The golden and purple figures collided violently once more, unleashing a deafening boom and a savage torrent of energy.
Then they broke apart, both hurtling backward and gouging two deep furrows through the scorched, shattered earth. Dust billowed up, blotting out the sky.
Before the dust had settled, six dazzling red lights suddenly flared in Naruto's direction.
"Amenosubaruhoshinomikoto!"
With Naruto's sharp cry, the ancient staff in his hand, formed from a Truth-Seeking Orb, changed shape once again.
The staff lengthened into a fishing rod.
Naruto snapped his wrist, and the fishing rod swept out six afterimages. Trailing long red flames, they pierced the drifting dust along fiendishly unpredictable trajectories, shooting toward the Sage of Six Paths from different angles.
Each afterimage contained highly concentrated senjutsu chakra and the power of Yin-Yang Release, enough to pierce straight through a mountain!
Faced with this sudden attack, the Sage of Six Paths remained unruffled. He casually beckoned with his left hand.
A black Truth-Seeking Orb floating beside him instantly flew in front of him and transformed into a round shield, smooth as a mirror, firmly blocking the path of the six red lights.
Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop!
Six soft sounds rang out, like pebbles dropping into a deep pool.
When the six devastating red chakra spheres struck the Truth-Seeking Orb shield, they vanished without a trace. They failed to stir even a ripple before the shield's Yin-Yang Release power absorbed and annihilated them, dispersing them into the most primitive chakra particles.
"A fine technique. Unfortunately, its power is too spread out."
The Sage of Six Paths offered his mild assessment as though he had merely blocked a child's toy.
At the same time, the Amenonuhoko gripped in his right hand shot out like a striking viper, thrusting straight toward Naruto's throat