"Well? Now you know how strong I am, you bastard, Sasuke!"
Seeing Sasuke in such a sorry state, Naruto felt immensely satisfied.
"This... idiot."
Sasuke was speechless.
"I hate to spoil your good mood, but you seem to have used up quite a bit of chakra."
The Nine-Tails spoke up, throwing cold water on Naruto's excitement.
The Nine-Tails and Naruto truly had enormous reserves of chakra, but Naruto kept using shadow clones like an ordinary ninjutsu.
He had divided up far too much of his chakra.
Sasuke guided his Susanoo down onto the lava, which was no longer as hot as it had been earlier.
Neji discreetly glanced beneath Sasuke.
Fire Hill was circling beneath Sasuke's Susanoo.
His injuries had yet to heal, and there was still a large hole in his back.
After all, this artificial lava pool contained far too little energy. In the lava of the volcano where he lived, a wound like this would have healed in just a few seconds.
Even so, the wound on his back had stopped bleeding and would not hinder him in the coming fight.
Suddenly, Sasuke's Susanoo stumbled, almost toppling into the lava.
Only after Sasuke steadied his Susanoo did he realize that the summoning beast Neji had called forth had not disappeared!
Normally, a severely injured summoning beast would immediately return to wherever it had been summoned from to recuperate.
Yet this one had not disappeared after being struck by his Kirin, and from the look of things, it had not suffered injuries severe enough to immobilize him, either.
"This is trouble..."
Sasuke realized he had been too impatient.
Though this summoning beast was powerful, he was not impossible to deal with.
With Susanoo's strength, a little time would have been enough to defeat him.
But deep down, Sasuke