Chidori itself was an A-rank ninjutsu, and in terms of piercing power, it even surpassed some S-rank ninjutsu.
The powerful piercing force of Chidori sent out shockwaves that, as Sasuke charged forward, plowed a long, deep trench across the ground.
"Splat!"
Without any surprise, even Gaara's sand sphere had its defenses shattered when faced with the Chidori, renowned for its piercing power!
"Ah... that's my blood! I'll kill you! Unforgivable!"
As Sasuke used Chidori and successfully broke through the sand sphere's defenses, Gaara's furious roar suddenly erupted from within it the next moment!
"Boom..."
After Gaara let out his roar, the entire sand sphere exploded with a thunderous blast. Amidst a massive cloud of smoke, a colossal creature hundreds of meters tall appeared in the center of the arena.
"Bang..."
The shockwave generated by the creature's appearance directly sent Sasuke, who failed to dodge in time, flying away.
"Th-this... what kind of monster is that?!"
Sasuke struggled to climb to his feet, staring in disbelief at the hundreds-of-meters-tall monster before him. Its body was covered in violet tattoo-like patterns, and it looked like an enormous tanuki.
"It actually unleashed the One-Tail right here?"
Xiao Xie narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the suddenly appearing Shukaku.
In the anime, the author had Gaara unleash the One-Tail in the forest outside Konoha in order to redeem him later on.
After all, if Gaara had unleashed the One-Tail inside Konoha Village, countless Konoha civilians would surely have died at his hands. By the later stages, there would have been no way to redeem him.
But reality was different from anime. Since the Sand Ninja had already joined forces with Orochimaru to destroy Konoha Village, a weapon of mass destruction like the One-Tail naturally had to be released directly within Konoha Village