A giant net of golden chains trapped the Susanoo. Sasuke looked around; the entire Four Red Yang Formation was filled with a golden light, leaving him no place to hide.
"Susanoo, release!"
With a helpless expression, Sasuke dispelled the Susanoo. His figure vanished, reappearing in a flash of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Just as he drew his ninja sword, golden chains, like living creatures, appeared before him.
Clang!
The ninja sword in Sasuke's hand danced, knocking away the slithering golden chains. He was using Konoha's White Fang sword style to its fullest potential.
At this moment, Sasuke finally understood how Hatake Sakumo had so easily killed the Sand Village's puppet masters. The power of the White Fang style was beyond his imagination. No matter what angle the golden chains came from, they were within the attack range of his blade.
Unfortunately, Naruto Uzumaki's Adamantine Sealing Chains were not the simple chakra threads used by puppet masters. The golden chains surged towards Sasuke almost endlessly.
"That Naruto..."
Sasuke felt a bit helpless. His opponent was just too unconventional.
From a distance, Naruto watched Sasuke's predicament and shouted, "Sasuke, if you don't have any stronger techniques, you can choose to surrender..."
"How could I surrender just like this!"
Sasuke Uchiha put on a tough front. In reality, he was out of options, but his pride wouldn't let him back down.
"Then... what about this!"
Naruto's expression turned stern. Countless golden chains suddenly retreated, clearing paths as giant golden palms shot out once again. Just as Sasuke was surprised that Naruto had given up his advantage, he saw black-purple Tailed Beast Bombs appear on each of the golden palms. A moment later, these Tailed Beast Bombs began to spin wildly, transforming into Rasenshurikens.
The young Hokage stood proudly on the head of the giant golden Buddha, golden chains coiling behind him to form a huge swastika.
His aura alone was so powerful that people didn't dare to look directly at him, to say nothing of the fact that each of the thousand hands of the golden Buddha below him now held a Rasenshuriken.
Naruto suddenly brought his hands together and shouted, "Sage Art: Thousand Hands Ultra-Big Ball Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken!"
"..."
Sasuke really wanted to complain about the name of Naruto's ninjutsu, but seeing his friend's world-destroying posture, the words wouldn't come out.
Is he using such a powerful jutsu to stop me from getting revenge, or does he actually want to kill me?
Outside the Four Red Yang Formation, Kushina Uzumaki's face showed some worry. "I somehow feel like our Four Red Yang Formation can't stop Naruto's attack..."
"Get rid of the 'somehow'," Tsunade said, her expression grim. She shouted to Shizune beside her, "Shizune, go tell Kakashi and the others to evacuate immediately!"
"Yes, Lady Tsunade!"
In truth, Shizune's order wasn't needed. Kakashi and the others had already noticed something was wrong and had begun an orderly retreat.
Sakura Haruno ran, looking back at the god-like golden Buddha with cold sweat dripping down her forehead. "Is Naruto trying to kill Sasuke?"
"I don't know..." Kakashi pushed up his ninja headband and said in a low voice, "The outcome of their battle is no longer something we can judge. Perhaps Sasuke still has a ninjutsu that can compete with it. Even if he can't, he can use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape..."
As soon as Kakashi's words fell, a figure suddenly appeared beside him. It was Sasuke Uchiha, who had just escaped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Kakashi Hatake: "..."
Sakura Haruno: "..."
Sasuke Uchiha: "..."
Kakashi and Sakura looked at each other, then both turned to look at Sasuke, their eyes filled with utter confusion.
Sasuke's face flushed slightly as he snorted, "I have a ninjutsu that isn't fully perfected yet. It's just too powerful, so I can't use it for now..."
Kakashi Hatake: "..."
That part was true. However, based on their past training, Kakashi doubted that even if the jutsu Sasuke had been researching was powerful, it could possibly win against Naruto's technique.
As Hiashi Hyuga and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan heads passed by, they urged in a low voice, "Kakashi, hurry up, the explosion is coming! Wait, why is Sasuke here?"
"..."
The scene was once again very awkward. But soon, their awkwardness was forgotten.
The light of the explosion filled everyone's vision with brilliant white. When the thousand Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshurikens fell, the ground within the battlefield completely collapsed, and groundwater gushed up frantically.
The earth trembled. The power of Naruto's jutsu was so great that residents across the Land of Fire could clearly feel the tremors. Konoha, being the closest, was already in the middle of evacuations.
When the explosion spread, the solid red light screen of the Four Red Yang Formation shattered almost instantly. The endless shockwave sent everyone tumbling to the ground. Even Kakashi, Sakura, and the others who had fled first were no exception.
What was even more terrifying was that this was only the first wave of the impact.
Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju each used the Flying Thunder God Technique to rescue the casters of the formation, getting them out just in time.
Kushina Uzumaki was still scolding her son. "That Naruto is so reckless. What if he hurt Sasuke?"
"Don't worry," Minato said, shaking his head. He pointed at Sasuke and said with a smile, "Sasuke already escaped using the Flying Thunder God Formation."
"That's good," Kushina nodded, her heart still pounding with fear.
Perhaps because the power of the Thousand Hands Ultra-Big Ball Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken was so immense, no one was judging Sasuke for retreating. If it were them, they probably would have been locked on by the jutsu long ago, too scared to even move.
"Let's go!" Minato pointed at the light of the explosion, which was still expanding in the distance, and urged softly, "The second wave of the explosion is coming soon!"
The power of a thousand exploding Rasenshurikens was not a simple addition. As the creator of the Rasengan, Minato knew that stacking several Rasengans together increased the power exponentially. A thousand super-powerful jutsus, each capable of destroying Konoha on its own, had just been unleashed. The potential damage was unimaginable. At their current distance, they were far from safe.
Just then, streaks of golden chains began to float up from the blast zone. Naruto stood on the head of the golden Buddha and slowly formed a hand seal. "Sealing Jutsu: Adamantine Sealing Chains!"
Golden chains lined up to form a square cage, continuously reducing the impact of the explosion on the outside. Every time a chain was snapped by the blast, others would climb up to take its place. This protection wasn't perfect, but after the shockwave passed through the cage, it had lost most of its force, ensuring everyone's safety.
It was the earth that suffered greatly, bearing the strongest shockwave as the sound of earthquakes rumbled continuously. In Konoha, evacuations were still underway. Jiraiya, lying in Konoha Hospital, was finally thrown from his bed to the ground by the violent earthquake.
Jiraiya flipped up, threw off his blanket, and said with an ugly expression, "Did an enemy attack Konoha while Naruto and the others were away?"
"No," Karin said, pushing up her glasses and shaking her head. "A message just came in. This is the ninjutsu of the Fifth Hokage-sama..."
"...Good thing I didn't go to watch." Jiraiya wiped the sweat from his face with a look of relief, then suddenly remembered something. "Wait, what's the situation over there?"
"Currently, there have been no casualties," Karin said, shaking her head. She gently advised, "Jiraiya-sama, you should rest well. The village's best medical ninjas, Hokage-sama and Lady Tsunade, are both there."
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Bonus:
Sakura: Is Sasuke going to be okay?
Kakashi: He should be. He can use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape. Right, Sasuke? Wait, Sasuke, what are you doing here?
Sasuke: ...I was afraid you guys couldn't escape, so I used Flying Thunder God to get you out!
Kakashi: Heh heh...
Sakura: Heh heh...
Sasuke: Then should I use Flying Thunder God to take you back into the Four Red Yang Formation to feel it?
Kakashi: ...
Sakura: ...