Crushing the Eight-Tails

The raging green flames clashed fiercely with the azure Lightning Release Armor.

"Boom--"

With a deafening explosion, the basalt layer beneath their feet could not withstand the terrifying pressure and instantly collapsed, creating a crater ten meters in diameter. Spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly along the edge of the crater, shattering all the remaining stone pillars around it.

Naruto's right knuckles turned white. After the Gate of Life opened, high-pressure Chakra, like liquid, was pumped wildly into his arm. This old man's bones are really hard.

Using the recoil from the Lightning Release: Lariat, he twisted his waist and abdomen, forcibly dissipating the domineering cutting force of the lightning.

Naruto's leather boots landed, crushing the scorched rocks beneath his feet. The soles of his shoes carved two deep furrows into the rock face until they finally came to a stop against a boulder about half his height.

Raikage A was also in bad shape. He took three steps back, each step leaving a deep footprint in the ground.

He looked down, glancing at his trembling right elbow out of the corner of his eye. The green Taijutsu Chakra had actually penetrated the Lightning Release Armor's defenses, leaving his meridians numb.

Hidden Leaf's worst performer?

This is clearly an ancient ferocious beast disguised in human skin.

"Old man, is this the Taijutsu that Hidden Cloud is so proud of?" Naruto shook his aching right hand, his golden eyes filled with arrogance. "So weak, didn't you eat enough last night?"

Rear.

Yugito's breath hitched. She subconsciously took half a step forward, her fingers gripping the tattered coat draped over her shoulders tightly. The warmth of the fabric made her fingertips burn.

Looking across the entire Shinobi World, anyone who dares to challenge the Fourth Raikage in this tone is either a madman or a dead man.

"Court death!"

The Raikage's eye muscles twitched violently, and the veins on his neck bulged like writhing dragons. The azure lightning expanded again, and the violent killing intent slammed into Naruto as if it were a tangible force.

It looked like he was about to raise the output level of his Lightning Release Armor and unleash his ultimate attack.

"Whoosh!"

A burly figure appeared Body Flicker Technique blocking their path.

Wearing sunglasses, Killer B his backhand and began to sway rhythmically from side to side.

"Big Brother's temper is like a thunderbolt, he won't regret breaking bones." Killer B grinned and shouted in that weird, rap-like tone that everyone was tired of hearing, "Let me test this Nine-Tails' strength first, yo!"

Raikage frowned and roared, "Get out of my way! This is none of your business!"

Killer B ignored his older brother's angry rebuke. He pushed up his sunglasses and stared directly at Naruto through the lenses.

Naruto slightly lifted his eyelids, his gaze coldly sweeping over Killer B. He looked like a dazed idiot, but in reality, all eight core muscle groups in his shoulders, back, waist, and abdomen were taut, and his Chakra was restrained to the extreme, ready to unleash a fatal blow at any moment.

Naruto sneered inwardly. "I'll conduct a thorough investigation and uncover all the taxes you've evaded." (Thoughts)

Old Deng is still putting on airs with me. This black-skinned octopus, Killer B, is clearly here to play the good cop and smooth things over, and also to test his limits and see if the fox inside him is truly under control.

"Want to play?" Naruto casually put his hands back in his pockets.

Boom!

The green aura of the Eight Gates quietly dissipated. In its place was a layer of extremely viscous, violent scarlet Chakra.

There was no Tailed Beast Cloak, only an outrageously pure materialization of Chakra.

The strong winds subsided.

The air at the bottom of the abyss froze like mercury in that instant.

Sasuke's pupils contracted sharply in the distance. His Two-Tomoe Sharingan spun wildly as he stared intently at the red light emanating from Naruto's body.

His throat tightened. This Chakra quality was even purer than when he suppressed the Two-Tails Demon Flame! Just how many monsters were hidden within Naruto?

"Oh? Such perfect control?" Killer B blew a bubble, then stomped his foot. "Well then, I won't hold back, yo!"

Puff!

Dark red Eight-Tails Chakra instantly covered Killer B's entire body, and two thick octopus tentacles fiercely extended from his back.

He simultaneously held seven Ninja Blade between his hands, elbows, and knees.

Lariat Sword Dance!

Killer B transformed into a rapidly spinning storm of blades, whipping up countless sharp fragments of rock and whistling with a piercing shriek that seemed to tear through steel, hurtling straight toward Naruto's face.

The space at the bottom of the mine pit is already narrow.

The net of seven swords blocked all of Naruto's escape routes, whether he moved up, down, left, or right.

Naruto didn't dodge.

The Perfect Sage Body granted him superhuman dynamic vision, allowing him to clearly see the chaotic sword techniques.

"Too slow."

Naruto suddenly pulled his right hand out of his pocket, his five fingers forming a claw, and pressed down from a distance.

"Splash!"

Nine thick, golden chains shot out from his back, like nine wildly dancing pythons.

Adamantine Sealing Chains!

Naruto did not choose to confront the enemy head-on. He manipulated the chains, precisely cutting into the weakest gap in the blade's edge.

"Jingle bells--"

The clanging of metal was deafening, as dense as a torrential downpour. Sparks flew wildly across the dark valley floor, illuminating the two men's intertwined faces.

Killer B's swordsmanship was indeed bizarre, specifically targeting the blind spots of the human body's joints. However, Naruto's Adamantine Sealing Chains, enhanced by Yang Release, was both hard and flexible, firmly blocking the point of force exertion of each sword.

Killer B felt a tremendous resistance coming from the blade.

Naruto stepped on the rubble, using exquisite Taijutsu footwork to pull himself to the left. With each step he took back, he used the chains to reduce Killer B's force, forcing the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki out of the Raikage's optimal support radius.

Infinite output? That doesn't exist.

"Now."

Naruto's eyes sharpened. The three chains closed instantly, binding Killer B's two long swords like iron clamps.

The Yang Release Chakra suddenly erupted.

"Let go of me!"

Naruto suddenly exerted force with his right arm, his muscles bulging high. Using the leverage principle of the chain, he forcefully Killer B, that high-speed spinning lump of iron, along with his sword, away.

Boom!

Killer B his feet, sliding more than ten meters across the hard rock. In the end, he had to use the tentacles on his back to slam into the ground to barely steady himself.

He looked down at the hilt of the knife in his hand, which was trembling with the vibrations. His sunglasses had slipped down halfway, but they couldn't hide the shock in his eyes.

"Compare!"

Deep within Killer B's mind, the deep voice of the Eight-Tails Gyuki suddenly resounded, "This kid didn't kill me."

The phantom of the Gyuki flicked its massive tail in the mental space. "His Adamantine Sealing Chains could have pierced your meridian system directly, but he deliberately deviated by half an inch. And..."

Gyuki paused, his tone revealing an indescribable complexity.

"His Chakra contains no fear or hatred towards the Tailed Beast, only absolute control. He is completely different from those Jinchūriki who used to treat us as weapons."

Killer B a deep breath.

He straightened up and slowly put away the Tailed Beast Cloak he was wearing.

The seven knives were smoothly sheathed.

"Yo." Killer B turned around and looked at Raikage, whose face was ashen. This time, he put away his usual nonchalant rapping tone, and his voice was unusually serious.

"Big brother, he can suppress the Tailed Beast and control his killing intent."

Killer B pointed to the scarred missing-nin lying on the ground, then to Naruto had put away his chains. "He's different from those lunatics who treat Tailed Beast like bombs and lose control at the drop of a hat."

The Raikage's eyes widened, his anger blazing. "Shut up! Don't be fooled by his few Taijutsu! Our Hidden Cloud rules..."

"Rules are made by the dead, but fists are fought by the living." Killer B stared directly at his domineering older brother without backing down. "Fists are fine, but don't turn people who can sit down and talk into mortal enemies."

Before he finished speaking, Killer B subtly hooked his thumb.

A tattered metal cipher slipped from his sleeve into his palm. It was the mole's identification he had secretly pried from the ashes with his tentacles while examining the burned black market list.

He walked up to Raikage and, using his body as cover, quietly slipped the cipher card into Raikage's rough, large hand.

Raikage felt the hard outline of his palm and instinctively rubbed his thumb together.

That was the unique mark of the radical high-ranking members of the Hidden Cloud ANBU.

The Raikage's expression froze instantly.

The violent Lightning Release Armor surrounding his body emitted a very slight crackling sound, and its brightness visibly dimmed.

A mole.

The dirty secrets of this matter have actually spilled directly onto the core of power in Hidden Cloud. That brat from Hidden Leaf wasn't wrong at all what he just said.

"Old man."

Naruto casually unzipped the tattered jacket and covered Yugito's shoulders. He dusted off his hands, his tone exuding a lazy, all-encompassing confidence.

"I think your younger brother is much smarter than you." Naruto raised his foot and lightly stepped on the back of the unconscious missing-nin. "Now, can we talk about how much compensation this biting mad dog is worth?"

An eerie, deathly silence fell over the room.

Raikage gripped the signal card tightly in his hand, his knuckles cracking. His pride in protecting his own and his domineering nature were brutally torn open in the face of irrefutable evidence and the opponent's absolute strength.

However, just as this delicate balance was about to be reached through negotiations...

"Ah--!"

Behind the ruins not far away, Sasuke, who had been forcibly suppressing his fear while watching the battle, suddenly let out a scream of extreme pain.

He clutched the back of his neck with both hands, his knees buckled, and he curled up and fell to the ground like a shrimp.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura screamed, her mind going blank, and rushed over.

On the back of Sasuke's neck, three black Tomoe- shaped Cursed Seal were writhing wildly beneath his skin. An extremely poisonous and icy purple Chakra broke through the Yang Release seal left by Naruto and spread like a living thing to half of his body.

The Snake Mark left by Orochimaru.

Under the combined stimulation of the Two-Tails Demon Flame, the Eight-Tails- Chakra, and the Raikage's Kage Level killing intent, this time bomb hidden in the shadows has detonated prematurely!

The languid look on Naruto's face vanished instantly.

He turned his head, his golden eyes gleaming with murderous intent.

We failed to wipe that damned worm out of the Forest of Death, and now it dares to backstab us on our own turf.

It seems some people are truly tired of living.