"Kushina, are you all right?"
Minato helped Kushina out of the rubble.
The Nine-Tails chakra surrounding Kushina had dwindled considerably. After all, this body was only her Shadow Clone.
The Nine-Tails chakra and Rinnegan were the only reasons she had survived so many blows without dissipating.
Kushina said, "Minato, this clone of mine is almost out of chakra."
"There's only one option now. Use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to the Leaf Village and bring my real body here."
"But—"
Minato's eyes were filled with refusal.
The real Kushina was still pregnant. How could a husband let his pregnant wife join the battle?
He wasn't a useless husband!
Yet against someone as powerful as Liao Wu, it seemed a useless husband was all Minato could be!
Minato clenched his fists, bitterly unwilling to accept it.
Liao Wu suddenly appeared beside Minato and Kushina, holding a Black Rod.
"Kushina, behold my Six Paths Rod!"
Liao Wu thrust his Six Paths Rod at Kushina, and Minato activated Flying Thunder God to teleport her away.
But in that fraction of a second, Liao Wu activated Time Stop and drove his Six Paths Rod into Kushina's chest.
"Mom—!"
Inside Kamui Space, Naruto saw Liao Wu's Six Paths Rod pierce his mother and instantly flew into a rage. Vast amounts of red Nine-Tails chakra poured from his body like a whirlwind.
Hong, Shizune, and the others could not withstand Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra.
With a poof, Kushina's body burst into white smoke. Her Shadow Clone dissipated completely.
Liao Wu spun the Black Rod in his hand, then pointed it at Minato. "Minato, would you like a taste of my Six Paths Rod?"
Like a helpless husband, Minato shot Liao Wu a resentful look, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished before him.