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Rumble!

In the desert, a wooden figure more than fifty meters tall rises from the ground!

The Sandstorm Burial that Petel had previously used couldn't even bury one of the wooden figures' feet.

Rope Tree stood atop the wooden figure, his gaze gradually turning cold and sharp.

"In that case, I'll have to destroy your military forces first, and then we can have a proper chat!"

"Take this! Aaaaaah!"

Rope Tree roared and the wooden golem swung its hands out. Peter, who was using Magnet Release, hurriedly used Magnet Release to protect himself with layers of sand.

The puppet troop dared not be careless in the slightest, and the commander immediately shouted, "Defensive formation! All-out defense!"

Boom! !

The continuous roaring sounds made Peter dare not be careless for a moment. He kept outputting his chakra to reinforce the sand shield, fearing that he would be turned into mincemeat at any moment.

"What's wrong with this guy?! How can he summon something like that?!" Peter was extremely frustrated. The other person looked to be about the same age as him, but the difference in strength was so great!

Compared to him, a bloodline limit user, the Puppet Squad suffered a much worse fate.

The wooden puppet's immense strength was far beyond what ordinary ninjas could withstand. In just two breaths, the puppet blocking their heads was smashed to pieces, and what followed was a one-sided massacre.

Rope Tree manipulated the wooden figure to smash for a while, and only stopped when he sensed that there was only one survivor left on the ground. He looked over and saw a huge sandbag appear in his line of sight.

"Trying to bury yourself in the sand?" Nawaki sneered, channeling his chakra and roaring, "Wood Release: Tree Sea Advent!"

Tree tendrils burrowed into the sand from beneath the wooden figure's feet, bypassing the defenses above Peter and launching an attack from his feet.

Peter noticed the movement beneath him and tried to escape, but it was too late.

puff! !

A hard wooden splinter pierced his chest, pushing him up from the ground.

In his final moments, he saw only the indifferent face of the rope tree.

"To actually...be with such a...powerful person..."

Looking at the already dead Peter, Rope Tree, carrying his corpse, controlled the wooden figure to move forward.

Before long, Nawaki arrived near Sunagakure and found a large number of people standing at the village gate. They were dressed in white and had white cloths on their heads, covering themselves completely.

“There’s not much chakra fluctuation, they seem to be just ordinary people. Why gather all these people at the village entrance?” Nawaki was a little puzzled, wondering what Sunagakure was up to.

At this moment, everyone in Sunagakure was also in shock.

After seeing the wooden figure with their own eyes, their previous desire to resist was no longer so strong.

"How could we possibly be a match for a guy like that..."

"As expected, Shadow's judgment is never wrong. We should have listened to Lord Rasa back then!"

"It's too late to say anything now! Let's think about how to stop that thing!" an old man with white hair said through gritted teeth.

If they could, no one would want to surrender.

But how could I possibly be a match for such an opponent?

Moreover, the fact that the other side is here means that the puppet squad in front has been completely wiped out. That was almost the strongest fighting force that Sunagakure could muster. The other ninjutsu squads were simply not worth mentioning in front of the puppet squad.

Even their strongest fighting force couldn't stop the enemy's advance, and it seems that surrender is the only option left.

"Let's go and meet this... descendant of the God of Ninjas."

Seeing this, Zhang Shan turned off the projector and said with a hint of helplessness, "I told Rope Tree a long time ago not to waste his time on empty talk, but that kid never learns his lesson."

Ye Cang in his arms was still somewhat dazed, watching his country's strongest armed force being so easily destroyed, and he still felt a bit choked up.

"Hmph!" She slammed her ample breasts against Zhang Shan to vent her emotions.

"Alright, alright, stop thinking about those unhappy things." Zhang Shan comforted her repeatedly. Although Ye Cang's actions seemed like they were stirring up trouble, he still chose to appease her first before doing whatever he wanted.

A day later, Nawaki returned to Konoha with joy.

"Lord Hokage! Sunagakure has agreed to all our demands and even said they will offer us gold every year from now on!" Nawaki said excitedly.

Minato smiled faintly, "As long as they don't wage war against us, we don't really need gold as tribute."

Rope Tree asked in confusion, "No money? Do you mean land? But the Land of Wind is all yellow sand, it's not suitable for living at all!"

Minato shook his head and said, "I don't want money or land. I will build a base station there in the future and contact them at any time. Although we don't plan to devour them now, that's only for now. Fifty years from now, when we have fully utilized the resources of the Land of Fire, it will be time to expand to the surrounding areas."

Rope Tree listened in bewilderment; he couldn't imagine the world fifty years from now—it was beyond his comprehension.

"By the way, news has also come from Kirigakure. The Mizukage said he has expelled some unruly bloodline limit families from the village. Kirigakure is very vulnerable now and wants to seek Konoha's protection." Minato smiled at Nawaki, his meaning already quite clear.

"Eh~~ Do you want me to go? I just got back to the village!" Rope Tree looked reluctant.

At this moment, Minato also realized the situation. Indeed, if Nawaki were to do everything, he would most likely give up.

Emmmmm......

Minato thought for a moment, then clapped his hands and said, "Then let Jiraiya-sensei go! Anyway, he peeps at the women's bathhouse in the village every day, and the villagers have complained about it several times already."

Not long after, Jiraiya left Konoha looking utterly dejected. His good days had barely begun! He hadn't even finished examining the village women before Minato sent him out again.

"Sigh~ This is my fate, a life of toil~" Jiraiya sighed, quickly traversing the jungle, intending to deliver Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai to Kirigakure as soon as possible, so that he could travel to the ninja world and continue searching for creative material!

Now that Jiraiya has decided that Minato is the Child of Prophecy, he naturally won't waste any more time searching for any other Child of Prophecy.

What he needs to do now is gather material and write about the young imperial uncle.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Nagato and the other one. I’ll go see them while I’m traveling through the ninja world! I heard they’ve formed an organization called ‘Akatsuki’ and are taking on missions in Amegakure.”

Thinking of that boy with the Rinnegan, Jiraiya still wondered in his heart whether Minato or Nagato was the true child of prophecy.

A day later, Jiraiya used his incredible speed to send Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai to Kirigakure. After activating the chakra on the kunai, Minato immediately appeared in front of the Mizukage.

The Mizukage looked horrified, his mouth agape, and pointed a trembling finger at Minato, saying, "You can teleport directly from this far away?"

Minato maintained his smile: "Of course, the Flying Thunder God Technique has no distance limit."

Jiraiya, standing to the side, clicked his tongue, thinking to himself, "Yeah, yeah, you have no restrictions on what kind of ninjutsu you can use~"

"Ahem!" Jiraiya coughed lightly and said, "My mission is complete. I plan to travel around the ninja world for the next few years and won't be returning to Konoha for now!"

"Huh?" Minato looked at Jiraiya with some surprise. The latter said earnestly, "It's been a long time since I've seen Nagato and the other guy. I plan to take this opportunity to visit them!"

Minato nodded: "Alright, I'll give you a three-year vacation!"

After saying that, Minato turned around and asked the Mizukage, "Do you know the whereabouts of those bloodline limit families?"

Shuiying shook her head: "I don't know. They talked about dreams and bonds, and then they left in a mess. The spies I sent out were all taken care of by them. Now I really don't know where these people are."

"I see..." Minato didn't expect there to be so many chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) patients in Kirigakure. Couldn't these people be as mature as he was?

"Let's leave them alone for now. If they appear in the Land of Fire, I'll be aware of it," Minato said with a smile. He then handed a specially made Flying Thunder God kunai to the Mizukage, saying, "If you encounter any problems, just infuse your chakra into the kunai, and I'll come and help you resolve them. However, if the other three villages attack you, I'll only help you coordinate once!"

"Okay, okay! I'll definitely use it carefully!" The Mizukage smiled as he accepted the kunai. Thanks to Minato's opportunity to strike, his life was finally safe!

Chapter 276 A High Level of Cultivation Leads to Lack of Leisure

With the Land of Wind and the Land of Water submitting, the Tsuchikage didn't dare delay and sent a message to Minato two days later, expressing his willingness to make Konoha his lord and pay tribute annually.

At the same time, the Hidden Cloud Village also sent a letter of submission, which greatly boosted the morale of Konoha!

With the four great nations having submitted, Konoha's adoration for Minato had reached its peak!

Now, whenever Watergate issues an order, the people below execute it without hesitation, and results are usually seen within a day.

It also showed Minato what Konoha speed was all about.

When Zhang Shan went out, he saw earth-style ninjas erecting telephone poles and heard that a construction team had been set up in Minato City to promote the detached villas that Zhang Shan lived in.

"Forget about a detached villa," Zhang Shan said to Minato as he entered the Hokage's office.

"Why?" Minato looked at him, puzzled.

"There are too many people in Konoha. If everyone lives in a villa, there won't be enough space."

"Konoha has a lot of people...?" Minato was completely bewildered. Konoha only had a few hundred thousand people right now. Even if every family implemented the two-child policy for the next twenty years, the population would only be around a million at most, right? Is that considered a lot of people?

“Of course there will be many!” Zhang Shan sat down and said, “Think about it, as Konoha develops, there will definitely be many people who come to join us. Within ten years, Konoha will experience a technological and population explosion. If everyone lives in a detached villa, do you think Konoha can accommodate so many people in such a small place?”

Minato's gaze was serious as he pondered the question intently.

"Unless you intend to completely take over the Land of Fire, but that would inevitably lead to a conflict with the Daimyo, and then it wouldn't just be a few tens of thousands of ninjas who die, but hundreds of thousands or even millions of civilians."

“Yes…” Minato sighed. He knew that it was unrealistic to go to war with the daimyo. Under the control of thousands of years of deeply ingrained thinking, most civilians had been tamed and were unlikely to rebel against the daimyo.

A few seconds later, Minato spoke up: "Forget it, now is not the time to deal with the daimyo. Let Konoha develop for ten years first. If those daimyo are blind to the danger, I will take care of them myself and become the daimyo myself."

"If the ninjas of Konoha knew you had this idea, they would definitely rebel," Zhang Shan joked.

Minato smiled, looking at the busy ninjas outside. He knew he still had a long way to go.

In the following years, Konoha entered a period of rapid development. Zhang Shan would occasionally go out for a stroll to see what was happening in the outside world, and then develop suitable technologies to benefit himself at the right time.

Time flies, and ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

A sudden explosion erupted within Zhang Shan's heart, an invisible wave swept through, and a world entirely his own was born.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a vast world took shape, and Zhang Shan's figure appeared in the sky above this world. With a thought, the originally barren world instantly became green mountains and clear waters, full of vitality.

"The World of Mental Power. From today onwards, I am also a Great Cultivator!" Zhang Shan was overjoyed. He pointed a finger, and a crystal-clear bead sat in the center of this world.

"From now on, I will use this Chaos Pearl as the foundation, integrate the essence of countless civilizations, and create a 'Dragonless Heart Sutra' that belongs only to me!"

~

Good Brothers Space.

Ninja Zhang Shan hadn't been here for years. Seeing the familiar scene, he didn't hesitate to start exploring!

"I'm already at the Mind Power World Realm, so surely I can't be still empty-handed?"

As he focused his mental energy, he observed all the subtle changes around him.

A few seconds later, another figure appeared. It was Zhang Shan from the world of Super God Academy. He had also ended his seclusion and come to share the fruits of his labor with his brothers.

Ninja Zhang Shan instantly sensed the other party's figure and appeared directly in front of Super God Zhang Shan!