Chapter 467: 432. Conquering the Fear
Bzzt… Boom…
A gigantic bolt of red lightning strikes Satori out of nowhere. Smoke rises from Satori's body and lightning crawls across its skin. The sudden bolt of lightning stuns Satori in its position.
The sudden strike surprises the rest of the shinobis. All of them slowly turn their attention toward the user of that jutsu.
"Ayaka!"
Sasuke exclaims in surprise as Ayaka's strike lands on Satori's body. Ayaka quickly makes a few more hand signs.
"Fire Style: Pheonix Flower jutsu,"
She launches a volley of explosive fireballs toward Satori.
Swoosh… swoosh…
Satori recovers from the earlier attack and flaps his wings to take flight in the air. It dodges the majority of the fireballs but a few fireballs still land on its body and explodes scorching the fur on its body.
"This is a chance!"
Tenten uses this moment to launch a barrage of explosive kunai tags toward Satori. The explosive kunais tags almost bloat the sky, sealing Satori's escape routes.
"This time for sure!"
Tenten and the rest grit their teeth in anticipation. However, the reality is far more disappointing than their anticipation.
Satori suddenly rotates its body in a tornado and precisely releases a barrage of its explosive feathers to counter the several explosive kunais in mid-air.
Boom… Boom… Boom…
Several explosions ring off in the air, raising a cloud of dust and smoke.
Swish…
Satori flaps its wings and flies above the smoke cloud. It turns its sharp gaze towards Ayaka.
"Strange, I can't sense it; I can't sense your negative emotions."
Ayaka makes a few more hand signs.
"Storm Release: Light Fang,"
Ayaka inhales sharply and infuses a large amount of chakra into her mouth. She opens her mouth and fires a sharp, thin stream of light from her mouth.
Hmm…
Satori's sharp sense alerts him of danger. It swiftly flaps its wings and dodges sideways.
Pew…
The beam of light travels at an exceedingly fast pace and pierces through one of Satori's wings. A fist-sized hole appears in Satori's wings. Dark red blood seeps out of its wings. Satori narrows its eyes.
"Looks like out of everyone present here, this little girl has the greatest chance of defeating me." He remarks and once again flaps his wings to dash toward Ayaka.
"Since that's the case, I will first kill you."
With a sudden burst of speed, Satori appears beside Ayaka.
"We won't let you!"
Gamabunta and Aoda block his path. Gamabunta swings his giant Dosu blade in a diagonal slash.
"Kenjutsu: Frog Slash: Third Art,"
Aoda also inhales a large amount of air. His hood expands to a large proportion.
Fwoosh…
Aoda releases a large amount of green mist from its mouth. The mist rapidly corrodes the ground and envelopes Satori.
"Your poison is ineffective against me."
Satori opens its giant mouth and inhales the entire green poison mist. Green fumes escape from its nostril.
Clang…
He blocks Gamabunta's giant dosu sword with its razor-sharp metallic claws.
Screech…
Sparks rise from the clash as Satori swipes its claws across the blade and stabs its other hand toward Gamabunta's torso.
Gamabunta abandons his blade without any hesitation and falls back. However, Satori uses this opportunity and opens its giant mouth to fire a giant energy sphere toward Gamabunta's back.
Bang…
The energy sphere explodes on Gamabunta and the latter disappears in a poof of smoke. Satori ignores Aoda and flies towards Ayaka, who is recovering her stamina.
"DIE!"
It opens its mouth and spats out the powerful poison mist from earlier. Ayaka's countenance turns pale, and she hurriedly takes out an antidote from her storage and consumes it.
A sharp gleam flash past Ayaka's eye as she counterattacks.
Swish… swish… swish…
"Blaze Release: Smoldering Purgatory Spear,"
Ayaka infuses a large amount of chakra into her hands to produce pitch-black flames infused with darkness. She retracts one of her feet backward and raises the hand with the black flame spear parallel to the ground. She assumes a throwing stance and hurls the spear at the incoming Satori with full force.
Peng…
The spear releases a sonic boom and pushes apart the air in front of it. The next instant, the spear appears in front of Satori.
Whoosh…
Satori blocks the attack with his wings.
BOOM…
A burst of black flames engulfs him and slowly burns his fur to ashes. However, Satori also closes the gap and pierces its claws toward Ayaka's body.
Wham…
A green protective barrier shroud Ayaka as she swiftly retreats.
Whoosh…
Suddenly,
Satori flips its body sideways and narrowly avoids a gigantic purple chakra sword.
BOOM…
A deep ravine forms at the point of impact of the sword.
Swish…
Another purple sword aims for Satori's head from its blind spot.
Fwoosh…
Satori's neck bends at an unnatural angle, and the sword narrowly misses his head. Other than a few strands of Satori's hair, the giant sword cleaves empty air.
"I am not done yet!" Sasuke roars.
His Susanoo releases a giant arrow from another pair of the hand, wielding a giant bow on his back.
"Amaterasu!"
The arrow blazes with black flames and swiftly arrives in front of Satori.
Stab…
It pierces through Satori's left shoulder and envelops him in black flames.
Fwoosh…
Satori flaps his wings and takes off to the sky to gain an advantage. It gazes at the group of shinobis desperately launching attacks at him.
Crack…
Satori grabs the arrow with his other hand and pulls it out of his shoulder. The arrows shatter into countless energy particles and disperse.
The eyes of one of the demonic faces on the box of Ultimate bliss glow with a sinister hue. A beam of red light enters Sasori's body and the wounds on his body regenerate rapidly.
"All that for a drop of blood!"
Satori flaps its wings and contemptuously stares at the group of shinobis. A helpless expression appears on everyone's face as they are unable to even land a hit, much less gain an advantage over the monster.
Whoosh…
Suddenly, with a flash of orange, a gust of wind blows in the punishment hall.
Whoosh…
A lone figure appears in front of an arrogant Satori.
Bang…
The figure clenches his fist and disappears again. The next instant, it appears on top of Satori and punches him.
Bang…
The punch lands on Satori's head and slams him to the ground.
BOOM…
A giant crater appears on the ground. Satori is plastered on the floor of the punishment ground.
"That's… that's…"
"NARUTO!"
The Konoha 12 exclaims in surprise as the figure of orange flash become clear. Currently, Naruto's entire body is cloaked in a golden orange cloak. Wisps of chakra flicker across his body as Naruto turns towards them and smiles.
"Such a large amount of overwhelming chakra!" Neji's eyes widen in shock as he glances at the Nine-tail chakra cloak.
"Guys… help old man Mui and Ryūzetsu with the seal. I will take on this monster." Naruto pumps his fist.
"This guy!" Shikamaru shakes his head and instructs others.
"What happened? All of a sudden, this guy can hit him." The group exclaims in surprise.
"Tranquil heart! I see…"
Sasuke and Ayaka also return beside them as Sasuke remarks.
"It's the Second Transformation of Senjutsu! A form where the user transcends his state of mind and his spirit becomes one with nature." He murmurs.
"Sadly, I am still stuck in the first stage!" Sasuke shakes his head.
"Hinata, Sakura, Ino, help Lord Mui with recovery. Neji and Tenten help them with the sealing formation. Choji, Kiba, Shino, and Lee scout the periphery and seal the exit route of all criminals. As for…"
He turns towards Sasuke and Ayaka.
"I will help Naruto in his battle."
"I will help with the sealing formation." Ayaka remarks.
Shikamaru nods his head in approval and restrains other criminals with the aid of jounins from other villages.
Whoosh…
Naruto flickers and appears in front of Satori. He clenches his fist and focuses most of his chakra on his fists.
"Uzumaki Style: Extinction Fist,"
Satori crosses his arms in front of his chest.
BOOM…
Naruto's punch lands on Satori's chest and a giant explosion of energy occurs at the point of impact. A giant sphere of energy forms at the point of impact. Satori is sent flying as Naruto chases after him with a flurry of fists.
"Uzumaki Barrage,"
Naruto launches a barrage of blows as the flies away from the prison. A series of explosions ring in the air as both of them land on the only mountain on the island.
Satori and Naruto confront each other and Satori burst out in a grin.
"Tell me…" Satori opens his mouth as he utters.
"How does it feel to conquer your emotions, your fear? Tell me about this feeling you are relishing right now." Satori opens his palm and gazes at them.
"No…"
"I didn't let go of my emotions, my fear…" Naruto shakes his head.
"I embraced them."
Naruto clenches his fist and instantly reappears in front of Satori and lands a blow on his body.
Chapter 468: 433. Sealing Satori
Bang… bang…
Naruto launches a flurry of attacks and smashes Satori into the mountain. He lands beside the giant crater on the ground and glances at the cloud of dust and smoke raised by his previous attacks.
HAHA… HAHA…
A peal of chaotic laughter greets them as Satori flies out of the crater with no apparent damage to its body.
"Embracing your emotions…"
He charges up a giant sphere of destructive negative chakra.
"Don't give me that bullshit!"
Satori spats the giant volatile sphere toward Naruto. Naruto stretches his right hand and creates a giant rasenshuriken t counter Satori's attack.
Fwoosh…
Bang… BOOM…
Both attacks collide in the air and create a powerful torrent of energy that sweeps everything in the surrounding. The powerful explosion blows away the top of the mountain and creates a maelstrom of turbulent energy that ravages everything in its vicinity.
Whoosh…
Satori charges out of the energy surge and attacks Naruto with a kick. Naruto crosses his arms to block the attack.
Bang…
The heavy impact sends him flying across the air. Naruto tumbles through and barely stops himself after flying for a short while.
"Naruto!"
Sasuke appears beside Naruto and provides himself a platform to stand with his Susanoo. The giant Susanoo flaps its wings and charges toward Satori.
The swords of the Susanoo shimmer with energy as Sasuke slashes out swift crescent blades of energy toward Satori.
Satori confronts the crescent blades head-on. It stretches out its left claw.
WHAM…
A crimson surge of negative chakra encases his left claw. Satori performs a vertical sweeping motion and destroys the incoming attack. While destroying Sasuke's attack, it flaps its wings and dodges sideways, avoiding Sasuke's stab.
BANG…
Naruto lands a heavy blow on Satori from his blind spot and sends him tumbling down to the ground.
"Cho-Ōdama Rasenshuriken,"
Naruto creates a giant rasenshuriken almost triple his size and throws it at the ground.
BOOM…
A hurricane of wind blades appears at the point of impact and generates a spherical tornado of destruction with countless wind blades that destroy the ground to reveal a smooth dome-shaped crater on the ground.
Spurt… spurt…
Multiple laceration spurt blood from Satori's body. However, soon a scarlet glow envelope Satori's body and rapidly heals his wounds.
"That's…"
An ugly expression appears on Naruto and Sasuke's faces as Satori charges toward them with replenished vigor.
Back at the prison grounds,
Sakura's and Ino's healing slightly stabilizes Mui's injury.
"I am feeling slightly better!"
Mui shakes his head and slowly stands up. He turns towards the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
"Satori won't stop unless we seal the box of Ultimate bliss. Back in ancient times, the members of my clan paid an astronomical price to seal this monster in the box. Even though Satori has regressed in strength throughout millennia, it's still impossible to kill him as long as this box exists."
"Then how do we deal with this monster if we can't even hit it, much less kill him for good? At this rate, this monster will escape to the rest of the world and create havoc everywhere it goes. The elders of the fruit faction will achieve their goal of the destruction of the other nations." Shikamaru questions him in an urgent tone.
"There is a method!"
Mui slowly drags his body toward the giant box.
"What method?"
The rest of the shinobi turns towards him.
"It's this seal!"
He points towards the sealing scroll in Ryūzetsu's hand.
"But didn't she try it earlier? This sealing formation is not strong enough to contain that monster." Choji argues.
"No, this seal is incomplete!" Mui shakes his head.
"We have to inscribe the complete seal and perform the secret sealing ritual of my clan to seal the box. The sealing scroll in the Flower faction's hand is a weaker version of the real seal. Also, it was because of this reason that the Fruit faction wanted to ally with my clan."
Mui stands in front of the box with the sealing scroll in his hand. He infuses his chakra in the sealing scroll and lays it on the ground. A framework of giant fuinjutsu formation appears on the ground.
Mui infuses some chakra in his finger and inscribes a rune on the ground to align it with the chakra circuit of the sealing scroll.
"I have some knowledge of Fuinjutsu. I will help with the inscription." Ayaka offers her help.
Mui turns towards her and is slightly surprised to hear a little girl claim proficiency in Fuinjutsu.
"Alright, inscribe a Tenki node on the west side of the sealing scroll. After that, inscribe a Tsuchi node on the east side. As for the remaining directions, inscribe Godai nodes at them except for the north and south side, since their inscription is already on the scroll. I will inscribe the Jinrui gate in the center and connect all nodes with inscriptions." Mui issues a series of commands to Ayaka.
"All right!"
Ayaka nods in affirmation and inscribes the sealing runes according to Mui's command. Mui also quickly inscribes the runes in the fuinjutsu formation. Surprisingly enough he is a grandmaster in Fuinjutsu.
Mui raises his head once to glance at Ayaka's progress. His eyes widen in surprise at the rate of Ayaka's progress.
'This little girl is a prodigy. She is already a Fuinjutsu grandmaster at such a young age and her attainment in Fuinjutsu is even greater than mine. If not for the specific nature of this seal, I am afraid she would inscribe it much faster than me.' Mui also increases his pace.
While inscribing the seal, Ayaka frowns slightly as she infers the fuinjutsu formula in her mind.
'This seal is slightly unusual. The positions of nodes are reversed. Normally, the heaven node should be in the center, but in this seal, the Jinrui node is in the central gate position. Although the circuits of this seal are unique, they require a huge amount of chakra to activate. I wonder if even have enough chakra to activate this seal.'
Ayaka ponders as she completes the seal.
'Ayaka, how long will it take?' Sasuke's desperate voice rings in her head.
'I am almost out of chakra fighting this monster.' He adds.
'Nii-san, we are almost done with the seal. Lure that monster to this seal. We will seal it in the box.'
'Alright!'
Mui also completes the final inscription.
"Everyone, occupy a node to supply chakra to activate the seal. I will take the central node to control the formation." Mui instructs.
"Alright!"
Sakura, Hinata, Ayaka, Choji, Shino, Neji, Ino, Kiba, and Ryūzetsu occupy a node according to Mui's instructions. Only Tenten, Lee, and Shikamaru are without any nodes since they have the lowest chakra reserves among the group.
They infuse chakra into the seal and the sealing circuit of the seal lights up.
"Nii-san, we are ready!" Ayaka sends a signal to Naruto and Sasuke.
Naruto and Sasuke glance at each other and nod. Both of them increase their pace of attack and slowly lead the battle back toward the prison grounds.
Hmm…
Soon, Satori notices something amiss. He turns around and notices the giant sealing formation.
"You want to seal me back into that box?" Satori's countenance changes.
"I was freed after so many centuries, and you want to reseal me into that box?"
SHOOM…
Satori releases a burst of negative chakra from its body and pushes them away. It charges up a giant sphere of negative chakra and throws it toward Naruto since Naruto is the only person who can land a blow on him and hinder his movement.
Swish…
Sasuke flies in front of the giant explosive chakra and blocks it with Susanoo.
BOOM…
The sphere explodes and engulfs Sasuke in a violent surge of energy.
"SASUKE!" Sakura screams in shock.
Satori uses this opportunity to escape in the other direction.
However,
"Storm Release: Four Direction Tempest Prison,"
A giant cage of lighting encases Satori and seals his escape route. Satori turns around and notices Ayaka completing her hand seal.
Anger surges in Satori's eyes. It infuses negative chakra in its hand and shatters the prison with a swipe of its hand.
"Do you think this can stop me?" He mocks.
"I didn't mean to stop you. I just wanted to buy some time." Ayaka grins as Mui claps his hand and infuses his chakra into the Fuinjutsu formation to activate it.
WHAMM…
A gigantic pillar of blue energy rises from the center of the seal and slowly encases the area around the group. Satori flaps his wings and attempts to escape from the seal.
"I won't let you!"
Naruto jumps out of the dust and smoke while supporting Sasuke with one of his shoulders.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains,"
Multiple giant chakra chains escape from Naruto's body and bind Satori's body and pull it toward the center of the seal. The sealing properties of the seal restrict the negative chakra of Satori to some extent.
"Old Man Mui, do it now!"
Naruto yells at Mui as the latter slices his palm and drips his blood on the center of the seal.
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