Boom
As soon as his body stopped, Gen quickly turned, launching a brutal kick against a nearby rock. The impact sent it flying toward Killer B at a terrifying speed.
Zheng
A crimson flash appeared in the blink of an eye.
The rock, just about to crash into Killer B, was cleanly sliced in two by his sword. Both fragments flew to the sides, crashing to the ground with a loud thud.
Killer B frowned, surprised. "This guy is fast… almost as fast as my big brother."
With an agile motion, he brushed aside a last piece of rock from his path, never taking his eyes off Gen. At first, he thought that a single tail would be enough to easily subdue the Uchiha, but he was wrong. Gen's reaction speed far exceeded his expectations; even in this state, he could evade his attacks effortlessly.
His surprise quickly turned into seriousness.
The reddish chakra surrounding his body flared up violently, making a second tail emerge behind him.
"Two tails… this is a different story now."
Gen instantly knew that Killer B had taken the fight to another level. Sensing the pressure of the red chakra, he also raised his own to its limit.
Although the Eight-Tails wasn't as fearsome as the Nine-Tails, even half of its power was enough to make it the strongest Bijū, second only to Kurama.
But the truly dangerous thing was the one wielding that power: Killer B.
Even if he wasn't an absolute elite Jōnin, Killer B was still an exceptional ninja among common Jōnin.
With the addition of the Eight-Tails' chakra at two tails, Killer B was like a tiger that had grown wings—a far stronger opponent than someone like Naruto could have faced before Shippuden.
Just when Gen was ready to face the challenge head-on, the red chakra around Killer B flared up violently again, immediately forming another tail.
He had reached the three-tailed state.
Boom
The overflowing chakra exploded with the force of a detonation, engulfing Killer B as if it were living flames, while beneath his feet, the ground cracked apart.
The air around them began to vibrate from the overwhelming chakra pressure. Nearby rock fragments floated for a few moments, trembling until they crumbled into dust that slowly dispersed into the sky.
The moment the third tail appeared, Gen's pupils shrank to nearly tiny dots, his most primal instincts warning him of extreme danger.
It was as if an internal alarm had gone off throughout his entire body, forcing him to react without a second thought.
He suddenly leaped to the side, desperately distancing himself from where he had been standing.
Bang
Like a meteor crashing from the sky, Killer B slammed into Gen's previous position, causing the ground to collapse with brutal force. The shockwave from the impact sent dirt, stones, and mud flying everywhere, devastating everything around.
Though he had missed the initial strike, Killer B immediately located Gen as he tried to escape. Without hesitation, he swiftly extended one of his tails like a giant whip.
Seeing this, Gen knew instantly: it was too late to dodge.
Feeling the danger right behind him, he reacted at the last second. Even mid-motion, he twisted his body in the air, crossing his arms over his chest to take the hit head-on.
Boom
The tail struck his arms with savage force, launching him through the air like a stray bullet, straight into the depths of the forest.
Crash
Crash
One after another, trees began to break and collapse into pieces as Gen's body crashed uncontrollably through the forest. The force of the impact was so intense that he only stopped after being hurled nearly a hundred meters.
Just before slamming into another tree, Gen managed to stabilize himself in the air. With effort, he spun around and landed forcefully on the thick trunk.
Boom
The impact made the tree explode in half. The treetop and upper part of the trunk were sent flying upward.
Gen fell to the ground with difficulty, slightly bending his knees to absorb the fall.
His sleeves were in tatters, reduced to shreds. His arms bore deep wounds and cuts, bleeding all over.
However, considering the brutality of the attack he had just taken, he knew it could have ended much worse.
This was largely thanks to his sturdy body and the chakra he had condensed into his arms at the moment of impact.
With his [Constitution] at level ★★, his chakra was growing at an alarming rate day by day. At this point, even an ordinary elite Jōnin might not be on his level.
Moreover, thanks to his extraordinary physical endurance, those wounds began to heal at an astonishing speed. Within mere seconds, the visible injuries had almost completely closed.
But there was no time to be impressed by his own abilities.
From the path of destruction he had left in the forest, Killer B advanced like a racing horse, moving at a terrifying speed.
Even before he arrived, his chakra had already struck first.
When he was less than thirty meters away, Killer B threw a punch forward, and instantly, the chakra surrounding his arm extended into the shape of a massive crimson fist.
Gen maintained a serious expression, but he didn't dodge. Instead, he activated the Strength Jutsu again and, with his right arm now fully recovered, unleashed a devastating punch.
Bang
Compared to the gigantic chakra fist rushing toward him, Gen's fist seemed tiny, almost ridiculous.
But when the two fists collided, a terrifying explosion shook the entire forest.
Within a radius of dozens of meters, the air twisted and trembled, and the ground began to crack apart.
The fractures spread rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the earth within a hundred-meter radius of the impact shattered like broken glass.
Gen's legs sank into the mud up to his knees as he was pushed back, leaving two deep trenches over ten meters long.
On the other side, the enormous Red Fist collapsed in an explosion, its chakra dispersing into the air.
Even so, the outcome of the clash was clear: in terms of strength, Gen had been at a disadvantage.
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