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Chapter 113 Flying Thunder God Technique and Tailed Beast Ball: An Unbeatable Combination!
Chapter 113 Flying Thunder God Technique and Tailed Beast Ball: An Unbeatable Combination!
The best way to defeat magic is to use magic in return.
To defeat Makoto Karatachi, who possesses space-time ninjutsu, having Minato Namikaze, who also has space-time ninjutsu, is undoubtedly the best option.
The problem is that, in addition to mastering space-time ninjutsu, Makoto Karatachi also possesses other extremely destructive powers that Minato Namikaze does not have.
If the two sides were to engage in a killing contest, Minato Namikaze might have just finished wiping out a large battalion when Makoto Karatachi would have already destroyed the entire Konoha camp!
You can spend all day using your little kunai and Rasengan, but can that compare to two slashes from Susanoo?
However, Kushina's appearance perfectly made up for Minato Namikaze's lack of output!
The biggest problem now is how to ensure that Kushina is not affected by the Kaleidoscope and protect her safety as much as possible.
A perfect Jinchuriki can be immune to almost all genjutsu. Unfortunately, Kushina was not a perfect Jinchuriki, but as long as she could reach a certain agreement with Kurama, she could still avoid most genjutsu.
But given Kurama's personality, the success rate of such a thing is extremely low.
Ultimately, this crucial task still rests with Minato Namikaze!
Watching Jiraiya disappear in the flames before him, Danzo took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Minato Namikaze, who was standing beside him, saluting.
"Although Konoha was founded by the Uchiha and Senju clans, the Uchiha clan has never been peaceful."
"From Madara Uchiha's defection at the very beginning to Setsuna Uchiha's rebellion during the time of the teacher's rule, in order to prevent the Uchiha from causing trouble again, the teacher specially formulated some techniques and combat methods to deal with powerful Uchiha."
"I believe in your talent and ability. Minato, Kushina's safety depends on you."
"—I understand, Lord Danzo!"
The firelight was reflected in Minato Namikaze's eyes. He took the scroll but did not open it immediately. Instead, he carefully put it into the innermost layer of his ninja tool pouch.
"Jiraiya-sensei's sacrifice will never be in vain."
The next day, late at night.
News of the battlefields of Iwagakure and Kumogakure came one after another.
The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, personally led the charge, and the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki unleashed their full power, yet Konoha was still unable to raise its head.
If the Third Hokage hadn't arrived at the front lines, and if Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, hadn't also made his move, Konoha on the Iwagakure battlefield would probably have already been defeated!
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On the battlefield of Kumogakure, the AB brothers' army pressed forward. If Konoha elder Koharu Utatane had not arrived at the front line, the entire Konoha defense line would probably have collapsed.
Even with the elders' assistance, Konoha still found it difficult to withstand the onslaught of the AB brothers.
Furthermore, the tremendous victory achieved by Makoto Karatachi in this battle, including the defeat and even the killing of Jiraiya, has created a fervent atmosphere throughout the Kirigakure camp. Even the enormous casualties have been overshadowed by this good news and the results of the battle.
Inside the Fog Shadow Command Center, the lights were on and the atmosphere was lively.
"With the Hidden Stone Village, the Hidden Cloud Village, and now that you, Makoto, have taken down Jiraiya, Konoha is at its last gasp!"
Yagura laughed heartily and patted Makoto Karatachi's shoulder forcefully.
In the battles on the front lines, he faced off against those two old guys, Danzo and Mitokado Homura, and the fight was roughly even.
Konoha Seven, those three!
Originally, with Yagura's strength and the sharpness of his two ninja swords, Kirigakure would have had the upper hand even against Danzo and Minato Namikaze.
But Mitokado En suddenly appeared like a divine soldier, turning the tide of the battle!
That old guy was extremely powerful. When he entered the arena, he beat the two ninja swords so badly that they almost didn't recognize their own mothers. Then he fought with Yagura, and the two fought to a standstill.
Just when everyone thought the attack was going to fail again, Makoto Kuraki gave him a big surprise.
That's Jiraiya!
"Without Jiraiya, the defensive system of Konoha's eastern front has developed structural cracks." A Jonin excitedly pointed to the sand table: "I suggest we strike while the iron is hot! Gather our main forces and launch a pincer attack simultaneously from here and here, breaking through their core positions in one fell swoop and capturing Kazama and Kazuya!"
"Konoha's morale is currently unstable, which presents a good opportunity. However, we still cannot be careless, especially regarding that Yellow Flash—although Jiraiya is gone, Minato Namikaze is still alive, and he can still summon large summoning beasts."
"No matter how fast Minato Namikaze is, he's only one person. We have Lord Yagura, and Lord Makoto!"
"Indeed, Lord Cheng's power is unparalleled—"
"Acheng?"
Yagura's call brought Makoto Karitachi back to his senses, who had been somewhat distracted.
Makoto Karimoto snapped out of his reverie and looked at Yagura, but his face didn't show much joy; instead, his brows were slightly furrowed.
"What's wrong, Acheng?"
"Cousin, today on the battlefield, Konoha adopted a completely different approach than before, which led to our heavy losses. I'm a little worried."
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"Especially Minato Namikaze."
Yagura's smile faded slightly as he patted Makoto Karatachi on the shoulder: "I understand your concerns. The Yellow Flash is indeed a problem. But he's only one person, and his sustained influence on a large-scale battlefield is limited. Even if the Flying Thunder God Technique allows him to appear and disappear without a trace, as long as we can grasp the pattern of his movement, or force him into positional warfare—"
"What I'm afraid of is that he won't fight a positional war with us."
Makoto Koji shook his head: "The Flying Thunder God Technique grants him mobility that might even surpass mine. If he abandons his defensive stance and, like me, transforms into a sharp blade to target our logistical nodes and command hubs—"
"Hmph, then let's fight fire with fire!"
Upon hearing this, a hot-tempered Kirigakure Jonin scoffed, "We have Lord Cheng! He can ambush our rear, so why can't Lord Cheng fight his way back? Let's see who gives up first!"
"That's right, Minato Namikaze is no match for Jiraiya; he can't possibly be our match in an attack-on-attack style!"
"That's right, that's right."
The atmosphere at the command post remained optimistic. Most people were still basking in the huge victory that had dealt a heavy blow to Jiraiya and believed that the eastern front of Konoha was on the verge of collapse.
First it was Fugaku Uchiha, then Shiki Aburame, and now it's Jiraiya.
They wanted to see how many elite troops Konoha still had to offer!
Gouju Cheng didn't say anything more.
He understood that overemphasizing the crisis when morale was high would undermine the troops' morale, but the unease in his heart did not dissipate.
Jiraiya's decision truly shocked him; this life-or-death, attack-against-attack approach was very unlike Konoha.
If, as Makoto Shiroko suspected, Konoha has been cornered, leading Jiraiya to make that decision, then Konoha's counterattack will likely be more ferocious and ruthless than ever before.
The optimism within the command center was like a balloon being heated up, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to curb with a few calm reminders.
The joy of victory, the anticipation of the future, and the almost blind trust in Makoto Kuraki led most of the Kirigakure leadership to believe that the balance of power on the eastern front had irreversibly tilted in their favor.
"Alright, it's good that Acheng is cautious, but we can't be timid and hesitant."
Yagura finally made the decision, his eyes flashing with a sharp light: "Konoha has suffered heavy losses; now is the time for us to expand our gains and secure victory! Order all units to rest and regroup, replenish supplies, and have the reconnaissance units expand their operational area. Tomorrow at dawn, we—"
He hadn't finished speaking.
A sudden change has occurred!
boom!!!
A terrifying roar, far more muffled and heavy than any ninjutsu explosion, seemed to come from the depths of the earth or from the highest horizon, and suddenly exploded!
Then came the second sound! And the third sound!
Boom boom boom!!!
It wasn't just an explosion; it was more like some unimaginably huge energy body releasing all its power in an instant, causing a resonance between heaven and earth.
The entire Mist Concealment Formation seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, and then it shook violently!
The tents were trembling, and the lights were flickering.
The water glasses and sand table model on the table crashed and shattered.
Caught off guard, many of the standing ninjas staggered and fell, their faces filled with horror.
"An earthquake?!"
"No! It's an attack!"
"Enemy attack! Where did it come from?!"
Exclamations erupted from all sides.
Makoto Karatachi and Yagura rushed out of the command post almost simultaneously and leaped onto the highest nearby observation tower.
Then, they witnessed a scene that would be etched in the memories of all the Hidden Mist ninja.
To the west, three extremely bright and dazzling dark red lights, like three miniature suns, suddenly lit up in the night sky!
To hell with the sun, that's a highly compressed, extremely violent chakra sphere.
yes----
Tailed Beast Ball!
"boom!!!"
An explosion occurred that defied description.
The dark red light emitted by the Tailed Beast Ball instantly engulfed everything within a radius of several hundred meters!
It was a temperature a hundred times hotter than the most intense fire release, and a shockwave a hundred times more violent than the most violent lightning release, mixed with a destructive chakra turbulence, like a world-destroying divine punishment, bursting forth!
Tents, fortifications, ninjas who couldn't escape, and even the earth itself were easily torn apart, vaporized, and evaporated like paper in the face of this world-destroying power.
A massive scorched pit, hundreds of meters deep, instantly replaced the original main camp area.
Smoke and dust mixed with dark red chakra fragments shot into the sky, forming a menacing mushroom cloud.
Immediately afterwards, the second and third Tailed Beast Balls also erupted in succession.
Boom! Boom! !!
The warehouse area was engulfed in flames, and the mountains of supplies, along with the guarding ninjas, were reduced to ashes.
The last Tailed Beast Ball seemed to miss its mark, but the resulting shockwave was still terrifying, affecting at least a dozen Hidden Mist ninja who were instantly vaporized and killed.
In just a few seconds.
Only three Tailed Beast Balls.
The core and largest forward position of the entire eastern front of the Hidden Mist is like cheese that has been scalded by three red-hot irons, with three huge and hideous wounds!
The casualty figures skyrocketed to a terrifying level in an instant.
The morale that had been high due to the killing of Jiraiya was extinguished instantly, like a flame doused with ice water, replaced by boundless fear and chaos.
"The Tailed Beast Ball—is it the Nine-Tails?!"
"Konoha brought the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to the front lines?!"
"Damn it, isn't Kurama (the Nine-Tails) at the Iwagakure battlefield?!"
"Quickly, save him! Medical team! Medical team!!"
"Hold the formation! Don't panic!"
Cries, roars, the aftershocks of explosions, the rumble of collapsing buildings —
The cacophony of voices shattered the previously optimistic atmosphere in the command post.
"What on earth is going on? Why is this happening? Where are the barrier team? Where are the intelligence team?!"
Yagura was furious, his hands clenched tightly, and he shouted angrily.
But what was more evident in those eyes was terror.
What a horrific attack!
They were lucky that none of the three Tailed Beast Balls landed at the command post. Otherwise, apart from someone like Makoto Karuta who had Hollowfication, everyone present would have been blown to bits!
"Yes, it's a Tailed Beast Ball!"
The leader of the barrier team, still shaken, rushed over without even properly putting on his Jonin vest: "Our barrier did detect the enemy's presence, but the Tailed Beast Ball erupted too quickly, and the enemy disappeared within seconds of appearing, giving us no time to deal with it."
"We didn't even have time to pass on the information before the Tailed Beast Ball erupted—"
"Okay, okay!"
"What a brilliant move, Konoha!"
Yagura laughed in extreme anger.
He stared intently at the scorched earth, his eyes bloodshot and filled with boundless rage. His entire body trembled with extreme emotion.
Gouju Cheng, standing to the side, also looked extremely unpleasant.
In just a few words, he had already understood everything that Konoha had done.
Using Minato Namikaze's unparalleled high mobility with his Flying Thunder God Technique, he carried a mobile calamity, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, to carry out a pinnacle-level nuclear explosion strike.
Flying Thunder God Technique with Tailed Beast Ball!
You deserved to die on the night of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Your cheat code was even more ruthless than Makoto's. Who wants to play with you?
"Acheng!"
Worried cries came from afar, and Terumi Mei rushed over anxiously. Seeing that Makoto was safe and sound, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Members of the Mist Blade Squad, along with other Jonin, arrived one after another, their faces displaying inscrutable expressions of anger and fear.
No one expected this to happen. This was completely beyond the scope of ninja chess, and even beyond their conventional thinking on warfare!
"I'm fine."
Looking at the Mist Blade Squad and Mei Terumi, Makoto Karatachi shook his head, his expression grave: "But we're probably in big trouble now."
"Flying Thunder God Technique—paired with the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball—"
These words shocked everyone present, and they turned pale as they realized what was happening.
Even Yagura was like that.
Minato Namikaze was already the fastest ninja in the world, and his Flying Thunder God Technique made him almost invincible, able to fight or leave at will.
As for Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, as the most perfect vessel for the Tailed Beast, although she could not completely control the Nine-Tails, she could certainly transform into the Tailed Beast for a short period of time, condense and launch a Tailed Beast Ball!
The two combined —
A Cataclysmic-class turret with unlimited mobility and unlimited firepower!
This tactic is simple and brutal, yet it is so effective that it is despair-inducing!
What is the Hidden Mist?
Water escape?
The technique of concealing oneself in the mist?
Blood inheritance limit?
Faced with the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Ball, which can affect the entire map, and the unreasonable mobility of the Flying Thunder God Technique, conventional defensive and counter-attack methods seem so pale and powerless!
The only force that could possibly rival it is one of equal strength.
Tailed Beasts!
However, the Three-Tails is gone. In the original plan, the Three-Tails had completely disappeared with the death of the Jinchūriki, and its revival would take two years.
As for the Six-Tails, although it is still in the hands of Kirigakure, it has always been sealed in a vessel.
It is said that the Third Mizukage has found a suitable candidate for sealing, but it is just a little kid who is only four or five years old.
Putting aside whether the seal can be successfully sealed, even if it is successful, how much of the Six-Tails' power can a four or five-year-old kid exert on the battlefield?
If something goes wrong and the tailed beast goes berserk, the first to suffer will be the people of Kirigakure themselves!
What should I do?
What to do!
"Report! Preliminary statistics—the main camp and warehouse areas are completely destroyed. The Third, Fifth, and Seventh Battalions have suffered devastating damage, with an estimated death toll exceeding five hundred! The number of seriously wounded is countless! Medical supplies and equipment have been severely damaged!"
A dusty intelligence ninja staggered towards Yagura, his voice hoarse and trembling uncontrollably.
Five hundred people!
This is just a preliminary estimate; the actual number is likely to be much higher!
More importantly, these three Tailed Beast Balls destroyed not only personnel and supplies, but also the command center, logistical lifeline, and—most crucially, morale of the Kirigakure front-line troops!
The entire Mist Concealment position was in complete chaos.
The survivors were still in shock, some frantically digging through the rubble to find their companions, others staring blankly at the three huge craters, their eyes vacant.
Fear spread like a plague.
Faced with an enemy that can appear anywhere at will and unleash devastating Tailed Beast Balls, any conventional defense seems utterly laughable.
"Minato Namikaze — Kushina Uzumaki —"
Yagura practically spat out those two names through gritted teeth.
"Lord Yagura, what should we do?!"
"What?! What do we do? Counterattack immediately! We must counterattack!"
"Counterattack? With what can we counterattack?!"
A Jonin, his eyes bloodshot, roared, "Who among us can keep up with the speed of the Flying Thunder God Technique?! Who among us can withstand the power of the Tailed Beast Ball?! Are we just going to charge in and die?!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?! Retreat?! We fought so hard to capture this position, so many of our comrades died, are we just going to give up like this?!"
"Are we just waiting to die if we don't retreat?! Do you want everyone to be blown to smithereens by the Tailed Beast Ball?!"
In front of the command post, the Kirigakure Jonin began arguing, their pessimism and anger almost burning away their remaining rationality.
"Shut up, all of you!"
Yagura shouted sharply, his voice infused with chakra, booming like thunder, temporarily silencing the argument.
His chest heaved violently, but he forced a calm look back into his eyes.
As the commander, he absolutely cannot afford to lose his composure at this moment!
But what can be done if things don't get chaotic?
From the moment the barrier team realized something was wrong, to the Tailed Beast Ball erupting, and then to their complete disappearance, the entire process took only a few seconds.
How do you expect the Hidden Mist Village to respond and fight back?
This is what makes the Flying Thunder God Technique so extraordinary.
No hand seals or preparations are needed; the body appears wherever the mind goes.
He brought Kushina over, and Kushina entered a half-tailed beast form, launched a Tailed Beast Ball, and then left with the others.
I'll hit you and run, what can you do about it?
This is not a war at all!
"Is there really no way?"
Mei Terumi bit her lip tightly, looking at Makoto Karatachi with worry and resentment in her eyes.
She was not afraid of death, nor were any of the Mist Ninja present, nor were they afraid of war.
But they absolutely cannot accept this one-sided, almost humiliating massacre.
Gouju remained silent, his mind racing.
Conventional methods definitely won't work.
Disperse positions?
The Flying Thunder God Technique allows them to choose targets at will, and dispersing them gives the enemy the opportunity to defeat them one by one. Moreover, once their forces are dispersed, they will no longer be able to pose a threat to Kazama and Tani, and the war will be unable to continue.
Concentrated defense?
The Tailed Beast Ball is the cure for all kinds of disobedience.
Once you've been hit by a shot, no defense will work. Even if you have an impenetrable wall of copper, you can just take another shot!
Should we take the initiative and search for Minato and Kushina's true forms?
In the vast battlefield, with the enemy possessing the Flying Thunder God technique, the probability of finding them is extremely low; on the contrary, one might be ambushed and killed by the enemy.
So————
"Perhaps there is a way."
Gouju Cheng spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but it instantly silenced the surroundings.
All eyes were on him.
This hero of the Mist, who had repeatedly created miracles, had become their last hope.
"What method?!"
Yagura asked urgently.
"We've completely blown them up!"
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