Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 622 Soloing [Akatsuki]

"boom--!!!"

Three giant golden chakra claws grabbed the three people and slammed them hard into the ground. Three deep craters were smashed into the ground in a triangular pattern.

Kisame's Samehada flew out of its master's hand, hilt pointing downwards into the distant ruins. Zabuza's guillotine crashed down beside him with a clang, the blade embedded in the ground. Haku lay beside Zabuza, and all three of them passed out.

They have no ability to resist, not because they lack the will to resist, but because any resistance would be meaningless.

Since the start of the battle, Naruto has defeated Hidan, Kisame, Zabuza, and Haku. Each of these four individuals is a rogue ninja worthy of being marked "S-rank" on the Five Great Nations' wanted lists, and each possesses the strength to hold their own against a Kage.

But now, they were easily defeated one by one, unable to withstand even a single move, and were instantly killed.

The whole process was so fast it was as if an adult was playing a fighting game with a group of children, with the children taking turns rushing at them, and the adult pinning them all down with just one hand.

Naruto stood rooted to the spot, his breathing steady, his heartbeat even, not a drop of sweat on his brow. This level of combat wasn't even a warm-up for him now. The difference in power levels was just like that; he didn't want to say it, but the facts were undeniable.

Naruto's lack of fighting spirit wasn't because his opponents were too weak. Rather, it was because, apart from Hidan, that madman, Kisame, Zabuza, and Haku were all his comrades in his own world.

Suddenly, Naruto felt something tugging at him.

The feeling was strange, like a child reaching out and grabbing an adult's clothes, pulling them towards themselves.

He glanced down at the hem of his robe, which swayed slightly forward, then again. Naruto turned his head, following the direction of the force. Nagato stood on a high platform of ruins not far away, one hand outstretched towards him, fingers spread, palm facing him, his face filled with disbelief.

I was wondering where this child came from; it turns out to be the All-Encompassing Heavenly Guide.

Naruto's current body, having been tempered by celestial chakra for a long time, is now dense and strong enough to withstand energy impacts at the level of a cosmic storm.

"Storm Release: Thundercloud Wave!"

Suddenly, the clouds in the sky were driven by chakra and surged wildly. Within seconds, the dark clouds condensed into a thick, black thundercloud. A thick pillar of lightning struck vertically from the center of the cloud, carrying blinding blue-white lightning and the smell of burning ozone, and accurately hit the spot where Naruto was standing!

The moment the lightning struck, the surrounding rocks were flung away by the electric arc, and a ring of charred, radial patterns appeared on the ground.

Hiruko stood not far away, his hands still in the hand seals for releasing a ninjutsu, but he gave Naruto no chance to catch his breath. As the Thundercloud Wave descended, his next technique was already complete.

"Spiritual communication!"

"roar--!!!"

Amidst a deafening roar, the silhouette of a colossal creature burst forth from the billowing smoke. It was an extremely bizarre monster, entirely grayish-white, with a pair of tattered fleshy wings on its back, and its body looked as if several ferocious animal parts had been crudely sewn together.

Naruto recognized this thing; it was a synthetic beast created by Hiruko using the Oni-Garara Technique.

The chimera's mouth gaped open, and a dark red, destructive energy was rapidly gathering deep in its throat.

Nagato and Konan exchanged a glance at the same moment. This opponent could no longer be tested. Having instantly taken down four Akatsuki members, this was no enemy that could be dealt with using conventional methods.

Nagato raised his right hand, and his arm began to deform. The muscles and bones beneath his skin were replaced by mechanical structures, and the entire hand rapidly reorganized under the meshing of gears and the propulsion of hydraulic pressure. A metal component extended from the inside, and finally the entire right hand became a thick cannon barrel.

Deep within the cannon's muzzle, blue chakra was frantically gathering.

"Six Paths - Asura's Attack!"

Around Xiao Nan, countless pieces of paper danced wildly as if swept up by a blizzard. The papers rapidly gathered behind her, stacking layer upon layer, coalescing into thousands of enormous paper spikes, each several meters long with sharp, spear-like tips, hovering in mid-air, densely covering the entire field of vision.

She waved her hands forward, and thousands of paper spikes simultaneously changed direction, aiming at the blond figure on the ground.

"Dance of the Shikigami: Angelic Judgment!"

"call out--!!!"

The destructive energy from the chimera's mouth, the blue chakra cannon from Nagato's cannon, Konan's thousands of paper spikes, and Hiruko's additional Storm Release lightning—all these attacks poured down on Naruto's position at the same moment.

"boom!!!"

Once again, a massive mushroom cloud rose from the ruins of Konoha. The shockwave pulverized the already bombed ruins a second time, melting the debris into magma-like droplets that sprayed in all directions, turning the entire sky a ghastly white by the explosion's light.

Nagato stared intently at the very center of the explosion with his Rinnegan, his face showing no sign of relaxation, but rather even more solemn than before the attack.

"This should end the battle now," he thought. "Where did this guy come from?" A completely unfamiliar face, yet he possessed the power of the Nine-Tails. His strength was so great that it would take the entire Akatsuki to barely hold him off, and it seemed he wasn't even really getting serious yet.

Why did things suddenly become so strange? Of course, Nagato was only puzzled, not suspicious. Although he was no longer the leader of Akatsuki, the new leader, the woman wearing the fox mask, had accomplished what he couldn't. She brought Yahiko back—truly brought him back, not some blasphemous trick like Edo Tensei, but a real resurrection.

Not only that, she also pointed out another path to peace, so Nagato chose to submit. Although he didn't know who she was, he believed that woman was the true savior. Since it was her command, he would not back down no matter who the opponent was.

Suddenly, amidst the still-lingering smoke and dust, a huge shadow began to emerge.

Several enormous golden tails, large enough to blot out half the sky, slowly unfurled in the dust and smoke, then slammed into the ground with earth-shattering force.

"boom!!!"

A massive energy shockwave erupted from the point of impact of the tail, spreading outwards in a fan shape and crushing everything in its path into dust.

The density of the shockwave was so high that it could be seen with the naked eye, and it formed a solid golden wall of light that swept over!

"Xiao Nan! Come here quickly!"

Nagato's pupils contracted sharply. He took a step in front of Konan, raised his arms, and a blue energy shield instantly unfolded in front of them, forming a semi-transparent spherical barrier that completely enveloped them.

This is the ability of the Preta Path, an absolute defense that can absorb all ninjutsu and chakra attacks—theoretically speaking.

"Click."

Nagato's eyes widened suddenly. His Rinnegan clearly saw the phenomenon he couldn't understand at all: the Preta Path's absorption mechanism did activate the moment the protective shield came into contact with the golden chakra, but the chakra wasn't absorbed.

It does have chakra, but you can't absorb it! How is that possible?!

The next second, the golden shockwave shattered the protective shield, engulfing Nagato and Konan simultaneously.

Hiruko's chimera was also hit head-on in the aftershock of the shockwave, letting out a wail before turning into a puff of white smoke, and the summoning jutsu was forcibly canceled.

At the last moment, Hiruko barely managed to activate Steel Release, his skin instantly turning a metallic, iron-gray color in an attempt to withstand the shockwave. However, that Steel Release didn't even last a second against the Nine-Tails' tail; his eyes rolled back, and he completely lost consciousness.

The hempen garment floating in the sky did not move at all from beginning to end.

Blue eyes peered calmly through the eye holes of the fox mask, watching everything unfold below.

"...As expected, there's no chance of winning."