Chapter 388: Super Sage Fox Mode – Future Boruto vs. Cell
"Hey, have you hit me enough yet? Seriously, attacking me while I was admiring my own body..."
Cell slightly lifted his head to look at Future Boruto, who was relentlessly punching and kicking him. At the same time, he kicked Future Boruto squarely in the abdomen, sending him flying.
Future Boruto landed steadily not far from Cell. He dropped into a half-crouch, clutching his stomach, a pained expression flashing across his face.
Still crouched, Future Boruto raised his right hand toward Cell and fired off a Rasengan.
"Hmph."
Cell slowly extended his right hand and, with a cold snort, caught the incoming Rasengan and crushed it in his palm.
"Attacks like that are useless against me..." Cell turned his head to look at Future Boruto—but the boy had already vanished. "Hmm?"
Cell furrowed his brow, a look of confusion on his face.
"I'm up here!" Future Boruto shouted, descending from above while forming a one-handed seal. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball burst from Future Boruto's mouth, obscuring Cell's vision as he looked upward. As Cell raised his arms to defend, Future Boruto suddenly appeared at his feet and launched a sweeping kick at his legs.
The strike landed squarely on Cell's standing leg—but, as expected, Cell didn't topple. He remained firmly planted where he stood.
With his planned maneuver disrupted, Future Boruto had no choice but to pull back and create distance.
"In the face of overwhelming power, all your little tricks are meaningless," Cell said, arms crossed, watching Future Boruto retreat. Then, in an instant, he appeared directly in front of Boruto—so fast that even Boruto's Rinnegan couldn't track his movements. "Let me show you what that really means."
With an uppercut, he launched Future Boruto into the air, then instantly appeared overhead and slammed both fists down, driving him into the ground. The impact was so intense it triggered a small earthquake.
"Boruto!"
Mitsuki, lying on the ground, shouted out as he watched Boruto get smashed into the earth.
"What's wrong? Get up already. Don't you see your comrade is worried about you?"
Floating in midair, Cell looked down at Future Boruto below.
Slowly, Future Boruto rose to his feet. Thanks to the enhancement from his Super Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, his body had held up well enough to remain conscious even after Cell's devastating blows.
After steadying his breathing, Future Boruto suddenly looked up at Cell with sharp determination. His other eye—the Tenseigan—had opened.
The Tenseigan, capable of perceiving dimensional coordinates, could naturally track Cell's movements as well.
"I didn't think you'd actually be able to get back up. Perfect. Let's see how long your body can keep going."
Once again, Cell vanished from the sky and appeared in front of Future Boruto, swinging a fist toward his face.
But this time, Future Boruto caught the punch with his right hand.
"Impossible!"
Cell's expression twisted in disbelief. He immediately retracted his punch and switched to a left hook aimed at Boruto's undefended side.
But once again, his attack was stopped—Boruto released his right hand and caught Cell's second punch as well.
"No way!" Cell's face contorted in frustration as he unleashed a rapid barrage of punches using both hands, but incredibly, Future Boruto fended off all of them with just his right arm. "How are you tracking my movements?!"
Even though every strike was blocked, Cell's overwhelming strength still forced Boruto to retreat under the pressure.
"Maybe... this is my chance..."
Watching Cell focus all his attention on attacking Boruto, Mitsuki struggled to his feet and charged toward Cell despite his weakened condition.
"Get lost, you worthless pest!"
Without even looking, Cell lashed out with a kick, sending Mitsuki flying.
The sheer force of the blow shattered the ground where Mitsuki landed, knocking him completely unconscious.
But even after witnessing Mitsuki take a hit, Future Boruto didn't let his emotions show.
In a battle of this scale, there was no room for distractions.
"Lord Boruto, your shadow clone is ready," said Kurama from within Boruto's body.
At the same time, Boruto took another hit from Cell and pulled back once again.
"Yeah, I know, Kurama." He raised his eyes to meet Cell's. "Cell, maybe you're right. In the face of overwhelming strength, tricks and schemes don't matter. So it's time I show you my true power."
Cell frowned. He didn't know what Boruto was planning, but he had a bad feeling.
In the distance, the shadow clone that had been gathering natural energy suddenly dispersed.
The natural energy it had collected flowed back into Future Boruto, merging with the Nine-Tails Chakra and Super Saiyan Mode to awaken Boruto's ultimate form:
Super Sage Fox Mode.
Brilliant golden chakra flared violently from Boruto's body, shaking the earth beneath him.
"So powerful..."
The immense pressure from Boruto's aura swept over Cell like a storm.
As the energy gradually receded into Boruto's body, the shockwaves faded. Although Boruto now looked calm and unassuming, Cell didn't dare let his guard down.
"Come on, Cell."
Future Boruto walked up to him slowly and spoke.
"Perfect. I'll use you to test the limits of this new body."
As Cell finished speaking, the two lunged at each other, fists slamming into their opponent's face at the same time.
The resulting shockwave forced them apart, but they immediately clashed again.
Their battle raged from the ground to the sky, then back to the earth.
"Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken!"
Seizing another opportunity, Future Boruto knocked Cell to the ground. He raised his right hand overhead, forming a spinning, shuriken-shaped Rasengan that emitted a sharp whir as he hurled it downward.
The Rasenshuriken struck Cell directly, slicing the earth into gravel as its rotating force shredded the terrain.
Future Boruto descended from the sky, his face still carrying a look of grim determination.