"Kō!"
With a roar, searing flames ignited and swept outward at incredible speed, visibly devouring the canyon.
Under the intense blaze, the black-ink clones of Killer B instantly evaporated.
In just the blink of an eye, before those ink avatars could get close enough to attempt sealing, they were utterly incinerated.
Cold sweat poured down Killer B's forehead as he quickly flailed his octopus limbs.
"W-Wait, Namikaze Menma, we'll return the Uchiha brat to you! Just… turn off your flames, man!"
Naruto paused for a moment, then continued walking forward.
"Once I roast you into grilled octopus, the Uchiha kid will be mine anyway."
Killer B's sweat became rivers.
He opened his mouth wide and roared,
"Big bro! Take Yugito and fall back to the village, now!"
At the same time, in front of him, a Bijūdama began to form.
The pitch-black sphere grew rapidly—surpassing even Gyūki's massive body in size within moments.
The Fourth Raikage didn't hesitate. He stomped forward, ready to grab Nii Yugito and retreat.
"Hmph, Izumi, summon your Susano'o!" Naruto snapped coldly, transforming into a streak of flame and charging straight toward the fully transformed Hachibi.
Uchiha Izumi's eyes lit up. Without hesitation, she activated her Susano'o, ignoring any drain on her Mangekyō.
A shadowy warrior erupted from the ground, dark as night and shrouded in roaring black flames. Its giant hand slammed down toward the Raikage.
"What the hell is that fire!?"
The Raikage's face twisted as he remembered Uchiha intel.
"That's the inextinguishable black flames—Amaterasu!?"
Back in the Warring States period, many Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō and wielded the dreaded Amaterasu.
Reports said that once ignited, it burned for seven nights and seven days—unrelenting and unquenchable.
"I absolutely can't let it touch me…"
Though clad in Lightning Armor, the Raikage knew even he couldn't survive being engulfed by black fire.
In a blur of lightning, he narrowly dodged the attack.
"You think you can escape!?"
Izumi's eyes bled, but her voice remained frigid.
This was the first battle task Naruto had entrusted to her. She could not fail.
Without hesitation, she used Kagutsuchi, molding the black flames into a massive wall of fire, completely surrounding Yugito's location.
Anyone wanting to rescue her would first have to endure the blaze.
The Raikage's face darkened. He gritted his teeth and glanced toward Killer B's Bijūdama.
If that blast could annihilate the entire gorge, he might still have a chance.
"Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
While racing forward, Naruto formed a hand seal, and clouds of white smoke exploded around him—dozens, then hundreds of shadow clones emerged.
The real Naruto glared at the Bijūdama forming above.
"Brothers! Send that thing back to them!!"
"YEAH!!" the clones roared.
Each one carried half the strength of the original. In full sync, they leapt into the air, heading straight for the growing sphere of destruction.
"B… something's wrong!"
Gyūki's voice rang out within Killer B's mind.
"The enemy's charging us head-on!"
Killer B replied firmly, "Doesn't matter—just fire that cannon and blast 'im away!"
With their combined effort, the Bijūdama had already formed and was seconds from firing.
"But… I've got a bad feeling," Gyūki muttered nervously.
"Let's do it, Hachibi! Blow this freak away—YO YO YO!"
With that, the black sphere blasted outward like a malevolent star.
It grew larger and darker as it sped forward—destruction incarnate.
Gyūki finally exhaled, believing the threat had been dealt with.
After all, this was the Bijūdama—the strongest attack in the entire shinobi world.
One blast could reduce an entire hidden village to rubble.
"HIT HIM!!"
Naruto roared as his own palm, coated in Busōshoku Haki, collided with the sphere.
All his buffs—Haki, Sage Chakra, Fire—activated simultaneously.
With one palm, he slammed downward.
BOOM!!
The Bijūdama's velocity slowed. Cracks began to appear on its surface.
The moment after—hundreds of shadow clones struck simultaneously with downward palms.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM…!
Each impact deepened the fissures.
From within the cracks, blinding white light burst out—on the verge of explosion.
"B, RUN!!"
Gyūki screamed.
"He's… pushing the Bijūdama back!! What kind of monster is this!?"
The Bijūdama was layered with a stabilizing chakra membrane that prevented immediate detonation—
But even so, this human was reversing its trajectory.
Killer B gasped.
"I've only heard of someone doing this… Konoha's First Hokage, Senju Hashirama…"
Desperately, he spun his octopus tentacles and fled.
But it was too late.
BOOOOOOM!!!
The ruptured Bijūdama exploded mid-air. Cracks split fully open, the core erupted—engulfing the entire canyon.
The shockwave tore across everything, leveling stone, earth, and fire alike.
The already-ruined canyon was reduced to nothing. Stones rained down, covering everything in rubble.
Dust clouded the sky.
"Cough—cough!!"
Naruto doubled over, hacking as he staggered upright.
"Damn… that was ridiculous. Almost couldn't stop it…"
Now he finally understood how, in the past, when he himself had used Bijūdama, people like Aokiji and Akainu had gotten injured.
Bijūdama contained 50% Yin chakra and 50% Yang chakra—fusing into the legendary Onmyōton (Yin-Yang Release).
It was a force capable of creating everything—and annihilating everything.
Even in the original story, reincarnated souls struck by it could not regenerate—because of the unique properties of Onmyōton.
"No wonder elemental transformation didn't work... good thing I used Haki in time…"
He exhaled and unleashed Kenbunshoku Haki (Observation Haki), scanning the battlefield.
Among the ruined gorge, he sensed the battered forms of the Raikage and Killer B.
But even farther away…
Two figures stood.
"Jiraiya… and Orochimaru!?"
(End of Chapter)
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