Chapter 216: Eight Tails Spiral! The Gaze of the Asura
The Fire Release: Chakra Mode had once caused an unforeseen transformation in Uchiha Ci's hands.
During a battle against 300 Sand Village ninjas, Uchiha Ci, forced into a desperate situation, severed his own arm and detonated the Fire Release: Chakra Mode within it.
This act of self-sacrifice turned the severed arm into a "grenade," resulting in an explosion far more terrifying than the power of the previous two sword strikes. This massive explosion obliterated the remainder of the Sand forces.
In hindsight, Uchiha Ci analyzed the event, concluding that the destructive power of a single-point Fire Release: Chakra Mode explosion should match the scale of his strikes against Kakuzu. At its peak, it would be similar to the impact of the Flame Fist, which shattered Suigetsu's Chakra Light Blade.
The sheer scale of the terrifying explosion, however, hinted at the involvement of other factors.
The key lay in the very essence of Fire Release: Chakra Mode, which was rooted in forbidden techniques.
This mode burned chakra—whether it was the volatile Dark Chakra or the Nine-Tails Chakra forcibly extracted from the beast. Once ignited, the reaction became uncontrollable, spreading like a chain reaction and ceaselessly consuming everything until it burned out. Such power allowed mortals to wield divine strength akin to Susanoo.
Logically, this forbidden technique should only direct power inward, not outward.
Yet, due to Uchiha Ci's bizarrely resilient physique and the secret techniques that made him extraordinarily hard to kill, perhaps...
He could replicate that devastating explosion by igniting the Eight-Tails?
At this moment, Uchiha Ci focused his gaze on Killer B's chest.
The Jinchūriki of the Cloud Village used the hereditary "Iron Armor Seal," engraved on his chest. The chakra provided by the Eight-Tails also leaked from this spot, which was vividly clear in the view of Uchiha Ci's Sharingan.
He simply needed to transfer the full power of the Fire Release: Chakra Mode to his arm, sever it, and detonate the "grenade."
Caught in the explosion, Killer B might become akin to a lit powder keg, triggering a cataclysmic explosion.
What kind of spectacle would it be to treat the Eight-Tails as a firework?
This insane thought filled Uchiha Ci's mind, pushing aside all other considerations.
He paid no heed to the possibility of blowing himself up. Nor did he care that Killer B's blade might gouge out his eyes and stab straight into his brain.
Whether the explosion could actually ignite the Eight-Tails through the layer of the Iron Armor Seal didn't matter either.
It was simple: if it didn't explode, the grenade would still kill Killer B, though not Uchiha Ci. If it did explode, both would perish.
In a desperate situation, winning required only one thing—placing yourself on the gambling table.
With this resolve, Uchiha Ci's eyes narrowed viciously. He began manipulating the Secret Technique: Earth Grudge Fear threads at his shoulder to prepare for the severance.
Bursting blood vessels, severing muscles, cutting through bones—he slashed off his arm!
"Haahhhh!!!"
The pain was so intense that he screamed, sweat mixed with bloody tears streaming down his face.
Throwing his head back, his crazed crimson snake-like eyes glared at Killer B as he roared with madness:
"Come on! Face me in the land of death!"
At that moment, Killer B looked up, stunned at Uchiha Ci.
He stared at the severed arm glowing brighter and brighter in the night sky, akin to a miniature sun.
Sensing the terrifying power brewing within it, his scalp went numb.
"You… You…!"
Madman!
This Uchiha brat was undoubtedly insane!
Killer B's eighth blade could blind Uchiha Ci, but he knew it wouldn't kill him. It might only give him a slight advantage.
But why?
This was like a card game where both sides had just begun exchanging small pairs, and Uchiha Ci suddenly threw out the ultimate trump card—a bomb that could blow everything apart.
Why gamble so recklessly?
Meanwhile, the Eight-Tails in Killer B's mind could no longer sit still.
From within the seal, it straightened up, staring at the glowing arm about to explode.
Though the power seemed less than a Tailed Beast Bomb, it instilled a chilling sense of dread—as if it could truly kill him.
If the Eight-Tails died here, it would not only lose its current host but also face the wrath of two ferocious Cloud ninjas in the future upon its rebirth.
This was a fate the beast couldn't allow.
"Sorry, B. I can't let you keep messing around!"
The Eight-Tails straightened its body, its muscular arms pounding its chest as it unleashed a roar that shook their shared spiritual realm:
"——ROAR!!"
The next instant, Killer B, mid-air and poised to strike Uchiha Ci, froze abruptly.
The consciousness in his eyes vanished, replaced by the raging, black-red light of the berserk Eight-Tails.
The Tailed Beast Chakra receded into his body, replaced by eight massive octopus-like tentacles.
With a ground-shaking roar, the Eight-Tails fully manifested. Its 70-meter-tall form, a massive bull with tentacle tails, loomed over the battlefield.
"——ROAR!!"
The earth quaked and the sky trembled under its presence.
Yet, upon its arrival, the Eight-Tails shuddered, glancing warily at the tiny, glowing object flying toward it.
Instinctively, it knew—allowing that thing to get close would be a fatal mistake.
In the next moment, the Eight-Tails unleashed its technique. Using its immense strength, it wrapped itself in its tentacles and began spinning at high speed.
"Eight-Tails Spiral!!"
The colossal beast became a 70-meter-tall spinning top, generating a massive storm that tore through the landscape.
Grass, trees, insects, rocks, even the burning forest and low thunderclouds—all were swept into the whirlwind.
Under this storm's force, Uchiha Ci's severed arm was blown far into the sky, away from the Eight-Tails.
It exploded in the distance like a falling star, the flash quickly fading.
However, at that moment, Uchiha Ci, clutching his Kusanagi Sword to anchor himself against the storm, felt a chill run down his spine.
Through his heightened senses in the Cursed Seal Second State, he detected an eerie sensation—not from the Eight-Tails but from the explosion site.
It felt as if something terrifying had glanced at him.
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