Hanma's immense strength shattered Shukaku's "Absolute Defense" outright. If Bunpuku had not also mastered the self-created Sage Art: Severing Extraction Technique, that blow would have sent him to meet the Sage of Six Paths.
The purple chains wrapped around Bunpuku broke apart section by section. This exclusive sealing secret technique had offset the fatal impact for him.
"Hey, hey, Bunpuku, how did you end up like this? Pull yourself together! You're Lord Shukaku's Jinchuriki!"
Even Shukaku had not reacted to what had just happened before he saw Bunpuku get sent flying, nearly dying on the spot.
"I-I can't hold on much longer, Shukaku..."
"Then I'll leave the rest to you... Be careful."
With such severe injuries, someone Bunpuku's age could hardly endure by force.
He had intended to release Shukaku through the Feigned Sleep Technique, but he passed out instead.
Hanma's strike had unexpectedly served as a rapid sedative.
Shukaku grinned broadly. Now Bunpuku would no longer restrain him.
He was going to have some fun with this!
A massive amount of yellow sand gathered at incredible speed. Pale-yellow Chakra danced through the sky, condensing into a giant raccoon dog.
The land that had been eroded into desert gradually began recovering as well, while sand gathered around Shukaku's body.
Shukaku was collecting every resource he could that might make him stronger.
That was because, over the past century, he had first been bound by Hashirama, then sealed inside a teapot, and later spent more than thirty years inside Bunpuku, confined within a temple. It had been unbearably dull.
Lord Shukaku's first appearance in a hundred years had to be a spectacular one!
"Hee hee hee!!!!"
A gigantic, fat raccoon dog appeared upon the earth. Standing nearly a hundred meters tall, he deeply shocked the Konoha ninja in the distance.
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