Naruto tearing apart the fire dragon with his bare hands was something not only the other spectators present had failed to anticipate—even Sasuke, standing on the arena, had never expected it.
How should one put it?
Even the word "ferocious" was no longer enough to describe Naruto as he was now!
To be honest, even Soji, Naruto's teacher, had not expected Naruto to use such an overbearing method to break Sasuke's final attack head-on.
"Not bad, Naruto. Without anyone teaching him, he's already able to borrow part of the Nine-Tails' power.
And from the looks of it, there isn't even the slightest sign of him about to lose his mind.
If I had to say something, it's only that his temper seems to have become just a tiny bit more 'violent.'
But he's young. I can understand that!"
With one hand stroking his chin, Soji enthusiastically commented on Naruto's final attack of tearing apart the fire dragon.
Naturally, Soji was also quite satisfied with the strength Naruto had displayed.
In Soji's words, all those years of painstaking teaching had not gone to waste!
After all, Naruto's achievements today were at least seventy or eighty percent thanks to Soji's contributions.
Otherwise, with Naruto's dead-last performance in the early stages of the original story, if he had encountered Sasuke in this life, he would probably have been taken down in a single move.
Soji was not flattering himself. It was simply the truth!
After all, Sasuke, whose family was whole and happy in this life, had three Mangekyo Uchiha teaching him behind the scenes!
Compared to those of the same generation in the original story, his strength was leagues beyond them.
As for Naruto, there was even less need to mention it.
If his fate had not been changed by Soji, he