Chapter 243: Application of Power
"Then, Naruto, next you should try guiding this power to perform the simplest attack and see what level you can achieve."
Completely enveloped in brilliant golden chakra cloak, Naruto was brought by Jiraiya to an open, uninhabited plain outside Konoha Village. The area was spacious enough to serve as a testing ground for power.
Naruto nodded, his thoughts shifting. Several giant fox claws constructed from refined golden chakra instantly extended from behind him. He instinctively wanted to try condensing a Rasengan in this form.
"Wait! No, no, no!" Jiraiya quickly raised his hand to stop him. "I mean the most basic attacks, not immediately using jutsu. This should be your first time fully controlling this form's power, right? Your first time using it requires taking things step by step. Start with the most instinctive applications."
Naruto suddenly understood—indeed, his knowledge of power mostly came from the "original work's" depictions, but actually controlling this power's sensation was entirely new. He needed to start from scratch familiarizing himself with it.
Following Jiraiya's advice, he retracted those imposing chakra claws and instead tried concentrating power into his right fist. As his thoughts focused, the golden chakra flowing around him was guided, rapidly gathering toward his right fist, making the entire fist appear covered with burning golden flames, radiating awe-inspiring energy fluctuations.
"Ha!"
Naruto threw what seemed like an ordinary straight punch toward the empty plain ahead!
However, the instant the fist was thrown, the highly concentrated golden chakra suddenly erupted and extended! A massive phantom fist composed entirely of substantive golden chakra shot forward like a cannon blast!
Rumble—!!!
A deafening explosion erupted across the plain! Under both Jiraiya and Naruto's astonished gaze, the scene before them was terrifying—where the fist wind passed, the solid earth was violently overturned like being plowed by an invisible giant! Violent shockwaves carrying countless soil, rocks, and grass debris swept forward in a fan shape, expanding wildly!
Once the dust somewhat settled and the destructive force subsided, a hundred-meter-long, dozens-of-meters-wide fan-shaped deep pit appeared before them. The soil within was completely overturned and excavated.
Remember, for Naruto, this was merely an ordinary punch without any technique refinement! Jiraiya felt his nerves nearly going numb. How old was this child exactly?
He carefully observed Naruto's expression—only pure surprise at the destruction he'd caused, without even a trace of arrogance or wild joy from obtaining such power... If Jiraiya himself had mastered such power at this age, he probably would've gotten completely carried away long ago.
Seeing Naruto's character, Jiraiya felt slightly reassured—at least no need to worry about this child having his mind corrupted by power.
However, another problem immediately arose. If this power couldn't be finely controlled, in actual combat, it could easily inadvertently harm or even seriously injure allies.
"Mm-hmm, I understand." Jiraiya cleared his throat, speaking somewhat boastfully. "Before teaching you new techniques, I need to custom-tailor a control training method for your special form."
He finished speaking and quickly formed hand seals with both hands. The freshly overturned soil ahead suddenly surged upward, forming a thick, sturdy earth wall.
"What you need to achieve next is this level." Jiraiya said, with chakra rapidly rotating and condensing in his right palm. A blue Rasengan instantly formed. He called out and pressed the Rasengan against the earth wall.
Boom!
Accompanied by a dull tearing sound, a perfectly regular circular hole with uniform depth was carved into the earth wall, the destructive force perfectly confined to a specific range.
"Try controlling your chakra like this. You've probably trained in tree climbing before, right? The principle is the same—you just need to master energy at a higher level now. Try precisely restraining and shaping this vast chakra rather than letting it pour out violently."
Watching the new earth wall Jiraiya created, Naruto tried again. Golden chakra claws extended from his back as he attempted to condense a Rasengan in his claw-palm like before.
"...?"
However, Naruto froze. He'd used the normal Rasengan condensation technique, but what appeared in his palm wasn't a blue chakra sphere. Instead, positive blue chakra and negative red chakra—representing Yang and Yin Release Nine-Tails chakra respectively—began gathering and intertwining uncontrollably of their own accord.
This wasn't a Rasengan at all. It was...
"A Tailed Beast Bomb?!"
As the chakra continued gathering and compressing, a deep, unstable black-purple sphere radiating destructive energy fluctuations suddenly appeared in Naruto's palm.
This was a true, complete Tailed Beast Bomb composed entirely of Nine-Tails chakra! Far superior to the crude version from his four-tailed state!
That's right—the Four-Tailed Hokage's inspiration for developing the Rasengan came from observing the Tailed Beast Bomb. Could it be... that attempting to condense a Rasengan while purely using Nine-Tails chakra at a sufficiently high energy level directly triggers its prototype—Tailed Beast Bomb generation?
"Naruto! Can you... control that thing?!"
Jiraiya's complexion drastically changed. He immediately recognized this dreaded technique. The energy fluctuations radiating from that black-purple sphere made him feel lethal threat again after a long time!
"...I'm not entirely certain about its specific power, Jiraiya-san," Naruto said cautiously, sensing the energy in his palm. "I think... I should test it elsewhere."
Before finishing speaking, he forcefully hurled this unstable Tailed Beast Bomb toward the sky!
The black-purple sphere shot upward like a reversed meteor. After reaching a certain critical point, it suddenly halted, then—
"Boom!!!!!!!"
A blinding white light instantly engulfed everything in the sky as if a second sun appeared from nowhere! Followed immediately by ear-splitting, eardrum-tearing explosion roars!
The violent shockwave, even on the ground, could be clearly felt—transformed into a visible white ring expanding wildly from the explosion center in all directions! Cloud layers in the high sky were instantly shredded and dispersed, forming a massive void.
Jiraiya looked up at the sky, cold sweat seeping from his temples. He didn't doubt for a second that if those things had fallen on Konoha... the entire village would be completely erased from the map in an instant.
Well... the power is still slightly inferior to the Massive Rasenshuriken.
This was Naruto's internal assessment after comparison. But an even bolder idea emerged. What if... he condensed the Massive Rasenshuriken using complete Nine-Tails chakra?
He merely simulated that image in his mind—the ultimate jutsu already capable of destroying a village, further infused with the Tailed Beast's destructive chakra...
...I should find a more open area next time I leave the village and try that.
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