"Are ordinary physical attacks... ineffective?" Minato Namikaze had landed a blow, yet Urashiki recovered in the blink of an eye. His brow furrowed slightly. "Then let's see how ninjutsu works."
He swiftly formed a simple Shadow Clone hand seal.
"Poof! Poof! Poof!"
Several Shadow Clones of Minato Namikaze appeared in an instant! All of them vanished from their positions at once, then appeared with precision in different parts of the battlefield almost simultaneously.
At the same time, Minato himself raised his right hand. Azure Chakra spun rapidly above his palm, and a Rasengan formed in an instant!
"Hmph, a boring move from an inferior life-form!" Urashiki floated in midair and responded to Minato's tactical shift with a disdainful snort, casually raising an arm.
However—
"Whoosh!"
The instant Urashiki raised his hand, Minato appeared directly in front of him without warning, close enough to touch!
The distance between them was not even enough for Urashiki to fully raise his arm in defense!
"What?!" Urashiki had not seen how Minato moved at all!
When Minato had successfully ambushed him with a Flying Thunder God Kunai earlier, he had already left a Flying Thunder God formula mark on Urashiki's "consciousness body"!
"Almighty Push...!!"
Urashiki hurriedly tried to unleash a repulsive force to knock Minato away, but Minato's attack was faster than his thoughts!
"Bang—!!!"
The Rasengan, packed with powerful Chakra and rotational cutting force, slammed solidly into Urashiki's chest before he could fully defend himself!
"Urgh—!"
Urashiki groaned in pain as his entire body flew backward out of control.
"Bang!"
He crashed heavily in the distance. A horrifying, massive hole had appeared in his chest, its edges constantly shedding particles of red energy!
Yet, under the focused gazes of Minato and Kurama, the wound—one that would have instantly killed any physical life-form—rapidly closed