Chapter 248 - 248 (1/2)

With the remaining ”half of the Kyubi” suppressed by Ryo, no accidents occurred as Minato sealed it within Naruto.

Minato looked at the clueless Naruto, and then at Kushina who was in tears next to him, and smiled bitterly. He wished that he could stay with them, but he know that it was impossible.

He walked to his wife's side with whatever power he had left in him, and hugged her in silence.

At this time, Ryo could clearly perceive that Minato's Chakra and vitality were at the point of exhaustion. They were being absorbed by the Shadow of the Shinigami behind him, and now all that was left was his soul.

At this moment, Ryo opened his Mangekyo and shouted: ”Minato, look here!”

Minato let go of Kushina, and looked back at Ryo, and the latter immediately used his Jutsu, taking away Minato's soul from the claws of the god of death!

Just as Minato's soul was about to enter the Ice World, it was strongly pulled by the Shinigami's Shadow, which wanted it to pull it back to him.

Ryo was shocked. He had speculated that the shadow didn't have its own will, but did not expect that its instinctual actions had such a force.

Nevertheless, Ryo wasn't about to give up, opening Ice World, and controlling its endless ice and snow to flood into the shadow.

As the Shinigami's shadow was somewhat in a soul-like state, the Ice and Snow which was composed of Spiritual power had a certain impact on it.

Under its effects, the lower half of the Shadow was frozen, and its pulling force exerted on Minato soul was significantly weakened.

The small Kyubi inside Kushina, being a special being himself, could clearly perceive Ryo's battle.

After some hesitation, Kurama decided to tell Kushina: ”Kushina, relax your spirit, and use my power to perceive the kid and the Shadow of the Shinigami!”

Kushina had no mind to listen to the Kyubi. At this moment, she was completely immersed in the pain brought by Minato's death.

Kurama helplessly sighed, and then guided her consciousness towards the ongoing battle.

Soon, in her consciousness, she could see the battle between her disciple and the Shadow of the God of Death over her husband's soul.

Perceiving such an unimaginable scene, Kushina was somewhat confused: ”Kurama, what's going on?”

The Kyubi shook his head and replied: ”I have no idea, but from the looks of it, the kid is trying to capture Minato's soul. This brat might actually have a way to save Minato!”

When she heard the Kyubi, light instantly shined within Kushina's dim eyes. There was actually a straw of hope she could hang on to as she watched Ryo going through this battle.

The whole thing gradually evolved into a tug-of-war, with Ryo's Ice and Snow temporarily gaining the upper hand.

Ryo then had the idea of making his power explode out of the Ice World, freeze the entire Shadow, and take away Minato's soul.

But Korin stopped him: ”Stop Ryo! Can't you see? This shadow has begun to absorb your Ice and Snow!”