Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 407 Beheading Naruto, How Will You Respond?

"There's nothing I can do."

Nine-Tails was powerless.

The reason why a perfect Jinchūriki is a perfect Jinchūriki lies in the fact that they have complete control over the situation.

Naruto's body was unable to move, and Kurama was also unable to move, with the sealing chains locking its neck.

"what……"

Naruto was at a loss, holding his head and thinking hard, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with the situation.

However, time waits for no one.

Tear!

Outside, Li Yao's Obito clone moved his mind and pulled the sealing chains back forcefully, drawing the Nine-Tails' chakra out of Naruto's body.

"Goodbye, kid."

As they parted, Kurama no longer harbored any hatred towards Naruto. The brief time they spent merging had been enough for Kurama to open up to Naruto.

To put it bluntly, the two of them are the root of each other's pain. Naruto is innocent, and so is he. The fault lies not with them, but with the world.

"Nine-Ra!!"

"Nine……"

Naruto was calling out Kurama's name, but as Kurama's chakra was extracted, a part of his soul was also taken away. He quickly lost control, his spiritual body dissipated, and his spiritual space collapsed.

The instant Naruto's consciousness returned to the outside world and his body sensed it, endless darkness descended. He could only watch helplessly as the Nine-Tails was taken to the Gedo Mazo by the sealing chains.

call out!

In mid-air, Li Yao's Obito clone swept past Kurama and headed straight for Naruto.

A hint of curiosity flashed in the Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes.

Why is the masked man going to Naruto's place at this time?

Didn't he know that once the tailed beast is extracted from a Jinchuriki's body, the Jinchuriki will also die?

Nine-Tails was puzzled and had no chance to see what happened next.

When Li Yao's Obito clone arrived beside Naruto, the Nine-Tails had already been pulled into the Gedo Mazo by the sealing chains and swallowed and sealed away.

"No!"

"Naruto!!!"

In the interlayered space, Tsunade cried out in grief, but Li Yao remained unmoved.

Jiraiya watched from afar, wanting to do something but unable to move his body, which was also dissipating.

At this point, Jiraiya's existence had lost its meaning, so Li Yao generously allowed him to dissipate.

It's a true dissipation, the kind where the soul dissipates.

Li Yao would not allow Jiraiya's soul to enter the Pure Land.

Naruto's soul is the same.

At this moment, Li Yao's Obito clone appeared in front of Naruto, raised his hand towards Naruto, and activated the power of the Rinnegan to absorb Naruto's soul and destroy it.

"Um!"

"It's gone?"

Li Yao's Obito clone frowned and sensed again carefully. Sure enough, Naruto's soul had disappeared in that instant.

"The Sage of Six Paths!!!"

In the mezzanine space, Li Yao's expression hardened, and he became more serious than ever before.

Li Yao had witnessed the process by which the Pure Land absorbed souls.

Generally, the soul ascends to a certain height before being absorbed and disappearing.

This was the first time Li Yao had ever seen something disappear directly from his body like Naruto had just done.

Clearly, the Sage of Six Paths has personally taken action.

In this ninja world, who else could make Naruto's soul disappear instantly in front of Li Yao? Apart from the Sage of Six Paths, no one else could.

"It seems Ashura's soul is quite special to the Sage of Six Paths!"

Li Yao's eyes flickered slightly. When he extracted the Nine-Tails to kill Naruto, the Sage of Six Paths did not intervene. But when Li Yao was about to destroy Naruto's soul, the Sage of Six Paths made his move.

Clearly, compared to Naruto's death, the reincarnation of his son Ashura's soul was what the Sage of Six Paths cared about most.

Now that the Sage of Six Paths has brought Naruto's soul to the Pure Land, will... he grant Naruto the power of the Six Paths Yang, just like in the original story, so that he can return and play the role of the savior?

Li Yao seemed to be deep in thought, then glanced at Obito's clone.

Obito's clone smiled knowingly, and casually slashed at Naruto, who was lying dead on the ground. A wind blade condensed and pierced through Naruto's neck.

In an instant.

Naruto's head was severed, and blood gushed out like a fountain from the severed neck.

Li Yao smiled slightly in the mezzanine space.

"If I were to behead Naruto directly, how would Lord Six Paths respond?"

Li Yao refused to believe it. Naruto's head had already been removed, so what could happen if his soul returned to his body?

Could it possibly grow back...? Hmm, wait a minute.

Li Yao's eyes flashed, and he suddenly remembered that in the original work, after Might Guy opened all eight gates and used Night Guy's ultimate move, his body began to turn to ashes and dissipate. Naruto still managed to save Might Guy with the power of the Six Paths Yang.

This shows that the understanding of life by those at the Six Paths level of Yang Escape is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

However, beheading might not necessarily stop Six Paths Naruto from returning.

With this thought in mind, Li Yao appeared outside and released a black hole space sphere towards Naruto's corpse.

boom!

The black hole sphere expanded instantly, swallowing all of Naruto's physical information in this world, including the blood he had just sprayed out, and internalizing it into the purest energy, obliterating all of Naruto's physical presence.

"If that's the case, can Naruto still be resurrected?"

"Then we really need to carefully consider the value of the Six Paths Yang Power."

Li Yao thought to himself.

call out!

Over here, Li Yao's Obito clone instantly returned to the top of the Gedo Mazo, formed hand seals, and opened the seal on the nine tailed beasts, allowing the chakra of the nine tailed beasts to merge together.

Roar!

As the demonic statue opened its mouth and roared, its size changed drastically. Ten tails grew out, and its head also changed. Nine eyes disappeared, leaving only one huge eye exposed.

The surging chakra reverberated around it, and its terrifying size was like a towering mountain reaching into the clouds. People dozens of kilometers away from Konoha could see the commotion.

"seal!"

On the head of the Ten-Tails, Li Yao's Obito clone clasped his hands together and activated the Ten-Tails Sealing Technique. His body suddenly became like a black hole, absorbing the Ten-Tails' body into his own.

"Ugh... I'm under so much pressure!"

Li Yao's Obito clone suddenly changed his expression. As the Ten-Tails' body was sealed into his body, a heavy pressure fell on Li Yao's will. This pressure was greater than Li Yao had imagined.

Because of the fact that he was carrying the souls of his clones, Li Yao's willpower had already reached a limit, and he could no longer add more clones.

After the Ten-Tails was sealed into his body, its enormous soul merged with part of the soul of Li Yao's Obito clone. Although it was only a part, the strength of its soul was incomparable to that of a human soul.

Li Yao's will instantly felt a terrifying pressure, like Mount Tai pressing down on him.

Furthermore, the negative emotions within the Ten-Tails' chakra continuously eroded the soul consciousness of Li Yao's Obito clone, even attempting to suppress and drive away Li Yao's consciousness, take over Obito's soul, and completely possess Obito's soul to achieve true rebirth.

Under the dual pressure of soul and will, Li Yao's Obito clone was completely unable to control the power of the Ten-Tails.

"not good!"

Li Yao's Obito clone suddenly began to swell, and the Ten-Tails' chakra overflowed, with the Ten-Tails' shell wrapping around the Obito clone.

"I can't hold on any longer!"

The soul of Li Yao's Obito clone made cracking sounds as the immense mental pressure from the Ten-Tails pressed down on the clone's soul like a mountain, causing it to shatter.

"No, we have to abandon the other clones."

In the interlayered space, the pressure of his will made Li Yao dizzy and disoriented. He realized that he had to abandon his other clones in order to save Obito's clone.

Thinking of this, Li Yao quickly made a decision and chose to abandon his other clones and embrace Obito's clone.

In an instant.

Li Yaoyuan has four clones in another Naruto world.

The Fire Release clone, Uchiha Fugaku, was fighting on the battlefield when his expression suddenly changed. He used the Flying Thunder God Technique to disappear from his spot and reappear a hundred meters above the illusory desert of the Loulan Ruins in the Land of Wind.

The other clones also instantly appeared here using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

(End of this chapter)