The explosion radius of a Tailed Beast Bomb was enormous, and it traveled at incredible speed. It could destroy an entire city or an army in a short time. This was precisely why the Tailed Beasts were treated as trump cards by the various nations to keep one another in check.
Unfortunately, Utakata could not fully transform into a Tailed Beast. In his semi-Tailed Beast Transformation state, preparing a Tailed Beast Bomb took a long time, and with Rasa intercepting him, he was unable to inflict major casualties on the Sunagakure Shinobi Army.
Thus, although that attack had been tremendously spectacular and had struck a blow to the Sand Ninja's morale, it could not halt their advance.
Very soon, under Rasa's leadership, the Sunagakure Shinobi Army charged rapidly toward Utakata.
Rasa, charging at the forefront, struck first. A massive wave of Gold Dust surged forth, blotting out the sky as it enveloped Utakata.
The Kazekage was bent on washing away his humiliation, so he immediately unleashed his strongest single-target technique—Magnet Release: Glass Shatter—similar to a Desert Burial, intending to crush his enemy into pulp.
Faced with Rasa's fierce attack, Utakata did not dodge at all. He simply stood there expressionlessly, and before long, his body was engulfed by the Gold Dust.
Rasa sneered coldly. "Given up?" Just as he was about to complete the final step and crush Utakata flat, a teeth-grating sound suddenly rang out beside his ears. "Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."
The originally glittering Gold Dust rapidly lost its luster, instantly turning black as great clouds of yellow smoke billowed forth. In the end, it all turned into black liquid and fell to the ground. Utakata's figure was revealed, and the originally red Tailed Beast Cloak around him had now turned dark blue!
It turned out Utakata had not