"Roar!"
The ferocious roar of the Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly rang in Minato's ears.
An extremely powerful force was now madly attacking the already weakened seal on Kushina's abdomen.
Feeling the violent impact, Minato's eyes focused and chakra suddenly surged out of his palms.
He had once suppressed the Nine-Tails when Kushina lost control at home, but at that time he seemed to struggle extremely to cope with such power.
But this time it was different. His body had been constantly strengthened by his training, and the amount of chakra he possessed was terrifyingly large.
In addition, his attainments in sealing techniques were even better than before, so suppressing the Nine-Tailed Fox now would not be as difficult as before.
"Damn human!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox roared madly, using all of its current strength to attack the seal that bound it.
The birth of a Jinchūriki's child was also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the tailed beast.
However, at this moment, a powerful chakra overflowed through the seal.
"This is...!?"
The Nine-Tails naturally knew that this chakra belonged to Minato, but it had never felt it at such a close distance.
"This..."
Its strange pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly.
Because it actually sensed its own chakra fluctuations from Minato's chakra.
"How is that possible?!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox said in surprise, but it didn't have the energy to think about it now.
It struggled hard, but with Minato's current level, not even the Nine-Tails could put him under pressure like it did before.
"Ah!!"
At this time, Kushina was sweating profusely due to the severe pain, and she couldn't help but scream out loud.
"Kushina, push harder!" said Biwako, Hiruzen's wife.
"Naruto..."
At this moment, Kushina kept murmuring the name of the child who was about to be born.
The pain a mother goes through during childbirth is simply unimaginable to others.
Under Minato's suppression, the Nine-Tails' struggle became futile.
At this time he was able to quietly divert some of his attention, and seeing Kushina's painful expression, he felt a pang of concern.
"Kushina..."
Even so, Minato's nerves were still tense, and his perception enveloped the entire cave.
Because he knew that someone would take this opportunity to attack Kushina.
At this time, outside the cave, more than a dozen of Konoha's Anbu were on high alert.
Behind them, there were dense seal patterns wrapping the cave.
"Ah!!"
Kushina's painful groans echoed out from the cave and spread far away.
"Whoosh!"
When everyone was on high alert, the space somewhere suddenly distorted violently.
"Boom!"
The distortion of space had not yet been completed when a flaming blade flashed through the darkness.
But the blade light went straight through the space.
In the distorted space, a figure gradually became clear.
The masked man turned his eyes slightly to glance at the attack that penetrated through his body.
"So fast..."
Swish!
In front of him, two figures suddenly appeared, each holding a weapon in their hands.
One man's blade had flashes of lightning on it, while the other's blade was wrapped in fire.
"Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Yoruki..."
The masked man murmured softly, but his expression did not fluctuate much when facing the two top masters.
At this moment, the two people in front of him looked at each other with a hint of surprise.
Someone actually dared to attack Kushina while she was giving birth.
Uchiha Yoruki's eyes flashed, and the two flaming sword beams he slashed out fell into the jungle in the distance, cutting down several large trees, which then began to burn.
"Did he get away?"
Even with his Mangekyō eyes, he couldn't figure out how the masked man in front of him had managed to avoid his attack.
Pure speed?
That was impossible. Even Minato, who was the fastest in the ninja world, couldn't dodge like this against his Mangekyō eye power.
So, if it wasn't dodged by speed, then there was only one answer.
"My attack just now seemed to have penetrated directly through that guy's body."
Uchiha Yoruki said to Sakumo who was standing beside him. The latter had just seen the whole situation clearly and was also analyzing the abilities of the person who suddenly appeared.
He still found it hard to believe that an attack could pass directly through someone.
"Do a good job of security, don't take it lightly!"
Sakumo shouted. He didn't believe that the masked man in front of them dared to come alone.
"Shhh!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his entire body turned into a ray of white light, accompanied by lightning, flashing in the dark night.
"Pretty fast."
The masked man naturally noticed Sakumo's movements, but he didn't seem concerned at all. He stood there, motionless.
At this time, Uchiha Yoruki was also watching Sakumo's attack.
Swish!
The blade flashed past, but it still seemed to cut through the air, piercing through the masked man's body.
"One."
However, just as Sakumo's blade was about to cut through the masked man's body, the latter turned around and said indifferently.
He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Hatake Sakumo's shoulder.
Uchiha Yoruki, who was farther away, saw this and his expression changed. The three black tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly at this moment and suddenly linked together to form a flame-like pattern.
"Swish!"
A crimson light burst out, and a sword light fell from the sky, slashing towards the masked man's hand that was about to reach out to Sakumo.
"Mangekyō Sharingan!"
The sword light flashed and fell, directly piercing through the masked man's outstretched palm.
At the same time, Sakumo reacted and slashed back, also penetrating through the masked man's body.
After stepping back, Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo, who were flanking the masked man from front and back, both had looks of shock in their eyes.
Because through the attack just now, they had already confirmed it.
The masked man in front of them did have the ability to allow physical attacks to pass through his body.
This ability was simply unheard of.
"That's a pretty quick response."
The masked man's eyes were calm. If Uchiha Yoruki had been a little slower in launching his eye technique just now, he would have been able to kill Hatake Sakumo directly.
Although the strength of the two people in front of him should not be much different, Yoruki possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan after all. In this regard alone, Uchiha Yoruki still seemed a bit more troublesome.
But the masked man didn't care about any of this.
Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo stared at the man in front of them. Judging from the abilities he displayed alone, he was definitely an extremely dangerous opponent.
After all, in today's ninja world, who else could appear so calm and composed under the siege of these two powerful shinobi?
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