The next second, everyone reverted to their base state at once.
Ning Xue's long hair instantly returned to normal, and the two translucent white chakra snakes behind him slowly dissipated.
As for why he had deactivated them?
There was no other reason: his chakra had bottomed out, causing the two utterly different powers within him to fall violently out of balance, forcing him to deactivate both Sage Mode and Mōryō Chakra.
Nine-Tails Chakra Mode dissipated at the same moment.
The enormous golden fox's body instantly collapsed, its golden chakra scattering in every direction.
Naruto, Ning Xue, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Might Guy fell from midair, each steadying himself and landing on the ground.
Nearby, Killer B also left his Tailed Beast form. The Eight-Tails' massive body rapidly shrank, turning back into that sunglasses-wearing fellow with the terrible rapping.
"What a pain. That last move burned through all my chakra..."
Landing on the rubble, Naruto immediately called out urgently within his mindscape.
"What's going on, Kurama?!"
Within the mindscape, Kurama lay behind the enormous iron gate, his scarlet beast eyes half-closed as he spoke flatly.
"I've reached my limit, Naruto. Wait until I've gathered more chakra before using it again."
With that, he ignored Naruto's calls, curled up his enormous tails, closed his eyes, and began slowly gathering chakra.
Naruto opened his eyes, his expression looking somewhat grim.
Kakashi stood beside him, his gaze fixed on the approaching behemoth in the distance.
His right hand had already moved toward his left eye.
"Looks like... I'll have to pull everyone into Kamui Space to take shelter for a while."
But just as the Ten-Tails raised its enormous arm, preparing to smash it down on their position-
"Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling Jutsu!"
A milky-white beam shot in from the side, hurtling precisely toward the