Screams rose one after another in the underground puppet factory.
The moment Mukade joined the fight, things spiraled even further out of control.
Miki Yūya thrashed his way through the crowd. Men, women, young, old-anyone who came near him got a beating.
[Ding! Armament Haki +1] [Ding! Armament Haki +0.9]
Aboveground, Rōran had all but been reduced to rubble. On the battlefield, Minato was still locked in a fierce fight with the Nine-Tails.
Minato's senjutsu Flying Thunder God Marks filled the entire sky. Marks solidified from natural energy covered the space around them, and without senjutsu, Obito had no way to erase them.
The Yellow Flash flickered incessantly. In this state, Minato could accelerate his body through constant teleportation, generating terrifying force.
A single kick could knock the Nine-Tails off balance.
With Sage Mode in this state, as long as his opponent couldn't restrict the Flying Thunder God Marks scattered through space, he was invincible until his chakra ran out.
The Nine-Tails' roars shook heaven and earth. Violent tailed beast chakra poured out of him, cracking the ground and sending shattered rocks flying everywhere. Obito coordinated with the Nine-Tails, but neither could do a thing to Minato.
By now, Obito was dumbfounded. How had his teacher suddenly become so strong? Something wasn't right.
Meanwhile, inside the Nine-Tails, Naruto's Spirit World had undergone a complete upheaval.
Naruto's eyes snapped open, his consciousness wrenching free of the chaos.
He found himself trapped inside the sealed water prison.
Cold currents infused with the seal swirled around him, and the prison's bars locked down the entire space.
The Nine-Tails should have been imprisoned here, but now their positions had completely reversed.
The Nine-Tails' consciousness had escaped into the real world, while Naruto was locked inside this sealed mental cage.
Darkness surrounded