Minato Namikaze stared gravely at Madara Uchiha, who stood within the forehead of the enormous Susanoo. This is going to be difficult.
Nagato Uzumaki's formidable strength and the vast army of Impure World Reincarnation shinobi had already been hard enough to handle. Now he also had to face Madara Uchiha, who had once rivaled Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi. Minato's brows drew together.
"Boy, you're Qingyun's little brother? Qingyun is strong enough, but I wonder how you measure up. Come dance with me!"
After blocking Minato's attack, Madara said those words to him, then flew toward the other side of the battlefield, not the least bit worried that Minato might refuse to follow.
Sure enough, as Minato watched Madara leave, he gave Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others a few instructions, then used Fengshen Leg to chase after him.
It wasn't that Minato wanted to follow Madara. Rather, if he didn't go and hold him off, Madara could join forces with Nagato Uzumaki. Minato hardly dared imagine the power they would wield together.
Besides, the shock waves from their battles were terrifying. Hadn't Nagato killed so many ninja with a single strike immediately after arriving?
If he fought Madara here, the allied ninja from the various villages would undoubtedly suffer devastating casualties. That was why Minato followed Madara away without hesitation.
After Minato left, Nagato resumed his battle with Jiraiya and the others. But Nagato was far too powerful. They couldn't even get close to him and could only keep him occupied, preventing him from breaking away to attack the other ninja.
Even Hatake Sakumo, with his razor-sharp swordsmanship and the aura he had mastered, couldn't cross the threshold of Six Paths power to hurt Nagato. Instead, he constantly had to watch out for attacks from the pitch-black scepter in