Naruto's luck was peculiar.
If you said he was lucky, well, during one trip through time, all his companions were scattered like stars across the sky.
But if you said he was unlucky, well, he only intended to find his teammates first, but ended up running straight into the final boss at a critical stage.
-At least the final boss for this stage.
After a friendly exchange with the Queen of Roran from this period, appealing to her emotions and reasoning with her, she was still quite happy to send Naruto, this living trouble, on his way.
Perhaps the world itself was favoring Naruto, because when he arrived at another point in time, what he saw was the masked man absorbing the final Tailed Beast's Chakra into the Gedo Statue.
"Hmm? Uzumaki Naruto?"
Upon seeing Naruto's appearance, the masked man showed no panic.
Because at this moment, he stood on the shoulder of the Gedo Statue, and all the eyes of the Gedo Statue were open. The Chakra of all the Tailed Beasts, from Shukaku to Kurama, had already been absorbed into it.
"The Nine-Tails' Chakra?"
Not only Naruto, but even Kurama inside him could sense that Chakra identical to his own.
This was the worst-case scenario.
He was clearly still inside Naruto, so where did the Nine-Tails' Chakra on the other side come from?
Kurama was still confused, but Naruto didn't hesitate in the slightest.
Not understanding the principle didn't conflict with his need to stop this.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you've arrived just in time."
The masked man raised his hands horizontally, just like all major villains do when their plans are about to succeed… he too was about to deliver an 'acceptance speech'.
"Let you bear witness to the arrival of the Infinite Tsukuyomi World-"
Swoosh!
A finger-thick beam of light shot directly from Naruto's hand, instantly striking the masked man high above.
The struck mask, along with one of the masked man's ears, was instantly twisted by some intensely rotating force.
Like a black hole, his entire head began to 'collapse' towards a central point.
If the masked man hadn't acted quickly, using a kunai to cut off his own ear, his entire head might have been completely twisted off in that infinite rotation.
"How is this possible!"
The masked man, now we should call him Obito, was covering his bleeding ear with one hand while exclaiming in shock.
'I had clearly entered intangible state before sensing the attack, so why was I still hit?'
Below, Naruto showed an expression of regret.
"Still not proficient enough..."
That move just now was only a prototype, its form not yet stable. Frankly, hitting the target directly was already an overperformance.
"What? Surprised?"
Naruto let out a light breath and shook his hand, as if blowing away gun smoke.
"By the way, it's really ugly, no wonder you always wear a mask."
He looked directly into Obito's shocked face, an undisguised mockery hanging on his lips.
"Knowing you use Space-Time Ninjutsu, how could I not be prepared?"
As he spoke, Naruto's figure vanished from the spot.
In the next moment, he appeared directly in front of Obito.
Simultaneously, the same light appeared on his palm again.
Obito subconsciously wanted to enter his intangible state to dodge, but he quickly realized that, although he didn't understand the principle, the other party could already attack him across space while he was in the Kamui Dimension.
So he controlled the Gedo Statue, which was of one mind with him, lowering his body while opening its large mouth.
Several purple Chakra Dragons extended from that large mouth, pressing towards Naruto.
Naruto, having seen the brief future, simply used Adamantine Sealing Chains, entangling them with those dragons.
At the same time, he moved his hand, aiming in another direction.
Swoosh!
The strange beam shot out again, and Obito's figure appeared precisely in its path.
This time, the beam took his legs.
Both of Obito's legs below the knees were sucked into the vortex.
He had no choice but to repeat his trick, sacrificing a part to save the whole.
With a thud, Obito seemed to kneel on the ground as if in repentance, completely losing his balance.
Blood loss of this degree had already made Obito's face pale. He knew deeply he couldn't wait any longer.
The Ninjutsu Naruto had mastered countered him far too effectively. Losing the previously invincible advantage of Kamui's intangibility, Obito's shortcomings naturally became apparent.
Because he needed to control the Gedo Statue, Obito currently had one of his own Sharingan and one Rinnegan, with no extra Sharingan for him to use Izanagi.
But it didn't matter-
"Ha!"
Following Obito's will, the Gedo Statue's form rapidly changed.
The Chakra Dragons entangled with the Adamantine Sealing Chains were actively severed, and more and more tentacle-like tails extended from the Gedo Statue's body. Its originally somewhat humanoid form turned into something resembling a 'conch'.
Simultaneously, a huge eyeball opened within it, staring fixedly at Naruto flying in mid-air.
This is the Ten-Tails...
Kurama, hidden within Naruto, looked at the monster and finally understood.
"Hey! Kid, release my seal!"
He knew now wasn't the time for conflict. Knowing deeply the power of the Ten-Tails, Kurama intended to temporarily set aside their differences and cooperate with Naruto once.
Unexpectedly, Naruto paid him no mind. Instead, he looked gravely at the massive monster's body, remaining silent.
The transformation wasn't over yet.
The fearsome-looking Ten-Tails monster wasn't Obito's trump card. With a few hand seals from him, the massive Ten-Tails rapidly 'flowed' towards his direction.
It was like a liquid, squeezing into his body.
Six Paths Ten-Tails Coffin Seal!
Naruto didn't rashly interrupt this process because, in the future he predicted, anyone who got close would be forcibly aggregated together by this fusion power.
The better approach now was actually to wait for the opponent's technique to finish, then kill him in one go.
The grand and imposing fusion lasted seven or eight seconds, and the huge monster turned into a white 'egg'.
In the next moment, Obito, his body restored, emerged from the egg.
His appearance had changed drastically now. His skin had turned pale white, strange patterns appeared on his back, along with several horn-like appendages.
Simultaneously, a black staff appeared in his hand as if from nowhere.
"Round two, let's begin."
Feeling the surging chakra within his body, the trepidation Obito had felt due to Naruto's unknown technique finally dissipated somewhat.
"Come on!"
Naruto didn't waste words either. His whole body shot forward like a meteor, a whip kick aimed at Obito's head.
Thud!
His sure-hit strike was actually blocked by the unknown black staff.
Conqueror's Haki clashed violently with the black staff, yet couldn't break it.
Swoosh!
The same beam again. At this distance, even if Naruto couldn't control it precisely, he could still aim it at Obito's head.
But the beam was also blocked by a black substance.
It was an extension from the end of the staff.
The staff was just a disguise, and these black substances could actually change shape at will according to Obito's intention.
'[Whirl Release] doesn't work either?'
Naruto thought to himself.
Whirl Release was the technique Naruto had developed during this time specifically to counter Obito's intangible ability.
Referencing Onoki's Dust Release, Naruto had tried adding various Chakra Natures he mastered into the mix.
Finally, after constant trial and error, he adjusted the corresponding ratios, mixing Water Release, Wind Release, and Yang Release Chakra in a certain proportion, creating this new [Kekkei Tota].
Its effect was as demonstrated earlier: it could pull anything it touched into an infinite rotation.
This rotation could even distort space to a certain extent, which was why Obito couldn't avoid it using Kamui.
Of course, every Kekkei Genkai was perfected and modified over many years.
Naruto was no exception here.
Although he was incredibly lucky to create this terrifyingly powerful Kekkei Tota, its drawbacks far outweighed its advantages.
First, its controllability was extremely poor. Perhaps due to the rotational force, even the current Naruto found it difficult to hit the target accurately.
Second, its consumption was considerable. With Naruto's current Chakra Reserves, he could use it multiple times, but for others, even other members of the Uzumaki Clan, just using it once could very well endanger their lives.
Perhaps only other Jinchuriki were qualified to use this Kekkei Tota.
Even such a terrifyingly powerful Ninjutsu was thwarted by the black substance.
It wasn't that it couldn't distort it, but the toughness of the black substance far exceeded expectations.
The black substance that had turned into a shield only showed spiral distortion patterns at the center, while the surroundings remained intact.
Destroying it would probably require another ten or so seconds.
But in such an intense battle, where could he find that much time?
The moment the beam was blocked, Obito controlled the black substance to penetrate itself, directly turning into spikes stabbing towards Naruto.