The towering puppet, Mukade, naturally became Naruto's primary target.
Naruto moved on all fours like a feral beast, charging forward with savage speed. Using both his hands and feet, he tore apart any puppets that stood in his way. The shattered fragments continuously flowed toward Mukade, and in the blink of an eye, Mukade's body expanded into a massive form.
The giant puppet opened its mouth and unleashed a Ryumyaku-enhanced Great Dragon Fire Technique. Purple flames erupted outward, engulfing the entire area.
Burned by the flames, Naruto cried out in pain. Completely enraged, his skin began to disappear beneath a layer of deep red chakra, and the tails behind him quickly increased to four.
In an instant, Naruto's original appearance vanished, replaced by a crimson, humanoid beast.
The four tails slammed violently into the ground.
Four-Tails Naruto displayed terrifying combat power as he leapt onto the giant puppet's body and began tearing it apart without mercy.
Minato and the others, unable to interfere with such a battle, gathered together.
Akimichi Choza was the first to speak.
"Minato, what's going on? Is that kid the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki from the future?"
Minato replied seriously,
"I'm not sure what's happening. I know he's from the future, but he never mentioned being the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki."
"So what do we do now? We can't interfere with their fight," Choza said.
Shibi Aburame, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke.
"My insects have detected a massive chakra source nearby. There's also a woman there."
Minato immediately understood.
"That must be Queen Sara—the one we were ordered to protect. Since we can't interfere here for the moment, let's rescue Queen Sara first."
After a brief discussion, the three of them rushed toward Sara's location.
However, their path was suddenly blocked by a dark figure.
The clone stood in front of them, his voice low and cold.
"Gentlemen… this road is closed."
The two sides entered a tense standoff.
The clone's mission was simply to prevent anyone from interfering with the main body, so he had no need to rush into battle. Meanwhile, the three Konoha ninja had already witnessed Asuka's overwhelming strength earlier and didn't dare to attack recklessly.
While both sides remained in a stalemate, the battle between Naruto and Mukade took a dramatic turn.
The Four-Tails-transformed Naruto grew even more furious under Mukade's attacks. Opening his mouth wide, he began gathering a Tailed Beast Ball.
The black sphere of condensed chakra shot toward Mukade.
The attack shattered the puppet armor surrounding Mukade's true body, and the overwhelming force blasted him away along with the entire puppet structure.
That was how Mukade ended up near the Ryumyaku's source.
Severely injured, Mukade's body was blasted straight into the secret chamber containing the Ryumyaku's core.
Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball had struck the puppet's interior directly, seriously wounding Mukade's true body. Yet when Mukade saw the Ryumyaku's source within reach, a fanatical expression appeared on his face as he dragged himself forward.
While crawling toward it, he began drawing on the Ryumyaku's chakra.
Sara, who stood nearby, trembled in fear at the sight of Mukade's grotesque appearance.
Suddenly, the clone appeared beside him and kicked the struggling Mukade away.
After arriving at the secret chamber of the Ryumyaku's source, the power the Ryumyaku had been supplying to Mukade began to fade. Without its support, Mukade's condition looked miserable—half of his body had already been destroyed by Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball.
After being kicked aside, Mukade twitched a few times before falling silent.
However, the clone had no time to confirm whether Mukade was truly dead.
He looked up toward the massive hole Mukade had crashed through.
Sure enough, the next second, Four-Tails Naruto appeared there.
Driven by pure instinct, Naruto continued pursuing Mukade—exactly what the clone had feared.
Originally, the clone had been confronting Minato and the others. But when he saw Mukade blasted away by Naruto's Tailed Beast Ball and crash into the Ryumyaku's chamber, a sense of danger immediately filled his mind.
At that moment, the main body was absorbing the Ryumyaku's energy. If someone interfered now, it could cause the Ryumyaku to spiral out of control.
Without hesitation, the clone forced Minato's group back with a Fire Release technique and rushed toward the Ryumyaku chamber.
When he arrived, he saw Mukade crawling out from the remains of the giant puppet. The clone immediately kicked him away.
Then he sensed the terrifying chakra of Four-Tails Naruto approaching.
The berserk Naruto was drawn by the Ryumyaku's energy and leapt down through the hole, heading straight toward Sara, who was still communicating with the Ryumyaku.
Naturally, the clone would not allow that to happen.
He jumped up and intercepted Naruto midair.
His fist slammed directly into Naruto's face, distorting the crimson beast-like features.
The enormous force sent Naruto flying backward, ripples spreading through the air before he crashed heavily into the chamber wall.
Four-Tails Naruto staggered out from the rubble, roaring toward the ceiling.
After fighting Mukade's puppet for so long, the damage he suffered had been minor compared to the single punch from the clone.
Enraged, Naruto let out a furious roar.
A fifth tail began forming behind him.
Five-Tails Naruto slammed his hands into the ground.
The clone immediately sensed the attack and jumped away. The next moment, enormous crimson chakra claws burst from the ground where he had been standing.
The chakra claws swung violently through the air like solid weapons.
Seeing his attack miss, Five-Tails Naruto charged forward again on all fours.
The clone didn't hold back.
He raised his fist and met Naruto head-on.
For most people, facing Five-Tails Naruto would be nearly impossible. But Asuka possessed the protection of the Black King ability.
He wasn't afraid of the corrosive nature of the Nine-Tails' chakra, nor of its devastating physical force.
So the clone decided to "communicate" with the Nine-Tails using his fists.
While the clone and Naruto battled fiercely, Minato and the others quietly slipped into the chamber.
Seeing the terrifying destructive power of both fighters, they didn't dare approach recklessly.
However, Minato soon spotted Sara standing at the center of the chamber and quickly pieced together the situation.
"From what I can see, that cloaked man has been deliberately preventing Naruto from attacking in Queen Sara's direction," Minato said quietly.
"They must have formed some kind of alliance."
Choza frowned.
"So what should we do? The Hokage's mission is to protect Queen Sara, but in this situation we can't even get close to her."
"For now, we observe and wait for an opportunity," Minato replied.
Then he turned to Shibi.
"Shibi, use your insects to deliver these talismans as close as possible to the center of the Ryumyaku."
As he spoke, Minato handed him several talismans marked with the Flying Thunder God seal.
Shibi nodded and began guiding his swarm of insects toward Sara from multiple directions.
Meanwhile—
Bang!
The clone kicked Naruto into the wall once again.
When Naruto crawled out of the rubble, a sixth tail was already forming.
He raised his head and began forming an enormous Tailed Beast Ball—far larger than the one he had fired at Mukade.
The sphere shot directly toward the clone.
The clone did not dare treat this attack lightly.
His strength was weaker than the main body's, and unlike the main body, he didn't possess the mutant gene pool.
The gene pool was bound to Asuka's soul, meaning every clone lacked it. From the moment a clone separated from the main body, its abilities were fixed.
With no way to redirect the energy and no time to detonate the Tailed Beast Ball prematurely, the clone had no choice but to confront it head-on.
As the Tailed Beast Ball approached, he raised both hands and fully activated his weakened Black King ability.
A dark sphere began forming around him, gathering energy toward his body.
At that moment—
Something unexpected happened.
The seemingly lifeless Mukade suddenly released one final burst of Ryumyaku chakra.
Like a dying flame flaring up one last time, he dragged himself toward the edge of the deep pit and burst into hysterical laughter.
"Hahahahaha! Then let's all die together!"
Forming hand seals, Mukade threw himself into the deep pit.
Sara, who had been communicating with the Ryumyaku the entire time, was already terrified by everything happening around her. She continued her actions mechanically, almost in a daze.
At that moment, Shibi's insects finally reached her.
Seizing the opportunity, Minato instantly activated the Flying Thunder God combined with the Body Flicker Technique and teleported Sara away from her position.
All of this happened within a single instant.
The moment Mukade fell into the pit, the previously stable Ryumyaku immediately went berserk.
Without Sara suppressing it, the Ryumyaku's energy erupted with unprecedented violence.
The first person to suffer the consequences was Asuka himself.
Deep below, he was still absorbing the Ryumyaku's energy.
Now, the rampaging power surged uncontrollably into his body.
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