The fully unleashed body of Isobu, the Three-Tails, was like a moving mountain. The jagged spikes on its shell easily pierced through every building in its path, while each swing of its three barbed tails unleashed hurricane-like shockwaves.
The Hidden Mist ninjas' Water Release techniques were child's play before it. High-pressure water blades could leave only fleeting white marks on its blue-gray shell.
"This is the power of a Tailed Beast..." Shinichi unconsciously clenched the window frame, crushing the wood between his fingers. The Three-Tails' upward roar made his chest go numb, its sound waves forming visible ripples in the air.
A hundred-meter water column suddenly erupted from the distant sea. It was the impact caused by the Tailed Beast Ball's aftershock, and towering waves were surging toward the coastline with destructive force.
A terrifying image of all nine Tailed Beasts merging into one suddenly flashed through his mind—the Ten-Tails, the Divine Tree that pierced heaven and earth, with a Sharingan hanging from its crown like a blood moon overlooking all living things.
The confidence he had accumulated through all his cultivation developed a faint crack at that moment, his nails digging deeply into his palms. Could the path of cultivation he had explored alone truly contend with such world-destroying power?
"Lord Asai! Please evacuate immediately!" A Hidden Mist ANBU suddenly appeared behind 'Takao Asai,' his voice trembling uncontrollably beneath his mask.
'Takao Asai' snapped back to his senses. The roar of collapsing buildings came from afar as the Three-Tails' tail swept through the residential district, flattening dozens of houses like building blocks.
Yet what shocked him was that the Hidden Mist villagers who had lost their homes did not weep or flee in panic. Instead, they silently assisted the wounded, passing buckets through the ruins in human chains to