Two figures faced each other from afar in the sky.
One of them was Naruto Uzumaki.
Naruto now looked like an entirely different person from moments before.
Brilliant golden light shone around him, making him resemble a small, human-shaped sun, radiating warm yet vast waves of chakra.
This was no mere Nine-Tails Chakra Mode or Sage Mode, but a form born from the perfect fusion of Six Paths Yang Power and natural energy.
He held a black staff in his hand.
On the back of his golden chakra cloak, nine jet-black magatama were arranged in neat rows.
Most striking of all was his face. It bore none of Sage Mode's distinctive markings; instead, it looked exceptionally pure and peaceful, as though he had returned to his most natural state.
Even the three pairs of signature whisker-like marks on his cheeks had vanished.
His eyes were scarlet-a pair of Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
Those eyes watched the Sage of Six Paths across from him with calm, piercing scrutiny, like one god sizing up another as an equal.
Six Paths Sage Mode!
This was the entirely new realm Naruto had now revealed, fusing multiple supreme powers into something that surpassed every form he had used before.
It was a new form he had mastered after gaining command of Yin-Yang Release.
Yet beneath that dazzling golden light and overwhelming pressure, another conversation was taking place within Naruto's consciousness space.
There lay a peaceful grassland and a clear lake.
The enormous Kurama lay beside the lake, his scarlet fox eyes carrying a distinctly displeased look.
"Hmph!"
The Nine-Tails snorted two streams of scorching breath from his nostrils, his voice rumbling through the consciousness space like muffled thunder:
"You actually didn't use my power this time!"
He stared at Naruto's consciousness avatar, who looked especially tiny standing