Weakening

After Sasuke made his move, he discovered that these Shadow Clones could take far more punishment than before.

They were no longer the kind that shattered at the slightest touch.

Sasuke did not pay it much mind. After putting in a little more effort, he still blew the Shadow Clones apart.

Sasuke knew they were all Shadow Clones, so naturally, every strike targeted vital points.

Adam's apple, face, temples, heart, kidneys, groin.

He struck straight at them.

Unexpectedly, from the moment the first Shadow Clone was destroyed—

Naruto felt as though his brain had been struck by a sledgehammer. Clutching his head, he staggered backward again and again.

As the original body retreated, Sasuke quickly wiped out all the Shadow Clones.

Sasuke had just tested the physical improvements brought by his Mangekyō Sharingan when Naruto suddenly developed this problem.

Sasuke hurriedly stopped attacking.

"Naruto, what's wrong?"

Naruto looked blank.

"Master, what's wrong with me? Why can I feel the same pain they felt from being hit hard after the Shadow Clones disappear?"

Sasuke's expression turned somewhat strange.

"Hasn't it always been like that with Shadow Clones?"

Natsuki stepped forward. "You never felt this before when your Shadow Clones disappeared?"

Naruto said blankly,

"No. I only knew what attacks the Shadow Clones had been hit by. I never felt anything like this before."

Natsuki twitched at the corner of his mouth. So Asura's enhancement to Naruto was ignoring the side effects of multiple Shadow Clones?

"Make another Shadow Clone."

"Yes!" Naruto said, creating another Shadow Clone.

Natsuki said to the Shadow Clone, "Watch out."

Then he punched him in the chest. The Shadow Clone immediately clutched his stomach, but before he could crouch down—

Natsuki's fierce punch landed on the Shadow Clone's head right before his eyes.

The Shadow Clone's head