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The battle continued.
Miles of yellow sand were a tailor-made battlefield for Shukaku. Without any vision, Shukaku's attacks were as unpredictable as a sudden thunderstorm on a clear sky. If it weren't for his quick reflexes, Naruto would already be reporting Kakashi's failures to Kushina.
While Naruto was generally aggressive in battle, it depended on the type of fight. Currently, Shukaku controlled the entire sand terrain and the floating sand in mid-air, relentlessly spewing Sand Shuriken and Drilling Air Bullets. Coupled with its terrifying defense, it was like a Sherman M1 tank that had planted a ring of mobile landmines around itself.
A Sherman M1, with a firing rate of 350 rounds per minute, capable of simultaneous armor penetration and explosive destruction. Against such an enemy, Naruto had no choice but to drag out the fight until its ammunition ran out.
Naruto had already been at it for over half an hour. And Shukaku, it wasn't just spewing attacks in reality; it was also spewing insults in the mental world.
"Stinky fox, is your Jinchuriki immortal or something?" This brat had taken four of its Drilling Air Bullets and was still bouncing around like a live fish thrown into a hot oil pan. Extraordinarily lively.
"You're too weak... Hic."
"Why do you keep hiccupping at me? Last time, you only said one hiccup."
"None of your business."
"Who's minding you? I'm telling you to come out and fight me!"
"A weakling who can't even kill a thirteen-year-old human brat."
"I'm afraid if I kill him, you'll die too, and then who will fight me?"
"You're an embarrassment to Tailed Beasts."
Naruto was going crazy. They hadn't stopped arguing since the fight began. One was a non-stop chatterbox, and the other kept mocking it as trash. It was absolutely infuriating. Shukaku's voice was like a eunuch's, and the Nine-Tails didn't refuse the connection, making Naruto want to kill himself from the noise.
Shukaku was indeed a chatterbox, but it depended on who it was with. With Gaara, it wouldn't say a single word, believing Gaara wasn't worthy. Last time in the ocean, it had been brutally beaten by two brats, so it had no face to speak. This time was different; it had been completely suppressing Naruto, so it had every right to speak.
"Stinky fox, don't think I can't kill him!"
"Go on, try it, you one-tailed trash."
"Who said fewer tails means weaker! The Three-Tails couldn't beat me!"
"You filled up its lake, of course it couldn't beat you. If you're not convinced, go fight it in the ocean."
"Filling the lake is also my skill."
"Heh heh, weakling... Hic."
In reality, Shukaku, constantly being mocked, withdrew its various ultimate techniques. The sand waves calmed, the ground vortex disappeared, and the sand dust dissipated, revealing Naruto in his disheveled clothes. Jiraiya finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he could confirm Naruto was alright by the continuous stream of clones falling from the sky, he was still a little uneasy until he saw him in person.
Naruto's teleportation gate could only teleport people, and at most, some not-too-large items. This technique wasn't a spatial channel connecting two locations; otherwise, Naruto would have long since created a vacuum tube with two teleportation gates inside, using gravitational acceleration for infinite acceleration to unleash a light-speed kick and shatter the moon.
"Are you tired of fighting?" Naruto spat, his spittle containing streaks of blood. He didn't know what was broken this time. "Then it's my turn!"
Shukaku ignored him, gathering a Tailed Beast Ball. Naruto immediately used a teleportation gate; this move was impossible to dodge. Shukaku flicked its tail, and sand slowly gathered, burying the still-forming purple gate. At the same time, a sand arm reached out to grab Naruto. The amount of sand was small; Shukaku couldn't spare much energy to control sand while using the Tailed Beast Ball. It couldn't stop Naruto in his teleportation state, but it could stop Naruto from entering the teleportation gate.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" After signaling Jiraiya, who was rushing to provide support, Naruto, still running, created six clones.
"Quick!"
Two clones, each holding a mithril sword, blocked the incoming sand. Naruto, meanwhile, ran with four clones, creating a Rasengan Shuriken.
"Tailed Beast Ball!"
"Wind Style: Rasengan Shuriken!"
Both completed their techniques almost simultaneously. Naruto had also been improving; the formation speed of this technique was getting faster and faster, and clones could now hold it for two seconds. Previously, only the main body could hold it.
Grabbing a clone, Naruto directly threw it towards the Tailed Beast Ball.
"Boom!" The clone was crushed to death, and the Rasengan Shuriken exploded. However, the difference in power between the two was too great; the Rasengan Shuriken couldn't penetrate the Tailed Beast Ball.
Jiraiya: "Use that move... hit below it."
"Changing trajectory, yes, brat." The fox spirit praised.
[I copied you.] This move was what the Nine-Tails used when fighting the six Tailed Beasts on the other side.
Copying is copying, but when praised, one should still be grateful: "Thank you."
Temari, who was watching the battle from a distance, remarked, "What powerful Wind Style!"
[Being kicked twice by this monster doesn't seem like such a big deal anymore.]
Kankuro, next to her, decisively gave up his desire for revenge. He believed it was best to avoid provoking a monster that could fight Shukaku for so long.
The Tailed Beast Ball, its trajectory altered, flew over Naruto's head and diagonally into the sky.
"Boom!"
Shukaku delivered a fireworks display to the desert. The strong winds from the two massive explosions turned the battlefield dusty. Naruto lost his vision again.
The clones carrying buckets in the sky, upon noticing the anomaly, gave up throwing buckets and committed suicide with kunai. After receiving the information, Naruto, braving the storm, jumped to evade a giant sand hand lurking in the dust. Then, he used a stone wall in mid-air to change direction and dodge a Drilling Air Bullet. This time, he chose to jump towards Shukaku's side.
Shukaku's attack range was smaller than before.
"Fewer tails means trash. It's already giving up after just half an hour," the fox spirit mocked.
...
The dust settled, and vision returned.
Naruto, who had been dodging throughout the battle, activated Wind Entanglement. It wasn't that he forgot; it was that he had dispersed too much chakra to his clones earlier and didn't dare to use this move. Now it was different; he had a chance to attack!
Come on, Shukaku, Round Two, begin!
Shukaku placed a layer of sand shield over its head to block the falling wooden buckets while simultaneously controlling sand to attack Naruto. It was buying time to recover its chakra.
The sand was fast, but Naruto was faster. Circling Shukaku, performing high-difficulty acrobatic maneuvers to dodge attacks, Naruto was slowly closing in on Shukaku. But he didn't know how to attack... How could he damage such a large, hard thing without being able to use the Rasengan Shuriken?
Suddenly, he saw a chain buried in the sand. This was... Mojia Treasure Brick!
He ducked to dodge a giant sand hand, and a bucket of water splashed onto the small hand that reached out. Having bought a little time, Naruto grabbed the chain, pulled hard, retrieved the Mojia Treasure Brick, and swung it, scattering the claws behind him.
Three minutes later, Shukaku, who had once again blocked the Treasure Brick with sand, fell silent. It realized its chakra consumption was faster than its recovery... It might not be talking, but its attacks couldn't stop: "Drilling Air Bullet!"
Naruto, who lifted the Treasure Brick to block, was pushed backward a long distance. Without even brushing off the dust, Naruto, clutching the Treasure Brick, scattered a few sand hands and charged towards Shukaku.
Shukaku, which had been holding back for a long time, couldn't help but ask, "Stinky fox, what kind of creature is this that you've raised?" This question wasn't just on its mind; Jiraiya, who was watching the battle, and the siblings on the other side also wanted to ask.
"A weakling's excuse."
Shukaku said miserably, "Even the Three-Tails isn't as durable as he is."
"The lament of a defeated dog."
The two arch-rivals started arguing again.
You damn Shukaku, are you comparing me to a turtle?!
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