Chapter 144: Battle of Kikyo Pass (6)
Minato did his best to control the beast, constantly attacking the Yonbi with Rasengan.
Son Goku was much stronger, but Minato wasnât giving him the slightest window to make an attack. On terms of speed and flexibility, the two werenât even in the same league.
However, Minatoâs attacks werenât making any substantial damage to him, so the Yonbi didnât care much.
Suddenly, he felt a deadly threat, a force thatâs enough to kill him.
Although the beast would never die forever, the feeling of death was something that he didnât want to feel again.
He immediately went on a rampage, releasing Lava all around him.
Just as Minato started to become exhausted, Son Goku realized who it was bringing him this deadly threat.
âWicked brat, itâs you!â The Yonbi became even more agitated, rushing at Ryo desperately.
A smile appeared on the corner of Ryoâs mouth, as he released the Ice Arrow that he had already prepared.
The arrow broke through the air, landing on the Yonbi in the blink of an eye. Thatâs when Ryo controlled it to explode.
Then, he and Minato blinked hiding in the distance. This arrow was the one with most Natural Energy that Ryo had ever created. Even he had no idea about the extent of its power.
The arrow exploded in the Yonbiâs body, and then Natural Energy that lost its vessel expanded, engulfing the entirety of the Yonbi, and freezing him for the inside out.
The Yonbi, becoming an ice sculpture, had already lost consciousness at this time, and the Ice Arrow ravaged through its body, and Chakra began to dissipate from within it.
Eventually, with the sound of shattering Ice, the Yonbi was split into halves, which in turn crumbled into ice crystal, and the Yonbi was killed again by Ryo.
âHey⦠Ryo⦠that Jutsu of yours is terrible! Minato looked at the Yonbiâs Chakra dissipating and gasped.
âCalmd down Ni san, it is but a Jutsu.â Ryo tilted his head, showing Minato he didnât care much about that.
âThis is beyond of me calming down. This is a Biju killer Justu, with seemingly no side effects. Donât you think itâs terrifying?â
Ryo scratch his head, acting clueless. Minato sighed helplessly thinking: âHeâs just too young to appreciate what he had just done.
But he wasnât going to say anything more about it. Only the two of them were here, meaning that no one needed to know how strong this Jutsu was.
Then Minato returned to the battlefield with Ryo. After they left, a white figure on the ground flashed away.
Back on the battlefield, neither Minato nor Ryo engaged in battle immediately. They both stood on the side observing the situation on the battlefield.
Jirayaâs battle against Rasa was coming to an end, with Rasa having little to do against his enemy.
Ever since Jiraya brought out Sage Mode against him, Rasa had been successfully suppressed in every battle, but never killed.
Sakumo had a bit of a disadvantage against the two siblings fighting him, but he wasnât about to lose anytime soon either.
The battle between Orochimaru and Bunpuku was already over. Just like what happened against the Yonbi before, Orochimaru Mandaâs venom to paralyze the Ichibiâs body and then beat it.
The Ichibi lost consciousness, collapsing. Because Orochimaru didnât wake Bunpuku up, the Ichibi was there on the ground in plain sight.
Now Orochimaru, Minato and Ryo were all observing the state of the battlefield.
When Ryo turned his attention to Kushinaâs side, he found that her battle was also one sided.
This time, Kushina didnât use the Biju Mode, but instead fought in tailed coat mode, while the Gobi was in full Biju mode.
However, Kushina already had 8 tails out. Her Chakra was already several times more than that of Han.
In that state, she was in version two, and didnât keep her human appearance. Her whole body was blood red, and two Fox ears appeared upon her head, while her hands also turned into claws.
If it wasnât for her sneer from time to time, Ryo would have doubted that she had been overtaken by Kurama.
On the other side, Minato could no longer look away after seeing Kushina.
While she was manhandling the Gobi, Minato was still looking worried.
As for Kushina, she was complaining to Kuruma.
âOy, Kuruma! Iâm a girl! How could you do this! This eight-tailed look is ugly!â
âHey! Do you know how many people tried to use my power without me allowing them?!â Kurama said proudly as he licked his tail.
âI donât care; I just want to finish this guy already so I could look normal again.â
Kushina was acting like a rascal, but Kurama didnât pay any attention to that.
It was because of his memories from the Ryumyakuâs incident, the ones that Minatoâs seal wasnât able to suppress.
He already knew that there were some people who are bound to come, seeking to control Kushina. He had to make Kushina capable of controlling his full strength as soon as possible. He thought, if that was to happen, no one would be able to fully control him, even an Uchiha.
If the Biju and the Jinchuriki become able of working together, their joint strength wouldnât be the simple sum of its parts.
The Kyubi is the most powerful of all Biju. If Kushina was to fully control its power, then she would be able to beat any user of the Susanoo. (Author Note: This is based on the fact that Naruto was able to fight on par with Sasukeâs perfect Susanoo, with just one half of Kurama.)
Although she didnât understand why Kurama was so strict with her, Kushina believe that he would never harm her.
She had been working very hard to master his power, and Kurama was very pleased with this. Todayâs battle is the stage where the result of their hard work shall appear.
If the Kyubi helped her conquer his negative emotions, it would be like helping a student cheat on an exam.
In that case, if someone else would try to forcibly control him, she wouldnât be able to do anything.
Kushina, while being a little bit silly, didnât have her mind wrapped on Kurama. She focused on the Gobi, just to end this as soon as possible and leave this state.
The Gobi kept being on the defense. The Kyubiâs Chakra was too horrible, and any attempt from him to attack would result in him getting a critical hit.
Kushina became serious. While the Gobi was being beaten, he was really hanging on!
She threw him into the air, and then attacked him before even giving the poor thing a chance to fall.
Seeing that, Minato was relieved, and stopped having doubts about Kushinaâs chances to win.
Ryo looked away from that fight, and then quickly turned back. His eyes were shining bright, as he just had a new idea: This was a perfect chance to collect the Chakra of two Biju!