsu?"
Killer B tried to mobilize his chakra but found it impossible, his heart instantly sinking.
Thud!
With a burst of white smoke, Killer B, unable to maintain his Tailed Beast Transformation, was forced back into his human form, crashing onto the canyon floor.
He knelt on the ground. The crimson, rope-like seals were still clearly branded on his skin, restraining his power.
"The situation is grim -The enemy is too cunning- Your big bro is in a jam~ Yeah!"
Killer B reached behind him, drawing the seven gleaming short blades and taking the starting stance for the Seven Swords Style.
Acrobat, an A-rank Taijutsu, flexibly uses the seven blades with the body's various parts and Taijutsu. Its unpredictable and rapid blade work is hard to defend against.
However, he was currently unable to use chakra, could not utilize the Super Sonic Lightning Blade or the Tailed Beast Transformation. His speed and strength were severely diminished, leaving less than a tenth of his original power.
Kakuzu leaped down from 'Satori's huge mouth and landed steadily. His green eyes fixed upon the stubbornly resisting Killer B.
"I've had enough of your ear-polluting noise," he said coldly. "I will shut your mouth for good."
Before his words finished, Kakuzu violently raised both his hands. The skin on that arm instantly hardened, displaying an ashy-brown, rock-like sheen.
Earth Release: Earth Spear!
The hardened fist, pulled by the black threads connecting it to his wrist, shot out like a cannonball. It flew with a shriek that ripped the air, aiming straight for Killer B's chest!
Bang!!
With a dull, heavy impact, Killer B, unable to channel chakra, took the punch full force. He was sent flying backward, and his seven blades scattered away from his hands.
Kakuzu did not stop. He flicked his left hand, and the black threads connected to his five fingers shot out like living things, catching Killer B's neck, and sharply yanking him backward!
Killer B was violently dragged by the immense force, flying toward Kakuzu.
Simultaneously, a wriggling motion occurred on Kakuzu's shoulders. The Fire Release mask monster and the Wind Release mask monster drilled out. Chakra began to rapidly condense and compress within the mouths of both masks!
However, at this critical juncture.
"Kakuzu! Quickly..."
'Satori,' suspended in the air, seemed to sense something, and Mui, who was telepathically linked with it, instantly changed his expression.
But it was too late.
"Die!!"
A roar, like thunder from a dry land, suddenly exploded from above the canyon!
The Fourth Raikage's hair stood on end, his Lightning Release Chakra Mode pushed to the extreme, moving faster than the limits of visual capture, like a true bolt of lightning striking down!
His sole remaining arm's muscles bulged. The metal arm guard seemed to glow red from friction with the air, condensing all his rage, strength, and speed into this single punch...
Boom!!
The punch landed squarely on Kakuzu's back!
Kakuzu couldn't even manage any effective reaction, only feeling an indescribably terrifying force instantly surge into his body from behind.
Crack! Snap! Crash!
A series of dense, scalp-prickling, harsh noises erupted wildly from within Kakuzu's body, like porcelain being violently crushed by a giant force.
His bones and muscle fibers, hardened by the Earth Spear technique, as well as the meridians woven by those bizarre black threads inside him, fractured, and shattered inch by inch under the shock of this absolute power!
Kakuzu's eyes bulged, bloodshot. His body folded in a distorted angle. The irresistible force brutally smashed his entire body into the ground!
Thud!
The ground instantly collapsed at Kakuzu's point of impact, forming a massive, spiderweb-like crater. Shrapnel flew outwards like bullets!
The Lightning Release chakra infused into the arm guard instantly burst forth inside Kakuzu's body.
Innumerable savage blue electrical arcs, like lightning snakes escaping their restraints, shot out and exploded from Kakuzu's twisted body. A strange, scorched smell instantly permeated the air.
"Big Brother! Watch out..." Killer B's hoarse voice suddenly cried out.
The Fourth Raikage violently lifted his head, his eyes burning with fury, locking onto 'Satori' in the sky.
'Satori' opened its blood-red jaws. A dark-red energy, exuding a volatile aura, rapidly converged and compressed, causing the surrounding air to warp!
Cero!
Hiss!
A pillar of dark-red energy tore through the air, bearing a terrifying destructive might that sought to annihilate everything, and blasted down toward the Fourth Raikage below!
The crimson glow rapidly magnified in the Fourth Raikage's pupils.
However, facing a strike that he could easily dodge with his speed, he showed no intention of evading. He violently raised his sole remaining left arm upward!
Sizzle, Sizzle, Sizzle!!
Innumerable intricate patterns on the heavy metal arm guard instantly flared to their maximum brightness, emitting a jarring shriek like thousands of birds crying out simultaneously.
The Lightning Release chakra already boiling around his body surged again. The dazzling blue electricity almost turned brilliant white, practically obscuring his figure!
"Annihilate him," the Fourth Raikage's hoarse voice declared.
"Thunder Roar!"
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