pjbooks Chapter 541 The Power of the Later Version
Chapter 541 The Power of the Later Version
"Get out of here! You utter idiot!"
Sasuke's voice suddenly rose, reverting to its previous cold tone. The protectiveness and concern he had shown just moments before had completely vanished.
"Get out of here! This is none of your business!"
He forcefully shook his hands, trying to break free from Naruto's grip, while yelling at Naruto, but of course, Naruto wouldn't listen to him.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Naruto's eyes were filled with stubbornness and determination. He stared intently at Sasuke, his gaze seemingly trying to root the boy to the spot.
"I will absolutely not let you go to Orochimaru's place!"
His voice was so loud that even the roar of a waterfall couldn't drown it out. "He wants your body as a vessel!"
"So what?!"
Sasuke's dark eyes burned with a crazed flame. "Following you so-called Konoha comrades, will I gain power?!"
As he shouted, he swung his other hand out and punched Naruto!
The punch was fast and powerful, but Naruto simply sidestepped it.
Sasuke threw another punch, which was dodged again.
Another punch, still dodged.
He was like a child playing with an adult, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't touch the other person at all.
The older Naruto moved with excessive ease, and his face, which resembled the younger Naruto by a factor of 9, always maintained a calm expression.
"And you too!" Sasuke shouted through gritted teeth.
"Imitation!" He struggled fiercely, trying to get the man to release him. "That's enough!"
"You want power, don't you?"
Naruto spoke up, his face showing no anger whatsoever, only the patience of an adult looking at a child throwing a tantrum.
Sasuke was stunned for a moment.
"That's right!"
He quickly regained his composure, his voice louder and colder. "So what exactly do you want?!"
"Even with that face, if you dare to get in my way—I'll kill you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sasuke suddenly shuddered.
A chilling killing intent swept over us without warning!
The killing intent was so intense, so immense, so suffocating that Sasuke's knees buckled involuntarily.
He almost collapsed to his knees, but Sasuke struggled to steady himself. He was panting heavily, his young face filled with terror.
This murderous intent...
He had felt the killing intent.
During the mission in the Land of Waves, Zabuza, a rogue ninja from Kirigakure, exuded a strong killing intent. At that time, he felt that it was the most terrifying thing he had ever seen.
But only now did he realize that compared to the killing intent before him, what was Zabuza's killing intent? No, there was also Orochimaru. He had also witnessed Orochimaru's killing intent, but what was Orochimaru's killing intent?
It's not even comparable to a hair; that's the difference between a mountain and a hair!
who is it? !
Sasuke looked around in panic.
But there was nothing around him. Apart from the large Naruto in front of him and the small Naruto not far away, he couldn't see any other faces.
Looking at him like this, Naruto felt a surge of emotion. This was Sasuke from this timeline.
9.9 points for arrogance, 0.1 points for coquettishness.
She was so worried about that little Naruto just now, but now she's putting on this cold and aloof act.
What a good child, forced into this state by his older brother.
"Then..." Naruto spoke again. "Take a look, is this power enough for your revenge?"
He sensed his surroundings.
For miles around, there was only a desolate forest. There were no villages, no houses, and no one except for Zuo Yue, who was hiding in the shadows.
After confirming that no one would be accidentally hurt, Naruto raised one hand.
Chakra began to condense.
The color of that chakra ball wasn't ordinary blue, nor was it the bright color that Naruto usually used.
It is black.
A deep, all-consuming black.
The black sphere spun in Naruto's palm, surrounded by a faint halo, like the rings of a planet.
It's not big, only about the size of a fist.
But the aura it emitted froze the air in the entire Valley of the End.
"【The Great Spiral Wheel】".
Naruto pronounced the name of the technique.
Sasuke was stunned because he recognized the technique.
The last time he fought Naruto, the ninjutsu Naruto used at the end—although its power was far less than that of the black sphere in front of him—was the same in form and aura.
That was when he realized in that instant that Naruto's strength had surpassed his own ninjutsu.
"A black... Rasengan?"
Naruto's voice came from the side, his eyes wide open, staring intently at the spinning black sphere in Naruto's palm.
The ball wasn't large, but its deep black color, the surrounding halo, and the suffocating sense of oppression it exuded—instinctively filled him with fear.
"Hey! Who are you?!"
He shouted, his voice filled with incomprehension and confusion.
"Why do you use the ninjutsu of the Perverted Sage and the Fourth Hokage?! Wait, why do you look so much like me?!"
"You've been holding onto Sasuke! What are you trying to do?!"
As he shouted, his legs were already poised to charge forward at any moment.
At this moment, the black sphere was slowly rising.
It detached from Naruto's palm and drifted towards the desolate forest in the distance.
Then--
Sasuke stopped; he finally quieted down.
He stopped struggling, stopped shouting, and stopped trying to break free from Naruto's grip.
Because he realized it.
I realized what this person was going to do.
"I haven't used it in a long time."
Naruto gazed at the receding black sphere and muttered to himself, "This should be enough, right?"
The voice just fell.
"boom--!!!"
A white light swept into everyone's field of vision.
At first, it was just a blinding flash of light, like the sun suddenly rising on the horizon. But the light expanded so quickly that it was impossible to react—
In the next instant, it transformed into a pure white wave that devoured everything, spreading wildly in all directions!
The shockwave spread at an alarming speed!
Wherever it passed, the earth was torn apart, lifted up, and thrown into the air like fragile pieces of paper! Towering trees were carbonized in a fraction of a second, and then completely vaporized by the high temperature, leaving not even ashes behind!
In the distance, the mountains twisted and collapsed in the high temperature, and the hard rocks melted into red magma, which splashed out in all directions like a volcanic eruption!
The lava was then dispersed by the shockwave that followed, turning into a rain of fire that spread even further!
The light was so bright that it was blinding.
The sound was so loud that it momentarily deafened people, leaving only a buzzing roar.
The temperature was so high that even from this distance, young Sasuke and young Naruto could feel the scorching heat.
I don't know how much time passed.
Maybe it's a second, maybe it's a minute.
at last.
The light faded, the shockwave subsided, and the earth fell silent once more.
Young Sasuke and young Naruto stood still, motionless.
They looked into the distance.
That place was originally a continuous forest and a lush mountain range.
At this moment—there is nothing left.
All that remained was a huge, bottomless pit.
The crater was at least tens of kilometers in diameter. Its edges were so clean, as if something had bitten them off. The bottom of the crater was pitch black, so deep that the end could not be seen.
The forest is gone.
The mountain is gone.
Everything is gone.
Naruto just stood there blankly, mouth agape, eyes wide, as if his soul had been ripped away.
He had never witnessed such power before, a power that seemed completely unlike anything a human should possess.
Even the Hokage... even all the Hokage throughout history... could they do this?
he does not know.
And Sasuke—he finally stopped struggling.
He stood there motionless, his fist held by Naruto, staring at the huge crater in the distance and at the land that had been completely wiped out.
After the initial blankness, something began to burn deep within his eyes.
That light was not from any negative emotion.
It is flame and desire, a burning desire directed at Naruto, a desire for something more.
He looked at Naruto, at those calm blue eyes that seemed to say nothing had happened, at the man who had so effortlessly destroyed a vast land—he wanted that power.
He needs this power.
With this power, he could take revenge.
With this power, he could kill that person.
With this power, he no longer needed to go to Orochimaru, nor did he need to walk that dark path.
He stared at Naruto, his eyes burning with an unprecedented intensity.