Breaking Through

"Hmph!" Faced with this, Deidara showed no sign of panic. Instead, he grinned as his plan fell into place. "Art is an Explosion! Detonate!"

Before he finished speaking, the Clay Giant's trapped fist and entire forearm exploded!

Boom!!!

The blast was not meant to spread outward. All its energy was focused into a single point and converted into pure kinetic force!

The terrifying impact sent the enormous Monster flying like a kite with its string cut. It slammed into a distant metal wall, leaving a huge crater, and looked unlikely to get up anytime soon.

"See that? That's my art! Yeah!" Deidara shouted triumphantly.

Naruto Uzumaki, controlling the Nine-Tails, saw Deidara draw first blood and burst out laughing. "Nice one, Deidara! All right, our turn, Sasuke!"

"Mm." Sasuke's reply was flat. Both swords of his Perfect Susanoo were already glowing purple.

Naruto's golden Nine-Tailed Fox let out a roar that shook the entire passage. It used no fancy techniques, pushing raw strength and speed to their limits instead.

In an instant, a massive fox claw swept out like a golden mountain, wreathed in raging Chakra!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three Monsters lunging at them took the blow head-on. Before that overwhelming power, their tough exoskeletons and biological armor might as well have been paper. They twisted, buckled, and shattered!

Their huge bodies hurtled away like meteors and struck a distant metal wall with thunderous thuds. Buried deep in it, they sent metal fragments and electrical sparks flying everywhere!

The golden Nine-Tails opened its jaws. An enormous Tailed Beast Ball rapidly formed, its destructive energy making the surrounding air warp and whine.

Boom!

The massive Tailed Beast Ball reduced the three Monsters ahead, along with the metal wall panels behind them, to ash. Still carrying tremendous force, it bored into the unknown