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Chapter – 1130 Uzumaki Naruto of Konohagakure vs Itsuki of Sunagakure II
🕑 Added 2025-02-11 10:38:27 +0000 UTCAs the smoke cleared, there was no sign of Itsuki falling unconscious or injured back into the arena. Instead, a black sphere floated in the air—a clear indication that the battle was far from over.
Naruto clicked his tongue as he eyed the floating sphere. “That didn’t work either?” He had hoped that the Multiple Explosive Shadow Clones would do the trick, but it seemed he had underestimated the defense provided by the Iron Sand.
As Naruto mulled over his next move, the Iron Sand—now glowing red from the heat it had absorbed from the explosions—began to disperse, revealing Itsuki. He was drenched in sweat, breathing heavily.
Huff! Huff! Huff!
Though he had successfully defended himself against the blasts, he was far from unscathed. The explosions may not have directly harmed him, but they had drained his stamina, leaving him fatigued.
Seeing Itsuki’s condition, Naruto’s frustration faded. ‘So, it wasn’t completely useless after all… Now, I just have to keep doing the same thing…!’
Naruto knew that when it came to Chakra reserves, his natural supply, combined with the power of the fox inside him, far exceeded that of Itsuki—or any other ninja in the world, for that matter. Because of this, he could afford to repeat the same strategy over and over until Itsuki was completely drained and ran out of Chakra.
With that thought in mind, Naruto smirked. “Here we go again…”
Once more, he created hundreds of clones.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
One after another, clones filled the arena, their identical forms surrounding him. Some were Explosive Clones, while others were regular Shadow Clones, making it impossible for Itsuki to tell them apart.
Floating in the air, Itsuki felt a twinge of panic as he watched Naruto summon an army in mere seconds. “He’s really planning to use the same tactic again?”
Noticing Itsuki’s hesitation, Naruto grinned before letting out a war cry. “Alright, everyone… let’s take down this Sunagakure guy!”
“Yes! Let’s defeat him and avenge Sasuke and Neji!”
“Defeat him! Defeat him!”
The clones echoed Naruto’s cry in unison before charging straight at Itsuki.
“Damn it, I can’t let this happen!” Itsuki gritted his teeth and unleashed a relentless barrage of Iron Sand bullets at the clones below. ‘Iron Sand: Black Iron Shower!’
However, having already faced this attack once, Naruto’s clones remained unfazed. Without hesitation, they countered with, ‘Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!’
Strong gusts of wind clashed with the Iron Sand bullets, dispersing them before they could reach their targets. But Itsuki didn’t stop. Even though his attack was being nullified, he continued the assault. It wasn’t because he believed his Iron Sand bullets would eventually overpower Naruto’s Wind Style—no, that wasn’t his goal. His true intent was to keep Naruto occupied, buying himself a crucial moment.
‘Now’s my chance…’
While Naruto and his clones were focused on fending off the Iron Sand barrage, Itsuki swiftly pulled several scrolls from his shinobi bag. One by one, he unsealed them, releasing massive amounts of Iron Sand into the air.
One of the weaknesses of a Magnet Style user was their dependency on Iron Sand to fight. There was only so much they could carry at any given time. Itsuki managed to keep some around him in the form of a cloak, but that alone wasn’t enough to perform high-level jutsu.
Unlike natural sand users, who can convert dried rocks into sand and don’t need to carry large amounts with them, Iron Sand or Gold Sand users don’t have that luxury. This is why they store additional Iron Sand in sealing scrolls.
Naturally, Naruto noticed Itsuki taking out a large amount of Iron Sand from the storage scrolls, leaving him confused. "What does he plan to do with so much Iron Sand?" he wondered.
As the last scroll was unsealed, releasing a huge amount of Iron Sand, Itsuki nodded to himself. “With this, I should have more than enough to defeat him…”
Without hesitation, Itsuki halted the barrage of Iron Sand bullets and swiftly wove a series of hand signs before unleashing one of his most powerful jutsu—Iron Sand: Black Tsunami!
In an instant, all the Iron Sand in the arena surged toward Naruto and his clones, forming a massive tidal wave.
“Huh?” Naruto’s eyes widened in shock. He hadn’t anticipated such an overwhelming attack.
"Now… drown in the Iron Sand," Itsuki murmured coldly as the colossal wave crashed down, engulfing hundreds of clones and trapping them within, making movement nearly impossible.
"Explode!" Reacting instinctively, Naruto immediately detonated all his Shadow Clones, hoping the series of explosions would counter the Iron Sand Tsunami.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The powerful blasts tore through parts of the Iron Sand Tsunami, creating multiple disruptions. But despite the damage, Itsuki gritted his teeth and pressed on. "I won’t be defeated so easily..." he muttered, forcing the Iron Sand Tsunami to continue flooding the arena.
Before long, the Iron Sand Tsunami had completely flooded the arena, turning it pitch black. Every single one of Naruto’s Shadow Clones had been destroyed, and he himself was trapped within the dense sand, with only his head remaining above the surface.
“Damn it… I… I can’t move…” Naruto struggled, trying to free his arms and legs, but it was useless. The Iron Sand held him firmly in place.
Meanwhile, Itsuki wiped away the blood trickling from his nose, a result of overexerting himself, before slowly descending to the ground. Looking down at Naruto, he spoke calmly, “You won’t be able to escape. You’ve lost… now admit defeat.”
Naruto scoffed, his eyes burning with determination. “There’s no way I’m giving up that easily.” Not for a second did he believe this was the end.
“Oh? Is that so?” Itsuki tilted his head before smirking. “Well then… I suppose knocking you unconscious through suffocation will settle this.”
With a snap of his fingers, the Iron Sand responded instantly, rising once more to engulf Naruto’s face. ‘Iron Sand: Black Binding Coffin!’
“Damn it… this isn’t over yet… just wait… I still…” were the last words Naruto managed to utter before his face was completely submerged in the Black Iron Sand.
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“It seems the winner has been decided, don’t you think, Hokage-dono?” Pakura said with a smile as she watched Naruto being swallowed by the Iron Sand. She was confident that, before long, he would be unable to breathe and lose consciousness. ‘There’s no way he can turn this fight around, right?’
‘Kuroto’ responded with a calm smile of his own. “I think it’s still too early to decide…”
Pakura frowned. “Don’t tell me… he can still use…”
Before she could finish, a sudden explosion erupted from the arena as a towering pillar of ominous chakra shot into the sky.
‘Kuroto’ nodded, his gaze fixed on the battlefield. “He still hasn’t tapped into the power of the Nine-Tails…”
At that moment, a fierce, beastly roar echoed across the arena—the unmistakable sound of the Nine-Tailed Fox awakening.
With the emergence of the Nine-Tails' chakra, the battle between Uzumaki Naruto, the disciple of Konohagakure’s Fifth Hokage, and Itsuki, the adopted son of Sunagakure’s Fifth Kazekage, had entered its final phase.
