"Demon Armor - Incursio!"
As Kuzan and Issho faced off, Naruto's shout suddenly came from the ice mountain beside them. Immediately, the ice mountain cracked, and Naruto, holding Longsword·Infinity, burst out of the ice and powerfully swung his sword at Kuzan.
Wind Breathing, Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind!
Several tornado-shaped spiral wind blades roared out, instantly tearing Kuzan's body apart.
"Ararara!~"
Kuzan's shattered body instantly reformed, and he looked at Naruto with a pained expression, his eyes flickering as he said, "Can't you just wait quietly over there for a while? Also, what's with that new look of yours? It's too cool!"
"Hehehe!~"
Naruto couldn't help but grin triumphantly when he heard Kuzan's words.
"Even if you say that, I won't lend it to you.
Besides, we haven't lost yet!"
At this moment, Naruto held Longsword·Infinity, his entire body covered in cool, mechanical-looking armor, which was also wrapped in a layer of Tailed Beast Chakra. Six Chakra tails swayed and danced behind him, looking incredibly cool. Even Kuzan couldn't help but have his eyes light up when he saw his equipment.
"That's right!"
Yamato also jumped from the broken ice to Naruto's side, holding her spiked club and standing shoulder to shoulder with him. She shouted indignantly at Kuzan,
"We won't lose that easily! Don't underestimate us, you ice-cold bastard!"
Yamato was very annoyed that she had been frozen twice despite possessing the same ability, so she particularly disliked Kuzan.
Issho, standing behind the two, heard their words and immediately reined in his aura. He then took a few steps back and chuckled.
"It seems it's not my turn to appear yet."
Issho could sense that Kuzan had no killing intent toward Naruto and Yamato, so he was relieved to let them challenge Kuzan, treating it as an opportunity for the two to hone their strength.
After all, a sparring partner like Kuzan was a rare find.
"Ararara, how troublesome!"
Kuzan looked at Naruto and Yamato, who were full of fighting spirit, showing an extremely pained expression. Then a chilling cold air rose from his body as he said somewhat impatiently,
"Although I really don't want to go all out against kids, I'm not in the mood to continue messing around with you right now!"
"Then defeat us seriously!"
Naruto held his Longsword horizontally, let out a low roar, and then slashed it down fiercely. Sharp wind blades mixed with black sword energy roared out, instantly shattering Kuzan's body.
"It's useless!"
Kuzan's shattered body instantly recovered. Then he raised his hand toward Naruto, releasing a burst of freezing air.
Seeing this, Naruto's Chakra tails behind him immediately swelled and enlarged, stretching across his front like a giant shield and blocking the incoming freezing air.
"Ice-cold bastard, don't ignore me!"
At this moment, Yamato leaped up, jumping onto Kuzan's head. She brought her spiked club, wrapped in freezing air, down with full force.
"Ice Slash!"
With one strike, Kuzan's newly recovered upper body was instantly shattered again, and the fragments were frozen by the freezing air wrapped around the spiked club.
But Kuzan himself was ice—how could he be frozen?
However, Yamato's attack was not intended to affect Kuzan. It was merely to create an opportunity for Naruto to attack.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Naruto formed hand seals. His face mask retracted, his chest swelled, and then he fiercely expelled a raging fire dragon toward Kuzan, instantly evaporating his body.
"Ararara!~"
Kuzan's body re-condensed from nothingness. He looked at Naruto with surprise.
"You can even breathe fire? What kind of ability user are you exactly?"
"I won't tell you!"
Naruto made a face at Kuzan.
Even if I completely evaporate his body with Fire Release, it won't cause him any damage… and the freezing air he releases can even freeze Chakra. Logia-type ability users are indeed difficult to deal with!
"Didn't you say Armament Haki could attack the true body of Logia-type ability users? Why don't you try attacking with Armament Haki?" Nine-Tails' voice echoed in Naruto's ear.
"It's useless. His Haki is stronger than mine. Even if I grasp his true body, my Armament Haki still needs to be stronger than his for it to work," Naruto replied mentally.
The prerequisite for using Armament Haki to attack a Natural-type user's true body is that the opponent does not possess Haki.
If both parties possess Haki, then even if one can grasp the true body, one's own Haki must still be stronger than the opponent's.
Naruto didn't believe his untrained Haki could surpass Kuzan's.
There was also another important reason: Naruto worried that using Armament Haki might cause the Yin-Yang attribute Chakra in his body to become unbalanced again. So he had to wait for the right moment.
"Since attribute-countering attacks don't work, then I can only rely on quantity!"
Naruto formed hand seals.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
White smoke exploded, and countless Narutos appeared out of thin air, simultaneously forming various Rasengan as they swarmed toward Kuzan.
"What the hell?!"
Kuzan looked at the suddenly appearing multitude of Narutos.
Was he hallucinating?
No.
It wasn't a hallucination. They were all real.
Because every attack launched by those Narutos rushing toward him was solid.
"Ice Time!"
Kuzan's body erupted with cold air, freezing a large number of Narutos rushing toward him. Then he looked at the remaining Narutos with curiosity.
"You can breathe fire, create clones, and you have that cool armor… so what kind of ability have you mastered, kid?!"
"I won't tell you, nah nah nah!~"
Countless Narutos simultaneously made faces at Kuzan before swarming him again.
Some used various forms of Rasengan.
Some used different Ninjutsu.
Others used swords.
Long-range, close-range, and sneak attacks came from every direction.
Although none of the attacks truly harmed Kuzan, they were extremely annoying.
"Thunder Bagua!"
One of the Narutos suddenly transformed into Yamato. She swung her spiked club wrapped in Armament Haki toward Kuzan's head.
Kuzan's eyes narrowed. He actually retreated to dodge the attack before kicking her away.
"Hehehe!~"
Yamato flipped mid-air and landed among the Narutos.
"He dodged it! I'm gradually getting a grasp on his true body!"
"Hmm, I saw it!"
One Naruto quickly formed hand seals, touched Yamato, and transformed her into another Naruto.
"Keep going! As long as we keep attacking, we'll find his weakness!"
"Oh!~"
Countless Narutos roared as they charged again.
"This is getting a bit annoying."
Kuzan looked at the swarm of Narutos with impatience.
"You brats… I just didn't want to go all out against kids. Don't think I have no temper."
"Ice Age!"
A massive wave of freezing air erupted, instantly freezing all the Narutos on the ground.
Kuzan leaped upward, appearing among the Narutos above and releasing another freezing shockwave.
"Crap, I've been found!"
The Naruto being attacked quickly blocked with Chakra tails but was instantly frozen into an ice sculpture.
At that moment, the remaining clones burst into white smoke and disappeared.
"Thunder Soldier Bagua!"
As Kuzan landed, Yamato's voice came from behind him. Her spiked club whistled through the air toward the back of his head.
"It's useless. I already spotted you!"
Kuzan condensed an ice blade to block the attack.
"The same move won't work a second—"
"Hah!"
Naruto descended from above, Longsword·Infinity wrapped in Armament Haki.
"Armament: One-Hit Kill!"
Clang!
Kuzan blocked with his Haki-covered arm.
"That was close. I thought I froze your real body earlier."
"Heh!~"
Naruto simply chuckled.
Crack!
The ice beneath Kuzan suddenly shattered.
Naruto, in Lion King state, burst out from below and slammed a Haki-covered punch into Kuzan's jaw.
Boom!
Kuzan flew dozens of meters away.
"Finally hit him!"
Naruto looked excited.
"Amazing, Naruto! You hit him!"
Yamato jumped beside him.
"You took down that ice-cold bastard!"
"How could that be…"
Naruto smiled wryly.
Then Kuzan slowly stood up.
"That was a remarkable tactic," Kuzan said calmly. "If your Haki were stronger, you might have actually taken me down."
"Don't lie!"
Naruto glared.
"You deliberately let me hit you!"
"I'm not that bored."
Kuzan rubbed his jaw.
"That really hurt."
At this moment Issho walked forward.
"This Marine Vice Admiral is right."
He smiled toward Naruto.
"The tactics you displayed were truly brilliant and worthy of praise."
"You have already done very well."
Issho then stepped forward into a fighting stance toward Kuzan.
"Please leave the rest of the battle to me."
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