Naruto: Boruto Returns to Shippuden

Chapter 165 Tailed Beast Ball

At this moment, Naruto's original skin, which was originally four-tailed, had been completely dissolved and disappeared by the powerful torrent of Nine-Tails' chakra.

Instead, a deep and fiery dark red tailed beast chakra flowed across his body like lava, completely enveloping him. Naruto's body had entered a state of semi-tailed beast transformation.

Naruto, the Four-Tails, clung tightly to a thick tree amidst the surging water, the trunk nearly torn apart by the immense force.

Using the force of the water's impact and the resulting reaction, Naruto leaped into the air and extended his sharp claws toward Boruto, intending to tear Boruto's body into pieces without mercy.

Boruto clenched his fists, gathering chakra in his palms to form a rapidly spinning Rasengan. Just as the Four-Tails Naruto's claws were about to touch him, he thrust the Rasengan forward, charging straight at the Four-Tails Naruto.

The Rasengan collided with the Four-Tails Naruto's claws in mid-air. The point where the two forces met instantly erupted with a dazzling light, followed by a deafening roar that sent the surrounding water flying everywhere, creating a torrential downpour in the air.

Unable to maintain his balance in the face of such a tremendous impact, Naruto, the Four-Tails, was sent flying into the air as if struck by a giant hammer, before crashing heavily to the ground.

He rolled and tumbled on the ground, breaking many thick trees. After rolling for more than ten meters, he finally stopped in a messy forest. The area around him was littered with the remains of trees.

Although Four-Tails Naruto suffered a heavy blow, his tenacious vitality and the power of the tailed beast made him unwilling to fall. He struggled to his feet, his muscles tense, and let out a roar.

Immediately afterwards, Boruto noticed that a large amount of white smoke began to emanate from the Four-Tails Naruto's body. This smoke swirled around his body, and his injuries were rapidly healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Naruto, now possessing some of his power, gathered the Tailed Beast chakra in his mouth and, with a deep roar, launched several chakra projectiles at Boruto, carrying destructive power as they hurtled towards him.

Boruto quickly took out a shuriken from his ninja tool pouch and infused it with the chakra of Shiden. Immediately, purple arcs of electricity began to flicker on the surface of the shuriken.

Immediately afterward, Boruto swiftly formed hand seals and chanted the incantation: "Shuriken: Shadow Clone Technique!" As he completed the seals, the shuriken suddenly split into several identical shadow clones, each carrying the light of purple lightning chakra, and shot out in different directions.

The Purple Lightning Shuriken, accompanied by purple lightning, pierced through the sky and penetrated the chakra cannon fired by the Four-Tails Naruto.

The chakra cannon exploded violently the moment it was struck by the purple lightning shuriken. A series of explosions rang out in the air, sparks flew everywhere, and energy ripples spread in all directions.

The purple lightning shuriken not only destroyed the chakra cannon, but also continued to attack the Four-Tails Naruto.

Faced with the incoming attack, Four-Tails Naruto reacted immediately, gathering chakra in his thick tail and forming a barrier around himself in an attempt to block Boruto's thrown purple lightning shuriken.

However, his tail had extremely strong defensive capabilities, but the Purple Lightning Shuriken still managed to penetrate the chakra cloak's defenses, causing some damage to Four-Tails Naruto's tail.

After being attacked, the chakra tail's surface distribution of chakra became somewhat disordered and spread out, losing its original compactness.

Although Four-Tails Naruto suffered a series of attacks from Boruto, leaving many marks on his body, his fighting instincts were not diminished as a result.

His face remained ferocious as he stared intently at Boruto, regrouping the chaotic chakra within him to stabilize his power.

Naruto, the Four-Tails, brandished his tail and roared deafeningly. He opened his enormous mouth, and blue and purplish-black chakra began to intertwine around it, forming a powerful energy surge.

Under the control of Four-Tails Naruto, these chakras gradually mixed and compressed, forming an ultra-dense chakra ball. Then, Four-Tails Naruto unleashed this chakra ball containing immense destructive power violently towards Boruto's location.

As Jiraiya watched Naruto prepare his Tailed Beast Ball, a strong sense of crisis welled up inside him. In a moment of urgency, Jiraiya couldn't help but shout a warning: "Boruto, be careful! This is a Tailed Beast Ball that only a Jinchuriki can use!"

"Water Release: Water Slash!" In response to Jiraiya's warning, Boruto quickly formed hand seals and spat out a high-pressure jet of water.

The water column rapidly condensed in the air, forming an extremely sharp water blade that went straight towards the destructive chakra ball released by the Four-Tails Naruto.

Boruto's water blade and Tailed Beast Ball collided fiercely in mid-air, followed by a deafening roar. Water droplets and fragments of chakra scattered at the point of impact, like a dazzling yet dangerous fireworks display made of energy.

In that brief moment, Boruto's water blade displayed astonishing cutting power, splitting the Tailed Beast Ball in two with its sharp blade.

However, the power of the Tailed Beast Ball far exceeded ordinary people's imagination. Even after being cut in half, the two halves of the chakra ball still maintained powerful energy, spinning and flying towards Boruto's back.

It eventually crashed into the mountainside not far away, triggering a violent explosion. Flames shot into the sky, a huge fireball engulfed part of the mountain, and the shockwave from the explosion made the surrounding air buzz.

Jiraiya witnessed the explosion after the Tailed Beast Ball collided with Boruto's Water Blade, and the tension in his heart finally eased a little.

However, the battle was far from over, and Jiraiya began to think about the next strategy, because the amount of chakra contained in the Four-Tails Naruto was enormous, like an inexhaustible source.

If they continue to exhaust themselves like this, their chakra will eventually be depleted. As a Jinchūriki, Naruto's chakra recovery speed and endurance are unmatched by the others.

After the intense energy collision, Naruto regained his footing, and the chakra within him surged like boiling magma.

As his chakra surged, Naruto's power rose once again, reaching a new level. Originally, he only had four tails, but now another one appeared behind him.