The Thousand Birds and the Sand Shield collided with a deafening roar, and a dazzling beam of light erupted from the arena.

A few seconds later, the light dissipated, and Gaara's right shoulder was pierced by Sasuke's Chidori, with blood flowing continuously. The sand cocoon in front of him was also completely shattered, but there were no pieces of Naruto that should have been inside.

After managing to unleash Chidori with great effort, Sasuke seemed to have completely lost his strength, and even when facing Gaara who was right in front of him, he had no power to attack.

Gaara's expression became even more ferocious after seeing blood. He roared and the One-Tailed Aura within him exploded completely, causing a sandstorm to rise around him. Countless grains of sand enveloped Gaara, while some sand violently rushed towards the nearly paralyzed Sasuke, seemingly trying to tear him apart!

What is gay?

Just as Sasuke was about to be crushed by Gaara's sand, a figure suddenly emerged from the ground beside Gaara and punched away the sand in front of Sasuke.

"Naruto!"

When Sasuke saw his teammate who had just saved him, he saw him covered in sand and had several bloody wounds on his body, grinning foolishly. Sasuke couldn't quite describe the feeling in his heart.

At this moment, Gaara's body, which was covered in sand, began to grow rapidly, and soon transformed into a hundred-meter-tall tanuki-like behemoth with mysterious runes covering its skin, thick arms, and a huge body. Its enormous size directly occupied half of the arena.

Naruto temporarily repelled the sandstorm and stopped attacking. Instead, he rushed towards Sasuke, carried him out of the danger zone, and took him to a relatively safe spot in the stands.

"Hehe, why are you so weak? You should rest here. Watch me teach that raccoon a lesson."

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Sasuke's face had been flushed ever since Naruto lifted him up in his arms, and now he was even more breathless. He stared intently at Naruto, speechless, unsure of what to say. He could only turn his head away resentfully to observe the situation around him.

What exactly is going on? Why did the scene become so chaotic after I lost consciousness for just a short while?

However, as Naruto charged towards the giant beast in the arena, Sasuke, though still turning his head, subconsciously uttered, "Be careful!"

"Hahaha, they're finally out again!"

Shukaku regained its senses of the outside world and became incredibly excited. It roared and jumped around wildly, its thick arms thrashing about, just like a mischievous, chubby child weighing hundreds of tons.

Under Shukaku's violent destruction, the entire training ground rumbled and sank significantly. The swirling sand around it practically turned the surrounding area into a desert.

Now, apart from the six people within the barrier and the Sound Ninja, all the other ninjas stopped fighting and rushed to the stands to take the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen from various countries away from the danger zone.

This place is home to too many nobles and the super-rich. If something happens to them, neither Konoha nor Sunagakure can afford to take the blame.

Shukaku was very playful and kept jumping around, completely ignoring the movements of the small insects around it. But as it jumped, it suddenly noticed something annoying: several huge stone statues carved into the mountainside, which were even taller than it!

Shukaku was immediately enraged. "Who do you think you are, daring to look down on me, the most intelligent, wise, and strongest of the tailed beasts?"

"Wind Release: Sky Training Bullet"

"Hey, you ugly sand cat, what are you doing!"

Shukaku opened its mouth to gather chakra, but was interrupted by the unpleasant words. It had no choice but to give up and continue gathering chakra, spitting out a huge whirlwind ball that slammed into the head of the tallest and ugliest of the several human figures, the head of Hiruzen Sarutobi!

Boom!

A sudden earthquake shook the ground, causing rock layers to collapse and fall, resulting in continuous tremors.

Although it hadn't had time to gather more chakra, Shukaku's Sky Bullet still shattered the houses and buildings it passed through, plowed long trenches into the ground, and finally hit the image of Hiruzen Sarutobi on the mountain wall, smashing it to pieces. Several other images next to it were also covered in cracks.

However, Shukaku was in no mood to appreciate its masterpiece. It was now filled with rage, and even the joy of escaping the seal to breathe had vanished!

Looking down at the bastard shouting "Sand Tanuki" at him from below, Shukaku became even angrier.

"Damn it, you smell like a stinky fox. Is that the guy who taught you to call me Tanuki?"

Shukaku stared intently at Naruto, growing angrier with each word. The sand around it swirled and boiled like its fury, plunging the surrounding area into a dark, dusty storm.

Although he's usually a bit slow on the uptake, Naruto was surprisingly sharp at this moment. He saw Kakashi and the others rushing towards them, and many Konoha ninjas leading Sasuke and the spectators away from the stands. He keenly realized that he should stall for time.

So Naruto unleashed his full verbal skills, hitting the nail on the head wherever it hurt, "Do I need to teach you? Look down at yourself, fat belly, short and thick legs; round body, long tail, you look like a tanuki no matter how you look at it."

As Naruto spoke, he slowly retreated away from the village. He thought to himself that such a huge creature would cause too much damage if it caused trouble in the village, so it would be better to lure it out of the village. Seeing how much the creature hated being called a tanuki, he figured he could taunt it a few more times and scare it away like a dog.

Thinking of this, Naruto decided to add fuel to the fire and politely said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that your belly is so big that you probably can't even see your own feet when you look down."

Why don't you go to the Nanhe River and look at your reflection in the water? Try to suck in your belly a little, and you should be able to see your raccoon-like appearance clearly.

"But why would a perfectly good yellow tabby cat need tattoos? It's so ugly. You really have no taste..."

"Ugh, I'm so angry! You damned fox, and you too, you all deserve to die!"

At this moment, Shukaku's anger was practically ignited. As it rushed towards Naruto, it frantically gathered its empty bullets and unleashed a series of rapid-fire shots at him.

Perhaps because it was facing Shukaku, Kurama was very cooperative at this moment, continuously pouring chakra into Naruto, allowing him to narrowly avoid the attack. The missed bullets continued to fall all over Konoha Village, creating terrifying deep craters.

As for the buildings and people inside those deep pits, they have completely merged with the waste and ash in the pits.

"You stinky cat, you really have terrible eyesight and low morals! All you do is spew nonsense, and you can't even judge the direction!"

Naruto was furious. He had been jumping around on trees and rooftops to lure the monster away from the village, but he hadn't expected it to cause so much damage to the village during the chase.

"You bastard, you're the one with bad eyesight."

"I'm a raccoon dog, a raccoon dog! Not some tabby cat!"

Shukaku was driven completely mad by Naruto's words. It roared and accelerated its pursuit of Naruto, smashing into everything in its path.