Uchiha Sen watched in silence from the sidelines, hidden currents stirring in his eyes. No one knew what he was plotting.
"Hmph!" Sasuke sneered and said contemptuously, "A thousand years ago, you lost and fled the Shinobi World in disgrace. That proves chakra is stronger than your power."
On the vast, ruined plain in the Land of Rain, the tension between the two sides had reached its breaking point.
Golden nine-tails chakra swirled around Naruto as he fixed his gaze on Lucci. A cold sneer curled his lips, and his voice rang out firmly, without the slightest hint of concession.
"Sasuke's right. Whether you can beat us isn't something you get to decide just by saying so."
"If you really want to know who's stronger, one fight will settle it!"
The moment he finished, before Lucci could respond-
High overhead, the pitch-black Black Ship hovering in the sky suddenly blazed with dazzling light, without any warning!
Humm-!
In an instant, the terrifying sound of gathering energy filled the sky, giving no one any time to react.
The next second!
An intensely concentrated beam of destructive light thundered down.
Boom-!!
A deafening explosion shook heaven and earth. Blinding light flared, and the mountains and rivers for a hundred miles trembled violently!
A towering mountain in the distance had no chance to withstand it. The beam annihilated it instantly, vaporizing it without a trace and leaving only an enormous, steaming crater in the ground!
The sudden bombardment was too fast, too powerful!
Even Naruto was startled by the unexpected attack. The chakra throughout his body tightened instantly as he instinctively assumed a defensive combat stance.
His eyes sharpened as he stared at Lucci and demanded in a low voice,
"What? Are you planning to use the Black Ship's power to threaten me?