"Fairy Art: Fire Giant!"
Kiyosuke elementalized his body and filled it with a large amount of Sage chakra, finally forming this huge flame giant. It was his first attempt, and he couldn't maintain it for too long, but it would be enough.
Looking at the giant that was about the same height as itself, the Nine - Tails let out a roar, opened its big mouth, and pounced.
With one bite, it got a mouthful of flames. Gritting its teeth in pain, it tore off one of the giant's arms. Then, a flaming fist came flying over and hit the Nine - Tails straight, pushing it back.
The fallen arm turned back into flames, flew up, and re - formed at the broken end, as good as new.
Kiyosuke's laughter came from within the flame giant: "You're still two million years too early to hurt me!"
He wiped his nose and controlled the flame giant to charge towards the Nine - Tails. The two huge creatures collided, erupting with a terrifying roar.
"Roar!!!"
The Nine - Tails let out a shrill cry. The attacks of the flame giant were not only physical but also magical. The scorching flames were constantly burning its body, leaving wounds all over. I don't know how much of its orange - red fur had been burned off.
"Human! You're courting death!"
The Nine - Tails opened its big mouth, about to condense a Tailed Beast Bomb. At this moment, the black snake rushed over and wrapped its body around the Nine - Tails' mouth. The incompletely condensed Tailed Beast Bomb shattered, but the black snake was also sent flying by the Nine - Tails.
Bang!
With a dull sound, the flame giant rushed over and punched the Nine - Tails in the face. Not only did it make the Nine - Tails dizzy, but its face also became unbearably hot, making it even more furious.
"Ora Ora Ora Ora!!!!"
The flame giant punched continuously. Its fists were like shooting stars, falling at high speed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Nine - Tails' tails rose up to block the attacks. Two of its tails then flexibly shot forward and pierced through the body of the flame giant. However, as a result, those two tails of the Nine - Tails were also burned.
"This could work!" Hiruzen Sarutobi showed a glimmer of hope. Perhaps they could hold on until Minato arrived.
"Come on! Lord Kiyosuke! Drive the Nine - Tails out!"
"Come on! Lord Kiyosuke!"
For a moment, the cheers rang out. Kiyosuke was now like a god, becoming the savior of Konoha in this time of crisis!
However, Kiyosuke's face inside the flame giant was rather ugly. There was no other reason. This state was too chakra - consuming, and he didn't have time to integrate natural energy. In one minute, he wouldn't be able to maintain this state anymore.
"No, I have to end this quickly!"
The flame giant opened its big hand, and a flame spear condensed and appeared.
Grasping the spear tightly, he stabbed it through the Nine - Tails' belly with one strike.
"Roar!!!!!!"
The Nine - Tails let out a deafening roar, in extreme pain. Not only were its wounds hurting, but its internal organs were also being burned by the flames. How could it not be in pain?
It was excruciating!
"Shut up!"
Kiyosuke condensed another spear and this time pierced through the Nine - Tails' shoulder, nailing it to the ground.
"Hold still!"
Nine slightly smaller flame spears appeared and nailed the Nine - Tails' nine tails to the ground.
After doing all this, the flame giant could no longer hold on and suddenly dispersed. Kiyosuke landed on the Nine - Tails, which was still struggling, trying to break free.
Kiyosuke's face was pale as he said, "Don't even think about struggling, Nine - Tails. These flame spears can hold you for two more minutes. You can't escape within that time."
"Damn human! I won't let you go! I'll kill you! Kiyosuke Asakawa!!!"
The Nine - Tails roared, shouting out Kiyosuke's name.
"Oh? You know me! Did you find out from Sister Kushina?"
During the time when the Nine - Tails was sealed, since it had nothing else to do, it could only watch everything through Kushina's eyes. It wasn't strange for it to know his name.
"But it doesn't matter anyway."
At this time, the black snake said, "Time's up. I'm leaving. I'm injured. Don't call me for a while."
With that, it disappeared with a bang.
Suddenly, Kiyosuke felt the chakra of the Nine - Tails under his feet start to riot. As expected of the strongest tailed beast that could rival five tailed beasts with just half of its chakra. It seemed that his flame spears couldn't hold it down for that long. He could only suppress it for a few minutes!
The next second, the space around him suddenly changed, and he found himself in a forest.
"Minato - sensei's Flying Thunder God?"
Just then, a paw slapped down, shattering Kiyosuke's body. Gritting his teeth in pain, he pulled out the flame spear from his body. No blood flowed from the wound. This was thanks to Kiyosuke's flames that had charred the wound, so no fresh blood would flow out, but it would also take longer to heal.
A figure flew over. It was Minato, wearing the Hokage's divine robe, holding the weak and dying Kushina in his arms, as well as the newly - born Naruto, still in swaddling clothes.
"We must set up the barrier as soon as possible!" Minato gasped. Constantly using the Flying Thunder God at a high intensity - transferring the Tailed Beast Bomb, fighting Obito, and moving such a huge creature as the Nine - Tails - had gradually depleted his chakra.
"I can hold on for a while, Minato!" Kushina looked at her husband. A large number of spiked chains burst out from her back, binding the Nine - Tails that was about to riot and forming an unbreakable barrier.
Adamantine Sealing Chains!
A secret technique of the Uzumaki clan, both offensive and defensive, and capable of suppressing tailed beasts.
"Kushina!" Minato was shocked, looking at his wife. Continuing like this would only accelerate Kushina's death.
Kushina looked at him with a smile and said, "Just hold the Nine - Tails like this... I'm going to die anyway! This can delay the Nine - Tails' rampage. I want to help you as much as possible... as much as possible. All this time, thank you for everything you've done for me, Minato. I love you both! I really want to see Naruto grow up..."
"Waaah!" Naruto in Minato's arms started crying. Minato was filled with grief.
At this moment, Kiyosuke, whose body had re - formed, walked over and remained silent.
Minato looked at Kiyosuke and said in a very solemn tone, "Kiyosuke, I'm entrusting Naruto to you from now on."
"Ah? What?!"
Kiyosuke was stunned. No way, the situation shouldn't be that dire, right?
Minato said, "Obito's situation is not optimistic. I couldn't bring him back. He's deeply controlled and can't be awakened. I could only force him back. His strength has surpassed Kakashi's current level and is approaching mine. I have to leave some backup."
The abilities Obito had shown were quite troublesome for him. He could only force him to retreat, not capture him.
He said to Kushina, "Kushina, you made me the Fourth Hokage, your husband, and Naruto's father... I'm sorry. For you, for Naruto, and for the future, I have to do this. I'll seal your chakra with the Eight - Trigrams Seal so that you can see him in the future."
To prepare for what was to come, Minato pinned all his hopes on his son.