Chapter 100: Armored Susanoo, Annihilating the Hidden Cloud Forces!

"What... what kind of monster is this?"

The golden Susanoo enveloped the Eight-Tails, looking down at the Hidden Cloud shinobi below.

Every Hidden Cloud shinobi caught in its gaze felt their scalps go numb!

Some of them even felt their legs go weak and nearly collapsed to the ground!

Some swallowed nervously in shock, some turned deathly pale, while others simply wanted to cover their heads and wait for death!

There was no other reason!

After putting Susanoo armor around a Tailed Beast, its might was simply too astonishing!

Quite a few of the Hidden Cloud shinobi here had seen Killer B fully transform into the Eight-Tails before.

Some had even participated in operations to suppress the rampaging Eight-Tails.

But even the rampaging Eight-Tails had never possessed such terrifying pressure as the Eight-Tails standing silently before them now!

"This technique was called ’Beastly Disaster’ by Madara Uchiha."

"It was the technique Madara Uchiha once used when he fought Senju Hashirama at the Valley of the End."

"Now that it’s being used against all of you, you should consider yourselves honored."

Reiji stood leisurely within the crystal at the head of the Susanoo and spoke with complete composure.

Within the Eight-Tails’ spiritual world.

The consciousnesses of Killer B and the Eight-Tails, Gyūki, were both imprisoned here.

The Eight-Tails was cursing furiously.

When it had been captured by Reiji earlier, it had already guessed that something like this might happen.

And now, its prediction had come true!

Beastly Disaster!

The name Madara Uchiha had given this technique was simply too humiliating...

Far too humiliating for a Tailed Beast!

Kurama had once complained about this very thing, and now it was the Eight-Tails’ turn!

"Everyone... everyone, attack together! I refuse to believe he can kill all of us by himself!"

A Hidden Cloud shinobi tried his best to encourage the others.

"That’s right! I’ve followed Lord Raikage in suppressing the Eight-Tails before!"

"So what if it’s just a little bigger? Who’s afraid of who?!"

Suddenly!

Cold sweat began pouring down the foreheads of the Hidden Cloud shinobi.

They could only force themselves to gather courage through their words.

The Eight-Tails, wrapped in golden armor, moved!

One step rose into the air before crashing down!

Boom!

The ground shook violently!

Some of the shinobi whose legs had gone weak from fear were directly knocked to the ground by the tremor.

They tried to get back up, only to discover that they had no strength left in their bodies.

They became so anxious that they nearly cried, completely at a loss.

"This won’t do! We need to push forward!"

Someone shouted loudly.

If this continued, most of them might lose their fighting spirit before the battle even began.

At that point, they would truly be at the mercy of their enemy!

"Everyone, use long-range ninjutsu!"

The Hidden Cloud jonin immediately led their respective squads and spread out, surrounding the Armored Susanoo from all directions.

With a series of furious shouts, countless ninjutsu flew toward the Eight-Tails in the center!

Given their strength, trying to fight the Eight-Tails with taijutsu was completely unrealistic!

The Raikage, who was capable of suppressing the Eight-Tails through physical strength, had already been defeated.

Now, they could only try to use ninjutsu to break through the golden armor covering the Eight-Tails!

If they could suppress the Eight-Tails, perhaps they could force Reiji to release Killer B!

"Your courage is commendable."

Reiji calmly commented.

However.

You have absolutely no idea how powerful the Armored Susanoo is!

He simply allowed the Lightning Release ninjutsu coming from all directions to bombard the Susanoo.

Countless powerful Lightning Release techniques struck the golden armor, yet they were completely ineffective!

It was like trying to scrape away a mountain with a fingernail!

"No! We can’t break through that golden defense at all!"

"Our ninjutsu isn’t powerful enough!"

"Lord Raikage, save us!"

Many Hidden Cloud shinobi were nearly driven to despair.

So many people were simultaneously using ninjutsu.

And the opponent wasn’t even doing anything, simply allowing their attacks to land.

Yet none of them had accomplished anything!

"Don’t give up! His chakra can’t be infinite!"

"That’s right! He must also be consuming a tremendous amount of chakra to control Lord Killer B!"

"As long as we keep going, if Lord B can break free from the control, we’ll still be able to win!"

Someone desperately tried to encourage the companions beside him.

But.

Even though they said this aloud, their own hearts were filled with uncertainty.

"This is so boring."

Reiji shook his head.

Using Armored Susanoo against these ordinary shinobi was simply using a cannon to swat mosquitoes.

Want to exhaust his chakra reserves?

How could that possibly happen?!

The chakra currently maintaining the Armored Susanoo was being supplied entirely by the Eight-Tails.

Reiji only needed to expend ocular power to maintain the form of Susanoo.

With his current ocular power, dealing with this small group of Hidden Cloud shinobi was effortless.

Even if he did absolutely nothing and simply allowed them to attack, the Hidden Cloud shinobi would be the ones to collapse from exhaustion first.

"Well, if you have no way to deal with this, then it’s my turn."

A smile curled up on Reiji’s lips.

Without any unnecessary movement, he simply controlled the Eight-Tails’ tails to sweep around in a full 360-degree arc!

The Eight-Tails’ tails, wrapped in golden Susanoo armor, swept through everything in their path with unstoppable destructive force, sending the Hidden Cloud shinobi flying!

Trees and boulders struck by the Eight-Tails’ tails were directly uprooted and sent flying through the air!

Such a simple attack was something the Hidden Cloud shinobi were completely powerless to resist.

Those with fast reactions could retreat before the Eight-Tails’ tails swept over them.

Those who reacted too slowly were sent flying into the sky!

For a moment, the Hidden Cloud forces were thrown into complete chaos!

"Damn it! Uchiha Reiji is a devil!"

The Fourth Raikage stared furiously at the scene, but there was nothing he could do.

Both of his arms had been severed.

The bones in both of his legs had also been crushed.

He could barely even stand now and could only lie there, raising his head to watch helplessly.

Watching the shinobi of his own village being swept aside by his younger brother under Uchiha Reiji’s control, the Fourth Raikage felt as though he were going insane from hatred!

"Didn’t you say earlier that survival of the fittest was the truth of the shinobi world?"

Hiashi Hyūga spoke with incomparable satisfaction.

"How come now that you’ve become the weaker side, you’re suddenly finding it so laughable?"

"If everything the strong do is right, then you should happily accept your village’s shinobi being slaughtered too, shouldn’t you?"

"Shut up!"

The Fourth Raikage’s eyes were bloodshot as he roared furiously.

Seeing this, Hiashi felt even more satisfied.

The hatred that had filled his heart was finally being released, even if only slightly.

Although he had previously taken the Akimichi clan’s secret medicine and suffered its side effects, he still retained some combat ability.

At the very least, he was in far better condition than the Raikage, who couldn’t even stand.

"Come. I’ll help you see it more clearly."

Hiashi directly stepped forward, grabbed the Fourth Raikage by the hair, and roughly lifted him up.

He twisted the Raikage’s head with one hand, forcing him to watch the scene of the Hidden Cloud shinobi being beaten into complete disarray.

"Hiashi Hyūga, I will kill you!"

The Fourth Raikage felt as though his very brain were trembling as he roared.

Since when had even someone like Hiashi Hyūga been able to treat him this way?

"Do you think you’ll still have that chance?"

Hiashi showed no courtesy and punched the Raikage directly in the face.

With a single punch, the Fourth Raikage’s nose was knocked crooked, and blood began flowing down.

An overwhelming sense of humiliation filled the Fourth Raikage’s heart.

He felt that every humiliation he had ever suffered in his life had been concentrated into this single day!

If he survived this ordeal, he would kill Uchiha Reiji and Hiashi Hyūga no matter what!

However.

When he lowered his head and saw his two bare arms...

The Fourth Raikage couldn’t help but feel grief well up inside him.

Both of his arms were gone, and his Lightning Release Ninjutsu and physical techniques had lost most of their power.

Moreover.

Whether he could survive this time might even depend on Konoha’s mood.

Slap!

Hiashi slapped the Fourth Raikage across the face, his voice filled with cold contempt.

"You still have time to think about other things?"

"Watch carefully. Look closely!"

"Look. The one inside that golden Susanoo is your younger brother. It’s the Eight-Tails of your Hidden Cloud Village."

"Look. All those shinobi being slaughtered and forced to flee are people from your Hidden Cloud Village!"

"Why are you only able to suffer such humiliation at the hands of someone like me now?"

"Just as you told me before, it’s because you’re not strong enough!"

"So you can’t protect your younger brother, and you can’t protect the shinobi of the Hidden Cloud either!"

"I’m a useless elder brother, and so are you! And on top of that, you’re also a useless Raikage!"

Hiashi had completely abandoned the composure he normally maintained, venting the hatred that had accumulated within him as he continued to berate the Fourth Raikage.

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