If you and your opponent were evenly matched, locked in a stalemate that conventional methods could not break... why not try the wonders of sealing jutsu?
That was precisely the tactic that flashed through Naruto's mind during his fierce clash with the Sage of Six Paths, once he realized how unfathomable the man's "stats" were and how nearly perfect his combat skills had become.
Rather than exhaust himself fighting in his opponent's strongest areas, he could draw on his own equally extensive arsenal of jutsu, especially sealing jutsu with unusual effects that could often decide a battle in a single stroke, to break the deadlock!
And so he had unleashed that intricate combination of attacks.
A Wood Clone to lure his opponent in, Nine Dragons Immortal Lock to restrain him and seal his chakra, all leading toward the ultimate technique: Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei! He had attempted to settle everything at once with the strongest sealing jutsu!
Yet the Sage of Six Paths was, after all, the progenitor who had founded Ninshu, pacified a war-torn world, and sealed Kaguya. His reserves and ability to respond far exceeded anything an ordinary person could imagine.
Just as the enhanced Planetary Devastation was about to take full shape, its terrifying gravity frantically drawing in all surrounding matter while the giant tree's seal operated at its utmost limit-
The Sage of Six Paths, confined within the giant tree's core and suppressed by its sealing power, finally stopped holding back!
"Sage Art: Liberation Heaven!"
A low, commanding chant rang out from within the giant tree, as though it had traversed countless ages!
The next instant!
Crack! Boom-
The trunk of the giant tree, formed from senjutsu-enhanced Wood Release and powerful Sealing Runes and strong enough to imprison a tailed beast, was forcibly ripped apart from