"Lightning Release Chakra Mode: Full Power!"
The Fourth Raikage's body suddenly flared with brilliant electricity. His pale blond hair stood on end as he instantly entered his ultimate state—one capable of dodging even Amaterasu.
"Lightning Body Flicker!"
In the next instant, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a bolt of blue lightning, hurtling toward Jie Uchiha at a speed completely incomprehensible to ordinary men.
"Going all out right from the start!" A hint of surprise flashed across Jie's face. He hadn't expected the Fourth Raikage to adopt a desperate, do-or-die stance so quickly.
"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"
"Tailed Beast Cloak: Eight-Tails!"
Eight tails instantly formed behind him as dark red Tailed Beast Chakra enveloped Jie's entire body, making him look exactly like a miniature Eight-Tails. Susanoo was simply too cumbersome, and the Fourth Raikage's speed was far too great. Therefore, Jie also intended to rely on taijutsu for a swift and decisive clash.
'Eight-Tails Chakra?' Seeing Jie's current state, the Fourth Raikage's eyes filled with disbelief, causing even his high-speed momentum to falter for a fraction of a second.
After the Eight-Tails had been sealed within Killer B, it had rampaged on several occasions. The Fourth Raikage himself had personally suppressed the beast multiple times, making him intimately familiar with its Chakra. Because of this, he was absolutely certain that the dense energy radiating from Jie Uchiha was indeed the true Tailed Beast Chakra of the Eight-Tails.
However, the Eight-Tails had always remained securely in Kumogakure, sealed inside Killer B. Just where did Jie Uchiha get his hands on it? In fact, based solely on the sheer intensity of the Chakra, the Fourth Raikage felt that Jie looked more like the true Jinchuriki.
"What is the meaning of this?" the Fourth Raikage muttered subconsciously.
Jie had no intention of answering him. Beneath the bestial slits of his Tailed Beast eyes, his Mangekyo Sharingan continuously locked onto the Raikage's trajectory.
Jie's transformation made the Fourth Raikage hesitant, but giving up was clearly not a wise choice. Gritting his teeth, the Raikage directly unleashed his signature move.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
Gathering a massive amount of Lightning Release Chakra across his entire body, the Fourth Raikage charged ferociously toward Jie, intending to deliver a fatal blow using his immense physical strength.
"Eight-Tails: Tail Blade!"
Under Jie's precise control, the eight tails of his Chakra cloak acted like eight longswords, slashing forward along calculated trajectories.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Ultimately, the tail blades were just a manifestation of the Tailed Beast Cloak. No matter how fluidly Jie manipulated them, they were simply aggregates of raw Chakra and couldn't replicate the exquisite mastery of a true swordsman. Rather than blades, they functioned more like eight heavy staffs relentlessly bombarding the earth.
During the brief intervals between each tail strike, the Fourth Raikage twisted and leaped, narrowly evading the thrashing appendages to finally close the distance to his target.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
An enormous volume of lightning condensed at the elbow of the Fourth Raikage's intact left arm. It was obvious he intended to land a devastating, ruthless strike.
"Eight-Tails: Head Blade!"
A thick patch of greyish-white bone rapidly materialized over the Tailed Beast Cloak covering Jie's head.
Thud! With a muffled, heavy impact, Jie's armored head met the Fourth Raikage's elbow head-on. In an instant, the ground beneath them caved in by dozens of meters. The earth fractured and splintered in a radius of over a hundred meters, sending a massive shockwave and intense tremors rolling outward.
The surrounding Konoha and Kumogakure shinobi were immediately sent stumbling, falling over one another.
"The Young Clan Head is clashing with the enemy!"
"The Young Clan Head will win!" the Konoha shinobi cheered excitedly.
"No, the Fourth Raikage is invincible!" the Kumogakure shinobi roared back. "Die, you Konoha scum!"
And just like that, the entire battlefield devolved into a chaotic, bloody brawl once more.
'How can his strength be this great? Even when B uses the Tailed Beast Cloak, he doesn't possess this much raw power!' Feeling the overwhelming force pressing against his wrist, the Fourth Raikage's heart filled with shock.
The Lariat was his most proficient taijutsu. In terms of pure destructive force, it was only slightly weaker than the Hell Stab: One-Finger Nukite. Yet here, it was completely ineffective against Jie Uchiha.
Before the Fourth Raikage could fully process his shock, he saw the eight tails behind Jie whipping viciously toward him.
"Retreat!"
Within a split second, the Fourth Raikage made a decisive choice, pushing off the ground with immense force to leap backward.
Boom! Missing his target, Jie didn't panic in the slightest. He simply let his tails curl inward, wrapping securely around his own body.
"Tailed Beast Eight Twists!"
This was a Tailed Beast taijutsu developed by Killer B after perfectly mastering the Eight-Tails' power. During his previous battle with B, Jie had faithfully copied the technique with his Sharingan, and now he was putting it to excellent use.
Although he hadn't entered a full Tailed Beast Transformation—which severely limited the technique's true destructive potential—Jie wasn't aiming to level the terrain.
Massive boulders were instantly shattered by the spinning force. Under Jie's control, the jagged fragments shot out, hurtling toward the Fourth Raikage at blinding speeds.
If there were only a few rocks, they wouldn't pose any threat to the Raikage; he could simply smash them aside with a punch. But right now, Jie was churning up every large boulder within a radius of hundreds of meters. The sheer volume blocked out the sky. Furthermore, each projectile carried Jie's own immense force. After shattering just a few of them, the Fourth Raikage immediately felt his left hand begin to tingle with numbness.
'What a troublesome Jutsu!'
Left with no other option, the Fourth Raikage leaped into mid-air, using the incoming boulders as stepping stones to rapidly navigate the bombardment and close the distance to Jie.
"Hook, line, and sinker," Jie murmured, a faint smile touching the corners of his lips as he watched the Raikage's movements.
The Tailed Beast Eight Twists was a devastating technique meant to annihilate landscapes. An incomplete transformation couldn't unleash its true might anyway. From the very beginning, Jie's sole purpose was to force the Fourth Raikage into the air.
"It's over."
Jie ceased his spinning. Opening his mouth wide, massive amounts of Yin and Yang Chakra began to condense rapidly. In the blink of an eye, an orb of Chakra as black as ink materialized.
The moment he saw Jie's stance, alarm bells blared in the Fourth Raikage's mind. His eyelids twitched wildly, and his pupils shrank to pinpricks. He was far too familiar with this action. Back on the Turtle Island, Killer B used to practice this relentlessly after perfectly controlling his beast.
The Fourth Raikage had seen it countless times, but he never expected that someday he would be the one facing it.
"Tailed Beast Bomb!"
A beam of pitch-black light blasted into the sky, instantly engulfing the airborne Fourth Raikage.
Boom! A colossal explosion of energy detonated high above. The terrifying, concussive shockwave caused every shinobi on the battlefield to abruptly stop fighting in sheer awe.
"Lord Raikage!"
Darui, who was locked in a bitter stalemate with Fugaku Uchiha, caught sight of the Fourth Raikage taking the Tailed Beast Bomb head-on from the corner of his eye. His eyes widened in absolute horror as he screamed out.
But the Fourth Raikage could no longer answer him.
As the thick smoke cloud from the Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion gradually dissipated, a charred figure wearing metal bracers plummeted limply from the sky.
The fastest man in the ninja world, the Fourth Raikage, had died in battle...
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