Several kilometers away, several Hidden Cloud Village elite squads lay scattered in ambush among the hills and woods. Every one of them held their breath, staring fixedly at the distant battlefield shrouded in smoke and lightning.
The earth was trembling.
Even from several kilometers away, the ground beneath their feet still quivered faintly. Every thunderous blast was accompanied by a violent tremor, as if some colossal creature deep underground were turning its body.
On the distant horizon, two enormous figures clashed fiercely—the Deep Blue chakra giant and the Eight-Tails Gyūki. Every collision unleashed towering shockwaves, uprooting, crushing, and flattening all the trees, rocks, and soil within several kilometers.
The Eight-Tails' massive body charged straight ahead. Its eight tentacles pushed off the ground, launching its entire body like a cannonball at Susanoo.
Bang—!
The two colossal beings collided, producing a muffled boom like a mountain collapse. The compressed air became a tangible shockwave that spread in all directions, forcing the Hidden Cloud Village shinobi to lower themselves and clutch the ground just to remain steady.
The Eight-Tails' horns slammed viciously into Susanoo's chest. Its eight tentacles simultaneously coiled around Susanoo's limbs, waist, and abdomen, trying to crush and topple the chakra giant.
Susanoo's hands gripped two of the Eight-Tails' tentacles from underneath. Its feet plowed two deep trenches through the ground as its body leaned backward, its chakra armor creaking under the strain.
As the two wrestled, the ground beneath them continuously cracked, collapsed, and heaved upward. Layer after layer of rock was crushed into powder, while dust surged in every direction like ocean waves.
Scorching white vapor poured from the Eight-Tails' maw. Lightning and chakra intertwined and burst across Susanoo's surface as the two terrifying forces tore, collided, and crushed against one another, every exertion making the earth groan.
At