The scene before them had surpassed all understanding. That layer of purple exoskeleton added several shades of ferocity to the tailed beast. Simply standing there was enough to make hearts tremble. Its terrifying presence only dared people to stop and watch; no one dared draw a weapon and charge forward.
Uchiha Yū was adapting to this body. With the two fused together, their combined strength was certainly greater than the sum of two. Whether it was the assault of radiation energy or the scorching lava brought by the tailed beast itself, both could inflict secondary damage.
Naturally, it also came with severe drawbacks. He had copied the combination of Susanoo and the Nine-Tails. Though it was only a crude imitation, it carried a hint of the real thing. Uchiha Yū was trying to mobilize the power within the other's body. The Four-Tails' body was like a core of molten lava. Fortunately, Rōshi trusted Uchiha Yū and lent him his power.
This allowed Uchiha Yū to reduce most of the burden. With nothing more than a raised hand, a purple longsword extended from his palm.
In truth, Rōshi, who was positioned at the core, was experiencing a stormy upheaval within. This was the first time he had fought an enemy this way. He had thought that a tailed beast's strongest state was the ability to maintain complete tailed beast transformation, but the power now on display had long exceeded Rōshi's expectations.
"It's truly shown me a completely different door. This terrifying method, this wildly imaginative line of thought... even the Tsuchikage probably never imagined that tailed beast power could be developed this way."
Having calmed himself, Rōshi began to suppress the savage aura leaking from his body. His only role now was to restrain the darkness in his heart. As for