Chapter 106 Majestic Attire: Susanoo

"That's truly an evil power."

Hearing this, Hagoromo's brow furrowed slightly.

Through his observations in the Pure Land, Hagoromo had naturally learned about the abilities of Naruto's Mangekyo Sharingan. While the power of his left eye was formidable, it was still within the realm of normalcy. However, the ability of his right eye was excessively sinister.

"Power itself has no distinction between good and evil."

Naruto's gaze was cold, and the red Chakra rapidly spread across his entire body. Unlike the usual bubble-like Tailed Beast Chakra that enveloped him, this Chakra, resembling blood, slowly coated his body.

Hagoromo immediately launched an attack. He raised his right hand toward Naruto, and a high-intensity current of Lightning Nature Chakra formed in his palm. The dispersed lightning, shaped like tree branches, shot toward Naruto.

Naruto's right eye twitched slightly, and a black vortex appeared in front of him.

The Lightning Release Hagoromo unleashed was a pure Lightning Nature Chakra attack, which Naruto directly absorbed and converted into his own Chakra.

Naruto's eyes were soon covered by the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and at this moment, he looked like a true monster.

His entire body was shrouded in dark red Chakra, with only his eyes and mouth appearing as hollow white voids.

Behind him, nine long tails whipped around wildly like whips, each swing creating a powerful gust of wind that formed a massive red Chakra storm.

This storm, resembling a tornado, swirled around him with overwhelming force and momentum, causing the surrounding trees to rustle violently as if they were about to be uprooted.

After his first attack was blocked by Naruto, Hagoromo realized that pure Chakra attacks were ineffective against Naruto. It can be said that Naruto's Dojutsu, Bishamonten, in some ways, was even more terrifying than the Rinnegan's abilities.

He raised both hands, palms facing each other, and focused his gaze on Naruto. Slowly, he made a squeezing motion.

As he did so, a rumbling sound echoed, as if the entire world was trembling.

The ground beneath Naruto's feet began to sink, while the land on either side rose as if pushed by an immense force, rapidly closing in like two mountains crushing toward Naruto.

Seeing this, Naruto tried to leap into the air to evade, but at that moment, a powerful gravitational force suddenly appeared beneath his feet, pulling him down and preventing him from jumping.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, the two massive, solid land masses finally collided, completely burying Naruto. Dust billowed into the air, forming a thick cloud.

Hagoromo lowered his hands, but his focus remained sharp.

Soon after, the ground trembled again, and Hagoromo's instincts kicked in. He raised his right hand once more.

A black beam suddenly shot out from the ground, striking the palm of his raised hand.

The terrifying attack seemed to have no effect on Hagoromo's palm. The black beam dissipated upon contact, melting away like snow.

Absorbing Chakra is a basic ability of the Rinnegan.

The black beam didn't linger in Hagoromo's hand for long. Like a long blade, it sliced vertically backward, cutting the ground that had been pressing down on Naruto in half. A fiery red figure burst out from the earth.

The dark red figure shot toward Hagoromo like an arrow.

Naruto also knew that ninjutsu attacks were useless against someone with the Rinnegan, and Genjutsu likely wouldn't work either. He didn't possess the ability to manipulate gravity or repulsive forces like Hagoromo, so the best approach was to rely on Taijutsu.

"Hah!"

Naruto let out a low shout.

With several steps on the ground, the earth cracked, and his speed increased even further. His fist, wrapped in terrifying Chakra, roared like a cannon.

It wasn't that Naruto didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique, but the moment the Flying Thunder God's mark appeared near Hagoromo, it was erased by Hagoromo's Six Paths power.

Facing Naruto's physical assault, Hagoromo responded in kind.

As the Sage of Six Paths, although his current body couldn't unleash his full power, he had no weaknesses.

Thus, the most terrifying battle in the current Ninja World appeared, at least in terms of movement, to be rather ordinary.

Though not honed over a long period, Naruto's Taijutsu was already among the top in the Ninja World thanks to his Tailed Beast Transformation and the insight provided by his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Moreover, with the Nine-Tails' Chakra, he completely disregarded his own injuries.

The two exchanged blows, like fists and kicks, in a seemingly simple manner. However, the power behind each strike, the speed of their attacks, and the shockwaves generated from their collisions far surpassed the scope of ordinary Ninjutsu.

Every simple movement they made seemed to unleash an endless surge of power.

The ground continued to explode, and the resulting whirlwinds wreaked havoc.

Often, before their fists even connected, the sheer force of their movements was enough to snap trees in half. When their fists collided, it was as if white shockwaves rippled through the air, and the sound of their impacts resembled countless bombs detonating in rapid succession.

This was the most primal, brutal, and pure form of Taijutsu combat.

The forest trembled under the force of their battle. Shockwaves radiated outward from the two combatants, tearing apart everything in their path.

In just a short time, the two had exchanged over a hundred blows. The surrounding area had been completely flattened, the ground lowered by several meters, and there was no trace left of the forest that had once stood there.

During this exchange, Naruto had been consistently suppressed. In just a short time, he had already suffered multiple fractures.

Even with all Naruto's external cheats, Hagoromo himself was essentially a 'cheat.' Trying to defeat him with Taijutsu alone was nothing short of a pipe dream.

However, making Naruto admit defeat wasn't going to be easy.

Seeing Naruto grow increasingly excited, Hagoromo couldn't help but frown again.

He knew very well the capabilities of the Nine-Tails. He had to admit that when he had divided the Chakra, he had indeed shown a bit of favoritism.

As the Tailed Beast closest to the Ten-Tails, even though Naruto only had half of the Nine-Tails inside him, its Chakra Reserves already surpassed the combined total of the other eight Tailed Beasts.

It also far exceeded his current Chakra Reserves.

Moreover, the Nine-Tails' Chakra had an incredibly powerful healing effect. So, even though Naruto was now covered in wounds and had multiple fractures, it was still difficult for Hagoromo to completely defeat him.

It was possible that by the time Hagoromo's current Chakra Reserves were depleted, Naruto would still be full of energy.

'There was no choice but to use that technique. The question was, how much could this body handle?'

After being pushed back once again by Hagoromo's punch, Naruto suddenly felt an overwhelming repulsive force.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The sudden burst of repulsive force sent Naruto flying backward.

A blue light began to emanate from Hagoromo's body.

Skeleton, flesh, armor.

Amid the rumbling of the earth, a massive, ice-blue Susanoo rose into the sky.

Then, the Susanoo grew legs and stood up from the ground. Its mask was ferocious, and wings formed on its back, equipped with twin swords, as if it could soar through the heavens.

When the Susanoo stood at its full height, Naruto estimated it to be around 100 meters tall.

At that moment, standing at its feet, Naruto probably looked no bigger than an ant.

However, he wasn't just any ordinary ant!

'A mere 100-meter-tall Susanoo? If it were the full-sized, kilometer-tall version, I would have turned and run by now.'

"Get ready, Kurama!"

"Understood!"

Inside the seal space, Kurama's expression was complex.

Boom!

Naruto's dark red body began to expand rapidly.

"Roar!"

A 70-meter-tall Nine-Tails suddenly appeared on the ground, its deafening roar echoing across the heavens.

But Naruto wasn't done yet.

The Nine-Tails suddenly clapped its hands together, and its body began to grow even larger.

Black armor plates appeared across its body, interlocking and covering even its nine tails in thick, heavy armor.

Majestic Attire: Susanoo!

Two mountain-like giants now stood facing each other.