第 167 集: 鳴人變身為八尾狀態，而波風湊阻止他釋放九尾
Naruto enters his Four-Tailed form and attacks Pain, who manages to repel his attacks. Angered even further when Pain mentions Sasuke, Naruto continues his transformation into a Six-Tailed form. Pain decides to fall back from the village toward where Nagato is to trap Naruto with Planetary Devastation, a powerful jutsu that the Sage of Six Paths used to create the moon, to trap the Jinchuriki within a miniature moon in midair. But Naruto starts breaks free to Pain's shock, now in a monstrous eight-tailed state. Within his mind, Naruto succumbs to the Nine Tails telling him to embrace his hate and destroy everything. Naruto was about to remove the seal to completely release the Nine-Tails when he is stopped by the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze. (Source: Wikipedia) Pain's Assault arc: (16/22)
集數
- 第 163 集 · 鳴人以仙人模式擊敗阿修羅道與畜生道後，正面迎戰佩恩殘餘的通道。
- 第 164 集 · 仙人模式：普塔路吸收螺旋手裏劍後，鳴人重新掌握
- 第 165 集 · 小櫻被天道吸收，佩恩揭露世界和平計畫
- 第 166 集 · 日向雛田在與佩恩戰鬥時告白，以拯救漩渦鳴人免受操控。
- 第 167 集 · 鳴人變身為八尾狀態，而波風湊阻止他釋放九尾
- 第 168 集 · 水門向鳴人揭露自己的身份以及九尾襲擊的真相
- 第 169 集 · 鳴人擊敗佩恩並擺脫查克拉控制後，與長門和小南對峙
- 第 170 集 · 鳴人與第十班在骨紙基地追尋第四代火影的遺產
- 第 171 集 · 鳴人小隊在尋找第四代火影遺跡卷軸時，遭遇雨隱村忍者的襲擊。