"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Great Burial Layer Seal!"
Boom!
The ground across a radius of several hundred meters suddenly collapsed and sank, as if they had all been standing on a hollow surface.
Beneath Minato Namikaze, a surge of concentrated liquid gold erupted and swept him up. All the surrounding liquid gold converged on him.
The mass of liquid gold bound Minato tightly, like an insect trapped in golden amber.
In the blink of an eye, a small, brilliant-gold pyramid, more than two meters tall, floated above the spot.
As Souya's hand seals changed, the ground all around continued to shift. Though the liquid gold was gone, torrents of gold sand poured out instead. The highly concentrated sand gleamed a brilliant yellow.
Souya controlled the waves of gold sand, sending them crashing into the small pyramid one after another. The golden waves intertwined, twisted, and coiled around it, while black, tadpole-like markings appeared across their surface.
As time passed, an even larger and more imposing pyramid took shape around the smaller one.
Its base was several hundred meters wide, and its body was divided into three tiers, each narrower than the one below. Its pointed top reached all the way to the barrier high above.
Sealing formulas appeared across the pyramid's surface, spreading in rings along its exterior like black shackles, firmly locking away everything inside.
"Souya..."
"Teacher?!"
Just as Souya finished, he saw a figure racing toward them at low altitude.
Judging by his flapping black wings, there was no doubt that it was the Third Kazekage.
But his condition was wretched. A ghastly wound gaped across his abdomen, as if some razor-sharp blade had cut him open.
Blood poured from the gash inside him, while his once-spirited face now looked utterly defeated.
A trail of bright red blood