Master and Disciple Join Forces

After Obito sent Minato into the Kamui Dimension,

he saw that the fully resurrected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki had already taken down the Reanimated Second Tsuchikage, Mu, in a single exchange.

He held Mu by the throat with one hand and pierced his Impure World Body with a Black Rod.

Seeing this,

Minato knew the ambush in the Kamui Dimension had failed after all.

They hadn't managed to take Jigen's head off in one fell swoop. Instead, they'd allowed Jigen to fully resurrect as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Those Otsutsuki really were too hard to kill!

Still,

Minato had expected some changes. When they'd devised their strategy, they'd already taken these possibilities into account.

They'd even considered the possibility that their first combo attack might fail.

And now,

Plan A's combo had successfully killed Jigen, the vessel, forcing Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to resurrect. It was as if they'd taken away an entire health bar from their enemy.

That was already a huge victory!

Minato hadn't expected to take Ōtsutsuki Isshiki down easily in one go. If it were that simple, Isshiki wouldn't be the strongest enemy in the entire Ninja World.

At that moment, when Isshiki saw Minato appear,

the resurrected Ōtsutsuki Isshiki was consumed by rage. The elegance and refinement he'd cultivated over a thousand years vanished without a trace.

Because he was about to die!

Forced to resurrect using only Jigen's head, he now had less than three hours left to live...

For an Otsutsuki who was practically immortal, this was like standing at the gates of the underworld and peeking inside!

He had never been so close to death.

Even when Kaguya had ambushed him and grievously wounded him a thousand years ago, he hadn't been this close to dying.

After all, he'd still had his entire upper body back then. The