Eight-Tails!

Takahashi Yū struck his fists together in front of his chest, swiftly bringing his body into fighting condition.

The Third Raikage's Lightning Chakra Mode was nowhere near as violent as it had been at the start. Only scattered sparks of lightning flowed over his body.

The Third Raikage attacked first, his body shooting forward like an arrow from a bow as he drove a swift straight punch at Takahashi Yū's face.

Takahashi Yū reacted extremely quickly. He was already beginning to get used to the Third Raikage's speed. He turned slightly aside, dodging the fist aimed straight at his face, while swinging an elbow back toward the Third Raikage's abdomen.

The Third Raikage swiftly retreated, avoiding the attack, but a flicker of surprise crossed his eyes. Clearly, Takahashi Yū's reaction speed had caught him off guard.

Immediately afterward, the Third Raikage swiftly adjusted his tactics. He began taking advantage of his smaller build, using nimble footwork to unleash rapid combinations around Takahashi Yū, trying to find a weak spot.

This was the first time the Third Raikage had enjoyed an advantage in size!

Smack! Smack! Smack!

His fists and feet came like a raging storm, constantly attacking Takahashi Yū with the whistle of air being torn apart. Takahashi Yū, by contrast, stood firm as a mountain. His defense was an iron wall, every block incomparably precise!

"Those punches are pathetic! Third Rai, are you having fun?"

Takahashi Yū suddenly erupted into action, his killing intent blasting straight into the Third Raikage's face.

He leaped forward, his right hand clamping tightly onto the Third Raikage's face!

His vision obscured by the red killing intent, the Third Raikage failed to dodge in time.

Takahashi Yū swung the Third Raikage's two-meter-plus body through the air like a sack, spinning him around before smashing him hard into the ground, which was already a massive crater.

Boom!

Dust erupted from where the Third Raikage had fallen.

Lightning flashed, and the Third Raikage appeared before Takahashi Yū, bits of rubble still clinging to his body.

Can you still hold steady in midair?

A heavy punch carrying a thunderous boom struck Takahashi Yū in the face!

Airborne with nothing to brace against, Takahashi Yū naturally spun through the air and fell to the ground.

The Third Raikage turned into lightning and landed on a jutting rock, his green eyes locking onto Takahashi Yū's position. He knew there was something strange about Takahashi Yū. Earlier, even such enormous impacts had failed to budge him, but he clearly did not have that ability in midair.

Takahashi Yū rose from the ground and wiped his cheek.

"That's more like it! Now that packs a punch!"

Ptooey!

Spitting the dust from his mouth, Takahashi Yū rotated his arms, his eyes blazing red!

His legs crushed the ground as he charged!

Takahashi Yū swept a powerful kick across, while the Third Raikage leaped off the jutting rock and countered with a low sweeping kick. Their shins crossed in midair, producing a dull impact.

Thud!

Red killing intent and azure lightning burst from their crossed legs, battering the already uneven ground inside the crater beyond recognition!

Naturally, the Raikage could not contest Takahashi Yū's strength in midair. Using the force of Takahashi Yū's kick, he spun once through the air. The Lightning Chakra Mode around him suddenly flared, and he raised his right leg high.

"Liger Bomb!"

Goddammit, why do your moves get such badass names, while all I get is "a couple of punches"?

Takahashi Yū simply did not dodge the powerful descending kick, letting the Third Raikage bring it down onto his shoulder.

Boom!

It was as though a thunderclap had exploded beside his ear!

Enduring the intense pain, Takahashi Yū clamped both hands around the shin on his shoulder and heaved it upward. Ignoring the numbing current coursing over the Third Raikage's body, he wrapped his arms around his waist.

The Third Raikage's legs rested over Takahashi Yū's shoulders, his head beneath Takahashi Yū's crotch. Hanging upside down, his veins bulged as he struggled incessantly, trying to break free of Takahashi Yū's tightly locked arms.

Time to give the people of the Shinobi World a little WWE shock!

Takahashi Yū suddenly jumped upward, both hands locked tightly around the Third Raikage's waist.

"Tombstone Piledriver!"

Smack!

He drove the Third Raikage headfirst into the ground, burying his head hard in the earth!

Perhaps this was the first time the Third Raikage had encountered such a move. He froze for a moment, upside down with his head buried in the ground and his body and feet sticking high into the air. He really did resemble a tombstone!

Bracing his hands against the ground, the Third Raikage pulled his head out of the earth and gave Takahashi Yū a strange look.

"That move... what's that move called?"

"Tombstone Piledriver!" Takahashi Yū answered proudly.

"You think the ground is harder than our heads, do you?"

"Uh..."

Although he had rendered Takahashi Yū speechless, the Third Raikage had already decided to try this move on his son once he got home.

Hmm... it needs a different name! What should I call it?

Liger Bomb!

The Third Raikage came back to his senses and was just preparing to take his stance and continue their close-quarters fight when a familiar roar drew his attention away.

Roooaaar!!!

A gigantic octopus appendage appeared out of nowhere on the outskirts of the camp.

"B!"

The Third Raikage turned toward the outskirts of the camp, his face troubled and filled with worry for his partner.

Just then, he felt someone tap his shoulder twice, instantly snapping him back to his senses.

Takahashi Yū slammed a punch into him. Even without a flashy move name, "a couple of punches" could still get the job done!

The Third Raikage was sent hurtling straight into the rock where he had stood earlier.

Crash!

The Third Raikage's body smashed the jutting rock to pieces.

"What are you spacing out for? You looking down on me?"

Pushing away the huge rock covering him, the Third Raikage fixed his dark green eyes on Takahashi Yū. His concern for his partner made him want to retreat.

On the outskirts of the camp, an octopus tentacle burst from the back of the dark red Eight-Tails, whose body was covered in cursed seals. It was not a mass of dark red chakra, but a physical tentacle.

The surrounding Cloud Shinobi scurried about anxiously like ants on a hot pan!

"The Sealing Squad! The Sealing Squad! Where the hell are they?"

"Captain Kai, we ran too fast! The Sealing Squad hasn't arrived yet!"

Hearing this, Kai gritted his teeth and charged toward the terrifying Eight-Tails. Ignoring the corrosion eating away at his hands, he kept shaking the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's head.

"B! B! Snap out of it! You're among friends! It's me, Kai!"

"Roooaaar!!"

Seeing that the dark red bull's head before him only let out one agonized roar after another, Kai clenched his jaw and shouted at it.

"Fukaru! Fukaru! Do you want to follow in your brother's footsteps? Look at who's standing in front of you! Fukai is still waiting for you back in the village!"

"Rooar..."

Seeing that the cries from the bull's head before him were no longer so agonized, Ika grew excited.

"Yes! Yes! Just like that! Hang in there!"

"Roooaaar!!!"

The dark red bull's head roared hoarsely at Ika with all its might, leaving Kai dazed from the force of it.

The Eight-Tails suddenly opened his bloody maw wide and bit off Ika's head!

The Eight-Tails' body in Partial Tailed Beast Transformation suddenly swelled. The dark red slowly faded from his body, and the eight tails behind him rapidly turned into octopus tentacles!

Eight octopus tentacles ravaged the earth, bringing disaster upon the elite Cloud Shinobi who had arrived ahead of the others.

The Eight-Tails threw his head back and roared at the sky, his tremendous voice forming sound waves that spread in every direction!

The Eight-Tails, Gyuki, was officially out of his cage!

Hearing that sound, the Third Raikage, who was exchanging punches with Takahashi Yū, could not help the violent shift in his gaze.

The last time he had heard that sound, he had lost a partner and been left with a lightning-shaped scar on his chest.

Now, he knew that the A-B Combo had once again lost B.