The golden light swirling around Naruto's hand stabilized into the form of a Ruyi Staff!
The Monkey King said, "Oh A staff—that's indeed the first transformation I ever mastered! It's also the basic skill all my descendants must learn~!"
The Third Hokage Hiruzen's summon Enma was one of the Monkey King's descendants. Though both could transform into staffs, the ancestor's was clearly more magnificent—adorned with noble patterns and wreathed in flames~
However, since the Monkey King was currently one of Naruto's Rinnegan Animal Path summons, the Six Paths black rod remained embedded in a small hole at the staff's tip...
The front end also had a hole that looked more like a nozzle!
"Here we go~~~!!"
Clad in armor and wielding his staff, Naruto charged toward the still-thriving army of armored warriors!
Sasuke and Hinata followed close behind~!
Crack...!
Naruto's Ruyi Staff extended, piercing straight through a Ten-Tails splinter body's armor. The staff's middle section bulged, and from the front nozzle erupted flames of terrifying heat, detonating directly inside the creature~~!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM...!
The Ten-Tails splinter body exploded from within, charred chunks of flesh scattering everywhere!
Naruto marveled, "Incredible...!!!!"
The Monkey King laughed, "Haha... I've barely shown you what I can do~!"
Naruto formed a one-handed seal.
—Partial Expansion Jutsu!
Whoosh!
Naruto's left arm, gripping the staff, rapidly swelled, and the armor covering it expanded accordingly to match the new size!
He savagely swung the gigantic Ruyi Staff—crack, crack, crack...! Shattered Susanoo armor fragments flew everywhere as Ten-Tails splinter bodies fell in droves!
Their vitality was tenacious—many weren't completely dead!
Naruto leaped high, the staff's tip unleashing a fierce sea of flames that burned them all to ash!
The armored warriors' numbers were staggering, and they continued charging forward relentlessly!
Sasuke joined the fray, activating his Susanoo and using the same "Arrow Rain" technique he'd employed against Naruto!
Massive arrows descended from the sky, crushing the armored warriors below!
Not to be outdone, Hinata entered Tenseigan Chakra Mode. The mode's unique "Derivative Truth-Seeking Orbs" formed silver rings around her fists as she unleashed her signature Silver Wheel: Twin Lion Meteor Fists!
The Nine-Headed Sage Serpent's rear head swayed left and right, seemingly doing nothing, while the front eight heads alternated between extending and retracting—some spewing light beams, others flames, ice, venom, or swords, and some simply attacking with fangs... In the Realm of Reincarnation, Naruto had struck first, preventing it from displaying its full power. Now it unleashed everything at once!
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM-BOOM...!
In less than a few minutes, the hundreds of massive Ten-Tails splinter bodies clad in Susanoo armor were completely wiped out!
"What a bunch of unreasonable monsters... I can't stay passive any longer..."
Bzzt! Indra's eyes narrowed!
—Mokagabere: Body Flicker Technique!
Crackle...!
Accompanied by spatial lightning, Indra appeared directly above the Nine-Headed Sage Serpent!
"You need to disappear first!!!"
—Kagutsuchi: Black Flame Lotus!
BOOM...!!
Amaterasu's black flames erupted from the earth, blooming into a massive lotus whose nine petals closed around the Nine-Headed Sage Serpent, completely cutting off any chance of escape through molting!!
Fwoooosh...!
Under that sealed incineration, the Nine-Headed Sage Serpent finally vanished in white smoke!
Naruto turned around. "It's my Rinnegan's contracted summon now. Even if you kill it to vent your anger, I can summon it again..."
Indra laughed domineeringly. "I'll kill it every time you summon it~! But right now, I'm going to kill you directly!"
Indra's left eye focused on Naruto.
—Konohana Chiryū!
But the eye technique failed!
Indra frowned slightly. "That armor he's wearing blocked my dojutsu?"
Naruto was surprised—the Monkey King's Diamond Ruyi Transformation armor actually had this effect.
The Monkey King explained, "I'm part of it, but more importantly, this armor was transformed from your own Six Paths Sage Mode chakra, Master~!"
Indra's mind raced. "If it doesn't work on you, then the two behind you might be different~!"
He immediately targeted Sasuke with his eye technique!
Buzz!!!
Konohana Chiryū took effect—Sasuke's life force rapidly began to wither!
Sasuke gritted his teeth. "Damn it, his dojutsu range is too far—my Amenotejikara can't reach!"
Naruto opened the back of his armor and made a split-second decision. "Sasuke, use Amenotejikara on me! I have a way to recover!!"
"Sorry about this...!"
Sasuke's right eye focused on Naruto.
—Amenotejikara!
Whoosh...!
The life force drain effect was instantly transferred to Naruto!!
"Ugh...!" Naruto's body shuddered as he felt his life force draining away. He couldn't help but marvel, "This technique... is truly terrifying! Even I can't endure it for long!!"
Knowing Naruto had already expended considerable life force, and now faced this additional burden, Hinata's anger flared.
"Don't you dare hurt Naruto-kun!!"
She raised her palm, spinning her Derivative Truth-Seeking Orbs into a golden celestial sword. Gripping the hilt, she slashed down at the distant Indra!
—Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!
Indra raised his Yin-Yang Six Paths Staff to block!!
Crack...!
That blade, capable of cleaving celestial bodies, struck the staff's center, erupting in brilliant sparks!!
Crack...!
After several seconds of deadlock, the staff snapped in two!
"What?!" Indra quickly dodged, but his right arm was cleanly severed!
Crack...! The Golden Wheel Reincarnation's blade cut into the earth, carving a chasm to its end before finally dissipating!
Gazing at his broken staff and severed arm, then at the ravine left in the earth, Indra couldn't help but be shaken. "What was that technique just now? And what's with those eyes?"
Black Zetsu had never told Indra about the Tenseigan!
Because it had never anticipated Indra would fight Hinata!
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a wave of dizziness struck. Hinata's Tenseigan Chakra Mode cloak suddenly dispersed, and she began falling toward the ground!
"Hinata!"
Naruto cried out, dismissing the Monkey King's armor and instantly flashing over to catch her!
Naruto asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"
Hinata replied weakly, "I feel a bit unwell... probably overused my chakra. Sorry, I might not be much help anymore..."
Naruto's heart ached. "Dummy, why push yourself so hard..."
Rustle, rustle, rustle...!
Just then, paper sheets gathered into Konan's form, and she took Hinata away.
Naruto: "Please, Konan-nee, take care of her!"
Konan: "Do you even need to ask..."
In private—
Konan: "Collapsing at this level of intensity isn't like you. What's really going on?"
Hinata: "I'm pregnant... about a month ago. Since Naruto-kun was preparing for war, I was afraid of distracting him, so I didn't tell him..."
Konan: "You... Thank goodness nothing serious happened. So, do you know if it's a boy or girl?"
Hinata: "I confirmed with my Tenseigan... it's a girl."
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