"Whoosh!"
Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake abruptly appeared in an area untouched by the lightning.
Kakashi steadied himself before letting out a breath of relief. "Thank goodness you were there, Sensei. Otherwise, I couldn't have held on any longer."
Minato shook his head beside him. "It wasn't that bad. Your own response was what kept you alive."
If Kakashi hadn't used Lightning Blade to counter the lightning released by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at the outset, even Minato wouldn't have been fast enough to save him.
So Kakashi had survived that wave of attacks through his own abilities.
Of course, Minato's timely arrival had also been indispensable.
"Wait..." Kakashi suddenly started and turned to look beneath the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. "Naruto!"
"Naruto's still over there!"
"The lightning hit him head-on!"
Kakashi had originally intended to rescue Naruto, but the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had released its lightning too quickly, leaving him no extra time to react.
Faced with Kakashi's alarm, Minato showed no anxiety. Instead, he reassured him. "Don't worry. Naruto isn't that easy to take down."
Of the three of them, Naruto Uzumaki currently had the strongest defenses and recovery abilities.
So Naruto certainly wouldn't fall for good from a single attack by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Moreover, with the help of the Nine-Tails, who now understood and acknowledged Naruto as Naruto did him, Minato didn't believe he would watch his son die.
That was also why he had gone to save Kakashi first rather than checking on Naruto.
He believed in his son!
"But..."
Just as Kakashi searched for Naruto in anxious uncertainty, an angry shout rang out like a thunderclap!
"Aah!"
A golden flash streaked across their vision.
Naruto appeared directly in front of the Demonic