"Not a bad tactic."
An offered the faint praise in an utterly even tone, as though commenting on a performance that had nothing to do with him.
Watching the octopus tentacle hurtle toward him, An knew that the flying tactic that had always served him so well against weaker opponents was no longer effective against the Eight-Tails. He simply deactivated his Tenseigan Chakra Mode and switched back to his Mangekyō Sharingan.
But even after deactivating his Tenseigan, An did not fall from the sky. Instead, chakra surged violently around him, outlining an energy giant that held him aloft.
An activated his Complete Body Susanoo!
"Nintaijutsu: Heavy Lightning Straight!"
A roared and swung his arm, driving an elbow wreathed in a boundless lightning storm straight into the Susanoo.
Boom!
It was like a thunderclap out of a clear sky, the light from the collision so dazzling that no one could keep their eyes open.
An immense shock wave rippled outward in a ring from the point of impact, tearing the surrounding clouds to shreds in an instant and revealing a pristine expanse of brilliant blue sky.
The highly concentrated lightning exploded against the Blood-Red Giant like a heavy artillery shell, sending wild currents darting everywhere like lightning serpents.
Lightning and scarlet chakra fragments scattered in all directions, forming a brief but spectacular energy storm.
That elbow strike shattered the Susanoo's energy armor, exposing a hole several meters across.
Chunks of energy fell through the air, only to dissolve and vanish an instant later.
But that was all.
The Complete Body Susanoo was simply too enormous, and its outer energy armor was far too thick.
Damage spanning a mere few meters could not even reach the energy muscles beneath.
An injury that would have been fatal to an ordinary shinobi was little