Naruto's Transformation

"Earth Style: Earth Mountain Technique!" Protected by Sakura, Kitsuchi finally completed the jutsu. Two bowl-shaped masses of stone rose from the ground and slammed together in the middle with a boom, trapping the Ten-Tails.

"Itachi!" Ming Jing formed hand seals with both hands, then exhaled forward. "Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!" A jade-green Wind Blade shot from his mouth, flying toward the Ten-Tails with incomparably sharp cutting force.

"Amaterasu!" Itachi opened his right eye, and ominous Black Flame enveloped the Vacuum Sphere. The two jutsu merged into one and reached the Ten-Tails in the blink of an eye.

"Shinra Tensei!" At the critical moment, Madara acted. The enormous repulsive force of Shinra Tensei erupted, not only forcing apart the encirclement of the Mountain Earth Technique, but also blasting the Amaterasu Vacuum Sphere apart.

"Tch, what a pain!" Ming Jing gritted his teeth and said unhappily.

"Don't rush. Once you get impatient, you'll make mistakes." Keeping his right eye closed, Itachi placed a hand on Ming Jing's shoulder to comfort him.

"Naruto!!!" Obito called out loudly. "Didn't you say you'd never let your comrades be killed? Never let your comrades be killed—that came straight from your own mouth. Now look around you, and say it again!"

The Iron Prison descended. Even with Yuexi blocking it, many shinobi were still struck. When Naruto turned around, all he could see were shinobi fallen in heaps.

Thinking of Rin, who had died in his arms, Obito could not help roaring at Naruto, "Say it again! Touch the bodies of your comrades as they slowly grow cold, and feel death for yourself! And death will continue. Your careless words and ideals will all become lies! This is the result of talking about dreams and hope—this is reality! Naruto, what do you think of this kind of