Conqueror's Haki Knocks Out Nine-Tails

The immense shockwave churned the sea for thousands of meters, leaving a deep crater in the water that refused to fill for a long time.

However, because the explosion occurred tens of thousands of meters in the air, the Tailed Beast Bomb did not cause too much destruction to the surroundings.

It also did not reach the bridge pier where Anko and the others were located.

Only the pier beneath Yeyu's feet had been reduced to rubble.

Several adjacent piers were also shattered.

Yeyu stood upon the surface of the sea.

Despite the raging waves, Yeyu stood firmly; the swells did not affect his stability in the slightest.

Looking at the bridge, which was now mostly destroyed, Yeyu gave a wry smile, "It's over, 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 longer."

The bridge had been nearly finished, after all.

He hadn't expected Naruto to completely lose control and go berserk.

Having just punched a Tailed Beast Bomb away, Yeyu looked as if nothing had happened.

In reality, he was indeed fine.

The gale whipped through Anko's hair.

She didn't even notice that the hair tie holding her hair had been blown away.

Her eyes were locked onto Yeyu, who stood calmly on the sea surface. "What kind of monster is this?"

Taking a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on—who else in the ninja world could pull off such a feat?

Or rather, who would even dare to try?

Even the Third Raikage couldn't do it, right?

"Even if this wasn't a full-power Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb, the fact that he caught it head-on is just too absurd."

Anko could not believe her eyes at this moment.

In her eyes, Yeyu was simply an existence on the level of a monster.

She had been worried about Yeyu just a moment ago, thinking he would dodge the Tailed Beast Bomb.

She never expected that not only did he not dodge, but he had also forcefully punched the Tailed Beast Bomb away.

Judging by the power of the explosion in the sky just now, Yeyu's punch could have leveled a mountain.

What kind of monster-level strength was this?

Even Kakashi, who had previously learned something of Yeyu's strength, was filled with shock.

"This guy really is a monster."

"It's fortunate he happened to be passing by; otherwise, no one could have stopped Naruto from such an attack."

The power of that Tailed Beast Bomb far exceeded anything Kakashi could have contained.

There was no way to dodge it.

The blast radius of that Tailed Beast Bomb reached tens of thousands of meters—dozens of kilometers.

Although that was just the range of the shockwave, the core destruction zone still spanned several kilometers.

Could he have teleported thousands of meters away in the instant of the explosion?

The Body Flicker Technique could only move him a few dozen meters at most.

He didn't know the Flying Thunder God, so facing the explosion of a Tailed Beast Bomb, he would have had no choice but to use Earth Release ninjutsu or find an obstacle to hide behind.

How could he possibly be like Yeyu, using his bare fist to forcefully blast the Tailed Beast Bomb away?

"This is simply not the kind of strength a human should possess."

Yeyu's physical strength was indeed absurdly strong.

Even the First Hokage would not do such a thing lightly.

After all, the First Hokage's body only had strong recovery and self-healing abilities; it was not impervious to blades or bullets.

But Yeyu had inherited the terrifying physical strength of Akainu, used top-tier Armament Haki to protect his body, and utilized the Magma-Magma Fruit to enhance the power of his fist.

The West Tail state Tailed Beast Bomb posed no threat to Yeyu.

Yeyu looked at Naruto in the distance.

Naruto was stunned as well.

If he had any coherent thoughts right now, he would surely be asking himself: Is this guy the Tailed Beast, or am I?

Yeyu looked toward Naruto. "You've already attacked; now it's my turn."

Naruto suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

He had just wanted to dodge.

Suddenly, Yeyu vanished from his line of sight.

Almost in the same instant, Yeyu appeared right in front of him.

Naruto's eyes widened.

It was too fast; he hadn't reacted at all, not even with the West Tail active.

"BOOM!"

Another heavy punch slammed into Naruto's cheek.

The immense force nearly snapped his head off.

Naruto was sent flying hundreds of meters, rolling across the surface of the sea like a skipping stone, kicking up waves dozens of meters high.

The intense pain sent Naruto into a rage.

Yet, he suddenly realized a terrifying fact.

He was actually feeling pain despite the protection of the Tailed Beast Shroud.

And it was excruciating.

"ROAR!"

This discovery made him furious and uneasy.

The Nine-Tails inside him was incredibly angry.

It saw Yeyu in the outside world from within Naruto's body.

It saw the human who had been suppressing it relentlessly since the start.

"This damn guy is as detestable as Hashirama Senju."

Although he didn't possess the troublesome Wood Release like Hashirama Senju, Yeyu relied on pure physical strength to suppress it until it had no power to fight back, which made it incomparably enraged.

"Who exactly is this guy, and what is that power on him that can bypass the Tailed Beast Shroud and hurt me?"

The Nine-Tails felt a sense of unease.

The power on Yeyu's body could bypass the Tailed Beast Shroud and injure it inside Naruto.

It was too terrifying.

How could such a bizarre and fearsome power exist in this world?

Yeyu had just used Armament Haki.

Just as Naruto wanted to retaliate, Yeyu appeared before him once again.

This time, intense black and red lightning crackled across Yeyu's body.

This black and red lightning made the Nine-Tails even more uneasy.

"Oh no~"

"BOOM~"

Before it could even react, Yeyu slammed another heavy punch into its face.

This time, the force was even greater.

Sent flying hundreds of meters again, Naruto rolled dozens of times across the sea before suddenly feeling dizzy and lightheaded.

The Nine-Tails inside him felt the same.

"Damn it, what, what is this power? How, how could it make my very consciousness tremble incessantly?"

"Abominable, impossible, how, how could I be defeated by a brat?"

Before it could finish, it fainted.

The Nine-Tails inside Naruto had passed out.

Outside, a portion of the Nine-Tails chakra dissipated into the air, while the majority retreated back into Naruto's body.

Inside the seal space, the locks of the Eight Trigrams Seal began to rotate.

They slowly mended the cracks caused by the Nine-Tails' assault.

This was the unique nature of the Eight Trigrams Seal.

It would autonomously draw upon the Nine-Tails' chakra to repair its own fissures.

Previously, because Naruto had lost consciousness, the Nine-Tails had found an opportunity to strike at the seal.

It had nearly broken through.

After the Nine-Tails chakra on Naruto's body dissipated, he began to sink into the sea.

Yeyu appeared by his side.

He hauled him up.

My Conqueror's Haki packs quite a punch, he thought.

Yeyu had utilized Advanced Conqueror's Haki for that previous strike.

A single blow had knocked both Naruto and the Nine-Tails within him unconscious.

Yeyu's Conqueror's Haki was indeed formidable.

If he were in the Pirate World, it would certainly be on par with Shanks.

This was because his Conqueror's Haki could inflict severe destruction upon the surrounding reality.

He lifted Naruto up, observing that there was not a single patch of intact skin left on his body.

Covered in blood, he looked ghastly.

Fortunately, he was unconscious, so he could not feel the pain.

"It's good that he fainted; if he were awake, he'd be in agony. Hiss, I dare not think about it any further."