"No good, if this continues I will be exhausted to death by him."
Ryun's shadow clones were clearly much stronger than his own shadow clones. Whether it was taijutsu or ninjutsu, Naruto's shadow clones would be completely outmatched in a one-on-one situation.
If he continued to create more shadow clones, then the power given to him by the Sage of Six Paths would probably be used up very quickly.
Furthermore, even if he created another ten thousand shadow clones, he probably still could not defeat the nine thousand shadow clones Ryun currently had left. The gap in quality was too great.
"Keep going. If you do not keep making clones, you will soon be surrounded by my shadow clones." Ryun raised his voice to offer a friendly reminder.
"Damn it."
Looking at the sun mark in his palm, Naruto gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, but he forcibly resisted the impulse to continue using the Shadow Clone Technique.
As Naruto's last shadow clone was destroyed, Naruto's main body was immediately subjected to a comprehensive encirclement and attack by Ryun's shadow clones.
At this moment, he felt the pressure firsthand. Every single one of the opponent's shadow clones could exchange blows with him. If it were purely a taijutsu confrontation, exhausting all nine thousand shadow clones would probably leave him completely drained as well.
Therefore, Naruto decisively used ninjutsu.
"Sage Art, Wind Style, Wind Cutter Technique."
Naruto spat out an extremely sharp, thin line of wind from his mouth. Just by beginning to sweep horizontally, the wind line immediately destroyed over a hundred shadow clones. But before he could continue his efforts, Ryun glanced toward Naruto's location.
"Kamui."
A spatial vortex instantly formed. Sensing the imminent lethal danger, Naruto did not think twice and immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to escape from his original position.
"Heh heh. You run pretty fast. I hope you can maintain such quick reflexes."
Failing in one attempt, Ryun was not annoyed but instead laughed. His purpose for using Kamui was precisely to interrupt Naruto's use of ninjutsu to clear the battlefield.
As Naruto dodged with the Body Flicker Technique, the eight thousand nine hundred shadow clones immediately closed in for the kill again.
At the same time, Ryun's main body prepared to use Kamui again at any time.
After being interrupted three times in a row, Naruto was completely infuriated by this annoying tactic.
"Bastard. If you have the skill, do not use shadow clones. Fight me fairly."
Watching Naruto's impotent rage, Ryun could not help but shake his head and sneer. "Just a child who received a sage's gift, thinking that after learning a few years of skills he can fight a tough battle."
Whether it was combat experience or ability stats, Naruto was always destined to be completely outmatched. Especially since the Nine-Tails was not with him, Naruto's current strength was clearly somewhat inferior to his peak in the original story, particularly in terms of endurance.
Boom.
A series of loud noises came from the distant main battlefield. Ryun saw that the Ten-Tails had transformed into the Divine Tree and had begun absorbing the chakra of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Worried about the safety of Kushina and her daughter, Ryun decisively controlled his several thousand shadow clones to continue occupying Naruto, while he himself used the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly appear in front of the two women.
"Dad. Ah." Before Nanaise could finish her sentence, Ryun sucked her entire body into the Kamui dimension.
As soon as she saw someone enter the Kamui dimension, Asuka immediately rushed over.
"You are. Grandmother."
When she saw the face of the newcomer, Nanaise's eyes widened, and she subconsciously cried out.
"You are. Nanaise." This red-haired girl who bore a seventy percent resemblance to her son, who else could she be but her own granddaughter?
After grandmother and granddaughter confirmed their recognition, a warm scene unfolded. Soon, Kushina was also forcibly pulled into the Kamui dimension by Ryun. The moment she saw her mother-in-law, Kushina instantly burst into tears.
This was the first time Nanaise had seen her mother cry so sadly. She did not know the deep relation between her grandmother and mother, so she could not understand Kushina's current emotional outburst.
Ryun and Kushina rarely mentioned Asuka at home. At most, he would only say that grandmother was sleeping in the laboratory. Kushina, afraid that mentioning Asuka would sadden Ryun, also chose not to bring it up.
"Aunt Asuka, I missed you so much, wuu wuu." Kushina buried her entire head in Asuka's chest and wept uncontrollably.
"Auntie knows, auntie. No, you should call me mother now. Mother also missed Nana so, so much." Asuka hugged her big red head, both laughing and crying.
As time passed, the other members of the Akatsuki organization were also successively brought into the Kamui dimension by Ryun. Outside, the roots and branches of the Divine Tree were running rampant. If he did not bring them in, the Akatsuki organization would likely suffer casualties.
The more chakra a shinobi possessed, the more frenzied the roots and branches of the Divine Tree would become. Ryun was currently facing the encirclement and suppression of countless branches. However, all the branches passed right through his body. The Divine Tree could not even grasp a single hair on Ryun, let alone recover the Ten-Tails chakra within him.
"It is finally about to bloom."
Ryun murmured to himself as he looked toward the top of the Divine Tree.
Up to this point, half of the shinobi had already had their chakra drained dry by the Divine Tree. The massive casualties caused many in the Allied Shinobi Forces to panic and flee. Now they finally realized their own insignificance. The leaders of the various nations also began ordering their shinobi to stay away from the Divine Tree, or even withdraw from the battlefield.
Unfortunately, after absorbing a large amount of chakra, the Divine Tree became fully active. The speed at which its roots grew and spread was extremely fast. The Allied Shinobi Forces simply could not outrun the Divine Tree.
The shinobi of the various nations used countless ninjutsu to attack the roots. But before they could even stop to catch their breath, new roots would continuously surge forth. For a time, the battlefield was littered with corpses, and dried-up bodies covered the ground.
"Damn it. So many people have died. Sasuke, I told you to stop the masked man."
Arriving late, Naruto could not help but blame Sasuke when he saw the tragic state of the main battlefield.
"What could I do. You were also dawdling for a long time." At this moment, Sasuke was equally furious, after all, many casualties had also occurred in his Uchiha clan.
Alone, he could only occupy the Jinchuriki Obito, but he could not hinder the Divine Tree's attack.
Perhaps a complete body Susanoo going all out could cut down the Divine Tree. The key problem was that Uchiha Obito would not foolishly stand by and let him chop the tree.
He had tried several times before to cut the tree, but each time he was stopped by Obito. The Five Kage were all useless. The Raikage and Kazekage were instantly defeated as soon as they made a move. The Mizukage also fell into a severely wounded state after exchanging a few moves with the Jinchuriki Obito.
Of the Five Kage, only Sakumo Hatake remained without major injuries, his condition still passable, but he could not influence the battle situation much either.
Namikaze Minato could barely assist Sasuke. Unfortunately, although the two of them gained an advantage when fighting Obito, they still could not stop the growth of the Divine Tree. Sasuke felt that combining the power of Yin and Yang was necessary to resolve the situation.
Of course, there was still one person on the battlefield who could resolve the situation immediately. Uchiha Ryun.
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