“Although I didn’t intend to kill Minato, I didn’t expect them to react so quickly!” Uchiha Tenxiu’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan shone as he recalled the battle scene.
In the face of Uchiha Chiri’s terrifying abilities, Minato Namikaze was completely on the back foot, relentlessly pursued by her.
The clash of lightning-speed and spatial transfer techniques was like a preview of the intense confrontation between Minato Namikaze and the Fourth Raikage brothers in the Third Ninja World War.
However, unlike the Fourth Raikage brothers,
The Fourth Raikage brothers not only possessed the power of the Tailed Beast but could also cooperate with each other to unleash even greater combat power.
In contrast, Uchiha Chiri had neither the blessing of a Tailed Beast nor the assistance of companions.
But she also possessed a Three-Tomoe Sharingan that was countless times more powerful, and a more potent and stable Chidori Current mode, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced her strength, making her no weaker than the combined efforts of the Fourth Raikage brothers.
Looking back at Minato Namikaze,
At this time, he had not yet grown to the peak state he would achieve in the Ninja World War. Faced with Uchiha Chiri’s fierce offensive, he could only adopt a defensive strategy, struggling to hold on.
Akimichi Choza had his arm severed, and Shibi Aburame and Yamato were pushed to their limits by Zhili’s Shadow Clone.
Yamato, having expended a great deal of Chakra, summoned Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence, using a large amount of Wood Release to envelop the entire central hall of the Dragon Vein, threatening Uchiha Tenxiu and demanding that Uchiha Tenxiu and his group cease their attack.
Unfortunately, what he didn’t know was that the Dragon Vein had already been completely absorbed, and his actions would not cause any change.
Especially since Uchiha Tenxiu had made backup preparations.
That is, even if their scheme didn’t deceive them, there was also a sealing jutsu barrier between the ground several meters deep and the Dragon Vein.
It couldn’t be resolved in a short time at all.
Therefore, under Uchiha Tenxiu’s indifference,
Uchiha Chiri, without any hesitation, bisected Shibi Aburame, who had just been about to breathe a sigh of relief. Seeing his shock and disbelief, he seemed not to understand why the opponent wasn’t afraid of this suicidal method.
After Shibi Aburame was bisected,
Minato Namikaze glared at Zhili with bloodshot eyes, quickly summoning Gamaken. As a type that excels in both offense and defense, Gamaken, armed with an iron trident and shield, could indeed defend against Uchiha Chiri’s powerful attacks, which would free Minato to deal with Zhili’s main body.
Yamato, with eyes splitting, furiously attacked the underground Dragon Vein while enveloping all the space in the Dragon Vein Hall with Wood Release, adopting a suicidal strategy.
“Minato-kun, use Fire Release!” A hint of determination appeared in Yamato’s eyes.
Clearly, as a visitor from the future, he naturally knew that given the immense strength displayed by these enemies, if they couldn’t escape, they could only perish together.
And with the Fourth Hokage’s ability, he should have left a Flying Thunder God kunai mark outside, giving him a chance to survive!
On the other hand, for everyone else, with the entire space surrounded by Wood Release, once Fire Release was unleashed, even if it didn’t directly hit the opponent, the mere suffocation from the burning air and the high temperature from the burning Wood Release would be enough to drag everyone to their deaths.
This was a measure not to be used unless absolutely necessary.
“But now, there’s no other way! If I can take these Konoha enemies down with me, it would be for the best!” Yamato thought to himself, narrowly dodging another attack.
“Don’t even think about escaping!” Uchiha Chiri’s Shadow Clone, having received a signal from Uchiha Tenxiu, continued to fight to the death, facing the fragmented Wood Release, almost pushing Yamato and the armless Akimichi Choza to the brink of death in a short time.
Soon, Akimichi Choza was cut down.
“Choza!” Gazing at the corpse of his fallen comrade, Choza, Minato Namikaze’s heart was torn. His eyes flickered with hatred, like a burning flame, sharply scanning all the arrangements around him, as if to burn everything to ashes. Unfortunately, with his current strength, he simply couldn't do any of that.
Minato Namikaze gritted his teeth, secretly vowing to avenge Choza in the future!
“Gamaken, use toad oil to help me!”
Before he finished speaking,
Minato Namikaze immediately performed the Shadow Clone Technique, evenly distributing his already scarce Chakra.
Two Minato Namikazes appeared in place, quickly dodging the lightning arrow fired from Uchiha Chiri’s right index finger.
Minato Namikaze’s main body continued to fight a desperate battle with Uchiha Chiri, while the Shadow Clone, like an arrow released from a bow, sped towards Yamato to help him jointly fight Zhili’s Shadow Clone, with some special ideas behind it.
As a Konoha Ninja, though he didn’t know which department the other party came from,
However, just based on Wood Release, it was enough to believe that the other party was a direct descendant of Konoha.
And a Wood Release Ninja,
He couldn’t let the other party be lost here.
No matter what, he had to protect the other party.
“Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!”
“Toad Oil Bullet!”
Minato Namikaze, who had jumped onto Gamaken, formed hand signs and used a combined Ninjutsu with him.
“Toad Oil Flame Bullet!”
As a unique Ninjutsu of Mount Myōboku, Toad Oil, an oil refined from the essence of natural energy, can be combined with Fire Release to release immense energy, allowing the Fire Release to far exceed its previous limits and unleash more than ten times its power.
In an instant, the enormous Toad Oil, like a surging torrent, merged with the Fire Dragon Flame Bomb and erupted, forming an boundless sea of fire.
The Toad Oil, like a ferocious giant dragon, lunged at Uchiha Chiri with bared fangs and claws, its powerful attack range leaving nowhere to escape. And the Fire Dragon Flame Bomb was like a roaring fire dragon, its maw wide open, spewing blazing flames as if to devour the entire world, its red light filling every corner of the Dragon Vein’s hall, missing nothing.
Uchiha Chiri retreated repeatedly from this terrifying attack, not attempting to use her regular Chidori Current defense to withstand the physical high temperature, because she knew that this level of Fire Release was not something her defense could withstand.
“Could it be that I have to use that Jutsu?!”
Just as Uchiha Chiri was about to take it a step further and use her Sharingan’s pupil technique.
“Wait, Zhili, let me!”
Uchiha Tenxiu instantly made his move, a stream of water appearing out of nowhere, encircling himself and Uchiha Chiri and the others. It was just a thin layer, yet it blocked all fire attacks.
Facing the Sharingan Double Ershen’s pupil technique, the so-called Sacred Land Toad Oil combined with Fire Release’s Toad Oil Flame Bomb could not break through this defensive ability. This is because the Double Ershen’s water source is infinite, possessing various forms and property changes.
As long as Uchiha Tenxiu does not stop, all consumption of the water source will be instantly replenished, with no loss occurring.
Instead, Minato Namikaze and Gamaken, who were casting the Toad Oil Flame Bomb, gradually saw the fire diminish due to insufficient power.
“How is this possible!” Yamato despaired. It was clearly just a thin layer of water, yet it couldn’t be breached or broken. Feeling the constantly burning Wood Release trees around them, and the increasingly high heat, they would be engulfed by the Fire Release without the opponent even needing to attack.
And the opponent, however, would not be affected at all.
Could it be.
Is this Dragon Vein mission my end?!
...
Mount Myōboku.
This is a mysterious realm within the Summoning World.
This realm, known to the outside world as one of the Three Sacred Lands, is enveloped by a mysterious barrier at its very center.
It is filled with a large number of coexisting natural organisms, forming a self-sufficient small ecosystem.
Various gigantic plants grow in peculiar ways, each far exceeding the size of those in the normal world, magnified hundreds or even thousands of times, containing all sorts of rare treasures, many of which are precious medicinal herbs of immense value.
Not just plants.
Animals are also everywhere.
Even the smallest insects are as big as a fist, and such a size naturally ensures the ecological cycle of the entire Summoning World.
Even with the enormous size of Summoning Beasts, there is enough food here to ensure a plentiful supply.
And all of this comes from Mount Myōboku, which, as the sacred land of Summoning Beasts, possesses dozens to hundreds of times more concentrated natural energy than other places in the Summoning World.
Such an environment.
Naturally created the vibrant life here.
And on this peaceful and tranquil day.
“Old wife, this is bad!” Fukasaku Sage, with a tuft of white hair on his head and white eyebrows, ran to Shima Sage in a panic, gasping for breath: “The Great Toad Sage, the Great Toad Sage prophesied…”
“What prophecy? That old geezer, his mind is muddled, who knows what nonsense he’s spouted again!” Shima Sage, with purple hair, put down the dried insects she had just laid out to dry, and said testily, rolling her toad eyes at the thought of the Great Toad Sage’s unreliable prophecies.
“No, this time it’s different…” Fukasaku Sage quickly waved his hands, explaining: “The Great Toad Sage said that a major event has occurred in the Ninja World, and he, he said that when he entered the prophecy again, he couldn’t see anything anymore!”
“What, are you kidding me!” Shima Sage’s eyes widened in surprise. Although she usually found the Great Toad Sage unreliable, she did admit that his cryptic abilities were indeed real.
And now, he said he couldn’t make a prophecy.
This is no small matter.
Could it be that something really big has happened?
“The Great Toad Sage told me that the last image he could see was the death of Jiraiya’s disciple, Minato Namikaze, which would trigger the end of the Ninja World. It was an apocalypse where everything dissipated, a sign of all things perishing…”
“After that, no matter how the Great Toad Sage tried to make a prophecy, trying to find an outcome where a miracle occurred, he found he couldn’t change anything, as if the ending was already set!” At this point, Fukasaku Sage quickly said: “So we must quickly inform Jiraiya and his disciple Minato!”
“What are you still standing there for?” Shima Sage said testily.
The next moment.
The two of them used the Reverse Summoning Technique.
As Sages, they were, of course, proficient in using this Reverse Summoning Technique.