Boom boom boom...
In the desert of the Land of Wind, huge roars resounded through the heaven and earth, momentarily even drowning out the howling of sandstorms.
And the cause of this series of roars was two figures continuously colliding with each other.
Undoubtedly.
After Fūma Ichirō completed the ritual, the Research Institute immediately launched tests on him. After completing the physical data tests, Naruto personally took action for the actual combat test. So the two fighting fiercely on the field were exactly Fūma Ichirō and Naruto.
Considering the terrifying destructive power of 'Six Paths Level' combatants, this actual combat test was not chosen near the Research Institute but deliberately in the rarely visited desert of the Land of Wind.
The observation area was also moved from the ground to high-altitude airships.
Various personnel and instruments of the Research Institute filled several airships, recording this fierce battle from different directions without any blind spots.
Boom...
Another roar set off sky-filling sand and dust. In this dim yellow world, two figures retreated far away from each other.
"Huff huff... Huff huff..."
Naruto panted heavily, his chest heaving violently.
At this time, Menma, staying in Naruto's spiritual world, had a grave expression: "Don't compete in taijutsu with him anymore. You have no advantage in speed or strength!"
Naruto asked: "Then what should I do?"
Menma curled his lip: "Idiot, try ninjutsu!"
"Alright!"
Naruto nodded, formed hand seals, and activated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', creating countless shadow clones amidst a series of white smoke.
"Everyone attack together!"
With a shout, Naruto pounced on Fūma Ichirō opposite him first.
"Big idiot!"
After complaining about Naruto shouting to greet the shadow clones, Menma sat upright and began to manipulate chakra to absorb the natural energy between heaven and earth.
Through the fierce battle just now, he found the opponent outrageously strong. Without using ultimate moves, he and Naruto would likely lose.
On an airship in the distance.
Sasuke frowned: "What the hell is Naruto doing!"
Yakumo said: "This Fūma Ichirō is different from Yamada Juichi. He comes from the Fūma clan and received elite ninja education. Before being arrested, he already possessed the strength of a Special Jōnin. Such a guy, after being enhanced by the ritual, will inevitably be very difficult to deal with!"
Haku added: "I've seen the Institute's basic tests on him. His various values are far above Yamada Juichi. He is the experimental subject with the most excellent basic data among all subjects so far."
Hearing this, Sasuke's face darkened slightly.
Actually, without Yakumo and Haku's narration, just from the exchange just now, he knew this Fūma Ichirō was much stronger than Yamada Juichi before.
On another airship.
While paying attention to the battle on the field, Amado asked: "How is the data?"
The assistant wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "I don't know if the pressure given by Uzumaki Naruto is too great, but the experimental subject's current data has exceeded the data we tested yesterday!"
Amado murmured: "Is it because of individual differences?"
Judging solely from the data, Fūma Ichirō's strength had comprehensively crushed Orochimaru, Owl, Yamada Juichi, and others before. But the problem was that now the entire Research Institute couldn't figure out why this situation occurred!
On the battlefield.
It was clearly a battle between two people, yet it turned into a battlefield of thousands of troops.
However, Fūma Ichirō, surrounded by countless Naruto shadow clones in the center, was leisurely like walking on an outing. Strolling idly, he defeated Naruto's shadow clones one by one, causing white smoke to rise continuously on the battlefield!
Naruto was somewhat anxious: "Still no good. His insight ability is stronger than Sasuke's. Quantity seems useless against him!"
"Insight?"
Menma snorted coldly.
He had been paying attention to Fūma Ichirō and found that Fūma Ichirō's eyes didn't move at high frequency in his sockets like Sasuke during battle. Instead, he scanned the battlefield normally. This didn't look like the high insight of a Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai ninja at all.
But Naruto wasn't wrong either. Besides basic abilities like speed, strength, and reaction, Fūma Ichirō indeed showed unparalleled battlefield anticipation ability!
Bang bang bang...
Amidst the rising and falling muffled sounds, shadow clones were defeated one by one, dissipating into white smoke on the battlefield.
Seeing his shadow clones consumed in large numbers while the opponent remained relaxed, Naruto said: "Let's use that move!"
"En!"
Menma responded.
Swish...
In an instant, sky-soaring chakra gushed out from Naruto's body. Almost instantly, Naruto seemed to don a golden coat, his whole person becoming brilliant and dazzling.
On the airship.
Sasuke smirked: "That guy Naruto finally got serious!"
Yakumo praised: "'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode'? Such strong chakra!"
"No!" Shaking his head, Sasuke introduced: "This is not 'Nine-Tails Chakra Mode', but the stronger 'Six Paths Sage Mode'. That idiot Naruto caught up with me and successfully stepped into 'Six Paths Level' relying on this mode!"
"'Six Paths Sage Mode'!?"
Yakumo and Haku were both stunned.
Sasuke was full of confidence: "Just watch, the battle is about to end!"
On the battlefield.
Naruto, having activated 'Six Paths Sage Mode', held back no more. Instantly turning into a golden rainbow, he pounced on Fūma Ichirō.
Boom!
The two collided, erupting with a huge roar. Sound waves wrapped in airwaves blew all the surrounding sea of sand into the air.
"Quick... dodge!"
"Evacuate quickly!"
"Everyone hold on tight, prepare for the storm!"
The airships scattered around the battlefield were all affected by the aftershocks, swaying left and right in the sandstorm stirred up by the airwaves, like a lone boat in the ocean.
And at the core of the battlefield, the fierce fight between Naruto and Fūma Ichirō continued.
At this time, Fūma Ichirō had lost his previous leisure, but still controlled the situation on the battlefield, gradually suppressing Naruto who had activated 'Six Paths Sage Mode'.
On the swaying airship, Sasuke exclaimed: "This is impossible!"
On other airships, various instruments sounded alarms because the chakra erupted by the two on the field at this moment exceeded the detection limit of the instruments.
Amado's face was solemn, thinking to himself: "How can Fūma Ichirō be so strong? Where exactly did the problem occur?"
Tsunade beside him sighed secretly: "Unknowingly, Naruto has grown to this extent!"
However, on second thought, she thought of Shinji and put away her sighs.
As for Orochimaru, at this time he made no secret of the covetous look in his eyes, completely disregarding the bumpy airship, staring fixedly at Fūma Ichirō on the field.
This actually couldn't be blamed on Orochimaru, because this was already the result of his utmost effort to conceal his inner feelings. At this moment, whether out of his own ambition or some other instinct, his desire to absorb the Shinjutsu on Fūma Ichirō could no longer be suppressed...