Boom! Boom!
Vast amounts of golden Chakra overflowed from Naruto's body, taking the form of the Ten-Tails. It was roughly half the size of the true Ten-Tails, yet even so, it was several times larger than the Complete Body Nine-Tails!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Black markings extended from the ends of its ten tails, running along the Ten-Tails' broad golden back and winding around the strange, garlic-like protrusions. They climbed from its chest and arms to its head, converging at the edge of that red gleam amid the golden light on its forehead.
That red glow was the Ten-Tails' unique Rinne Sharingan!
Atop a mountain in Feather Emperor City, Yu sat cross-legged in midair, watching the scene in the sky with surprise. "Oh? The Mini Ten-Tails has grown to half the true Ten-Tails' power in just eight years? Though it's only half of the first form... Orochimaru, you've really created something remarkable!"
Depending on the completeness of its Chakra, the Ten-Tails possessed several forms.
The first form was how it looked immediately after revival. Then came the second form, with fur, bones, and slender limbs; the third form, with thick limbs and the build of an immensely powerful man... and finally, the Divine Tree.
Yu's Ten-Tails was at the Terminal Form of the third stage. Needless to say, its power was several times Naruto's.
Orochimaru smiled. "Naruto is the only Jinchūriki capable of connecting his heart with every Tailed Beast. So it should be Naruto's growth that has driven the Mini Ten-Tails' growth..."
Below, Hashirama sat cross-legged with both hands resting on his knees and smiled. "Then there shouldn't be any suspense left, right?"
Madara stood with his arms folded across his chest, his voice low. "Not necessarily."
In the image in the sky, Sasuke's figure rose toward the heavens amid a