A's speed was extreme.
In the blink of an eye, he had caught up with the punched-away B.
The good news was, B was mostly fine.
Because a layer of bubbling, fiery red Chakra Cloak with spiral-like patterns had enveloped B!
Beneath this Tailed Beast's Chakra Cloak, B's robust body had endured the lightning impact, but it was manageable for him.
'I see. Because he constantly trains at the Unraikyo, tempering his body with Lightning Release Chakra, he has high resistance to lightning, right?'
Looking at B's condition, Sora understood.
'But those patterns on the Chakra Cloak? As expected, this is also like Uzumaki Kushina!'
Sora realized this was another super-enhanced version of a Perfect Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki.
And the facts proved it true!
"B, you're okay! That's great!" A was overjoyed.
B grimaced, complaining: "Brother, you hit way too hard!"
"Sorry, B!" A immediately apologized.
And there was no grudge between the brothers. After exchanging a few words, the misunderstanding was resolved once more.
With B joining him, confidence returned to A!
"Brother, your right arm!"
Seeing A's missing right arm, B's gaze turned fierce: "Was it this guy?"
"Gyuki, please lend me your power!" B said in his heart.
"Yosh!" The Eight-Tails, Gyuki, replied within B's mind.
Just like the Nine-Tails, it too was still wary of Sora!
Thus, with the Eight-Tails' full support, Chakra equivalent to hundreds of Kakashis was output by Gyuki into B!
Just like the construction of a Susanoo, centered on B, fiery red Tailed Beast's Chakra with a temperature like molten lava began to take shape around him.
Eight octopus-like tentacles, smooth, fiery red skin, eight-pack abs, massive pectoral muscles, thick arms, and of course the large bovine eye on its head, a horse-like face, and two bull horns!
In just moments, a gigantic, over sixty-meter-tall Eight-Tails stood amidst the ruins of Kumogakure!
"Rooooooar!"
Gyuki let out a tremendous roar towards the sky. In the enclosed environment of Kumogakure's lower levels, massive echoes reverberated!
Then, without further words.
The Eight-Tails swung its massive tentacle through the air, lashing out like a giant whip towards Sora!
With its enormous size and Gyuki's immense strength, the air rippled like water!
However, facing such an attack, Sora remained completely unafraid. He drew his sword, and a series of ice pillars the size of small hills erupted from the ground!
"Swallow Ice Pillars!"
Under the precise lock-on of his Reikaku, the dozens-of-meters-tall ice pillars, named 'Swallows', acted more like a pack of wolves hunting down Gyuki's tentacle.
Seeing this, Gyuki's tentacle changed direction mid-air, trying to evade, but could only be pierced through by Sora's ice pillars!
"Roar!!!"
A cry of pain came from Gyuki.
However, its attack did not stop.
"Tentacle Lash!"
With a loud shout, abandoning the pierced tentacle, the Eight-Tails leaped high into the air, swinging its whip-like appendage down at Sora from above!
"Heh!" Yuki Sora sneered disdainfully: "Nothing but whips, still whips. Do you have no other moves?"
"Let me tell you something: a whip can never overcome a pillar!"
After speaking, Sora's eyes narrowed, and he swung Hyorinmaru once more!
Within his body, Reiatsu as brilliant as the blazing sun was released!
Instantly, at the four corners surrounding the Eight-Tails' body, four extremely thin ice pillars appeared, reminiscent of the Sound Four's Four Violet Flames Formation!
Confirming the pillars were in place, Sora uttered the incantation: "Thousand Year Ice Prison!"
Boooooom-
A sound like crashing tidal waves was heard!
But this wasn't the sound of waves… it was the sound of absolute zero water pouring forth from the four ice pillars!
This was also one of Sora's research achievements.
When Hyorinmaru is in Shikai, its effect actually involves both ice and water.
In this state, Hyorinmaru's ice dragons are extremely fast, as the speed of water impact is always faster than freezing.
In the Bleach Anime, Gin was once frozen by the water from Hitsugaya's Shikai State.
However, Hyorinmaru's combination of ice and water was lost upon achieving Bankai, which Sora considered a flaw.
Hence, the current situation: first water, then ice!
And this effect proved particularly effective now!
Seeing the water pouring towards it from all sides, the Eight-Tails wasn't particularly panicked.
Because in its view, as a half-bull, half-octopus, it should naturally be capable of moving in water.
But this confidence wavered when Sora's bone-chillingly cold water poured over him!
"N-No, no, no! How is this possible? How can water be this cold and still not freeze?"
Without even freezing solid, just being doused by Sora's water made his entire body stiffen. The Eight-Tails let out a panicked cry!
Trapped inside Sora's artificially created ice box, the Eight-Tails struggled violently!