"Alright, Naruto. Next, try guiding this power into the simplest kind of attack and see how far you can take it."
Naruto, his entire body enveloped in a dazzling golden Chakra cloak, was brought by Jiraiya to an open, uninhabited plain outside Konoha. It was vast enough to serve as a testing ground for his power.
Naruto nodded. With a thought, several enormous fox claws formed from condensed golden Chakra instantly extended from behind him. Instinctively, he wanted to try forming a Rasengan in this state.
"Wait! No, no!" Jiraiya hurriedly raised a hand to stop him. "I said the most basic attack, not using ninjutsu right from the start. This is your first time fully mastering the power of this form too, right? The first time you use it, you need to take things step by step. Start with the most instinctive applications."
Naruto suddenly understood. That was true. Most of his understanding of this power came from its portrayal in the "original work," but the actual feeling of controlling it was completely new. He had to familiarize himself with it and explore it from the beginning.
Following Jiraiya's instruction, he withdrew the imposing Chakra claws and instead tried concentrating the power in his right fist. As his thoughts focused, the golden Chakra flowing around his body was drawn toward his right hand, rapidly gathering there until his entire fist seemed coated in burning golden flames, radiating a heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.
"Hah!"
Naruto threw what looked like an ordinary straight punch at the empty plain ahead!
Yet at the instant his fist shot out, the highly condensed golden Chakra erupted and stretched forward! An incomparably gigantic fist phantom, formed entirely of solidified golden Chakra, blasted ahead like a cannonball!
"Rumble—!!!"
A deafening roar exploded across the plain! Under the