At this moment, Namikaze Minato stood firmly atop the central core of the formation carefully arranged by the Barrier Team.
As he formed hand seals, a massive surge of chakra, like a raging ocean storm, suddenly burst out from his body and swept across the surroundings.
In an instant, the runes within the formation core on the ground were stimulated by this immense chakra, each one lighting up with dazzling brilliance.
Immediately after, a vast amount of chakra surged along the runic lines, rapidly transmitting in all directions throughout Konoha.
"So strong..."
The Barrier Team members assisting nearby were stunned by the sheer scale of the chakra, involuntarily stepping back again and again.
One of them, his face full of awe, muttered to himself, "So this is our Hokage-sama? Such vast and boundless chakra... it's practically comparable to the legendary tailed beasts!"
Minato was bearing the pressure of as many as one hundred and twenty-eight formation pillars. This was clearly far beyond what he could handle on his own.
So the chakra he released earlier was only a prelude.
At this moment, Minato turned his attention inward to the Nine-Tails within him and spoke, "Kurama, I'm counting on you today!"
Kurama sat cross-legged within Minato's inner world, his hands clasped together as he responded, ["Finally, a chance to go all out! Don't hold back, Minato!"]
Minato let out a bright laugh, "Let's go, Kurama!"
["Mm!"]
In the very next instant, chakra a hundred times greater than before surged violently from Minato's body like a roaring torrent.
A radiant golden light began to flicker, as if it would illuminate the entire space.
At the same time, a bright golden Nine-Tails cloak, like the blazing sun of midsummer, instantly covered Minato's body.
Not only that, sage markings appeared on both sides of Minato's face.
At this point, Minato revealed his strongest combat form, Sage Fox Mode.
As an immense amount of chakra continuously poured into the one hundred and twenty-eight formation pillars, each of them immediately burst forth with brilliant orange beams of light.
Then, Minato shouted loudly, "Watch this, Blazing Sky Radiant Flash Flow Blade Instant Light Soul-Locking God-Sealing World-Destroying Final Formation · Ultimate · Type Zero!"
Amid his excited shout, the dense and intricate network of lines shot out like lightning.
At an astonishing speed, they surged straight into the sky, rapidly weaving together, ultimately forming a massive net above Konoha that covered the heavens.
When the airborne ninja collided with this giant net, it was as if they had slammed into a massive iceberg, instantly losing balance and control.
Accompanied by terrified screams, they fell straight down like meteors, crashing violently and turning into burning wreckage scattered everywhere.
The powerful barrier of the Blazing Sky Radiant Flash Flow Blade Instant Light Soul-Locking God-Sealing World-Destroying Final Formation · Ultimate · Type Zero had completely sealed off the entire sky above Konoha's inner city, leaving not a single gap.
———
At the same time, below at the four gates of the inner city, large numbers of Konoha ninja had already arrived like a storm to provide support.
This time, Obito had used the Mayfly Technique to silently travel from deep underground.
So he immediately sensed the shocking change above him.
He broke through the ground, steadied himself, and looked up at the massive surge of chakra at the horizon. Even his usually calm expression showed a slight ripple.
But soon, he regained his composure, as if what he saw did not surprise him too much.
He thought to himself, 'As expected, I was deceived. The Nine-Tails has been in Konoha all along.'
'And the current Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is actually Namikaze Minato.'
'Things are far more complicated than I imagined… No, I need to speed things up!'
Obito's figure flickered, and he instantly entered the Kamui space.
Moments later, when he reappeared, there was another figure beside him, expression dull, eyes empty.
Looking closely, it was none other than the One-Tail Jinchuriki, Rasa, who had already become a puppet.
Obito expressionlessly extended one hand and gently placed it on Rasa's body.
In an instant, a vast and surging energy poured into Rasa like a raging flood.
This immense energy was precisely the dark chakra Obito had absorbed earlier.
As the energy continued to flow in, Rasa, whose expression had already been numb, slowly lowered his eyelids, as if being pulled into an even deeper sleep by an invisible force.
At the same time, within Rasa's inner world behind those closed eyes, a shocking transformation was taking place.
The One-Tail Shukaku, who had been trapped inside, looked up at the giant Mangekyo Sharingan in the sky as it gradually faded, a glint of excitement and greed flashing in its eyes.
Then it felt a powerful force suddenly pour into its body, making it feel stronger and more satisfied than ever before.
At that moment, Shukaku could no longer restrain its wild joy. It opened its massive maw and let out a series of sharp, shrill, and utterly crazed laughter, "Yee! Hahahahahahaha!"
The laughter echoed throughout the entire inner world, making everything tremble.
As the force suppressing Shukaku disappeared, Rasa's body rapidly began to change.
The ground suddenly collapsed, and large amounts of sand were drawn toward him.
A piercing voice rang throughout Konoha: "I'M BACK OUT AGAIN!"
———
While Konoha was in the midst of an intense battle.
In the forest to the south of Konoha, everything remained quiet, broken only occasionally by the chirping of birds.
Moryo stood beneath a towering tree, sizing up the man in front of him, Nauma, one of the Limelight.
However, his gaze wasn't focused solely on Nauma, but more on the Impure World Reincarnation technique being used behind him.
'This technique should have been developed by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. So why can Black Zetsu use it as well?'
Moryo pondered inwardly, a trace of doubt and vigilance appearing.
He knew there had to be a huge secret hidden here. Black Zetsu's true identity was definitely far more complicated than it appeared.
Although Moryo had lived for many years, compared to Black Zetsu, he was insignificant.
He had no idea what Black Zetsu's real intentions were. The only thing he could be sure of was that, at this moment, they shared a common enemy, Konoha Village.
As for this attack on Konoha, Moryo had already decided that he would absolutely not step within Konoha's territory.
After all, he had only just obtained a body. If he caught the attention of Namikaze Minato, it would be destroyed again.
The Limelight would only unleash their Lightning Dream Lightning People after the airborne ninja had been mostly exhausted.
Moryo also kept part of his attention on the direction of Konoha.
This battle about to erupt was unprecedented in scale, with a wide area of impact.
If Miroku were to use sorcery within Konoha, with his perception ability, he would detect it immediately.
It was precisely because he had stayed with this Impure World Reincarnation body for some time that he noticed it carried a dense aura of energy.
A trace of confusion and surprise appeared on Moryo's face.
'Could it be?'
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