51: Chapter 51 Clearing the Field and the Stage of the Valley of the EndKimimaro.
The name flashed through Naruto's mind, accompanied by detailed information about the Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit.
It is a terrifying ability to freely manipulate one's own bones, making them the strongest in both attack and defense.
The boy before them exuded a pure aura, mixed with morbidity and death, far more intense than the combined aura of the previous Sound Four.
[Ding!Sensing 14000 units of intense killing intent from Kimimaro!]
[Ding!Sensing 12500 units of Kimimaro's [Indifference]!]
Indifferent.
This is a very interesting emotion.
It implies that the other side views Naruto as a meaningless obstacle that must be eliminated, rather than an opponent worthy of serious consideration.
The bone spur in Kimimaro's palm had fully grown, its white tip reflecting a cold, icy light in the dim forest light.
Without uttering any unnecessary words, he lowered his body slightly, ready to launch a deadly attack in the next instant.
However, Naruto Uzumaki did not move.
He neither adopted a fighting stance nor retreated.
He simply stood there calmly, not even focusing his gaze entirely on Kimimaro.
His senses had already penetrated the dense forest behind him.
They've arrived.
Two familiar streams of chakra were rushing straight towards them from the direction of Konoha at extremely high speed.
One force is pure physical energy, scorching and fierce, full of indomitable fighting spirit.
Another, larger and colder, carried the texture of gravel and an aura of suffocating carnage.
Gaara, and Lee.
The backup plan left by Jiraiya and Tsunade.
Or rather, it's an inevitable arrangement of the plot.
Naruto suddenly smiled.
He looked at the white-haired boy who had already raised his momentum to its peak and was about to launch an attack, and said something that the other party could not understand at all in a tone that was almost casual but also tinged with pity.
"Your opponent is not me; he is behind you."
Kimimaro's movements froze for a fraction of a second.
He couldn't understand the meaning of that sentence.
Behind you?
There was no one behind him.
What trick is this kid up to?
In that instant of hesitation, Naruto Uzumaki moved.
He did not form hand seals.
He simply stomped his foot lightly.
[Spell: Shadow Manipulation]
This is not a secret technique of the Nara clan.
The Nara clan's Shadow Imitation Technique uses chakra to materialize their own shadow and bind the enemy.That's a "technique".
What Naruto is using at this moment is "Dharma".
It is a rewriting of rules in a higher dimension.
Suddenly, the shadow cast by the trees beneath his feet came to life.
The darkness writhed and twisted, no longer a physical phenomenon caused by the blocking of light, but a bottomless black swamp with independent properties.
Naruto's body, so strangely and without warning, slowly sank into that dark shadow.
His feet, calves, waist, chest.
He was like a person sinking into water, without causing a ripple, completely swallowed up by that two-dimensional shadow and disappearing without a trace.
For the first time, an emotion other than indifference appeared in Kimimaro's green eyes.
[Ding!You have received 13,000 units of the ultimate [Surprise] from Kimimaro!]
What kind of ninjutsu is this?
No, this is not ninjutsu at all!
He could clearly sense that the other party's chakra had not disappeared, but rather had merged into all the shadows on the ground in a way he could not understand.Then, it flowed past another shadow beside him, ignoring physical obstacles, and continued to move towards the barrel.
He wanted to pursue her.
But it was too late.
"Leaf Whirlwind!"
A roar brimming with youthful energy and passion exploded from behind him.
A green figure, with an indomitable spirit, transformed into a rapidly spinning tornado and kicked him hard in the back.
Kimimaro instinctively turned around, and the bones in his arm instantly grew, transforming into a thick bone shield that blocked the fierce and unparalleled attack.
Bang!
The immense force forced him back half a step, and his arm went slightly numb.
He saw a boy with thick eyebrows wearing a green bodysuit.It was Xiao Li.
"Burn, youth!" After landing, Xiao Li launched another fierce attack without any pause.
Kimimaro was caught off guard by this unexpected enemy and could only watch helplessly as the orange figure disappeared completely into the distance at the edge of the forest.
He was tricked.
That brat never intended to fight him from the start.
Just as he was about to use the power of the cursed seal to quickly get rid of this green burden.
An even more terrifying, chilling killing intent descended from the sky.
Yellow sand.
Endless yellow sand surged out from behind a red-haired boy carrying a huge gourd who had appeared at the top of a tree at some unknown time, transforming into a gigantic claw that blotted out the sky and slammed down on him.
Gaara Sand Waterfall.
"Your opponent is me." Gaara's emotionless voice echoed through the forest.
Kimimaro looked up at the giant claw of sand, and a look of seriousness finally appeared on his sickly pale face.
All the pieces have been placed in their positions.
All obstacles have been cleared.
Naruto Uzumaki ran alone, unimpeded, on the road to the end.
He could even hear the distant roar of battle between Lee and Kimimaro, and Gaara and Kimimaro.
Those fierce battles, those burning lives, those drops of blood and sweat shed for comrades, will all be transformed into the purest emotional points, flowing continuously into his system panel.
And he, the biggest beneficiary, was merely a bystander watching from the sidelines.
Finally, the view ahead opened up.
The enormous waterfall roared as it plunged into the deep pool, filling the air with mist.
Two towering stone statues stand facing each other across the waterfall, silently telling an ancient story.
Valley of the End.
Below the waterfall, the wooden barrel that carried Sasuke had long since shattered.
A figure stood quietly at the foot of the First Hokage's statue, with his back to him.
Uchiha Sasuke.
He seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Hearing Naruto's footsteps, he slowly turned around.
On that handsome face, there was no trace of a Konoha ninja left.
His skin was an ominous dark gray, with black flame-like patterns that started from his left eye and spread across half of his body.
His lips turned an eerie deep purple, and the aura of chakra emanated from him was malevolent and immense.
Curse Seal State Two.
[Ding!Sensing 15000 units of extreme [Arrogance] from Uchiha Sasuke!]
[Ding!Sensing 13000 units of extreme [contempt] from Uchiha Sasuke!]
Sasuke saw Naruto, and only Naruto.
His deep purple lips parted in a cruel arc.
"You're the last one standing, are you the only one who came after us?"
"Alright."
"Choji, Neji, Shikamaru.those trash are not worthy of witnessing this moment."
"Naruto, right here, in this place of destiny, I'm going to let you see with your own eyes the insurmountable chasm between us!"
"I will use your defeat to sever that last laughable past between me and Konoha!"
His words were filled with a twisted sense of elation at the prospect of his desires being fulfilled.
He raised his head, and in his black eyes, three jet-black tomoe were slowly rotating, emitting an ominous red light.
Three-tomoe Sharingan.
"Naruto, today I will sever all ties between us right here!"
The stage is already set up.
The audience has been cleared out.
This "harvest," which belongs only to the two of them, is about to begin.
Faced with Sasuke's ritualistic declaration of war, and those Sharingan eyes that could see through all genjutsu and ninjutsu.
Naruto simply put his hands in his pockets, looked up, and his face, which always wore a sunny smile, was expressionless at that moment.
His azure eyes were serene.
"Bonds?"
His voice was soft, yet it clearly pierced through the roaring water and reached Sasuke's ears.
"That kind of thing never existed in the first place."
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