Facing the Nine-Tails' chakra claw strike, Araki said he was scared, but his hand did not hesitate in the slightest.
Whoosh!
The rain-slick blade lightly sliced across the orange-red energy claw's wrist. At the cost of an equal amount of chakra, Araki's blade effortlessly severed the Nine-Tails' chakra arm.
After all, Tailed Beast chakra was still chakra. It was only natural for it to be melted by the Rain Cutter Technique.
This immediately enraged the Nine-Tails even further.
Losing the chakra of one arm meant nothing to it, but having its attack so easily neutralized by an enemy made it feel humiliated.
"Roar!"
The Nine-Tails roared again, lowering its body slightly as if preparing to pounce. By then, its sixth tail had emerged.
Meanwhile, the Third Hokage had been stunned by the sudden turn of events.
What was going on? How had Araki appeared in front of Kushina in an instant, seriously injured her into unconsciousness, and even directly allowed the Nine-Tails to take control of her body?
"Flying Thunder God Technique?"
The method of crossing dozens of meters in an instant felt strangely familiar to the Third Hokage. His wariness and caution toward Araki rose once more.
If this man also knew space-time ninjutsu, then his level of threat...
But Araki was no longer the most pressing issue. The Nine-Tails, having unleashed six tails, had already surpassed the Third Hokage's danger threshold.
"Quick, notify the sealing team! Order every ninja in the village who can still move to assemble!"
At last, seeing that the situation had completely spiraled out of control, the Third Hokage formally gave the order, forcefully pulling away all the ninja who were treating the wounded.
After all, if they did not restrain the Nine-Tails quickly, the trouble would only get worse.
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