The tremendous shockwave sent waves surging across the sea for several thousand meters. The deep crater pressed into the water remained unfilled for a long time.
But the explosion had taken place tens of thousands of meters in the air.
So the Tailed Beast Bomb hadn't caused much damage to the surrounding area.
Nor had it reached the bridge piers where Anko and the others were.
Only the pier beneath Yeyu's feet had been smashed to pieces.
Several nearby piers had also cracked apart.
Yeyu stood on the surface of the sea.
The waves churned beneath him, but he stood firm, unaffected by their force.
Looking at how thoroughly the bridge had been wrecked, Yeyu gave a bitter smile. "That's it for the bridge. The Land of Waves will have to rebuild it all over again."
"Naruto and the others' mission will have to be extended for a while."
The bridge had nearly been finished.
Who would've thought Naruto would go completely berserk and lose control?
He had just punched a Tailed Beast Bomb out of the sky, yet Yeyu looked as if nothing had happened.
In truth, he really was fine.
The wind whipped Anko's hair.
She hadn't even noticed that the hair tie holding it back had blown away.
Her eyes were fixed on Yeyu, standing calmly on the sea. "What kind of monster is he?"
Who else in the Ninja World could take a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on?
Or rather, who would dare?
Even the Third Raikage couldn't do it, could he?
"Even if it wasn't a full-power Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb, the fact that he took it head-on is completely outrageous."
Anko could hardly believe her eyes.
In her eyes, Yeyu was practically a monster.
She had been worried about him just now, assuming he would dodge the Tailed Beast Bomb.
She never expected him not only to stand his ground, but to punch the bomb away.
Judging by the force of the Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion just now,
Yeyu's punch could probably level a mountain.
What kind of monstrous strength was that?
Even Kakashi, who had already learned a little about Yeyu's abilities, was stunned.
"That guy really is a monster."
"Good thing he happened to pass by. Otherwise, no one could have stopped Naruto from making an attack like that."
The power of that Tailed Beast Bomb had already far exceeded anything Kakashi could stop.
There was no way to dodge it, either.
Its explosion had a range of tens of thousands of meters—in other words, dozens of kilometers.
That was only the shockwave's reach, but the area of destruction at its core still stretched for several kilometers.
Could he teleport thousands of meters away in the instant it exploded?
The Body Flicker Technique could only move him a few dozen meters at most.
He didn't know the Flying Thunder God Technique. Faced with a Tailed Beast Bomb's explosion, he had no choice but to use Earth Release or find some obstacle to shield himself.
There was no way he could do what Yeyu had done and punch the Tailed Beast Bomb flying.
"That's not a level of strength a human should have."
Yeyu's physical strength really was absurdly powerful.
Even the First wouldn't have done something like that lightly.
After all, the First's body had tremendous recovery and healing abilities, but it wasn't invulnerable to blades and weapons.
But Yeyu had inherited Akainu's terrifying physical strength, covered himself with top-tier Armament Haki, and used the Magma-Magma Fruit to strengthen his punch.
The Tailed Beast Bomb in West Tail's state posed no threat to Yeyu.
Yeyu looked at Naruto in the distance.
Naruto was dumbfounded.
If he could think clearly right now, he would surely be wondering: Which of us is the Tailed Beast, him or me?
Yeyu looked at Naruto in the distance. "You've had your turn. Now it's mine."
Naruto suddenly had a bad feeling.
He tried to dodge.
Suddenly, Yeyu vanished from his sight.
In almost the same instant, Yeyu appeared right in front of him.
Naruto's eyes widened.
He was too fast. Naruto hadn't even had time to react—not even in his current West Tail state.
"Boom!"
Another heavy punch smashed into Naruto's cheek.
The force nearly snapped his head off.
Naruto was blasted hundreds of meters away. He tumbled across the sea several times, like a skipping stone, sending waves dozens of meters into the air.
The intense pain sent Naruto into a rage.
Then he suddenly realized something horrifying.
Even with the Tailed Beast Shroud protecting him, he could feel pain.
Terrible pain.
"Roar!"
The discovery enraged him and filled him with unease.
The Nine-Tails inside Naruto was furious, too.
Inside Naruto, it could see Yeyu outside.
It saw the human who had been relentlessly suppressing it ever since this began.
"Damn you. You're as hateful as Hashirama Senju."
Yeyu might not have the troublesome Wood Release that Hashirama Senju had,
but his physical strength alone had left it completely helpless, filling it with rage.
"Who is this guy? And what's that power of his that can hurt me through the Tailed Beast Shroud?"
The Nine-Tails felt uneasy.
The power around Yeyu could hurt it inside Naruto, even through the Tailed Beast Shroud.
It was terrifying.
How could such a strange, frightening power exist in this world?
Yeyu had used Armament Haki just now.
As Naruto prepared to strike back, Yeyu appeared in front of him again.
This time, violent black-and-red lightning flashed around Yeyu.
The black-and-red lightning made the Nine-Tails even more uneasy.
"Not good—"
"Boom!"
Before it could react, Yeyu slammed another heavy punch into Naruto's face.
This time, the blow was even stronger.
After being blasted hundreds of meters away again, Naruto tumbled across the sea dozens of times before suddenly feeling dizzy and dazed.
The Nine-Tails inside him felt the same way.
"Damn it, what... what is this power? Why is my mind shaking so violently?"
"Impossible... I... how could I be defeated by a brat..."
But as soon as it finished speaking, it fainted.
The Nine-Tails inside Naruto had passed out.
Some of the Nine-Tails Chakra outside Naruto dissipated into the air, while most of it retreated into his body.
Meanwhile, the locks of the Eight Trigrams Seal in the Sealing Space began to turn.
Slowly, they filled in the cracks left by the Nine-Tails' assault.
That was the special property of the Eight Trigrams Seal.
It could draw on the Nine-Tails' Chakra by itself to repair the cracks.
Earlier, Naruto had lost consciousness, giving the Nine-Tails a chance to attack the seal.
It had nearly broken through.
After the Nine-Tails Chakra around Naruto dissipated,
he was about to sink into the sea.
Yeyu appeared beside him.
He pulled him out of the water.
My Conqueror's Haki packs quite a punch.
Yeyu had used Advanced Conqueror's Haki in that last punch.
One blow had knocked out both Naruto and the Nine-Tails inside him.
Yeyu's Conqueror's Haki really was powerful.
In the Pirate World, it would absolutely be on par with Shanks's.
His Conqueror's Haki could cause tremendous destruction to the surroundings.
Yeyu pulled Naruto up and saw that not a single patch of skin on his body was intact.
He was covered in blood and looked horrifying.
But he was unconscious, so he couldn't feel the pain.
"Good thing he passed out. If he were awake, the pain would've killed him. Damn, I can't even think about it."
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