The Supreme God of Order and Creation naturally had no idea that, because of an unintentional act by his two trusted aides, someone who would one day stand shoulder to shoulder with—or even surpass—the Supreme God had set foot upon the right path in one of the planes he had created. Shukaku had no time to worry about anything else. He simply stomped down hard at Li, while Li's face flashed with disdain as he raised both hands to meet the attack.
Bang! With a deafening crash, Li forcibly caught Shukaku's crushing blow. As the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art responded, the Nine-Tails' chakra, which had constantly been interfering within Naruto's body, was forcibly suppressed. At the same time, Li felt that although he was using Naruto's body, perhaps because of Matatabi's chakra just now, he was now able to exert part of his own original strength through it.
Still, that was a good thing. Relying on the power of the Nine Revolutions Mystic Art, Li forcibly withstood Shukaku's thunderous strike. Then he suddenly exerted force and shoved upward, knocking Shukaku to the ground. In the darkness nearby, Matatabi revealed a look of surprise.
By her understanding, even if Li had not been killed because of her just now, that momentary delay should have been enough for Shukaku to stomp him to death. Yet not only was he unhurt, he had suddenly become far stronger, forcibly taken Shukaku's attack, and even driven Shukaku back!
Matatabi gritted her teeth, realizing that the person before her was a formidable enemy, and immediately prepared her next attack. Shukaku also understood that the enemy before him had to be eliminated quickly, or he would surely threaten the one they had to protect...
In an instant, both Shukaku and Matatabi had steeled themselves to die. Li