The smoke cleared, revealing two figures whose robes remained smooth and completely undamaged.
"You've got quite a temper, Eight-Tails Gyuki!"
River laughed.
Catching a Tailed Beast Bomb barehanded was hardly difficult for him now.
Having fused the chakra of the Nine-Tails and the Two-Tails, he now possessed a new energy within him-stronger, vaster, and more overwhelming.
The next second, golden light shone all over his body, and nine tails rapidly rose behind him.
Foxlike markings appeared on his face, and golden flames swirled around him.
"Not bad at all!"
Sensing the chakra that shared the Nine-Tails' origins, River praised its power.
"How does he know your name is Gyuki?"
Killer B asked in surprise.
"How should I know?"
"Besides, that appearance looks a lot like a certain annoying fellow!"
Eight-Tails Gyuki said gravely.
"Who?"
Killer B asked curiously.
At the same time, his external body suddenly sprouted two more tails, fully transforming into the Eight-Tails. All eight tails rose swiftly, gathering energy. In an instant, a pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb formed above each one.
The sight of eight Tailed Beast Bombs made the surrounding team members tense.
"Those things won't be easy to block!"
"Eight Tailed Beast Bombs. Just what you'd expect from the Eight-Tails. He's much tougher to deal with than the Two-Tails!"
Sasori, Obito, and the others remarked.
Meanwhile, the Eight-Tails stared solemnly at River and said,
"The Nine-Tails!"
Killer B was stunned. "You mean this guy captured the Nine-Tails?"
"Almost certainly. Otherwise, how do you explain the Nine-Tails' chakra on him?"
After taking a deep breath, Eight-Tails Gyuki spoke again.
"To be able to use the Nine-Tails' power to this extent..."
"This guy's strength is simply unfathomable!"
Realizing how terrifying his opponent was, he suddenly shouted.
"We have to give it everything, Killer B, or this might