"I thought we were in for an earth-shattering battle. I didn't expect it to be over so quickly."
"Hahaha... Those Konoha fools are about to pay for their arrogance."
The ninja of Iwagakure watched the two of them and couldn't help sneering.
Naruto Uzumaki was a complete idiot.
If he died just like that, all the trouble they had gone to would be a waste.
Under everyone's gaze, Ōnoki and Naruto Uzumaki collided head-on.
Boom!
A tremendous shockwave burst outward, sweeping every cloud from the sky.
A figure shot backward and slammed into the ground, leaving a massive crater.
The Stone Ninja stared in horror, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.
"Am I seeing things? The one who just got sent flying... didn't that look like Lord Tsuchikage?"
"Hahaha... We must have seen it wrong. Lord Tsuchikage's attack could send even a Tailed Beast flying, let alone a human."
"Maybe, but did every one of us see it wrong?"
"Could we be under Genjutsu?"
"All tens of thousands of us? Even if Naruto Uzumaki could do that, what would be the point?"
"So... it really was Lord Tsuchikage who got sent flying?!"
The thought left everyone from Iwagakure stunned.
They couldn't believe Lord Tsuchikage, who could punch a Tailed Beast hundreds of meters away, had been overpowered head-on by a human!
After sending Ōnoki flying, Naruto Uzumaki didn't press his advantage.
He wanted to show everyone just how powerful he was. There was no way he would end the fight so quickly.
"Cough... cough..."
Ōnoki struggled up from the crater he had made, two trails of blood running from his mouth.
He was even more shocked than the onlookers.
He could clearly tell that Naruto Uzumaki had pulled his punch at the very last moment.
Otherwise,
he wouldn't have gotten