I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 474 It's not just about judging beauty and ugliness by appearance; it's also about discerning good and evil through facial features.

"Magnetic Release! Iron Sand Binding Attack!"

At that moment, not only seedlings emerged from the ground, but also countless black iron sands, which formed spears that pierced the sky. Many Sand Ninjas who reacted managed to grab these ever-growing spears.

At the same time, Minato's Shūsha Shadow Clone Technique, which was meticulously calculated to bypass Tatsuma's Advent of the World of Trees to the greatest extent possible, continued to attack the Sand Ninja's Shūsha Shadow Clone Technique, and its flight trajectory was also greatly altered.

Although they are just chakra-mimicking shuriken, the high precision and realism of this technique give these shuriken shadow clones some metallic properties, and they are currently being attracted by the sand iron spears that are rising from the ground.

"That's a really smart move."

Minato sighed. At this moment, Tenka and Sento's techniques were being constantly dodged. Even Wood Release became a shield to reduce the power of their techniques. After all, they couldn't calculate the growth trajectory of the forest in an instant like Minato.

He looked at the Third Kazekage, who was standing in the center of the tree world, manipulating iron sand to protect the Sand Ninja, and took out a Flying Thunder God kunai, then threw it at him.

"Clang~~"

The Flying Thunder God Kunai flew for only a short while before being attracted by the Magnet Release Spear, sticking tightly to the iron sand, and then being swallowed up.

"This is troublesome."

Minato murmured something, his voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for a small number of Sand Ninja to hear, and the news quickly spread among the thousand-strong group.

All the Sand Ninja knew that their Kazekage's Magnet Release could perfectly counter the Flying Thunder God Technique, and Minato also showed a solemn and slightly regretful expression at the right time.

However, Tianfeng and the others knew that the Flying Thunder God Kunai was not intended to be used in this battle. How could Tatsuma and Minato not think of something that the Sand Ninja could think of?

It was precisely because he had anticipated this that Tatsuma went to the trouble of drawing the Flying Thunder God Technique formula on a large tree in this forest.

Minato's reaction was merely an act for the Sand Village ninja. Clearly, Minato's performance was spot-on. Although many people felt that the Konoha ninja were being too reckless, they were quickly replaced by the good news that they had the opportunity to kill Tatsuma and Minato, the two Flying Thunder God Ninjas.

How did Sakamoto Tatsuma and Namikaze Minato manage to take on all five major nations in the past six years? Their biggest reliance was none other than the Flying Thunder God Technique, which appears and disappears without a trace.

What if they don't have the Flying Thunder God Technique? Tatsuma still has Wood Release, but what does Minato have? At this moment, the Sand Ninja became excited. This battle seemed like they could at least kill one, and maybe even two.

This fleeting joy meant their ideas were bound to be imperfect. The two of them couldn't use Flying Thunder God Kunai within the range of the Sand Magnet Release, but if they just wanted to escape, it wouldn't be difficult.

After all, no matter how wide the Third Kazekage's Magnet Release range is, it can't be wider than the two people's perception range. But sometimes, groups don't need to carefully consider things, because after careful consideration, they lose the courage to carry them out.

The best state is the one we are in now, a stage that gives us courage without having to think about the future.

The Sand Ninja were shouting, and some of the more impatient ones had even disregarded the formation and headed towards Minato and his group.

This is precisely why Minato staged this performance, drawing everyone's attention to himself. After all, while the positions of him, Tenka, and Sento were indeed exposed when the four people used their magic, there was still one person whose position remained hidden.

It's not that Kushina didn't use any magic; in fact, Kushina wasn't even in this tree world.

Minato dodged a Sand Ninja's close-range attack, and in an instant, a Rasengan condensed in his hand. However, in the brief moment between its formation in his palm and its impact on the Sand Ninja, the size of the Rasengan seemed to have decreased.

However, no one noticed this because the power of the Rasengan was still terrifying. When the Sand Shinobi was sent flying and crashed into a tree, people could even see the blood-soaked tree through his torso.

Going back to the previous question, if Minato lost the Flying Thunder God Technique, would he be completely useless? Minato will prove with his performance that even without the Flying Thunder God Technique, he will still be one of the fastest ninjas in the ninja world.

With the Body Flicker Technique activated, one golden shadow after another streaked through the tree world, slid open the throats of Sand Ninjas, pierced their hearts, broke their lumbar vertebrae, and even had their skulls pierced by kunai, which were too lazy to be pulled out.

Minato continuously unleashed Fire Release, Wind Release, and Lightning Release techniques. Although the techniques were not large in scale, each one was perfectly timed, either forcing back the enemy's attacks or breaking through their defenses.

Conversely, the Sand Ninja's Wind Release techniques, especially large-scale Wind Release, were frequently thwarted in this tree world because the trees were simply too resilient.

The Wind Release technique, which could normally easily cut through trees, could only create shallow openings in the trees within this tree realm. Minato trusted these trees implicitly and used them to dodge, without considering the possibility that the trees where he was hiding would be cut down.

Tianfeng and Qiandou were clearly very familiar with fighting in the forest, especially Qiandou. This tree world was like a furniture store to him, and he was extremely agile.

Sasori did not control the Third Kazekage to attack again, but instead observed his surroundings. He was looking forward to meeting Tatsuma again, but Tatsuma had not yet shown up, which puzzled him.

Suddenly, the Third Kazekage staggered, as if he had suddenly fainted, and was about to fall to the side. Sasori quickly stepped forward and gave his puppet a place to lean on.

At the same time, his brows furrowed more and more as he increased his chakra output. Only then did the Third Kazekage straighten up again. Fortunately, the Sand Ninja's attention was focused on the three Konoha ninjas at this moment, and they did not notice the Kazekage's sudden change in demeanor.

After assuming the position of the Third Kazekage, Sasori took a step back, but only one step. The Third Kazekage began to sway again, forcing Sasori to further increase the "power" of the transmitted chakra wave in order to stabilize the puppet.

Sasori's eyes darted around the Sand Ninja and Minato, as if searching for something. He soon noticed something amiss: the three Konoha ninjas were deliberately reducing their use of jutsu.

He relies more on taijutsu, and even when he uses ninjutsu or taijutsu, he is not as "lavish" as he was at the beginning, as if he is overly concerned about chakra.

Moreover, the surrounding trees seemed to be becoming more and more vibrant, and even wind-style techniques of the same strength were causing less and less damage to the trees.

He looked down at the tree roots he was standing on, seemingly realizing something. With a flick of his wrist within his sleeve, the Third Kazekage reacted, shouting, "Don't touch these trees! Your chakra is being absorbed!"

As they spoke, iron sand flew around, creating small iron sand platforms within the tree world. A suspended platform, with its fulcrum not touching the trees, also rose beneath the feet of the Third Kazekage and Sasori.

Standing on the platform, Sasori finally felt that the "signal" was better. He no longer needed to output too much chakra to accurately control the Third Kazekage's behavior.

Upon hearing the Kazekage's words, the other Sand Ninja also leaped onto the sand iron platform, and instantly, the vague discomfort in their bodies disappeared.

But Sasori was still frowning. He couldn't understand what Konoha's purpose was in doing this. Judging from the results, many of their Sand Village members had indeed had some of their chakra absorbed, but...

The chakra of the Konoha members also dropped drastically. This kind of behavior, which hurts the enemy a thousand but also harms themselves by more than eight hundred, is unwise. Unless the Konoha ninjas have an inexhaustible supply of chakra, doing so is absolutely foolish.

Just as Sasori was pondering, Minato disappeared. In a flash of golden light, he directly led Sento and Tenka into the Tree World. For a moment, the Sand Ninja were somewhat bewildered, drawing their swords and looking around.

"Such keen insight! You noticed something was wrong so quickly. It seems that defeating you won't be so easy."

Tatsuma, who had been hiding, finally showed up. The moment Sasori saw Sakamoto Tatsuma, he couldn't help but cast his gaze at him. Last time, he had only looked at him from afar, without any emotion in his eyes.

But this time, he couldn't quite explain his emotions. Unlike most Sand Ninja, he didn't hate Sakamoto Tatsuma that much. Of course, he couldn't say that he had feelings for Tatsuma either.

After all, the damage that Tatsuma caused to Sunagakure has given Sasori an opportunity, a chance to avenge his parents, only now.

However, at the same time, Tatsuma's knowledge and his research results also greatly benefited Sasori. Without Tatsuma, Sasori might have had to use those methods that he now considers extremely clumsy to advance his revenge plan.

All I can say is that Sasori is really looking forward to meeting Tatsuma.

Also looking forward to this was Bunpuku, who had started chanting sutras to pray for the dead at the scene. He stopped chanting and looked at Tatsuma, who had appeared out of nowhere.

Looking at him, a look of bewilderment crossed his eyes again. He was indeed a very interesting person.

When judging people by their fortune, we no longer use the common perspective of beauty or ugliness, but rather look at a person's character. However, some people's faces are always very strange, such as Scorpio, whose face shows neither good nor evil.

As for Chenma, he has neither good nor evil.

No, that's not right. Tatsuma isn't without good and evil; rather, he's both extremely righteous and extremely evil. It's just that this balance is too delicate and seems too solid.

Just as good and evil are the two ends of a scale for ordinary people, with highs and lows, ups and downs are perfectly normal, Chenma is like a steel cable suspension bridge, also similar in shape to a scale, but so sturdy that pedestrians and vehicles can pass through at will.

"A heart that seeks to harm is born of great compassion; a heart that seeks to kill is born of the benefit of sentient beings."

Seeing Chenma, his hands, which had been lowered, were now clasped together again. He felt an urge to worship, for what he saw before him was not a human, but clearly the Vajra King of Light.

At this moment, Tatsuma also clasped his hands together, but not to worship anyone. Instead, he mobilized the chakra within his body, transforming the Sage Chakra into Sage Wood Release Chakra.

"Celestial Arts! Vajra Power! Subjugation!"

When the Sage Art Wood Release chakra was activated with the strength of a thousand hands, Tatsuma slammed his fist into the ground. Amidst the billowing dust, seedlings sprouted from the ground, even piercing through the sand-iron platform and entangled the sand ninja standing on it.

The Chen horse, standing upright, combines with the seal of the ten and then transforms into the seal of the Si.

"May the disaster be averted!"

(End of this chapter)