Boom.
Amid the deafening roar, Naruto, still in Sage of Six Paths Mode, was sent flying by Fuma Ichiro once again. He crashed hard into the dunes, kicking up a vast cloud of sand.
Menma called out, "Now!"
"I know!"
Naruto nodded and charged at Fuma Ichiro again, using the billowing sand to conceal his approach.
Whoosh.
Naruto moved with incredible speed, little more than a blur in the sand. In the blink of an eye, he swept forward with a sharp whistle as he cut through the air!
The next instant, Naruto burst through the sand and threw a punch at Fuma Ichiro.
Fuma Ichiro raised an arm. With a sharp slap, he caught Naruto's incoming punch with perfect precision.
"!?"
Naruto froze for a moment.
It wasn't surprising that Fuma Ichiro could block his punch. What was strange was how effortlessly he'd done it, as if he'd known it was coming.
Fuma Ichiro wasn't a visual bloodline ninja, after all. With the swirling sand obscuring his vision, he shouldn't have been able to predict Naruto's attack so accurately.
"Heh."
Seeing the surprise on Naruto's face, Fuma Ichiro grinned, revealing an eerie smile.
Whoosh!
Just then, a gust of wind swept away the sand overhead, revealing a gigantic black Rasengan.
There was no doubt about it. As Naruto launched his frontal assault, Menma, a Spirit Body, had passed through him and taken to the air, unleashing Great Spiraling Ring above Fuma Ichiro.
At that moment, Naruto should have backed away. Menma had formed Great Spiraling Ring with a Truth-Seeking Orb, and its power was terrifying. It could easily erase an entire mountain. If Naruto didn't get clear in time, he'd likely be caught in the blast.
But just as Naruto tried to pull back, he realized he couldn't wrench