Chapter 414: Damn It, We Were So Close!
"Come on, let's see what's stronger—your Six Paths Truth-Seeking Balls, or my Black Hole Space!"
Li Yao's body crackled with violet-white lightning, just like Lightning Release Chakra Mode. His time-reset was continuously active—this was Li Yao's infinite firepower mode.
In this mode, Li Yao's chakra output was limitless.
Extending his right arm with an open palm toward Naruto and Sasuke, he activated his technique.
Buzz buzz buzz… Dozens of black hole spheres, each the size of a fist, rapidly formed in front of his palm.
"Black Hole—Infinite Void Flash!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In an instant, countless black hole spheres shot out like a torrential barrage of black cannonballs toward Naruto and Sasuke, five kilometers away.
"This is our only shot!" Sasuke deactivated Susanoo.
"Understood." Naruto clasped his fists, his expression solemn.
The two had completed their mental-space plan just as Li Yao's black hole barrage surged forth.
The spatial fluctuations unique to the black hole spheres rippled through the air itself.
Having learned the terrifying nature of this space jutsu from the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, neither Naruto nor Sasuke made any attempt to block it.
Whoosh!
Sasuke used Amenotejikara to teleport instantly.
Whoosh!
Naruto couldn't teleport, but he was incredibly fast now.
And with the black hole spheres being fired from five kilometers away, while safe for Li Yao, the distance made the attack easier to evade.
Naruto flash-stepped 500 meters to the left.
"Disperse."
With a thought, Li Yao made all the fired black hole spheres scatter. They hovered in place instead of exploding.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh… Like twin Gatling guns, Li Yao's arms launched black hole spheres nonstop at Naruto and Sasuke.
As the two dodged, they simultaneously advanced toward Li Yao.
Sasuke completely abandoned his Susanoo and used Amenotejikara repeatedly to close the distance alongside Naruto.
"This guy reacts fast… He's mimicking Naruto's pattern to hide Amenotejikara's range."
"Heh."
Li Yao chuckled inwardly. "You two can move—I can move too, can't I?"
He also shifted his position continuously, keeping a steady 5-kilometer distance from them while launching wave after wave of black hole spheres.
None of the spheres exploded. They hovered midair at 50-meter intervals like landmines waiting for his command.
Soon, the path Naruto traveled was littered with floating black hole spheres—silent, deadly traps.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Naruto hurled a Truth-Seeking Rod at one of the black hole spheres.
Tzz!
It was like a pebble dropped into still water—ripples spread, and then calm returned.
The Truth-Seeking Rod was swallowed just like any other object.
Such was the dominance of space-based jutsu.
In the original story, Obito couldn't use Kamui or the Rinnegan's full power due to the strain of suppressing the Ten-Tails.
Otherwise, Naruto and Sasuke, who weren't even true Six Paths level at the time, wouldn't have stood a chance.
Now, Li Yao's black hole technique was no weaker than Kamui. In fact, in terms of offensive power, it was even stronger.
Once something was swallowed, there was no escaping.
"Sasuke, those black spheres are definitely dangerous!"
Naruto's face turned serious as he warned Sasuke.
"I know." Sasuke nodded. He had seen what happened—those black spheres could devour anything. Getting hit would be fatal.
Naruto understood this deeply. He possessed Six Paths Yang Power and his own version of the enhanced Truth-Seeking Balls, further strengthened by Senjutsu.
Yet those black spheres were like massive grindstones—anything drawn in was pulverized and erased.
Not even his chakra-enhanced Truth-Seeking Balls could stop them. If their bodies were hit, death was inevitable.
The two of them carefully dodged while trying to get within a safe range to strike Li Yao.
"Something's off…"
As time passed, the sky filled with more and more black hole spheres, and Naruto and Sasuke kept trying the same tactic: dodge and approach.
But clearly, it wasn't working.
Soon, a large portion of space would be saturated with black hole spheres. If Li Yao entered that space, would Naruto and Sasuke dare follow?
The moment they did, he could detonate the entire zone.
Sasuke might escape using Amenotejikara.
But Naruto didn't have space-time abilities. Once he entered, it would be like stepping into a minefield. No matter how fast he was, he wouldn't escape the explosion.
He'd be dead.
Logically, Naruto and Sasuke should've tried to stop Li Yao from deploying more black holes.
Even if they couldn't stop him, continuing this tactic was pointless.
And they weren't even attacking. Both had long-range capabilities.
Five kilometers might be a long range for normal shinobi, but for Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke, it was well within striking distance.
Yet they didn't attack—as if they were planning something.
"Something's wrong."
"Very wrong."
Recalling the moment they bumped fists earlier, Li Yao suddenly felt deeply uneasy—but he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
"No, I can't let them control the pace!"
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
Puff puff puff… A massive cloud of white smoke exploded as Li Yao created hundreds of clones. Meanwhile, his real body secretly reset to the state before casting the technique, keeping himself at peak condition.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh… The clones scattered in all directions.
Li Yao's true body slipped among them and fled in one direction.
Whatever Naruto and Sasuke were planning, it wouldn't matter if he kept his distance.
After all, Minato and the others still weren't prepared to kill the Obito clone. Li Yao only needed to buy more time so the clone could escape.
"This is bad! He realized our plan!"
Seeing the sudden wave of clones, Naruto's face fell. They had been so careful. He hadn't used shadow clones at all, just to avoid tipping off Li Yao.
Even if Li Yao did use clones, they never expected this many.
But it still went wrong.
"No, he probably just sensed something was off."
Sasuke shook his head, though his expression was grim.
Luck wasn't on their side.
Even though Li Yao hadn't uncovered their full plan, his instinctive counterplay had ruined everything.
"Damn it!!!"
Naruto understood now too—Li Yao hadn't fully seen through their plan.
But his battle intuition was terrifying. On instinct alone, he made the perfect move.
Now, with so many clones, Sasuke couldn't pinpoint the real Li Yao anymore.
Damn it!
They had been so close!
Just a little more time, and they would've locked onto him.
Naruto screamed inwardly in frustration.
(END CHAPTER)
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