This sudden attack startled Orochimaru, causing him to pause in his movements, before he could even draw his Hidden Shadow Snake Hands.
Who exactly are you?
"Haha, Orochimaru- sensei, you don't even recognize me?"
Li Yu casually removed his disguise, revealing his true appearance.
" Nawaki "
"Haven't seen you for a long time"
Just then, a figure darted out from the woods behind Orochimaru, and Naruto and the others appeared on the bridge.
" Yamato, you're here too. Everyone who's supposed to be here is here." Yamato was wearing the same outfit Sound Four, which made people feel a little awkward.
"They're all familiar faces! I think that Nine-Tails brat is here too."
"Then I'll play with you guys for a bit."
"Let me see, between you and Sasuke, who has become stronger."
"Give Sasuke back!" Naruto could no longer control the rampage of the Nine-Tails Chakra; he already had more rent than he could ever spend.
Its eyes turned into beastly pupils, its teeth and nails grew continuously, and its entire body was immediately enveloped in red Chakra.
"If you want to know Sasuke's whereabouts, then use your strength to ask me."
"If we can do that"
Naruto moved like the wind, quickly attacking Orochimaru and sending him flying with a single swipe of his Orochimaru.
Li Yu, watching from behind, clicked his tongue and silently mourned for Orochimaru for a few minutes.
" Orochimaru- sensei, he was sent flying before he could even finish speaking, and now his face is completely ruined!"
"Captain Nawaki, how can you still be in the mood for jokes?"
"Oh, that's all. Everything's under control. Naruto's amazing!"
Orochimaru was hit hard and was sent flying dozens of feet away.
"You're becoming more and more like Jinchūriki, Naruto-kun!"
Orochimaru, with half of his face smashed, revealed the appearance of the original owner of the body that had been taken from him.
Yamato stood in front of Li Yu Li Yu, intending to hold him off while Orochimaru dealt with Naruto.
Orochimaru explained the origins of Yamato, explaining that he was a product of experiments, and also mentioned the origins of Li Yu's Wood Release.
" Nawaki, actually, I also succeeded in taking a little girl with me in that experiment, but Danzo wanted her."
"See? I've made contributions to Konoha!"
"Oh, there's one more?" Li Yu turned to look at Yamato, still quite shocked by the news.
The plot has changed so drastically that Yamato is not the only one who has obtained Wood Release; a little girl is also in Danzo's hands.
Yamato's strength has already surpassed 20% of the First's Wood Release assessment in the original work; Li Yu has already fought him Chunin Ninja Exams.
Yamato's strength is already 60-70% of that of the First. Over the years, his strength has increased by who knows how much.
After hearing this, two more tails grew on Naruto's back, making a total of three tails, and Chakra chakra visibly increased.
"No, you bastard!"
"Don't talk about Sasuke's name like it's your own in front of me."
When Naruto's wife got jealous, she unleashed a roar, causing her Chakra to explode and instantly shattering the Heaven and Earth Bridge, creating a whirlwind.
Unlike in the original storyline, Sakura wasn't knocked unconscious by Kabuto's attack. Instead, she retreated to avoid it, but Li Yu had already knocked her off the bridge.
Sai drew a large bird that flew into the air, tracking the battle between Naruto and Orochimaru.
The Heaven and Earth Bridge, now broken in two, remains where Li Yu and Sakura stood together, while Yamato stood on the opposite bank.
"Boom boom boom"
Explosions continued to be heard from the other side of the bridge, and strong winds blew many trees into the air.
"Captain Nawaki, what should we do?" Sakura asked anxiously.
" Naruto Orochimaru can't deal with him for the time being, so I'll focus on defeating Yamato first."
Li Yu Hand Seals his hands together on the ground, and a large number of thick wooden stakes extended from his feet, forming an archway that stretched towards the opposite side of the cliff.
The opposing Yamato slammed his Hand Seals into the ground.
" Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart "
A wall fifty meters high was erected on the spot, with trees faintly visible on top, alongside Yamato, who stood with his arms crossed and a cold Yamato.
"I'll build the bridge, you build the wall."
" Yamato, you're going to go all out with me, huh?"
The wooden stakes all slammed into the thick wall, but the wall still blocked their path above.
The fifty-meter-high wall instantly turned the sunlit cliff into a gloomy one, creating a suffocating sense of oppression for Sakura.
"This... this..."
" Sakura, don't panic. He's coming for me. Step back."
Li Yu quickly Hand Seals and took a deep breath into the air.
" Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves "
It spews out thick wind blades at the earthen wall on the opposite bank of the mountain, swinging them back and forth erratically as it does so.
"Bang bang bang"
The A-rank Ninjutsu Danzo from Danzo, when enhanced by Li Yu's massive Chakra, produced not wind, but invisible blade-like sword energy.
Earth and rocks flew everywhere, and loud noises echoed. Wind blades lashed back and forth against the thick earthen wall opposite, like whips.
"What an amazing Wind Release!"
The wind blades continued their relentless advance, shearing the trees behind the earthen wall into pieces, felling them like wheat being harvested.
There was no way around it; the Earth Release that Yamato used was exceptionally powerful, almost like lifting a mountain.
After the wind blades cut through, a cross-section of soil and rock over twenty meters thick was left behind.
"Is the Earth Style Wall really that exaggerated?"
Sakura's eyes widened, her mouth agape in an "O" shape, witnessing for the first time a battle between ninjas wielding massive amounts of Chakra.
"What an amazing S-rank Wind Release Ninjutsu! It broke through my Earth Release in an instant. No wonder you're the strongest ninja in Konoha."
" Yamato, you're not bad either. You've improved a lot since the last Chunin Ninja Exams."
Yamato Hand Seals again, showing no intention of making way.
On the opposite bank of the cliff, Li Yu saw Yamato's Hand Seals.
" Yamato, is he finally going to get serious with me?"
"What, now they're finally getting serious?"
Li Yu also quickly Hand Seals.
" Sakura, hold on tight!"
" Wood Release: Wood Human Technique "
The two simultaneously used Wood Release Ninjutsu, and a hundred-meter- Wood Man rose from the ground, carrying both of them upwards until they reached a height of one hundred meters in the air.
Sakura lost her balance and sat down on the ground with a thud, her eyes constantly looking upwards.
"Captain Nawaki, it's so tall!"
" Sakura, use your feet to hold on, the fight is about to begin!"
"Ah, yes," Sakura finally realized and quickly gathered her Chakra in her feet.
"Boom boom boom"
The cliff could not bear the weight of the Wood Man on both sides and began to sink, with rocks rolling down the cliff, intending to fill in this section of the Heaven and Earth Bridge.
Once the Wood Man on both sides, each a hundred meters long, were firmly in place, more than half of their bodies were already embedded in the cliff face.
Those on the cliff could only see two giants, their bodies only half-full, seemingly preparing to fight at the bottom of the cliff.
"Hold on tight, we're about to go!"
Li Yu controlled the Wood Man and threw a straight punch at the Wood Man opposite him that had just stood firm against the wall.
"Bang!"
Yamato's Wood Man dummy blocked with both hands, but crashed into the cliff from behind.
Li Yu gained the upper hand, throwing a series of ordinary punches, then accelerating a few steps to catch up, adding a serious punch.
The wooden Yamato that Wood Man controlled was deeply embedded into the mountain, restricting its movement and preventing it from making an effective counterattack.
Sakura, on the other hand, was watching with great excitement, constantly clenching her fists.
"Beat him up, hah!"
This kind of brutal, hand-to-hand combat perfectly matches Sakura's fighting style. Watching it up close is incredibly immersive, and it's almost impossible not to throw a punch yourself.