Kazekage and Minato

"Just letting him leave like this?"

Souya heard him and tilted his head to look at Sasori, surprised that this guy also lacked any sense of contractual integrity...

The local customs are not ancient...

However, the reason Souya let Orochimaru go was precisely because he wanted to continue cooperating with Orochimaru. After all, Orochimaru could be called the "Father (Mother) of Science" in the ninja world.

Many project research and development required Orochimaru's participation.

After all, the local customs of Sunagakure were not great to begin with, so Souya had no psychological burden in betraying enemies.

"Mm, let him go. There will be many opportunities to cooperate with him in the future." Souya vigorously rubbed his face, trying to clear his head.

After roughly flipping through the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, Souya realized that this was basically the original version of the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu. If the dead were summoned according to the jutsu formula on it, not only would their strength be less than one-tenth, but they would also be difficult to control.

Orochimaru was probably still busy researching Living Corpse Reincarnation, as eternal life was Orochimaru's most desired goal at this stage.

Of course, it was also possible that Orochimaru had already started improving the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, but only gave Souya the original version.

Easily obtaining the summoning contract for Ryūchi Cave was an unexpected surprise.

In Souya's estimation, Orochimaru had probably not yet discovered the true secret of Ryūchi Cave at this stage.

Souya remembered that Orochimaru later discovered Ryūchi Cave because the side effects of Living Corpse Reincarnation made him unable to practice Sage Mode.

As for this snake-type summoning scroll, it might have been passed down in his family.

After all, normal people wouldn't name their child Orochimaru...

"Let's head over to Kikyo Mountain first. I have a bad feeling about this!" Souya tidied up his joy.

This war wasn't over yet!

"This... truly lives up to the name 'Yellow Flash'..."

A group of Sand Ninja stared in horror at the yellow-haired youth opposite them.

They only saw streaks of blurry yellow light flash by, and then their comrades fell to the ground one by one, their spurting blood seemingly unable to react.

The sharp, fierce light was enough to cut through any defense in the ninja world. The renowned Yellow Flash could even soar through space-time!

"It seems the assessment by the Stone Ninja and Cloud Ninja was correct... The human wave tactic is completely useless against him!" The Third Kazekage could only vent his anger by impaling three Konoha ninja who couldn't retreat in time.

"Retreat quickly! From now on, if you encounter the 'Yellow Flash,' abandon the mission immediately and flee for your lives. No responsibility will be pursued!" The Kazekage finally issued the same order as the other ninja villages.

"Run!"

"Hurry up and get out of here!"

The Sand Ninja retreated towards the rear in a swarm.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Kazekage flapped his Iron Sand Wings and flew in front of Minato Namikaze.

Because in just the last moment, a fleeting yellow light had taken another Sand Ninja's life.

The Kazekage looked at the dozens of young Sand Ninja corpses on the ground, gritting his teeth in anger.

These were all core members of Sunagakure!

"Kazekage-sama, how about we call it a truce here and now?" Minato Namikaze glanced at the Sand Ninja who were scattering like birds and beasts.

"Heh! You killed so many people right under my nose, and you want to call it a truce just like that?!" The Kazekage's face was grim, and he suddenly formed hand seals.

"Magnet Release? Iron Sand Shower!"

A circle of dense, wave-like Iron Sand appeared out of thin air around the Kazekage, and the fine needles formed from the Iron Sand shot rapidly towards Minato Namikaze.

Thwack! Thwack...

Minato Namikaze's figure flashed and disappeared from his original position, the iron needles fiercely embedding themselves into the tree trunks behind him.

The Kazekage's body also rotated, and rows of iron sand needles were fired sharply in all directions.

The Third Kazekage had not been idle before; he had already marked the locations of those kunai inscribed with special jutsu.

After a brief exchange, the Kazekage saw that Minato Namikaze's "teleportation" could only move him to the vicinity of the kunai.

Since that was the case, it would be best to attack all the kunai locations simultaneously.

Clink! Clink! Clink...

As expected, Minato Namikaze appeared from the rear right of the Kazekage. Unable to dodge in time, he could only wave his kunai to block the iron needles, producing crisp sounds.

"Magnet Release? Iron Sand Triangular Prism!"

As soon as the Kazekage spotted Minato Namikaze's figure, he quickly formed hand seals. The iron needles that had landed next to Minato Namikaze instantly levitated.

Their volume rapidly increased while they vibrated slightly.

"Hmm? Is this Magnetic Force?" Minato Namikaze's brow furrowed slightly. He instantly felt the Kazekage's hidden technique.

An increasingly strong magnetic force enveloped him, intending to restrain his movements.

Several half-meter long triangular prisms had, at some point, begun to float around Minato, and under the Third Kazekage's control, they all fiercely slanted down towards Minato in the center.

The triangular prisms, flowing with a chilling cold light, moved with considerable speed, accompanied by a faint whistling sound as they cut through the air. It was easy to imagine that if one were struck by these prisms, it would inevitably result in death on the spot.

Bang!

Upon closer inspection, the moment the sharp tips of the triangular prisms were about to pierce Minato, his body once again disappeared from his original position, leaving only the damaged earth behind.

The Kazekage frowned, not expecting that even his magnetic force couldn't restrict this guy's Space-Time Ninjutsu...

His ninjutsu was powerful and covered a wide area, but it just so happened to encounter someone as incredibly agile as Minato. For the moment, the Kazekage couldn't think of a good countermeasure.

"Magnet Release? Gold Dust Waves!"

Boom!

Suddenly, a large expanse of Gold Dust Waves surged from the forest on the left. The rushing Gold Dust kicked up waves over a meter high, completely altering the terrain.

Minato disappeared from his position once more. The next moment, he was standing horizontally in the middle of a large tree trunk, an area not affected by the Gold Dust.

Pow!

The next instant, a thick, black iron spear shot over.

A large gap was directly blasted into the thick tree trunk, but Minato, who had been standing on it, had already vanished again.

The Kazekage flapped his dark iron wings and, taking this opportunity, flew into the air.

Then, his hands suddenly clasped together, and a subtle wave of air vibration spread out.

The Kazekage's hands continued to shift through hand seals, forming a giant Iron Sand Cuboid in mid-air.

In an instant, the Kazekage pointed downwards. Specially made kunai within a radius of tens of meters were all drawn in by the magnetic force, coalescing into a single mass.

The Kazekage inwardly gritted his teeth, thinking he had used magnetic force to cut off Minato's escape routes this time.

Using his aerial vantage point, the Kazekage quickly found Minato's trace again. He raised his hand and waved.

The giant Iron Sand Cuboid, accompanied by a buzzing sound as it tore through the air and emitting a powerful magnetic force, smashed fiercely towards Minato!