BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The Ten-Tails bore a Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan on its head, while the massive ten tails behind it swung incessantly. Even its unconscious movements swept away the surrounding terrain like a bulldozer.
Endless Chakra surged within its body, and boundless malice and bloodlust radiated from its ferocious eyes.
ROAR!
The Ten-Tails let out an enraged roar. It had noticed the irritating figure before it, who was curiously examining it.
It was Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"You're far too mischievous,"
"Ten-Tails."
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the Ten-Tails before him, an excited expression on his face.
He sensed the inexhaustible Chakra within the Ten-Tails—or rather, the powerful essence behind the Ten-Tails' Chakra!
"To be precise, the current Ten-Tails isn't truly complete yet."
"It's still missing a portion of the Nine-Tails' Chakra."
"But it's not far off."
"It's only one step away from its final form, and that's enough for me to break through my current predicament."
As Sarutobi Hiruzen watched the colossal beast baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, the Ōtsutsuki bloodline within him stirred, giving him something akin to an appetite for the creature before him.
"The Ōtsutsuki are a race that evolves by feeding on the God Tree."
"It's just that the current Ten-Tails still falls short of becoming a true God Tree Fruit."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself.
The Ten-Tails' final form was the God Tree, but the God Tree before him was still lacking something.
The formation of a true God Tree Fruit required not only the absorption of a planet's nutrients, but also the sacrifice of a pure-blooded Ōtsutsuki clansman.
Otsutsuki Kaguya had basically completed most of that step, but she had also allowed Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to escape.
The Ten-Tails before him was not only missing the Nine-Tails' Chakra, but also the Ōtsutsuki source.
"I just wonder