Chapter 214: The Six-Tails Confrontation
Ren looked down coldly at the Six-Tails transformation. He crouched, brushing his hand over the false Nine-Tails' massive head. "Stay here for now," he said softly. "Let's see what final tricks these Konoha insects have left."
With that, he vanished from the fox's head and reappeared directly in front of the rampaging Six-Tails.
"Naruto," Ren's voice was a taunt. "I never realized you and Yamato were so close. To lose yourself to rage over the death of a single captain... do you finally understand a fraction of the hatred and pain I carry? You, who have felt this for mere moments, dare to preach to me about letting go? Look at yourself! What right do you have?!"
Hisss...! The Six-Tails didn't answer with words. It sensed the killing intent pouring from Ren and reacted on instinct. Its chakra body disintegrated and reformed in an instant, swelling to several times its previous size.
BAM! The Six-Tails slammed a colossal fist into the ground. The earth in front of it heaved upward, and with several rapid, rebounding strikes, it shattered the rising boulder into multiple fragments, hurling them at Ren like cannon fire.
Ren's eyes tracked the incoming projectiles. He tapped his feet twice against the ground, using the momentum to launch himself into the air. He executed a flawless somersault, landing squarely on the first flying boulder. Pushing off again, he leaped to the second, his form a blur as he used the debris as stepping stones to close the distance to the beast.
Seeing its attack fail, the Six-Tails condensed back into its smaller, fox-like form. It crouched, hind legs coiled, and opened its maw. A crimson laser beam shot directly at the airborne Ren.
Ren's eyes narrowed. The beam's speed made evasion in mid-air impossible. "Hmph!" With a grunt, he twisted his body, thrusting out a hand. A thin, shimmering barrier of light materialized before him.
Thump! Thump! Thump! The red lasers slammed into the barrier, dissipating against it without effect.
Now descending, Ren's right hand dropped to his waist. He drew the Ryūko. Using the momentum of his fall, he gripped the hilt with both hands and drove the point straight down toward the Six-Tails' back. The blade bit in half an inch before a searing red light erupted from the beast's body. The berserk chakra exploded outward the moment the steel touched its skin.
The scorching heat washed over Ren, reddening his face. Even he couldn't endure such temperatures at point-blank range. He planted both feet on the Six-Tails' shoulders and pushed off hard, yanking his blade free and putting distance between them.
The Six-Tails roared again, its chakra growing even more violent. The fiery red aura expanded, its radius more than ten times larger than before.
But then, the pendant on Naruto's chest glowed with a soft, green light. A beam extended from it, splitting into several bands of energy that lengthened and then twisted around the Six-Tails, attempting to bind and suppress it.
"A sealing technique...?" Ren's eyes gleamed. "Since you want to cause trouble, I'll give you the chance." As the Six-Tails struggled against the seal, Ren rushed forward again. In one fluid motion, he brought the blade down on the pendant. It shattered instantly. The green sealing light flickered and died.
"Hmph! Now this is interesting!" Ren grinned, his interest genuinely piqued.
Freed from the seal's restraint, the Six-Tails calmed for a moment, its focus absolute. Ren didn't relax. Underestimating a Tailed Beast's destructive power was a fatal mistake.
"Here it comes! The speed is impressive..." Ren's expression hardened. The Six-Tails vanished from its spot, appearing before him with a sonic boom, its chakra-clad fist already driving toward his face.
Though the beast had disappeared from his sight, Ren showed no panic. His Sharingan scanned the area, locking onto his target in a split second.
He saw the Six-Tails, its arm elongated by a shell of chakra, swinging a fist from over ten meters away. Ren dodged the first blow, but before he could regain his footing, a barrage of chakra fists followed.
He flicked the hilt of Ryūko, channeling chakra into the steel. A red aura flared along the edge as he met the onslaught, his blade a whirlwind of motion that severed the incoming chakra arms, causing them to dissipate into nothingness.
But in that brief defensive window, the Six-Tails had closed the gap. It was now within arm's reach, its own physical fist, sheathed in the Tailed Beast cloak, aimed squarely at Ren's face.
The speed of a Tailed Beast transformation was on another level entirely. Ren had expected a tough fight, but he still felt a flicker of surprise. Yet, no panic showed on his face. Only mockery.
"The speed is indeed beyond what I imagined. Even knowing the Six-Tails' reputation, experiencing it is another thing... but... it's still not enough."
The moment the Six-Tails entered his personal space, the tomoe in Ren's eyes spun, transforming into the Mangekyō pattern. An invisible field, dozens of meters in diameter, erupted from him, enveloping both himself and the charging beast. The fist rushing toward him suddenly slowed to a crawl.
Ren sneered, extending his right hand in a claw-like gesture. Chakra coalesced, forming a Rasengan in his palm. He drove it forward, pressing the spinning sphere of destruction directly into the Six-Tails' chest.
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