Elsewhere.
Namikaze Minato finally recovered from his shock.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen had given him a file on Qian before they set out, and he had learned from it that Qian possessed a ninjutsu of astonishing destructive power, he had originally thought the description in the report was exaggerated.
But now, after seeing Qian use Wind Style: Rasenshuriken with his own eyes, and seeing the Six-Tails' miserable state after being struck by it, he finally understood that the report had not exaggerated at all. If anything, it had underestimated him.
Only now did he understand just how terrifying Qian's talent was.
With his eye, it was naturally not hard for him to see that the foundation of Wind Style: Rasenshuriken was the Rasengan.
Long ago, when he had happened to learn that Qian could also use the Rasengan, and had seen him perform it once, he had thought Qian's talent was quite good.
But at the time, he had only thought it was good.
Because in his view, the reason Qian had been able to develop that technique was most likely that at some point he had seen either him or Master Jiraiya use it, then borrowed that inspiration.
That was certainly extremely impressive, but still within an acceptable range.
After all, when creating a ninjutsu, the most important thing was inspiration. Without inspiration, there was nothing.
But now, the other party had actually taken the Rasengan a step further. That was not something the word "good" could sum up, even if he had borrowed the inspiration.
After all, neither he nor Master Jiraiya had completed that step even now.
And that alone was enough to prove the point.
There was also Wind Release: Wind Wings.
This Flight Ninjutsu had already made quite a name for itself on the battlefield.
It