"Alright, Naruto, now try to guide this power and perform the simplest attack. Let's see what you can achieve."
Naruto, enveloped in a brilliant golden Chakra cloak, was led by Jiraiya to a wide-open, uninhabited plain outside Konoha Village. It was spacious enough to serve as a testing ground for his power.
Naruto nodded, and with a thought, several giant fox claws made of condensed golden Chakra instantly extended from behind him. Subconsciously, he tried to condense a Rasengan in this form.
"Wait! No, no!" Jiraiya quickly raised his hand to stop him. "I said the most basic attack, not using Ninjutsu right away. This must be your first time fully controlling this form of power, right? For your first use, you need to progress gradually, starting with the most instinctive applications."
Naruto realized he was right. His current understanding of his strength was mostly based on its depiction in the 'original work,' but the sensation of actually controlling this power was entirely new. He had to start from scratch to familiarize himself with it.
He obediently retracted the formidable Chakra claws and instead tried to gather power in his right fist. As he concentrated his will, the golden Chakra flowing around his body was drawn, rapidly converging on his right fist, making the entire fist appear as if covered in a layer of burning golden flames, emitting a heart-pounding energy fluctuation.
"Hmph!"
Naruto threw a seemingly ordinary straight punch towards the empty plain in front of him!
However, the moment his fist struck, the highly condensed golden Chakra suddenly erupted and extended! A colossal, ethereal fist made entirely of solidified golden Chakra, like a cannonball, fiercely blasted forward!
"Boom!"
A deafening roar exploded on the plain! Under the astonished gazes of both Jiraiya and Naruto himself, the scene before them was terrifying—wherever the punch's force passed, the solid earth was violently churned up as if by an invisible giant plow! A violent shockwave, carrying countless rocks, soil, and grass fragments, swept and spread wildly forward in a fan shape!
After the dust settled slightly and the power subsided, a fan-shaped crater area, a hundred meters long and dozens of meters wide, appeared before them. The soil within the area was completely overturned and churned.
Keep in mind, for Naruto, this was merely an ordinary punch, unembellished by any technique! Jiraiya felt his nerves going numb. How old was this child?
He carefully observed Naruto's expression; there was only pure surprise at the destruction he had caused, not a trace of the wild joy or arrogance that usually came with acquiring great power... If Jiraiya himself had possessed such power at this age, he would probably have been so carried away he wouldn't know which way was up.
Seeing Naruto's temperament, Jiraiya felt a little relieved; at least he didn't have to worry about the child's mind being corrupted by power.
However, another problem emerged: if this power couldn't be finely controlled, in a real battle, it might inadvertently affect or even seriously injure his comrades.
"Mm-hmm, I understand," Jiraiya cleared his throat. "Before I teach you new moves, this sage must first tailor a set of control training methods specifically for your special form."
He said with a bit of a cocky tone, then quickly formed hand seals.
The newly churned soil in front of them rumbled and rose, forming a thick, sturdy earthen wall.
"Next, this is the level you need to achieve," Jiraiya said. With that, Chakra rapidly spun and condensed in his right palm, and a blue Rasengan instantly formed. He let out a low cry and pressed the Rasengan against the earthen wall.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a dull tearing sound, a perfectly regular, uniformly deep circular hole was carved into the earthen wall, with the destructive power perfectly confined within a specific range.
"Try to control your Chakra like this. You must have undergone tree-climbing training, right? The principle is the same; it's just that now you have to control a higher level of energy. Try to precisely restrain and shape this massive Chakra, rather than letting it violently gush out."
Looking at the new earthen wall Jiraiya had created, Naruto tried again. Golden Chakra claws extended from his back, attempting to condense a Rasengan in his palm as before.
"...?"
However, Naruto froze. He used the usual technique for condensing a Rasengan, but what appeared in his palm was not a blue Chakra sphere, but rather positive blue Chakra and negative red Chakra—representing Yang Release and Yin Release of the Nine-Tailed Chakra—beginning to converge and intertwine uncontrollably.
This was not a Rasengan at all, but... "A Tailed Beast Ball?!"
As the Chakra continuously converged and compressed, a deep, unstable, black-purple sphere radiating destructive energy fluctuations suddenly appeared in Naruto's palm.
This was a true, complete Tailed Beast Ball, made entirely of Nine-Tailed Chakra! Far superior to the half-baked Tailed Beast Ball he had used in his Four-Tails state before!
That's right, the inspiration for the Rasengan's development came from the Fourth Hokage's observation of the Tailed Beast Ball. Could it be... that when using pure Nine-Tailed Chakra, and at a sufficiently high energy level, attempting to condense a Rasengan would directly trigger the generation of its prototype—the Tailed Beast Ball?
"Naruto! This thing... can you control it?!"
Jiraiya's face changed drastically; he immediately recognized this terrifying Ninjutsu. The energy fluctuations emanating from that black-purple sphere made him feel a deadly threat he hadn't experienced in a long time!
"...I'm not entirely sure of its specific power, Mr. Jiraiya," Naruto said cautiously, feeling the energy mass in his palm. "I think... we should test it somewhere else."
Before he finished speaking, he forcefully hurled the unstable Tailed Beast Ball high into the sky!
The black-purple sphere rapidly ascended like a shooting star in reverse. After reaching a certain critical point, it suddenly stopped, and then—
"Boom!"
A blinding white light instantly swallowed everything in the sky, as if a second sun had appeared out of nowhere! Immediately followed by a deafening explosion that threatened to tear eardrums!
The violent shockwave was clearly felt even on the ground, forming a visible white ring of air that spread wildly outwards from the epicenter of the explosion! The clouds in the sky were instantly torn apart and pushed aside, creating a giant void.
Jiraiya looked up at the scene in the sky, cold sweat trickling down his temples. He had no doubt that if those things had fallen on Konoha just now... the entire Village would probably be completely wiped off the map in an instant.
Hmm... the power is still slightly inferior to the Great Spiraling Ring.
This was Naruto's internal assessment after comparing them. But a bolder idea then emerged. What if... he used the complete Nine-Tailed Chakra to condense the Great Spiraling Ring?
He merely simulated the scene in his mind—the ultimate Ninjutsu, already capable of destroying a Village, infused with the destructive Chakra of a Tailed Beast... He decided to wait until he left the Village next time and found an even more open space to try it.
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