Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 331 Sealing Minato

As the ninja clan most skilled at using sealing techniques to seal various chakra monsters, the Uzumaki clan is also adept at summoning techniques that form contracts with chakra monsters.

So-called spirit communication is also a kind of contract sealing technique.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was developed from the Summoning Technique and is essentially a contract sealing technique.

Therefore, the contract seal technique developed by the Uzumaki clan to specifically remove the summoning beasts used in summoning techniques also works on the Flying Thunder God Technique.

This is a relationship between escape and spear.

While studying attacks, we also study how to defend against them.

Therefore, the Contract Sealing Technique, which defends against and counters Summoning Jutsu, has always been a secret ninjutsu of the Uzumaki clan and will never be passed on to outsiders.

Minato learned the Contract Seal from Kushina, the princess of the Uzumaki clan, because he was Kushina's man and the Uzumaki clan had been wiped out.

But the Contract Sealing Technique is too difficult; he still hasn't mastered it.

As a result, he never expected that one day his Flying Thunder God Technique would be sealed by the enemy using a contract sealing technique.

Even knowing that Li Yao came from the future, Minato was still puzzled. The Contract Sealing Technique was a secret ninjutsu that even ordinary members of the Uzumaki clan had difficulty accessing. Only the direct descendants of the clan head had the opportunity to learn it.

Why would Li Yao do that?

Could he be a surviving direct descendant of the Uzumaki clan's patriarch?

There was so much that I didn't understand at that moment.

It's just a pity that no matter how much you don't understand, it's useless.

He was defeated. Li Yao's contract sealing technique was modified by him, and even if Minato knew how to use the Uzumaki clan's contract sealing technique, he couldn't break it.

The black water instantly enveloped Minato, who was sealed away and helpless. He realized that he was going to die here, but he had to send back information about the man who defeated him.

"Choza, Shimi, run!"

Minato shouted with all his might, and Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shiya, who were about to come to Minato's rescue, froze.

"Watergate..."

The two hesitated, after all, they were companions who had spent every day together, and they couldn't bear to abandon Minato.

But even in that moment of hesitation... in fact, even without hesitation, they wouldn't have escaped Li Yao's grasp.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Countless ink-wash tentacles shot towards Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shiya at a speed far exceeding that before. Clearly, Li Yao had actually been holding back earlier.

The purpose was naturally to get Minato to touch his body so that he could take the opportunity to use the contract seal on Minato.

Having inherited the Uzumaki clan's legacy, which included the Contract Sealing Technique, Li Yao naturally wouldn't refuse to learn this sealing technique that could seal the Flying Thunder God Technique.

In fact, he had mastered all the sealing techniques passed down in the Uzumaki clan, including powerful sealing techniques such as the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique.

Therefore, Minato's defeat was not unjustified. It wasn't just his ability; Li Yao was also far ahead in terms of intelligence.

*Pfft pfft pfft...* In an instant, despite their best efforts, Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shimi had no chance against the overwhelming power and were pierced through the body by Li Yao's ink tentacles, dying instantly.

"Choza!!!"

"Shimi!!!"

Minato screamed in agony, but it was too late. No matter how angry he was, he couldn't do anything because he was sealed by Li Yao's black iron chains. He could only watch as the ink washed over his body before his consciousness plunged into endless darkness.

In the end, the water gate was sealed by ink into an ink sphere the size of a billiard ball, and then put into Li Yao's pocket.

However, putting it in his pocket was just a cover; he actually put it into the black water storage space inside his body for safety.

……

In front of the Dragon Vein Transmission Tower beneath the tower, Li Yaoying's shadow clone, Minato's shadow clone, and Naruto are facing off.

Li Yaoying's clone stood in front of the gate, behind which led to a large pit of dragon vein chakra, where the altar that sealed the dragon vein chakra was also located.

In front of him were Naruto and Minato, as well as Sara and the Loulan survivors behind her. They wanted to enter the gate, but Li Yao said that the centipede had been dealt with and there was no need to hide inside anymore. However, they asked if Li Yao had done something to the dragon vein chakra.

Seeing that reasoning was ineffective, they started talking about martial virtue.

At that moment, Minato's shadow clone suddenly disappeared with a "bang".

Li Yao's shadow clone remained calm. Since it was connected to the main body's consciousness, it naturally knew that once Minato was sealed, its shadow clone would automatically dissipate.

However, Naruto didn't know that in his mind, there was only one possibility for shadow clones to disappear without a trace.

That means the original body is dead!

Upon realizing this only possibility, Naruto instantly flew into a rage. A layer of red Nine-Tails chakra cloak appeared on his body, his eyes transformed into the vertical pupils of a Nine-Tails fox, and his hands became adorned with sharp nails.

"What did you do to your older brother?!"

Naruto's suppressed anger rang out, but Li Yaoying's clone hadn't spoken yet.

call out!

Li Yao used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear next to his shadow clone, which then vanished. Li Yao looked at Naruto opposite him, who was covered in a red Nine-Tails chakra cloak, and smiled.

Want to know?

"I'll take you to see it!"

When he spoke the first sentence, Li Yao was still standing in the same spot. When he spoke the second sentence, he was already next to Naruto, with his hand gently on Naruto's shoulder.

"So fast!!!"

Even in his fury, Naruto was still utterly shocked by Li Yao's speed. He hadn't even had time to react before Li Yao was right beside him. If Li Yao had attacked him earlier, he... didn't even want to think about it.

Naruto subconsciously manipulated the Nine-Tails' chakra to shake Li Yao away, but found that the space instantly changed.

Whoosh... The wind and sand howled all around, and it was all yellow sand.

"Where is this?"

How did I get here?

"Is this an illusion?"

Naruto looked around and saw only desert everywhere. He couldn't see the tall building where Loulan was located, and he thought he had been subjected to an illusion.

Otherwise, one moment you'd be in Loulan, and the next you'd be in this endless desert.

But if it's an illusion, the tactile sensation is far too realistic.

But if not... then what's going on?

Why did I suddenly arrive here?

Naruto's mind raced. The sudden change in environment somewhat dissipated his anger, but the Nine-Tails' chakra cloak on his body did not disappear; instead, it became even more intense.

"Kid, this isn't an illusion, it's the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Inside the sealed space within Naruto's body, Kurama had already stood up, its lantern-sized eyes looking at Naruto's consciousness outside through the sealed iron gate, offering a reminder.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"Is it an illusion?"

Naruto's consciousness was taken aback. He had never heard of this ninjutsu, let alone what its effects were.

A complex look of apprehension and admiration flashed in the Nine-Tailed Fox's eyes as it said, "Watch your step."

Naruto instinctively looked down and saw a black kunai at his feet.

"What is this?" Naruto picked it up and asked instinctively. Then he suddenly gasped in shock. Inside the sealed space, Naruto's consciousness stared at Kurama in disbelief. "You...you actually...you actually..."

(End of this chapter)