The world went silent for a moment.
That world-destroying red beam, under the blade Aokawa lightly swung down,
Was cut in two from the middle.
Boom!
The dark red torrent of energy, split in two, roared past Aokawa's sides.
They didn't weaken in the slightest, piercing through everything behind him in an unstoppable manner.
Two hills in the distance, before this energy, had large chunks of rock blasted out like sandcastles.
The earth was plowed into two bottomless, massive ravines; the scorched soil turned over, billowing thick smoke.
Forests, rocks, everything was reduced to nothingness under this ultimate power.
Only behind Aokawa, the patch of dense forest where Kakashi and the others were, remained intact.
"He... he cut it..."
Nii Yugito, pinned down by Uchiha Inabi, froze completely.
Her amber pupils reflected the scene of destruction in the distance, her lips opening and closing unconsciously.
"To think..."
"This guy actually..."
"Cut the Eight-Tails' full-power Tailed Beast Bomb... with a blade!"
Just what kind of monster is this!
Matatabi within her also fell into a long silence.
As a Tailed Beast, it knew better than anyone what a Tailed Beast Bomb represented.
It was pure, ultimate destructive power.
It was the symbol of their authority as "natural disasters."
And now, this authority was nonchalantly severed by a human with a Light Blade that appeared out of nowhere.
The hearts of Kakashi and the others pounded wildly in their chests.
Their breath became scalding.
This had already exceeded their understanding of the word "powerful."
A Tailed Beast Bomb of this level—even if Hokage-sama were here, it would likely be impossible to split it head-on so easily!
Not far away, the Konoha and Kumogakure Ninjas who had just arrived all stopped in their tracks in unison.
Like a group of Mortals who had wandered into a mythical Battlefield, their faces were filled with fear and bewilderment.
No one dared to step forward.
No one dared to run away either.
Before a battle of this level, their existence was no different from pebbles on the roadside.
In the distance.
Chirabi, the Seven-Tails' massive body floated in the air, his crimson beast pupils staring fixedly at Aokawa.
Or rather, staring at the blue-white Light Blade in his hand.
In his spiritual world, the Eight-Tails Gyuki let out a heaven-shaking roar.
"A mere human!"
"How dare he! How dare he!!"
A massive sense of humiliation almost burned away its sanity.
It had lived for thousands of years.
Since when could a brat who hadn't even grown all his hair yet climb over Lord Gyuki's head and act so high and mighty!
"Bee!"
"From now on, I'm taking control!"
The Eight-Tails Gyuki roared in the spiritual world.
No sooner had the words been spoken,
In the distance, Aokawa moved.
He lightly swung the Light Blade in his hand to his side.
It wasn't aimed at anyone.
Boom!
Beneath his feet, a huge area of ground over ten meters in diameter was forcibly lifted from the lake bottom by the invisible force generated by his swing!
Massive rocks mixed with mud and water plants tumbled in the air.
In the next instant, Aokawa's figure arrived in a flash, appearing behind the lifted giant rock.
He raised his leg and delivered several powerful heavy kicks, slamming into the rock!
The massive rock, like a cannonball leaving the barrel, whistled sharply as it flew rapidly toward the Eight-Tails.
"Human, don't look down on me!"
The Eight-Tails, now completely controlled by Gyuki, let out an angry roar.
It swung two massive Chakra palms to meet the flying rock, slamming down hard.
Bam! Bam!
The massive rock was easily smashed into fragments filling the sky under its palms.
Dust filled the air.
However, in the next instant.
Gyuki suddenly lowered its head.
It saw, beneath the scattered fragments of rock, a figure hugging the ground like a bolt of blue-white lightning, instantly lunging in front of it.
Aokawa held the Light Blade in one hand and looked up.
In those pure white eyes, there was no emotion.
Just looking at it indifferently.
"Oh no!"
Alarm bells rang in Gyuki's mind.
It exerted all its strength, its massive body retreating rapidly.
Shink—
That blue-white Light Blade passed perilously close to the tip of its nose.
The extreme dodge allowed it to escape this fatal strike.
Due to inertia, the Light Blade tapped against a mountain wall beside it.
There was no sound.
On the mountain wall, an incredibly smooth cut line appeared out of thin air.
A second later.
Rumble—
The mountain wall suddenly split open at the position of that cut line.
All the rocks above the crack instantly shattered, turning into countless stones that tumbled down.
The dust settled.
That hill was left with a cut surface as smooth as a mirror.
The entire upper tip had disappeared.
Looking at this scene, a look of uncertainty and shock appeared in the Eight-Tails Gyuki's crimson beast pupils for the first time.
Before it could react,
Aokawa's figure had already disappeared from its sight.
"So fast!"
Gyuki was terrified and hurriedly turned around, swinging a massive Chakra arm violently behind it.
However, it swung at nothing.
A blue light flashed past behind it.
In the air, a dark red Tailed Beast arm was thrown high, decomposing into pure Chakra and vanishing into thin air.
"Roar—!"
The intense pain of the severed arm made Gyuki let out a pained howl.
Its massive body retreated explosively, all the way to the edge of the dense forest in the distance.
Its venomous gaze locked onto Aokawa.
Then, it saw the panicked red-eyed female Ninja under the tree.
A glint of insane vengeful pleasure flashed in Gyuki's crimson eyes.
Its only remaining hand, carrying destructive power, swung violently toward Kurenai Yuhi under the tree!
Kurenai Yuhi's delicate face instantly lost all color.
A massive shadow enveloped her, the aura of death making her breath hitch, her body completely unable to move.
Just as the Eight-Tails' bone-covered palm was about to touch her,
A powerful hand suddenly appeared.
It grabbed the Eight-Tails' bone mask.
Thump!
Aokawa grabbed the Eight-Tails' head, and his whole body turned into a blue-white stream of light, flying out rapidly!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Along the way, countless thick trees were snapped one after another!
Hard rocks were smashed to pieces!
The earth was plowed into a shocking ravine!
Finally, Aokawa's palm suddenly squeezed hard.
Crack!
That hideous white bone mask shattered in response.
Grabbing the Eight-Tails' head, he slammed it heavily against a towering mountain wall!
Boom—!
The entire mountain wall shook violently, and spiderweb-like cracks spread frantically.
Immediately following that,
Aokawa grabbed the Eight-Tails by the neck.
He forcibly yanked its massive, limp body out of the deeply recessed mountain wall.
Aokawa looked up at the Eight-Tails in his hand, its limbs and tails hanging limply.
"Who allowed you... to touch her!"
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