"BOOM!!!!!!!!!!"
The sound was like the end of the world. Everywhere anyone looked, there was nothing but the blinding glare of the explosion, followed by a storm of shock waves that swept inward from the outskirts!
Trees were uprooted, houses were blown down, and the explosion seemed to overturn heaven and earth. Everyone who witnessed it was stunned.
"What incredible power!"
"Was this what our predecessors fought during the Nine-Tails' Attack?"
But everyone quickly came back to their senses. Against a monster like this, they could not afford even the slightest carelessness!
"Isobu! We're not your enemies..."
Minato shouted to the Three-Tails on the battlefield, trying to communicate.
"ROAR!"
Fury filled Isobu's eyes. He turned toward the staff that had already withdrawn and immediately began gathering a second Tailed Beast Bomb.
"Unlike Lord Kurama, he can't be reasoned with?"
Minato frowned. This had been unexpected.
Shisui Uchiha, the Akatsuki, and even Black Zetsu's interference had all been within Minato's expectations and plans.
But because of the Nine-Tails, Minato's plans had never covered how to fight a tailed beast head-on.
According to the plan, once Naruto and the Nine-Tails arrived, they should have been able to win the other tailed beasts over without trouble.
"As if we'd let you pull that again!"
Mei Terumi shouted, spitting out a vast expanse of magma-like ninjutsu.
Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!
Her lava release kekkei genkai could melt anything. As it coated Isobu, even his seemingly impenetrable shell began to hiss as it dissolved.
The Third arrived as well. Covered in blood, he immediately glanced at the blond figure in the spectator stands, and an immense weight lifted from his heart.
Inside the Four Violet Flames Formation, Jiraiya dragged Orochimaru over and shouted at Sakon of the Sound Four, "Release the barrier!"
"Let go