"Eh?! We're still fighting?" Naruto froze. Hadn't they been having a pleasant talk just now? Why had things changed again in the blink of an eye? Was this the adult world? Too complicated!
"Naruto, go rest to the side for a while," Ming Jing said with a smile.
"Are we really going to fight?" Naruto asked quietly.
"We need to prove to her that we have the strength to cooperate," Ming Jing said, nodding.
Naruto looked at the serious-faced Kaguya across from him, then helplessly retreated to the side. "All right!"
"From here on, I won't hold back," Kaguya said sternly, staring at Ming Jing. "I'll use the strength I use against the Otsutsuki Clan against you. Only then can I determine whether you're worth the risk."
"No problem. I also want to see just how strong the Otsutsuki Clan really is," Ming Jing said seriously.
Kaguya looked at Ming Jing. Without any visible movement from her, the surrounding ice mountains seemed to come alive. Some rose while others sank, then they pressed toward Ming Jing from every direction. Forget a place to stand—even within sight, there was not a single gap to be found.
"This is... controlling the power of nature... So Kaguya had still been holding back when she fought me earlier!" Naruto said in astonishment. Against a move like this, brute force seemed to be the only way to break through!
Ming Jing remained calm and struck his palm toward the crushing ice mountains. In an instant, the incomparably hard ice mountains turned as soft as flowing water and actually streamed back in reverse with incredible smoothness.
"How is that possible?! How did he do that?" Sakura cried out. They were clearly still ice mountains! Why were they flowing like water?
"Genjutsu? No, no... Perhaps this can