"Rasengan!"
Naruto's roar rang through the ruins, and the entire structure shook.
"Naruto!"
Jiraiya and the others dealt with the puppets blocking their way and rushed into the hall where Naruto had been.
But by then, there was no one left in the hall.
An enormous crater lay before them.
They approached its edge and looked down to see two figures locked in fierce combat.
Shinnō had transformed into a giant ape.
Taking advantage of his ability to fly in Six Paths Mode, Naruto continued attacking Shinnō.
The Truth-Seeking Orbs danced around him, each strike piercing Shinnō's enormous body and inflicting grievous wounds.
Naruto had also realized that although Shinnō's attacks used dark chakra, they still fell within the bounds of chakra.
Defenses formed from Truth-Seeking Orbs could easily shatter Shinnō's attacks, while the orbs could also effectively damage his mutated body and even suppress the regeneration granted by his Physical Body Activation Technique.
Shinnō had noticed the same thing.
He sensed the danger. The power he had worked so hard to obtain was not invincible.
The power this brat wielded could counter his own.
If this continued, he really might die!
"Roar! Bastard! I'll kill you!"
Shinnō was furious. Why? Why was the power he had finally obtained after so much scheming so easily countered by someone else?
Why did his opponent get to possess such immense power without doing anything?
With each furious roar, the dark chakra inside Shinnō erupted.
An enormous eel-like beast silently appeared. It coiled around Shinnō like a snake and lowered its head to gaze at him.
A strange mask covered the beast's face, bearing the character for zero.
"Damn it, this thing's presence disgusts me!"
The instant it appeared, the Nine-Tails bristled. He had never encountered anything that repulsed him so much.
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