Naruto's eyes widened in shock. He thought his punch could directly break through the rock blocking the cave. However, he didn't expect that the punch wrapped around the armed haki only left a crack under the surface of the rock. That’s all.
"how come……"
Naruto blinked. The power of his punch was enough to break a steel plate into a C shape.
But facing the rock in front of him, the result he expected did not appear.
It seems that the rock used by the Akatsuki organization to block the cave is not just an ordinary rock.
It should be a special stone body with relatively high hardness.
However, Naruto was only surprised.
He still used Moon Step and stood in the air, staring slightly.
Then he covered his hand with his own chakra and merged it with the armed color Haki.
After adjusting his breathing a little, Naruto clenched his fists again.
Yuryu and others from Sunagakure Village, as well as Sasuke and Xiang Rin, all looked at Naruto in the air.
Although Naruto failed to destroy the rock with one punch, the cracks that almost covered the entire rock still made Youlong and others feel incredible.
"How exaggerated is this kid's punching power..."
"Although he broke the road with a punch before, the streets in the village are mostly made of sand, which does not have much hardness. However, the thing blocking the entrance to the cave is a rock."
"Yeah, hardness is not a concept at all, but it still cracked under that kid's attack, which is simply amazing."
The ninjas of Sunagakure Village began to discuss each other word by word.
Everyone was amazed at Naruto's power.
However, looking at Naruto's performance, this kid from Konoha, who is less than 1.4 meters tall, seems to have not used his full strength.
Judging from his posture, it was clear that he was determined to destroy this rock.
"This brat's physical skills are too exaggerated."
You Long rolled his throat and swallowed nervously.
He stared at Naruto's figure, feeling ashamed in his heart.
Such a hard rock body, if it were him.
If you punch him, your fist will bleed.
There is simply no harm without comparison.
"Naruto..." Sasuke sat cross-legged on the ground, doing so to restore his strength and chakra for the upcoming battle.
that's all……
In full view of everyone, Naruto struck out with his clenched fist again.
Unbiased, right in the center of the rock!
Boom!
The deafening loud noise echoed in everyone's ears.
Since Naruto has added chakra to the outside this time, it complements the armed color haki.
The surging power poured into the front of the rock.
The entire mountain suddenly shook.
The cracks that were already covering the rock became deeper and wider.
It is shocking.
After two or three breaths, the cracks that appeared on it penetrated deep into the core of the rock.
A complete stone body was broken into pieces.
Boom!
Along with the loud noises, the rocks blocking everyone began to crumble and scatter downwards.
All the Sand Ninja who saw this scene were stunned and were so shocked that they were speechless for a long time!
A ray of sunlight swayed from the horizon and shone directly into the cave.
Although the cavity inside is not small, it is not deep. The sunlight coming through can just fill the internal space here.
Naruto, who was standing at the entrance using Moon Steps, was the first to see clearly the situation inside with the help of the light that filled the cave.
Except for the Red Sand Scorpion and Deidara, the other members of the Akatsuki organization were all embodied here using the magic lantern body technique.
Even if Naruto looked at it, he could only see colorful shadows.
He raised his eyebrows, not quite understanding why these people were like this.
but……
He quickly looked around and quickly spotted a familiar silhouette among the people organized by Xiao.
"You are...Itachi Uchiha?!"
In an instant, Naruto couldn't help but exclaimed, his brain only felt a buzzing sound, and he was a little confused as to what was happening.
Didn't Sasuke just defeat Itachi on the other side?
Why does Weasel appear here intact?
Could it be related to the unknown deceased?
And just when Naruto exclaimed the name Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground and recovering his chakra, also changed his face in shock.
Not only did his eyes double in size with shock, but some of the physical strength he finally recovered was used to run over.
In an instant, Sasuke arrived at the ruins formed after the rock collapsed.
His eyes narrowed slightly and he looked at the situation inside the cave.
As Naruto exclaimed.
He did see a guy whose body shape was exactly the same as Itachi Uchiha's.
"Itachi? What the hell is going on."
Almost subconsciously, Sasuke asked Itachi loudly.
Hope he can give himself an explanation.
Itachi, who was helping the Akatsuki organization seal the tailed beasts, also noticed Naruto and Sasuke at this time.
"The ninja you just met is not my true form."
"That's just a copy created using the teleportation technique."
"Although you have only half of my chakra, you can defeat such a clone, Sasuke. I'd better give you a little compliment."
Itachi said lightly.
The tone was calm without any fluctuation.
As if stating a trivial matter.
But Sasuke heard another meaning from these words.
With his current strength, just being able to defeat Itachi's clone was enough to shock him.
"The Elephant Turn Jutsu..." Naruto muttered what Itachi said.
It suddenly dawned on me.
Why did Itachi just now look like another person?
At the same time, he also realized that the real Itachi Uchiha was not in the Kingdom of Wind at all.
Including the Itachi he and Sasuke saw now, it was just a shadow.
"Sasuke, calm down."
Worried that Sasuke would rush in directly, Naruto specifically reminded him to calm down.
Although most of the time, he was the more impulsive, but once the problem involved Itachi, it was Sasuke who was impulsive.
In order to defeat Itachi's clone just now, Sasuke forced his body to use the Hell Thrust Ippon Hand.
That move not only consumed all of Sasuke's chakra, but also put a huge load on his body.
If he breaks into the cave rashly at this time.
If not, these rebellious ninjas from the Akatsuki organization might be able to deal with them on the spot.
In fact, Naruto didn't need to remind him about this kind of thing.
At this time, Sasuke found it difficult just to stand up, and his legs felt a little weak.
Forget about rushing into the cave.
Even walking normally now is difficult for Sasuke to do.
As for Yulong and others sent by Sand Hidden Village, they also appeared behind Sasuke and looked into the cave.
Compared to members of the Akatsuki organization, they care more about Gaara.
Seeing Gaara floating in the air, the tailed beast was extracted by the Akatsuki organization.
You Long's face also became furious.
"You devils!"
Watching the tailed beast chakra being separated from Gaara's eyes, ears, mouth and nose, and being sucked into an unknown stone statue.
You Long also became worried.
Almost as an instinctive reaction of his body, he took out a sharp kunai from his ninja bag and threw it towards one of the Akatsuki members.
The target happens to be Payne, the leader.
call out!
The kunai caused a burst of sound and quickly passed through Pain's body, nailing it to the wall behind him.
No matter what, Payne who appears here will be a virtual image formed by the magic of the lantern body.
rather than his entity.
Neither Yulong's kunai nor his ninjutsu would cause substantial harm to him.
However, the bodies of the Red Sand Scorpion and Deidara were actually guarding Gaara.
Yulong watched as his kunai passed through Pain like a shadow.
The whole person was shocked.
But he soon noticed that it was different from Payne and others.
The Red Sand Scorpion and Deidara are the only ones who don't have any colorful colors.
Although he didn't understand the magic of the lantern body or the existence of the Samsara Eye, he could see the differences between them.
Realizing this, You Long's eyes focused on the Crimson Sand Scorpion.
This red-haired boy who looked like a teenager immediately became his target.
A second kunai appeared in his hand.
Naruto, Sasuke, Kaoru, and the other Suna ninja all focused on Yuryuu's movements.
In terms of strength, no amount of elite Jonin like You Long could be killed by the Red Sand Scorpion.
But the current Red Sand Scorpion is unable to move because of the matter of pulling away from Gaara Tailedmon.
He needs to maintain the seal with his hands in order to continue the Nine Sealings of the Phantom Dragon.
"Scorpion, Deidara."
"The seal is temporarily suspended."
Upon seeing this, Payne quickly used a commanding tone and the power of the Samsara Eye to forcibly interrupt the seal.
Anyway, they had already drained 90% of Shukaku's chakra.
The remaining amount of chakra can be extracted in just a few hours.
Although he was unhappy about being interrupted, he had to accept the reality now.
So, Pain forcibly cut off Shukaku's chakra.
Swallow about 90% of the chakra into the heretic demon.
And all the remaining Shukaku chakra returned to Gaara's body.
However, Gaara's injuries were too severe.
Although the tailed beast chakra returned to his body, it still did not change his unconscious state.
Boom!
With a muffled sound, Gaara fell to the ground from mid-air.
"Take Gaara away."
Pain looked at Gaara on the ground, and then gave new instructions to the Red Sand Scorpion, Deidara.
That is to retreat with Gaara.
At the same time, the interruption of the Nine Sealings of the Phantom Dragon allowed the Crimson Sand Scorpion to regain its freedom.
He just tilted his head slightly and easily dodged the flying kunai.
call out!
With the second sound of breaking through the air, Youlong's kunai was nailed to the rock wall of the cave again.
The Magic Lantern Body Technique was also touched by Payne at this moment.
The members of the Akatsuki organization who appeared here disappeared one after another.
Until only the Red Sand Scorpion and Deidara were left.
"Brother Scorpion, what should we do now? Well." Deidara glanced at a circle of enemies.
Naturally, those ninjas in Sand Hidden Village don't need to take it to heart.
Although Sasuke defeated Itachi's Elephant Turn, his body also paid the price.
Very weak now.
But the Jounin of Konoha, who was described by Kisame as a monster, and the two Jinchuuriki of Naruto and Kaoru.
Nowadays, everything is lively and vigorous.
It seems difficult to deal with.
Moreover, this is still a semi-enclosed space. In a real fight, it would be difficult for him and the Red Sand Scorpion to perform well.
But this is not a problem in the eyes of the Red Sand Scorpion.
He glanced at Deidara, then took out a dark green scroll from his arms.
"You take Gaara and leave here first, I will meet you later."
The Red Sand Scorpion's tone was very calm, as if he didn't take the enemy in front of him seriously at all.
But he knew it very well...
Deidara had no chance to replenish the explosive clay along the way.
There wasn't much clay left in his bag of endurance.
Can't fight for long.
Secondly, if Deidara retreats here, Konoha Team 7 will also split into two teams to pursue Deidara.
It is equivalent to dispersing the enemy's combat power invisibly.
It is true that the Red Sand Scorpion is a puppet master, but he is also an experienced ninja in actual combat.
In just one breath, he thought of the most beneficial strategy for himself.
While speaking, the Red Sand Scorpion unfolded the dark green scroll in his hand bit by bit.
I saw a big "three" written in the very center of the scroll.
"I understand, Brother Scorpion, yes."
Seeing this, Deidara put both hands into his ninja bag and nodded towards the Red Sand Scorpion.
Tell him to be careful.
The next second, Deidara rushed towards Gaara who was on the ground.
His hands were also taken out of the ninja tool bag.
The mouth in his palm seemed to be chewing something.
Then it poured towards the ground, like a ball of milky white mucus, and finally expanded rapidly and hardened.
Before a few people could react, the thing spit out from the mouth in Deidara's palm suddenly turned into a big snow-white bird.
It curled up the unconscious Gaara with its tail.
Deidara jumped on the bird's back, preparing to leave with Gaara first.
Although those Konoha ninjas were very strong, he believed that the Red Sand Scorpion, which could make the strongest Kazekage in history into human puppets, would definitely win.
not to mention……
The Scorpion of Red Sand's trump card is not just the Third Kazekage.
"Where to go?"
However, Naruto would not just let Deidara leave.
Seeing the strange bird flapping its wings, Naruto quickly stepped on the moon steps and chased after Deidara.
"You little kid from Konoha, your abilities are really weird, huh."
Seeing Naruto blocking his way, Deidara couldn't help but complain.
Although he has seen ninjas who can fly, the difference from the one in his impression is...
Naruto's feet seemed to be able to step on the air as if they were on flat ground.
And the people he knew were floating in mid-air.
Of course, no matter how Naruto did it, it wouldn't change his mind about retreating.
Deidara even had a premonition that Naruto would stop him before he took action.
So while making the big bird, he also used detonating clay to make another bomb creature.
Flying centipede.
"Look at your calves, kid, eh."
Deidara and Naruto looked at each other and spoke in an unhurried tone.
After being reminded by Deidara, Naruto felt that his calf felt a little heavy as if it was being pulled by something.
He glanced subconsciously and saw a snow-white centipede wrapping around his calf.
And still climbing.
It was his movement that gave him the feeling of falling.
"drink!"
And Deidara would not be merciful. The moment Naruto looked away, he immediately detonated the clay martial arts.
Bang!
The explosion resounded throughout the cave, and a thick cloud of smoke spread out from Naruto's body, engulfing his figure directly.
But at this time, Deidara couldn't care less about collecting the Kyuubi.
He detonated all the clay bombs placed above the cave.
Boom!
A louder and stronger explosion flooded into everyone's ears.
Let them not only feel their brains buzzing.
Immediately afterwards, the rock mass exploded by Deidara suddenly fell, and the entire cave suffered a serious collapse due to his fixed-point blasting!
"It's spectacular, hmm."
However, after seeing such a scene, Deidara just praised it sincerely.
The big bird under his feet flapped its wings, carefully avoiding the rocks, and flew towards the sky.
You Long, and others, also used various ninjutsu to protect themselves.
In addition to the falling rocks, there was also billowing smoke rising into the sky.
Block all their vision.
Deidara took advantage of this opportunity and soared into the sky, taking Gaara to the sky.
Although he didn't know why Naruto was able to walk flat on the air, in his opinion, Naruto's Moon Steps shouldn't be able to fly too high.
Moreover, it seems that the only ninjas with that kind of ability are Naruto and Sasuke.
At least those sand ninjas couldn't do it.
"That yellow-haired kid was blown up by my clay bomb."
"They probably won't be chasing us, huh."
Deidara glanced at the situation below.
Because of the thick smoke, he couldn't see clearly what happened after the explosion.
However, he speculated that Naruto was probably seriously injured now.
He said he would catch up, but he didn't quite believe it.
However, the reality is quite the opposite.
Naruto indeed failed to avoid Deidara's clay bomb, but at the moment he sensed danger.
He decisively used the six-style iron block to harden his body.
He forcefully blocked part of the explosion damage.
But he only resisted most of the damage.
His pants were still broken into pieces by the centipede's self-destruction.
Then it was burned up in the fire.
There were also obvious burns on his skin and muscles.
Although the problem is not serious, there is still a dull feeling of pain.
But no matter what, if compared with the ninjas in Sunagakure Village, his situation can be regarded as quite good.
Except for Yuryu, most of the Sand Ninja were hit by falling rocks.
Although they tried various ways to avoid harm, it was in vain.
One by one, they lost consciousness on the spot and passed out among the ruins.
Even an elite jounin like You Long was in a state of shock at this time.
Every breath and every breath seemed very rapid.
As for Xiang Rin and Sasuke.
At the critical moment, he was protected by Namikaze Minato.
At this time, he absorbed the natural energy in nature and activated the immortal mode.
Even the body reincarnated from the dirty soil is not that weak.
He just blocked all the boulders that were about to fall on the two of them.
"Naruto, are you okay?"
After confirming that Sasuke and Kaoru were safe and sound, Namikaze Minato quickly asked Naruto.
Logically speaking, Naruto was his son.
At the most critical moment, as a father, he should protect Naruto.
But considering that Sasuke is weak and Xiang Rin is a girl.
Namikaze Minato chose to believe in Naruto.
"I'm fine."
Soon, Naruto's response reached his ears.
The clear and powerful voice made Minato Namikaze breathe a sigh of relief in his tense heart.
Immediately afterwards, he noticed that Deidara was not only flying into the air, but also getting further and further away from here.
But precisely because Deidara blew up the entire cave, the visibility here became better than before.
The rising smoke gradually dissipated under the gentle breeze.
Namikaze Minato quickly looked around and saw the situation clearly.
You Long and the three sand ninjas were still conscious, while the others either fainted or passed out.
Or sacrifice on the spot.
Naruto was still standing in mid-air with Moon Step.
Sasuke and Xianglin sat slumped beside him.
The red sand scorpion was thought to be affected by the rock.
He was standing not far away, safe and sound.
Namikaze Minato's eyes narrowed slightly.
Suddenly, he noticed that there was a huge cylinder composed of black sand and iron on the top of the red sand scorpion's head.
It was that thing that helped the Red Sand Scorpion block the falling rock mass.
"That Deidara is really messy."
The Red Sand Scorpion glanced at the direction Deidara was leaving, and couldn't help but complain.
And beside him, there was a humanoid puppet floating.
Except that the color became a little darker, Namikaze Minato, Yuryu and other Sand Ninjas all recognized the body of this human puppet.
Exactly...
The Third Kazekage is known as the strongest Kazekage in history!
"Third, the Third Kazekage-sama."
When You Long saw this, his eyes widened in shock, his mouth opened slightly, and he took a deep breath.
It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly realized...
It was certainly hateful that Deidara took Gaara away.
But the Red Sand Scorpion who was left behind to delay time was actually a real monster.
Being his enemy is equivalent to challenging two strong men with shadow-level strength at the same time.
But……
If they stayed here to fight the Red Sand Scorpion, they might never be able to pursue Deidara again.
For a moment, You Long couldn't help but feel in a dilemma.
But at this moment, Namikaze Minato thought for a moment and said to everyone, "Leave this to me, you go chase Deidara."
He decided to stay alone and face the Red Sand Scorpion!
It has to be said that such an idea is tantamount to suicide in the eyes of You Long and others.
"Are you crazy?!"
You Long rolled his throat and swallowed nervously.
"This is the only way to save Gaara." Namikaze Minato glanced at Yuryuu and said without thinking.
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