"Stop right there!"
Deepa got to his feet and chased after Zhou Cheng, not even bothering to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
If he could hold him off a little longer, the Ten-Tails would absorb both tailed beasts.
Then they would be another step closer to success.
The Eye of the Moon Plan? How pathetic.
What I want is the God Tree's fruit.
Boom!
The Ten-Tails shuddered violently, its body visibly swelling.
Zhou Cheng frowned. He was too late!
It had finished absorbing the Six-Tails and the Two-Tails!
Still, he wanted to save Yugito and Utakata.
Zhou Cheng ran to the Ten-Tails' feet just in time to see Pain slap the ground.
Poof!
The Ten-Tails vanished in a cloud of white smoke!
Damn it!
Zhou Cheng gritted his teeth. Even though he had anticipated failure, actually facing it still felt awful!
"You're too late!"
Pain slapped the ground with his other hand, summoning the other five Paths to his side.
Nagato had found another two corpses somewhere and turned them into members of the Six Paths.
"To think you'd choose to extract the tailed beast chakra ahead of schedule."
"I never saw that coming!"
Zhou Cheng glanced behind him. Deepa had not followed him and must have left halfway through.
Had Kara been quietly guiding the unification of the Nine Tailed Beasts all along?
"There were too many variables along the way to the Secret Base."
"I could only afford success, not failure, so I chose to extract the tailed beast chakra here ahead of schedule."
Zhou Cheng grew anxious at the sight of Utakata and Yugito lying nearby.
Judging by their skeletal appearance, they would not live much longer. They needed immediate treatment!
With no time to waste on words, Zhou Cheng activated Susanoo.
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