Suddenly, thick smoke rose from the stands, instantly becoming the focus of the entire venue.
Many Konoha ninjas frowned, knowing that something was seriously wrong.
Kakashi and Might Guy immediately stood back to back, vigilant of their surroundings.
Might Guy said, "The location of that smoke is where the Third Hokage is."
Kakashi said, "That's right. The Anbu has gone to rescue him. We'll stay here to protect the audience."
In the arena, Naruto glanced in the direction of the smoke. He thought, "Is it starting? Then I should start too, with the plan based on the Will of Fire that I've come up with..."
Naruto looked at Sasuke. The originally extremely handsome Sasuke had become a bit hideous, with wings on his back and a thick tail growing out.
"Seems like this is the effect of activating the Heavenly and Earthly Cursed Seals simultaneously," Naruto whispered. "How powerful will he be? First, let Sasuke go a few rounds with Gaara and see how it goes."
"Ugh..." Gaara's upper body had completely transformed into that of a tailed beast, and he was making all sorts of strange noises.
After activating the Heavenly and Earthly Cursed Seals, Sasuke instead calmed down, and there was an air of looking down on the world about him.
Sasuke's speed became even faster. In an instant, he reached Gaara's front and raised his right fist to punch that round raccoon face.
When Sasuke punched, a large amount of sand was sent flying. The sand seemed to have a mind of its own and directly wrapped around Sasuke's right arm, pinning it down firmly.
"Chidori!" Sasuke instantly used Chidori, and the lightning broke through the sand, allowing him to break free.
The tailed - beast - transformed Gaara suddenly stepped to the side, and a fat and thick tail swept towards Sasuke's waist and abdomen.
Sasuke retracted his wings and used them to protect his body, directly blocking Gaara's tail strike.
Sasuke was swept flying by the tail, but he seemed unharmed, while Gaara rushed towards Sasuke with a strange laugh.
Watching all this, Naruto thought, "These two are both monsters, huh..."
Meanwhile, in the distant forest, the battle between Shikamaru and Temari was coming to an end. Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique had successfully captured Temari.
Temari looked extremely aggrieved. This man in front of her had only used one ninjutsu from start to finish, yet she couldn't defend against it.
They had originally been fighting on the meadow outside, but Shikamaru pretended to be defeated and retreated into the forest.
At this time, Temari didn't understand the power of Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique at all and actually confidently chased into the forest.
In the forest full of tree shadows, Temari was subdued by Shikamaru in just a few moves.
"What the hell do you want?" Temari was bound by the Shadow Imitation Technique and had no other tricks up her sleeve.
"So troublesome," Shikamaru said. "If you surrender, I'll let you go."
"..." Temari gritted her teeth.
Just then, a huge figure like a mountain appeared in the distance. Even in the forest, they could see it clearly.
"Ah—" Temari saw this and let out a terrified scream.
"Hey, what on earth is that thing?" Shikamaru was equally shocked. He had never seen a monster as big as a mountain before.
"Quickly release the jutsu," Temari said seriously. "Otherwise, we'll both die here."
"Seems like you know what's going on."
Shikamaru threatened, "Spill everything you know."
"There's no time to run! You won't get it!" Temari trembled all over and roared, "We're all gonna die here."
Shikamaru observed the mountain-like monster. It was like a fat badger cat with a thick, fat tail. It looked extremely dangerous.
"You Sand Ninjas actually brought such a monster to Konoha." Shikamaru's expression changed. All his lazy look vanished, and he said in a firm tone, "If you don't tell me everything you know, then come with me and take a look."
At this moment, Temari was shaking like a leaf with fear.
Shikamaru lifted his foot and walked towards the mountain-like monster. Due to the restraint of the Shadow Imitation Technique, Temari was forced to follow behind.
"No! Don't! No!" Temari shouted heart - rendingly, "Don't go over! We're all gonna die!"
Naruto! Is this what you told me to do! What on earth is that monster! Shikamaru thought to himself, Not long ago, Naruto told me that if I saw something extraordinary, I should get close to it with Temari... Naruto, what on earth are you up to...
Shikamaru continued to think, What's going on with that monster...
Looking at Gaara, who had completely transformed into that of a tailed beast, Sasuke was in a daze. He thought he had improved his strength, but unexpectedly, his opponent had become even stronger.
"It's impossible!" Sasuke stared at the huge monster and didn't know how to attack for a moment because he had absolutely no combat experience in this regard.
The Fourth Kazekage held a kunai to the Third Hokage's neck and successfully took the Third Hokage hostage.
Then, the Fourth Kazekage quickly took the Third Hokage hostage and leaped onto the palace roof.
The Konoha Anbu guards quickly mobilized and arrived soon, intending to rescue the Third Hokage.
However, the Sound Ninjas arrived even faster. Suddenly, four Sound Ninjas appeared and set up a barrier on the palace roof.
"Ninjutsu! Four - Corner Sealing Barrier!" The four Sound Ninjas formed hand seals simultaneously, and a square barrier appeared out of thin air, covering the central area of the palace roof.
The Konoha Anbu guards were shocked. They sighed that this was no ordinary barrier and couldn't be broken from the outside. From then on, they could only guard outside obediently and pray for the Third Hokage's safety.
Meanwhile, enemies appeared everywhere in Konoha Village. A large number of Sound and Sand Ninjas formed an alliance and attacked Konoha together.
The Sound Ninjas summoned three giant snakes with the Summoning Jutsu, directly breaking through Konoha's defensive wall, and a large number of them rushed into Konoha by force.
The Sound and Sand Ninjas hiding in Konoha Village emerged quietly and killed everyone in sight. Suddenly, the place was covered in blood.
At this time, in the arena, after Shikamaru got closer, he found that the mountain - sized badger cat monster in front of him was not only huge in size but also exuded a strange Chakra. Just a glance from afar sent shivers down one's spine.
"Let go of me! We're all gonna die!" Temari completely lost her mind.
As Temari got closer to the One-Tailed Shukaku, her mind became more and more confused, and her state turned crazy.
Just then, beside the Badger Cat Monster, a hundred zhang of white smoke suddenly rose. When the white smoke dissipated, a mountain-sized frog appeared.
"Hey, hey, hey—" Shikamaru's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "I can't even handle one monster. How come a second one popped up."
At this moment, Naruto was standing on the mountain-sized frog. This frog was entirely red, with a scar on its left eye, a short sword at its waist, a smoking pipe in its mouth, and it was puffing out white mist.
"Gamabunta! Take down that guy over there!" Naruto ordered.
"Hmm..." Gamabunta glanced at Naruto standing on its head, then looked at the One-Tailed Shukaku across from it, and immediately said with a solemn expression, "I refuse."
"Isn't that Shukaku? It starts off by having me deal with such a deadly thing. I think you, little brat, are crazy."
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