I saw that the sand from all directions began to gather, causing the sand to roll like running water, and eventually set off a sand wave more than ten meters high, crushing it forward.

The shadow clone carrying the tailed beast's chakra was not confused at all. With no way to avoid it, it rushed directly into the sand waves and faced the attack head-on.

The sand and dust scattered in all directions, and strong winds rolled up violently, shaking the ground.

The numerous shadow clones fluttering on the sand waves, ignoring the surging power of the sand waves, waved their fists desperately and used their flesh and blood to carve a road.

Finally, with the joint efforts of many shadow clones, a huge gap appeared in the sand waves. Naruto's body and more than ten shadow clones rushed out like a whirlwind through this gap in an instant, while the remaining shadow clones were exhausted.

After all his efforts, the happy smile left on his face turned into white smoke and disappeared.

Gaara's eyes were as sharp as a knife. When he saw Naruto breaking through the sand waves, he didn't panic at all and just continued to inject chakra into the sand.

The sand on both sides immediately started to move. Huge hands of sand appeared from the sand on both sides, grasping together, ready to crush Naruto and the shadow clones into a pulp.

When Naruto saw this scene, his expression suddenly became condensed.

A stronger red chakra erupted from his body than before, and behind him, two red chakra tails appeared, like fists striking at the Sand Hands on both sides.

The severely injured Sand Hand instantly disintegrated in mid-air and turned into sand and dust.

"Sure enough, you are too——"

Ni Di is noisy, let it be noisy and have no competition with the world.

Before Gaara could finish his words, Naruto's figure flashed and rushed in front of him. His fist landed mercilessly on his face, interrupting his words and sending his body flying away.

Gu Zhi

boom!

A dull sound resounded in the barrier, and Gaara's back hit the barrier wall hard, spitting blood from his mouth, and his face became even more ferocious.

"You guy...why..."

Gaara didn't care about his injuries, but looked at Naruto with great resentment.

"Why can't I see any darkness in your eyes..."

Gaara doesn't understand.

The opponent's power, which has the same origin as his own, should obviously be a 'cursed' existence.

But why can't I see any darkness and hatred in my eyes?

Shouldn't he be as full of malice and indignation towards the world as he is?

But, I can't see it.

He couldn't see these things in Naruto's eyes.

Therefore, seeing Naruto like this, Gaara felt extremely humiliated and unfair, as if his existence and dignity had been questioned and denied.

This kind of thing must not be tolerated!

The other party must be the same as yourself!

The world is full of malice and revenge, and there can be no deviation!

Rather than winning or losing the game, Gaara now wants to correct Naruto's mentality at this time, so that he can become a monster like himself, be spurned by the world, enjoy loneliness and darkness, and fall to the bottom of the abyss.

Bottom layer.

This thought of Naruto's jealousy and unwillingness filled Gaara's heart at this time.

"Did you..."

Naruto's eyes widened slightly, as if he noticed something ulterior in Gaara's body, and his expression became alarmed and uncertain.

At this moment, Gaara's figure suddenly disappeared. Although his half-animal body made Gaara's body very bloated, his speed was not satisfactory at all. He rushed in front of Naruto in the blink of an eye, and his swing had already ended.

The beastly left arm.

Naruto quickly pushed his hands forward, and suddenly felt a surging force crushing his body through his arms. Naruto's face turned pale, and he took a few steps back before barely resisting Gaara's attack and stopping his retreat.

trend.

"You really impress me, Uzumaki Naruto. However, your luck ends here."

Gaara's eyes were fixed on Naruto, as if he wanted to memorize the other person's appearance.

"That's what I said, you stinky civet cat!"

The beard on Naruto's face became thicker and thicker, and his eye shadow and lips showed signs of blackening. Gaara's heart skipped a beat and he subconsciously controlled the tail behind him to attack Naruto.

However, this did not happen.

No matter how he controlled the tail behind him, the orders fell into disarray.

Gaara turned his head and saw two shadow clones of Naruto, tightly pressing the tail behind him at some point, and raised their heads to give him a triumphant smile.

Seeing this scene, Gaara's expression changed slightly.

Suddenly, several shadow clones of Naruto rushed over from the left and right sides, like strong chains, hugging his body hard, making it impossible for him to move his body even half a step.

"hateful!"

These shadow clones, strengthened by the tailed beast chakra, are much more powerful than ordinary shadow clones.

No matter how hard Gaara struggled, he could not escape from the oppression of these shadow clones.

Then, a sound of airflow made him subconsciously raise his head.

The dazzling sunlight above his head made Gaara narrow his eyes unnaturally. In the visible field of vision, two figures were in mid-air. It could only be distinguished from the outline of the figures. They were Naruto's shadow clones.

.

One of the shadow clones stretched out his right hand, and the other shadow clone let go of his hands. On that shadow clone's right hand, it was like stirring the air, driving the chakra airflow visible to the naked eye, and finally chaotic these things everywhere.

The flowing chakra airflow condensed into a brilliant chakra ball.

The surface of the chakra ball was also dyed with a layer of scarlet color.

Under the control of the shadow clone, this scarlet-colored chakra ball fell from the sky, ignoring Gaara's already panicked look, and landed heavily on him.

"Rasengan!"

boom!

Amidst the explosion, a storm-like impact wind swept out on the sand. Even Naruto and the other shadow clones, as well as the blown sand and dust, were all blown away by this strong wind, looking extremely embarrassed.

Roll away.

"Ha ha……"

The shadow clones that were blown away disappeared one by one in the process of rolling. Naruto also sat on the sand in disgrace, and the red chakra on his body slowly dissipated. Then he stood up from the sand with great difficulty, his bones cracking.

He gasped and looked ahead at the hole he had made with the Rasengan.

In the pit, Gaara's half-tailed beast state was forcibly released, and he lay on the ground coughing up blood.

A spiral-shaped wound appeared on his chest, and the chakra inside his body was completely disrupted by Naruto's Rasengan, completely out of control.

He turned his head and looked at Naruto who was approaching him. He wanted to get up, but found that it was difficult for him to lift a finger at this moment. After trying several times, Gaara finally gave up, with confusion and complexity in his eyes.

color.

"Why……"

Why can the other party be so strong?

Why would you collapse in a place like this?

In the dark ninja world, only the power born from killing and hatred is the strongest.

This is the only truth he has learned from his past life.

When he asked this, he was not only asking Naruto, but also asking himself.

Why is I, born from darkness, so weak?

Isn’t it possible to become the strongest by relying on killing and hatred?

So, what is my persistence over the years?

Naruto used this battle to deny everything in his past.

Gaara felt that his persistence over the years had become very ridiculous and boring.

"You are the strongest opponent I have ever encountered, and I almost lost. Next time, let's have a real competition."

There was no confusion or contempt, Naruto just followed his own heart and spoke his true inner words to Gaara.

"You are really a strange guy... But the next battle will not be a competition. I will kill you completely!"

Gaara, who originally had questions to ask, heard Naruto's words and there was no need to ask any more.

The eyes he looked at Naruto still revealed strong indifference and murderous intent.

Having failed so carelessly, he must accept this fate of failure even if he is not willing to accept it, and let himself always remember the humiliation of defeat.

And this humiliation can only be washed away with the blood of the enemy!

"If you can do it, go ahead and I will become stronger than you then!"
To be continued...