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While Sawara Kiri and the others were still talking, Naruto suddenly seemed to sense something, abruptly looking up into the distance, his brow tightly furrowed: "Kakashi-sensei, there are traces of large-scale natural energy manipulation."
Although he no longer had the Nine-Tails cheat from the original story, it had to be said that Naruto's inherent talent was outstanding enough to stand at the pinnacle of the Ninja World. The perfectly developed Mind's Eye of Kagura brought by his Uzumaki bloodline allowed him to perceive subtle Chakra and energy manipulation even more acutely than Sawara Kiri's Six Eyes. He was the first to detect the movement coming from underground.
Everyone present looked up at his words.
The next moment, a series of faint rumblings came from the ground beneath their feet, followed by tremors, as if the stone pavement had turned into a soft bed. Even a slight movement of their feet would cause continuous shaking.
After receiving his warning, Sawara Kiri's Six Eyes suddenly reflected a massive shadow, continuously squeezing out from deep underground.
"Scatter!"
As soon as his voice fell, everyone immediately moved away from the high tower.
Sara clung to Sawara Kiri like a ragdoll, staring in horror at the distant ground.
With a rumble, a large hemispherical mark protruded from the center of the previously flat ground.
Amidst the constant sounds of crumbling, a figure as massive as a Tailed Beast, with a corresponding Chakra signature, rapidly appeared within everyone's perception.
Splintered rocks rained down from above.
Emerging from the dust was a colossal shadow, over a hundred meters tall, with two arms hanging down like whips to the ground, and a crimson core embedded in its center.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz—"
A faint mechanical hum, like the buzzing of mosquitoes, reached everyone's ears. The gigantic figure, supported by countless mechanical structures and an enormous amount of natural energy, slowly began to move towards them.
In the black and white vision of the Colossus, a figure among the group was quickly locked on.
At the same time, countless flying puppets soaring in the sky also established a corresponding link with the Colossus.
In just an instant, a strong sense of threat, carried by the surging air currents, rushed towards them.
"A puppet of this caliber…"
Sakumo looked at the Colossus, his expression extremely solemn.
With his specialized Ninjutsu focused on human targets, he couldn't possibly restrain a monster of this magnitude.
Orochimaru's attention, however, was on the Colossus puppet's body structure—no matter how he looked at it, the Colossus seemed to be cobbled together from countless scrap parts, yet it could achieve such strength.
So, the key was its core?
"Is this the Mukade puppet Kakashi mentioned?" Jiraiya's voice was still boisterous, but his gaze towards the Colossus held a hint of apprehension. "What incredible future technology. If it weren't for chief Toad's help, even I would have a hard time dealing with it…"
Among everyone present, the only one who could defeat this monster in a short amount of time was probably Kiri-kun, right?
Namikaze Minato thought to himself, looking at the Colossus before him.
In reality, this was one of the common problems among modern Ninja.
All the techniques they developed were specifically for human combat. Whether it was a Tailed Beast or a Summoning Beast, if its size exceeded a certain limit, it was simply beyond what ordinary people could defeat.
However, just as Jiraiya was about to perform a Summoning Technique, Sawara Kiri stopped his hand.
"No hurry, Jiraiya-sama."
At this moment, Sawara Kiri's gaze fell on Kakashi's team, and he said gently, "Let's see what the younger generation is capable of."
Almost as soon as his voice fell, Kakashi's gaze also swept over them.
Noticing Sawara Kiri's action, a subtle smile seemed to appear at the corner of his mouth beneath his mask.
What profound trust.
However, this expression was only fleeting.
The next moment, he was already giving orders: "Sasuke, Sakura, you two are responsible for containment. I will engage in a frontal assault. Naruto, find an opportunity to finish it off!"
"Yes!"
It wasn't just Kakashi.
Ever since they had traveled to this point in time, a fire had been burning in the hearts of Naruto and Sasuke.
Just as all the descendants from the future wished to use modern technology to help their predecessors develop, they too wanted to show the ancestors who had contributed so much to Konoha what the future generation was capable of.
Namikaze Naruto curved his lips into a smile, his clear eyes looking at his father, who was almost an exact replica of himself, and gave him a thumbs-up.
Namikaze Minato seemed to pause, then slowly revealed a smile.
Is this his son?
"Whoosh!"
The moment that thought flashed through his mind, the four members of Kakashi's team had already shot out from the tower wall with a speed too fast to track, moving in unison.
However, even at extremely high speeds, the standard four-person team's formation showed no change. The four were like one, with Kakashi as the arrowhead of the entire team, shooting straight towards the terrifyingly massive Colossus opposite them.
'So fast.'
As this thought flashed through Sawara Kiri's mind, his Six Eyes keenly captured the thin film of Chakra surrounding the four individuals' bodies, as well as their completely silent footsteps.
'Wind Release fluid?'
'It seems even Body Flicker Technique has been greatly updated based on fluid dynamics.'
Clearly, the revolution in the future Ninja World was an all-encompassing evolution, from basic to advanced Ninjutsu—science was the primary productive force, and that was no exaggeration.
The moment that thought flashed through Sawara Kiri's mind, Kakashi's figure had already rushed from mid-air to the surface of the Colossus's body, traversing hundreds of meters to land a powerful kick on its torso, creating a huge crater and emitting a booming sound.
The next moment, Kakashi abruptly drew the deep purple short blade from behind him. His entire body seemed to be engulfed in violent lightning, transforming into a stream of light with no visible afterimage, horizontally slashing a deep mark across the surface of the Colossus's body.
"Lightning Release: Purple Electricity!"
"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!"
The piercing sound of lightning seemed to bore through everyone's eardrums. The highly penetrating Lightning Release Chakra enveloped him, making him seem like the tip of a giant blade. He forcefully cut a deep, scorched mark, tens of meters long, across the surface of the incredibly massive and hard Colossus, sweeping past with a clang.
However, the Colossus, constructed by Mukade using Ōtsutsuki technology, was clearly not something that could be shattered by a single blow from an ordinary person.
Almost the instant Kakashi and the others landed, the eye-like core embedded in the center of its body suddenly flashed.
Immediately after, countless small puppets floating in mid-air instantly shot down towards the Colossus's body like a shower of rain. Fine silver needles, like countless strands of hair, concentrated and shot towards Kakashi's direction.
At the same time, several clearly close-combat puppets spun like tops, tearing through the air and creating a blazing white vacuum channel, clinging to him like maggots to bone.
However, whether it was the fine hair-like needles or the close-combat puppets, the moment they made contact with Kakashi, they were all struck by a net-like, spreading Lightning Release.
"How can this be? He didn't even make hand signs!"
Orochimaru's golden snake eyes were fixed on Kakashi. Though it was a question, his tone was incredibly excited.
"Look at his hand."
Sawara Kiri's Six Eyes, however, allowed him to discover the secret of this technique immediately. He instantly noticed the Sealing Technique formula, like a tattoo, branded on Kakashi's right arm.
Clearly, to eliminate the complex step of making hand signs, these future Ninja had already simplified it into markings similar to Chakra circuits, fully connected to the entire meridian system.
When needed, a mere flash of the sealing circuit allowed for full-power release.
For a Taijutsu-type Ninja like him, this was undoubtedly a huge advantage.
The revolution in the Ninja World was not just talk.
Orochimaru understood the principle with just one glance, but he also realized its flaws—this method clearly placed a considerable burden on the meridians, and the number of Ninjutsu that could be released instantly without hand signs would not be very many.
But for most Taijutsu-type Ninja who needed high-speed combat, it was already sufficient.
The actions of the small puppets were mere child's play.
The colossal statue caught Kakashi's brief moment of stillness, and its whip-like arms immediately tore through the air with a buzzing sound, whistling through a circular trajectory of several hundred meters, smashing down towards Kakashi with immense, violent force. Even the surrounding tall towers were severed by these whip-like arms in the process.
"Boom—!"
It landed heavily on the ground.
However, Kakashi's figure had already retreated dozens of meters, revealing Sasuke behind him.
At this moment, Sasuke had already formed an unknown hand seal, his Sharingan spun rapidly in his eyes, and a massive amount of Chakra surged from his entire body.
"Storm Release: Flying Water Entwining Lightning!"
The moment the words fell, the puddles accumulated at the base of the tower suddenly burst forth, carried by a piercing thunderous roar, like countless greenish-white ropes, shooting towards the enormous statue.
Despite being an amorphous mixture of lightning and water, under the enhancement of Chakra, it erupted with unimaginable power, crackling as it wrapped around the statue's two slender arms, forcefully dragging its massive body forward, as if in a tug-of-war, continuously pulling its form out from deep within the earth.
The stones beneath its feet couldn't withstand the pressure and continuously cracked.
During this struggle, Sakura pulled a scroll from behind her waist, placed one hand on it, and it emitted a 'bang'.
Amidst the dust, a pair of iron fists, each large enough to encompass her entire torso, slammed onto the ground, leaving a fine spiderweb-like pattern.
Scientific Ninja Tool: Iron Fists.
Those seemingly incredibly heavy gauntlets were easily lifted by Sakura with a gentle pull, thanks to her monstrous strength. Her speed remained as swift as the wind, and with an unstoppable momentum, she shot into the air.
The girl, who had appeared shy and slender just moments ago, now displayed unimaginable absolute violence under this high speed. The fists wrapped around her arms magnified her original monstrous strength tenfold. With immense inertia, she leaped dozens of meters in a single bound, charging towards the core mod embedded in the center of the colossal statue.
Only upon closer inspection could one notice that this core layer was encased in a transparent, honeycomb-like membrane.
However, Sakura showed no hesitation. Her surging Chakra seemed to solidify on the surface of the Iron Fists.
"Monstrous Strength: Severing Wind!"
"Thud—!"
In an instant, the massive fist, magnified by tenfold monstrous strength, slammed directly into the core, creating a network of fine cracks.
Under this terrifying monstrous strength, the colossal statue's body, which Sasuke had been pulling with Storm Release and whose sheer size was comparable to a Tailed Beast, deeply caved inwards like a human body, as if a large chunk had been gouged out from its abdomen to its back. Countless fragments of its puppet structure were sent flying by this absolute force.
The roaring winds spread in all directions from the impact point, stirring up a small storm.
Upon witnessing this scene, everyone present couldn't help but widen their eyes.
It was like a brawny man from the cold weapon era suddenly seeing an American loli wielding a Gatling gun that spat blue flames.
What kind of Ninja tool could possess such power?!
Orochimaru, upon seeing this, felt even more excited. Even his resentment from being called out by Tsunade for the mission completely vanished; this trip was truly not in vain.
Sawara Kiri's eyes, moreover, flickered.
Had the Ninja World of twenty years later already become like this?
Among the three who had just acted, perhaps any one of them would be enough to contend with what is currently defined as a Kage-level expert, right?
No.
To be precise, it should be even higher than that standard.
If the strength of the entire village were gathered, what heights could it reach?
He suddenly looked forward to the future even more.
"Beep beep beep—!!!"
As if sensing the extremely dangerous situation under this dense and violent assault, a series of rapid warning sounds suddenly came from inside the colossal statue's body.
In its black and white vision, it quickly locked onto the few individuals with the highest threat level, its gaze finally settling on Sasuke, who had been constantly binding it.
The brightness of its crimson core abruptly increased several times over.
Even Sawara Kiri could clearly perceive that the surrounding natural energy was being drawn towards the colossal statue at an extremely rapid pace.
Sasuke, possessing the Sharingan, naturally saw even more clearly.
However, he merely scoffed disdainfully, suddenly drawing the Ninja blade from his waist and pointing it at the statue opposite:
"Another one of these old tricks."
His hand seal changed to a single hand, holding up two fingers.
The moment the natural energy concentrated to its extreme, a pure white glow suddenly appeared in the center of the crimson core.
In an instant, the entire Thousand Tower area seemed to transform into a scorching desert, and the rising high temperature suddenly covered a radius of several kilometers.
"Buzz!"
A pure white stream of light burst forth with an unbearable, dazzling brilliance, pointing directly at the young man on the ground.
Sasuke's expression was calm as he shouted:
"Nuclear Release: Fusion Magnetic Confinement Space!"
Fine sealing patterns continuously lit up along the young man's fair arm, instantly linking with the blade in his hand, connecting into one.
The next moment, an invisible magnetic field suddenly expanded outwards from Sasuke as its center, enveloping the entire area where he and the colossal statue were located. Countless gravel were suspended in this chaotic magnetic field.
Under the astonished gazes of the surrounding people, that ultra-high-temperature jet stream, which was absolutely irresistible like a Biju Bomb, was extremely distorted in this purely violent magnetic field. From the nozzle at its core to the distance in front of Sasuke, it rapidly contracted into an indiscernible core, as if endless energy was completely condensed within this narrow field until it became nothingness.
Even Sawara Kiri's eyes couldn't help but light up slightly.
Could even this level of technique be simplified for single-person use?!
Just as everyone was staring at Sasuke, Namikaze Minato's gaze subconsciously fell upon the figure standing atop the high tower.
The several-second Chakra accumulation process was complete, and as if by instinct, Namikaze Naruto also turned his head, looking at his long-separated father.
In his hand, a pure white sphere, like a windmill, was already glowing.
Within the sphere's radiation range, it was as if even the visible space was distorted.
Namikaze Naruto showed a faint smile.
The moment he turned his head, it transformed into solemnity.
The next moment, the windmill-like rotating sphere suddenly shot towards the colossal statue.
The instant it was thrown from his palm, it abruptly vanished.
When it reappeared, it was already in the core of the colossal statue.
"Space-Time Release: Void Rasen Burst Shuriken Form Four!!"
Upon hearing that name, Namikaze Minato's face couldn't help but break into a brilliant smile.
Truly worthy of being my son!
What a cool name!
"Buzz!"
The instant the Rasengan touched the crimson core, all surrounding matter seemed to collapse under the sudden spatial field contraction. The crimson core, standing on a three-dimensional level, now seemed to sink like a picture poked by a mischievous child's finger. Countless material existences collapsed and gathered in the hollowed-out pit, finally emitting a 'pop' sound amidst a series of distortions.
The surrounding temperature instantly dropped by dozens of degrees with this attack, even making one feel a bit of chill.
But it quickly returned to normal.
When everyone looked up again, they saw that in the center of the colossal statue, a void had already collapsed, encompassing most of the statue's torso.
It was as if this entire scene had been completely erased with an eraser.
With a crash, the colossal statue, having lost its power source, gradually collapsed and scattered onto the ground.
Along with it, the smaller puppets linked to the colossal statue also fell, making a series of faint sounds.
From the start of the battle to its end with the spatial Rasengan, the entire process took only a mere dozen seconds.
Neither Naruto nor Sasuke had seemingly exerted even a third of their strength, clearly accustomed to dealing with opponents of this caliber, appearing very relaxed.
Sawara Kiri watched this scene, his smile unconsciously growing wider.
What an incredible bunch of guys.
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