'Monster.'
'He was simply a merciless killing machine.'
In that instant, Kushina trembled. She knew her current combat power was no match for Sora at all.
To win, she needed stronger, more terrifying power.
Gritting her teeth, Kushina injected Chakra into the tool pouch on her back, which contained the Flying Thunder God kunai Minato had left for her.
As long as she activated it with her own Chakra, Minato would sense a clear reaction.
'Before Minato arrives, I must stop him, even...'
'Kill him!!!'
'Nine-Tails…'
'I'm sorry!!!'
The partially transformed Kushina dropped to all fours, crouching on the ground. Beneath the deep red Chakra Cloak, her eyes accumulated more and more ferocious color.
Inside Kushina's mental world.
A massive circular meteorite over a kilometer in diameter floated high in the sky.
Countless chains shimmering with golden light were tightly wrapped around it, locking the Nine-Tails' body onto the meteorite.
Now, the golden chains tightened even more, even tearing the Nine-Tails' skin, revealing the white bones beneath the flesh.
A sea of blood gushed out, quickly dyeing the huge spherical meteorite red. Along with the blood, deep red Tailed Beast Chakra surged out like a flood.
"Roar!"
"Damn Uzumaki Clan!"
"Kill you!"
"I will definitely kill you!!!!"
The golden chains were too terrifying, causing constant crackling, crisp sounds from the Nine-Tails' body. Its skin cracked in large patches, flesh and bones were squeezed by the chains. As Chakra was frantically extracted, the immense pain made the Nine-Tails roar madly.
'Kill kill kill!'
'I want to kill this damned woman so badly!!!!'
Simultaneously, that sea of Chakra quickly flowed to Kushina's body, causing her energy level to skyrocket madly once again.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
At this moment, endless bestiality began to break through the seal's power, invading Kushina's brain. Her thoughts grew increasingly chaotic, as if her vision was starting to blur.
Boom!!!
A loud sound rang.
Immediately after, another deep red tail appeared behind the Tailed Beast-transformed Kushina!
From four tails to five tails!!!
Boom!!!!
A deafening roar rang, and an indescribably terrifying Chakra Explosion erupted from Kushina's body, raising a dazzling red light that shot skyward like a crimson pillar.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Rampant Chakra stirred up violent winds, lifting surrounding rubble and trees into the sky. It was a doomsday-like tornado running wild, as if wanting to destroy the entire world.
Within the rampaging tornado, a pair of crimson eyes locked onto Sora.
Coldness!
Killing intent!
Brutality!
That was the true power of a Tailed Beast!
Also a supreme combat power far exceeding the scope of so-called ordinary Kage-level!!!!
Now, the instant he sensed this rampant Chakra, Sora's expression turned serious.
'Five-tailed form?'
'Finally…'
'Reached the limit, have you?'
Sora's gaze fell upon the rampaging Kushina from afar.
He remembered that in the original work, Naruto with four tails activated almost brutally killed Orochimaru on the spot. The five-tailed state Kushina would likely only be stronger than the four-tailed Naruto.
"It seems I need to get a bit serious!"
Sora turned, casually dropping the corpse of the Konoha's Ninja in his hand, then strode towards Kushina's direction.
He swung his arm, and the white haori that had been torn off his body flew into the air.
Revealing the black Shihakusho underneath.
The next moment, Sora's steps gradually quickened.
He held Hyorinmaru, softly murmuring under his breath.
"Sit upon the frozen heavens!"
"Bankai."
"Daiguren Hyorinmaru!!!"
The next instant, an indescribably terrifying Reiatsu spread from Sora's body.
As that Reiatsu permeated the air, Sora's expression grew even more indifferent.
Frost is continuously condensing.
As the piercingly cold aura surged, the space behind Sora seemed to freeze. White, hexagonal snowflakes bloomed, gradually transforming into a pair of crystalline ice wings resembling angel's wings.
"Heaven…"
"An angel!??"
A Konoha's Ninja was mesmerized. The appearance of the gorgeous ice wings held a beauty that humans couldn't refuse, even making him forget the fear of death.
"This is too unbelievable!"
Meigetsu was also in awe. Watching from outside the battlefield, she clearly saw the miraculous transformation happening to Sora.
That transformation seemed to transcend the category of Ninja, mysterious and powerful.
Whoosh!
The next moment, Sora and Kushina turned into two afterimages, crashing fiercely together.
Red!
White!
Two streams of light, like meteors, streaked across the sky, continuously weaving and shooting through the air.
Speed!
Extreme speed!
At this moment, even the Konoha's Elite Jonin could no longer track the two figures with their naked eyes.
They couldn't even see afterimages, only seeing a red and a white light madly colliding.
Petrification.
Stupefaction.
Terror.
The surviving Konoha's Ninjas all looked on in terror at everything happening in the field, their bodies trembling.
"Too monstrous!"
"This isn't a battle between humans at all!"
"We simply can't win. Without Kushina-sama, we are no match at all!"
"Yuki Sora? Has he actually obtained power like a Tailed Beast!??"
"Die…"
"We will die!!!"
Some were fearful, some horrified, some had already become numb. But no matter what, this time no one had the courage to attack Sora anymore.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Streams of light continue to collided.
Sora and the Tailed Beast-transformed Kushina tangled closely. The five tails behind Kushina turned into giant hammers, smashing fiercely towards Sora's face.
Obviously, even after entering the five-tailed rampage state, Kushina still hadn't forgotten the deep hatred of having her face carved.
She wanted to get even with Sora.
However, facing Kushina's violent hammering, Sora showed no intention of retreating.
In an instant, a Vacuum Ice Wall formed before him.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang.
The ice wall cracked, but ultimately did not shatter.
The mighty hammer blow stagnated in mid-air. Kushina's full-power attack was actually forcibly defended by the Vacuum Ice Wall.
"What?"
Seeing this, the ferocious-looking Kushina couldn't help but had a trace of surprise flashing in her eyes.
'That ice wall that the Adamantine Sealing Chains could break easily in the four-tailed state before, how did its defense suddenly improve so much!??'
'Those ice wings aren't that simple!'
After rampage, her thinking somewhat slowed, Kushina finally realized that the unbelievable ice wings on Sora's body might be, like her Tailed Beast Transformation, a trump card ultimate move.
Five tails instantly spread out.
Seeing she couldn't break through the Vacuum Ice Wall's defense, Kushina reacted extremely quickly.
She made the tails from her transformation elongate, bypassing the ice wall's defense, and firmly coiled around the ice wings.
"Shatter you bastard!!!"
Kushina's white, skull-like head from the transformation swung over like a wrecking ball, instantly shattering the Vacuum Ice Wall, then smashing towards Sora's face.
Brutal!
Extremely brutal!
Kushina actually used her head as a weapon, wanting to trade injury for injury with Sora.
However, just as she shattered the Vacuum Ice Wall, an ice dragon gleaming with cold light shot through the air, coiling around the neck of the Tailed Beast Cloak like a chain, preventing the headbutt attack from advancing even an inch further.
This was a contest of pure strength.
Kushina locked Sora down with her Chakra Tails, wanting to finish the fight with a headbutt. Sora, not willing to be outdone, had the frost ice dragon formed by his Bankai coil around her neck to kill. The terrifying force seemed about to crush the Tailed Beast Cloak into pieces.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
Crackling, crisp sounds rang out incessantly. The frost ice dragon's power was still too strong.
In just a few seconds, it was almost twisting Kushina's neck off right through the Tailed Beast Cloak.
Roar roar roar!
Kushina also knew that if this continued, she would definitely be twisted to death. She opened her mouth, terrifying Chakra instantly exploding forth.
Hum!
In an instant, the five-tailed Kushina opened her bloodthirsty maw, and then a purplish-black sphere of light formed.
That sphere contained unimaginably terrifying Chakra. The highly compressed energy even caused the surrounding space to begin shattering.
That was a Tailed Beast Bomb!
Point-blank Tailed Beast Bomb!!!
Kushina was beyond caring. Even if the Tailed Beast Bomb exploded at this distance and she didn't die, she would be severely injured, but she didn't care anymore!
'At worst, we die together!'
'Yuki Sora!'
"Wanting to fight to the death?"
Sora murmured with a subtle gaze: "But… the true main force hasn't arrived yet, Uzumaki Kushina!"
"Thousand Year Ice Prison!"
Accompanied by Sora's emotionless low chant, countless frost suddenly condensed from nothingness, turning into pillars of light shimmering with white light that rose to meet the sky.
Those ice pillars came so suddenly and bizarrely.
In just an instant, they connected into a massive, giant ice coffin, sealing the Tailed Beast-transformed Kushina within.
The next instant, an ice coffin the size of a mountain stood before everyone. The ice coffin emitted an aura of extinction and cold, as if every reflected white light was filled with danger.
Low temperature.
Freezing.
Cold wind.
Perhaps because of the coffin's sudden appearance, the surviving Konoha's Ninjas all inexplicably felt a creepy, hair-raising sensation. Their bodies kept trembling, as if placed in an icy, snowy wasteland.
Too fast!
Everything happened too fast!
They only saw Kushina wrestling with the terrifying Kirigakure monster, and then after just a few seconds, a mountain-sized ice coffin appeared, burying Kushina alive within the frost.
'The power to seal a Tailed Beast in ice?'
'Is this the true strength of Kirigakure's Yuki Sora!??'
'Too horrifying!'
Now, some felt sharp pain in their hearts, as if being strangely torn.
Others looked at Sora's figure with bewildered and fearful eyes, like staunch atheists despairingly watching a lofty deity descend upon the mortal world.
At this time-
Far from the battlefield.
Behind a curtain woven from vines hanging from tree branches, two figures cloaked in black robes had appeared at some point.
"Obito…"
"That guy is too terrifying, we can't get any closer!"
A strange creature resembling a pitcher plant said in a low voice: "If we are discovered and you encounter any unnecessary danger, I won't be able to explain it to Madara-sama."
"Danger?"
Another figure, wearing a spiral-patterned mask, his body shrouded in a black robe, said gloomily: "Don't worry. Relying solely on the Mangekyo's power, I probably still can't match that Yuki Sora, so I won't take risks."
"I just want to see the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki die with my own eyes, and see what ridiculous expression that always-late Konoha's Yellow Flash will have on his face."
"Hehehehe... Obito, you really are twisted, aren't you!"
"Twisted? Consider it twisted then. Let the Konoha's Yellow Flash also experience the pain of losing a loved one!"
…
The scene returns to the battlefield.
The ice coffin formed, freezing Kushina.
But the battle wasn't over yet.
In an instant, the Chakra Cloak, which had faded due to the ice sealing, visibly reformed on Kushina's body at a rapid pace.
Then, chains shimmering with golden light continuously shot out from behind Kushina's back, spreading within the huge ice coffin, emitting a series of dull thuds.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains Formation!"
The next instant, twelve golden chains composed of Nine-Tails Chakra, with unparalleled great force, forcibly chiseled the ice coffin open from the inside.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amidst the startling explosions, the mountain-like ice coffin was blasted apart. Countless ice shards shot out like blades. And Kushina, under the joyful surprise of the Konoha's Ninjas, landed lightly on the ground adorned with Adamantine Sealing Chains, standing once again on the battlefield.
"Huff... huff..."
Kushina's breathing was extremely heavy. Her vision was somewhat blurry, a sign that her Chakra was almost depleted.
"A little more…"
"And I would have died!"
Kushina herself possessed the Uzumaki's near-infinite Chakra Reserves, plus the Nine-Tails as a power bank. The energy level inside her could truly be called nearly unlimited.
However,
Even so,
She had consumed the last bit of her Chakra completely before barely managing to escape from that horrifying ice coffin.
Thud!
She knelt on the ground.
Just as the Konoha's Ninjas were joyful and surprised at surviving the disaster, they saw Kushina, extremely weak and disheveled, kneeling before Sora.
"You've lost."
Sora slowly pressed his Zanpakuto against Kushina's throat.
"The ice wings…"
"This is the ultimate form of the Yuki Clan's Ice Release, right?"
Kushina tiredly lifted her small face. She could sense that her opponent also seemed to be at the end of his rope, but ultimately, she was just a little short.
Sora's strength suppressed her in every aspect, leaving her without the slightest chance of victory.
"Ice Release?"
"You could say that!"
Sora nodded with a subtle expression, still chattering like a villain: "To have forced me to this point, as a Konoha's Ninja, you can be proud."
'Why hasn't he come yet?'
Kushina gritted her teeth tightly.
'Hurry!'
'Please!'
'Minato, if you don't come soon, you'll really have to collect my corpse!'
Now, Sora's gaze imperceptibly fell upon the tool pouch behind Kushina, which faintly emitted an unusual Chakra scent.
"Then…"
"Farewell!"
Sora said lightly with a smile: "Konoha's Uzumaki Kushi…"
However,
Right at this moment, a sudden change occurred.
Before Sora's words finished…
"Rasengan!!!"
A voice, as warm and gentle as sunlight, sounded abruptly in the field without any warning.