"I'm finally out! I'm going to kill every last one of you!"
The One-Tail Shukaku's thunderous, wild laughter echoed above the Forest of Death, shaking the surrounding air into visible ripples. His mountain-sized body blotted out the sky, casting a huge shadow that completely engulfed Shengu Xuan and Sasuke. His enormous eyes, patterned with four-pointed stars, gleamed with pure destructive desire and bloodlust.
"Th-this is the monster's true form?!" Sasuke lay slumped on the ground, staring up at the terrifying behemoth before him. His Sharingan spun madly, yet all he could make out was the ocean-like expanse of utterly evil chakra. Before such absolute power, he was on the verge of losing even the courage to stand.
"It's over... we're all going to die here..." Sasuke gritted his teeth, filled with despair.
Yet Shengu Xuan, standing in front of him, still kept both hands in his pockets. He tilted his head up to look at the huge tanuki baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. There was not a trace of fear on his face; instead, he wore a wildly excited, feverish grin.
"So this is a Tailed Beast? Pretty big, but it looks a little stupid." Shengu Xuan picked at his ear and mocked him without restraint.
"You brat! You dare mock me! Die!"
Shukaku was thoroughly enraged by Shengu Xuan's attitude. He abruptly opened his cavernous maw and drew a deep breath. The surrounding air was instantly sucked dry, compressing furiously inside his mouth into an enormous, high-density chakra air cannon over five meters in diameter!
"Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!"
BOOOOM!!!
Like a falling meteor, the enormous air cannon came crashing down toward Shengu Xuan and Sasuke with the terrifying power to destroy everything! Wherever it passed, it plowed a vast, seemingly bottomless canyon into the ground,