In an instant.
Yes, from the moment that Pseudo-Nine-Tailed appeared at the edge of Konoha, until it was cleaved in half by a sky-descending azure light blade, dissolving into a torrent of Chakra... the entire sequence took less than ten seconds!
Fast! So fast that the mind couldn't keep up! So fast that Konoha's defense forces didn't even have time to fully deploy their formation! So fast that Jiraiya still held the hand signs for his Summoning Jutsu!
That creature, which was powerful enough to threaten all of Konoha, required Jiraiya to personally stand ready, and might even have forced Naruto or Sasuke to divert their attention to reinforce the Village—that "Final Contingency," the trump card carrying Urashiki's last scheme and hope for escape... was it just casually, as if dusting off dirt, instantly killed?!
On the cliff, Boruto's mouth hung open, and Satsuki's eyes were filled with shock and confusion.
At the edge of Konoha, Jiraiya's hand signs froze mid-air, Kakashi's dead fish eyes were wide and round, and all the prepared Jonin and Anbu were as if struck by a Paralysis Jutsu.
And the one who suffered the greatest shock was Otsutsuki Urashiki on the main battlefield.
A chilling coldness made his mutated body tremble slightly. His hands and feet felt icy.
This era... this Village, which he regarded as a "nest of lesser monkeys"... what kind of monster is still hidden here?!
The "weight" of that Pseudo-Nine-Tailed. Although it was just a copy, given the purity and magnitude of the Nine-Tails Chakra he injected, its actual combat power would not be much inferior to a wild Tailed Beast!
Yet, a creation like that was casually sliced and annihilated... as easily as cutting tofu?
His only escape route, the last chip he relied on to turn the tables... was so casually and completely extinguished?!
"So that's it... it was Zacian." Uzumaki Naruto looked at the gradually subsiding azure light in the direction of Konoha and instantly understood what had happened.
He turned his gaze back to the dispirited Urashiki and raised his right hand. Above his palm, blue-green Chakra began to rapidly gather.
"It seems your schemes have completely failed, Urashiki. It's time... to end all of this."
"Wind Release: Vacuum Tornado World-Eroding Rasengan!"
A highly compressed storm was blended into the Rasengan, and a blue-green Rasengan rapidly took shape in his hand.
"Sasuke," Naruto said without turning his head, "Let's go together."
"...Hmph." Uchiha Sasuke responded curtly. He ignored the name of the Jutsu, which sounded a bit... well, "unique." He raised his remaining arm, and in his palm, Yin Release Chakra and violent Lightning Release Chakra surged forth simultaneously.
He pressed his power-condensing hand onto the blue-green Wind Release Rasengan in Naruto's hand!
"Sizzle—Boom!!!"
The cold depth of the Yin Release and the fierce violence of the Lightning Release instantly merged with the ferocious cutting power of the Wind Release Rasengan, and the color of the Rasengan began to deepen.
Pulsating purple electric arcs wrapped around the blue-green sphere, its volume further expanded, and the internal energy fluctuations surged exponentially!
"Oh? That name... it has quite the Aura."
In Naruto's inner world, a certain blonde figure stroked his chin and commented with an approving smile, "It's just that the first half was a bit too concise."
"Shut up! Fourth Hokage! This is all your fault!"
Immediately following was the Nine-Tailed's roar, mixed with annoyance and a hint of embarrassment.
Outside, the instant the three-attribute Chakra reached a delicate balance, the light of the Eternal Mangekyo flashed in Sasuke's eyes.
"Amaterasu."
The jet-black flames of Amaterasu, known as the "Flame That Never Dies," precisely wrapped around and merged into the outer layer of the already highly unstable Rasengan, staining it with a layer of destructive, profound black!
"Boom—!!!"
With the full infusion of Sasuke's power, the Rasengan in Naruto's hand underwent a qualitative transformation and a quantitative explosion!
And finally, a warm, dark red Chakra full of vital life force—the power of Kurama—dominated all these powerful and violent forces, bringing them to a dangerously balanced Peak state!
Feeling the sphere in his hand, which concentrated the power of both men, Naruto took a deep breath and declared in an incredibly solemn tone:
"It's decided! The name of this technique shall be—"
"[Ashura Blade: God-Shattering Heavenly Lightning Black Flame Scorching Tailed Beast Rasengan Random Zero Style]!"
"..."
Uchiha Sasuke's mouth twitched uncontrollably, almost imperceptibly. He finally couldn't help but mutter a quiet complaint. "Idiot... the name is a bit too long."
At the same time, a flicker of understanding crossed his mind. Through briefly fighting alongside this Naruto, especially by observing his interactions with his mother Kushina over the past two days, and recalling his own world's interactions with the briefly resurrected Minato Namikaze on the battlefield, he vaguely perceived some subtle differences in the personalities of the Narutos from the two worlds.
The Naruto from his world, perhaps, had a personality more akin to his lively, passionate, and sometimes eccentric mother, Uzumaki Kushina.
Whereas this world's Naruto, while also valuing bonds and having a steadfast heart, had an overall temperament that leaned more toward his father, Minato Namikaze.
More composed, calm, and thorough... along with this absolutely terrible naming sense.
"Bastard—!! [Ame-no-Subaru Hoshinomikoto: Ryūgū]!!!"
Urashiki, his retreat cut off and escape hopeless, let out a final, desperate, and unwilling roar of madness! He squeezed out every last bit of residual Chakra from his body without reservation!
Purple-black energy frantically gathered again; the monstrous energy-body Giant Oarfish reappeared. In its gaping maw, a purplish-red Chakra sphere, larger than before, rapidly condensed. This was his final and strongest strike, carrying the resolve to die together!
"Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!"
The next instant, the final collision erupted!
On one side was the ridiculously long-named [Ashura Blade: God-Shattering Heavenly Lightning Black Flame Scorching Tailed Beast Rasengan Random Zero Style], over three meters in diameter, with a destructive river of blue, purple, and black flowing inside, wrapped in dark red Tailed Beast Chakra!
On the other side was the [Ame-no-Subaru Hoshinomikoto: Ryūgū], over ten meters in diameter, radiating pure destructive fluctuation, Urashiki's all-out effort!
Large and small, two ultimate attacks containing vastly different wills and powers violently collided at the center of the battlefield!
There was no stalemate.
The moment they touched, the result was already decided.
"Hiss—Sizzle Sizzle Sizzle—Rumble!!!"
The massive purplish-red Chakra sphere, upon contact with the "small" yet highly condensed and extremely complex-attributed Rasengan, was rapidly and irresistibly disintegrated and scattered starting from the point of contact!
The [Ashura Blade: God-Shattering Heavenly Lightning Black Flame Scorching Tailed Beast Rasengan Random Zero Style] tore through and devoured the [Ame-no-Subaru Hoshinomikoto: Ryūgū] with unstoppable momentum, forcibly dismantling and annihilating its immense energy!
"H-how is this possible..." The light in Urashiki's eyes rapidly dimmed as his ultimate technique dissolved.
In just a few seconds, his final, desperate purple Giant Oarfish and energy sphere were utterly defeated and vanished without a trace!
Meanwhile, the destructive Rasengan in Naruto's hand, carrying an unstoppable Aura, slammed down fiercely upon Urashiki, who had no backup plan left!
"This is the end!" Naruto's voice clearly cut through the roar of the energy, "Farewell!"
"Ugh... Ahhh—!! Damn it—!!!" Urashiki let out a final, unwilling roar, his mutated body struggling and twisting pointlessly in the terrifying energy storm.
The destructive energy torrent completely swallowed him. His body began to disintegrate inch by inch under the attack, which fused multiple elemental powers. First, the black markings on his surface peeled off, then his mutated limbs turned to ash, and finally, his entire torso dissipated in the light.
In the final moment before his complete demise, his golden Rinnegan locked tightly and firmly onto Naruto's figure behind the light.
Was he trying to firmly remember this lower-life form who drove him to desperation and ultimately sent him to death, etching a curse onto his Soul? Or was he trying, one last time, to understand this "lesser being" who repeatedly shattered his understanding and possessed incredible power?
No one knows.
"Bang—!"
Finally, all the Chakra fluctuations suddenly contracted inward, then turned into a gentle energy breeze, slowly spreading outwards.
There were no remnants, no bloodstains, no residual Chakra.
Otsutsuki Urashiki, the traces of his existence in this space-time, were completely and cleanly... erased by this final strike.
The wind blew across the scarred earth, stirring up fine dust.
On the main battlefield, Naruto and Sasuke slowly lowered their arms.
The threat from an alternate space-time, the invasion and ambition of Otsutsuki Urashiki, came to an end at this moment.
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