The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 273 Countermeasures
"Molten Escape: Burning River Rock Technique!"

Countless fiercely burning lava balls were spit out from Lao Zi's mouth and flew towards Minato at high speed like fireballs.

Although they are small in size, if you get close to them, you will be burned by the high temperature they dissipate, and it is difficult to guard against them.

Moreover, under Lao Zi's intentional control, these lava balls flew out in all directions, blocking all of Minato's escape routes.

In desperation, Minato had to use the Flying Thunder God Technique again to break through the siege.

But this is exactly what Lao Zi wants.

No matter how short the distance is, Flying Thunder God Technique is ultimately a space-time ninjutsu, and each use will consume a large amount of chakra.

Even if Minato was able to learn the Sage Mode in the future, he would not be able to withstand this kind of confrontation with the Jinchūriki.

Obviously, Lao Zi wanted to rely on the defensive power of the Molten Chakra Mode and the amount of chakra he had as a Jinchūriki to fight a war of attrition with Minato.

To be honest, this is indeed the type of person that Minato is least good at dealing with right now.

So after intentionally leading Lao Zi into the dense forest slightly away from the main battlefield, Minato started his plan without hesitation.

Flash Kunai! Clone Kunai! Flying Thunder God Kunai!
Minato took out several trident kunai from his ninja tool bag in one breath and threw them at Lao Zi one after another.

Just like before, a dazzling golden light suddenly burst out, and even Lao Zi found it difficult to open his eyes.

But he didn't care at all, and just quietly raised the temperature of the magma on his body...

The surrounding trees were instantly ignited, and even the air became distorted due to the high temperature.

Obviously, the heat radiating from Lao Zi has turned the surrounding area into a life-restricted zone.

If Minato dared to get close, he would probably be burned to charcoal before he even touched Lao Zi.

"It's useless, Namikaze brat."

Lao Zi said in a firm voice,

"Those petty tricks of yours simply won't work in front of me."

"That's hard to say..."

Minato responded subconsciously.

Then he realized that he accidentally used Hideki's catchphrase.

But it's just right, because he will really need Hideki's help next.

He suddenly clapped his hands and shouted:
"Eight-Direction Sealing Array!"

The next moment, among the kunai that Minato had shot at Lao Zi before, eight kunai occupying eight directions suddenly emitted rune light.

Soon after, long chains composed of countless black runes emerged from it, winding on the ground like a long black snake, and quickly formed an intricate octagonal magic circle.

Then they continued to extend towards Lao Zi in the center, and even climbed up from his feet, binding him like a rope.

It turned out that many of the kunai that Minato had just shot were just smoke bombs, and among them there were also eight kunai with special effects.

Boundary Stone Kunai!

These are also special kunai given by Hideki. They have similar functions to his boundary stone floaters and can be used as boundary stones for setting up barriers.

Depending on the user's level of sealing and barrier techniques, these boundary stone kunai can also produce many magical uses.

For example, reducing the number of hand seal movements, lowering the difficulty of performing the treatment, etc.

And Minato just happened to be quite good at sealing techniques.

This time, he used them to quietly set up a binding barrier to trap Lao Zi.

"It's just a magical barrier. Watch how I break through it!"

Even though Lao Zi was trapped, he still didn't take it too seriously.

Indeed, with his strength, this temporary barrier would not be able to trap him for too long. But as a prelude to the next move, it was more than enough...

call out!
Minato threw out a trident kunai with a storage spell drawn on it again.

The effect is very simple. After hitting the target, a large number of detonating talismans in the storage space will be channeled out and detonated at the same time...

Multiple explosive kunai!
This was the temporary remedy that Hideki had prepared for Minato in order to make up for his lack of lethality.

At this time, the black rope was still barely restraining Lao Zi's movements, so the kunai easily hit the bull's eye.

The next moment, countless detonating talismans flashed around Lao Zi.

They were even pulled by the black rope nearby, all attached to Lao Zi's body, and then activated...

"Hahaha……"

"Old Zi, you've already consumed a lot of chakra before. Even if you're still in the molten chakra mode, you're likely to lose your life in this situation~"

A gloating voice sounded in Lao Zi's mind.

"Shut up, Four-Tails!"

Old Zi said angrily,

"The worst that can happen is death. Even if I die, I can take you with me!"

"Tsk, tsk, you won't ask me for help even after all this?"

The four tails couldn't help but spit out a complaint,
"Old Zi, you will die sooner or later because of this stubborn character."

"But whatever..."

"That blond boy's space-time ninjutsu brought back some bad memories for me..."

"When I was captured and sealed, Hashirama Senju had a sinister fellow who could use the same ninjutsu with him."

"So I will be more generous this time and lend you more power..."

Rumble!
The next moment, a huge roar suddenly sounded, and the explosions caused by countless detonating tags turned everything within a hundred meters into dust, and it seemed that only billowing smoke was left.

However, Minato's expression in the distance did not relax at all.

Not that he knew the law of smoke without harm.

Instead, he had used his perception to realize that the chakra at the center of the explosion not only did not disappear, but was growing stronger.

Soon the smoke was blown away by the increasingly powerful hurricane, and then Minato saw that Lao Zi was now covered by a red monkey's head, and it was obvious that he was not seriously injured.

And in front of the head's mouth, a particularly familiar black sphere was accumulating...

Tailed beast jade!
As expected, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Lao Zi, also mastered this method of launching the Tailed Beast Balls?
Minato groaned inwardly.

Because it can be seen that this Tailed Beast Ball is an enhanced version that has been deliberately accumulated for a longer period of time.

Obviously, the other party also knew that ordinary Tailed Beast Balls would be easily avoided by Minato using the Flying Thunder God Technique, and would be in vain.

Only a massive explosion beyond Minato's teleportation range could keep him here forever.

At this time, Minato could only choose to temporarily avoid the attack and retreat.

Because he had already noticed that the unstable Tailed Beast Ball that was condensing would seriously distort the surrounding chakra fluctuations.

If the distance was too close, he was worried that the Flying Thunder God Technique would be disturbed and teleport him to a place he shouldn't go.

However, what Minato never expected was that the Four-Tails Jinchuriki actually turned the Four-Tails' head and pointed the Tailed Beast Ball in a specific direction.

Minato's face darkened instantly.

Is this guy trying to threaten me?
Because after a little calculation, he found that in that direction was the headquarters of his own Konoha troops...

(End of this chapter)