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Before the dust could settle, Nagato had already turned around to look at Minato and Naruto standing on a branch on the other side.
It turned out that just before the laser cannon hit, Minato had used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport Naruto away at the last moment.
Nagato slightly furrowed his brow.
It seemed that obtaining the Nine-Tails would not be easy, after all, the Flying Thunder God Technique was too troublesome.
He would have to defeat the Fourth Hokage first!
So...
Nagato clasped his hands together: "Planetary Devastation!"
A black sphere suddenly rose into the sky, unleashing an unprecedented gravitational force.
The ground shattered, and countless trees, rocks, and soil were pulled toward the black sphere in the sky.
The tree beneath Minato and Naruto's feet was uprooted, rising toward the black sphere.
"That's..." Minato glanced up at the sky and was startled. He reached out to grab Naruto's arm. "We have to get out of here!"
Whoosh!
A laser shot over again, separating Minato's hand from Naruto's.
The sound of tearing air echoed as countless paper shurikens spun rapidly toward Naruto.
Konan, who had already wrapped the bodies of the Six Paths of Pain in paper, rejoined the battle.
Nagato had already closed in.
By now, Minato and Naruto had been forced apart, standing on two distant, rising chunks of rock.
"What is that?!"
Naruto used his tail to sweep away the paper shurikens and looked up at the sky. Trees and rocks from the ground were being pulled toward the black sphere, piling up on its surface.
"Naruto."
Minato's expression remained calm as he crossed space to appear beside Naruto, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go!"
At the same time, Nagato had already arrived. Before Minato could teleport away with Naruto, Nagato reached out and touched Minato's body.
Whoosh!
Minato and Naruto instantly disappeared, flickering several times before finally escaping the range of the Planetary Devastation.
"Running away won't help. My goal has already been achieved."
Nagato suddenly clenched his right fist, and the black sphere formed by the Planetary Devastation exploded.
Boom!
A deafening explosion shook the earth, and the previously pulled-up rocks and soil fell back to the ground.
Nagato and Konan left the aftermath of the Planetary Devastation behind, flying toward Minato and Naruto's direction.
Soon, the four of them faced each other again.
"Konan, proceed as planned."
"Yes."
Nagato landed on the ground, while Konan rose into the air.
"Naruto." Minato's face showed yellow markings. "Use your newly gained power to fight!"
"Got it!!!"
Orange markings appeared on Naruto's face as he formed hand seals.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Naruto's main body held a Rasengan, and with the help of his shadow clones, the Rasengan grew larger and spun faster.
A buzzing sound filled the air as the Rasengan gradually took the shape of a shuriken.
"Let's go!"
Minato threw several kunai, and a Rasengan appeared in his hand as he teleported next to Nagato.
In that instant, the Rasengan in his hand suddenly grew countless times larger.
"Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!"
"Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!!!"
Naruto simultaneously threw the Rasenshuriken in his hand.
"Almighty Push!!!"
Nagato's full-powered repulsive force blocked the attacks from Minato and Naruto, rapidly expanding the repulsive force and pushing the father and son away.
"It's too late, Fourth Hokage!"
Nagato clasped his hands together.
"Human Path!"
Purple flames rose, and the giant King of Hell emerged from the ground, opening its mouth.
"Your soul has been marked!"
A strange hand extended from the King of Hell's mouth, rapidly reaching toward Minato.
"This is..."
Minato, mid-air, tried to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to dodge, but his body suddenly stiffened.
The strange hand accurately pierced through Minato's abdomen.
"Dad!!!"
Naruto charged forward with a Rasengan, smashing it toward the strange hand. A dense shower of paper suddenly poured down from the sky.
"Get away!!!"
Naruto's Tailed Beast Chakra erupted, and he charged through the paper without regard.
Although the paper, controlled by Konan's chakra, became sharp, it couldn't pierce through Naruto's Tailed Beast cloak.
"Dad, I'll save you!!"
Naruto shouted anxiously, but he was slowed down by the layers of paper.
Minato turned his head and keenly noticed something unusual in the paper.
"Naruto, defend!!!"
"What?"
Before Naruto could react, the explosive tags mixed in with the paper began to detonate one after another.
"Naruto!!!"
Minato anxiously slashed at the strange hand piercing his abdomen with a kunai.
"It's too late." Nagato's chakra erupted. "I'll take your soul now!!!"
The strange hand piercing Minato's abdomen suddenly yanked, dragging Minato's soul back.
Minato's kunai fell from his hand, and his body began to flicker.
His soul and the strange hand were in a tug-of-war, but he still struggled to endure, desperately trying to see Naruto's condition.
"If you were alive, you wouldn't be so easily captured."
Nagato's chakra erupted again, and Minato's soul was pulled out further.
"All the dead cannot escape the King of Hell's grasp!"
"Dad..."
On the other side, the dust settled, revealing Naruto, covered in blood, lying on the ground.
"Dad!"
"It's too late!"
Nagato erupted once more, completely dragging Minato's soul into the King of Hell's mouth.
Minato's body disappeared, leaving only a broken paper figure slowly falling to the ground.
"Dad!! Dad!!!"
Naruto's eyes gradually turned wild as he turned his head, his beast-like pupils glaring fiercely at Nagato.
"You bastard!!! How dare you!!!"
Boom!
A visible black-red chakra erupted violently, radiating endless malice.
Naruto's face became blurred as the Tailed Beast Chakra completely enveloped him, and three more tails grew from his back.
"Roar!!!"
The six tails flailed wildly as Naruto, resembling a small fox demon, roared at the sky, with white bones forming around his body.
An endless stream of chakra rapidly gathered and compressed in his mouth.
"Nagato!"
Konan's worried voice came from the sky.
"It's fine."
Nagato calmly retracted the King of Hell and ascended into the sky just as the Tailed Beast Bomb was fired.
"Roar!!!"
The Tailed Beast Bomb shot out from Naruto's mouth, leaving a deep trench in the ground before exploding.
"A beast that has lost its mind is easier to deal with." Nagato looked at the crater in the forest and then coldly at Naruto.
"This time, you have nowhere to run, Naruto. I'll take the Nine-Tails now!"
He clasped his hands together once more.
"Once more"
"Planetary Devastation!!!"