Swish! Swish! Swish!
Three enormous, jet-black sword slashes instantly cut through Killer Bee's Tailed Beast form.
The next moment, his eight octopus tentacles and his sole remaining arm were all severed, falling to the ground.
The three massive sword slashes continued their momentum unchecked.
They parted the water of the pond with towering waves and sliced through all the mountains in their path.
Only when there was no obstruction for a thousand meters did the sword slashes vanish into the sky!
After those three slashes, there were no longer any mountains surrounding Cloud-Thunder Valley!
Only an endless expanse of shattered mountain bodies and layers of smoke remained!
Perhaps from now on, this place would no longer be called Cloud-Thunder Valley!
But instead, renamed Cloud-Thunder Ruins!
Rumble!
The Eight-Tails, now reduced to just its head and body, rolled its Byakugan eyes and its massive body crashed down.
However, as its body fell, it inexplicably generated a huge wind pressure.
This pushed many of the severed, springy tentacles into the pond beside it.
One of these springy tentacles, after a single ripple, completely sank to the bottom of the water.
At the same time, on a severed mountain peak in the distance.
Two injured Kumogakure Ninja were incredulously watching the fallen Eight-Tails through binoculars.
"So... so powerful!"
"Lord Bee was instantly defeated without any power to resist!"
"He didn't even manage to release that powerful Tailed Beast Ball!"
"And that black giant's slashes were too terrifying; the sword he wielded could even cut through valleys and mountains!"
The other person also had a look of terror, their voice trembling.
"I recognize the style of that clothing; it's from that international mercenary Ninja organization, Akatsuki!"
"Could it be that other countries hired them to assassinate Lord Bee, who is a Jinchuriki?"
"And are the mercenary Ninja of this Akatsuki Organization too powerful?"
"Lord Bee is a powerful Ninja in our Hidden Cloud Village, second only to Lord Raikage, yet he was defeated so easily?!"
No matter how much the two Kumogakure Ninja disbelieved it.
The person lying unconscious on the ground below was Killer Bee; this could not be faked.
"Hey, that Akatsuki Ninja is approaching Lord Bee; should we go and rescue Lord Bee?"
Seeing Killer Bee retreat from his Tailed Beast form and Feng Xu approach, one of them anxiously looked at the other.
The other quickly put away his binoculars and slowly retreated.
"Don't be impulsive; if Lord Bee is no match, we'll just be sacrificing ourselves by going now."
"Before we're discovered, let's quickly go back and report to Lord Raikage... Who's there!?"
The retreating Kumogakure Ninja hadn't finished speaking when his expression suddenly changed.
He immediately drew the Kunai from his waist and quickly swung it in the direction behind him.
And behind him, a huge pitcher plant was spinning as it emerged from the ground.
White Zetsu, with a strange smile on his face, spiraled upward in a blooming, enchanting posture.
At the same time, he loudly shouted, "Hello... Waaah!"
That 'Waaah' at the end was White Zetsu's shriek as he nearly had his eye pierced by the Kunai.
Barely dodging the sweeping Kunai, White Zetsu sprang from the ground, patting his chest with a look of lingering fear.
"That was dangerous; I just said hello and almost died like the last White Zetsu #250!"
"A white wack with only half a face?" Seeing White Zetsu's strange body, this Kumogakure Ninja showed surprise and doubt.
"Who exactly are you, and what do you want..."
"Ah!!!" The Kumogakure Ninja who hadn't moved behind him let out a scream, interrupting the first Kumogakure Ninja's question.
A black arm was seen piercing through the chest of the Kumogakure Ninja behind him.
A large amount of blood flowed down the black fingers.
"You won't have a chance to go back and report."
The black hand speaking from behind was none other than Black Zetsu, who had just ripped out a heart!
"Idiot, stop playing around and quickly deal with that Kumogakure Ninja."
"The Eight-Tails below has already been taken care of by Feng Xu; he's not someone with the patience to wait!"
Hearing the name Feng Xu, White Zetsu #251 shrank his neck and quickly used the Spore Technique.
Immediately, a large number of white spore fungi proliferated on the Kumogakure Ninja's body.
"Damn it, what is this?"
"No, my Chakra... Ah!!!"
In just a breath's time, this Kumogakure Ninja's Chakra was drained.
Then, White Zetsu #252, which had proliferated on his body, pulled out the Kunai from him and slit his throat.
Having dealt with this last group of Kumogakure Ninja near Cloud-Thunder Valley.
Black Zetsu and White Zetsu recombined into one person, then used the Mayfly Technique to sink into the ground.
In a short while.
They resurfaced, appearing in Cloud-Thunder Valley—no, in the Ruined Valley.
"Why are you so slow?" Feng Xu's icy voice rang out.
White Zetsu kept his mouth shut, playing dead, adhering to the principle of not speaking, not acting, not making mistakes.
Black Zetsu glanced at White Zetsu, who hadn't rushed to speak, with some surprise.
Then, he approached Killer Bee, who was lying on the ground, and said.
"The commotion was a bit big; many Kumogakure Ninja came, but they've all been dealt with."
As he spoke, Killer Bee was pulled underground by the Mayfly Technique.
But the next second, Black Zetsu frowned.
He raised his hand and pulled Killer Bee, who had sunk underground, back out.
However, what emerged was not Killer Bee's body, but a springy tentacle!
"It's a clone; the Eight-Tails tricked us!"
Chapter 213: The Enraged Raikage
Black Zetsu didn't dare to say Feng Xu was tricked by the Eight-Tails, but instead changed it to 'we were tricked by the Eight-Tails'.
This subtle art of speaking made White Zetsu, who was standing by, nod repeatedly.
He exclaimed that he had learned something!
If his previous incarnation, White Zetsu #250, had been so eloquent, he definitely wouldn't have died!
"A tentacle clone, huh? I had forgotten..."
Feng Xu remembered that in the original story, Killer Bee used this trick to pretend to be captured by Sasuke.
He didn't expect to fall for it himself.
It was a very convincing disguise; even his Mangekyo couldn't find a flaw.
Closing his eyes, Feng Xu activated the Kagura Mind Eye for sensing.
Soon, he opened his eyes again, his gaze fixed on the pond in the distance.
"I found you!"
...At the bottom of the distant pond.
Sensing that the tentacle clone had been exposed, Killer Bee transformed back from the tentacle with a 'pop'.
"The Evil Boy found me so quickly; I need to make a run for it!"
To make the disguise very convincing, Killer Bee had put most of his Tailed Beast Chakra into that tentacle clone.
The purpose was to mimic the enormous Chakra of the Eight-Tails.
He didn't expect it to be so easily seen through in the end, without buying him much time.
Moreover, losing so much Tailed Beast Chakra at once would take a considerable amount of time for the Eight-Tails within him to recover.
Thinking of this, Killer Bee chose a direction away from them.
"Nigero dayo, Hachibi!"
After shouting to the Eight-Tails in his mind, Killer Bee activated his Tailed Beast Chakra Mode again.
After spinning, his body shot out like an arrow, breaking through layers of water and rushing into the distance.
As Killer Bee accelerated his sprint.
He quickly found his path ahead blocked by earth.
"Lucky!"
"It seems Grandpa Bee runs fast; the Evil Boy can't catch up, oh yeah!"
Singing happily, Killer Bee leaped out of the pond with a whoosh.
Then his joyful smile froze on his face.
Because the Evil Boy was standing on the ground ahead, along with a black and white yin-yang person with a cold smirk.
The surrounding area was a mess from the recent battle, with broken buildings.
Seeing Killer Bee leap out from under the water, a smile tugged at the corner of Feng Xu's mouth beneath his mask.
"Killer Bee, welcome home."
Killer Bee: "!!!"
"Damn it, you idiot Hachibi, why didn't you remind me I was running in the wrong direction!!!"
"You weren't running in the wrong direction; you were affected by the Sharingan's genjutsu for a moment, which interfered with your direction!"
The Eight-Tails recalled that Killer Bee seemed to have spun around before starting his sprint.
It had thought it was Killer Bee's special escape route... "It's the Evil Boy's eyes again; now I've walked into the tiger's den, I'm really doomed!!!"
Roaring in his heart, Killer Bee quickly tried to dive back into the pond.
But the familiar scenario happened again.
A jet-black skeletal arm quickly extended, just barely grabbing Killer Bee, who had almost escaped back into the water.
At the same time, four huge fox tails, transformed into red lightning, shot out from behind Feng Xu.
They instantly pierced and tore Killer Bee's four limbs.
Before blood could gush out, the fox tails suddenly emitted a scorching heat, searing the wounds to a crisp.
This was to prevent Killer Bee from dying due to excessive blood loss caused by the severed limbs.
Killer Bee, now only a torso, belatedly let out a painful groan.
As his limbs were disabled by the fox tails, the Eight-Tails within Killer Bee also let out a cry of alarm.
"Nine-Tailed Chakra! These fox tails are made of Nine-Tailed Chakra!"