Dao Long

"What?!" Boros's single eye narrowed sharply. He sensed a mortal threat in that power. "That aura... He's burning his life force."

"Meteoric Burst!" He no longer dared hold back. In an instant, he pushed his speed and strength to their limits!

The two figures, one crimson and one purple, vanished from where they stood at the same instant!

Boom!

The ground beneath their feet exploded into a massive crater. A moment later, a continuous series of thunderous sonic booms rolled across the sky!

They moved too fast for the naked eye to follow. All anyone could see were rings of displaced air bursting across the sky as they collided. In a few short seconds, they had exchanged hundreds, perhaps thousands, of blows!

"Impossible!" The longer they fought, the more alarmed Boros became. "How do your speed and strength keep increasing?!"

Then realization struck. Horror filled his single eye. "No! You aren't getting stronger! I'm getting slower! My power is fading! You're absorbing my life force?!"

"I'm not absorbing it. I'm wearing it away!" Naruto's fiery red eyes fixed coldly on him as he sent him flying with a punch.

"In this mode, both our life forces are being rapidly worn away! But..." Beneath his fiery red cloak, the markings of the Horse Talisman and Dog Talisman flickered stubbornly across his back, driving back death's encroachment and preserving his last thread of life. "I have something to stand for. Something I have to protect!"

"Damn you!" Boros roared in fury. He could feel his long life draining away like a flood through an open gate. "Then... Collapsing Star Roaring Cannon!"

He tried to gather the power for his ultimate, planet-destroying attack once more. Even if it killed him too, he would take the entire Shinobi World with him!

But just as