Haido couldn't help but sneer when he saw the yellow-haired brat gathering energy.
'Hmph, what an idiot.'
'How dare you fight against me?'
I have the power of an entire Gelel's Vein, and what do you, a little brat, have?'
"Brat, I don't have time to play Shinobi Games with you!"
Seeing the energy in the brat's hands about to be unleashed, Haido raised his own hand and fired a beam of light in response.
The black beam of the BijuKitsunehameha collided with the power of the Gelel's Stone, instantly shaking the underground structure violently.
Perhaps because Haido underestimated his opponent and didn't take Naruto's attack seriously at all, not even using his full strength.
As a result, the moment the two beams clashed, the black energy of the BijuKitsunehameha swallowed him whole.
A few seconds later, Haido fell to the ground in pieces, apparently deader than dead.
But with the power of the Gelel's Vein, his body reformed in an instant.
Haido cracked his neck, somewhat amazed at the other party's strength.
"You are very powerful, brat."
"Why don't you join..."
Bang…
"F**k!"
"Just fight, why bother talking?!"
Naruto flickered in front of Haido and delivered a vicious uppercut, sending Haido's head spinning 360 degrees before his body went flying.
But Naruto's mood was worsening.
'Why the hell won't this guy die?!'
"Naruto, give up..."
"As long as he's connected to the vein, he's immortal."
After Temujin recovered, he tried to give Naruto a kind reminder and told him to escape while he still could.
At this time, Sakura and Shikamaru also arrived.
"Naruto, why isn't this over yet?"
Shikamaru looked at the cult leader not far away and felt very surprised.
He fully acknowledged Naruto's strength.
Regardless of his strength as a fellow cult leader or raw combat ability, Shikamaru felt that Haido should die in three moves against Naruto.
Shikamaru and Sakura had been waiting outside, but after sensing the tremors from underground, they rushed down to check.
And what they saw was...
Haido completely unharmed!!
"This guy just won't die!"
After Naruto kicked Haido's head off, he turned and said to Shikamaru, ignoring Temujin's earlier remark.
In ancient times, Temujin's behavior of boosting others' morale and destroying one's own prestige would be punished with a military beating.
Bang…
After regenerating his head, Haido finally seized the moment Naruto was distracted and kicked him flying.
Naruto crashed through multiple stone pillars before finally stopping, shocking everyone present.
Shikamaru and Sakura immediately rushed to check on Naruto's condition.
"Naruto, are you okay?"
"Ptui…"
Naruto stood up, bent over, and spat out a mouthful of blood. He then wiped his mouth with his arm, waved his hand and said to his two teammates, "I'm fine."
After that, Naruto rushed forward again to continue fighting with Haido.
Meanwhile, the blood he spat out had already formed a small pool in the cracked floor...
Shikamaru: "..."
Sakura: "..."
The two looked at the large pool of blood on the ground, then looked at Naruto who was fighting, and their faces began to twitch.
'What the hell?!'
'What kind of normal person spits out that much blood and then keeps fighting like nothing happened?!'
Bang…
After a few minutes, the yellow-haired figure flew towards them again. Fortunately, the two managed to catch him together this time.
"Naruto..."
"It's not a good idea to continue fighting..."
"How about we retreat first?"
Shikamaru looked at Naruto, whose lips were still smeared with blood, and expressed his thoughts. He felt that the enemy now was beyond what they could handle alone.
'We must go back and seek support.'
'If this kept up…'
'Naruto might die first.'
"No!"
"I'm going to be the Savior today!"
Naruto bit off the cork of the healing potion with his teeth, chugged it down, and charged back in.
This cycle repeated dozens of times, and Haido, who had initially been mocking him, slowly began to feel genuine shock.
'Damn it!'
'What kind of monster is this yellow-haired brat?!'
The battle between them resulted in mutual injuries. If not for the Gelel's Vein's power, Haido would have already died over thirty times by now.
'But this damn brat...'
'How the hell does he still look like nothing's wrong?!'
"It's no use!"
"Kid, you have to destroy the vein to defeat him!"
Seeing Naruto get sent flying yet again, Kahiko couldn't help but remind him. But his words only pissed off Kurama.
"Naruto, don't listen to that old fool!"
"This spirit stone vein… I'll absorb it myself!"
"Just find a way to hold him down."
Naruto was slightly stunned when he heard Kurama's words.
'What?!'
'Spirit stone vein?!'
Although he felt that what Kurama said was nonsense, there seemed to be no good solution at the moment, so he could only do as he said.
"Shikamaru, help me restrain him."
"I'll try Sealing Technique!"
Naruto stood up and said something that shocked his two teammates.
'Wait…'
'Since when did you learn Sealing Technique?!'
Sakura's jaw dropped, while Shikamaru's expression wasn't much better.
If Naruto hadn't kicked Shikamaru to snap him out of it, he might've stayed frozen for a while longer.
"...Fine."
"But I can't guarantee I can hold him for long."
Shikamaru chose to trust NarutoNaruto. He formed hand seal and his shadow stealthily stretched toward Haido.
Seeing this, Naruto rushed forward again, but this time, he did not appear in front of Haido, but came from above him.
"Pathetic. I've lost my patience."
Haido raised his hands and continued to absorb the energy from the vein. He planned to use his strongest attack to wipe them all out.
But just as he condensed a huge ball of light and was about to throw it out, Haido found that he could not move...
"Naruto!"
"I got him!!"
"Use the Sealing Technique quickly!!"
Shikamaru shouted at Naruto. At this moment, he was already sweating profusely. It can be seen that restraining Haido was already pushing him to his limit.
When Naruto heard this, he decisively took out five pieces of bedrock and threw them precisely at Haido's limbs and head.
"Is this all you Shinobi can do?"
"Hah, what a joke!"
Shikamaru's shadow bind lasted less than two seconds.
The moment Haido broke free, Haido threw his long-charged attack directly in Naruto's direction.
But as soon as the energy sphere left his hand, his eyes went dark and he felt an intense pain.
Bang…
With a loud bang, five pieces of bedrock pressed down on Haido's limbs and head.
The mass of the bedrock that adapts to the rules of this world can be said to be unimaginable. Even Naruto couldn't lift bedrock under normal circumstances, that's why he had to drop it from above.
The sheer mass was so overwhelming that the ground beneath Haido collapsed instantly, forming a gigantic, human-shaped pit so deep no one could see the bottom.
When Naruto landed and looked around, he discovered that a bottomless 'U'-shaped hole had formed where Haido had been lying.
But the ball of light Haido had launched just now hit the vein.