As Amaterasu activated.
Black flames ignited on one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles.
The flames were pitch-black as ink, producing neither smoke nor sound.
They simply burned in silence.
"Argh!"
Killer B let out a scream.
He could feel the flames burning not only his skin but deep into his marrow.
He thrashed the tentacle desperately, slammed it against the ground, and even tried beating at it with his other tentacles.
But the black flames did not go out. Instead, they burned ever fiercer.
"B!"
The Raikage's expression changed abruptly. He flashed forward, lightning release chakra erupting from his right arm.
His hand was like a blade.
"Lariat!"
His hand fell, severing the tentacle burning with Amaterasu at its base.
The Eight-Tails' tentacle fell to the ground and rapidly turned to ash in the black flames.
Killer B gasped for breath, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
The Raikage pulled Killer B back several dozen meters, putting distance between them and the Uchiha camp.
His chest heaved violently.
Watching Killer B suffer, he clenched his fists until his knuckles cracked.
His younger brother, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, one of Kumogakure's strongest weapons, had been wounded with a single move by a teenage boy.
And...
He abruptly raised his head and looked across at them.
Uchiha Xuantou still stood where he had been, arms folded across his chest. He had not moved so much as a finger the entire time.
Yet on their side, the A-B Combo had already been reduced to this sorry state.
The Raikage took a deep breath, forcing down the anger in his heart.
Hidden Xuan Village, a ninja village established only a few months ago, already warranted his wariness.
Across from him, Xuandou watched the retreating figures of the Raikage and Killer B, a trace of killing intent