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"You're dreaming. Since they exist in this world, they must have an impact on it."

Asma bit his cigarette, then trembled slightly as if he had thought of something.

There are many similar legends in the Temple of Fire, and although Asuma has never seen them, that does not mean they do not exist.

"Often, in order to influence the world with their power, or for gods to enhance their power, they would try to find someone who could carry their power and act as their human being to spread their consciousness."

"By using a portion of the power of the rules, the gods can bestow their power upon these mortals, allowing them to temporarily borrow their power to act."

Shikamaru took a deep breath and watched as the layers of black chakra on Hidan's body stopped floating and solidified. He said heavily, "These kinds of people are collectively called demigods. They are both human and incarnations of the gods of rules."

"The Hidan before us is such a being; he can no longer be fully called human."

Shikamaru's words silenced Ino and Choji. Asuma stubbed out his still-burning cigarette butt and tossed it on the ground, then rubbed it with his foot.

"Gods and rules are all bullshit!"

He was somewhat annoyed, a kind of indignation at the unknown existences that should not exist in the ninja world.

"So what can we do?"

Shikamaru stopped what he was doing, closed his eyes briefly, and after mentally rehearsing the movements, said seriously to Asuma:

"Asuma, get ready, we might have to take a gamble..."

"What do you need me to do?"

Asuma stretched his body and nodded heavily to Shikamaru.

"Just follow my orders and don't die!"

As Shikamaru's voice faded, Hidan, who had been standing still, suddenly roared. His chakra exploded, and gusts of wind surged violently, causing the surrounding trees to rustle loudly.

"Go for it! Draw his attention! Don't let him destroy the surroundings!"

Shikamaru shouted and jumped to the back, giving Asuma orders.

Without a second thought, Asuma dashed out, bit down, and unleashed a series of storms.

"Wind Release! Dust Release: Wind and Dust Technique!"

The storm, carrying dust, directly blinded Hidan's head.

Hidan now appears enormous due to the chakra covering him, so Asuma doesn't need to aim much; he can simply attack whatever black thing is in front of him.

"Roar!"

Hidan roared and focused his attention on Asuma.

"Run! Run! Run!"

Shikamaru immediately started waving his arms, and Asuma quickly moved.

Chapter 726 Spiral Shuriken

"Hum hum!"

"Ha ha ha ha……!"

"My lovely 100 million taels! How much longer can you keep struggling?"

Kakuzu laughed heartily, surrounded by several heads formed from Earth Grudges, each head adorned with a mask of a different color.

These masks symbolize different attributes, and also different hearts.

With the support of these hearts, Kakuzu effectively possesses five times the chakra production and recovery capacity, making him completely unafraid of a war of attrition.

Furthermore, Kage-level ninjas are capable of successfully circulating chakra, and their chakra production speed is several times faster than that of non-Kage-level ninjas. Kakuzu's chakra recovery speed is particularly terrifying.

Despite having the Uzumaki clan's enormous chakra reserves, plus the Nine-Tails' chakra that he could occasionally draw upon, Naruto still had enough chakra.

But this is also the first time Naruto has encountered an opponent he feels he can wear down.

"Damn it... how can this guy have so much chakra?"

The sentiments that others used to express about Naruto are now being used by Naruto to describe Kakuzu, and it doesn't seem out of place at all.

"It's no use, it's no use, stop struggling!"

Kakuzu is like a gun emplacement with five cannons, each firing in turn, so there's no need to worry about overheating.

Naruto began to realize that Kakuzu was only one person, but he had five cannons, which meant that he alone had the output of five people.

In other words, Naruto wasn't actually fighting one-on-one, but one-on-five!

No wonder I felt like I couldn't beat them...

Naruto, grumbling about Kakuzu's absurdity, gritted his teeth and looked up at the sky, trying to find Sai's return.

If Sai could return, Naruto could at least catch his breath. But now that no one is helping him, Naruto's energy levels are increasing at a visible rate.

"Give up, your shadow clones are becoming fewer and fewer."

Kakuzu stood calmly in place, his Earth Grudge Qi constantly spinning and firing high-pressure projectiles, continuously eliminating Naruto's shadow clones around him.

This feeling of mowing the grass on the spot not only evokes the image of lining up for executions in the old days, but also has the vibe of a vampire survivor from next door.

See? Multiple skills and a large number of enemies—doesn't that create a vivid image?

"By the way, there's no need to work on the one underground either, it's too troublesome."

Kakuzu chuckled evilly and stomped his foot on the ground. "My Earth Grudge Fear can sense all living beings around me!"

Shua la la

The black lines surged into the ground, directly finding Naruto's shadow clone who was trying to use the old trick of digging a path underground to launch a sneak attack, and completely destroyed it in one fell swoop.

Realizing that his shadow clones underground had been destroyed and that the underground cave was completely occupied by the black lines of Earth Grudge Fear, preventing him from moving forward, Naruto clenched his fist in resentment.

He began to wonder just how big a dumpling he would have to make to take down Kakuzu.

Naruto's shadow clones had used every trick in the book—close combat, ranged attacks, combination attacks, sneak attacks, and even using their teeth as a means of attack—but none of it worked against Kakuzu.

The Earth Grudge provides Kakuzu with absolute defense; as long as Kakuzu's mask is not directly shattered, no matter how much damage his body suffers, it will be ineffective.

In other words, all of Naruto's conventional methods and tactics to wear down Kakuzu were ineffective.

But Naruto encountered another awkward situation. If he didn't continuously use Shadow Clones to restrain Kakuzu, the high-pressure bullets spewing from Kakuzu's heads could easily chase and beat Naruto's main body until he couldn't escape.

At least now Kakuzu is still distracted by the existence of shadow clones. After all, even a lot of ants can kill an elephant. If he were to be hit on the mask by Naruto's massive number of shadow clones, wouldn't Kakuzu die unjustly?

Just when Naruto was at his wit's end, he suddenly caught sight of a silvery-white thing in the grass.

"!?"

Naruto paused instinctively, looking at Kakuzu in disbelief.

Kakuzu didn't notice the sneaky silver-white figure behind him; he only noticed Naruto's expression.

Kakashi quickly gave Naruto a few hand gestures, which Naruto immediately understood. Naruto then yelled at Kakuzu, "Don't think you can make me admit defeat like this!"

"Take this! This is my ultimate move!"

Naruto summoned two shadow clones to his side. Then, to Kakuzu's astonishment, both shadow clones unleashed wind-style chakra and began to work in Naruto's hands.

Ever since that day when Naruto played with the Tai Chi Rasengan with Minato, he's been wondering if he could create his own Tai Chi Rasengan and try it out.

But he later gave up on the idea, since it is impossible for one person to have two different chakras. To form the Taeguk Rasengan, one must have two different but complementary chakras.

In other words, only Minato or Kushina, and Naruto's future child, such as Boruto, could possibly use the Taeguk Rasengan.

After his ideas were shattered, Naruto did not lose heart. He went to Chiaki to ask about his Rasengan upgrade plan.

Chiaki glanced at him in surprise, then tossed Naruto to Yamato.

She hadn't expected Naruto to want to upgrade the Rasengan so quickly.

This means that Naruto is about to embark on a path of unstoppable progress towards various Rasengan techniques, with no turning back.

Along the way, Yamato did his best to teach Naruto about chakra nature transformation and how to effectively integrate his chakra into ninjutsu.

Thus, with Naruto's amazing talent and the assistance of his massive shadow clone army, he quickly mastered the Rasengan, which incorporated Wind Release techniques.

As for Rasengans with other attributes, let's wait until Naruto has thoroughly researched the nature transformations of chakra before discussing them.

"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

After the Wind Release: Rasengan was formed, the two shadow clones next to Naruto shattered and turned into white smoke, as they were unable to withstand the pressure from the Rasenshuriken.

Kakuzu was also shocked when he saw the Rasenshuriken.

This ninjutsu has long surpassed the level that a Jonin should have, and has directly reached the destructive power of a Kage!

Even Kakuzu felt a chill after seeing this ninjutsu.

If you get hit by this thing, something terrible is likely to happen.

"Take the move!"

Naruto raised the Rasenshuriken at Kakuzu and charged towards him.

"Hmph! Useless!"

Even though he was shocked inside, Kakuzu had to maintain a calm and composed demeanor. "A mere ninjutsu... it can't hurt me!"

Just as he was about to move, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"is it?"

"A mere ninjutsu technique could take your life."

Chapter 727 The Death of Kakuzu

"Who?!"

Kakuzu let out a horrified shout, and the Earth Grudge on his body erupted violently.

But before he could unleash the Earthly Grudge's attack, he felt a flash of purple light behind him.

"Double Thunderclap!"

A silver-white figure tore through space, and then two silent bolts of purple lightning struck the two masks of the Earth Grudge on Kakuzu's shoulders.

The previously silent, vibrating purple light suddenly roared with thunder and began to throb violently after striking the Earthly Wraith.