When the Raikage hit the ground his feet planted straight into the earth.
Crack! Crack!
He pulled his legs out with a grim face.
Only then did the rest of the Kumogakure forces trickle in.
After all, their speed couldn't match the Raikage's.
"Boss, did Yagura get away?"
Although the situation was obvious, Cee still asked for clarity as far as deployment was concerned.
The Raikage was very frustrated, but could only answer in the affirmative.
"Yagura isn't seriously injured, he might come back again."
"Return and hold a meeting first."
No sooner had the Raikage and the others returned than Dodai came running over.
"Raikage, news about Killer Bee and Yugito."
Dodai happened to be carrying an intelligence report, "Just received."
The Raikage opened the report and his face darkened further, "Uchiha Rengoku attacked Killer Bee and Yugito's squad alone, hundreds dead and wounded."
"But Rengoku's left hand was badly injured; he has withdrawn."
"Now Killer Bee and Yugito are asking how to proceed."
Dodai and Cee both realized, this Uchiha and Yagura were clearly acting together.
Their purpose was to make Kumogakure unable to cover both front and rear.
"We need to deal with Yagura's air raids first before we consider striking the Land of Fire."
Cee suggested from the side.
The Raikage agreed, "Tell Killer Bee and Yugito not to linger, return immediately."
Dodai frowned and considered, "Our messages have been sent, but they probably only just received them today."
"And Uchiha Rengoku won't make it that easy for them to return."
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Dodai's prediction was correct.
Before Killer Bee had even received the order to withdraw, Rengoku attacked for the second time.
After revealing his recovery ability, Killer Bee and Yugito were unsure of themselves.
On top of that Rengoku had once again opened Sage Mode.
Both of them looked miserable, but Rengoku had no intention of fighting them, he turned and went to kill other Kumogakure shinobi.
"Damn it! Rengoku, what do you want?"
Killer Bee was shocked and furious. Rengoku had slaughtered two of his comrades before he realized.
Yugito pressed both hands to the ground; the hair on the back of her head exploded outward. Ahe had completed a half-tailed transformation.
Her arm that had been severed by the chakra surgical blade hadn't healed yet, so she couldn't fully tailed-beast transform.
Seeing that Rengoku wasn't answering, Killer Bee quickly went into half-tailed transformation as well.
Both of them were wrapped in massive Tailed Beast cloaks and lunged at Rengoku.
One used claws, the other used blades.
Yugito was faster and had already reached Rengoku's rear.
At that moment Rengoku had just sliced a Kumogakure shinobi's head off with a single stroke.
He sidestepped Yugito's cat-claws, spun, and with a side kick struck Yugito in the waist.
Yugito grunted and was thrown back repeatedly.
"UUUH!"
Killer Bee made a weird cry, spinning like a top as he slashed down.
It was his years-honed taijutsu, now combined with Tailed Beast transformation and his lightning chakra to form a supersonic thunder-style blade.
"Illusion!", Rengoku snorted; his Mangekyo Sharingan spun.
Even if Killer Bee spun like a top, he still couldn't escape observation by the Mangekyo Sharingan.
In Sage Mode Rengoku's three-dimensional perception was greatly enhanced.
With a single downward cut, Rengoku sent two of Killer Bee's blades flying; the reverberating swing knocked Killer Bee's knee and a blade at his waist away.
Now Killer Bee was left with only two blades in his right hand and one on his left shoulder.
Rengoku slapped his left hand precisely onto Killer Bee's shoulder, how could a blade trapped by muscle withstand a Sage Mode strike?
The blade flew out and Rengoku grabbed his shoulder.
One of Killer Bee's two right-hand blades flew toward Rengoku's head; the other slashed at Rengoku's right hand.
Rengoku twisted Killer Bee's left shoulder, pulling his body.
He tilted his head slightly to avoid the blade edge, and another cut struck Killer Bee's last blade.
Clang!
The supersonic thunder-style blade, infused with lightning chakra, was extremely sharp.
Under Sage Mode Rengoku's strength was also great.
The final strike broke the weapon in Rengoku's hand.
Killer Bee was sent flying by the blow.
His technique was rendered a joke.
Meanwhile Yugito had regrouped and, taking advantage of Rengoku's broken weapon, lunged at him.
Rengoku opened his hand and an enormous Susanoo palm instantly extended, slapping Yugito.
Crack!
With a crisp sound the claw on Yugito's hand was blasted off.
Her tail whipped around and struck the Susanoo hand.
She used the momentum to spring back out, otherwise she would have been captured outright.
"Heh, useless!", Rengoku chuckled lightly, which enraged Yugito.
"Damn!"
As Yugito flared in anger she met Rengoku's gaze.
Thud!
A massive pupil power radiated out.
Yugito's head felt like it had been struck with a heavy club, and Rengoku seized the moment to close in.
'Oh no!'
Yugito was terrified. If she were captured again she would become Kumogakure's breakthrough point.
Whoosh!
A blade wrapped in lightning chakra flew from Yugito's side toward Rengoku's chest.
Rengoku held his hand across.
The Susanoo's bone frame burst through.
Crack!
The basic skeleton immediately cracked; Rengoku used that chance to leap back.
He headed toward the other Kumogakure shinobi. After retracting Susanoo and carefully sensing, having acquired the True Bow eye technique, he estimated he had used about 40% less pupil power with Susanoo.
Still, Rengoku felt it was a loss, jinchuriki power could recover, but his pupil power could not.
At that moment Killer Bee had already swung and landed behind Yugito.
Yugito's whole body trembled and she finally regained control.
One of her hands still couldn't be used, and the claw on her other hand had been broken.
"You provide the long-range Tailed Beast Balls, I'll do the main attack!"
As the Eight-Tails jinchuriki Killer Bee had almost no injuries apart from losing some weapons. He was in very good condition, one step and he was chasing after Rengoku.
BOOM!
Rengoku punched down a Kumogakure shinobi preparing to assist.
He dodged another shinobi's slash, took his weapon, and with a single cut bisected him at the waist.
"ARGHHH!", the Kumogakure man could only howl in pain on the ground.
But a massive chakra reaction came from behind Rengoku.
"ROAR!"
Killer Bee fully tailed-beast transformed.
His eight octopus legs extended and coiled toward Rengoku.
Rengoku didn't hold back, he focused both eyes, "Amaterasu!"
Huge black flames slammed into the bull-headed octopus body.
"Ow! Ow! Ow!"
The gyuki roared as a chakra cloak erupted around it, bearing Amaterasu outward.
Rengoku was a bit surprised; he hadn't expected the fully transformed Eight-Tails to be able to wear a Tailed Beast cloak.
Killer Bee reeled in an octopus tentacle burning with Amaterasu.
Rengoku's expression turned serious.
Susanoo!
A black Susanoo instantly protected Rengoku.
As the octopus tentacles coiled toward Rengoku, one leg quietly snapped off the octopus body.
The other six legs, with Amaterasu, rolled in.
Inside Susanoo Rengoku immediately sensed something was wrong, the gyuki's power shouldn't be this small.
In the blink of an eye, a Tailed Beast Ball had already been shot toward him.
BOOM!
This Tailed Beast Ball packed considerable force; a massive explosion followed.
The gyuki that had wrapped Rengoku was thrown out and in midair became an octopus tentacle.
But Rengoku had already vanished.
Killer Bee appeared amid the falling tentacles.
He searched around and found only the undying Amaterasu.
Rengoku had disappeared without a trace.
"Damn it, he got away again!"
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