Naruto: The Nine-Tails' Legacy Chapter 86: Deciding Victory in a Single Strike

"Naruto."

"Show your full strength."

Kakashi's expression finally beca completely serious.

"Don't hold back."

"Eh?"

Naruto blinked.

Then a grin imdiately spread across his face.

"So we're finally doing this for real?"

"That's what you wanted from the beginning, right?"

Kakashi slowly stepped forward.

This ti, he personally entered the battlefield instead of relying on a Shadow Clone.

The mont they saw this, both Sasuke and Hinata unconsciously straightened.

Their eyes locked onto the field.

Because they understood—

What ca next would likely be the highest-level battle they had ever witnessed.

Naruto rolled his shoulders.

Crack.

Crack.

He loosened his neck and wrists.

The lazy, playful smile gradually faded from his face.

In its place ca a calm focus.

Then—

A crimson eye-shadow slowly appeared around his eyes.

His blue irises sharpened.

Fox-like vertical pupils erged.

A powerful yet perfectly restrained aura spread outward from his body.

Fox Sage Mode.

Kakashi's visible eye narrowed.

So this is the source of Naruto's abnormal physical abilities...

The source of the pressure even elite jōnin could feel from him.

Without another word—

Kakashi vanished.

Boom!

The ground beneath his feet shattered instantly.

The terrifying burst of speed shocked both Sasuke and Hinata.

Too fast!

Even Sasuke's Sharingan barely managed to follow the movent.

Yet Naruto remained completely calm.

As if he had anticipated everything.

His hands moved instantly through a series of seals.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

Moisture from the surrounding air gathered at astonishing speed.

A torrent of water erupted upward.

Within monts, a circular wall of rushing water surrounded Naruto completely.

A defensive technique?

No.

The answer appeared almost imdiately.

Kakashi's eye sharpened.

A smokescreen.

The mont the water wall rose, Kakashi had already seen through Naruto's intention.

Crackling lightning exploded across his hand.

The blade in his grip was instantly wrapped in violent electrical chakra.

One slash.

Shing!

The entire Water Formation Wall split apart.

Water scattered in every direction.

The lightning-coated blade pierced straight through Naruto's body hidden behind it.

"Naruto-kun!"

Despite knowing Naruto would not lose so easily, Hinata's heart still tightened at the sight.

But in the next instant—

Bang!

A cloud of smoke exploded.

The pierced Naruto disappeared.

Shadow Clone.

The real Naruto was nowhere to be seen.

Then—

An excited shout rang out from above.

"I'm up here!"

Kakashi's head snapped upward.

The blazing sun hung high in the sky.

Its light made the heavens almost blinding.

Yet the Sharingan's dynamic vision instantly pierced through the glare.

Naruto was descending from above.

His body cut through the sunlight like a teor.

The crimson eye-shadow around his eyes.

The fox-like pupils.

The slightly deepened whisker marks on his cheeks.

Combined together, they gave his normally cheerful appearance an untad and dangerous edge.

Fox Sage Mode.

But what truly captured Kakashi's attention—

Was the spinning sphere of chakra in Naruto's right hand.

A dense, spiraling vortex.

Pure chakra compressed to its limit.

Kakashi's eye widened.

"That technique..."

His thoughts instantly drifted back to a familiar figure.

A blond-haired man standing atop the battlefield.

The Fourth Hokage.

His teacher.

The creator of that technique.

Naruto's voice thundered across the battlefield.

"Rasengan!"

The spiraling sphere descended.

Its rotation beca faster and faster.

The chakra within it grew increasingly violent.

And judging by the pressure radiating from it—

Its power had already exceeded Kakashi's expectations.

Naturally.

Because Kakashi did not know—

The Rasengan Naruto wielded was no ordinary Rasengan.

Kurama's senjutsu chakra had already been fused into it.

Sage Art: Rasengan.

The instant Kakashi recognized Naruto's intention—

He arrived at the sa conclusion Naruto had.

Neither of them planned to drag this battle out.

No probing.

No lengthy exchange.

One attack.

One result.

Victory would be decided in a single strike.

Crack!

Violent lightning erupted from Kakashi's palm.

The piercing cry of a thousand birds echoed throughout the forest.

Branches trembled.

Leaves scattered.

Blue-white lightning surged wildly around his arm.

"Lightning Cutter!"

The surrounding air scread beneath the concentration of chakra.

On one side—

The Fourth Hokage's ultimate technique.

On the other—

Kakashi Hatake's signature assassination jutsu.

Naruto descended from the sky.

Kakashi launched upward from the earth.

The distance between them rapidly vanished.

Sasuke unconsciously held his breath.

Hinata's fingers tightened together.

Neither dared blink.

Because everyone understood—

The outco would be decided in the next instant.

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