At that moment, Ryosuke stepped out from behind a large boulder by the sea.
"You came," he said.
The moment Killer Bee saw him, his expression turned grim.
'How could this guy have gotten ahead of me?'
He had been running at full speed the entire way. And yet, he hadn't seen Ryosuke overtake him even once.
Could it be space-time ninjutsu? If that were the case, then escaping would be nearly impossible. No matter how fast he ran, it would be meaningless against space-time techniques.
Hopefully, someone will inform the Fourth Raikage and get him here quickly using the Heavenly Transfer Technique. Until then, he had to hold out.
Ryosuke looked at Killer Bee and began considering his options.
'What's the best way to take this guy down?'
Without using the explosive Eight Gates Release Technique, he honestly wasn't sure how to fight anymore.
The Eight Gates were straightforward, if you were strong enough, you didn't need techniques. Just punch and kick until your enemy went down.
So, instead, he opted for ninjutsu. He clasped his hands together.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique."
A massive fireball surged toward Killer Bee.
As Ryosuke's chakra grew stronger, he found that he no longer needed to form so many hand seals to channel it into flame. His chakra was just too powerful, it ignited naturally.
Killer Bee's face twisted at the sight of the oncoming fireball.
'This is almost like a Tailed Beast Bomb... can a human really produce something like this?'
It was absurdly strong. If someone told him this was Uchiha Madara's doing, Killer Bee would've believed it. Who else in the ninja world could summon such a massive fireball?
Even Uchiha Ryosuke, at least the one Killer Bee knew, shouldn't have been capable of this.
Faced with such an enormous Great Fireball, there was nowhere to run. The Tailed Beast Chakra Cloak clearly wouldn't be enough, it would be incinerated.
There was only one option left.
Tailed Beast Chakra burst from his body in a surge. A cloud of smoke enveloped him. In an instant, he fully transformed into his Tailed Beast form.
A giant creature with a bull's head and octopus tails stood where Killer Bee had been.
He used his massive body to block the blazing fireball. Even protected by the Eight-Tails, Killer Bee felt the unbearable heat.
'This guy's fire is too hot...'
If it had been anyone else using Fire Style, it wouldn't have harmed him at all in this state.
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Nearby, the Hidden Cloud ninjas who had rushed to assist stood frozen in shock.
That man in black, his attack was beyond terrifying. Even from a distance, they could feel the searing heat sweeping over them. Let alone Killer Bee, who was taking it head-on. They were seriously concerned.
The flames licked outward from both sides of the Eight-Tails, igniting the trees on the island.
Worse still, they remembered: This island rests on the back of a giant turtle. If the turtle sensed this heat and dove underwater, all their facilities would be ruined.
Ryosuke noticed that his opponent had managed to endure the attack. Of course, he hadn't used full strength. He, too, knew this was a turtle island. He could have made the fireball cover half the island. But then the turtle might dive, and if that happened, how was he supposed to fish the Eight-Tails out of the ocean?
This had just been a test.
If Killer Bee could take it, fine. But if he wanted to tear open the Tailed Beast and extract Killer Bee... then he'd need to use that technique.
With the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he could summon a Complete-Body Susanoo.
Before, with his regular Mangekyo, he could only form the second stage, just the armored upper body.
He looked at Killer Bee and smiled. "Now, let me show you something good."
Killer Bee had a sinking feeling. After enduring that wall of fire, what could possibly come next?
Ryosuke crossed his arms, and all his chakra exploded outward.
An exoskeleton began forming around him. Bones emerged, wrapped in muscle and armor, shaping into a massive Complete-Body Susanoo.
It wielded an enormous broadsword. Unlike the typical katana other Susanoo used, his weapon was a cleaver-like broadsword, more brutal, more suited to him.
It was almost as if Susanoo itself had adjusted to reflect Ryosuke's nature.
He could even feel it now, he could make this Susanoo fly.
With his current chakra reserves, running out wasn't even a concern.
Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, was dumbfounded.
'What the hell is this thing?!'
It was massive. He had already transformed into the full Eight-Tails, more than 60 meters tall. A walking catastrophe by human standards.
But even so, the Eight-Tails only reached this Susanoo's waist. Which meant this Susanoo was over 100 meters tall.
Now Killer Bee finally understood, why the clash between Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara had torn landscapes apart and reshaped terrain.
If that broadsword came down, it could flatten a mountain.
And Senju Hashirama had been even stronger than Uchiha Madara. His jutsu must have been on a whole different level, world-shattering.
Compared to that, Killer Bee was just a child. Even as the powerful Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, he was nothing in the face of that.
Inside the massive Susanoo, Ryosuke could feel everything clearly.
There was a direct, limb-like connection between him and the Susanoo, he could control it as easily as his own body.
He raised the broadsword and swung it toward the Eight-Tails before him. The momentum was overwhelming. He wanted to drag the Jinchuriki, Killer Bee, out of the Tailed Beast.
And first, he had to split the beast wide open.
Killer Bee watched the incoming strike, completely dazed.
'This... is the end.'
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