Great Eruption vs. Tailed Beast Bomb

"Anko, don't say it like that."

Kakashi did not quite agree with Anko's explanation.

He felt that if she spoke to Sakura like this, Sakura would surely push Naruto away even more in the future.

Sakura already disliked Naruto to begin with.

As expected, Sakura fell silent.

She looked at Naruto in the distance, her hands clenched tight.

"Big sister, is that the reason why the adults in the village hate Naruto?"

Previously, Sakura had assumed that Naruto was shunned by the adults in the village simply because he was always causing trouble and had poor grades, consistently ranking last in the class.

But after hearing so much from Anko, she understood some of the truth.

However, she had guessed wrong.

Only a few Jonin in the village knew that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Anko only knew that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki because the Third Hokage had told her.

Although Anko was only a Special Jonin, she was unique; she was a student of Orochimaru.

Strictly speaking, she was the Third Hokage's grand-student, judging by the conversation between him and Anko when Orochimaru attacked the village later on.

The Third Hokage truly treated Anko as a confidante, discussing many sensitive issues with her.

Secrets that ordinary ninjas could never know.

Others merely speculated that Naruto was the incarnation of the Nine-Tails; even Mizuki, one of Naruto's other teachers, believed this.

Iruka knew the truth because the Third Hokage had hoped he would accept Naruto and guide him well, which was why he had revealed it to him.

Anko looked at Sakura.

She discovered that Sakura did not seem to loathe or fear Naruto after learning his true identity.

On the contrary, she seemed somewhat worried.

Dislike is one thing, but worry is another.

They weren't enemies, after all.

Given Sakura's personality, she naturally wouldn't feel hatred or fear.

Instead, she felt concern because they were comrades.

Anko looked at Sakura, then turned to Kakashi and said, "This student of yours seems quite good."

Kakashi was also a bit surprised.

He knew how much Sakura disliked Naruto.

He hadn't expected that after learning Naruto's identity, she would show no fear or disgust.

But thinking back on how they had interacted over the past month or so, it didn't seem so strange.

They had all passed the bell test.

He should have known that all three of them were students who met his standards.

Kakashi revealed a smile.

"After all, they are students who passed my test."

Anko thought of Orochimaru. Am I a student of his who didn't pass the test?

Although she hated Orochimaru, Anko had never been able to sever her feelings for him.

She had always wanted to gain the approval of her teacher.

Unfortunately, until Orochimaru left, Anko never received that recognition.

This had been a lingering regret for Anko.

"I wonder how Yeyu is doing now," Kakashi said with some concern.

Anko looked toward the other side.

"He should be fine, right?"

Anko felt that nothing bad should happen to Yeyu.

From the moment he made his move earlier, Anko had felt that his strength was far superior to her own.

After letting out a roar toward the sky, Naruto looked in the direction where Yeyu was.

Although that punch earlier hadn't injured him, it had enraged him.

Expanding his senses, he located Yeyu.

He opened his mouth, and a Tailed Beast Bomb nearly a meter wide rapidly condensed in front of him.

Although smaller than the previous Tailed Beast Bomb, because he was in the West Tail state, the chakra contained within was far greater than before.

It had also been compressed, making its destructive power several times greater than the previous one.

Countless cracks even appeared in the surrounding air.

It was faintly struggling to contain the power of this Tailed Beast Bomb.

Anko looked on with concern, "Another Tailed Beast Bomb. I have a feeling this place isn't safe anymore either."

Kakashi activated his Sharingan, and after seeing the amount of chakra contained within that Tailed Beast Bomb, he was stunned, "Such a massive amount of chakra. This Tailed Beast Bomb could absolutely destroy everything in the vicinity."

Anko prepared to carry Kakashi and Sakura away again.

But before she could move, Yeyu's figure appeared atop a bridge pier.

Standing on the pier, Yeyu looked toward Naruto in the distance.

"Another Tailed Beast Bomb. This one packs quite a punch."

The Tailed Beast Bomb was undoubtedly the strongest killing move of a Tailed Beast.

Yeyu frowned slightly, "I wonder what would happen if I were to transfer this Tailed Beast Bomb into Naruto's body."

"Forget it. If I blow Naruto up and kill him, that would be the end of it."

With Yeyu's abilities, he could naturally use the Flying Thunder God to transfer the Tailed Beast Bomb released by Naruto into his own body.

However, if he did that, there was a high probability that Naruto would die instantly.

Although he wasn't close with Naruto, Yeyu couldn't bring himself to do something that would cause his immediate death.

Naruto had already spotted Yeyu's figure.

"Roar~"

After a roar, Naruto seemed to have gauged Yeyu's strength from the previous skirmish.

Worried that Yeyu might run away if he waited too long, he immediately spat out the Tailed Beast Bomb containing that terrifying amount of chakra.

"Boom!"

The Tailed Beast Bomb turned into a streak of red light, rapidly skimming across nearly a thousand meters of the sea surface.

The sea was pressed down by the storm whipped up by the Tailed Beast Bomb, creating a trench a thousand meters long and over a dozen meters deep.

Towering waves surged all around.

It looked as if the sea had been struck down by a giant rod.

The waves, dozens of meters high, looked like the end of the world.

Anko carried Kakashi and Sakura as she leaped onto one of the bridge piers.

The waves stirred up by the Tailed Beast Bomb alone were enough to submerge the coast where they had just been standing.

The power of this Tailed Beast Bomb was self-evident.

And this Tailed Beast Bomb was flying straight toward Yeyu.

Anko frowned, "Is Yeyu planning to take that head-on?"

She was deeply worried.

Kakashi also gritted his teeth, staring fixedly in Yeyu's direction.

Although Sakura wasn't familiar with Yeyu, she was also very worried for him at this moment.

Standing on the bridge pier, the hem of Yeyu's clothes fluttered violently in the shockwave.

In the blink of an eye, the Tailed Beast Bomb appeared before Yeyu.

Yeyu's gaze narrowed slightly.

"Armament Haki: Entanglement."

A powerful Armament Haki instantly condensed on Yeyu's fist; this Haki was actually flowing.

It completely enveloped Yeyu's fist.

In that instant, the flowing Haki suddenly began to emit smoke.

It was just like magma.

Indeed, it was infused with magma.

"Great Eruption."

Yeyu's fist instantly became scorching hot, filled with terrifying power.

"Boom~"

Yeyu threw a fierce punch.

The terrifying power collided with the Tailed Beast Bomb.

"Bang~"

A violent explosion rang out.

The sea for thousands of meters around Yeyu instantly sank.

The ocean surface suddenly collapsed downward.

It formed a massive crater dozens of meters deep and thousands of meters wide.

The bridge pier beneath Yeyu's feet shattered into dust the moment the collision occurred.

The Tailed Beast Bomb transformed into a streak of light, soaring tens of thousands of meters into the high sky.

"BOOM!"

It detonated in the high altitude like a firework.

The moment it exploded in the air, it shone as brilliantly as the sun.

The shockwave descended upon the sea surface in an instant.

"BOOM!"

The seawater that had not yet flowed back from the initial collision was once again pushed to the edges by this shockwave.

The forest stretching for thousands of meters along the nearby coastline was instantly pulverized.

Trees turned to ash, the earth was torn asunder, and countless boulders weighing hundreds of tons were launched a hundred meters into the air.