Chapter 17: Battle with Shukaku

Chapter 17: Battle with Shukaku
As Naruto and his team continued to move forward, the twenty-one people chasing behind also rushed forward at the fastest speed, not expecting an ambush at all. Suddenly, the one in the lead felt something was wrong, but it was too late.

"Earth Escape, Multiple Earth Array Walls"

Several earth walls rose from the ground, quickly trapping the twenty people in pursuit.

The twenty people found it difficult to understand why four people were running forward and there was still someone to ambush.

But Naruto didn't give them time to think.

"Art fire escape ho fireball"

The earth wall left them no room to escape, and Naruto's fire escape was released from top to bottom, turning twenty people into ashes in an instant.

Looking at the enemies disappearing in the fire, Naruto said: "Never let your guard down against the enemy at any time, even if your enemy is running away at full speed." If these twenty people acted separately, Naruto would not be able to kill them all at once.

At this moment, the man who had been hiding in the dark took action and attacked Naruto from behind, but Naruto seemed unaware. When the enemy chopped off Naruto's head, he didn't have time to be happy before he realized that it was a shadow clone, but it was too late.

"Rasengan" The enemy closed his eyes with regret and disbelief. Looking at the enemy who was killed, Naruto said: "The opponent may be better at hiding than you" and then released the shadow clone, and the real body immediately knew what happened here.

Just when Naruto released his Shadow Clone, a masked man appeared out of nowhere: "No wonder the Daimyo sent me to get rid of him. The Shadow Clone alone has such strength. When it grows up, we don't know how many people will die in his hands." This man's ability to conceal his whereabouts is really amazing. Not only did Naruto not notice it, but the ninja dog also didn't notice it.

On the other side, Naruto and his crew were still chasing Sasuke. Naruto received information from the shadow clone and knew that the enemy behind had been dealt with. Now the first priority was to find Sasuke as soon as possible, so he urged the ninja dog to act quickly.

"It's just ahead," Parker said.
At this time, Naruto happened to see Sasuke using Chidori to fight Gaara. Even Shukaku's body was cut in half by Sasuke. Chidori is indeed a ninjutsu created by Kakashi. But Sasuke's chakra is really limited. This is the second Chidori. If he uses it again, he will not be able to suppress the curse seal. Gaara's body can be continuously restored after being beaten, and Shukaku's power is getting stronger and faster. If it weren't for the Sharingan, Sasuke might have been killed long ago.

Fortunately, Naruto arrived in time and shouted to Sasuke, "Sasuke, you have consumed too much chakra. This guy is not an ordinary ninja. You step back for now. I will be his next opponent." Seeing Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru coming, Sasuke's chakra was almost consumed. He said, "Naruto, be careful, this guy is so fast." He had no choice but to step aside to rest. Sakura took care of Sasuke. Shikamaru was frightened when he saw Gaara's appearance and had an urge to run away.

Naruto created ten shadow clones, and threw shurikens at Gaara, forcing him to defend. At the same time, he formed seals and released the combination ninjutsu Tornado Gale. This ninjutsu has been invincible since its creation. However, although Gaara was in great pain in the flames this time, Shukaku's power was getting stronger and stronger, and it was constantly approaching its perfect form. Such a monster was beyond the knowledge of Sakura, Shikamaru, and Sasuke. This was also the first time Naruto had seen it. It was indeed a tailed beast. There was probably no way to defeat it with this level of ninjutsu. Moreover, as the power of the tailed beast continued to grow, its size became larger and larger. With Naruto's current strength, he had to deal with it carefully. Facing such a monster, Sasuke and the others had no idea what to do. Sakura was worried about Naruto, and Shikamaru's brain exploded. Just looking at the size, he could tell the difference in strength between the two sides. Seeing this, Naruto bit his finger and controlled the amount of chakra. As long as he summoned Bunta at this level, it would be almost enough, and it was more suitable for dealing with Shukaku's size.

The "Summoning Technique" was accompanied by smoke, and a huge frog appeared, holding a huge pipe in its mouth and a huge short knife. It was the boss Gamabunta. Seeing Gamabunta, Sasuke couldn't believe it. He had never seen Naruto's Rasengan. He didn't expect Naruto to have such a level of power. It was simply not on the same level as himself. Although Sakura and Shikamaru had seen Naruto's Rasengan, the size of Gamabunta was too shocking.

When Bunta appeared and saw that it was not Jiraiya, he said to Naruto above him: "Are you the boy that Shima said? You have such chakra at such a young age. I recognize you." That boy looks like the Jinchuriki of Sand Shukaku. I hope Shukaku doesn't wake up. If Shukaku wakes up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist. However, when Gaara saw Naruto summon Bunta, he directly performed the technique of pretending to sleep, and Shukaku woke up.

Shukaku was extremely happy when he woke up, but he was very unhappy when he saw Bunta, his former enemy. Although Shukaku was only one-tailed and the weakest among the tailed beasts, he also had powerful chakra and kept firing iron bullets. Bunta could only dodge and could not get close. Shukaku's iron bullets seemed to be endless, and Bunta was completely at a disadvantage.

At this time, Naruto said to Bunta, "Boss, just jump over from the air, you attract his attack, I will deal with him." After that, Naruto split into shadow clones and began to gather strength to perform the Rasengan. Bunta threw Naruto with his tongue, and slashed at Shukaku with his sword. Naruto hit Shukaku with the Rasengan at an extremely fast speed, and one of Shukaku's hands was directly scrapped, and Bunta also stabbed him.

"It hurts, it hurts, boy, you've completely pissed me off."

A lot of yellow sand came towards Naruto, and the iron bullets kept bombarding Bunta. Naruto moved quickly and once again began to use the Rasengan. Shukaku also knew that Naruto's technique was very powerful, so he fired sand bullets at Naruto, trying to stop Naruto's Rasengan. A lot of sand bullets attacked Naruto, covering a wide area. If Shukaku's attack hit him, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die. The Thunder God Armor appeared on Naruto's body. This time the Thunder God Armor could cover his whole body, and his speed was also improved. Although he tried his best to dodge, he was still hit by two bullets and suffered some minor injuries through the Thunder God Armor.

Then, Naruto's Rasengan was about to hit Shukaku, but it was unexpectedly blocked by a large amount of yellow sand. Although Shukaku was also hit hard in the end, it was impossible to seriously injure him. Naruto repeatedly used the Rasengan, but failed to effectively hit Shukaku. Instead, he consumed a lot of chakra. It seems that it will be difficult to defeat Shukaku without unlocking the sleeping technique.

Under this situation, Naruto could only use the human wave tactic, creating hundreds of clones and approaching Gaara at the same time. Shukaku had to deal with Bunta at the same time. Although Naruto's clones blocked most of them, a small part still rushed to Gaara and woke him up with a punch. Although Gaara woke up, he still manipulated the sand to knock down Naruto, but unfortunately he was beaten up by Naruto's clones.

Although Gaara's Sand Ninjutsu is very powerful, he is not very strong. He was knocked down in a few moves, and Shukaku's body began to collapse. Seeing this, Bunta became more and more convinced of Naruto's strength. Sakura admired Naruto very much, Shikamaru lamented that this was not a fight between humans, and Sasuke began to doubt his own growth.

Gaara, who was lying at his feet, saw Naruto approaching him step by step. He never thought that he would be wiped out one day, and he finally began to feel fear in his heart. Unexpectedly, Naruto did not take action, but said to Gaara: "I know the treatment of being a Jinchūriki, but this is not a reason to go to darkness, and it is also very painful for me to immerse myself in darkness. I hope you can understand."

Gaara didn't expect that Naruto didn't kill him, and then when Temari and Kankuro arrived, Naruto let them take Gaara away. At this time, Naruto's own chakra was almost exhausted.

(End of this chapter)