Hyuga Ryosuke and the others used the extreme speed of Hirenkyaku to weave frantically between the massive bodies of the Tailed Beasts.
Blut Arterie and Blut Vene switched with precision in milliseconds.
Evade.
Defend.
Counterattack.
Every collision erupted with deafening thunder.
They gave everything they had, trading their futures for this brutal, evenly matched struggle.
While Ryosuke used Reishi arrows to suppress the rampaging Five-Tails, he turned his head.
His blue-lit eyes crossed the chaotic battlefield and fixed firmly on Minato Namikaze in the distance.
"Lord Hokage!"
"The remaining five Tailed Beasts are ours to handle!"
Ryosuke's voice, amplified by surging chakra, rang throughout the ruins.
"You can focus on dealing with the Akatsuki!"
Minato Namikaze's heart jolted at those words.
He looked at the five blood-soaked Hyuga clan members in midair, who fought to the death without retreating.
He looked at the terrifying, heartrending resolve radiating from them.
Minato knew very well that such methods of forcibly raising one's combat power always came with a terrible price.
But this was no time to hesitate.
The opportunity would vanish in an instant!
Still, they could make another adjustment.
Gamabunta was enormous.
He had no advantage against the Akatsuki, but against the relatively weaker Three-Tails, he could at least hold it back for a while.
Minato Namikaze's gaze was sharp as lightning.
He stared at the five blood-soaked Hyuga clan members in midair, who fought to the death without retreating.
Five against five.
Even with that unknown, berserk power, this life-for-life tactic could not last long.
They could not rely entirely on them.
Minato bit his thumb.
Azure chakra erupted with a boom, and his voice pierced through the yellow sand filling the sky.
"Bunta!"
"Go hold off that big shelled turtle first!"
Gamabunta was currently wielding his enormous short sword