"Roar—" the Nine-Tails' bellow thundered in his ears, resounding through the skies. The voice carried boundless fury and authority, as if it would tear the entire world apart.
Minato felt utterly drained. His face was as pale as snow, and his body trembled slightly.
Although he was an Impure World Reincarnation, he still found it difficult to withstand the intense weakness caused by extracting the Nine-Tails.
His eyes dimmed, and his originally upright body now looked somewhat stooped.
He tried desperately to steady himself, but his legs seemed to have lost all strength, limp and unable to support his weight.
He gasped heavily, his chest heaving violently.
Minato struggled to raise his head and look toward the Nine-Tails, a trace of helplessness and pain showing in his eyes.
From their conversation just now, he already knew...
The Nine-Tails inside Naruto had already been extracted by that so-called Empire!
Even his Impure World body had suffered such a severe side effect!
Then Naruto...
At that thought, his expression darkened.
"The Empire... I will make you pay the price!!!"
The Yin Nine-Tails looked at its surroundings. It had always been violent, but now it had become even more uncontrollable.
Its enormous body rolled and twisted across the ground, its nine tails whipping about wildly and emitting sharp, ear-piercing hisses, as if it wanted to tear the entire space apart.
Its eyes were filled with fear and rage. The fur covering its body stood on end, every strand glimmering with dangerous light.
It recognized the Ten-Tails!!
There's no way I'm going back into that shell!
The Nine-Tails was in the heart of the Akatsuki base, sealed inside a massive barrier. Darkness and silence surrounded it.
However, it had not given up resisting. Instead, it struggled even more desperately.
It rammed the barrier with