Within the vision of his Byakugan, Aokawa saw several strands of faint, almost imperceptible blue Chakra reconverging around the sealed Tenketsu inside Nii Yugito's body.
That wasn't Nii Yugito's own Chakra, but rather belonging to the Two-Tails, Matatabi—more violent and even purer.
The Two-Tails was using its own power to forcibly break through the seal on the Tenketsu!
"I'll go over and take a look; you guys stay here and don't move," Aokawa instructed before stepping toward the deep pit.
Just as he reached the edge of the pit, a sense of crisis instantly shot straight to the top of his head.
He hurriedly used his Byakugan to search the surroundings in a 359-degree field of vision.
"No, it's above!" He suddenly looked up.
A humanoid red light was falling rapidly toward him from high in the sky.
"Watch out!" Uchiha Inabi's Sharingan barely managed to catch a glimpse of an afterimage, and he shouted out in horror.
However, it was already too late.
At the moment that red light was about to strike Aokawa, his body went "poof" and transformed into leaves dancing in the sky, scattering in all directions.
Almost at the same time, Aokawa's figure reconsolidated under a tree over a dozen meters away.
As soon as he appeared, before he could even react, the figure that had just descended from the sky reached him instantly with a bizarre footwork that completely defied physical common sense!
"Lariat!"
The newcomer was wrapped in a layer of red Chakra that constantly bubbled; his right arm had transformed into an indestructible hand-blade, carrying an Aura that could tear through anything as it slammed into Aokawa's chest.
The air was compressed by the extreme speed and power, producing a deafening sonic boom.
Aokawa's pupils constricted to the limit.
He violently twisted his body to the left while raising his left arm, blue-white energy patterns rapidly crawling over his skin.
Bang!
One red and one blue collided fiercely in mid-air, each carrying immense energy.
The intense shockwave produced by the collision rippled outwards.
It blew everyone's hair back.
The dust slowly cleared, revealing the figure of the attacker.
He had dark skin, a sturdy build, and wore a pair of sunglasses; several oddly shaped Ninja Blades were strapped to his back, and he was enveloped in a Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, with several tails swaying behind him.
It was none other than Kumogakure's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
Killer Bee!
The two men's arms were locked together in a stalemate, neither yielding to the other.
Aokawa's right hand, also covered in blue-white energy, firmly gripped the other man's left hand, which was holding a Ninja Blade and stabbing toward him.
Killer Bee looked at the handsome Byakugan youth before him, his eyes showing a hint of surprise.
Even if it wasn't a Lariat performed together with his brother, it was still enhanced by the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode.
This youth had only been hit once by his sneak attack just now, yet he could actually match him in strength.
Looking at the blue-white energy patterns appearing on Aokawa's hands, he thought to himself, "Is it because of these patterns?"
Aokawa, however, was not so relaxed; looking at the Killer Bee enveloped in the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode before him, a pained expression appeared on his face, and cold sweat slid down.
In the instant of the sneak attack just now...
The power of Killer Bee's Lariat, stacked with the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode, was exceptionally terrifying; although he had used his quick reflexes and Konoha Shunshin to dissipate the force, hairline fractures had still appeared in both his arms.
Now he was using Blood Movement Armor to match Killer Bee in strength, but the hidden fracture in his left arm was already making the pain unbearable.
Sure enough!
In the next moment!
"Crack!"
The sound of bone shattering, enough to make one's teeth ache, clearly reached everyone's ears.
Aokawa's already fractured left arm could not withstand such force.
It folded backward at a completely distorted ninety-degree angle, and at that moment, all the force from their struggle poured into him.
The terrifying power erupted instantly; Aokawa felt an irresistible giant force surge through him, and his left sternum felt as if it had been struck by a heavy sledgehammer.
"Crack!"
A second sound of breaking bone rang out; his sternum cracked in response, with several ribs snapping instantly.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed from his mouth, and he was sent flying uncontrollably, as if struck by a high-speed train.
Enduring the agonizing pain, he used Hirenkyaku to adjust his posture in mid-air and landed in a way that dissipated the force, his feet plowing two deep furrows dozens of meters long into the ground.
Intense pain surged like a tide, making his vision go dark and his face turn as pale as paper in an instant.
The entire Battlefield fell into a deathly silence at this moment.
Aokawa hunched over, panting heavily, his face white as a sheet.
His left arm hung limply at his side, bent at an unnatural angle—it was clearly completely useless.
Under everyone's horrified gazes, he endured the pain of the broken bones and used his right hand, which wasn't completely fractured, to forcefully snap the twisted left arm back into place.
Simultaneously, pure Palm Immortal Technique Chakra surged around the wound on his left arm, and his right palm also glowed green as he covered the injury.
In this crisis, he needed to take advantage of Killer Bee's contempt for him to heal the fracture in the shortest time possible.
"Hiss!" Under the rapid treatment, the piercing pain in his arm nearly made Aokawa faint.
Among the Konoha shinobi, Kakashi, Uchiha Inabi, and Asuma Sarutobi had already regained their fighting capacity.
At this moment, they stepped in front of Aokawa at top speed, shielding him behind them.
Killer Bee didn't look at Aokawa and the others; instead, he walked straight to the edge of the pit and looked down at the awakened but still weak Nii Yugito.
His hands suddenly formed a rap gesture as he began to sing: "Yo! Yo! Yugito, seeing you get beaten so badly is truly a disgrace, you idiot! You jerk!"
Killer Bee's signature rapping tone echoed across the silent Battlefield, but no one responded.
Looking at his ridiculous and awkward appearance, Nii Yugito actually felt goosebumps break out on her weak body.
Unable to watch, she turned her head away.
Rapping, Killer Bee crouched down, took a pill from his robes, and fed it to Nii Yugito.
She swallowed it with difficulty, a trace of color returning to her pale face; she looked at Killer Bee and said weakly, "Bee... be careful of that kid. He's outstanding in both long-range and close combat, and he has Explosive Chakra Arrows... he's not that easy to deal with..."
"I know, Oh Yeah! Anyone who can beat you like this is definitely no small fry, you idiot! You jerk!"
Killer Bee interrupted her, his gaze beneath his sunglasses finally turning toward Aokawa, who stood behind Kakashi and the other two.
Uchiha Inabi's Sharingan stared intently at the slowly rising Killer Bee, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
He had seen the clash between the two just now more clearly than anyone else.
It wasn't just simple speed; it was the explosive speed and power granted by the Tailed Beast Chakra Mode.
He asked himself—even if he weren't injured, there was absolutely no way he could have dodged that strike just now.
Beside him, Asuma Sarutobi and Kakashi's palms were also sweating as they looked at Killer Bee in the distance with solemn expressions.
The next moment!
Killer Bee moved...
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