Minato vs. the Steel Release Ninja!
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Flying Thunder God Technique!
Using the Flying Thunder God Kunai he had placed beforehand, Minato jumped through space-time and slipped behind the Stone ninja without anyone noticing. After scouting the area, he appeared above the Stone ninja force!
"Ah! Enemy attack! It's a Konoha Ninja!" a Stone ninja suddenly shouted, looking up.
The Stone ninja around him looked utterly bewildered. "What's gotten into you?"
Minato threw a Shuriken at the Stone ninja and formed Hand Seals with both hands.
Only the sound of the Shuriken cutting through the air caught the Stone ninjas' attention. They instinctively looked up and were horrified!
But in that instant, Minato had already completed his seals.
"Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!"
The Shuriken split into two, then four, and in the blink of an eye became a dense downpour of Shuriken, pouring down from the sky!
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" Seven Stone Chunin had no chance to react before the sudden shower of Shuriken riddled them like sieves, killing them instantly!
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!" The remaining Stone ninja were shocked and furious, but they reacted immediately, raising wall after wall to form a tight defense!
The earthen walls blocked the barrage of Shuriken, but they also obstructed the Stone ninjas' view.
"Clink!" Hidden among the Shuriken, a special three-pronged Kunai slipped through a gap between the walls and landed at a Stone ninja's feet.
"Whoosh!"
Minato appeared like a ghost and bent down to pick up the Kunai. At the same time, a bloody line appeared across the neck of the Stone ninja beside him, who fell silently with eyes wide open!
"Bastard!" A measure of fear crept into the Stone ninjas' shock and fury. The Konoha Ninja before them had taken on their entire force alone and killed nearly a third of them in a single encounter. He was terrifying beyond belief!
"Kill him!" The Stone ninja no longer dared underestimate him. Five charged him head-on at once, while those behind them threw Shuriken and formed seals to use Ninjutsu.
Body Flicker Technique!
Minato instantly rushed in front of them and unleashed a storm of punches and kicks. Fighting five against one, he still held the upper hand, his Taijutsu utterly overwhelming!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" A dense barrage of enemy Shuriken flew toward Minato.
Minato did not retreat. Instead, he fought the Stone ninja in front of him at close quarters while using his agile movements to dodge through the gaps between the countless Shuriken!
"This guy! His agility is unbelievable!"
"Then try this!" A Stone ninja in the rear pressed both hands to the ground, pouring a large amount of Chakra into the earth.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spears!"
"Bang, bang, bang!" Stone spears burst from the earth, stabbing toward Minato. He flipped backward several times in rapid retreat, completing his Hand Seals in an instant.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!" A tight wall of water formed in front of him, breaking the stone spears and halting their advance!
But behind Minato, three enormous dragon heads rose from the ground.
"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Mud bullets packed with earth-attribute Chakra bombarded Minato!
Minato immediately drew and threw three Kunai fitted with Explosive Tags.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The blast from the Explosive Tags destroyed the incoming mud bullets.
"Don't underestimate us!" Four more Stone ninja at his side each tossed a small stone into the air in succession and formed Hand Seals.
"Earth Release: Giant Rock Break!"
After being infused with a large amount of Chakra, the four small stones instantly expanded into four enormous rocks that fell from the sky, bearing down on Minato.
"Earth Release: Earth Prison Castle!" Four enormous walls rose around Minato, sealing off every escape route!
Faced with walls on all four sides,
and massive rocks bearing down on him from above, Minato truly could not escape even if he sprouted wings. He raised one arm, as though he intended to lift the rocks crushing down on him. The answer was no.
"Rumble!"
The massive rocks falling from the sky instantly became stone steps rising beneath Minato's feet.
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato had transferred the massive rocks falling from above so that they rose from beneath his feet!
At the same time, Minato used the rising stone steps to leap easily over the surrounding walls and threw a Kunai at the Stone ninja.
"Damn it! How could this happen..." The Stone ninja was stunned, but not so much that he would be hit by a Kunai coming straight at him. He turned sideways to dodge.
"Whoosh!"
Flying Thunder God: Second Step!
Minato instantly appeared beside the Kunai and slashed the Stone ninja's throat with a wave of his hand.
Stone ninja killed by Ninjutsu: 9.
"Huh?!" But Minato suddenly noticed that only thirteen Stone ninja remained in front of him. The number was wrong! Of the twenty-five he had initially detected, sixteen should have remained. Three were missing!
Minato's gaze swept toward the walls nearby, and realization dawned on him. I see... Those four walls weren't meant to block my escape, but to block my view?!
During the instant Minato's view had been blocked, three of the Stone ninja before him had left!
"No choice. Looks like I have to end this quickly!" Knowing he had been tricked, Minato decided to deal with the enemies before him as quickly as possible!
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Labyrinth!" The Stone ninja formed seals one after another, creating high wall after high wall to form a massive labyrinth.
"Trying to stall for time?" Minato narrowed his eyes and murmured, "By now, the formula should have activated too."
"Chirp!" No one noticed the Flying Thunder God marks slowly appearing on the five Stone ninja who had fought Minato at close quarters!
"Shadow Clone Technique!" Minato created five Shadow Clones.
"Whoosh!"
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Ignoring the obstacles posed by the terrain, Minato's five Shadow Clones instantly appeared beside the five marked Stone ninja.
Sharp Kunai swept toward their necks.
Would the five Stone ninja be killed once again?
"Clang!" The Kunai scraped across the Stone ninjas' necks, producing the crisp ring of metal striking metal.
"Steel Release: Iron Man Technique!"
The skin of the five Stone ninja was covered from head to toe in an incomparably hard layer of iron.
"Steel Release Kekkei Genkai. Are you the elite Stone ninja unit known as the human armor?" A trace of gravity flashed in Minato's eyes.
"Hiss!"
Several Explosive Tags suddenly appeared on the five Stone ninja.
Minato's expression did not change.
"Boom!"
"Using Steel Release's powerful defense to blow yourselves up without taking any damage?" Minato appeared elsewhere and picked up the three-pronged Kunai from the ground, staring fixedly at the five, who were unscathed after the Explosive Tags had detonated at point-blank range.
There were eight other Stone ninja. Four stood at the outermost edge and summoned four enormous iron pillars, each engraved with a complex formula.
"The Flying Thunder God Technique can't jump out... Do those four iron pillars have formulas that seal off space-time?"
"Heh heh! Today, we'll show you the might of the Stone ninjas' Steel Torrent!" The remaining four released dark brown Steel Release Chakra from their palms and transformed its shape into all manner of weapons.
Minato's expression still did not change. He merely sighed. "No choice. Now I can only put my faith in Kakashi and the others."
"You still have time to worry about your comrades? Better think about how you're going to die!" a Stone ninja jeered.
Minato said nothing. He simply opened his left hand, and Chakra rapidly gathered in his palm, spinning at high speed in irregular directions and compressing into a palm-sized sphere of Chakra light!
"Rasengan!"