novelden Chapter 359 Tactics Ineffective
Chapter 359 Tactics Ineffective
"【Amazuha Meteor Fate - Light Strike】!"
Enraged by Minato, Urashiki thrust his palm forward with a vengeance! Red chakra surged wildly within his palm, exploding outwards!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!"
In an instant, thousands upon thousands of energy points, no bigger than a fingernail but shimmering with a dangerous dark red light, shot out in a massive, overwhelming rush towards the direction where Minato Namikaze was!
Faced with this area-of-effect saturation attack, Minato's golden Nine-Tails chakra cloak shone brightly!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh—!"
His figure instantly transformed into a series of flashing golden streaks! He didn't move in a straight line, but left a series of short and precise zigzag trajectories in the air.
The rain of light streaks past, yet it doesn't even manage to brush against the edge of his chakra cloak.
Just as the momentum of this intense offensive subsided and Urashiki's old strength had faded while new strength had yet to emerge—the golden flash suddenly went out, only to suddenly blaze up again just inches away from Urashiki!
Minato appeared directly in front of Urashiki, holding a Flying Thunder God kunai, and swiftly thrust it towards Urashiki's throat!
"Bang--!"
A crisp, metallic clang.
Urashiki reacted extremely quickly, and Chakrakula solidified instantly, transforming into a dark red energy rod in his hand, barely managing to block Minato's tricky thrust!
"Snap!"
A snapping sound rang out. The Flying Thunder God kunai blade in Minato's hand, strong enough to withstand the intense chakra infusion, broke in two at the point of impact with Urashiki's chakra rod! The broken blade flew off spinning.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Having struck successfully, Urashiki's eyes flashed with golden light. Seizing the moment when Minato's weapon was damaged and his body was slightly sluggish, he suddenly opened his other free hand and aimed it at Minato, who was right in front of him!
Om-!
An invisible repulsive force erupted instantly, slamming fiercely towards the water gate!
However, Minato reacted even faster! Or rather, he had already anticipated Urashiki's possible counter-strategy.
"Whoosh!"
With a flash of golden light, Minato's figure vanished into thin air. In the next instant, he had already retreated steadily to a safe distance of dozens of meters behind him. The repulsive field swept futilely over the spot where he had originally stood, only stirring up a turbulent flow of air.
"Tsk... What a troublesome move..." Urashiki withdrew his hand and spat out a curse with a gloomy expression.
The Flying Thunder God Technique, a teleportation technique that almost ignores distance and is impossible to defend against, was extremely troublesome and "disgusting" to him tactically. But a ruthless glint and anticipation flashed in his eyes.
"So what if you jump around like that? As long as time is on my side, once I completely take control of this body... it will be my absolute victory! Then, let's see where this golden fly can fly to!"
Minato's kunai, with a broken piece of its blade, twirled slightly in his hand. Although the exchange had been brief, he had completed yet another crucial probe and arrived at an extremely sobering conclusion.
Hitting your opponent with a sealing technique is more difficult than you can imagine.
The opponent's fighting style is extremely difficult to deal with. They use high-intensity chakra weapons for offense and defense. The insight and possible eye techniques granted by their golden Rinnegan are used to deal with surprise attacks and control the field. The ability to transform their body into a red origami crane is the best means of escape and avoidance.
Sealing techniques, especially powerful ones capable of imprisoning someone like Urashiki, often require relatively complex hand seals and precise timing. Given the opponent's numerous countermeasures and escape methods, the possibility of seizing that fleeting opportunity to complete the hand seals and successfully land a hit in a direct confrontation is extremely slim.
What's more troublesome is that even if you manage to temporarily restrain the opponent in some way, Urashiki can immediately transform into a thousand paper cranes and break free, making it impossible to complete the sealing technique in time.
Unable to be effectively restrained, unable to be completely eliminated, if this drags on, every step forward in the fusion process will expand Urashiki's advantage and put Naruto's consciousness in greater danger!
Time is on the enemy's side!
Minato Namikaze bit his lip, applying pressure with his teeth until he tasted the "pain" that belonged to his spiritual body. He used this pain to force himself to pull himself out of the terrible imagination of possible failure, to forcibly cool down the boiling anxiety and the paternal love that was almost overwhelming his reason, and to allow his mind to return to absolute calm.
We must find a way! We absolutely must!
His first tactical plan was to force Urashiki to make large-scale displacements or defenses through continuous, high-frequency attacks, predict his possible evasion space or defensive loopholes, and at the same time use shadow clones to create chaos and illusions, while his main body would lie in wait in advance at the predicted key positions to complete the preparation of the sealing technique, waiting for Urashiki to "crash" into it.
However, in reality, Urashiki was cunning and cautious. He preferred to stay put and rely on his strong defensive and counter-attacking capabilities rather than frequently making high-risk relocations. This made predicting his movement extremely difficult, and the first plan failed before it even began.
So, what other options are there?
Use a "technique" that inherently contains powerful sealing power and requires no complicated setup or long maintenance to directly attack and seal the opponent!
Integrate the power of sealing techniques into the attack itself.
But... Minato's heart sank.
Minato Namikaze did not possess any readily available ninjutsu that could be used directly for attack while also having a powerful sealing effect. His knowledge of sealing techniques leaned more towards barriers and spatial blockades, lacking a flexible, fast, and offensive sealing method that could be used in this kind of spiritual combat.
"roar--!!!!"
In the brief moment that Minato was concentrating on his strategy, Kurama let out a furious and resentful roar! Several tails, filled with a hatred that seemed to tear everything apart, slammed down on Urashiki once again!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang—!!!"
Heavy impacts rang out one after another! Deep craters were smashed into the ground!
Urashiki seemed annoyed by Kurama's futile resistance. With a casual wave of his hand, several thick, dark red chakra shields instantly materialized around him, precisely blocking all of Kurama's tail attacks!
In this spiritual world, the power that Kurama can use is closer to its wild state when it is not under control. Apart from the Tailed Beast Ball, it lacks the fine operation and explosive power that can be perfectly coordinated with the Jinchuriki, making it seem somewhat clumsy and easy to target.
"Let's be quiet for a moment, 'Fox'." Urashiki's voice carried a hint of impatience. "I think... once everything settles down, we'll get along very well."
As he spoke, his free hand rose again, aiming at the Nine-Tails, whose movements were temporarily restricted! An even larger, viscous, dark red chakra gathered wildly in his palm, quickly condensing into thicker, sharper energy pillars, which he then hurled at the Nine-Tails' massive body!
Although the Nine-Tails struggled to twist its body in an attempt to dodge, its enormous size hampered its agility.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Two more tails, unable to dodge in time, were pierced through by the giant red pillar and pinned to the ground! Pain and worry caused the Nine-Tailed Fox to let out a painful groan, but the hatred and killing intent in its beastly eyes burned even more fiercely!
"Ugh... you bastard... I have to kill you... I have to...!!!"
Even with her body restrained, Kurama still locked onto Urashiki with a hateful gaze that seemed to want to devour him alive and burn his soul to ashes.
Just then—
"Rasengan!"
A sound accompanied by the high-speed spinning chakra hum rang out from very close behind Urashiki!
It's Minato Namikaze! He launched a surprise attack with the Flying Thunder God Technique, appearing in Urashiki's blind spot! The Rasengan was aimed directly at Urashiki's back and slammed down hard!
"Again?!" Urashi frowned, cursing inwardly at this unpredictable teleportation technique. Faced with this almost point-blank attack, leaving no time to fully turn around and defend, he almost reflexively prepared to activate his life-saving ability—to transform his body energy into red origami cranes!
however!
Just as the Rasengan was about to strike Urashiki's back at the critical moment—
The Rasengan that Minato had been gathering in his hand vanished into thin air without warning! Not only that, the dazzling golden Nine-Tails chakra cloak that Minato wore also instantly disappeared, revealing his original form!
"?!" Urashiki was taken aback, and the energy conversion process was briefly slowed down as a result. What happened? Was the chakra supply interrupted?
But his fighting instincts remained. Although he didn't understand why, this was undoubtedly a golden opportunity to counterattack!
"Shinra Tensei!"
He seized the moment and aimed his palm at Minato, who was right in front of him and seemed to have a weakness due to the "loss of power"!
"Bang--!!!"
An invisible repulsive force slammed solidly into Minato! Minato's figure was violently sent flying by this force, tracing an arc in the air before crashing onto the "ground" in the distance, kicking up a cloud of dust.
"...I see." Urashiki looked at Minato lying motionless in the distance, then glanced at Kurama, whom he had firmly pinned down and whose chakra fluctuations were clearly disordered. He suddenly realized, "Binding that fox caused the power it supplied to become unstable, or even interrupted? Hmph, what a fragile connection."
That being the case...
A murderous glint flashed in Urashiki's eyes! This golden fly was far too troublesome; he had to take advantage of its current "weakness" to eliminate it completely, lest things get complicated!
"Universal Guidance!"
He raised his other hand, aimed it at the fallen Minato in the distance, and made a grabbing motion in the air with his five fingers!
A powerful gravitational force was instantly generated, violently pulling Minato's limp body up from the ground and sending him flying rapidly toward Urashiki!
At the same time, Urashiki's hand gathered chakra again, and a red chakra spear with a cold light flashing at the edge quickly took shape, with the spear tip pointing directly at Minato's heart, which was being pulled in by gravity!
"it's over!"