This sudden turn of events startled both sides in the fierce battle, causing them to halt their actions.
"Hey, no way! This brat actually knocked down Lord Eight-Tails with just his fists? Did I see that right?" A member of the Kumogakure who had been watching the battle between Eight-Tails and Kōki exclaimed in surprise. For a moment, he even doubted whether he had imagined it.
But his teammates immediately gave a positive answer, "No, you didn't see wrong, I saw the same thing. Lord Killer B really was knocked down by that brat. It's unbelievable that such a small body could contain such powerful strength!"
The ninja's eyes flashed with shock as he spoke. He truly hadn't expected that such a young brat would possess such strength.
And it wasn't just the two of them. Everyone on the battlefield stared in astonishment at Kōki on the Wood Golem's head.
However, unlike the Kumogakure's surprise mixed with fear, the Konoha ninjas were somewhat aware of Kōki's Superhuman Strength, after all, Kōki had used formidable Taijutsu on the battlefield in Sunagakure.
Even though they already knew about it, they were still shocked by Kōki's performance today. After all, Kōki didn't just defeat a ninja, but a fully-formed Tailed Beast, a giant monster the size of a small mountain. Ordinary people would tremble with fear at the sight of it, but now someone actually managed to defeat such a monster with just their fists. It was unbelievable.
At this moment, the Eight-Tails, which had been knocked to the ground by Kōki's punch, propped itself up with its hands, its eyes filled with rage. Feeling intensely humiliated, it roared at Kōki, "You wretched brat, you've really angered the Eight-Tails!"
After saying that, it recklessly tilted its head back and opened its mouth wide.
Instantly, a strong Chakra surge appeared above the Eight-Tails ' head, followed by a purplish-black Chakra ball condensing around its mouth, which then shot towards Kōki. And seemingly feeling that one Tailed Beast Bomb wasn't enough, it fired three more Tailed Beast Bomb in succession towards Kōki.
This caught Kōki off guard.
Kōki, this wasn't Yuki's first time facing Tailed Beast Bomb, so he had experience. Therefore, before the Tailed Beast Bomb could hit him, he controlled the Wood Golem to dodge to the side.
The Wood Golem figure moved with agility, dodging all the Tailed Beast Bomb that were coming at it with a few quick sidesteps and crouching movements.
The Tailed Beast Bomb that were dodged still flew towards the direction behind the Wood Golem, and finally exploded after flying for a while.
Three or four explosions rang out in succession in the distance of the battlefield, accompanied by several dazzling flashes of light. However, the Tailed Beast Bomb exploded quite a distance from the battlefield, so apart from a strong gust of wind, they did not have any effect on the ninjas on the battlefield.
Here, after dodging the Tailed Beast Bomb, Wood Golem continued to approach the Eight-Tails ' location, Kōki prepared to replicate the tactics he used to defeat the Four-Tails and Five-Tails in the Iwagakure battlefield.
On the other side, seeing the menacing Wood Golem, the Eight-Tails showed no fear and fiercely charged forward, showing no apprehension at all about the Wood Golem's attack.
In an instant, the Wood Golem and the Eight-Tails collided once again.
This time, however, seemed different from the first collision. The Wood Golem raised his fist, which was only slightly smaller than the Eight-Tails' head, and smashed it hard into the Eight-Tails ' head.
The Eight-Tails reacted quickly, dodging the incoming fist by sidestepping.
Despite its enormous size, the Eight-Tails is surprisingly fast. After dodging the Wood Golem's punch, it quickly moved to the Wood Golem golem's right side and crashed into it before the Wood Golem could even regain its footing. It also used its tail to attack Kōki above the Wood Golem golem's head.
Kōki hadn't expected the Eight-Tails to possess such speed, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. However, he remained calm and immediately manipulated the Wood Golem to block the Eight-Tails ' attack, while his hands rapidly Hand Seals: " Wood Release: Wood Binding "
In an instant, countless brownish-yellow logs sprouted from the Wood Golem's arms, reaching out at lightning speed to grab at the oncoming Eight-Tails.
The sudden attack startled the Eight-Tails, which quickly controlled its tail, rooted itself to the ground, and used the force to move its body.
"This Wood Release's really troublesome!" the Eight-Tails said with a grim expression after seeing that his attack had failed.
It hadn't expected that both its Tailed Beast Bomb and close-range attacks would have no effect on this brat, which gave it a headache.
Opposite the Eight-Tails, Kōki also looked annoyed.
He originally thought that he would be able to crush the Eight-Tails after using the Wood Human Technique, but the Eight-Tails ' strength exceeded his expectations, making him feel that it was even more difficult to deal with than the Four-Tails and Five-Tails combined.
This fright left him completely at a loss for what to do.
Looking at the enormous Eight-Tails before him, Kōki thought to himself, "If even Wood Golem can't defeat the Eight-Tails, then I'll have to try using Sage Mode. But I need to find the right moment."
Kōki initially thought of using the Chakra stored in the Yin Seal, but considering that it hadn't been long since he last used the Yin Seal and he didn't have much Chakra stored, he thought of the Sage Mode he had just learned.
He had only recently learned Sage Mode and wasn't very proficient at it, much less able to perform a sage-like descent by clapping his hands together like Hashirama Senju. Therefore, he needed to make some adjustments and prepare himself before entering Sage Mode.
Just as Kōki and Eight-Tails were both struggling with each other's strength.
Suddenly, with a "whoosh," an exceptionally bright signal flare appeared at the edge of the battlefield.
Upon seeing the signal flare, the Kumogakure ninjas instantly stirred into an unknown commotion. A even paused, as if he had witnessed something important, and disregarded Orochimaru in front of him, hurriedly retreating towards the Kumogakure Village's position.
Seeing that their commander had retreated first, the Kumogakure below immediately followed suit, even the Eight-Tails, who was confronting Kōki, retreated towards the Kumogakure's battlefield without any regard for the consequences.
Konoha was bewildered by the sudden retreat of Kumogakure and instinctively gave chase to the retreating Kumogakure.
After chasing for some distance, Orochimaru finally gave up the idea of continuing the pursuit and returned to the Konoha camp to rest and recuperate.
And so, the war, which had started early in the morning and lasted until noon, came to a hasty end.
Although both sides suffered considerable losses, the Kumogakure side ultimately suffered more severe losses.