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suddenly!

A gray-white beam of light swept in from behind him, instantly enveloping him.

The terrifying energy instantly destroyed his body completely.

However, just before Minato Namikaze was about to turn to ashes, a relieved smile appeared on his face.

The gray-white beam of light, undiminished in its momentum, struck the rock wall with tremendous force, instantly creating a large hole before disappearing into the horizon.

"Watergate!"

Jiraiya instinctively shouted, watching with a complicated expression as his disciple slowly disappeared into thin air.

Even after eliminating the culprit who harmed him, the Nine-Tails' rage did not subside.

Its eyes flashed with ferocity, and it turned its head toward Xu Ming and the others.

It slowly lowered its body, assuming a standard downward-facing dog stance, ready to pounce on its prey.

The next second, the Nine-Tailed Fox pushed off with all its might and pounced towards the crowd.

Bah!

A soft sound suddenly came from the air, as if the Nine-Tails had hit an invisible wall of air, and its huge, leaping figure suddenly stopped.

Nine-Tails tried to accelerate again, but its feet slipped on something, causing it to slide and crash heavily into the rock wall beside it.

Chapter 469 Leave it to me! (Bonus Chapter)

Boom!

The entire cave trembled from the impact of the Nine-Tails. Several huge stalactites on the cave ceiling broke in the middle as they swayed, and thick, cone-shaped stone pillars fell down like giant stone spears, smashing heavily onto the Nine-Tails. However, they were blocked by the Nine-Tails' hard skin and shattered into countless pieces.

This didn't harm the Nine-Tails, but it ignited its fury.

The large tuft of tails behind the Nine-Tailed Fox shook violently, and raging flames suddenly rose from its tail.

Nine-Tailed Fox lowered its body, then suddenly spun around in place, its large tuft of tail whipping out like a whip.

A large plume of flame attached to its tail was flung towards Xu Ming and the others.

"Get out of the way!"

Xu Ming immediately directed everyone to take cover.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's steps were light, as if she were dancing. She gracefully twirled in place, and her gorgeous twelve-layered kimono bloomed like petals. The blood-red spider lilies swayed gently, as if they had come to life.

Whoosh!

The strong smell of blood instantly spread throughout the cave, and large amounts of blood silently gushed out from under Kasumigaoka Utaha's feet.

With a wave of her hand, Kasumigaoka Utaha caused the blood to swell up as if it had come to life, transforming into jets of water that met the flames shot out by the Nine-Tailed Fox.

From a distance, the scarlet water columns looked like thick, thousand-year-old blood pythons.

The two collided head-on in mid-air.

Oh!

A large amount of blood was evaporated by the extremely hot fox fire, making the bloody smell in the cave even stronger.

Haruyuki Arita seized the opportunity to deploy his light wings and quickly take off.

Fortunately, the entire cave was twenty or thirty meters high, providing ample space for Haruyuki Arita to fly inside.

He began to use his mobility to fly around the Nine-Tails, and when the Nine-Tails was not paying attention, he would activate his laser sword, stab the Nine-Tails in the head, and then run away immediately.

Such an injury would be fatal to a human, but for the Nine-Tails' size, it was like being bitten by a mosquito—not very harmful, but disgusting, which made the Nine-Tails extremely irritable.

Erina sprayed cold air at Kurama, but perhaps due to the great difference in their strength, the cold air was not very effective.

Before the Nine-Tails' limbs could be frozen, the fiery red aura emanating from its body melted the ice.

After trying a few times and finding the results unsatisfactory, Erina switched to her purple-haired state and began throwing lightning spears at Kurama.

Asagami Fujino's twisting power continued to create wounds on Kurama's body.

However, due to the Nine-Tails' size and the protective fiery red demonic aura covering its body, neither Erina's lightning spear nor Asagami Fujino's twisting power could cause any serious damage to the Nine-Tails.

The three of them served more as a check and balance.

While Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others held off Kurama in front of them.

Xu Ming, Jiraiya, and Kato Megumi immediately gathered together and began to discuss countermeasures.

"Ming, we must leave now."

The Nine-Tailed Fox has been completely unsealed and has returned to its peak condition; it's beyond our capabilities to deal with.

Kato Megumi's expression was solemn, with a hint of helplessness and resentment in her eyes.

No one expected that at the last moment, all their efforts would be in vain because of a father's love for his son.

"no!"

Jiraiya refused without hesitation.

"If we leave it unchecked now, the Nine-Tails will definitely run rampant in the outside world."

If I remember correctly, Tokyo is nearby.

Therefore, we absolutely cannot let the Nine-Tails escape.

The two disagreed for the time being, but Xu Ming was thinking about other things.

Escaping would be easy. Xu Ming only needs to use the Serpent's Magatama to summon the clone of Orochi, and let Orochi entangle the Nine-Tailed Fox. He can then easily lead everyone away. But what happens after they escape?

He touched his chin, and a sudden thought flashed through his mind, causing him to blurt out a sentence unconsciously.

"Strange, why does the Nine-Tails' aura seem to be weakening..."

Upon hearing Xu Ming's mutterings, Jiraiya's eyes lit up.

"That's right! The Nine-Tails' aura has indeed weakened."

Although it's unclear how Minato did it, his actions just now clearly weakened Kurama.

The Nine-Tails is not invincible now!

Kato Megumi immediately closed her eyes, carefully sensed for a while, and then nodded.

"The Nine-Tails' aura has indeed weakened considerably..."

Then can we...?

A glimmer of hope immediately appeared on Jiraiya's face.

He sacrificed so much; his teachers, friends, students... all died because of the Nine-Tails.

Now he is all alone in Konoha, and his only motivation is to completely eliminate the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Kato Megumi shook her head.

"Although Mr. Namikaze has indeed weakened the Nine-Tails quite a bit, the Nine-Tails is still incredibly powerful and beyond our ability to deal with."

Therefore, the safest course of action now is to leave this place, gather enough people, and seal it away again.

Jiraiya couldn't help but say:

"Is it too late to go back and gather manpower now?"

Keep in mind that this place isn't far from Tokyo, and the Nine-Tails could very well storm into the city and wreak havoc.

Kato Megumi sighed.

"Even if we stay here now, we have no chance of winning and will only sacrifice ourselves in vain."

If necessary, I don't mind sacrificing myself.

But I won't make meaningless sacrifices.

Upon hearing Kato Megumi's answer, Jiraiya couldn't help but show a look of disappointment.

Is there really no other way?

Kato Megumi bowed.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Jiraiya."

This is reality.

Jiraiya fell silent.

While everyone was discussing countermeasures, the battle situation had already rapidly shifted in favor of the Nine-Tails.

While harassing others in the sky, Haruyuki Arita was accidentally slapped by Kurama and slammed into the rock wall.

Erina and Asagami Fujino were forced to dodge and weave by the Nine-Tailed Fox's demonic flames, unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Only Kasumigaoka Utaha is still struggling to hold on, but there is clearly an absolute gap in levels between the two sides, and Kasumigaoka Utaha won't be able to hold on for much longer.

Just then, a resolute look appeared on Jiraiya's face.

"If... I mean, if I had a way to suppress the Nine-Tails' power to Soul Level Six, then I should be able to deal with him, right?"

Kato Megumi gave him a deep look and nodded.

"If the Nine-Tails' power is weakened to the sixth level of the soul, there is no need to gather any manpower; everyone present will have a way to kill the Nine-Tails."

"it is good!"

Jiraiya proudly pointed his thumb at himself.

"Leave the task of weakening the Nine-Tails to me!"

Although he was injured and looked extremely disheveled at the moment.

Kato Megumi's expression changed slightly, and she asked uncertainly:

"Mr. Jiraiya, do you mean to..."

Jiraiya did not give a direct answer.

He turned around directly, facing the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"After I weaken the Nine-Tails, the rest is up to you!"

Chapter 470 Not a Step Back!