Despite this overly long name making the Kurama in his mental world roll his eyes and inwardly grumble that the kid's naming taste was as bad as his father's, the power of this move was undeniable.
Five massive Rasengan, imbued with Chakra of different attributes, like five falling meteors, crashed into the all-consuming sea of sand with a destructive aura!
"Boom!!!"
Deafening explosions resounded one after another, as Chakra energy of various attributes instantly erupted, intertwined, and annihilated! Scorching flame tornadoes, violent lightning, wind blades that tore through everything, mountain-like rock impacts, and surging tsunamis... The endless sea of sand rapidly disintegrated under the terrifying onslaught of these fused Five Elements, creating a massive passage.
The power of the Rasengan was far from exhausted; after tearing through the sand barrier, they continued unabated, all striking Shukaku's massive body below!
"Roar ah ah ah—!!!"
Shukaku's angry and painful roar echoed across the sky, his massive body completely engulfed by the explosion.
Naruto landed lightly on the top of a tall tree, calmly observing the still-exploding, energy-raging ball of light nearby, and Shukaku's mournful howls from within it.
He quickly assessed the situation in his mind: if Gaara's body were exposed outside Shukaku like in the "original work," he would only need to wake him up to forcibly dispel the Tailed Beast transformation. But at this moment, Gaara was clearly completely devoured by Shukaku's consciousness, deeply hidden within his body.
Then, there was only one way left—to forcibly beat Shukaku back into his seal!
The blinding light and smoke from the explosion slowly dispersed, and Shukaku's gigantic body still stood in place, though his form was a gruesome sight. His body, made of sand, was riddled with huge holes and cracks, like a leaky, dilapidated doll, with sand constantly pouring from the wounds, the repair speed far from keeping up with the destruction.
"Is it the Shukaku Shield?" Naruto immediately recognized this defensive Ninjutsu; at the last moment, he used ultra-high-density sand to protect most of his body, but he was still severely wounded.
Shukaku laboriously raised his head, his eyes fixed on Naruto on the treetop, burning with anger and madness. "You brat! And that damned fox! You forced my hand!"
He completely succumbed to rage, suddenly opening his massive mouth, and despite his body still crumbling, began to forcibly gather power! Red Chakra, representing Yang Release, and blue Chakra, representing Yin Release, began to wildly mix and compress in his mouth, in a precise 8:2 ratio!
Finally, a deep purplish-black sphere rapidly formed in his mouth, containing terrifying power capable of completely decomposing and annihilating all matter.
It was a Tailed Beast Ball!
"Boom—!!!"
The purplish-black Tailed Beast Ball, carrying an aura of annihilation, roared towards Naruto. Wherever it passed, even light seemed to be swallowed, leaving only a distorted trajectory.
Facing this terrifying attack, capable of wiping a mountain off the map, there was not a trace of panic in Naruto's eyes. He simply calmly raised his hands, quickly formed hand signs, and then held a Flying Thunder God kunai, engraved with special runes, in front of him.
The next moment, an unexpected change occurred!
On the path of the Tailed Beast Ball, large, complex, and precise sealing runes appeared in the air without warning, instantly forming an invisible spatial coordinate network.
The destructive energy sphere seemed to crash into an invisible spiderweb, its speed drastically reduced, and then, the massive energy body was forcibly pulled and twisted by the rune array, literally "trapped" within it!
"Flying Thunder God Guiding Thunder."
As Naruto's Chakra surged violently, the space-time Ninjutsu was activated again. His figure flickered slightly with a golden flash.
Almost simultaneously, in an uninhabited valley several kilometers away, the Tailed Beast Ball, precisely transferred there, lost the restraint of its spatial coordinates, and the extremely unstable Yin-Yang Release Chakra within it instantly lost balance—
"Boom!!!!!!!"
A colossal, dull roar, far more intense than any previous explosion, came from afar. Even at such a distant range, a massive mushroom cloud, mixed with purplish-black energy, could be clearly seen slowly rising into the sky. The shockwave of the explosion even caused the surrounding forest to sway. Its power was comparable to a small nuclear bomb, but if it couldn't hit its target, it was meaningless.
Shukaku was utterly dumbfounded, his eyes wide. His strongest killing move, was it... simply defused so effortlessly?! What kind of monster was this kid?!
In stark contrast to Shukaku's shock was the complex emotional state of Kurama within Naruto. Watching Naruto skillfully use the Flying Thunder God to transfer away that familiar threat, Kurama couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. This kid... he was becoming more and more like that man... He couldn't help but recall that night many years ago, when he was once again controlled by the Sharingan, rampaging through Konoha. Ultimately, a man stopped him, and at the cost of his life, sealed half of him within Naruto... Thinking of this, Kurama's heart suddenly became restless. Although that man was already on the verge of death at the time, he had, after all, done irreparable things to Naruto's parents... Guilt and a secret fear quietly began to grow—Kurama suddenly feared that Naruto would one day learn the full truth of his parents' deaths.
"Gah gah...Woo woo woo... This great one... This great one doesn't want to go back!"
Shukaku reluctantly shuffled his massive body backward, a somewhat anthropomorphic expression of fear and grievance appearing on his sandy face.
He had only just gained his freedom! He didn't want to return to that dark, sealed cage! Moreover, this time he was suppressed by the Jinchuriki of that stinky fox himself... If he ever saw Kurama again in the future, Shukaku didn't dare to imagine what infuriatingly arrogant look that fox would have!
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the battlefield, deep in the shadows of a dense forest, a figure quietly stood on a high branch, intently observing Naruto's battle with Shukaku. Snake-like eyes were fixed on Naruto's brilliant golden Chakra mode, with an undisguised, almost obsessive possessiveness flickering within them.
It was Orochimaru, who should have been fighting the Third Hokage? However, upon closer inspection, this "Orochimaru's" body's Chakra fluctuations were also much weaker—it seemed this was not his main body, but merely a clone for observation and backup plans.
"A perfect... Jinchuriki. Is the disparity between him and an uncontrollable wild Tailed Beast really so vast?"
Orochimaru muttered in a low voice, his hoarse tone filled with barely suppressed excitement. His original plan was to wait for Shukaku and Naruto to be mutually exhausted before making his move to pick up the pieces, but it now seemed that plan would fall through.
At this rate, Shukaku would soon be completely suppressed.
"Although it's controlled by a clone, this body, maintained by the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, has limited Chakra... but it should be enough to execute the backup plan."
He no longer hesitated, swiftly forming the forbidden hand signs.
"Summoning Jutsu: Edo Tensei!"
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