"Roar!! Who are you?! How dare you ruin my plans!!" The scarlet whip chasing Naruto slammed into the prison gate, making the entire dark space tremble. A voice brimming with unquenchable fury immediately rang out.
The owner of the giant claw emerged fully from the darkness. The Nine-Tailed Fox fixed its scarlet eyes tightly on Jiu Ming. "You were the one spying on me before, weren't you?"
"Yeah." Jiu Ming nodded, once again feeling just how vast the gap between mages and warriors was. He hadn't been the only one peeking, so why was he the one who got noticed?
"Then go die."
Before Naruto's astonished eyes, the fox's giant claw slammed down with vicious force. Naruto thought that even if Jiu Ming's slender body could hold up that massive claw, he had to be struggling. He wanted to shout a warning, but Jiu Ming's arm merely trembled. Transparent flames ignited over it, and he held the claw up as though nothing had happened.
"Uh... that's amazing."
"There's something even more amazing." Jiu Ming smiled, grabbed the fox's claw with both hands, and—like an ant throwing a human over its shoulder—he actually fucking succeeded!!
The Nine-Tailed Fox's enormous body crashed heavily onto the ground, making the dark space shake again. "ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!" Having been thrown flat on its back in utter shock, the Nine-Tailed Fox flew into a rage. Frenzied red energy ravaged the entire prison. Just as it flared up and tried to grind Jiu Ming into paste, it discovered in astonishment that Jiu Ming had already walked out.
The gaps between the metal bars of the prison gate were wide enough for a person to pass through with ease, yet it could not even stretch a claw outside—at most, it could stick out one finger...
"If you've