Chapter 100: Chapter 100
Boom, boom, boom!
The violent hurricane generated by the energy sphere forcibly pushed Killer B back.
The young Kumo-nin, caught off guard, was also blown away and ended up hanging from a tree.
"What kind of terrifying power is that? Is this really still ninjutsu?"
The young Kumo-nin felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness sweep through his entire body.
"A-sama... should be fine, right?"
"He should be fine. He has chakra armor, after all! That armor’s defense is strong enough to let him survive even a direct attack from a tailed beast. That’s right. He’ll definitely be fine."
The young Kumo-nin kept trying to reassure himself, but his face only grew paler.
"You bastard!"
Not far away, Killer B saw what had happened and instantly flew into a rage.
His entire body rapidly entered a tailed beast transformation state.
Several tentacles stretched out from his back, and his body kept expanding until he became a small mountain-like monster.
His lower half was an octopus, his upper half was a bull, and horns rose from his head as a vicious, terrifying aura erupted from him.
It was the Eight-Tails, Gyūki.
"Hah—!"
He widened his eyes and opened his mouth, condensing a high-density ball of chakra before firing it toward the mass of energy left behind by Kiriya’s Rasenshuriken explosion.
The remaining aftermath of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, which was already close to fading, was instantly crushed.
Killer B used his massive tentacles to scatter the dust and smoke, revealing the scene at the center of the explosion.
A lay sprawled on the ground, his eyes shut, his condition unknown.
Wind Release naturally countered Lightning Release, and the attack Kiriya had launched in Sage Mode had been even more powerful.
A was still young and had not yet reached the peak he would possess during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
In the end, he had failed to withstand it and suffered unprecedented injuries.
"Big bro."
Killer B lifted A with one of his tentacles.
As his two huge bull eyes looked at A’s faint, dying breath, they were instantly ignited by rage.
"Take big bro away. As far as possible."
Killer B handed A to the young Kumo-nin and gave the order.
The young Kumo-nin could not help shuddering.
This was the first time he had heard such an icy voice from Killer B.
It no longer sounded human.
It was more like a demon crawling out of the abyss, or a vengeful monster slaughtering its way out of hell.
’B-sama... isn’t going berserk, is he?’
The thought frightened the young Kumo-nin so badly that his whole body jolted.
He quickly carried A and rushed toward the outer area.
After all, once a tailed beast went berserk, it truly made no distinction between friend and foe.
He did not want to get caught up in it and end up with nothing left of his body.
Remembering the scene of the previous Eight-Tails jinchūriki going berserk, the young Kumo-nin moved even faster.
"Oh, so this time it’s the berserk jinchūriki mode?"
Kiriya examined him with great interest.
Because of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, his chakra consumption was enormous, and he had already been forced out of Sage Mode.
Yet even when facing this powerful tailed beast second only to the Nine-Tails, Kiriya showed no fear or panic at all.
"You hurt big bro. That’s unforgivable! I’ll smash you into pieces so thoroughly you’ll never find peace."
Killer B did not hesitate. He opened with his strongest move.
An enormous amount of yin and yang chakra poured out from his mouth, then rapidly compressed under Killer B’s precise control.
Mixed at an exact ratio of two to eight, it formed a massive sphere.
A Tailed Beast Bomb.
Because he was attacking in anger, this Tailed Beast Bomb held nothing back. It was the result of his full power.
"Wow. So this is a Tailed Beast Bomb?"
Kiriya felt the destructive energy pulsing inside it and could not help exclaiming in admiration.
"It feels like one shot would be enough to shave off the top of a mountain. That really is terrifying."
"DIEEEEEEEEE!"
Killer B roared and fired the Tailed Beast Bomb toward Kiriya. Everywhere it passed, trees and rocks shattered.
Even the slightest leaked energy from that high-density chakra sphere was enough to produce devastating results.
Whoosh—
The Tailed Beast Bomb tore a massive trench through the ground before landing heavily where Kiriya had been standing.
Then it erupted.
Boom!
An energy storm far larger than Kiriya’s earlier Wind Release: Rasenshuriken swept outward.
Countless serpent-like cracks tore through the earth, and the ground within several kilometers trembled violently.
Splat!
The young Kumo-nin, who had not managed to get very far, was shoved forward by the energy storm behind him and nearly fell flat on his face.
Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough, sparing him that miserable fate.
He stiffly turned his head and felt that world-destroying power raging behind him.
A soul-deep shudder rushed from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
That feeling was both terrifying and exhilarating.
"With that kind of power, that Konoha brat should be dead, right?"
The young Kumo-nin murmured.
But when he thought of Kiriya’s troublesome abilities, he still could not feel certain.
"In any case, I need to report this to headquarters first and let Raikage-sama make the decision."
He had always been the type of shinobi suited for long-distance sensing and communication.
The reason he had been paired with the A-B brothers was to report the situation to the village at all times.
And now was the critical moment.
At the center of the battlefield, Killer B panted slightly. Even for him, using a Tailed Beast Bomb like that was exhausting.
But compared with his own consumption, he cared more about Kiriya’s condition.
"Did I get him?"
He blew out a breath, creating a strong wind that dispersed the dust and smoke, revealing the true state of the battlefield.
The place where Kiriya had originally stood had already become a huge crater.
An enormous amount of rock and soil had been annihilated into nothingness by the Tailed Beast Bomb.
But there, Killer B did not see Kiriya’s body.
"Was he completely destroyed?"
That guess was reasonable, but Killer B found it hard to believe.
That boy was far too strange!
"Sorry to disappoint you."
Kiriya’s voice rang out, making Killer B’s body stiffen.
When he turned around, he saw Kiriya walking out from behind a large tree, his expression relaxed, as if he had just finished a cup of tea.
"How is that possible? You actually withstood a Tailed Beast Bomb... No, I see. It was that strange movement technique."
Killer B instinctively wanted to deny it, but halfway through, his words changed as he understood the principle behind it.
"That’s right."
Kiriya nodded.
Why had he chosen the battlefield in advance?
It was precisely so he could set up Flying Thunder God formulas in different locations beforehand.
Considering the Eight-Tails’ large-scale area attacks, Kiriya had placed the formulas as widely as possible.
Now, looking at the result, that decision had clearly been correct.
’I really am a damn genius.’
Kiriya felt rather pleased with himself, but on the surface, he remained calm and casual, showing off without leaving a trace.
"If you escaped, why did you come back?"
Killer B was curious.
"Because I haven’t had enough fun yet, of course."
Kiriya smiled.
The Eight-Tails was such a powerful human punching bag.
It would be a waste not to make good use of him.
"Hmph. That technique of yours has already ended. You’re in no position to act cool here. You should’ve run when you had the chance. Now watch me beat you into a freak show!"
As Killer B spoke, he swung his massive tentacles toward Kiriya.
"Ended? I don’t think so."
The corner of Kiriya’s mouth curved upward, and he clapped his hands together.
At some unknown location, one of his shadow clones vanished.
Senjutsu chakra instantly refilled his body, and orange eye shadow appeared at the corners of his eyes.
"Sage Mode, activate!"
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu."
In an instant, a wooden dragon roughly two meters thick surged forward and coiled around the Eight-Tails’ body, binding him tightly.
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