RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
After a while, the terrifying shockwaves caused by the Tailed Beast Bomb explosion slowly faded away.
The surroundings had already turned into a sea of ruins, yet the wooden giant beneath Aoba's feet still stood firm and unmoving.
The wooden giant, nearly a hundred meters tall, did not even show the slightest trace of damage.
On the other hand, Killer Bee's fully transformed Tailed Beast body lay limp inside a massive crater in the distance, half of the enormous ox head having been blown apart.
However, a Tailed Beast's transformed body was condensed from chakra. Given enough time, the injuries could still recover.
But clearly, there was no time for that now.
["Bee! Find a chance and escape as fast as you can. That guy's Wood Release is already in no way inferior to Senju Hashirama's!"]
The voice of the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, rang out in Killer Bee's spiritual world.
But just as the words fell, the wooden giant's massive hands were already reaching out to grab him.
Zzzzt!
At that moment, the sound of thunder suddenly rang beside Aoba's ears.
It was the Fourth Raikage, his entire body wrapped in Lightning Release chakra, charging at Aoba the instant he recovered from the aftershock of the Tailed Beast Bomb.
In the hands of the Third Raikage, Lightning Release Chakra Mode could even activate the flesh into armor, the strongest Lightning Armor.
The Fourth Raikage's mastery of Lightning Release Chakra Mode was likewise excellent. Blocking the aftershock of a Tailed Beast Bomb was not difficult for him.
And his speed, capable of dodging Amaterasu, was equally astonishing.
Like a streak of blue lightning, he stepped several times across the wooden giant's body, and within a few breaths appeared behind Aoba.
He could not deal with the gigantic wooden giant, so he chose to attack Aoba's main body directly.
At this moment, the Fourth Raikage was already suspended in midair behind Aoba.
The high-intensity electric current formed by Lightning Release chakra gathered entirely in his right hand, which he swung straight down at Aoba.
"Lightning Abuse: Horizontal Thousand-Hand Dance!"
This was a hand-blade as sharp as lightning itself, forged only after countless trials and tempering.
The most famous feat of this technique was that it had once severed the Eight-Tails' left horn.
However, no matter how fast the Fourth Raikage was, in front of Aoba with the fusion of four great dojutsu, it was still not quite enough.
Aoba had deliberately allowed the Fourth Raikage to appear behind him.
Perhaps because in his several appearances in the ninja world, Aoba had mostly used Wood Release, the Fourth Raikage assumed his taijutsu was just average.
But one must not forget that he too had trained in Tsunade's monstrous strength since childhood.
Aoba's hands became wrapped in chakra so dense and pure it was almost solid.
BANG!
A dull sound rang out.
He actually grabbed the Fourth Raikage's wrist directly, stopping the hand-blade in midair.
'How is that possible?'
'Such tremendous strength!'
Shock was plainly written across the Fourth Raikage's face. He clearly had not expected that his strike, powerful enough to injure a Tailed Beast, would be blocked so easily.
But upon realizing he could neither advance nor break free, he reacted instantly.
With an enraged expression, he swung his other fist.
Yet after another muffled impact, that fist was also casually caught by Aoba.
'What?'
The Fourth Raikage was utterly horrified.
Immediately after, vast amounts of Lightning Release chakra erupted wildly from his body.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
He continuously forced out more of his chakra, strengthening his current Lightning Release Chakra Mode, trying to break free and pull away first.
But both of his hands were still firmly clamped by Aoba, unable to move at all.
"Looks like this is all you're capable of."
Aoba's voice was utterly calm. The Fourth Raikage's strength was not even enough to warm him up.
"In that case, it's time to end this!"
He tightened his grip around the Fourth Raikage's wrists, then violently swung him down toward the ground.
Crack!
A clear sound of bones shattering rang out.
Pff!
The Fourth Raikage spat out another mouthful of blood.
At this moment, both of his arms were completely broken, his expression twisted in agony.
Because it was not just the bones in his arms that were utterly pulverized. Who knew how many bones throughout his body had also snapped.
If he was not treated in time, not to mention this battle, there was no guarantee he would even be able to clench his fists in the future.
Of course, Aoba had no intention of treating him. Instead, he decisively stomped once, knocking him unconscious.
"Big brother!"
Killer Bee watched this scene with his own eyes, his vision splitting as he let out a furious roar.
But the wooden giant's movements, along with the Eight-Tails' terrified warning in his spiritual world, forced him to suppress that anger.
["Bee! Wood Release has a very strong restraining effect on Tailed Beasts! Don't let him get close to you!"]
"Damn it! I know, Tailed Beast Eight Scrolls!"
Killer Bee shouted through clenched teeth.
Immediately afterward, eight octopus tentacles wrapped completely around the Eight-Tails' massive true body, then began to spin.
In no time, a terrifying storm was whipped up.
Nearby small mountains were ground to pieces by this dreadful storm, and the surrounding area was completely flattened.
"How is that possible?"
However, after the dust filling the sky dispersed, Killer Bee discovered in horror that Aoba had not been blown away at all, but was still standing there steadily.
Next, six more arms grew from behind the gigantic wooden giant. All eight arms reached together toward the Eight-Tails' eight tails.
Not only that, at the same time, nine golden chakra chains extended from behind Aoba, wrapping around the eight arms.
["Bee! Don't let that thing touch you!"]
The Eight-Tails, Gyuki, shouted in terror.
But Killer Bee was already completely unable to resist. The eight enormous wooden hands perfectly grabbed the eight tails.
In just an instant, Killer Bee felt an even stronger wave of weakness wash over him. At the same time, the gigantic Tailed Beast body began to shrink bit by bit back into Killer Bee's body.
["Little Eight… your chakra…"]
Killer Bee called out in his heart, but received no response anymore.
With Adamantine Sealing Chains and Wood Release, plus Aoba's own attainments in sealing techniques, if the connection between the two could not be completely cut off, that would be the real problem.
Very soon, Killer Bee returned to his normal state, followed by the same unconscious treatment as the Fourth Raikage.
"Next, it's time to bring the Cloud Hidden Village under my control."
After dealing with Kumogakure's two greatest trump cards, Aoba shifted his gaze to the many Cloud ninjas standing on the outskirts of the village, their faces filled with shock and their eyes vacant.
At this moment, seeing that Aoba had already dealt with the Eight-Tails and the Fourth Raikage, the Six Paths of Pain all appeared behind him together.
It was not that they had chosen not to help earlier, but that the battle had unfolded too quickly, leaving them no time to intervene.
"It seems… your strength may indeed truly be above mine."
"Say something everyone doesn't already know."
"..."
Deva Path Pain: "Then next—"
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Release Song Technique!"
Before the words even finished, from a distant mountaintop, a fire dragon flew straight toward the two of them.
"Hm? There's still an enemy?"
Deva Path Pain showed slight surprise. The Preta Path appeared directly in front of the fire dragon and absorbed the incoming flames in their entirety.
Everyone turned to look toward the person who had just released the Fire Release.
"?"
Aoba's mind was full of question marks.
'Why did this thing come out?'
Uchiha Hikari was not surprised that her attack had been absorbed. Instead, she stared coldly at Aoba, gritting her teeth.
"Aoba! You Senju clan member, and you bastard who likes to treat female ninjas as ninja tools…"
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