Boom!
In an instant, the wooden blade came crashing down, so fast that it far surpassed lightning, leaving a streak of electricity racing through the air.
It was like a mountain-splitting divine demon delivering a charged strike, cleaving mountains and severing rivers.
Its might was no less than that of Madara Uchiha's Chibaku Tensei.
"I can take it..."
Naruto roared, swiftly activating the Eight Gates Released Formation he had learned from Xuandou. The Gate of Opening, the Gate of Healing, the Gate of Life...
He opened three gates right from the start.
His body rapidly reddened as blood surged through it. Breathing out a mouthful of white vapor, he launched a full-strength strike overhead, wreathed in white currents of air.
Boom-
White shock waves exploded outward. The ground sank within thirty feet of the two of them, and everyone retreated as dust swept toward them.
Sasuke: "Who won?"
Neji: "Naruto's going to be all right, isn't he?"
Mirai: "Naruto had better not hurt my teacher."
Before long, under everyone's curious gazes, one figure emerged from the dust carrying another.
There were no surprises.
The victor was none other than Hatake Sakumo, known as Konoha's White Fang. He looked relaxed and at ease, his body clean and tidy, nothing like someone who had just fought a battle.
As for the unconscious boy he carried, his face bruised and swollen, that was Naruto.
"Hey, Naruto, are you all right?"
Sasuke immediately took Naruto from Sakumo and brought him over to Sakura for treatment.
Neji, a step too late, hurried after him, urging Sakura to treat Naruto's injuries.
"Father, how could this happen?"
Kakashi gave Sakumo an incredulous look. With Sakumo's strength, he had actually failed to control his force in a spar with a junior.
To the point of injuring Naruto.