Just as Minato was about to be sucked onto the spear tip, Urashiki thrust his spear forward without hesitation!
"Pfft."
A faint sound of a sharp weapon piercing flesh.
The "Minato" impaled by the spear suddenly scattered like smoke and vanished without leaving a trace.
A Shadow Clone!
"What?!" Urashiki's pupils contracted.
"Whoosh!"
Almost at the exact instant the Shadow Clone disappeared, another Minato Namikaze flashed out from Urashiki's blind spot at his front side! He held an intact Flying Thunder God Kunai, its blade thrusting straight toward the unguarded side of Urashiki's neck!
"Clang!"
In his haste, Urashiki barely managed to block the fatal strike with his red Chakra spear! Sparks flew!
He was both shocked and enraged! That earlier "weakness" and "being sent flying" had all been an act?! It was a trap meant to lure him into close combat and make him lower his guard?!
"I told you... this kind of attack is useless against me!"
Urashiki gritted his teeth and forcefully knocked Minato's kunai aside. A cold, arrogant smile returned to his face. "You should just give up already. No matter how many times you try, the result will be the same."
"Is that so?" the "Minato" before him merely said calmly.
"Pfft."
The next second, this "Minato" also dissipated like a mirage, vanishing without a trace.
Another Shadow Clone! Two consecutive decoys!
Urashiki's expression darkened completely, alarms blaring in his mind!
"Then... how do you intend to 'avoid' these attacks?"
Minato's calm voice, carrying an invisible pressure, came from all directions.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—!"
All across the battlefield, more than a dozen Flying Thunder God Kunai that had been thrown at some point—or secretly placed earlier by the Shadow Clones—lit up simultaneously!
Then, several—no, more than a dozen—figures of Minato Namikaze abruptly flashed out