Chapter 413: The Range of Amenotejikara
Sasuke was right. Even if Sasuke didn't take action, Tsunade wouldn't have had a good ending.
Even if they defeated Li Yao, there was no way Tsunade would survive.
How could one expect someone who could coldly kill hundreds of thousands of people to spare Tsunade?
After realizing this, Naruto placed Tsunade's decapitated body down, stood up, and walked to Sasuke's side. Together, they faced Li Yao high up in the sky.
"This time, I won't hesitate anymore."
Naruto's eyes were determined. This time, nothing would distract him. The only thing he had to do was seal Li Yao and erase him from this ninja world.
"Susanoo!"
Without saying more, Sasuke instantly formed his half-Susanoo. He nocked an arrow and fired a long, black flame arrow toward Li Yao in the sky.
"Sasuke, you're acting recklessly again!"
Naruto couldn't help but make a comment, but this time he worked in sync with Sasuke. As soon as Sasuke formed Susanoo, Naruto flew into the air toward Li Yao.
Whoosh!
Li Yao instantly teleported to dodge the black flame arrow. He stretched out one hand and began forming a white-purple light sphere.
"Senjutsu—Fūton: Rasen no Jutsu!"
In an instant, countless white-purple lasers shot out from Li Yao's hand and arced toward Naruto.
Clang!
Naruto's speed didn't change. He spun the black of the Path of the Truth in his hand and blocked all the incoming Fūton lasers. He then got closer to Li Yao.
At the same time, Sasuke instantly swapped his position with the air behind Li Yao, activating his full Susanoo and throwing a powerful punch down toward Li Yao.
This was another perfect Naruto-Sasuke combination.
Then… Whoosh!
Space-time abilities were so overwhelming, so invincible.
Li Yao instantly teleported away, creating a distance of 5 kilometers between them.
"This distance…"
Looking at Li Yao from a distance, Sasuke in his Susanoo felt a shift in his heart.
Li Yao was purposely testing the range of Amenotejikara, which meant he didn't know its limits.
"Sharp combat instincts, but…"
"He has exposed that the information he has is only superficial!"
Sasuke smiled slightly in his mind, drawing a quick conclusion. He realized they could use this to their advantage—if they played it right, they might have an unexpected opportunity to catch Li Yao off guard.
They had to make the most of it. Li Yao's reaction speed was fast, but the next time, they needed to get closer to Li Yao and not give him any time to react.
"Naruto…"
Sasuke raised his Susanoo fist. Naruto turned and met Sasuke's eyes. In that instant, he understood and raised his fist to meet Sasuke's Susanoo punch.
"Mental space communication…"
Li Yao, 5 kilometers away, furrowed his brow when he noticed what Naruto and Sasuke were doing. He guessed that they were secretly planning something.
"Could there be some weakness I haven't noticed?"
Li Yao thought deeply.
What weakness did he have right now?
It should be his earlier attack.
"My Senjutsu didn't work!"
Li Yao thought, staring at Naruto, 1000 meters away.
But… wasn't Uchiha Madara able to break Naruto's black棒 with just his Fūton: Rasengan in the original story?
Why didn't it work this time?
Li Yao wondered, but then saw the Path of the Truth in Naruto's hand and sensed the Senjutsu chakra around him. He suddenly realized where the difference lay.
Six Paths level chakra!
At that time, Madara was already the Ten-Tails jinchūriki, wielding the Path of the Truth chakra. His use of Fūton: Rasengan was naturally more powerful than Li Yao's.
The quality of their chakra was at different levels.
"Sure enough, space-time abilities are the real solution!"
Li Yao thought to himself, then waved his hand. The black iron chain armor and the diamond chain armor disappeared as he replaced them with a cloak made of black hole space to protect his body.
Previously, Li Yao had taken it for granted, thinking natural energy could block the Path of the Truth's attack, but Senjutsu alone couldn't counter it.
In reality, only Six Paths level Senjutsu could break through Six Paths level defense.
Well... Obito wasn't considered Six Paths level.
He had to use most of his energy not to suppress Ten-Tails chakra, and with no use of his Kamui or Rinnegan, he could only use the Path of the Truth. His control over the Path of the Truth wasn't even fully mastered, which was why he had been defeated by the non-Six Paths level Naruto and Sasuke.
Obito's version of Six Paths and the current Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke were not even close.
Li Yao's Senjutsu still wasn't at Six Paths level.
He had mastered the perfect Sage Mode, but his power hadn't reached Six Paths level yet.
Therefore, facing Six Paths level power, even with Senjutsu chakra added to his chakra sealing chains, it was still difficult to block Naruto's Path of the Truth attack.
To be safe, against Six Paths level power, it was better to rely on space-time abilities.
The black hole space cloak was tough enough, and Li Yao was confident it could even withstand the Six Paths Path of the Truth.
But the black hole space cloak had a weakness. Unlike the black iron chain armor and diamond chain armor, it couldn't move freely on its own. It was a fixed shield, more like armor forged as one piece.
Li Yao needed to control the cloak to ensure his movements aligned with his body.
Because of this, while controlling the black hole space cloak, Li Yao's agility would drop slightly. His focus in battle could also decrease, which would slow his reaction speed.
Although the drop was minimal, it could almost be ignored.
But when facing Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke, even the slightest drop in reaction speed could be deadly.
That's why Li Yao didn't use the black hole space cloak earlier—it was to maintain peak reaction speed.
But the previous encounter made Li Yao realize that with his current Senjutsu, he couldn't block Naruto's Path of the Truth attack. With Sasuke's Amenotejikara spatial ability in play, he could easily be caught off guard.
For safety's sake, it was best to use the black hole space cloak.
As for the drop in reaction speed... he would avoid close combat by maintaining distance.
But he still had to test Amenotejikara's range.
The opportunity earlier had been great.
Naruto and Sasuke's combined attack.
Although Li Yao had teleported away, Sasuke's reaction speed was fast enough that in that instant, he could have used Amenotejikara to swap Li Yao back into the previous position and continue the attack.
But Sasuke didn't use Amenotejikara.
This meant Sasuke's Amenotejikara had a range limit.
Beyond a certain distance, Sasuke couldn't use Amenotejikara on Li Yao.
How far could Amenotejikara reach?
Li Yao pondered, then smiled.
"Who cares about the exact range... at least within five kilometers, Sasuke's Amenotejikara can't be used on me."
Li Yao thought to himself.
"From now on, as long as I keep the battle within this range, I can fight Naruto and Sasuke from a distance."
Li Yao had a plan for the next phase of the fight.
Although this plan was a bit cautious.
But this was a battle where a single mistake could cost him his life. Being cautious was fine; Li Yao was never a battle maniac.
Before, when facing Guy or Sage Mode Naruto, Li Yao had overwhelming power, which allowed him to enjoy close combat for the thrill of battle.
But in a life-or-death fight, Li Yao's strategy was always the same: battles that could be won with ranged attacks would never be fought up close.
Li Yao, who had a natural fear of running out of firepower, preferred the style of bombarding from a distance.
(END CHAPTER)
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