In the sky, the heavy rain gradually ceased.
Above the Konoha's camp.
A purplish-black pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky. Amidst earth-shattering roars, it tore the dark clouds into fragments, turning them into ink-black streaks.
Fierce winds raged, sweeping out in all directions.
On the ground, terrible roars continued incessantly.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Rampant Chakra surged.
As if sensing something, many Ninjas engaged in battle instinctively looked towards the direction of the light pillar.
"What's going on? The rain suddenly stopped?"
"Such a terrifying aura!"
"That purple light pillar is filled with ominousness. What exactly happened?"
Looking at that sky-piercing purplish-black light pillar, many Konoha's Ninjas showed bewildered expressions on their faces, completely unable to understand what was happening.
Some experienced Jonin vaguely sensed something. They looked towards the camp behind them, their eyes filled with unease and dread.
The Hyuga Clan's Ninjas with Byakugan truly saw something horrifying. Their fierce Byakugan were already overflowing with fear and horror.
Some Hyuga Clan's branch family's members unhesitatingly wanted to return to support the camp but were held back by the main family's Jonin beside them.
"Don't go!"
The main family's Jonin silently glanced towards the camp's direction before saying gravely: "That Chakra is like a boundless ocean... It's the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, erupting…"
"She may be losing control!"
"Going over now is just throwing your life away. The lives of Hyuga Clan's Ninjas shouldn't be wasted on a meaningless battlefield."
The main family's Jonin's hands, hidden within his sleeves, trembled slightly due to adrenaline surge. Clearly, his heart was not as calm as his surface appearance.
Of course, that suddenly erupting rampant Chakra was not aimed at the ordinary Ninjas on the battlefield.
Or, to be precise, this was just Kushina's most powerful counterattack against a certain uninvited guest from Kirigakure.
Earlier, at Konoha Camp.
Hum hum hum!
Hum hum hum!
The deep red Tailed Beast's Chakra detonated, trembled, and in an instant, began to transform into a terrifying purplish-black.
Terrifying shockwaves churned, crushing everything they touched into dust.
At this moment, the Konoha's Ninjas in the camp were madly fleeing. They didn't even dare to look back, only wanting to escape this hell on earth filled with an aura of destruction.
One tail!
Two tails!
Three tails!
Four tails!
The fox-like Chakra monster finally took shape. Beneath the white skull, sharp beast claws were rapidly forming.
"Uzumaki Kushina …"
Looking at the rampaging Kushina releasing rampant chakra before him, Sora's expression didn't change much. He just said peacefully: "Without reconciling with the Tailed Beast, only treating it as a tool, how much of the Nine-Tails' power can you actually exert? Your current appearance is truly…"
"Yuki Sora, for harming the village's Ninjas, you will definitely pay the price! For the Will of Fire, for Konoha's justice, for our dead comrades, I... will definitely kill you!!!"
"Heh... Interrupting others isn't a good habit, Konoha's Jinchuriki... Bakudo #61, Rikujokoro!"
Sora raised his hand, and Reiatsu raged.
Immediately after, six shining golden light pieces shot through the air from the void, fiercely impacting the second-stage Tailed Beast-transformed Kushina.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Lock!
Power sufficient to crush mountains and rocks erupted, causing Kushina to react as if struck by lightning, instantly losing her balance.
She knelt down in suffocating pain, her already reddened eyes fixed intently on the calm Sora.
Struggle.
Tremor.
Reiatsu and the Nine-Tails' Chakra madly collided. Under the powerful energy tearing, it seemed as if the surrounding space developed black, lightning-like cracks.
"Da…"
"Damn it!!!"
Beneath the dense Tailed Beast's Chakra Cloak, Kushina showed an angry expression. She roared: "Has... has no one told you, not to…"
"Bully women!????"
Boom!!!
The next instant, a fifth tail abruptly appeared.
That was…
Full-blown rampage!!!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Boom!!!
Endless Chakra erupted from Kushina's body. The Chakra Cloak on her body, like satin, was suddenly torn open from the inside. Amidst the insane roaring, a purplish-black light pillar shot skyward from the tear in the Chakra Cloak.
In just an instant, it tore the lock formed by the Rikujokoro into fragments.
"Anger, despair, pain…"
"Just want to kill me?"
Sora smiled faintly: "But please don't boast recklessly. That only reveals your weakness, doesn't it?"
"Enough nonsense ahhh ahhh!!!!"
"I... I will definitely kill you!!!!"
The purple light grew increasingly deep and dangerous. In an instant, the world was filled with purgatory-like black light.
Then, some white beast bones continuously spread over Kushina's body.
That was the Nine-Tails' power eroding, gradually tearing open the seal, beginning to madly assimilate Kushina's consciousness.
"Roar roar roar!!!"
"Gah...!????"
Bestial roars detonated, then stopped abruptly.
Swoosh-
A gorgeous blade light swept horizontally.
At some unknown time, Sora had appeared at Kushina's side. The Zanpakuto in his hand, wrapped in layers of faint frost, descended.
In an instant, it unbelievably tore through the deep purple Tailed Beast's Chakra Cloak, accurately and cunningly striking Kushina's face.
The cold light shattered, arriving in the blink of an eye.
"What?"
Even in a state infinitely close to rampage, a look of ultimate disbelief still flashed in Kushina's eyes. She couldn't imagine how the high-pressure defense condensed from the Nine-Tails' Chakra could be so easily torn apart by that ordinary-looking sword.
At the critical moment between life and death, the furious Kushina didn't back down half a step either. The long tail behind her turned into a giant hammer, savagely smashing down towards Sora's body.
At worst, trade severe injury for severe injury! She didn't believe her opponent's recovery ability could be stronger than her own, with her Uzumaki Clan's physique and Nine-Tails' Chakra!!!
Bang!!!
The slash crushed the last layer of the Nine-Tails' Chakra.
A golden spiral pattern suddenly appeared on Kushina's brow, blocking the spot where the blade light was falling.
With the collision, energy oscillated, stirring up ripples.
Then, Kushina flew backward like a cannonball. Like an upturned hoe, she plowed headfirst into the ground, carving a ditch dozens of meters long before embedding herself like mud into a tree large enough for over a dozen people to encircle.
"Cough…"
"Cough cough…"
Beneath the deep purple Tailed Beast's Chakra Cloak, Kushina convulsed as she madly vomited blood. A wound had been opened on her face, slashing diagonally from her forehead to her chin. Half her face was torn through.
Now, a great amount of Chakra surged towards the wound. Amidst the sizzling white smoke rising, the hideous wound quickly healed completely.
'How is this possible!'
'He!'
'How did he get stronger again!??'
'Yuki Sora, he's so much stronger than last time!!!'
Kushina's eyes were fixed intently on Sora a hundred meters away. Her heart trembled, feeling unbelievable.
Tailed Beast Transformation!
Five Tails!
The power she erupted with, risking complete loss of control and rampage, was actually so effortlessly destroyed by the man before her!???
"You…"
"Who are you, really!??"
Kushina blustered, her tone angry, but her gaze held unconcealable terror.
"I hope your knight isn't late this time... Perhaps letting him watch you die with his own eyes, just like Hatake Kakashi, would also be quite interesting."
Sora said this as he leisurely walked towards Kushina.
Every step was like the tick of her remaining time, stepping on Kushina's heart, making her chest ache acutely, her breath trembling in fright.
Just that one strike earlier, if not for the Nine-Tails' Chakra, she might have already been killed.
Just one strike!
A strike even a Jinchuriki couldn't withstand!
Kushina was terrified. She had never seen Madara in his prime, yet she still felt the man before her possessed terrifying combat power not inferior to that Uchiha legend.
"Kekeke…"
In her ear, a perverse laugh suddenly sounded.
"Uzumaki Kushina …"
"Although I despise you, if you get killed, I'll die too. So, I'll save you once!"
"Just this once!"
Abruptly, the Chakra Cloak torn by the Zanpakuto instantly healed. An even more powerful Chakra shockwave even erupted from Kushina's body.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The energy waves dully roared.
In an instant, another dancing fox tail appeared behind Kushina.
That was…
Six-Tails State!!!
At this moment, the turbulently surging Chakra suddenly swept out a specially shaped kunai.
Clang!
The kunai landed on the ground.
Immediately after, a yellow figure, like lightning, tore through space, appeared without any warning before Sora.