In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 520 Death God: You summoned me to seal him away?!

The Fourth Raikage's tone was filled with confidence, but also with an unyielding hatred that could not be resolved no matter what.

Having witnessed his revered and admired father die fighting to cover the rear, he was appointed Raikage in a time of crisis, but not long after, he had to personally order the disbandment of Kumogakure.

Only in this way can they preserve their strength to the greatest extent possible, so that they can avenge the deaths of Killer Bee, Yugito, and thousands of Cloud Village ninjas.

Since the Kinkaku and Ginkaku Rebellion, the Hidden Cloud Village has been extremely united. Most of its ninjas are brave and loyal, and the entire Hidden Cloud Village can almost be regarded as a large-scale sworn brotherhood gang.

The Fourth Raikage was groomed as the successor to the Kage from a very young age, and under his father's influence, he truly treated every Cloud Village ninja as his brothers and sisters.

Such a deep-seated hatred was something the Fourth Raikage dreamed of avenging.

However, with the remaining strength of him and the Hidden Cloud Village, taking revenge would be extremely difficult.

Under the persuasion of Raikage Tsuchidai, the Fourth Raikage had no choice but to temporarily abandon his idea of ​​revenge against Amegakure and instead head south with the Six Paths Tools to the Land of Fire.

To defeat Amegakure, Sunagakure is an indispensable key link.

The only way is to take advantage of Amegakure's manpower shortage and its quagmire of guerrilla warfare in the Land of Lightning, send the remaining high-end combat force of Kumogakure south, join forces with Konoha, and use the power of the Six Paths Tools to defeat Sunagakure by surprise.

Then they continued to gather their strength and head north to challenge Amegakure, which had lost the support of Sunagakure and whose foundation was unstable.

Only Konoha, with its own Kage-level or higher combat power, could hold off powerful figures like Nagato in a direct confrontation.

Otherwise, even with the Six Paths Ninja Tools, they wouldn't be able to make any use of them.

"My elder brother, Kushina, and I will do our best to hold off that puppeteer and create an opportunity for you to use the Six Paths Ninja Tools."

Tobirama Senju looked at the Fourth Raikage and said.

He had never seen this young Raikage make a move, but since he was a Raikage, just by looking at his appearance, he knew that he was still following the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Moreover, he had heard that he was extremely fast and was also a Godspeed-type ninja. With proper coordination and two super-Kage-level combatants restraining him, it was not impossible for him to injure Sasori's main body.

And that will be the time for the Six Paths Ninja Tools to come into play.

"Hey……"

Hashirama Senju stood with his hands on his hips, head bowed, sighed, and said nothing.

"The enemy is attacking! Be careful!"

"It's Yamanaka Inoichi, who's wearing instruments on his head!" he shouted.

The next second, Tobirama Senju and Minato Namikaze vanished instantly.

Four Kage-level powerhouses were also taken away by their Flying Thunder God technique.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, Danzo Shimura, and Homura Mitokado.

"Ninja Technique: Four Red Sun Formation!"

In an instant, a beam of chakra shot straight into the sky, and a red square barrier unfolded, firmly protecting the Konoha army.

The endless missiles falling from the sky only caused a few ripples when they hit it.

In the original timeline, the power of the Four Red Yang Formation was enough to block the Tailed Beast Ball of the Ten-Tails resurrected to its first stage. Although the average quality of these four Kage-level powerhouses is much lower than that of the four Hokage resurrected through Edo Tensei, blocking such an attack is not difficult.

This is also an important reason why Konoha was able to firmly hold off the Sunagakure army here.

The only drawback of the Four Red Sun Formation is the same as its simplified version, the Four Purple Flame Formation: the caster must stay at one of the four corners outside the barrier to maintain its stability and needs protection.

If the Konoha ninja wanted to maintain this barrier as a temporary escape route, they had to protect the four casters.

"Watch out, an attack is coming!"

Hyuga Hizashi's Byakugan eyes bulged with veins as he shouted loudly.

The next second, a thick laser beam shot out from the mouth of a giant steel scorpion as tall as a mountain in the distance, heading straight for the corner where Shimura Danzo was located.

At the same time, Tobirama Senju appeared behind Danzo, holding kunai horizontally in both hands, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to redirect the laser.

A flash of golden light appeared, and Minato Namikaze reappeared, placing his hands on the shoulders of Hashirama Senju and Kushina.

When they reappeared, they were already not far from the front of the Sunagakure army.

"Sage Art: Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

A castrated wooden figure, several sizes smaller than the giant steel scorpion, appeared, with wooden dragons coiled around its body, and charged towards the Red Sand Scorpion.

Not far away, Kushina entered her full Nine-Tails form, transforming into a giant golden fox and unleashing a Tailed Beast Ball.

"Hmph, still the same old tricks."

With a cold gaze, the scorpion manipulated the giant steel scorpion to hold the wooden man and the wooden dragon in place with its two pincers. Several tails at the end of the scorpion were gathered together and pieced together to form a cannon.

"Super Spiral Incineration Cannon!"

The energy extracted from the scorching core converged to form the incineration cannon, which fired continuously, exploding into small suns in mid-air along with the Nine-Tails' continuous Tailed Beast Balls.

Amidst shouts, gold dust and sand surged in from afar like waves, and a dozen elite Jonin wearing enhanced puppet armor charged forward alongside the army behind them, following Rasa and Karyu.

Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha exchanged a glance, and then followed Jiraiya, Torifu Akimichi, and Tobirama Senju, leading a large number of Konoha ninja to stubbornly resist the Sunagakure army's attack.

Similar scenes have occurred several times on this battlefield.

But on this day, things were different.

Above the battlefield, multiple Sand Village ninjas clad in puppet armor held absolute air superiority, launching a continuous barrage of attacks downwards.

And above the clouds, more than three thousand meters above the ground, Qing Shui, through his senses, clearly observed every corner of the battlefield.

"The Nine-Tails is more important, let's capture it first."

With a thought, Shimizu activated his spatial power and instantly appeared above the fully-formed Nine-Tails.

The Kusanagi sword was swiftly drawn, its cold light like water swept by a whirlwind, yet also carrying streaks of lightning, aimed directly at the Nine-Tails.

This is just a shadow clone, not the real body.

Directly activating the Reverse Life Triple Realm and forcibly using the Sky-Shattering Fist or Dragon Fang Killing Fist would consume too much energy, and there would be no way to replenish it. However, with Qing Shui's current level, he is able to extract some of the exquisite fist intent from these fist techniques and incorporate it into his swordsmanship.

Its power is such that, below the Six Paths level, it is difficult for anyone to withstand it unscathed.

At least Kushina couldn't.

The Nine-Tailed Beast's cloak was severed in half by this sword strike.

"Oh no, Kushina!"

In the distance, Minato Namikaze, who was dealing with Rasa and two elite Jonin equipped with enhanced puppet armor, suddenly exclaimed in surprise. He then transformed into a golden light and rushed to rescue Kushina.

Below, amidst the fierce battle of the armies, the Fourth Raikage, who was concealing his identity, received a reminder from Tsuchida and immediately shifted the battlefield to Shimizu, who was appearing in the distance and utterly dominating the fully-formed Nine-Tails.

"I didn't expect to catch such a big fish."

The Fourth Raikage gripped the Seven Star Sword tightly, his expression invigorated.

"If we can seal the Fourth Kazekage, it will be an even greater blow to Sunagakure."

Tsuchikage's eyes were also brimming with barely concealed excitement. "Let's go now! To be able to suppress the Nine-Tails so easily, the Fourth Kazekage's strength is far greater than that puppeteer's. If this continues, I'm afraid Konoha will soon be unable to hold on!"

After saying a low voice, the Fourth Raikage transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards the battlefield.

Seeing this, Tsuchikage quickly spat out rubber to help the Fourth Raikage break through.

In the sky, Qing Shui's armored units assembled into a giant cannon.

With a buzzing sound, the energy from the three energy cores converged.

Standing atop Kurama's head, Minato Namikaze's expression changed drastically. He felt a chill run down his spine, as an incredibly terrifying attack was about to strike.

The two orange eyeshadow marks indicate that Minato Namikaze has already mastered Sage Mode, and even Perfect Sage Mode, allowing him to unleash even greater power in a short period of time.

But it was precisely because of the powerful sensory abilities granted by Sage Mode that Minato Namikaze knew just how terrifying the impending attack would be.

This is far more powerful than the scorching core attack released by the scorpion!
However, in reality, the full potential of water energy has not yet been unlocked.

There's no need for that. If the full energy limit were unlocked, the power would be enough to pierce through the entire continent. Not to mention the Nine-Tails, the aftershocks of the attack alone would cause many deaths, including some Sand Village ninja.

After all, what he wanted was to capture the Nine-Tails alive, not to kill it.

Even so, this power still terrified Minato Namikaze.

A specially made trident kunai engraved with the words "Sword of Endurance and Love" was held horizontally in front of Minato Namikaze.

This was the only way he could think of to counter this attack.

A thick beam of energy shot out, and a complex spacetime barrier appeared on the Flying Thunder God Kunai. But in the next instant, a portal appeared in front of Minato Namikaze and swallowed the energy beam.

not good!

Minato Namikaze's eyes widened immediately.

A bad feeling immediately arose.

An energy beam emerged from the other end of the portal and struck the Nine-Tails.

Screams followed.

"what--!"

The golden Nine-Tailed Beast cloak disappeared, and Kushina's lower body vanished under the powerful energy impact.

"You're still too green to play with me in the space game."

Shimizu's voice came from behind Minato Namikaze, causing the latter to turn around hastily and swing his kunai in a horizontal slash, but Shimizu grabbed his arm with one hand.

"Kushina!"

A piercing wail escaped from Minato Namikaze's mouth.

Seeing his lover in this state almost drove Minato Namikaze mad.

"brush!"

With a flash of cold light, Minato Namikaze decisively severed his arm, which was being held by Shimizu, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Kushina, intending to take her away.

The Uzumaki clan has strong vitality, not to mention that Kushina is a Jinchūriki. Even after suffering such severe injuries, Kushina is not dead yet and is still hanging on by a thread.

If Tsunade can be found in time, and a large amount of chakra is used to perform the Creation Rebirth Technique, her life can still be saved.

However, Shimizu did not give Minato Namikaze a chance.

His target is also Kushina, and as long as he keeps his sights on Kushina, he doesn't have to worry about Minato Namikaze escaping with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The two exchanged another blow in front of Kushina's severed body.

A white blade flashed, and the Thunder God Sword, gleaming with golden light, was drawn by Minato Namikaze. He used the Hatake sword technique with one hand and slashed towards Shimizu.

Even before the Third Shinobi World War, Hiruzen Sarutobi passed on Sakumo Hatake's swordsmanship and Tobirama Senju's Konoha-ryu swordsmanship to Minato Namikaze, making up for Minato's weakness in instantaneous damage output. He also taught him the Thunder God Sword, forged from chakra metal.

Therefore, in this world, Minato Namikaze did not develop the Rasengan like in the original timeline.

However, with his talent, after learning these two sword techniques, the power he displayed was no less than that of the Rasengan. Even though his overall swordsmanship level was not as good as that of Tobirama Senju and Sakumo Hatake, it was still quite good, making him a top-notch swordsman in the ninja world.

It's just a step below pure water.

It's not just about swordsmanship.

In other aspects, the two are also very different.

In terms of speed and reaction time, Minato Namikaze, as a super-fast ninja, could barely keep up with Shimizu, but in terms of strength, they were not even in the same league.

After just a few moves, the Thunder God Sword was knocked away by the Kusanagi Sword, and Minato Namikaze was knocked to the ground. One by one, the broken Flying Thunder God Kunai were twisted into a mess and scattered at his feet.

The Flying Thunder God Technique requires coordinates, and Shimizu shattered these kunai the moment Minato Namikaze threw them, rendering Minato's speed advantage in close combat meaningless. He was severely injured again and collapsed beside Kushina.

"Kushina..."

A line of blood flowed from the corner of Minato Namikaze's mouth. His only remaining arm stretched out with all his might, his fingers reaching for Kushina. It seemed that even in his dying moments, he couldn't let go of his lover, a sight that moved the heart.

"Don't worry, what I want is the Nine-Tails, so the Jinchuriki won't die for now. So you can rest in peace."

Shimizu looked at Minato Namikaze, his left hand drawing a seal in the air, which then floated down onto Kushina, suppressing the Nine-Tails' chakra that was about to go berserk due to the Jinchuriki's serious injury.

However, the next moment, a smile appeared on Minato Namikaze's lips.

He touched Kushina's hand.

Shimizu frowned slightly.

The gesture of the two holding hands...

No, it's forming hand seals!
"Ninja Technique: Seal all zombies!"

In an instant, smoke rose, and the phantom of a death god appeared, wearing a tattered white robe, with horns on his head and a dagger in his mouth.

By sacrificing their souls, the summoned phantom of the Grim Reaper will be more powerful, possessing more of the Grim Reaper's power.

However, Death looked at Shimizu and was slightly taken aback.

You called me out to seal him away?
The Grim Reaper remembered that it seemed like only a short time ago, he had seen this person in the Pure Land, and that he was talking to his master, the Sage of Six Paths.

If I were to attack it and take its soul, the Sage of Six Paths would probably be very unhappy, right?

However, both of these souls were of very high quality. As a creature created by the Sage of Six Paths using Yin Release, it instinctively craved these two souls, even though it couldn't consume them because of their high quality.

Seeing the Grim Reaper's hesitant movements, both Minato Namikaze and Kushina were filled with astonishment.

"Step back. You are Yu Yi's creation. For his sake, step back now and I will not lay a hand on you."

A powerful aura emanated from Qingshui, and the Spirit Binding and Commanding of Generals was activated at this moment, causing dense black energy to swirl around him.

(End of this chapter)