The rock wall had yet to stop trembling, and loose stones were still raining down from overhead.
Before Naruto Uzumaki could recover from the shock of Momoshiki Otsutsuki's casual blow, he heard Kinshiki hurtling through the air behind him.
He instinctively rolled sideways, and a red stream of light grazed his shoulder before smashing into the spot where he had just stood.
The entire rocky ledge instantly shattered into dust, sending fragments flying in every direction like shrapnel.
Naruto steadied himself on one knee, the Nine-Tails' golden chakra surging over his body and healing the scrapes he had just suffered.
He looked up. Momoshiki was still standing in the same place, without having moved so much as a step.
That dark red Rinnegan remained in his palm, while the Rasengan that could have blasted apart half the cliff face had vanished without a sound.
"...Ninjutsu doesn't work?"
Naruto muttered to himself, a trace of gravity flashing through his cross-shaped eyes.
The Rinnegan in the palm of this man, who seemed to be Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, could devour any attack formed from chakra.
That meant his Rasengan would be absorbed by that Rinnegan.
But Naruto had fought far too many enemies like this before, including the Six Paths of Pain, Obito Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and others.
There was even Sasuke. Though they were close friends, Sasuke had used his Rinnegan to absorb Naruto's chakra during their decisive battle at the Valley of the End.
So Naruto showed no sign of panic when faced with an enemy like this.
After all, he was used to it.
Something else actually deserved more attention.
Naruto had noticed that after "Isshiki" absorbed his Rasengan with his Rinnegan, he immediately unleashed a move similar to the Rasengan.
But the "Rasengan" his opponent unleashed was far