Seeing Jiraiya agree and actively step aside, Naruto was overjoyed instantly. While rolling up his sleeves, he shouted at Sasuke: "Sasuke, this move of mine is very powerful, you have to be careful!"
"Hmph!"
Sasuke snorted disdainfully.
In past spars with Naruto, he maintained a crushing win rate. So even knowing Naruto's strength might have improved a lot, he still had a very strong psychological advantage over Naruto.
Naruto slowly closed his eyes, brewed for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes.
And as his eyes opened, his body was instantly wrapped in a layer of gentle golden Tailed Beast chakra, and his whole person turned golden!
"This!?"
Sasuke was stunned.
In his impression, Naruto's Tailed Beast transformation was just putting on a layer of orange-red Tailed Beast coat, becoming a half-beast half-human monster.
He didn't expect Naruto to be able to tame the Nine-Tails chakra to this extent. From the aura, he could hardly feel the violent qi belonging to the Nine-Tails.
Undoubtedly.
What Naruto activated at this time was the 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode'!
The key to activating the 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode' was to subdue the Nine-Tails and gain control of the Nine-Tails chakra.
Subduing by force like Menma before, or Naruto in the original timeline, was fine. Reconciling with the Tailed Beast and letting the Tailed Beast voluntarily release authority was also fine.
And the Nine-Tails inside Naruto at this time was the Yin Nine-Tails that had long reconciled with the Fourth Hokage.
Although it felt unfamiliar with Naruto, the new host, and couldn't communicate telepathically with Naruto, due to the Fourth Hokage's request, it still released control of the Tailed Beast chakra to Naruto.
Therefore, after gaining the Fourth Hokage's experience in developing 'Kurama Mode' and undergoing several days of training, Naruto finally mastered the 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', which was slightly inferior to 'Kurama Mode'.
"Sasuke, be careful, I'm going to attack!"
Naruto shouted a reminder loudly before pouncing towards Sasuke.
Swish...
In an instant, Naruto in 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode' crossed a distance of dozens of meters and raided in front of Sasuke.
"So fast!"
The Mangekyo Sharingan in Sasuke's eye sockets shrank sharply.
Even when he was fully alert, he felt his Mangekyo Sharingan struggling to capture Naruto's figure, so he dared not imagine the result if he slackened slightly.
Bam bam bam...
In an instant, the two launched a rapid taijutsu offensive and defensive battle.
A layer of fine sweat soon appeared on Sasuke's forehead. Naruto not only exceeded his expectations in speed, but his strength was also outrageously great!
Feeling that continuing to compete in taijutsu would be disadvantageous, Sasuke decisively activated 'Chidori'!
Buzz buzz...
Accompanied by a burst of dazzling electric light, Sasuke quickly forced Naruto back. Then he reached his hands into the ninja tool pouch at his waist and shot a large number of shuriken wrapped in electric light towards Naruto.
A large number of shuriken attached with Lightning Release chakra forced Naruto to be clumsy and dodge in embarrassment.
Sasuke finally breathed a sigh of relief, but his hand movements didn't stop. He quickly shook open a storage scroll, and with a poof, took out a giant shuriken amidst the rising white smoke. Using the rotation of his body to increase the inertia of the giant shuriken, he then fiercely threw it towards Naruto.
Whoosh...
The huge shuriken quickly broke through the air, making an ear-piercing screech!
Naruto, whose positioning was sealed by those shuriken attached with Lightning Release chakra, had nowhere to hide. He had to take out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and try to block the oncoming giant shuriken.
But just then, Sasuke's right hand pulled fiercely, actually dragging an inconspicuous steel wire in his hand.
As the steel wire was pulled, only then did Naruto discover that the steel wire in Sasuke's hand was connected to the giant shuriken thrown at him. It seemed that Sasuke's pull activated some mechanism, and several sharp blades ejected from the giant shuriken.
At the same time, the steel wire also became a channel connecting Sasuke and the giant shuriken, transmitting the Lightning Release chakra on Sasuke to the giant shuriken at the far end, quickly wrapping the giant shuriken and the ejected blades in a layer of dazzling electric light!
"Hiss..."
Yamato aside sucked in a breath of cold air.
Sasuke's combination of ninja tool throwing and Lightning Release chakra made him, a Jonin, click his tongue in wonder.
One must know that the ninja tools thrown by Sasuke, who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan, were already powerful. Coupled with the enhancement of Lightning Release chakra, both speed and destructive power were improved. Even a Jonin had to be very careful, or they might get hit if they weren't careful.
On this basis, Sasuke even played a trick with steel wire traction and ninja tool transformation, making it even harder to guard against.
Jiraiya, however, shook his head.
Sasuke's dazzling ninja tool operation was indeed pleasing to the eye, but when confronting the current Naruto, these means actually had little meaning.
After barely dodging the blades shot from the giant shuriken, the unavoidable Naruto had to use the kunai in his hand to block the flying giant shuriken.
Clang...
Just upon contact, a sharp sound of metal clashing was emitted!
Then, the steel-forged kunai in Naruto's hand was cut with a deep mark under the giant shuriken attached with Lightning Release chakra. It seemed that in the next second, the kunai in Naruto's hand would be completely cut off by the giant shuriken.
Sasuke instantly grinned, exerting slight force with his hand.
He was ready to pull the giant shuriken with the steel wire in his hand as soon as Naruto's kunai was completely cut off, to prevent the giant shuriken from cutting Naruto in two.
Snap...
Suddenly, with a crisp sound, the kunai in Naruto's hand broke.
"Not good!"
Yamato watching the battle exclaimed.
Jiraiya, who had been relaxed all along, also frowned slightly at this moment, a trace of worry flashing in his eyes.
Although he was optimistic about Naruto, Sasuke's tactic was indeed beautiful. Plus, the giant shuriken attached with Lightning Release chakra was too sharp; if things went wrong, it really might hurt Naruto.
Sasuke also moved at this time, his hand holding the steel wire poised to pull back.
But just then, two golden chakra arms suddenly protruded from Naruto's shoulders in 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', clamping the giant shuriken slashing at him from left and right!
"!?"
Sasuke's expression froze instantly, finding that the steel wire in his hand couldn't be pulled at all.
Bang...
Then, with a muffled sound, the steel wire was snapped.
Sasuke looked in astonishment as Naruto opposite him used the two chakra arms extending from his body to clamp the giant shuriken and throw it fiercely towards him!
"How is this possible!"
Sasuke dodged his own giant shuriken sideways, disbelief still on his face.
He never expected that under 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', Naruto could extend chakra arms from his body at will. Moreover, judging from the two chakra arms forcefully taking his giant shuriken attached with Lightning Release chakra just now, the strength of Naruto's chakra arms was very exaggerated!
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