Uzumaki Forbidden Art: Severing Spirit Slash, Kicking a Tailed Beast Ball Away with One Kick!
Boom--!
The loud noises from the real world abruptly disappeared from my ears.
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely. Naruto felt a dizzying sensation before his eyes, and the violent Black Tailed Beast Ball, the falling rubble, and Kabuto Yakushi's maniacal laughter from inside the amplified tumor were all pulled away in that instant.
When he opened his eyes again, what he could see was a dark underground space. He was stepping on warm water up to his ankles. Directly in front of him, a huge metal iron fence towering into the sky stood in the darkness. In the center of the iron gate, the talisman paper with the word "sealed" on it was emitting a faint golden light.
"Roar..." Deep within the iron gate, a pair of scarlet fox eyes snapped open. Kurama lay sprawled on the ground, his massive tail slapping the water's surface in frustration. He snorted coldly, "Don't underestimate me. Your own father used his remaining Chakra to forcibly drag you in."
Naruto suddenly turned around.
Less than three meters behind him stood two figures.
They didn't have that damned gray-white death aura, nor the Impure World Reincarnation patterns that covered their faces. Golden, tousled hair, azure eyes, and the Hokage Haori bearing the words "Fourth Hokage" swayed gently in the Chakra breeze; beside them, a woman with long, dazzling crimson hair cascading down to her waist, her face beautiful, was staring blankly at him.
The air froze in that second.
Kushina's eyes instantly reddened. She stumbled, almost lunging at Naruto, opening her arms to hug the child she had risked her life to bring into the world.
However, the moment her hand touched Naruto's shoulder, it was as if she passed through a blur, sliding directly through Naruto's body.
Kushina froze, looking down at her translucent hands. Large tears fell onto the water, creating ripples. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry, Naruto..." Her voice trembled uncontrollably, filled with suppressed sobs, "Mommy couldn't even hug you..."
Minato stood behind, his eyes filled with undisguised guilt and heartache. Looking at the young man before him, now taller than himself, with a robust and imposing physique and eyes radiating arrogance and domineering power, his Adam's apple bobbed several times before he finally managed to squeeze out a hoarse, "You've grown up."
Naruto.
There was no wailing or hysterical questioning. He took a deep breath, and the muscles that had been tense from the battle gradually relaxed. He stepped forward, taking advantage of his height, which was half a head taller than Minato, and opened his arms, making a gesture of loosely putting his arms around Kushina and Minato's shoulders.
"Why are you crying, Mom?" Naruto's lips curled into a wild yet tender smile, his voice deep and powerful. "Do I look like I've been wronged?"
Kushina looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears.
"I am now the strongest in Hidden Leaf, and also the head of the Uzumaki Clan." Naruto raised his chin slightly, his tone exuding an undeniable domineering aura. "Those who bullied me, I've scattered their ashes. Moreover, your son is not only rich and powerful now, but he also has several wives, each one a top beauty in the Shinobi World. Hyuga Clan's Main Family massages my shoulders and legs every Tenten. You even have a grandson named Menma, whose talent surpasses mine."
Hearing this, the Kurama inside the iron gate rolled his Byakugan dramatically and muttered under his breath, "That kid's at it again..."
Kushina's eyes widened as she listened, forgetting to wipe away her tears. She turned to look at Minato, then back at Naruto, and suddenly burst out laughing, her shoulders shaking with laughter, tears streaming down her face.
"Good! As expected of my son Kushina Uzumaki!" She ruffled Naruto's hair in mid-air, her eyes brimming with pride. "Much better than your stupid father, whose mind is only on the village!"
Minato awkwardly scratched his cheek, looking at the surging Pure Yang Chakra emanating from Naruto. His eyes held not only relief but also shock. This power far surpassed his understanding from back then.
"Naruto, time is running out." Minato took a deep breath, his expression suddenly turning extremely serious. "That guy outside named Kabuto is using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's Chakra to forcibly erase our consciousness. We can't hold out much longer."
Naruto's smile vanished instantly, his eyes turning colder than a blade. "I've already found the control talismans on the back of your heads. Even if the Golem Chakra blocks them, give me a minute, and I can burn it all away with my Yang Release!"
"It's no use!" Minato shook his head decisively, speaking rapidly, "When I was being controlled just now, I used the Flying Thunder God's sensory network to trace his Chakra circuits in reverse. He treated our bodies as mere 'terminals,' while the real control core, the 'server,' is hidden in the Relay Array at the other end of these underground ruins."
"As long as the Relay Array intact, the Golem Network can instantly regenerate ten more talismans even if you burn one. A direct confrontation will only cause our bodies to collapse, and may even damage our souls!"
Naruto's brows furrowed sharply.
That bastard actually set up a distributed local area network 600 meters underground!
"If forcibly dismantling it doesn't work, then we'll have to unplug the network cable." Naruto licked his back teeth, a fierce glint in his eyes.
"How do I pull it out? Do you have a way?" Minato was taken aback.
"No." Naruto looked at Kushina and grinned. "Isn't this all thanks to Mom? The Uzumaki Clan's ancestral skills must have some hidden tricks up their sleeves, right?"
Kushina glared at him, annoyed, but her eyes were full of approval. "You're quick-witted! Remember this, what I'm going to teach you next is a forbidden technique of the Uzumaki Clan that even your father wasn't qualified to learn— Severing Spirit Slash!"
"This technique doesn't require Hand Seals; it relies entirely on the instantaneous high-frequency resonance of mental power and Chakra. As long as your Chakra quality is high enough, you can forcibly sever those external Chakra links as easily as cutting butter!"
Kushina spoke at lightning speed, forcibly injecting a series of obscure and complex Chakra circulation trajectories into Naruto's mind through mental resonance. Naruto, possessing the foundation of the "Great Evolution Divine Soul Art," understood it completely and imprinted it deep in his memory almost instantly.
The very second the incantation was finished being passed on--
"Sizzle!"
Above the mental space, a huge dark red rift suddenly tore open. The Golem, Minato Chakra Kushina flickered violently, and countless gray-white cracks reappeared on their faces.
Kabuto's order to eliminate them has arrived!
"Naruto!" Minato, half of his body already dissipating, roared with all his might, "That Tailed Beast Ball outside is irreversible! Forget about us! Take your comrades and go! Live!"
Kushina's neck was tightly bound by dark red chains. She struggled to reach out, looking at Naruto, her lips moving silently. Judging from the shape of her lips, she was saying, "Mommy loves you."
Naruto's eyes instantly became bloodshot.
He clenched his fists tightly, his knuckles cracking like popping beans, and pure golden flames erupted from his body, forcefully repelling the approaching dark Chakra.
"You want me to desert?" Naruto tilted his head back, staring intently at the collapsing void, his voice filled with a chilling, ferocious killing intent. "Dream on!"
"Once I unplug this damn internet cable, I'll twist the head off that sewer rat and use it as a ball!"
"You two, just wait patiently while I take you home!"
Boom--!
The mental space completely collapsed.
The moment his consciousness returned, the oppressive feeling of death crashed down on Naruto's nerves like a mountain.
0.01 seconds.
Time outside began to flow again. The dome of the hall, six hundred meters underground, was collapsing with a deafening roar, and massive stone pillars crashed to the ground. And less than half a meter directly in front of Naruto, Minato transformed into a raging black demon. The high-density, jet-black Tailed Beast Ball had fully materialized, and the destructive Chakra storm directly shaved off the few strands of hair on Naruto's forehead.
If this explosion were to occur, not only Naruto, but also Sasuke Karin behind him, along with the entire underground defense line of the East Valley Fortress, would be instantly vaporized!
"Naruto Uzumaki! How does it feel to die at the hands of your own father?!" Kabuto's maniacal laughter, sharp and piercing, echoed from the amplified tumor, filled with a mad arrogance of certain victory.
"I have a feeling you're about to be reduced to ashes."
Naruto did not retreat.
They didn't even make a move to dodge.
Faced with the deadly Tailed Beast Ball that was within reach, he abandoned all defensive Ninjutsu and clasped his hands together in front of his chest!
"Immortal Technique: Severing Spirit Slash!"
The Pure Yang Chakra within his body, like a vast ocean, completed tens of thousands of high-frequency vibrations within a fraction of a second, following the strange trajectory taught by Kushina. Naruto's palm suddenly unleashed a purple-gold ripple that was invisible to the naked eye, directly ignoring physical defenses and brutally slicing into the back of Minato!
"Sizzle--!"
A piercingly sharp tearing sound exploded in the air.
The thick, dark Chakra "wire" connecting to the back of Minato, as thick as a forearm, was instantly split in two, like butter cut by a red-hot blade!
The instant the internet cable snapped, the raging black Chakra around Minato abruptly stopped. The extremely high-density Tailed Beast Ball, which had been pressing against Naruto's nose and was about to explode, lost its internal yin-yang balance instantly due to the lack of support from the subsequent Golem Chakra.
"Impossible! What did you do?!" Dou's laughter stopped abruptly, turning into a distorted scream.
"I'm going to wreck your place!"
Naruto roared, his right leg muscles bulged, golden flames enveloped his entire thigh, and a powerful high sweeping kick struck the side of the Tailed Beast Ball that was about to go out of control.
The pure Monster Strength poured out without reservation!
"BOOM--!!!"
The Tailed Beast Ball, whose control had been severed, was kicked off its original trajectory by Naruto's kick, transforming into a jet-black pillar of light that crashed straight into the rock wall on the right side of the hall with earth-shattering force.
That was precisely the location where the underground Relay Array was hidden, as detected by the Flying Thunder God Sensor Network!