The next day.
Following Pops' plan, the AB Brothers launched their full-scale assault on Konoha right on schedule.
Several thousand Kumogakure shinobi at the front lines moved out together. Killer B and Yugito, the two Jinchuriki, served as the spearhead, followed closely by Toroi, Darui, and a host of jonin. Behind them came squad after squad of shinobi proficient in nintaijutsu, wielding lightning-glinting blades as they charged toward Konoha's positions.
Within the dense forest, blue arcs of electricity nearly connected into one continuous sheet, casting shifting shadows across every Kumogakure shinobi's face.
Yet their battle cries, soaring into the sky, were enough to prove their soaring morale.
In terms of sheer frontal assault power, Cloud Village's battle formations could be called the strongest among the Five Great Nations.
At the very front, Killer B and Yugito had already entered partial Tailed Beast transformation, their bodies covered in red-and-black chakra cloaks.
Although Yugito was not a Perfect Jinchuriki like Killer B, with a companion who was half mentor and half friend guiding her, her ability to control Tailed Beasts ranked behind only the Eight-Tails, Four-Tails, and Nine-Tails among the nine Jinchuriki. Maintaining a partial Tailed Beast transformation for long periods posed no problem at all.
Once a Jinchuriki entered partial Tailed Beast transformation, they were the equivalent of a humanoid tank!
With their impact force, destructive power, and the protection and regenerative abilities of the Tailed Beast Cloak, the title of war machine was entirely deserved.
At this point, the two of them were basically immune to every attack unleashed by shinobi below jonin level.
Whether ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, or shuriken, even if they stood still without dodging, those attacks were unlikely to breach the Tailed Beast Cloak's defenses.
Of course, eternal genin were the exception.
Their strength could no longer