Naruto: Let the glory of the giants spread throughout the ninja world!

"You filthy woman, if you want to die, don't drag us down with you. Be quiet." Sasuke opened his eyes, and two tomoe appeared in his Sharingan as he searched through the mist.

Immediately afterwards, the boat tilted sharply.

The ship was lifted up from directly below, and the entire ship was lifted nearly two meters out of the water like a toy before crashing back down.

Everyone was thrown about, and Sakura managed to grab Yukie to keep her from flying off. Naruto did a backflip and crashed into the mast.

"It must be that monster. Fuuka Nutō has mastered that monster's power. He's come to kill me." Fujiyama Yukie stood up from the rocking ship, her eyes filled with determination.

"You all should leave quickly, just leave me alone, he's after me!"

"Stop talking nonsense! If he was after you, you would have been captured by now!" Kakashi instantly appeared in the center of the ship, the Lightning Blade crackling in his left hand.

The group remained vigilant for a second attack from the underwater monster, but the second attack did not occur.

Instead, a huge purple shadow swam past the bottom of the ship.

A few seconds later, a cracking sound came from the stern of the boat, and a thick, purple claw emerged from underwater, its five fingers spread out, gripping the stern like crushing a cookie.

The entire stern was torn off, scattering wood chips and debris everywhere.

Seawater rushed in through the breach, and the ship began to list.

"Abandon ship! Move to that big plank on the port side!" Kakashi ordered.

Everyone quickly moved to a large piece of deck debris that had broken off from the ship's hull.

Just as I stood firm, the purple figure surged out from underwater. It was a huge head with scales covering its face and a pair of horns pointing skyward.

"What is this?!" Naruto instinctively assumed a fighting stance.

The monster stared intently at the group of people, then suddenly swung its tail, creating a series of giant waves that violently shook the ship floating on the sea. Then it opened its mouth wide and spewed out a cloud of purple smoke.

The fog instantly dissipated, and the butler of Fujiyama Yukie, who had not had time to retreat and was still on the ship, suffered immediate skin ulceration and screamed in agony upon contact with the fog.

"Wind Release: Great Vacuum Ball!" Kakashi formed hand seals and blew out a wind blast, which then exploded, creating a gust of wind that blew the poisonous mist to the other side.

When the poisonous fog dissipated, the monster had already vanished without a trace.

"It's clever; it hits and runs away. Does it see us as prey?"

"Goro! What are you doing? Set up the camera right now! This is precious footage! Princess Snow was attacked by a giant monster, and then a hero rescued her—this is fantastic!"

The director's eyes lit up at the sight before him. Disliking Goro's clumsy movements, he simply grabbed the driftwood with one hand and carried the camera with the other to film the scene himself.

Kakashi didn't reply; his Sharingan in his left eye relentlessly tracked the underwater currents through the mist.

Suddenly, a huge whirlpool appeared not far ahead, with the surrounding water sweeping up everything in its path.

Kakashi had no choice but to release his Lightning Blade. The instant the lightning dissipated, he shouted, "Get out of the way!"

The wreckage of the ship instantly disintegrated.

Kakashi grabbed Yukie's wrist in mid-air and brought her to a smaller floating board.

Sasuke landed steadily on a piece of debris. Naruto crashed into the sea, thrashed around a couple of times, and climbed onto a plank. Sakura, after falling into the water, quickly swam towards Naruto, and the two squeezed onto a floating board.

"At this rate, we'll be worn down first." Sakura wiped the seawater off her face. "It moves freely in the water, and we have nowhere to stand on the floating platform. We can't even find a chance to fight back."

Naruto couldn't hold back any longer and formed hand seals: "Shadow Clone Technique!"

With a bang, three shadow clones appeared and rushed towards the sea in different directions. At this moment, the monster seemed to have lost its mind and suddenly emerged from ten meters away. Its tail swept across, and one of the shadow clones was directly smashed. The real Naruto was overturned by the wind and waves brought up by the tail.

"Here it is!" Sasuke finally caught the opening when it surfaced, while Kakashi was even faster, his giant water dragon bullet already ready.

Water gushed forth, electricity shot out, and with a crashing sound, Sasuke was sent flying. Naruto quickly caught him and looked up to see that the figure was almost unharmed.

"Such powerful magic resistance!"

Ryukura Akira's eyes lit up. Having recently dealt with the Snow Ninja, he decided that in order to face an unknown opponent, he should first familiarize himself with the new form he had obtained after killing Manda.

Respecting the original plot development, he knew that without the Wolf Fang Avalanche, these small fry would not pose any threat to Naruto and his group. As a staunch believer in the original plot, he naturally wanted to set things right.

Moreover, people are most likely to speak the truth when they are in danger, so I can take the opportunity to see what Fuuka Koyuki knows about the Snow Country.

Therefore, Akira Ryukura made a decisive decision: "Activate the new form and do not use the other forms."

[After activating the Outcast attribute: Dragonman, you will be in a state of bloodline instinct, during which you will not be able to freely control your body. Please issue command anchors.]

"Attacks on Kakashi and his group can cause injuries, but cannot kill them."

Ryukura Akira actually disliked the old butler, Feng Hua Xiaoxue, who was more trouble than he was worth and was even willing to risk his master's life for his loyalty and ideals.

However, he was not qualified to judge that guy, and it was uncertain whether the old guy was still alive or not, so Ryukura Akira did not issue any additional anchor points.

Upon entering the consciousness space, Ryukura Akira witnessed the true appearance of the dragon people.

This form is extremely short compared to the others, only four or five meters tall. Its entire body is covered in purple scales, and its two hands and forearms are unusually large, making the rest of its body appear very thin in comparison.

It has a tail that is more than six meters long on its back, and two long and sharp horns on its head.

"Why does this form and color scheme look so similar to Manda? Is it because it devoured him?"

Ryukura Akira understood yet another hidden trick of evolution, and sometimes the same form can be very different depending on the user.