Kamui had already thought very highly of Sasori of the Red Sands.
But she had never imagined he could be this monstrous.
The ability to control a hundred puppets at once was truly beyond her comprehension.
But it wasn't just the three of them—Kamui and the others—who were stunned. Even Yugito couldn't help being utterly shocked by what she was seeing.
"So this guy abandoned the conventional puppet-master technique of controlling puppets with his fingers and instead created a whole new style, controlling them with the heart as its core?"
Yugito's face was full of wariness. "What a madman! And yet he's actually made it this terrifying!"
Then she looked again at Uchiha Ye, who was still matching her strength without yielding an inch, cracking the earth again and again. She couldn't help gritting her teeth, her face turning ghastly. "You... You actually used me to make your Sharingan evolve?!"
She stared at the Three-Tomoe Sharingan spinning in Uchiha Ye's eyes.
If she still hadn't realized that Uchiha Ye had deliberately slowed down moments ago, she really would have been an idiot.
Daring not to hesitate, she quickly retreated.
The Sharingan was the natural enemy of Tailed Beasts!
The Two-Tails inside her had issued its most serious warning.
She was no longer a match for Uchiha Ye.
She had to retreat immediately!
That way, she could at least preserve some of her strength.
If she stayed and kept fighting, Kumogakure would be completely wiped out.
"But how could I abandon my comrades?!"
After landing, Yugito roared, "Please, Matatabi! Lend me all your strength!"
Matatabi naturally had no objections!
In an instant!
It was as if the ocean had overturned and a mountain had come crashing down.
An unimaginable, crushing pressure erupted from Yugito.
A violent, unsettling chakra enveloped her.
As the earth shattered, Yugito swelled and transformed into a gigantic cat demon with blue-black markings.
Boom!
The earth around them cracked of its own accord, trees exploded, and gale-force winds howled.
It was as if the world itself couldn't withstand the terrifying presence of this cat demon.
"Complete Tailed Beast Transformation. The Two-Tails' chakra body, huh?"
Looking at the colossal Tailed Beast, at least thirty or forty meters tall, Uchiha Ye couldn't help licking his lips.
Everything before his eyes was so clear.
He could see the vast amount of chakra inside the Two-Tails and how it flowed.
Its expressions, its movements—nothing escaped the Three-Tomoe Sharingan's perception and analysis.
"The perceptive ability granted by the Three-Tomoe Sharingan really is much smoother!"
He touched his eyes. "I don't have much talent for genjutsu, so I'll rarely use it in the future. But this perceptive ability makes risking my life worthwhile!"
He activated Observation Haki and spread out his sensory field.
His own presence surged in an instant. Looking at the Two-Tails, he grinned provocatively. "Come on, Two-Tails!"
Roar!
The Two-Tails was instantly enraged, roaring along with Yugito's fury.
Amid its deafening roar, the Two-Tails charged forward at an unpredictable speed, no slower than Yugito in her Partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
But!
"Great Eruption!"
Unlike before, when Observation Haki could only pinpoint its approximate location, the Three-Tomoe's enhanced perception and analysis, combined with Observation Haki's ability to detect its exact position, immediately locked onto the Two-Tails.
A massive, intensely burning fist shot through the air.
The surrounding air blurred and twisted from the heat as the fist collided with the charging Two-Tails.
Bang!
Thunder cracked across the open ground, rocks shot through the air, and the earth split apart.
The Two-Tails' advance was forcibly halted.
Seeing that things were going badly, the Two-Tails tried to retreat and look for another opportunity!
But!
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Uchiha Ye grinned, stamped his foot against the earth, and shouted, "Lava Scorch Shot!!"
Boom!
A furious pillar of crimson lava burst out of the ground. Before the Two-Tails could react, it pierced straight through its chakra body.
"Roar!"
As if in pain, the enraged Two-Tails swung its claws, tearing through Uchiha Ye's body at an unstoppable speed.
But there was no doubt—
Uchiha Ye had used elementalization to ignore all the damage.
Before the Two-Tails could move again!
His physical capabilities had greatly improved with the Sharingan's evolution. Uchiha Ye immediately transformed into something like a god of lava, rising from the ground until he was level with the Two-Tails' gaze.
The Two-Tails had already opened its mouth and gathered a massive fireball. Before it could attack, Uchiha Ye hurled a gigantic lava hound's head at it. "Dog-Biting Crimson Lotus!"
Boom!
Like a red laser, the scorching hound's head pierced through the fireball and plunged straight into the Two-Tails' body.
It almost grazed Yugito inside, piercing the Two-Tails' chakra body once more.
"Graah!!!"
The Two-Tails' eyes turned bloodshot. It had clearly been completely enraged, and the two tails on its back stabbed toward Uchiha Ye like twin ribbons.
But Uchiha Ye once again turned into lava and ignored the attack.
But that wasn't all!
With the powerful perception granted by the Three-Tomoe, he could already analyze the Two-Tails' movements in advance to some extent.
So, as he turned to lava and plummeted through the air, he once again hurled a millstone-sized Magma Fist toward the Two-Tails. "Meteor Fire Rain!"
He thwarted the Two-Tails' plan to deliver a fatal blow the instant Uchiha Ye finished reforming and landed.
"Ahhh, damn it!!!"
Yugito roared, her eyes bloodshot, and grew frantic.
So!
Through the Three-Tomoe's perception, Uchiha Ye could see that Yugito's chakra pathways had fallen into complete disarray.
"Is she going to launch a killing blow?"
The chakra inside the Two-Tails had also been thrown into disarray by Yugito's influence.
But two forces, one light and one dark, gathered in its mouth in completely unequal proportions.
There was no doubt—this was what happened only when a Tailed Beast Ball was being formed.
But!
"Are you planning to use this mountain-shattering attack to force me and Big Brother Sasori to retreat, then take the opportunity to rescue Kamui and the other two?"
Uchiha Ye raised the corner of his mouth and praised her aloud. "That's certainly a brilliant plan!"
But now that Uchiha Ye had seen through Yugito's intentions, how could he let her have her way?
"Rapid-fire—Lava Scorch Shot!!"
He brought all his strength to bear, drawing out multiple streams of lava from beneath the earth.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The lava was scorching and violent. One stream after another pierced through the Two-Tails' body, forcibly burning away its killing blow.
"Roar!!!"
The Two-Tails howled in fury, powerful enough to shatter the earth, yet unable to do a thing to Uchiha Ye.
Instead, the repeated injuries placed an immense burden on Yugito, the Jinchuriki, and she immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
But at that very moment!
As Uchiha Ye landed, the Two-Tails' twin tails swept down again, crashing through the air. The wind they carried was strong enough to bend the trees.
Now, if Uchiha Ye didn't want to get hit, he had no choice but to retreat.
And if he retreated, the Two-Tails would get a chance to catch its breath.
Even though Uchiha Ye had seen through the Two-Tails' intentions, it was no use.
He simply couldn't stop it.
This was a straightforward scheme that left him no choice!
"Besides, the Two-Tails is clearly preparing more than just that."
The scorching power already gathered in its throat told Uchiha Ye without a doubt—
The instant he dodged, he would be attacked again.
Sure enough!
Just as he elementalized to evade the twin tails, a ten-meter-high fireball swept across the earth, its heat like that of a world-consuming inferno as it tried to engulf him.
His pursuit was forced to a halt.
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