The rain was still falling, a little harder than before, hitting the tiles loudly.
Rock Lee's figure turned into a green whirlwind. He held nothing back. Even though his body had reached its limit, the eyes under his thick eyebrows were still burning with fanaticism.
"Leaf strong wind!"
Li's sweeping leg rolled up the muddy water and hit the monster's ankle hard. Although the monster was thick-skinned and fleshy, its unstable center of gravity was a common problem for bipedal creatures. The huge body swayed, and just as he was about to use those Newborn arms to fight back, several cold lights had already arrived in front of him.
Sasuke manipulated the steel wire. The shurikens that seemed to be bounced just now were actually connected to thin wires that were difficult to see with the naked eye. He pulled hard, and the steel wire tightened instantly, like a big net that tightly strangled the monster's limbs.
"Roar!" the monster roared, its gray-white skin was cut into the flesh by the steel wire, and black liquid oozed out. It opened its big mouth full of fangs, trying to bite off the steel wire.
"Don't think about it." Sasuke pressed his left hand on the ground, and the lightning rushed along the wire.
A variant of Chidori Sharp Spear. The electric current was amplified in the rain, and the blue-white light instantly illuminated the entire night sky of Kikyo Castle. The monster's whole body twitched, and its flailing arms froze in the air, giving off a burnt smell.
"Li! Back off!" Sasuke shouted.
Rock Lee didn't hesitate at all, and used the reaction force to eject backwards, landing on the roof in the distance, breathing heavily, and his chest heaved like a bellows.
Although the monster was paralyzed, its adaptability was astonishing. The black spell on its body began to squirm crazily, actually devouring Sasuke's Lightning Release Chakra. The steel wire began to melt under the high temperature, and the sound of breaking was heard one after another.
Just when the steel wire was about to break completely, a strange wave came from behind.
There is no earth-shattering momentum, nor is there the suffocating sense of oppression like Tailed Beast. It is a kind of tranquility that is completely integrated with the surrounding environment. The rain seems to deliberately avoid that corner.
Naruto opened his eyes.
The originally blue pupils turned into horizontal lines, and orange eye shadow appeared in the corners of the eyes.
"Long wait."
He stood up without making any sound from the tiles under his feet.
The monster seemed to sense something and turned its head sharply. The face without facial features and the gaping mouth was flowing with greedy saliva. It felt that the body of the blond man was filled with an unprecedented delicious energy at this moment.
That's pure force of nature.
Collapse!
The last few wires broke. The monster fell on all fours, like a giant spider, crushing the stone slabs on the ground, and rushed towards Naruto. The speed was so fast that the wind pressure aroused even tore a hole in the surrounding rain curtain.
"Naruto!" Kai shouted in the distance.
Naruto did not hide.
He looked at the bloody mouth that was getting closer and closer, and could even smell the rancid smell emanating from it. He didn't Hand Seals, nor did he rub the balls, but slowly raised his right hand, with the palm facing forward.
"Since you're so hungry..."
The monster's sharp teeth bit Naruto's shoulders, and several arms grabbed his limbs at the same time, pressing him down. It frantically began to extract the energy from Naruto's body, and a gurgling sound came from its throat.
Sasuke held Kusanagi Sword tightly, but he did not move. This was the critical moment of the gamble.
One second. Two seconds.
The monster's body began to swell. Under the originally gray-white skin, large bags bulged out as if it had been blown out. It devoured it too fast, too eagerly.
"... Then I'll fight you to death." Naruto endured the severe pain in his shoulder, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Immortal method·Frog Kumite·Natural synchronization."
He no longer suppressed it, but took the initiative to pour all the Natural Energy accumulated in his body into the monster's body along the bite wound.
If Chakra is water, then Natural Energy is oil. This monster is a bottomless pit, but it does not have the ability to digest the oil all over the world.
The monster's movements stopped.
It opened its mouth and let out an extremely weird scream - the sound didn't sound like a wild animal, but more like a duck whose neck was stepped on. It wanted to retreat, but its body no longer obeyed.
The gray-white skin began to change color rapidly, taking on a rock-like texture.
"Quack... quack..." The monster squeezed out a few broken syllables from its throat.
Its joints began to stiffen, and its originally soft tentacles turned into hard stones. Before the gaping mouth could even close, its tongue had turned into stone.
"Change!" Naruto kicked the monster in the abdomen.
This kick didn't take much effort, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
The monster's huge body fell backwards, completely petrified in mid-air. With a loud bang, the freshly made "statue" hit the center of Kikyo Castle's square, causing mud and water to fill the sky.
The posture of this statue is extremely funny: its legs are in the air, its mouth is wide open, and its hands are still grabbing in mid-air. It looks like a big Toad that has turned over.
The rain was still falling, washing away the dirt on the surface of the statue.
Naruto sat down on the ground, and the blood hole on his shoulder was still bleeding out. Sage Mode was relieved, and the omnipotent perception disappeared, replaced by overwhelming fatigue and severe pain.
"Have you... done it?" Rock Lee asked tremblingly, holding on to the wall.
Sasuke walked over and knocked the statue with the handle of the knife.
Dang Dang Dang.
Crisp sound.
"It turned into stone." Sasuke sheathed the sword and turned to look at Naruto, "Although the tactics are rough, the effect is pretty good."
"What does roughness mean..." Naruto grinned and covered his shoulders, "This is called the art of tactics. Hiss... it hurts..."
Kai pushed the wheelchair over, looked at the strange-looking statue, and touched his chin. "Well, although it is full of youthful tension, this shape... isn't it a bit too avant-garde?"
"Teacher Kai, now is not the time to appreciate art." Naruto felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, "I think I need... to sleep for a while..."
Before he finished speaking, Seventh Hokage tilted his head and fell backwards.
Sasuke had quick eyes and quick hands, and grabbed his collar to prevent him from falling into the muddy water.
"What a troublesome crane tail." Sasuke sighed, looking at Naruto's pale face, a trace of imperceptible peace of mind flashed in his eyes.
Behind the ruins in the distance, a few bold Kikyo Castle residents poked their heads out. They looked at the huge stone statue in the square, and then at the fallen Hokage. They didn't know who shouted first.
"Won! Lord Hokage won!"
Cheers sounded in the rainy night. Although they were sparse, they conveyed the joy of surviving the disaster.
Sasuke carried Naruto on his shoulders, avoiding the crowd that wanted to surround him.