A thousand Naruto descended upon the scene, their presence overwhelming to the extreme!
Swish! Swish! The Rasengan in the hands of every Naruto spun frantically, various terrifying chakra attributes saturating the air until it seemed as if even the void itself would be turned upside down by this immense power!
Judging by the sheer momentum, compared to the so-called Hundred Puppet Performance, this was nothing short of a dimensional strike!
"How is this possible?! How could a human achieve such a thing!" Sasori's face was etched with shock, his mechanical features seemingly trembling.
The original Naruto's eyes flashed, a faint smile curling his lips: "If this is a technique that can destroy a small nation, then I suppose I could conquer a great nation!"
As he spoke, a thousand Naruto surged forward like a tidal wave toward the puppet army!
There was almost no suspense; every hit from a Rasengan brought the instantaneous destruction of a puppet!
Furthermore, the number of Shadow Clones was ten times that of the puppets!
Crack! Snap! The sound of shattering puppets rang out incessantly, never-ending.
Looking around, the area was littered with twisted and deformed puppet remains, a gruesome sight that made one's skin crawl.
Yet, in just this single collision, the entire puppet army had been completely wiped out!
[Shadow Clones shattered the Hundred Puppet Corps, Villain Points +398!]
"Not bad," Naruto said with a calm smile.
"This... how is this possible..." Sasori's pupils constricted violently, his face full of disbelief as he stammered.
It was no wonder Sasori was so shaken; those puppets were the strongest legion he had always prided himself on!
No matter how powerful the enemy, they had never suffered such a crushing defeat.
Yet today, before Naruto, they were even more fragile than common rabble.
How could Sasori accept such a massive disparity?
What made Sasori feel even more desperate was that after crushing the Hundred Puppet Corps, not a single one of Naruto's Shadow Clones had been dispelled!
In the distance, within the dark and deep shade of the trees.
Hiss— A strange, restless sound erupted, and a mysterious black vortex appeared out of thin air, continuously radiating a terrifying space-time power that caused the surrounding air to warp and distort under its pressure.
Following this, a figure wearing an orange one-eyed mask and a black cloak emerged from the vortex like a demon, his body twisting as he stepped out.
This person was none other than the pure-love brother of the ninja world, Kamui Tears, Uchiha Obito!
Just as he appeared in the shade of the trees.
The Sharingan beneath his mask instantly flickered with an eerie red light as he spoke softly: "Uzumaki Naruto... has he actually inherited the teacher's talent perfectly, along with the constitution of Kushina?"
Just as Obito's voice faded.
Another slight disturbance came from the shadows, and Black White Zetsu slowly emerged from the ground.
"How terrifying!" Black White Zetsu exclaimed the moment he appeared, staring at the scene on the battlefield.
At the same time, he turned his gaze to Obito beside him and asked: "Madara... the growth rate of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is simply too fast. Sasori must have been defeated! Should we intervene now?"
Upon hearing this, a look of gravity flashed in Obito's pupils, and he said in a low voice: "Let's observe the situation a bit longer! Unless absolutely necessary, I really don't want to expose myself this early..."
Black White Zetsu fell silent for a moment before nodding: "Hmm, that's fine too. Exposing ourselves too early might bring unexpected trouble..."
However, in reality, Obito's heart was already submerged in endless helplessness.
He wasn't afraid of exposing himself too early; it was because he truly saw no chance of victory in this battle.
Obito knew very well that Naruto's Flying Thunder God was in no way inferior to his father Namikaze Minato's, and his other ninjutsu were far superior.
Even after such a long time, Obito still didn't believe he had the ability to defeat the Minato of the past...
To challenge a Naruto who could almost be called an upgraded version of Minato now would be no different than seeking his own death.
It was like lighting a lamp in a latrine—just asking for trouble!
Back to the battlefield.
At this moment.
"Your art is nothing more than mediocre..." a thousand Naruto spoke in unison, their eyes looking at Sasori with a hint of mockery.
Sasori snapped back to reality, his face flooded with three parts shock and seven parts rage as he roared.
"Do not insult my art! This is eternal beauty!"
Naruto dispersed all the Shadow Clones on the field, and amidst the swirling mist, his teasing voice drifted over.
"But your art lost to me! This proves that you are still far from worthy of the words 'eternal beauty'!"
As Naruto's words landed.
Sasori's pupils shook violently, then were drowned in endless confusion, his voice trembling with a hint of despair: "I am not worthy? I am not worthy? I am not worthy of eternal beauty?!"
Though his voice was not loud, it carried across the battlefield, permeating the air with a sense of desolation.
[Host's words pierced through Sasori's ninja way, Villain Points +123!]
"Oh?! So 'Talk-no-Jutsu' can also earn Villain Points?" Naruto felt as if he had discovered a new continent.
And at this moment.
"I am unworthy? I am unworthy? I am unworthy..." Sasori's voice continued to echo over the battlefield, sounding like a mournful, sorrowful dirge.
But gradually, this voice began to turn frantic, like a wounded beast roaring in agony.
Finally, in the next instant.
Sasori suddenly raised his head, his face twisted in extreme ferocity, and he bellowed at Naruto like a demon.
"I am eternal art! I am eternal beauty!"
As he spoke, Sasori's wrist flicked violently, his chakra threads hooking onto the final scroll on his back and dragging it before him.
Whoosh! The scroll slowly unfurled in the void, and a heaven-shaking pressure instantly descended upon the entire field. At the same time, bursts of golden light erupted from the scroll, shooting into the void.
Following that, those golden rays slowly coalesced into an incredibly dazzling character!
It was "Da"! An immensely massive "Da"!
Naruto couldn't help but narrow his eyes, a trace of astonishment in his gaze. The scroll that was never even used in the original story—is it finally going to be revealed at this moment?!
Sure enough, as Naruto's voice trailed off.
The very next instant.
Whoosh— Sasori's feet slowly left the ground, his body hovering upward as he drifted toward the "Da" with a ferocious expression.
"Open for me!" Sasori suddenly channeled his hand seals.
Whoosh! The character "Da" instantly dissipated, transforming instead into an incredibly deep, golden vortex.
At the same time, the chakra core in Sasori's chest began to flicker incessantly, casting a crimson glow across the entire battlefield.
The scattered remains of the puppets were also enveloped by this light.
Then, a shocking scene unfolded.
Swish! Every puppet fragment illuminated by the crimson light shuddered violently before floating into the air, flying through the air toward the golden vortex!
It seemed as if there was another world behind that golden vortex; as soon as the puppet remains entered, they simply vanished.
"Hm?! What is going on?!" Naruto asked, puzzled by the sight.
Then, he understood.
Because, at that moment.
BOOM! A deafening sound suddenly erupted.
And then.
Bang—
A Heaven-Toppling Demon Leg, possessing an aesthetic of heavy industrial machinery and an aura of extreme terror, tore through the golden vortex and crashed into the world!