At the city wall, the place that had just been struck by Shukaku's incredibly powerful Tailed Beast Bomb had instantly been blasted open with a massive hole.
And after unleashing that attack, the violently berserk aura around Shukaku rapidly faded quite a bit.
After all, the current Shukaku wasn't appearing in its true body, but was instead manifesting through Rasa's body as a vessel.
The only reason it had been able to fire such a powerful Tailed Beast Bomb was because Obito had continuously poured dark chakra into it.
But now, after all the accumulated energy inside its body had been completely discharged through that attack, if Shukaku wanted to launch another attack on that scale, Rasa would probably wake up from his sleep.
Having finally regained its freedom, Shukaku naturally wouldn't let go of this rare opportunity to wreak havoc and vent the violent rage it had bottled up for so long.
Being locked inside a jinchuriki all year round already made it explosively irritable to begin with, and Rasa had even dared try to order it around. What a joke.
Just after it blasted a huge hole in the city wall, a figure suddenly sped over from the sky above.
More accurately, it was three people flying together atop a floating sand platform.
Shukaku focused its eyes and immediately burst into loud laughter, "Hahaha! So it's you, brat! Didn't expect you to grow this big already!"
The one who came was none other than Gaara, who once shared a deep connection with Shukaku.
Ever since Shukaku had been revived and captured again, every jinchuriki it experienced afterward had been complete trash.
Although Rasa's strength was indeed formidable, Shukaku hated him to the extreme.
Every single time it managed to break free from Rasa's body, what awaited it was always a brutal beating from the people of Sunagakure.
Compared to Rasa, however, Gaara's face was obviously much more pleasing to look at.
A trace of surprise appeared on Gaara's face. Clearly, even he hadn't expected the long-disappeared Shukaku to take the initiative to speak to him now.
"Shukaku? Why are you here? Where's Rasa?"
Gaara asked urgently.
The meaning behind his question was obvious. He wanted to know why the one controlling this body wasn't Rasa himself.
In reality, the Rasa hidden within Shukaku's body had already been completely forced into a deep sleep by the technique cast through Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan.
Control of this body now entirely belonged to Shukaku.
Shukaku's mental state was unstable, fluctuating between lucidity and madness.
There had never been any deep bond between it and Gaara. The only reason it had called out to him earlier was merely because, after making a comparison, it casually found Gaara more agreeable.
And now, facing Gaara's barrage of questions, Shukaku had no interest whatsoever in answering.
It suddenly threw back its head and let out a sharp, ear-piercing laugh before launching a fierce attack without any warning.
In an instant, Shukaku violently swung its arm upward. A massive amount of sand rapidly gathered together as though drawn by some mysterious force.
The sand formed into a dense, overwhelming barrage like a surging flood as it roared straight toward Gaara.
Gaara remained completely calm at the sight.
He swiftly raised both hands, and at the same time, the massive sand gourd on his back suddenly spewed out countless thick sand streams.
The sand streams intertwined and fused together in front of him at lightning speed, instantly forming an impregnable sand wall that firmly blocked Shukaku's fierce assault.
Haku and Kimimaro exchanged a glance in perfect understanding before immediately jumping off the sand platform without hesitation.
The speed difference between carrying one person and carrying three wasn't small at all.
Gaara gave the two of them a look, signaling that he could handle this himself.
Clearly, against a thick-skinned monster like Shukaku, both Kimimaro and Haku would have a hard time dealing with it.
Gaara, however, was different. Standing atop the sand platform, he could both attack and retreat freely, and with his complete understanding of Shukaku's attack patterns, he could ensure his own safety.
Of course, there was another important reason, he wanted to use this chance to prove his own strength.
Kimimaro and Haku flashed aside and quietly stood by in support for Gaara.
However, they weren't idle. They quickly adjusted their condition and accelerated their absorption of the surrounding natural energy at full speed, preparing themselves in case of any sudden situation.
After successfully blocking Shukaku's first fierce wave of attacks, Gaara shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, riding the sand platform straight toward Shukaku's massive head at lightning speed.
With Shukaku's body now this gigantic, the only way to land an effective attack was to get close.
"Hahaha! Insolent little fly, die!"
Shukaku opened its enormous maw and unleashed a deafening roar, the terrifying soundwaves crashing toward Gaara like an overwhelming tide.
The massive and imposing Shukaku raised its razor-sharp claw high into the air before violently slamming it against its own swollen belly.
At the same time, it let out a furious roar, "Air Bullet!"
In an instant, an extremely powerful pressure of wind rapidly condensed into a gigantic compressed air shell that blasted out from Shukaku's mouth.
Facing the incoming attack, Gaara showed no trace of panic.
He instantly lifted his body upward, rising lightly like a bird taking flight.
Gaara narrowly swept past the side of the air shell fired by Shukaku.
The terrifying attack carved a massive trench directly into the ground, while rows of houses along its path collapsed and shattered like paper.
The entire area turned into chaos, as though it had just been ravaged by a super typhoon. Countless objects were swept up by the violent currents of air and sent flying everywhere.
This was a powerful attack unleashed by a fifty-meter-tall Shukaku.
For ordinary humans, even being caught in the slightest aftermath of the Air Bullet would probably be impossible to endure.
Fortunately, Gaara wasn't unprepared. He still had methods to deal with it and confidence in handling the situation.
At that moment, the massive gourd strapped to Gaara's back suddenly burst open.
An endless torrent of specially reinforced sand surged out like a flood breaking through a dam, racing outward in every direction at incredible speed.
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