"H-how is this possible?!"
Sasuke, having fallen to the ground, looked dazed.
He had clearly controlled his 'Susanoo' to make a defensive posture. According to past spars with Naruto, Naruto's 'Rasengan' had no way to break through his 'Susanoo's' defense, let alone directly crushing his 'Susanoo' and knocking him flying like this.
Sasuke wanted to get up, but found his body somewhat unresponsive.
"Damn it..."
He cursed inwardly, realizing his injuries were probably more serious than expected.
Undoubtedly.
Even now, Sasuke still hadn't deeply realized the difference between the 'Great Spiralling Ring' and the ordinary 'Rasengan'.
Menma's 'Great Spiralling Ring' was a type of 'Rasengan' that compressed the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast chakra to the extreme. Its destructive power was close to that of a 'Tailed Beast Ball', easily capable of destroying an entire village. So if one had to find a type of 'Rasengan' to compare with it, only the S-rank ninjutsu 'Rasenshuriken' could barely match it.
Therefore, taking a 'Great Spiralling Ring' head-on without dying on the spot was already a testament to the strong defense of his 'Susanoo'. If it were anyone else, even a Kage-level powerhouse, taking such a hit without dodging or evading would likely cost them their life!
Suppressing the shock, anger, and anxiety in his heart, he observed the surroundings.
Everywhere he looked was filled with smoke and dust. Even with a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan, he couldn't see too far and couldn't determine Naruto's current position.
Suddenly, footsteps came from directly in front of him.
He hurriedly fished out a kunai from the ninja tool pouch at his waist. Although knowing a mere kunai couldn't give him a sense of security in this situation, it was all he could do.
Amidst the smoke and dust, Menma, chest heaving heavily like bellows, walked slowly towards Sasuke.
Releasing the 'Great Spiralling Ring' was not easy for him either.
Especially just now, due to the rush, he didn't have time to brew it slowly, so his entire right arm used for the jutsu, from palm to shoulder, suffered varying degrees of damage.
Plus, it was released at close range. The reaction force of the 'Great Spiralling Ring' hitting 'Susanoo' also blew him away, causing considerable impact to his body. Fortunately, being an Uzumaki and a Jinchuriki himself, he managed to withstand it.
Although injured quite badly, there was not a trace of worry on his face; instead, the corner of his mouth turned up, revealing a twisted smile.
Passing through the smoke and dust, Menma finally arrived in front of Sasuke.
Looking at Sasuke lying on the ground, barely able to prop himself up, he snorted lightly: "Yo, so a Mangekyo Uchiha also lies on the ground like a stray dog?"
Sasuke was instantly furious: "Naruto, you bastard!"
Menma tilted his head and grinned savagely: "Sorry, you got the wrong person, I'm not that idiot Naruto!"
Sasuke tried to climb up from the ground, but failed after several attempts, immediately thinking to himself: "Must be multiple muscle tears caused by the impact just now, damn it!"
Menma didn't attack either, just quietly watching Sasuke's futile attempts, as if admiring something very interesting.
Seeing this, Sasuke immediately threw the kunai in his hand.
Menma raised his hand, steadily catching the kunai thrown by Sasuke, and said: "Sasuke, as long as you beg me, I'll spare your life!"
"Want me to beg you?" Sasuke spat: "Tch, keep dreaming!"
Menma's face turned cold: "I'm sparing your life out of kindness for the sake of that idiot Naruto! Since you seek death, I'll fulfill your wish!"
With that, Menma slightly raised his right hand, and a dark purple 'Great Spiralling Ring' appeared!
Although dealing with the injured Sasuke didn't require a killer move like 'Great Spiralling Ring', Menma still gave Sasuke some dignity.
"Damn it, do I have to use that move?"
Looking at the gradually condensing 'Great Spiralling Ring' in Menma's hand, Sasuke's expression froze.
Even his 'Susanoo', injected with full pupil power and making defensive moves, failed to block the opponent's weird 'Rasengan' just now. It was even more impossible for the injured him to block it now.
So to save his life, he could only use all remaining pupil power to activate 'Izanagi' and reverse the fate of certain death.
However, just as Menma prepared to throw the 'Great Spiralling Ring' in his hand to end Sasuke's life, his expression changed, suddenly showing a ferocious and painful look on his face.
"Why stop me? Fool, he looks down on you just like everyone else, isn't it good to let me kill him..."
Menma dispelled the 'Great Spiralling Ring', clutched his head with both hands, and growled painfully in a low voice, as if talking to someone.
Sasuke at the side watched dumbfoundedly.
A moment later, Menma glared fiercely at Sasuke and dropped a sentence: "Consider yourself lucky, I'll spare your life this time!"
With that, Menma stopped tangling, leaped, and disappeared into the smoke and dust.
Watching Menma leave, Sasuke first breathed a sigh of relief, then a sense of shame and annoyance surged into his heart. He never expected there would be a time when he needed Naruto to spare his life.
Swish swish swish...
Not long after, accompanied by the sound of wind breaking, Kakashi and the others hurriedly arrived at the scene.
Sasori and Deidara didn't tangle too much with Kakashi and the others. They only intervened to help Itachi deal with the pursuers seeing the Hidden Leaf crowd chasing Itachi. Afterward, seeing the explosion from the great battle between Sasuke and Menma, the two actively disengaged from the battle, so Kakashi and the others arrived here smoothly.
Looking Sasuke up and down, Kakashi asked: "Why are you so heavily injured, what exactly happened?"
Sasuke said annoyedly: "It's Naruto!"
"Naruto!?" Startled, Kakashi hurriedly looked around: "He appeared here?"
Yakumo and Tokuma Hyuga leaped to high places respectively upon hearing this, using dojutsu to observe the surroundings and search for Naruto's figure.
Tsume Inuzuka let her ninja dogs sniff nearby, while Muta Aburame released kikaichū to scout around.
After a round of searching, Yakumo and Tokuma Hyuga returned to Sasuke and Kakashi, shaking their heads.
Obviously, Menma moved very fast and had already moved far away from here.
Kakashi stared closely at Sasuke: "What exactly happened?"
Sasuke said: "I met him just now and had a fight with him! That guy learned a very special Rasengan from somewhere, I was careless for a moment and suffered a small loss!"
Sasuke's miserable appearance was obviously not as simple as suffering a small loss, but no one argued with him about this right now.
Yakumo said: "Naruto appearing here shows that our previous guess was correct; he is indeed looking for the other half of the Nine-Tails!"
Kakashi nodded slightly.