Flying Thunder God's Deadly Ambush, Naruto Caught the Blade Barehanded!
At dusk, 600 meters underground in the valley on the east side.
This place was originally an abandoned secret base of the Akatsuki, but it has now been secretly transformed by Kabuto Yakushi into a large-scale Impure World Reincarnation relay station.
A dull thud echoed through the tunnel. The two-meter-thick steel door was kicked apart, and twisted metal fragments were embedded hard in the opposite rock wall.
Naruto retracted his right leg, golden chakra swirling around his body, and strode into the dimly lit underground hall.
Sasuke gripped the Kusanagi Sword in a reverse grip, purple arcs of electricity crackling along its blade, close behind. Karin followed at the very back, and as soon as she stepped into the hall, she clutched her chest.
"Naruto, ahead..." Karin's eyes widened suddenly behind her red-rimmed glasses, her voice trembling noticeably.
In the very center of the hall, the dark red Impure World Reincarnation shone blindingly. The pungent aura of death and the chilling chakra mingled together, making one feel nauseous.
Amidst the glow of the rune array, the white smoke slowly dissipated.
A tall and imposing figure stepped forward first. The person wore Hokage Haori, and the five large characters "Fourth Hokage" on the back were extremely conspicuous in the dim light. His ashen face was covered with cracks, and his once gentle blue eyes were now unfocused. He held a strangely shaped trident Kunai upside down in his hand.
Immediately afterwards, another figure walked out beside him.
A head of striking red hair, as vibrant as blood, cascaded down to her waist. The woman had a beautiful face, but it was also covered with cracks of deathly energy, as Impure World Reincarnation.
Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki.
Seeing this, Karin's eyes instantly reddened. The shared Uzumaki Bloodline resonated wildly within her, causing her to involuntarily clench her fists.
Naruto stopped in his tracks.
The casual smile that usually graced his face vanished completely. Beneath his tousled golden hair, his eyes were terrifyingly cold, as if the surrounding air itself had dropped several degrees.
"Trying to manipulate emotions with dead people? You've gone down the wrong path," Naruto thought coldly.
Above the cave wall, from a megaphone-like sarcoma modified with White Zetsu Cells, came the sticky, sinister laughter of Kabuto Yakushi.
"Naruto Uzumaki, how does it feel?" Kabuto's voice was filled with condescending mockery. "This is a major event I scoured the entire Shinobi World to put together for you. Haven't you been desperately protecting your comrades, trying to revive the Uzumaki Clan? Now, your family, whom you long to see most, is right before you. What will you choose? Will you ruthlessly kill them, or obediently accept your death?"
"Are you finished?" Naruto's voice was low and emotionless.
"What?" Kabuto, inside the megaphone tumor, seemed taken aback, not expecting Naruto to not break down.
Naruto raised his hand, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists. "After you've finished speaking, you can go die."
The moment the words were spoken, the Minato in the center of the hall moved.
Without Hand Seals or a starting stance, Minato instantly appeared behind Naruto, leaving only a golden afterimage. His Flying Thunder God Kunai tore through the air, aiming straight for Naruto's carotid artery!
It was too fast; so fast that Sasuke's Sharingan Tomoe had only just begun to rotate.
At the same time, five dark gold chains, each as thick as a baby's arm, shot out from behind Kushina. The Adamantine Sealing Chains intertwined in mid-air, completely sealing off all of Naruto's escape routes.
"Naruto!" Sasuke roared, bringing his Kusanagi Sword down to shield Naruto from the attack from behind.
"Don't interfere! This is my family matter!"
Naruto let out a fierce shout, making no attempt to dodge or evade. Pure Yang Chakra erupted within him, and nine thicker, more ferocious pure gold chains shot out from behind him, directly colliding with Kushina's blocking net.
"Clang--!"
Two chains, originating from the same source but fundamentally different, collided violently, causing a dazzling burst of sparks to erupt in the underground hall. The violent shockwave snapped the surrounding stalactite pillars in half.
In the fraction of a second between the collision of the Chakra Chains, Naruto's brow suddenly twitched.
He noticed.
Kushina's chains were about to touch his body, their force suddenly decreased by a third, and the front of the chains forcibly shifted two inches, grazing his shoulder and shattering the ground behind him.
She is conscious!
Naruto quickly turned his head, glancing at Minato behind him out of the Minato of his eye.
The Flying Thunder God Kunai, which should have severed his cervical spine, paused awkwardly in mid-air, and the fingers holding Kunai even trembled slightly.
They are desperately resisting control!
A ruthless glint flashed in Naruto's eyes. He turned around abruptly, raised his right hand, his palm coated with a high concentration of Pure Yang Chakra, and grabbed Minato's wrist as he held the sword.
The blade was only half a finger's width away from Naruto's skin, and the metal scraping together produced a sharp popping sound.
"Dad, Mom." Naruto stared directly into Minato's empty eyes, a wild smile finally creeping onto his lips. "Nice to meet you. Bear with the pain a little, your son will take you home now."
A purple-gold light suddenly burst forth in his eyes, and the Great Evolution Divine Soul Art was activated at full power!
Naruto's spiritual power materialized into golden threads, which ruthlessly pierced into Minato's Impure World Reincarnation Meridian along Naruto's palm, heading straight for the control talisman at the back of his head.
"What do you want to do?!" Dou, who was inside the megaphone tumor, finally sensed something was wrong, and his voice betrayed a hint of panic.
"Didn't you connect them to the internet via an underground cable?" Naruto frantically channeled Yang Release Chakra into Minato's body, forcefully suppressing the death energy. "I'll use this cable to burn down your lair!"
According to the feedback from the Great Evolution Divine Soul Art, as long as the talisman in Minato's brain is torn off, the Yang Release technique can be reversed and poured into Kabuto's network.
But just as the golden thread was about to touch the talisman, a sudden change occurred.
Karin shouted from behind, "Naruto! Get back! The chakra from the Leyline has been forcibly drained!"
"Trying to track me down? How naive!" Dou sneered repeatedly from inside the megaphone tumor.
The deathly aura that was originally grayish-white on Minato's body suddenly turned into a rich, dark red. It was a violent energy that mixed ancient resentment with the high-pressure chakra of the Leyline.
It's the Demonic Statue Network Obito buried underground! Kabuto Yakushi actually attached the control node of the Impure World Reincarnation directly to the root system of Obito's Golem.
This massive, terrifyingly dark red energy formed an indestructible reverse barrier directly on the back of Minato, forcefully repelling Naruto's mental invasion.
Immediately afterwards, the last trace of struggle in Minato's empty eyes was completely erased.
He broke free from Naruto's grip with a backhand, his hands moving so fast they became a blur. The Natural Energy within the entire 600-meter underground space frantically converged towards his palms.
This is not your average Rasengan.
An Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, radiating a dark red death aura and even larger than Naruto, instantly took shape in Minato's hand.
Even more deadly, three spatial Uzumaki inscribed with the Flying Thunder God Formula appeared out of thin air around the Minato.
He's using the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, preparing to split and transfer this Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!
Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan locked onto the spatial Uzumaki, and he shouted a warning, "The left one is aimed at Karin! The right one is aimed at the exit tunnel! And the one in the middle... is aimed at the load-bearing Leyline pillar here!"
Dou is flipping the table.
He realized he couldn't perfectly control Minato and Kushina, so he simply issued an indiscriminate destruction order. Once the supporting pillar broke, the rock strata 600 meters underground would completely collapse. Naruto and the others might be able to escape using the Flying Thunder God Technique, but Minato and Kushina in their Impure World Reincarnation state would be buried alive forever in this endless dark ruins, becoming mobile turrets that Kabuto could use at any time.
"Naruto Uzumaki, choose!" Kabuto's laughter echoed wildly in the hall. "Will you watch your comrades get blown to pieces, or watch your parents be buried alive in hell?!"
Naruto clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his flesh.
Damn it!
He desperately wanted to regain his parents' will, even if it was just to make them speak a single word in their right mind. But this damned Golem Network before him had brutally extinguished his last glimmer of hope.
The rock formations overhead had begun to crack under the weight.
The Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, accompanied by a destructive storm, crashed into the three spatial Uzumaki.
Less than a second remains until the Big Bang.