Uzumaki Qingxi looked curiously at the Blazing Sun Beast, wondering who he meant by "that fellow." Just as she was about to ask, something changed for Naruto and Sasuke inside the domain. The sun they stood on suddenly shook violently. Naruto had already taken Sasuke into the air before the tremors began, and he watched warily as a distant fireball drew closer. As it approached, the temperature around them rose rapidly.
Inside Naruto, Nine-Tails stared warily ahead, as though trying to see through the fireball. His expression grew more tense than ever before. "Naruto, this one is nothing like the others. This fellow is powerful, no weaker than me. We'll have to give it everything we have."
Naruto felt an unprecedented pressure too. His face grave, he said, "I know. This fellow puts even more pressure on me than the Blazing Sun Beast. What's going on? Isn't this the Blazing Sun Beast's domain? How can there be something even more terrifying than him here?"
Nine-Tails shook his head. "I don't know either. The Blazing Sun Beast is only about as strong as me, in the early Divine Realm at most. How can something this powerful exist in his domain? This pressure is almost at the late Divine Realm. What's going on?"
Naruto glanced at Sasuke, whose eyes were closed as he focused on restoring his ocular power. "Whatever's coming, we have to hold out until Sasuke wakes up. Otherwise, we're both going to die here, Kurama."
Nine-Tails poured his chakra into Naruto with all his strength, his expression solemn. "Understood."
As Nine-Tails continued channeling chakra into him, Naruto activated Nine-Tails Mode. Vast amounts of golden chakra spilled from his body, forming an enormous Nine-Tails whose seven massive tails blotted out the sky. Naruto and Sasuke stood inside its huge head,