The artificial moon continued to rise.
Its immense gravitational force pulled everything toward the black core at its center.
Trees tore free from the earth.
Massive boulders floated into the sky.
Even distant sections of the training ground began to crumble.
Sasuke planted his feet firmly on the ground.
His Sharingan spun rapidly as he observed the technique.
"So this is the true power of the Rinnegan..."
Even from a distance, he could feel the terrifying pressure.
Had this been a real battlefield, an entire army could have been swallowed whole.
Beside him, Hinata's Byakugan remained active.
The chakra circulating within the growing celestial body was so dense that it made her scalp tingle.
Konan watched quietly.
A faint smile appeared on her face.
For years, Nagato had never been able to fight at full strength.
Now, he finally could.
And standing opposite him was the one person capable of matching that power.
In the center of the battlefield, Naruto raised his head toward the sky.
The gigantic golden fox avatar behind him grew brighter.
Natural energy.
Nine-Tails chakra.
His own chakra.
All three merged together.
The sheer amount of power gathering in one place caused the air itself to tremble.
Longmen watched carefully.
He knew Naruto wasn't taking this lightly.
And that was exactly what he wanted.
"Show me, Naruto."
The black sphere high above continued expanding.
The gravitational pull intensified again.
Naruto's clothes fluttered violently in the wind.
Then he smiled.
"Alright."
The giant avatar behind him slowly raised both hands.
A massive Rasengan began forming.
Then a second.
Then a third.
The spheres rapidly grew larger.
Each one dwarfed a building.
Wind chakra roared through them.
Countless microscopic blades spun within their cores.
The surrounding space seemed to distort under the pressure.
"Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken."
The words echoed across the battlefield.
Even Longmen's expression became serious.
Three colossal golden stars floated above Naruto's hands.
Their destructive power was enough to flatten mountains.
The next moment, Naruto thrust both arms forward.
"Go!"
Boom!
The three Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken shot into the sky.
Golden trails cut through the air.
The entire forest shook violently.
Everyone instinctively looked upward.
The spinning weapons raced toward the growing moon.
Closer.
Closer.
Then—
Impact.
For a brief instant, everything became silent.
A heartbeat later, the world exploded.
BOOOOOOM!
Blinding light consumed the sky.
The shockwave spread outward in every direction.
The artificial moon trembled violently.
Cracks appeared across its surface.
Then more.
And more.
The gravitational force struggled against the overwhelming destructive energy.
The entire celestial body began shaking uncontrollably.
Longmen narrowed his eyes.
Naruto's attack wasn't simply trying to destroy the outer shell.
It was targeting the core itself.
A clever approach.
Crack!
A massive fissure spread across the moon.
Then another.
The entire structure started collapsing from within.
Sasuke's eyes widened.
"It's breaking!"
The next second, the artificial moon exploded.
BOOOOOOM!
Millions of fragments burst apart across the sky.
The dark shadow covering the battlefield vanished instantly.
Sunlight flooded the forest once again.
Huge chunks of stone rained downward.
Naruto and Longmen moved simultaneously.
"Shinra Tensei!"
A powerful repulsive force erupted from Longmen.
At the same time, dozens of giant golden chakra arms shot upward from Naruto's avatar.
Together, they redirected the falling debris away from the village.
The forest shook for several minutes before everything finally settled.
Silence returned.
Dust drifted through the air.
The battlefield looked as though it had been struck by a natural disaster.
Massive craters stretched for hundreds of meters.
Entire sections of forest had disappeared.
Naruto dismissed his avatar and landed lightly on the ground.
Longmen descended opposite him.
Both men were breathing slightly harder than before.
But both were smiling.
"That was fun."
Naruto grinned.
Longmen laughed softly.
"I haven't enjoyed a battle this much in years."
For a moment, neither spoke.
Then Sasuke walked forward.
His gaze moved between them.
"So..."
"Who won?"
Hinata and Konan immediately looked over as well.
Naruto pointed at the shattered remains of the artificial moon.
"I broke it."
Longmen folded his arms.
"And if this had been a real battle, half the battlefield would have been destroyed by your counterattack."
Naruto paused.
"Fair."
Longmen smiled.
"You still have more chakra than I do."
"But the Rinnegan isn't so easy to overcome."
Naruto nodded.
That much was true.
A healthy Rinnegan user was an entirely different opponent from the weakened Nagato he remembered from the original timeline.
For the first time, Naruto felt genuinely excited about future battles.
Then Longmen's expression suddenly became serious.
His Rinnegan turned toward the distant horizon.
Naruto immediately noticed the change.
"What is it?"
Longmen remained silent for several seconds.
Then he spoke.
"I felt something."
Konan's expression changed instantly.
"An enemy?"
Longmen nodded.
"A familiar chakra."
The smile slowly disappeared from Naruto's face.
Only a few people could make Longmen react like that.
"The masked man?"
Longmen's eyes narrowed.
"Most likely."
The atmosphere immediately grew tense.
The battle was over.
But everyone present understood one thing.
The real fight was drawing closer.
And somewhere far away, hidden within the shadows of the forest, a single Sharingan stared toward Konoha.
Watching.
Waiting.
Calculating.
The hunt had already begun.
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