Complete Tailed Beast Transformation

"Hachi, I can see that without you telling me. I’m asking if you have any good ideas. I’m not afraid of facing any of these guys one-on-one, but fighting four at once is too much."

From the very start of the camp raid, Killer B had sensed Duke’s and Minato’s chakra. Their immense chakra had put him on guard, so he had planned to observe first, find the enemy’s weaknesses, and then deliver a fatal strike.

But who would have thought that, in the blink of an eye, he would be the only one left…

"Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, Killer B. What a pleasant surprise. Capturing you is the same as obtaining the Eight-Tails." Though they had never met, Duke recognized him at a glance. Much like Naruto, Killer B was an anomaly among Jinchuriki. He bore the infamy of being a Jinchuriki, yet had earned the recognition of his entire village. That was no easy feat.

Minato recognized Killer B as well. In the final year of the Third Shinobi World War, he had fought the A-B Combo on the Cloud Shinobi front. At the time, neither side had gained the upper hand. To keep the other side from identifying him, Minato said nothing, and he did not intend to put in much effort in the coming battle either.

"Recognized, yo! That’s right, Kumogakure’s Eight-Tails Killer B is me, oh yeah!" Killer B pointed at Duke in a rapping cadence. "You fool! You idiot! With Ice Release at this level, you must be Konoha’s Mitarashi Duke!"

Having inexplicably been saddled with two labels, Duke watched the rapper continue his RAP with a dark expression.

At present, the Nine-Tails had not yet been won over by Naruto’s talk-no-jutsu. It was still the aloof strongest tailed beast, not some carefree husky running wild everywhere. Among all Jinchuriki, Killer B of Kumogakure was indisputably the strongest Jinchuriki in the shinobi world.

Though he was a little foolish, his lively personality did not affect anything. The style of the shinobi world dictated that, aside from overpowered freaks, powerful shinobi were either jokers or assholes.

"Our two nations are in the middle of peace negotiations. By suddenly launching an attack, are you trying to provoke another war?" Killer B immediately seized the moral high ground and tossed a black pot at Duke.

"Don’t be ridiculous. The ones who truly want to start a war are you people from Kumogakure!" Duke retorted. Not wanting to waste time on pointless nonsense, he said directly, "Eight-Tails Killer B, you are the target of this mission. Surrender or die. Which do you choose?"

"How arrogant. Are Konoha’s shinobi all this conceited now?" Killer B dropped his strange tone and said coldly, "I choose neither! I admit that you are very strong, but for me, nothing is impossible. I’m not fighting alone—-"

Crimson chakra covered his body. Killer B roared, and immense chakra erupted outward, wrapping his entire body like a mass of red clouds.

Amid a thunderous crash, a massive monster broke through the ground and rose to its feet. It was a bull-headed creature with one broken horn, its upper body packed with bulging muscles and its two massive arms radiating explosive pressure. Eight octopus-like tails swept back and forth behind it, kicking up billowing clouds of dust.

With powerful enemies all around him, Killer B showed no hesitation or restraint. He instantly entered a complete Tailed Beast Transformation, transforming into the Eight-Tails Gyuki.

"Roarrrr——"

The Eight-Tails in its complete form let out a roar. Its eight tails stirred up boundless gusts as both fists rose high and smashed into the ground. The sheer brute force blasted a huge crater into the earth, its power spreading outward through the soil as spiderweb cracks split open in every direction. Then, under cover of the dust, two enormous tails silently slipped into the cracks below.

Duke and Minato were forced two steps back by the shockwave from the Eight-Tails’ brute-force blow. Before they could steady themselves, tentacled tails covered in suction cups stabbed out from the cracks before them.

The huge tails came with overwhelming force. Minato immediately flashed away, and the Eight-Tails’ tail wrapped around the afterimage where he had stood, achieving nothing. On the other side, Duke made no attempt to dodge and allowed the tail to wrap around him.

The Eight-Tails was about to cheer at its good fortune when bone-piercing cold suddenly spread from its tail. Amid a series of cracking freezing sounds, it lost all sensation in that tail.

With a crisp crack, the frozen severed tail smashed onto the ground. Duke brushed the ice shards from his body and leaped onto the head of the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon. Hades, who had long been unable to hold back, roared and pounced onto the Eight-Tails’ back.

Sharp claws and fangs tore and gnawed, quickly covering the Eight-Tails’ body with bloody wounds.

Stimulated by the scent of blood, Hades’ golden wolf eyes abruptly narrowed. He threw back his head and roared, opening his bloody maw to bite hard into the Eight-Tails’ nape. Four sharp canine fangs pierced its hide and sank deep into its flesh. Then an icy-blue flash erupted, and bone-chilling frost exploded around the Eight-Tails’ neck.

Frozen Fangs!

"OH HO HO HO—-That hurts, you bastard!!!"

The Eight-Tails roared and reached both arms toward the wolf head clamped onto it. It rolled over and body-slammed Hades beneath it, then rained down punches with both fists, one after another, onto Hades’ head.

Unlike the Nine-Tails, the Eight-Tails’ muscle-packed build meant it did not excel at speed. However, its thick arms and nimble octopus tails made up for that weakness, making it the strongest close-combat fighter among the nine Tailed Beasts.

Its mountain-splitting, earth-shattering fists gave Hades no chance to catch his breath. Though Garurumon Duke’s body was as tough as steel, it was still flesh and blood within. He was soon beaten dizzy, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"It’s not over yet! You bastard, you fool!"

"Witness my power, Tailed Beast Eight Coils—-"

The Eight-Tails shouted as its huge, agile tails wrapped around its body, curling it into an enormous mountain of flesh. Then it began spinning violently.

A fierce gale rose, instantly sweeping away and reshaping the terrain. The destructive force produced by the Eight-Tails’ massive body spinning was terrifying. But Hades was no weakling waiting to be slaughtered. Enduring the meat-grinder-like pressure on his body, he let out an enraged roar, and an invisible wave spread from him.

Countless wooden spikes grew from his torso and rapidly rose from the ground all around. The metallic-sheened spikes stabbed viciously into the Eight-Tails’ body. As it continued spinning without pause, blood sprayed in every direction like rain.

Wood Release: Cutting Technique!

"Waaahhhh—-"

Struck heavily, the Eight-Tails immediately stopped spinning. It spread its tails and leaped far away. Its entire body was now covered in wounds of all sizes, with several wooden spikes still lodged in it. It looked utterly miserable.

Duke had originally frozen one of its tails to death, and now it had lost several more. The tips of several tentacles had been torn off; after falling to the ground and twitching twice, they went still.

"Why does a summoned beast know Wood Release? Could it be a descendant of the First Hokage?" A rapper’s imagination was vast. If the First Hokage had not died so early, he would surely have pinned him down and beaten the shit out of him for saying that.

"B, this summoned beast is no ordinary creature. It also cast the Deep Forest Emergence just now. Be careful of Wood Release’s suppression of me." Deep within Killer B’s mind, the Eight-Tails Gyuki felt faintly uneasy. At first, it had thought, just like Killer B, that the Wood Release was Duke’s doing. Now, it was clear they had badly misjudged the situation.

Hades tore away the wooden spikes on his body. Under the Eight-Tails’ dumbfounded gaze, wisps of white smoke rose from him as his wounds rapidly healed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Hey, hey, this is basically the First Hokage, isn’t it?" Deep within his mind, Killer B suddenly felt powerless, while even the Eight-Tails was too shocked for words.

Time gave the pair no chance to catch their breath. After the brief clash between the two giant beasts, Duke descended from the sky atop the Blue-Ice White Night Dragon.

Sage Art: Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale!

Sage Art: Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale!

Sage Art: Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale!

Sage Art: Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale!

Duke rapidly formed hand seals and summoned four giant horned whales in succession. The four massive ice whales surged and leaped from the ice, crashing viciously onto the Eight-Tails before it could recover, stacking into an iceberg. Their enormous bodies fell from high above, and the accumulated force of four impacts made the Eight-Tails vomit blood again and again. But the punishment was not over. The Blue-Ice White Night Dragon crouched atop the iceberg, beating its wings and exhaling endless cold qi.

Crack–crack crack—-

The iceberg’s gaps filled with cold qi, freezing solid and joining together in the blink of an eye. Though the Eight-Tails struggled fiercely, it could not escape and was frozen tightly inside the iceberg.

"Did we get it?" Duke stood proudly atop the Ice Dragon’s head, but the victory felt too easy. Remembering Killer B’s several battles in the original story, he immediately turned his gaze toward the severed tails scattered around them.

"Hades, tear them all apart." Time was of the essence, so Duke immediately ordered the hound to finish the job.

Sure enough, before Hades could get close, the nearest tentacle transformed into Killer B. Meanwhile, the Eight-Tails inside the iceberg went limp and, with a bang, transformed into a huge tentacle.

It was the Eight-Tails’ most proficient Clone Technique!

"This move… always reminds me of a tentacle monster in an X-rated shinobi war!" Duke’s face twitched as he realized he seemed to have been wrapped up by a tentacle just now.

"…"