Under Shinshiki's Unmatched Strength, the Dark Wheel Heavenly Sword drove Naruto and the Ten-Tails he had manifested ever deeper into the earth!
Naruto could easily have escaped with Flying Thunder God, but then the planet beneath his feet would have been cleaved in two by the sword of light!
So Naruto held the Heavenly Sword at bay while commanding the Ten-Tails to fire Tailed Beast Bombs into the sky in a relentless barrage, dispersing the sword's force while probing Shinshiki's abilities!
"You dare flaunt your paltry tricks before a god who illuminates all with his radiance!"
With a cold snort, Shinshiki simply ignored the Ten-Tails' barrage of Tailed Beast Bombs!
Boom, boom, boom, boom...! Explosions filled the sky. Underground, Naruto had quietly switched to his Byakugan. His gaze pierced the layer of explosions, revealing exactly how Shinshiki was defending himself!
"That's...!!"
In his previous life, every attack the ninja had launched at Shinshiki had been blocked by an invisible wall surrounding him. Back then, Naruto had lost his Six Paths Power, and Sasuke his Rinnegan, leaving them unable to uncover the truth behind that wall. Now, through Naruto's Ōtsutsuki Byakugan, its true form was finally visible: a barrier shaped like a great bell!
It was an Ōtsutsuki Clan defense called the Golden Bell Shield!
Like Ryūshiki, Shinshiki cultivated the Diamond Body. He had mastered it to ninety percent, but his limited talent had kept the final, most powerful ten percent forever beyond his reach. So he had sought another path, cultivating this additional defense called the Golden Bell Shield. Though it could not bridge the vast gulf separating him from a fully mastered Diamond Body, it had substantially strengthened his defenses beyond the ninety-percent level!
In Naruto's previous life, that Golden Bell Shield had withstood the combined attacks of every