Flying Thunder God, Second Stage!

The sky-filling flames had just dissipated when a specially made Kunai silently pierced through the Iron Sand Wall.

Upon closer inspection, the surface of this Kunai was shrouded in a fine layer of Chakra, shaped like a sharp horn, clearly condensed and attached to it.

The defense of the Iron Sand Wall seemed like tofu in front of it.

Swish!

The air seemed to tremble slightly, and in less time than it took to blink, Minato's figure appeared on the inner side of the Iron Sand Wall.

"Flying Thunder God, Second Step!"

He grabbed the flying Kunai with his left hand, while his right palm held a sky-blue sphere of Chakra.

Delicate and dense Chakra threads spun rapidly within the sphere; this was the un-signed ninjutsu that Minato had spent three years perfecting.

"Rasengan!"

Minato's reaction speed was extremely agile. The Rasengan in his right hand was directly pressed towards Souya's face in front of him.

Souya seemed like a person caught in slow motion. The eyelids of his eyes widened at an extremely slow pace, and a look of terror gradually appeared in his eyes.

But all of this was simply because Minato's speed was too fast!

So fast that Souya's consciousness had only just reacted, and he had no time to control his body!

It could be imagined that if Souya's face were to be directly hit by the rapidly spinning Rasengan, his brain matter would likely be churned as evenly as soy milk in a blender, then explode outwards from the hole blasted in the back of his head.

Pop!

Fortunately, a tall shadow suddenly darted out between Minato and Souya.

Its surface flowed with a dark blue liquid. When the Rasengan touched this liquid, it melted away as if it were snow meeting a scorching sun.

Then, the tall figure slammed down with its left hand!

Clang!

Minato blocked with the Kunai in his left hand.

It was only then that he clearly saw that this tall figure before him was actually a Puppet!

The Puppet was nearly two and a half meters tall, glowing with a dark blue luster all over. Upon closer inspection, this dark blue luster seemed alive, wriggling gently.

The Puppet's abdomen, which had just swallowed a Rasengan, had already returned to normal, showing no signs of the ripples it had just displayed.

And at this moment, the Puppet's left hand resembled a thick club, with many small spikes protruding from its surface.

Screech!

Suddenly, the small spikes on the head of the club erupted, transforming into sharp, protruding short spears that stabbed towards Minato's face.

But Minato's expression remained calm, because the moment the spikes were about to hit him, his entire body vanished from his original position like a phantom bubble, leaving only an afterimage.

Souya, in a state of heightened alert, was concentrating intensely, his nerves stretched taut. At that moment, his mind had even begun to see a "life review"!

But just as he grabbed the Starfall Rod to defend himself, Minato's figure disappeared again.

Souya, his nerves relaxed, gasped for air.

"Hah! Hah..."

"Sasori, thank goodness you're here!"

Souya thanked Sasori, who was standing behind and to his left. In the critical moment, Sasori seemed to be the calmer one.

"I just happened to place the Puppet next to you. If his attack direction had been from the other side, then I would have been powerless to help."

Sasori's expression was extremely grave, after all, he had personally witnessed this terrifying "teleportation-like" speed just now!

Souya quickly controlled the golden clouds, rising a distance away from the ground, at least preventing enemies from suddenly appearing from under his feet.

Thump!

Unknowingly, the Third Kazekage was controlling a giant rectangular prism of Iron Sand, with a buzzing sound of air being torn apart, clashing with Jiraiya.

Seeing this, Souya also held nothing back. After all, if he didn't go all out now, he might not get another chance...

Sasori also released Raiga Kurosuki's Puppet. It wielded the Lightning Blade?Fang, its entire body wrapped in silvery-white currents, flying rapidly towards Minato.

Taking advantage of the gap, Souya controlled the golden clouds under his feet to fly backward, creating some distance from the opponent.

He then formed hand seals and used the thumbs of both hands to support the Starfall Rod, preparing to unleash the Chakra within it.

About a hundred meters away from Minato, Souya gripped the Starfall Rod with both hands and plunged it fiercely into the ground.

Instantly.

Boom!

The Chakra within Souya and the Starfall Rod, like a long-intercepted raging river suddenly opening its floodgates, roared and poured out, surging into the earth.

The massive amount of Chakra refined the hard minerals deep underground, condensing them into hard Gold Dust.

At the same time, the ground in front of Souya erupted with a three-meter-high raging tide of Gold Dust.

The golden Gold Dust tide surged, engulfing Minato.

Seeing this, Sasori pulled his right hand back, then shook it rapidly a few times. The Raiga Kurosuki Puppet suddenly stopped, then rose upwards as if suddenly being hooked by its back and lifted.

However, at the same time, Raiga Kurosuki's puppet crossed its dual blades at the hands, creating circles of lightning that shot towards Minato.

In the air near the barrier, Rasa, standing on a golden mat, watched Souya use Magnet Release: Gold Dust with a look of surprise, several question marks appearing on his forehead.

As a ninja who controlled Gold Dust, he was somewhat bewildered at this moment. Why could Souya control such a vast amount of Chakra? And was this vast Chakra even his own?

What material was the rod in his hand made of? Could Ninja Tools possess such power?

He then turned his head to look at the puppet that shot out the lightning, his confusion seemingly growing.

Since when did our Sunagakure have puppets capable of releasing ninjutsu without hand seals?

Was this a new model developed by Chiyo?

Minato, seeing the surging tide of Gold Dust before him, felt a ripple in his heart, but he thought it was wishful thinking to believe this alone could stop him.

He formed hand seals and used the Body Flicker Technique, his body disappearing from its original spot.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

On the other side, Gamabunta, stumbling slightly and seemingly affected by the Kazekage's Iron Sand magnetism, was met by Jiraiya, who formed hand seals and directly spewed a massive fireball from his mouth.

This flame was mixed with oil, making its power far more ferocious than a typical Fire Style jutsu.

The Kazekage's Iron Sand cuboid was directly blocked by this enormous flame, unable to descend.

After steadying himself, Gamabunta stomped its hind legs, leaping to an area over twenty meters away.

It sheathed the short sword in its hand back into its scabbard, as during the recent battle, its short sword had nearly been controlled by the opponent, causing it to almost injure itself.

BOOM!

But the next moment, the ground beneath Gamabunta's feet suddenly exploded, and two thick arms of Gold Dust shot out, firmly binding its hind legs.