Chapter 248: The Place of Sealing Heaven and Earth
This guy arrived too quickly. Although Naruto had sent Shadow Clones to make preparations outside the Village the moment he knew Urashiki was coming...
...Naruto still found it tricky when truly facing Ōtsutsuki Urashiki.
Naruto looked toward the Hokage Building, where Jiraiya was preparing to enter Sage Mode.
People on the streets below were also fleeing in a frenzy.
Hikari was lifted to Naruto's side by the gold dust beneath her feet.
However, only Urashiki himself knew that beneath that seemingly relaxed exterior, his string of vigilance was tightened to the limit.
Fast, too fast.
From the sudden descent to the brief exchange, the opponent's reaction speed and tactical execution were far beyond expectations.
"I really am finding you more and more impossible to see through."
Urashiki spoke, his voice ethereal, his gaze scanning back and forth between Naruto and Hikari before finally fixing on Naruto.
"Means of controlling sand similar to that tanuki... and that speed so fast it's hard to react to."
He spoke nonchalantly, but only he knew what the phrase "hard to react to" truly implied.
Just as Naruto's Flying Thunder God Slash from a blind spot was about to hit the back of his neck, Urashiki's Rinnegan turned into the Blue Rinnegan, quietly invoking the power of time.
In a dimension unperceivable to ordinary people, time "rewound" by a few minuscule seconds.
He "saw" the trajectory of the wooden sword's strike and attempted to perform slight dodges or parries at least three times within that limit.
But every fragment of the "future" showed that he would either have his head fly off or suffer a severe injury.
The sudden speed of the Flying Thunder God, combined with Naruto's mastery of timing and angles, created a near "sure-hit" sense of pressure.
A simple dodge would not allow him to escape completely.
This conclusion made Urashiki click his tongue inwardly.
Therefore, within the timeframe seen by others, at the very moment Naruto truly struck, Urashiki chose to use the Paper Crane Body Flicker to escape.
In that lightning-fast scenario, only this method could ensure a one-hundred-percent chance of avoiding that fatal strike.
"How troublesome..."
Urashiki whispered in his heart, though it didn't show on his face.
His gaze shifted slightly, scanning the chaotic Konoha Village below.
The crowds on the streets were fleeing in panic under the guidance of the Ninjas, but this was not his main focus.
Just a bunch of monkeys; he wouldn't deign to act against such weaklings.
At the same time, he also "saw" further away in the forest surrounding Konoha Village, several "individuals" with Chakra signatures identical to the blond kid in front of him, setting something up with startling efficiency.
"I see..."
The smile on Urashiki's face grew deeper and colder.
"You already started laying out a formation the moment you noticed my arrival? Not just to fight back, but even to Seal off my escape route?"
He turned his gaze back to Naruto and Hikari, who were waiting in full battle array.
In truth, Naruto wasn't starting to set something up; he was activating a sealing barrier that had been prepared in advance.
Right then, those several "Narutos" in the forest simultaneously completed the final hand signs, pressing their hands onto pre-drawn barrier nodes on the ground or tree trunks and beginning to pour in Chakra.
A low but magnificent resonance sounded, as if the earth and the forest themselves were groaning.
Using the entirety of Konoha Village and its vast surrounding area as the boundary, a pale golden, semi-transparent light membrane rose vertically from deep within the earth without warning.
The light membrane rippled like water at first but quickly became solid.
The barrier was hemispherical, sealing the sky above and severing the earth veins below, completely isolating the space of Hidden Leaf Village and its surroundings from the outside world!
The sky was tinted with a pale golden filter, and even the sunlight passing through the barrier seemed a bit more solemn.
What made Urashiki's eyes narrow slightly was that the moment the barrier rose, the Wood Clones of "Naruto" in the forest maintaining the activation ritual simultaneously took out scrolls and formed hand signs.
Immediately after, several powerful auras suddenly appeared at key energy-gathering nodes along the barrier's edge, replacing the Shadow Clones and continuously pouring their own Chakra into the barrier!
At the southeast node, Senju Hashirama stood atop a giant tree with his hands clasped, his Chakra surging out like a vast sea; with a calm expression, he became the barrier's most stable foundation.
At the southwest node, Senju Tobirama stood with his arms crossed, regulating the flow and balance of energy within the barrier to ensure its perfect operation.
At the northwest node, Uzumaki Mito sat at the center of the sealing array; her massive Chakra, symbolizing the Peak of the Uzumaki Clan, combined with her top-tier Sealing Technique expertise to form the toughest chain patterns, deeply etched into the barrier's light membrane, greatly strengthening its "locking" and "isolating" properties.
At the northeast node, Uzumaki Kushina formed hand signs, her fiery red hair like a burning flame, her eyes full of determination. As a member of the Uzumaki Clan and a Jinchuriki, her Chakra volume was equally startling, echoing the power of the other three Seniors to form the unbreakable fourth node.
This was a barrier Naruto had modified from the Four Red Yang Formation, naming it the "Place of Sealing Heaven and Earth."
After testing, even White Zetsu could not pass through this barrier.
However, the Formation of Sealing Heaven and Earth could not lock space, as very few people in the Ninja World knew space-time Ninjutsu.
If he wanted to catch Obito, Naruto had other options; there was no need to handicap himself by sealing his own Flying Thunder God.
"Heh..."
Urashiki let out an ambiguous chuckle, indistinguishable between praise and mockery.
"You really are... giving it your all."
The Red Fishing Rod in his hand slowly rose, pointing at Naruto.
"But you seem to have miscalculated one thing... and that is, this barrier cannot Seal space!"
As he spoke, the entrance to Yomotsu Hirasaka opened.
Naruto suddenly grabbed the left wrist of Uchiha Hikari beside him.
While Urashiki and Hikari were bewildered, Hikari swapped positions with Urashiki in an instant.
A Flying Thunder God mark was quietly branded onto Urashiki's body.
Naruto opened the sixth gate of the Eight Gates and gripped Urashiki's wrist with all his might.
"I didn't miscalculate at all~"
"Got you!"
Below, the left eye of Adult Sasuke, which had been covered by his long hair, was revealed; it was he who had just used Amenotejikara to swap Uchiha Hikari and Urashiki.
"Madman!"
Feeling the pain in his wrist, Urashiki's eyes nearly split with rage as he swung the fishing rod in his right hand, casting the hook into Naruto's abdomen.
No Chakra came out; instead, five golden chains were hooked out.
Adamantine Sealing Chains: "I'm here, buddy!"
Urashiki once again turned into paper cranes and used Body Flicker to escape Naruto's side, but he couldn't take his fishing rod with him... What kind of cursed thing was this?
For the first time, a sliver of genuine wariness and... fear of an unknown power rose in Urashiki's heart.
What came from those chains was an ability to Seal Chakra that was enough to threaten him!
How could the fox from his youth be so sinister?
Meanwhile, Naruto, his body erupting with golden Chakra, slowly raised his left hand to hold Urashiki's fishing rod horizontally in front of him, while his right hand once again gripped that wooden sword.
Five golden Adamantine Sealing Chains spread out behind him like wings, swaying slowly.
He looked at Urashiki, his deep blue eyes reflecting the other's startled and uncertain figure.
Naruto spoke, his voice calm but carrying an unquestionable declaration.
"The battle has only just begun.."
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