Dark red chakra rose from Killer B's body.
The churning mud gave off wisps of smoke as the heat baked it.
A thick Tailed Beast Cloak enveloped Killer B.
Eight massive octopus tails sprouted behind him, thrashing wildly through the air.
"Roar!"
A savage roar rolled out of Killer B's throat.
An enormous apparition with an ox's head and an octopus's body appeared above him.
A terrifying pressure rapidly spread across all of Blackwater Marsh.
The surrounding Konoha Ninjas felt their chests tighten, even breathing becoming a struggle.
"Big brother, fall back!"
Killer B's voice emerged as a deep, layered rumble.
"Leave these guys to me!"
Clutching his caved-in chest, A strode back to the stone platform in the Hidden Cloud ranks.
The blood at the corner of his mouth had yet to dry, and his face twitched slightly with pain.
"B, don't get careless! There's something strange about that kid with the sword!"
A shouted a warning to his sworn younger brother.
Killer B didn't listen at all.
He planted both hands in the muddy water and crouched low.
His dark red Tailed Beast Cloak grew steadily darker until it turned black and red.
The surface of Blackwater Marsh shook violently.
Streams of black and white positive and negative chakra gathered from every direction.
The streams compressed and spun in front of Killer B's mouth at incredible speed.
A black sphere of energy over two meters in diameter took shape.
The air around the sphere let out a piercing hum under the pressure.
Tailed Beast Ball!
"That's the Eight-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball!"
Ignoring his broken ribs, Orochimaru hurriedly propped himself up.
"Qian Ye, get out of the way!"
"If an attack that powerful explodes, half the marsh will be reduced to ashes!"
Minato Namikaze gripped his kunai tightly as