After transforming into a Divine Dragon, Zi Xu let out a roar that intimidated Shukaku and Naruto in his Tailed Beast Transformation. His eyes widened with fury as he fixed his gaze on Shukaku's enormous body.
Under Zi Xu's stare, Shukaku's scalp prickled. He forcibly suppressed the urge to flee, then his already-bulging belly slowly swelled like an inflatable balloon. Finally, Shukaku slapped his stomach with one claw and spat a huge spherical blast of energy, mixed with sand and fierce winds, toward Zi Xu.
Zi Xu parted his jaws, and a torrent of Wind Blades burst from his mouth. Their cutting force tore through the Sand Barrier, even slicing a narrow opening in the thunderclouds overhead. Through the gap, the bright blue sky was faintly visible.
"Bad Wind!" The peerless cutting force clashed with the swirling sandstorm. The sandstorm had little offensive power—not against Zi Xu, at least—but the grains of sand kept moving within the whirlwind, grinding away at the Wind Blades. Even so, the blades continued to cut deeper, bit by bit, inch by inch.
Naruto, in his Tailed Beast Transformation, snapped out of his daze. Crouching on all fours like a beast, he glared at Zi Xu in his Dragon Form, baring his fangs and claws. More and more of his pale skull emerged, while a dark red orb, brimming with terrifying amounts of Chakra, steadily took shape in his mouth.
It was like a miniature black hole, constantly drawing in the Chakra around it. If Naruto fired it, the forest would certainly be destroyed, and Sasuke and Temari's group wouldn't survive either.
Zi Xu put aside his playful mood. Flame Clouds surged beneath Shukaku and Naruto, lifting them into the air as if gravity had vanished. The Wind Blade had now cut through the Wind