At that moment, only pure white remained between heaven and earth.
The sunlight refracted by the huge ice wall was not a warm touch, but a precise scalpel. The light beam cut into the black giant's torso. There was no explosion, only the scream of a certain substance collapsing at the microscopic level. The sound was as sharp as scraping a blackboard with nails, making Naruto's teeth sore, and all the bones in his body were shaking in resonance.
The giant's movements stopped.
Its arm that was originally waving towards Sasuke was hanging in the air, and the Black Oil on the surface was boiling violently, emitting billowing gray smoke. The smoke quickly dissipated in the sunlight, leaving not even a trace of residue. The light was not only burning it, but also stripping away its existence itself.
"Don't stop!" Sasuke's voice came from the edge of the halo, with some distortion.
Naruto gritted his teeth, and his palms were torn apart from the high-intensity Wind Release for a long time. Blood dripped on the ice between his fingers and was instantly frozen. He couldn't relax. The huge ice wall was as heavy as a mountain at the moment. As long as Wind Release's airflow was slightly disordered and the reflection angle deviated even by one centimeter, the monster could break free from the light beam.
"Give me... die!"
Naruto's feet sank deeply into the snow, squeezing the remaining Chakra in every cell in his body. The wind pressure surged again, and the ice wall made an overwhelming rattling sound. The mirror tilted slightly, focusing the originally divergent light beam into a more deadly point.
At that moment, the light spot hit the squirming core on the giant's chest.
Poof.
There was a soft sound, like a rotten tomato being popped.
There was no earth-shattering final counterattack. Without the support of geothermal energy and exposed to the pure polar sunlight, this biological structure driven by the dark Chakra was ridiculously fragile. The giant's chest collapsed instantly, and the black mucus lost its weird activity, quickly hardened, dried and cracked, turning into gray-white powder.
The disintegration spread from the chest to the whole body. Within a few seconds, the black demon tower tens of meters high turned into dust flying in the sky.
When the last wisp of black smoke dissipated, Naruto could no longer hold on, Wind Release dissipated, and the whole person fell backwards, lying in a large shape on the snow.
The huge ice wall lost its support and collapsed, throwing up a cloud of snow and mist that almost buried Naruto.
"Hey..." Naruto stared at the artificially blue sky above his head, his throat so dry that it smoked, "Is it over?"
No one answered.
There was only the crunching sound of boots on the snow, from far to near.
Sasuke walked up to Naruto and looked down at him. Uchiha's cloak had become strips of cloth, and his left arm hung unnaturally by his side. His face was covered with black dust and blood stains, and he looked as embarrassed as a refugee who had just crawled out of a coal mine. But he stood very straight. Just this posture made people feel that the battle just now was just a warm-up for him.
"Not yet." Sasuke said.
Naruto groaned and wanted to bury his face in the snow. "Spare me, if another one comes, I will surrender directly and let it eat me."
"Get up and look at this." Sasuke ignored his complaints and kicked Naruto's calf.
Naruto struggled to hold up his upper body. Where the giant stood just now, among the pile of gray-white powder, lay something the size of a fist.
It was not a biological tissue, but a metal sphere. The surface was covered with precise lines, and it was emitting a faint red light in the snow.
"What is this? That guy's gallstones?" Naruto leaned over to look at it, wanting to reach out and touch it.
"Don't touch it." Sasuke picked up the sphere with the tip of Kusanagi Sword's sword, "This is the core. It seems that Iwagakure and Foreman didn't lie. This thing is indeed man-made and has a high level of technology."
The red light on the sphere flashed for a few times and then suddenly went out. As the light disappeared, a tiny slot popped up on the surface of the sphere, and a burning smell came out.
"Self-destruct program." Sasuke frowned, "The data is burned."
"Just burn it. The main body is gone anyway." Naruto sat down on the ground and began to check the wounds on his body. "Now I just want to find a warm place and eat a bowl of hot ramen. Even cup noodles will do."
"This is no man's land, and the nearest settlement is fifty kilometers away." Sasuke ruthlessly shattered his fantasy, "Moreover, our communication equipment broke down while underground."
Naruto opened his mouth in despair, and just about to cry out, there was suddenly a roar of propellers in the distant sky.
Those were several airships painted with Land of Snow Royal Emblem, breaking through the clouds and landing here.
"Looks like there's no need to leave." Sasuke sheathed his sword and stared at the airships with vigilant eyes, "I hope those coming are not enemies."
The airship hovered in mid-air and the ladder was dropped. A group of soldiers wearing white cold-proof clothing quickly descended. Although the weapons in their hands were pointed at the ground, they were obviously on high alert.
The leader was a woman wearing sunglasses, with a heroic appearance. After she landed, her eyes swept around the devastated battlefield and the two embarrassed men, and finally settled on the face of Naruto, which was very recognizable even if it was dirty.
The woman took off her sunglasses, revealing a pair of surprised eyes.
"Uzumaki...Naruto?"
Naruto was stunned for a moment and looked at the other person with squinted eyes. "Ah? Do you know me? Which studio are you a fan of?"
The corner of the woman's mouth twitched, obviously not expecting the famous Hokage to say such words. She stood up straight and performed a standard military salute.
"Captain of the Land of Snow Royal Guard, I came here to investigate the abnormal vibration on the order of the daimyo. I didn't expect to see Lord Hokage... and Mr. Uchiha here."
"Name?" A face flashed in Naruto's mind, "You mean Kazahana Koyuki? No, you should call her now..."
"Fujikaze Yukie." Sasuke added coldly, "That was her stage name. Her current name is Kazahana Koyuki."
"Yes, yes!" Naruto patted her thigh, "Is she okay? She owed me an autographed photo when we were filming the movie."
The guard captain's expression became a little strange. She glanced at the surrounding terrain that looked like it had been hit by a meteorite, and then looked at the two men who had "destruction" written on their faces.
"The Daimyo is very nice. But I think she may be more concerned about how to calculate this bill than the autographed photo."
Naruto's smile froze on his face.
"Bill... bill?"
"Although this area is an abandoned ruin, it is a royal asset." The captain of the guard pointed to the large pit that was still smoking. "Moreover, the vibration just caused an avalanche in two nearby snow-capped mountains, burying a railway under construction."
Naruto felt even colder than when he faced the black giant just now. He turned to look at Sasuke, his eyes full of distress signals.
Sasuke looked away and pretended to be looking at the scenery.
"Lead the way." Sasuke said to the guard captain, "We really need to see your name. What happens here is much more important than the railway."
The airship slowly took off, carrying the two exhausted heroes, and flew to the capital of Land of Snow.
It was very warm in the cabin and there was hot coffee. Naruto held the cup and looked at the rolling snow-capped mountains outside the window.
"Sasuke."
"Hmm."
"That core, although the data is burned, but that pattern... I've seen it somewhere."