Boom!!!!!!
The explosion was ear-splitting. Amidst the blinding white wind and snow, the ugly giant monster instantly tore through the tranquility of the air!
Descending upon this snowy land with absolutely overwhelming presence!
And at this moment,
Below the battlefield,
A bloodied Naruto struggled to look up, his pupils constricted as he stared above, repeating in disbelief:
"Summoning... Ou-Outer Path Statue...?"
Hey hey...
Wh-what on earth... is this...
Naruto's gaze was hollow, the last shred of hope in his heart seeming to shatter in that instant.
This powerful oppressiveness even made him involuntarily stop breathing.
At this moment,
He finally had to admit...
Three years later, Sasuke's strength had already... surpassed his own by too much...
As this thought emerged, Naruto gritted his teeth unwillingly.
In fact,
When the battle had just begun,
Naruto naturally had noticed that Kakashi over there was blocked by the mysterious masked man.
But,
He simply couldn't break away to check on Kakashi's situation.
Because,
What he was facing,
Was a storm of attacks from Sasuke!
At first,
Naruto could barely hold his own,
Still using his specialty tactics of Shadow Clone + Body Replacement + Rasengan.
After all, this set of tactics had been practiced since long ago, and during the three years of training with Jiraiya, it had become even more refined.
Even against Kakashi, he could hold his own for a short time.
However,
He never imagined,
That his set of tactics, in front of Sasuke with his new eyes, was almost useless!
That strange technique called "Shinra Tensei" could brutally repel everything around him!
And "Bansho Ten'in" could instantly attract Naruto!
Combined with his effortless Chidori Current, it once pushed Naruto into a desperate situation where he could only take hits!
Although Naruto sensed that Sasuke's abilities seemed to have a cooldown period,
However,
When he finally used Shadow Clones to create an opening and unleashed his secretly developed "Wind Release: Rasenshuriken",
Unexpectedly, in an instant, it was absorbed by Sasuke in an extremely bizarre way!
The attack failed completely!
And now,
Sasuke, with his absolutely overwhelming dominance, had summoned this monster called the "Outer Path Statue".
Its terrifying oppressiveness was completely unheard of.
It gave Naruto the feeling of the Nine-Tails.
No,
That feeling even surpassed the Nine-Tails!
At this moment,
Naruto finally realized,
That in the past three years, while he was still complacent about developing the Rasenshuriken...
Sasuke had already undergone an absolute transformation!
They were in completely different dimension now.
Naruto gritted his teeth unwillingly, his fists clenched, looking up at Sasuke standing atop the Outer Path Statue.
One low, one high, one covered in blood, the other almost unharmed.
One with an expression of anger and unwillingness, the other indifferent as ice and snow.
At this moment,
The world seemed to stand still.
The next moment,
Sasuke finally spoke.
He stood atop the Outer Path Statue, indifferently looking down, and lightly said:
"Naruto"
"What kind of look is that...?"
"Despair?"
"The gaze of a loser appearing before the unbeatable me?"
"If so, then..."
"Farewell."
As he spoke, Sasuke lightly raised his hands, preparing to form seals.
That's right,
What he was about to do,
Was naturally the technique Madara had taught him—
Outer Path Chains!
He can directly summon Chakra Chains from the Outer Path Statue's mouth, extracting the Tailed Beast directly from the Jinchuriki's body, ending the battle.
Afterwards,
Everything would come to an end with the rebirth of the Ten-Tails.
This Shinobi World, which had spawned countless plots, hatred, pain, partings, and deaths, could finally completely end.
Thinking this, Sasuke's gaze became even more firm.
However,
Just as his hands were about to come together, suddenly,
From Naruto's body below, a terrifying momentum erupted!
Like a beast invading!!
The next moment, violent crimson Chakra instantly burst forth from all around him!!
Boom!!!!!!
"!?"
Seeing this,
Sasuke's heart paused for a moment, his gaze focusing.
This aura...
Is it the Nine-Tails inside him...?
This feeling of familiarity caused Sasuke to briefly fall into memories for a moment.
Thinking back to that time,
When they were on a mission in the Land of Waves, facing attacks from Momochi Zabuza and Haku.
At that time,
Naruto had erupted with the power of the Nine-Tails, thus saving everyone.
This time, it was different.
The two of them stood on completely opposite sides.
"..."
Sasuke was silent.
And at this moment,
Naruto slowly raised his eyes, his crimson pupils blazing with angry flames like a demon fox!
He stared fixedly at Sasuke above, clenching his jaw, his Chakra surging unceasingly, saying:
"Sasuke..."
"I absolutely... will never let you go down this path!
"Even if I have to break your arms and legs... even the bones in your body, I will absolutely... stop you here!!
Before his words ended,
The violent Nine-Tails Chakra instantly ignited like raging flames, blooming into a terrifying scene amidst the white snow!!
A fierce wind swept everything around, the phantom of the Nine-Tails and the Outer Path Statue stood facing each other, like a scroll from hell!
And at this moment,
Akatsuchi, the Iwagakure Shinobi who had rushed over from below, was instantly frozen.
????
What's going on...?!
Wasn't this kid Uzumaki Naruto supposed to be weak...???
He's actually... the Nine-Tails?!!
At this moment,
Akatsuchi was a bit unsure whether he should intervene.
Because now,
Just from the momentum,
The savage sense of the Nine-Tails Chakra released by Naruto even surpassed the Outer Path Statue's momentum across from him!