Chapter 292: Brute Force Flying Bricks, The Heavenly River Tilts!
Roshi slowly stood up, his burly frame casting a massive shadow under the flickering light of the campfire.
His monk robes fluttered without wind as a searing, violent Chakra, seemingly rising from the depths of the earth's core, began to surge from within him.
"Heh..."
"Regardless of whether you kid are here for the Dust Release, Hidden Stone Village, or something else..."
Roshi's voice became low and resonant with power, his red beard and hair seeming to flare even more wildly.
"Before we talk about any of that, let this old man gauge just how much weight you truly carry—the Sixth Hokage of Hidden Leaf Village, who at such a young age dares to speak of annexing the Land of Grass and coveting the Land of Earth!"
Before his voice even faded, a blinding dark-red light erupted from all around him.
The Chakra materialized, forming a thick Chakra Cloak like flowing lava that covered his entire body.
"Magma" churned on the surface of the cloak, radiating an oppressive heat that even caused the surrounding air to distort!
"Lava Release Chakra Mode!"
Not only that, the ground beneath his feet instantly softened and melted under the influence of this extreme heat, turning into a small, churning pool of molten lava.
The orange-red glow illuminated his resolute face, reflecting the violent power belonging to a Jinchuriki and a practitioner of Lava Release!
The battle was on the verge of breaking out!
Almost at the same time Roshi activated his Lava Release Mode, Naruto had already moved first. He didn't retreat; instead, he formed a minimalist seal with one hand and pressed it toward the ground beside him!
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust!"
A massive amount of gold dust flew out from his ninja tool pouch, spiraling upward like a golden tide endowed with life.
It formed a solid and wide gold dust platform beneath Naruto and Hikari's feet, lifting them steadily into mid-air. This distanced them from the lava pool on the ground and provided flexible mobility and a defensive barrier.
Hikari stood at the edge of the gold dust platform, her crimson Mangekyo calmly locked onto Roshi below. However, she didn't take the initiative to attack, merely staying prepared to provide support or handle any accidents at a moment's notice.
Just then, Naruto's voice rang out:
"Hikari, I'll take him on solo this time."
Hearing this, Hikari glanced at Naruto. Seeing the determination in his eyes, she nodded slightly and took half a step back, yielding the main battlefield entirely. However, her Mangekyo remained locked on, and the gold dust platform was still maintained.
Naruto took a step forward to the very front of the gold dust platform, facing Roshi below, who was radiating a scorching Aura like a miniature volcano.
"Suiting me just fine!"
Roshi looked up from the lava pool and grinned, his lava cloak making him look like a god of fire.
"Let me see if such a young Hokage has the strength to match such big talk!"
Naruto didn't reply, simply taking a deep breath.
The next moment, a brilliant golden light erupted from within him.
Golden Chakra surged and wrapped around him like flames, forming a magnificent and majestic golden Chakra Cloak on his body.
Atop the gold dust platform, Naruto stood like a golden god of war in the air; in the lava pool, Roshi stood like a lava demon. The standoff lasted only an instant before Roshi struck first!
He took a deep breath, his chest swelling high as lava Chakra rapidly converged in his throat! The next moment, he suddenly spat it out!
"Lava Release: Scorching Stream Rock Technique!"
Several lava fireballs, each over half a meter in diameter, crimson all over with viscous lava flowing on the surface and terrifying heat and impact compressed inside, shot out from his mouth like cannonballs in succession.
These lava spheres didn't fly in a straight line; instead, they moved with certain arcs and tricky angles, tearing through the air and trailing scorching flames as they whistled toward Naruto in mid-air from different directions.
Wherever they passed, the air was scorched into distortion.
Facing this oncoming scorching attack, Naruto didn't dodge or evade; he simply clapped his hands together.
"Water Release: Heavenly River Tilt!"
This move was entirely a name Naruto had come up with during a burst of his 'chuunibyou' soul.
The celestial banquet reopens, the Moon Maiden dances gracefully, Tianpeng gets drunk, and the Heavenly River tilts!
There were no complex shape transformations or exquisite control techniques; there was only the simplest, excessive amount of Chakra driving a massive volume of water!
In an instant, with Naruto as the center, it was as if the Heavenly River's dam had burst.
Boundless floods emerged out of thin air, the Heavenly River breaching its banks and pouring down.
The water surged and roared, instantly covering half the sky and forming a towering wave dozens of meters high and of unknown thickness. With a majestic Aura that could crush everything, it crashed down toward Roshi and the lava spheres he had spat out.
Rumble!
The first lava sphere crashed into the 'Heavenly River,' producing an earth-shaking roar and a violent steam explosion.
But its high temperature and impact force, in the face of this seemingly infinite amount of Chakra-enhanced water, were like a spark thrown into the ocean. It merely kicked up a huge mushroom cloud of white steam before being completely swallowed, cooled, and swept downward by the even more violent subsequent flow!
The second sphere, the third... all the Scorching Stream Rocks were swallowed by this rolling Heavenly River without exception.
The scorching lava rapidly lost its heat under the continuous flushing of the icy giant waves, turning into black, porous rock fragments that were then swept away without a trace by the water.
And the momentum of this 'Heavenly River Tilt' didn't diminish in the slightest, continuing to smash down toward Roshi in the lava pool with the force of a mountain toppling into the sea.
"What?"
Roshi's pupils constricted. He hadn't expected Naruto's Water Release to be so terrifying.
This wasn't a conventional Water Release Ninjutsu at all; this was a disaster-level flood!
Others use Water Release, but this kid is using Ocean Release!
In this moment of crisis, Roshi let out a roar, and the Four-Tails' Chakra within him surged out even more violently!
"Roar!"
Four substantial crimson tails made of Chakra suddenly extended from his back, flailing wildly and elevating the power of his Lava Release Chakra Mode to a new height.
The range of the lava pool beneath his feet also expanded abruptly, attempting to evaporate part of the water flow with extreme heat.
However, the scale of the 'Heavenly River Tilt' was simply too vast!
The endless, icy river water, like the actual Heavenly River pouring down, instantly flushed and submerged the entire area.
Roshi's figure, along with his lava pool, was swallowed together by the towering waves.
The piercing sound of water and fire clashing, the roar of rocks being washed and rolled, and Roshi's faint roars were all jumbled together.
At the edge of the gold dust platform, Uchiha Hikari stood dumbfounded.
She knew Naruto was strong, had seen him defeat powerful enemies with her own eyes, and had felt the unfathomable Chakra within him.
But at this moment, seeing this terrifying Water Release that seemed capable of changing the very landscape, she truly felt firsthand to what appalling heights the power Naruto could unleash at the 'Ninjutsu' level had reached.
This had already exceeded her conventional understanding of 'Water Release.'
What she didn't know was that the essence of this technique Naruto called 'Heavenly River Tilt' didn't involve any particularly exquisite nature transformation or shape control skills.
To use Naruto's own private complaint, it was simply...
"It's just relying on having too much Chakra—brute force makes even bricks fly!"
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