The Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique, combined with the already terrifying weight of the Fist Rock, caused the two figures to plummet rapidly in mid-air.
To increase the force, Onoki even canceled the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique on himself.
"Brat, this isn't a place for you to run wild!"
Onoki looked down at Naruto, who was being pushed down continuously by the rock fist, and shouted loudly.
And what about Naruto?
His eyes were darting all over Onoki's body, as if observing something.
That expression showed no fear of being smashed into the ground.
Boom!!
Just before hitting the ground, Onoki detached his arm from the rock fist, then used the Super Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique again to float into the air.
He glanced down at Naruto, who was completely pressed into the ground and almost out of sight, then turned his head to look at his son, who was being relentlessly comboed by Sasuke after closing the distance again.
Because of Naruto's sudden attack, Onoki hadn't maintained the giant rock hand, which gave Sasuke an opportunity.
"Sigh…"
Although his son was a qualified Jonin, he lacked some adaptability and wasn't as talented as his granddaughter, Kurotsuchi.
[Earth Release: Golem Technique]
As he formed hand seals, a massive rock giant awakened from the ground and charged straight at Sasuke.
Sasuke's Observation Haki activated, sensing the incoming attack. He simply gave up on his target and retreated.
The rock giant thus crashed into empty air.
Both sides fell into a standoff again.
Only then did Onoki have time to observe the identities of the intruders.
"The kid from Kumogakure… and from Konoha, Jiraiya?"
After all, both had made quite a name for themselves in the Third Great Ninja War. Although Onoki, as a Kage, hadn't formally met them, he had seen their images.
Immediately, Onoki recalled the various intelligence reports he had received earlier… and the 'friendly reminder' from Konoha.
"You came here for Iwagakure's Tailed Beasts?"
Originally, given Onoki's personality, he was somewhat skeptical about the so-called 'Akatsuki intending to capture all Tailed Beasts'.
The reason was simple.
He had previously had contact with this Akatsuki and had even hired them to complete missions.
In Onoki's view, it was purely a mercenary organization working for money, with no reason or ability to oppose the whole world.
Thus, Konoha, which released this news, became suspicious.
It was hard to say if it was a trick by Konoha to try to gather the Tailed Beasts back.
"Ah… that… you could say that…"
Because of Naruto's shocking entrance, the diplomatic phrases Jiraiya had prepared beforehand became useless, and there was even a tendency to make things worse the more he explained.
As expected of the Pervy Sage.
"Tsuchikage-sama, they want to take Iwagakure's Tailed Beasts."
At that moment, Kitsuchi, who had caught his breath, delivered the final blow.
From the address, it wasn't hard to tell that Kurotsuchi usually had a rigid personality, always using formal titles on official occasions.
"Is that so…"
Just as Onoki's face darkened and he prepared to take action, noises suddenly came from the pile of rocks below.
Crackle…
Gravel and soil quickly scattered around. Onoki watched with his own eyes as the kid he had just smashed into the ground actually… flew up!
Although his flying movements were still a bit unsteady, he quickly became proficient.
"Whoa… it's called the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique, right? It's really amazing."
"To be able to reduce your weight to almost nothing?"
Naruto was like a child who had gotten a new toy, fine-tuning the weight distribution of the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique to move in different directions.
"Impossible…"
Even more shocked than Onoki was his son, Kitsuchi.
This technique was a secret art passed down to his father by the Second Tsuchikage. Its difficulty was so high that even he hadn't managed to learn it.
"An ability to copy Ninjutsu? No… that's not right either."
Onoki instinctively attributed Naruto's learning ability to a special talent like the Sharingan, but he quickly realized the one with the Sharingan was the other kid.
"It's really a good technique, even if it's a bit complicated to learn."
In just this short while, Naruto's mastery of the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique was already sufficient for free movement.
The reason he had let Onoki attack earlier was because he needed to devote all his concentration to the process of 'stealing' the technique using Observation Haki.
For the vast majority of Ninja, the inability to easily learn others' Ninjutsu boils down to two reasons.
First, the opponent's hand seals are too fast or too complex.
Second, the technique itself doesn't rely on hand seals but on a different Chakra Flow.
Most secret techniques of various villages operate on this principle… so it simply can't be learned just by watching the hand seals.
Of course, none of these were problems for Naruto.
Now he floated in mid-air like a god, his hair flying about randomly because it was too light, which instead made him look even more imposing.
"This must have been how Shiki-senpai felt back then."
Naruto couldn't help but recall Shiki, whom he had killed. The other also possessed the power of free flight.
'In a way, didn't this indirectly mean I had acquired the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi?'
Rubbing his chin, Naruto felt it was still lacking.
After all, Shiki's Fuwa Fuwa no Mi was more like a passive ability, and anything he touched could float indefinitely with zero consumption.
His own method still required Chakra Consumption.
Although the amount of Chakra was even less than his regeneration rate, that was only for making himself float.
If he wanted to make an island float like Shiki did, he wondered how long he could last.
"Come on, Tsuchikage, now it's my turn."
Hearing this, Onoki's expression, which had been shocked by Naruto mastering the Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique, immediately darkened.
Provoked by such a junior, the furious Onoki laughed grimly and simply waved his hand.
"Come if you can, brat!"
The next moment, Naruto's figure swiftly flew towards him, not forgetting to use Geppo to accelerate in mid-air.
'So fast… but unfortunately, this distance is enough.'
Onoki was surprised by Naruto's speed in the air, but the hand seals in his hands were already completed.
"If you can learn, try learning this one too!"
[Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique]
He clasped his hands together, a transparent cone emitting white light appearing between them.
Jiraiya below immediately thought of the Third Tsuchikage's famous technique, and his face showed anxiety.
That was the Dust Release, the Ninjutsu that can destroy anything… even Naruto would be in danger if hit by it.
But before he could warn him, Naruto had already seen the outcome of being hit by Dust Release.
That ability to completely pulverize matter into particles was truly terrifying.
It could be said this move was the bane of all close-combat Ninja.
His mind working quickly, Naruto tried several other methods in his heart and used Observation Haki to predict the possible outcomes.
Armament Haki - Pulverized.
Conqueror's Haki Infusion - Mutual resistance, space distorted, still injured.
'What about Ninjutsu?'
Although he disliked the feeling of being controlled by the [Nature Will], using Sage Mode for a short while shouldn't be a problem.
The simulated result was that it wouldn't work either.
It was truly invincible in the literal sense.
While marveling at the power of the opponent's Jutsu, Naruto's figure split into multiple copies in mid-air, swiftly attacking Onoki from different directions.
"Useless!"
The white beam in Onoki's palm quickly changed shape, then turned into a long 'laser sword' that hit all the Narutos in the surrounding circle.
As expected, these were all clones.
Clink-
Adamantine Sealing Chains tightly bound Onoki in mid-air.
Naruto, who had appeared behind him at some unknown time, swung the old man down heavily like a meteor hammer.
After all, he was facing an elderly man. Especially since Naruto could sense that, although his methods were powerful, Onoki's body was already aged and seemed to have an old injury on his waist. Therefore, he didn't use heavy force.
Respecting the elderly and cherishing the young has always been an excellent virtue of powerful pirates!