"Hiss...!"
Shukaku suddenly thrust out both palms, trying to seize the Death White Whale radiating a sinister chill before him.
But how could he stop this enormous beast imbued with senjutsu chakra just because he wanted to?
Its horn slammed into him with a biting chill. Shukaku's enormous body abruptly lost its balance and toppled with a crash, pinned heavily to the ground.
The horn also punched a massive hole through the rampaging sand gathered at his chest!
Fury surged through the pinned Shukaku. He roared and slammed both palms into the ground. Yellow sand exploded around him, turning into countless sand bullets that bombarded the White Whale from every direction.
The White Whale merely gave a low cry. Cold swept out like a winding dragon, freezing every incoming sand bullet.
In the stands, the ninja who had survived the disaster watched, dumbstruck.
"That White Whale... is beating down the One-Tail?"
"That's a tailed beast..."
Then a cold gleam gathered around the horn again, and it stabbed straight at Shukaku's head!
At that very instant, Shukaku suddenly reached out with both hands and clamped them around the White Whale's head. One palm seized its horn, applying force furiously as he tried to twist it off!
But a dazzling wave of light gathered inside the White Whale's enormous mouth and abruptly blasted out, striking Shukaku squarely in the lower body.
Extreme cold erupted instantly. Frost spread at a visible speed, freezing Shukaku's legs and everything below his waist and abdomen, pinning him firmly to the ground.
Frost crept over his sandy body with a series of faint cracks.
Shukaku grew even more furious. Completely ignoring his frozen lower body, he surged into motion with both arms, seized the White Whale's horn and body, and swung it around with all his strength