Forcefully Breaking the Five-Seal Barrier! The Ultimate Lightning Release Nature Transformation!

[Next, high-octane action throughout]

Before Deva Path Pain could continue speaking, the next moment arrived.

"BOOM!"

The cave shook violently once more, and immediately, countless fragments plummeted onto the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Even with the statue's heaven-shaking presence, it could not avoid being affected.

For instance, the ten fingers standing tall toward the sky began to sway along with the intense tremors of the ground.

The other members of the Akatsuki organization were merely projected phantoms and were not significantly impacted.

However, Sasori and Deidara were both present in their true bodies, and they nearly lost their footing and fell immediately.

And once they fell, it would mean the Tailed Beast extraction had ended in failure!

"There are no more sacrifices available for the Shoten Technique in the vicinity!" the phantom of Deva Path Pain said in a low voice, his Rinnegan filled with a heavy, grave expression.

Outside the cave at this moment.

"Rasengan!" Thousands of Naruto clones, each holding a Rasengan infused with five elemental attributes, were bombarding the cave from every corner!

"Rumble—" Accompanied by deafening explosions, the chakra signatures of wind, fire, lightning, water, and earth rapidly permeated the surroundings.

The cave was clearly already teetering on the brink of collapse under this relentless bombardment.

Naruto's true body stood to the side, staring at the seal on the boulder at the cave entrance, his eyes flashing with light. As expected, the essence of the world is, after all, that brute force can overcome ten thousand techniques!

In the original story, the so-called Five-Seal Barrier required one to remove the seal on the boulder while simultaneously removing the other four seals located elsewhere to open the entrance.

However, that was merely the approach of ordinary people.

For an unreasonable existence like Naruto, he could simply rely on his own overwhelming power to shatter it!

As for why Naruto had arrived so quickly on his own.

It was because, along the way...

He had kept Sage Mode active the entire time, throwing stones marked with the Flying Thunder God technique as far as possible, and then teleporting to those stones.

With such continuous movement, his travel speed was simply flying!

Seeing that the time was ripe, Naruto immediately dispelled all the Shadow Clones at the scene.

Following that, he suddenly opened his right hand.

The next moment.

"Whoosh—" A terrifying wind-attribute chakra instantly whipped up in the surroundings, then surged madly toward his palm.

For a time, the sound of wind howled, resounding through the heavens.

Then, in an instant.

Rumble—!

A Rasenshuriken, radiating an aura capable of obliterating all things and spinning to the absolute limit, suddenly emerged!

With its appearance, the surrounding gales became even more violent, as if they had encountered an emperor!

Inside the cave at this moment.

"Not good, we can't continue! The jutsu the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is condensing in his hand has enough power to blast directly into the cave!" Sasori roared anxiously. Through the intelligence puppet outside, he had seen every move Naruto made!

"Damn it, watch me blow him to smithereens with my art!" Deidara's face turned furious.

The phantom of the White Tiger of Akatsuki, Konan, looked toward the Deva Path with deep worry. "Pain, what should we do now?!"

The phantom of Deva Path Pain heard this and was just about to think.

"Hurry, there's no time! He's about to strike!" Sasori's voice exploded in everyone's ears once again.

Left with no choice, a flash of decisiveness crossed the Rinnegan of the Deva Path Pain phantom, and he issued an order without hesitation.

"Interrupt the Tailed Beast extraction immediately. Sasori, you and Deidara take the One-Tail Jinchuriki and hide behind the statue. Once the offensive eases, retreat to Amegakure immediately. Do not get entangled in the fight!"

"Understood!" Sasori and Deidara replied in unison, then leaped into the air, bringing Gaara behind the statue.

At the same time, Deidara reached into his pouch to begin crafting those terrifying clay bombs.

However, the very moment they finished doing all this.

"Wind Style: Rasenshuriken!"

Naruto had already brought that terrifying Rasenshuriken crashing down toward the boulder at the entrance.

Without any suspense, the seal on it was instantly shredded into nothingness, and the boulder itself was sliced into countless fragments and turned to dust under the heaven-shaking blow!

The Rasenshuriken, like a ferocious divine dragon, lost none of its momentum as it charged straight into the cave.

Finally, it exploded violently right in front of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

In an instant.

"Rumble—!" A massive energy vortex emerged like a black hole, the power of wind spinning madly within it, devouring everything around it like a glutton. Amidst the swirling dust, the ground had been ravaged, leaving behind a bottomless crater.

Undoubtedly, if this technique were to strike a living being, it would surely reduce them to dust in an instant!

Finally, after a brief moment.

The terrifying explosion gradually dissipated, and the figure of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path revealed itself within the cave.

It must be said, this Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is truly worthy of being the ultimate vessel for the Ten-Tails.

Such an earth-shattering, point-blank explosion had only left it looking slightly disheveled...

As for Deidara and the others behind the statue, they were naturally unscathed!

But immediately following.

A stone radiating an intense aura of space-time suddenly shot into the cave.

"Whoosh--" A black-gold radiance flashed violently within the cavern, and Uzumaki Naruto appeared instantly, gripping the stone. He looked at the statue before him with great interest and spoke.

"So this is the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path? It has quite a thick hide."

"Oh?! You actually know of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?!" A thunderous voice rang out from behind the statue.

Uzumaki Naruto followed the sound.

As a bizarre, eerie light flickered, the humanoid phantoms of the Akatsuki members appeared.

And that voice just now had come from the phantom of Deva Path Pain.

At this moment, his Rinnegan were locked onto Uzumaki Naruto, the oppressive weight of his ocular power bearing down one after another.

"What beautiful eyes..." Uzumaki Naruto completely ignored this ocular pressure, a hint of greed even flickering in his azure eyes.

If the opponent weren't merely a phantom, Uzumaki Naruto would have been unable to resist the urge to use his Creation Mangekyo to forcibly absorb the ocular techniques of the Rinnegan!

"Hm?!" Hearing Uzumaki Naruto's words, the Deva Path phantom was momentarily stunned, and an ominous premonition that his eyes would be gouged out in the future welled up in his heart.

However, as the leader of Akatsuki.

Deva Path suppressed the surging agitation in his heart, a trace of dominance flashing in his Rinnegan as he continued to shout.

"Uzumaki Naruto! Answer the god's question!"

"I'll answer you with a dam!" Uzumaki Naruto had no interest in humoring this guy suffering from late-stage chuunibyou; he raised his hand and blasted a Five-Style Rasengan toward him.

Terrifying five-style chakra instantly flooded the surrounding space. Although this strike was not as world-shaking as a Rasenshuriken, it was definitely not to be underestimated!

However, Deva Path and the others were merely phantoms and naturally could not be hit.

Therefore, Uzumaki Naruto had only one target from the very beginning, and that was the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path!

In the current ninja world, there were not many who posed a threat to him, but the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path before him was one of them!

So, whenever there was an opportunity, he had to destroy it first!

"Damn it!" The Deva Path phantom was startled upon seeing this.

Even if the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had a thick hide, if left to be wantonly destroyed, who knew what kind of problems might arise!

Thinking of this, the Deva Path phantom hurriedly formed hand seals before Uzumaki Naruto's Rasengan could strike.

"Poof--" The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path ultimately dissipated like smoke.

And following the disappearance of the statue.

"Whoosh--" Dozens of small white beetles suddenly emerged from the statue's original position, flapping their white wings and rushing toward Uzumaki Naruto to bite him frantically.

"Art is an explosion, Katsu!" Deidara's manic voice rang out simultaneously.

The bodies of the beetles shuddered, then exploded with a bang. Terrifying flames rose like a fire dragon, instantly engulfing Uzumaki Naruto completely.

"Art! Success!" Deidara wore an excited expression, as if he had accomplished a great feat.

Sasori, standing to the side, was somewhat doubtful, "Is that it? Did we finish him off?"

However, the next moment.

Uzumaki Naruto's slightly playful voice drifted in from outside the cave.

"Using bombs to ambush a young man like me, you have no martial virtue! Take care of yourself!"

As his voice faded, Uzumaki Naruto's figure stepped back into the cave.

"He used the Body Flicker technique to get out; was that the Flying Thunder God technique?!" The Deva Path phantom thought to himself, looking thoughtful.

"Tch! It didn't work? Then I'll blow him up again!" Deidara looked on with utter disdain.

"Don't be careless, he is very strong!" Sasori said with a grave tone.

The Deva Path phantom's Rinnegan remained fixed on Uzumaki Naruto, then he suddenly roared.

"Deidara, create a clay bird and retreat!"

"But..." Deidara's face showed dissatisfaction upon hearing this.

He still wanted to let Uzumaki Naruto properly experience his instantaneous art!

"Send the One-Tail Jinchuriki back first; there will be plenty of time for you to show off your art later!" The Deva Path phantom spoke again, his voice echoing through the cave.

Under repeated urging, Deidara had no choice but to helplessly abandon his thoughts, abruptly pulling out a lump of clay as the small mouth on his palm began to chew frantically.

In the blink of an eye, a massive clay owl appeared within the cave.

"Let's go!" Sasori grabbed Gaara from the ground and leaped onto the owl.

"Got it." Deidara followed closely behind, tossing several Bomb Spiders toward Naruto as he did so.

Whoosh— The owl spread its wings, took flight in an instant, reached the highest point of the cave, and soared out toward the blue sky.

Seeing this, the Deva Path projection couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Those eerie Rinnegan eyes then turned toward Naruto, and he spoke with an overbearing air.

"Nine-Tails! Cherish these moments while you still can!"

However.

"Heh..." Naruto let out a cold sneer.

Following that.

Sshhh! Naruto casually released a burst of lightning-attribute chakra, turning the clay spiders into dust. Ignoring the Deva Path entirely, he fixed his gaze on the clay owl in the sky and mocked, "Seriously? You think you can just leave whenever you want in front of me? Do you really take me for a bot?"

As he finished speaking, Naruto abruptly formed hand seals.

A tremor surged through the air; it was the most extreme form of lightning-attribute chakra!

The seals complete, Naruto raised his right hand high.

Whoosh— A terrifying purple lightning radiance erupted from his hand, blasting outward in all directions. The extreme power of the thunder ravaged the earth, exuding an absolute aura of dominance!

Then, under the gaze of the Akatsuki projections.

Naruto, looking like a god of thunder descended to earth, shouted, "Purple Lightning: Shadowless Sharp Spear!"

As the words fell, the next moment.

Shhh—

The purple lightning in Naruto's hand surged violently, and a long spear condensed from the power of thunder manifested, radiating a might capable of annihilating everything!

This was the product of mastering max-level Purple Lightning, a natural evolution of the ultimate lightning-attribute nature transformation!

The moment the Shadowless Sharp Spear appeared, it acted like an awakened, enraged dragon, its body suddenly beginning to extend rapidly.

Then, carrying a heaven-shaking momentum capable of obliterating all things in the world, it pursued the clay owl in the sky.

Under the reinforcement of Naruto's massive chakra, the distance this Shadowless Sharp Spear could extend far exceeded the Chidori Sharp Spear Sasuke had used in the original story!

Furthermore, its speed was pushed to the absolute limit!

"So... so fast..." Sasori couldn't help but exclaim as he watched the scene.

However, he hadn't even finished his sentence.

Swish— A piercing sound of air being torn apart rang out; the Shadowless Sharp Spear had already struck.

In almost an instant, the clay owl didn't even have a chance to resist before it was hit head-on and pierced through on the spot!

Naruto flicked his wrist, and the Shadowless Sharp Spear sliced right through the owl's body.

In a flash.

Zzzzt—

Endless lightning power surged from the Shadowless Sharp Spear. Faced with this incredibly violent force, the clay owl was instantly severed into two pieces!

In an instant, head and tail were separated—a gruesome sight!