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Silence.
Dead silence.
Everyone's gaze was fixed on Shin.
Lariat.
The strongest combined hand-to-hand technique of the Hidden Cloud Village's A and B combo.
Yet it was casually blocked by two fingers.
A's large figure remained in its charging position, his fierce expression replaced by a blank stare.
His proud strength was falling apart inch by inch at the opponent's fingertips.
Killer Bee's situation was even worse.
The power of his tailed beast transformation was leaking wildly from his body.
"Is this the power you brothers bet everything on?" Shin's voice was soft, yet it clearly reached their ears. "Too weak."
As his words fell, he used a bit of force with both hands.
Crack!
The crisp sound of bones breaking.
Bang! Bang!
Two thuds followed one after another.
Under the stunned gaze of countless people, the Fourth Raikage A and Eight-Tails jinchuriki Killer Bee were sent flying back even faster than they had arrived!
Their lightning release armor and tailed beast cloak shattered into countless bits of light in mid-air.
Rumble!
The two crashed heavily into the ground in the distance, kicking up a large cloud of dust and leaving two deep craters.
The dust settled.
In one crater, the Fourth Raikage was covered in blood, his right arm twisted unnaturally, already unconscious.
In the other crater, Killer Bee barely managed to hold himself up.
The Eight-Tails' chakra had forcefully wrapped around him the moment he was struck, spreading out most of the force.
"Raikage-sama!"
"Bee-sama!"
On the battlefield, countless Kumogakure shinobi let out desperate roars, their eyes filled with fear.
The Raikage, Killer Bee, their two strongest shinobi, had they truly been defeated just like that?
Defeated so completely!
And the opponent had only used one move!
In an instant, their fighting spirit, along with the fall of those two figures, completely fell apart.
Fear spread through the crowd.
On the city wall, Minato's mouth hung open, unable to say a single word.
Tsunade's shadow clone stood frozen, filled with nothing but shock.
Hiruzen's shadow clone also stared at the daimyo's figure, unable to look away.
Just when everyone thought the battle was over, a sudden change happened!
"Bro... Brother!"
A roar broke the silence.
Killer Bee struggled to his feet, ignoring his broken ribs, his throat filled with a sweet, metallic taste.
He stared hard at the motionless, blood-soaked figure in the deep crater in the distance.
That was his only family.
But now, he lay there, his life unknown.
"You bastard..."
Killer Bee adjusted his slipping sunglasses, his voice shaking uncontrollably and tinged with a sob. "I will... I will kill you!"
Shame, anger, grief—all emotions caught fire at this moment, transforming into the most basic, purest killing intent!
"Roar!"
A bestial roar, not human, came from the deep crater where Killer Bee had fallen!
"Boom!"
Crimson chakra surged into the sky.
The earth shook, and space twisted.
From within the deep crater, Killer Bee struggled to his feet, his bones creaking, blood flowing from his nose, mouth, and ears.
He desperately reached out toward the direction where A had fallen.
There, it was completely silent.
"Bro... ther..."
He roughly spoke two words.
In his mental world, the Eight-Tails Gyuki's voice rang out. "Bee, your body has reached its limit."
"Ah Hachibi..." Killer Bee's consciousness was weak, his face firm. "Lend me all your power."
"You will die."
"Then let me die!" Killer Bee's consciousness roared. "I will kill him! Avenge my brother!"
Gyuki fell silent.
It felt its partner's determination.
This was not an uncontrolled rampage, but a resolve to bet everything.
"...Alright, you idiot bastard!"
"Let's cause some chaos!"
Boom!
Crimson chakra burst out with a roar!
Flesh moved, and bones swelled!
Killer Bee's body was expanding in a terrifying way!
One, two, three... eight giant octopus-like tentacles tore through his flesh, wildly flailing, carving deep grooves into the ground!
A fierce bull's head burst from his back, letting out an earth-shaking roar!
In just a few breaths, a giant beast nearly one hundred meters tall, combining the features of a bull and an octopus, appeared on the battlefield!
The Eight-Tails, Gyuki!
Its complete form, released!
"Roar!"
Gyuki roared at the sky, its sound waves transforming into a shockwave that sent the surrounding Kumogakure shinobi and shadow clones, who couldn't dodge in time, flying!
The pressure coming from the ancient beast caused the entire battlefield to pale.
"It's... it's the Eight-Tails!"
"Bee-sama... he has released the full power of the Eight-Tails!"
The faces of the surviving Kumogakure shinobi showed awe and determination.
Their hero was launching a final attack, at the cost of his life!
"Quick... get back!"
Minato's expression changed drastically as he yelled at the people on the city wall.
The huge beast lowered its head, its two eyes locking onto the tiny figure below.
Then its massive mouth opened.
Black and white chakra gathered, compressed, and rotated at an incredible speed!
A pitch-black energy sphere instantly formed!
Tailed beast ball!
"Die!"
Driven by Killer Bee's endless rage, this ball of death was released with a thunderous roar toward Shin!
The space along its path let out a suffering wail, and the ground was plowed into a charred line by the escaping energy!
This was an attack capable of wiping the entire village of Konoha off the map!
"My lord! Get out of the way!"
Tsunade shrieked, instinctively about to rush down.
Shin, however, seemed not to hear.
He merely stood silently in place, raising his head to watch the tailed beast ball rapidly grow in his vision.
"This power, it's rather interesting."
He even had the leisure to comment.
Then, under the confused gaze of everyone, he slowly raised his right hand.
No hand seals.
No chakra fluctuations.
He simply opened his five fingers and, facing the tailed beast ball capable of destroying everything, gently made a fist.
Buzz!
That wild tailed beast ball, still several meters from his palm, was suddenly brought to a halt!
No matter how the tailed beast ball spun, or how the released energy twisted the air, it could not move forward another inch!
"Wha... What?!"
Gyuki's beast eyes were filled with horror.
How was that possible?
And the next scene was something it would never forget.
Shin's five fingers slowly closed.
Crack... crack... a crisp sound of breaking echoed.
The surface of that pitch-black tailed beast ball actually developed many fine cracks!
The next second.
Bang!
A muffled thud.
The pitch-black energy sphere, like a balloon, was crushed by bare hands!
The violent energy instantly lost control, sweeping out in all directions as a hurricane.
Everyone struggled to resist.
However, as these energy storms got close to Shin's body, they automatically parted to the sides, only stirring the hem of his clothes.
The storm faded away.
Shin still stood in place, completely unharmed.