In an instant, a figure appeared between Sora and Kushina, and then a Chakra Sphere glowing with a pale blue light came straight at him.
Hum!
The high-speed rotating Chakra emitted a buzzing sound.
At this moment, the air itself seemed to be torn, making a sound like ripping silk.
'So fast!'
The cold light of the blade reflected the figure of the newcomer. It was a Ninja wearing a Konoha's Jonin flak jacket, with yellow hair, handsome features, and a killing intent in his eyes that could not be concealed.
'Konoha's Yellow Flash…'
'Namikaze Minato?'
Sora raised his hand.
He brought up his sword, allowing the suddenly appearing Rasengan to strike directly against the blade of Hyorinmaru.
As the impact occurred, a massive explosion erupted skyward.
Upon the already devastated battlefield ruins, it once again stirred up a typhoon-like Chakra Current. The power that burst forth in that instant was enough to severely injure a Kage-level Ninja.
Dust billowed skyward.
A moment later, the continuous roar gradually stopped. Behind the settling dust, the slender figure of Minato was finally revealed.
"That's…"
"Minato-sama!"
"Minato-sama is here!"
A Konoha's Ninja exclaimed, his voice filled with pure, sincere joy.
"Minato…"
"You came?"
Choza, who had been blasted away earlier by Sora's Reiatsu Outburst, also arrived on the scene using the Body Flicker Technique.
"Yes."
Minato held a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai in a reverse grip. He looked down at Kushina, who was slumped on the ground, almost unconscious, and spoke with an utterly icy expression: "I'm here. Fortunately…"
"I'm not too late!"
That icy expression immediately caused Choza's face to change.
'Minato, whose personality was always as warm as the sun, was actually showing such a cold expression. It seemed he was very furious this time!!!'
"Choza…"
"Where are the others?"
Minato scanned the empty battlefield, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart as he asked.
"Dead."
"All dead."
Choza said through gritted teeth: "They were all killed by that Kirigakure monster. His speed is too fast, his sword technique is elusive, completely undefendable. Just shortly after the engagement started, he single-handedly broke our village's Ninjas."
"If Kushina hadn't been here just now, you might not have seen any survivors."
Hearing this, Minato's expression turned even colder.
Looking at the unconscious Kushina, he couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.
If he had been just a step later, perhaps Kushina would have met the same fate as his two subordinates, Obito and Rin.
"Kirigakure…"
"The Ice Release User, Yuki Sora?"
Minato looked into the distance. The look in his eyes, besides coldness, was also full of wariness.
Because that seemingly certain-hit Rasengan from just now had missed!
Yes!
It had missed!
The feeling upon impact was definitely that of a hit, but at the moment the explosion occurred, he saw Sora vanish from the spot at an unbelievable speed, dodging all the explosive damage.
'Yuki Sora…'
'His reflexes and speed are definitely not inferior to mine!'
Minato's adaptability was also extremely quick. He reached into his tool pouch with his other hand, pulled out a stack of specially made Flying Thunder God kunai, and scattered them around.
The next moment, dozens of Flying Thunder God kunai flew out, evenly distributed over an area of several hundred meters.
Trees, rubble, ice, earth, bushes…
Flying Thunder God kunai could be seen scattered everywhere.
"Choza…"
After preparing the battlefield, Minato said with utmost seriousness: "Take the village's Ninjas and retreat first. Don't prolong the fight. This Kirigakure's Yuki Sora…"
"Leave him to me!"
Angry as he was, Minato still remained extremely calm at this time. After a moment's thought, he issued the retreat order without hesitation.
As a speed-type Ninja himself, he deeply understood that in a true battle of extreme speeds, if one couldn't keep up, more teammates would only become a burden.
If something unexpected happened, perhaps even the last dozen or so comrades wouldn't be able to escape.
"This…"
Choza hesitated. Leaving Minato alone to deal with such a terrifying Ninja made him somewhat reluctant.
"This is an order!!!"
Seeing the hesitation in Choza's eyes, Minato directly rebuked him sternly.
"Alright!"
Choza gritted his teeth, then signaled for two female Jonin to support the unconscious Kushina and swiftly retreat to the rear.
"Minato!"
"You must be careful!"
Although Choza was worried, he wasn't despairing. In his view, Minato was also Konoha's trump card, a peerless genius highly likely to become the Fourth Hokage!!!
'If it's Minato…'
'Even if he can't kill that Kirigakure monster, relying on the power of the Flying Thunder God Technique, he should definitely be able to retreat safely!'
"Konoha's Yellow Flash!"
"Just now…"
"Was that the legendary Flying Thunder God Technique?"
At some point, Sora, with a light smile on his face, had reappeared before Minato. His fingers gently stroked the blade of Hyorinmaru, his expression subtle as he looked at the stern-faced Yellow Flash opposite him.
'Special storyline mission, special high-level reward…'
Sora looked at Minato, his gaze slightly heated, as if he were looking at a Zanpakuto named Kyoka Suigetsu or Ryujin Jakka.
'He's no ordinary opponent!'
Just from that brief exchange moments ago, Sora could say without hesitation that Minato was definitely the Ninja with the most monstrous nerve reactions, the fastest speed, and the strongest in one-on-one combat he had ever encountered.
That unbelievable attack speed was something even Sora's body, enhanced by Rank 5 Reiatsu, had some difficulty keeping up with.
Compared to Sora's interest, Minato on the other side felt mostly wariness.
'Yuki Sora…'
'Whether it's reaction or speed, he is not inferior to me. Once the battle starts, victory or defeat will be decided in an instant.'
'Whoever seizes the initiative first has the greater chance of winning!'
Minato's left hand formed a virtual grip, his gaze also turning extremely cold.
The next moment,
Whoosh!
A flash of light appeared, and Minato's figure instantly flickered, then appeared before Sora as if teleporting.
'Hmm?'
'So fast?'
Sora's gaze was very surprised. This kind of extreme-speed advance was not something the Body Flicker Technique could achieve.
'Was A Flying Thunder God's mark placed on me during the moment of their earlier clash?'
In the blink of an eye, a gleam of dark light swept across Sora's throat.
Sora stood motionless, allowing blood to spurt from his throat.
The next moment, hisbody turned into an ice sculpture, shattering to pieces directly.
'Is that an ice clone?'
As his movement halted, Minato looked at the shattered ice sculpture scattered on the ground and couldn't help but frown.
'Seal-less Ninjutsu…'
'It seems even more troublesome to deal with than imagined!'