"It seems my control over ki is still not good enough."
Goku looked down at the massive crater tens of kilometers deep and frowned.
With his increased strength, even a casual ki blast now possessed power exceeding that of Piccolo's full-force attack.
But he wasn't satisfied.
While the attack seemed incredibly powerful, creating a crater tens of kilometers deep, its actual power was insufficiently concentrated; the force was dispersed.
It might be effective against ordinary people, but against skilled opponents, it was utterly ineffective.
Therefore, he needed to work harder on ki control, compressing the power into a smaller area as much as possible.
This would minimize environmental damage but yield better results.
It would be like reducing the force that could have destroyed tens of kilometers...
All of it was compressed into a few dozen meters, or even just a few meters, before exploding.
Actually, after training with the God of Heaven, his control over ki had already improved significantly.
But there was no way around it; his strength was increasing even faster.
Therefore, his control over ki needed to be practiced more as his strength increased.
However, this wasn't a big problem. Now that he had Shadow Clones, he could cheat his training; with just a little attention, he could easily complete it.
"This... is too outrageous!"
Looking at the giant crater below, Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto all gasped.
Because during their rescue of Gaara, they had learned a lot about Deidara, knowing that Deidara... He possessed the Bakudo Kekkei Genkai.
So when he saw Deidara create that clay giant, he guessed its power was considerable and worried that the explosion would harm Sasuke.
Therefore, he asked Goku for help in destroying it.
However, he never expected that Goku's seemingly ordinary ki blast would have such terrifying power.
Before, when he saw Goku destroy the moon, although it seemed impressive, it was just a flash of light, and the moon disappeared.
Because he was too far away, it didn't feel very real.
Now this is very real; a giant crater tens of kilometers wide, just looking at it makes one's heart pound.
If he were hit by that, he would probably be dead.
Because of the shockwave from the blast was so strong that Sasuke felt a sharp shove in his back and immediately lost control of his body.
Fortunately, Goku's arm instantly grew longer and larger, grabbing the thrown Sasuke.
However, Sasuke didn't want to be caught, and powerful lightning erupted from his body.
But that lightning was like a tickle to Goku in his current state.
With just a little force, Goku felt like he was about to crush Sasuke.
"Sasuke, look down! Don't resist! You can't beat Goku!" Kakashi quickly warned.
Sasuke looked down at the massive crater stretching tens of kilometers below, his face instantly paling.
"Sasuke, although Itachi was an undercover agent infiltrating Akatsuki on behalf of the village, the Uchiha clan massacre had other reasons!"
Sakura shouted loudly.
Hearing Sakura's words, Sasuke's expression changed again, as if he were completely stunned.
"Sasuke, your hatred can end now. Come back, Team 7 will always be waiting for you!"
As Goku pulled Sasuke aside and put him down, Naruto stepped forward and hugged Sasuke.
Sasuke was still in a daze.
"Don't doubt it. Anyway, Itachi has already been captured, you can verify it slowly when we get back to the village."
Kakashi, knowing Sasuke's personality, added one last sentence, which finally calmed Sasuke down completely.
"I have three more companions nearby."
"Then let's take them all back to the village." Seeing Sasuke's expression, Kakashi knew things were settled.
He then pointed to Deidara, who was still engrossed in the "art" he had just performed.
"Goku, that's also a member of Akatsuki. Could you knock him out too? We'll take him with us."
"No problem."
Goku's figure flashed, appearing behind Deidara.
The next second, he carried the unconscious Deidara back to Kakashi and the others.
Sasuke, sitting cross-legged, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye upon seeing this.
Deidara, who had just fought him to a standstill, couldn't even withstand a single blow from this boy.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
After dealing with Deidara, Goku didn't immediately leave with everyone. Instead, he created dozens of shadow clones and waved his hand towards the ground.
"Restored to its original state!"
In the blink of an eye, the massive crater, tens of kilometers in size, disappeared, returning to its previous state.
As if the crater had never existed at all. With the help of shadow clones, his otherwise mediocre spells received an epic boost in effectiveness.
After all, some magical effects can be stacked.
A normal wizard's stun spell has no effect on a dragon, but if a hundred wizards simultaneously cast a stun spell on a dragon, even a dragon with high magic resistance would be brought down by the stun spell.
This is one of the reasons why magical creatures, despite being so powerful and dangerous, are often endangered.
And Goku, having learned Multiple Shadow Clone Techniques, doesn't care about individual strength; he can even create tens of thousands of shadow clones.
Imagine the effect of tens of thousands of shadow clones simultaneously casting stun spells, binding spells, freezing spells, and so on.
You must know, magic's energy consumption is far lower than that of a ki blast.
Even if he created ten thousand shadow clones, each capable of unleashing hundreds or even thousands of spells, it wouldn't be a problem.
After ten minutes, they flew to a nearby town and picked up Sasuke's current companions: Kizuki, Karin, and Jugo.
Goku then teleported everyone back to Konoha Village. Upon arriving, they heard an extremely arrogant voice.
"Do you want to dance too?"
"What's going on? Who is that guy?!" Naruto and Sakura exclaimed simultaneously.
It's no wonder they were shocked, because Konoha was once again in ruins, surrounded by injured ninjas.
In the center of the village stood a man with long black hair...
A man in red armor was being ganged up on.
Or rather, he was ganging up on everyone else.
This "everyone" included Jiraiya from Konoha, Gaara from Sunagakure, Onoki from Iwagakure, Mei Terumi from Kirigakure, and A from Kumogakure.
Also, there were elite Jonin like Guy, Asuma, and the others from the other four major hidden villages.
Tsunade, along with all the village's medical ninjas and their summoning beast, Katsuyu, were treating the injured ninjas and affected villagers.
"It's a Sharingan, or even a Mangekyou Sharingan!"
Sasuke looked into the black-haired man's eyes and immediately recognized that he possessed the same Sharingan as himself.
"This is... Orochimaru's Edo Tensei, he is Uchiha Madara." Kakashi's expression was incredibly grave.
Having learned from Goku that the mastermind behind Akatsuki was Uchiha Madara, he had specifically researched information about Uchiha Madara, including his portrait.
Therefore, he immediately recognized the terrifying ninja who had suppressed everyone in the fight as none other than Uchiha Madara.
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