Ninja World: I, Kisame Hoshigaki, am no longer human!

Countless gold dust buried Orochimaru, forming a pyramid in the center of the valley.

"Magnetic Escape·Golden Burial!"

Luo Sha's voice was cold as he clenched his five fingers in the air, causing all the gold dust to collapse violently. With a huge muffled thud, a massive explosion occurred inside.

"ended."

Rasa lowered his arm and confidently declared victory. He became Kazekage using Magnet Release: Gold Dust Technique, and countless people had died under his Gold Dust Burial technique.

"We won!" "Long live Lord Kazekage!"

The Sand Village ninja cheered with jubilation at the sight. In their eyes, even the Hokage Jiraiya was being thoroughly defeated by the enemy, while their own Kazekage had swiftly annihilated the enemy with a single move, clearly demonstrating the superiority of their ninja.

However, surrounded by the crowd, Luo Sha, looking at the sand pyramid in the distance, gradually sensed that something was amiss.

His intuition was right.

puff.

Suddenly, a tender green sapling sprouted from the surface of the gold dust.

Immediately afterward, to Luo Sha's astonishment, the sapling grew at an astonishing rate, quickly reaching ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters...

During this process, Jiraiya was also rescued from the rock wall by Minato Namikaze and his subordinates. He was equally shocked, looking up at the big tree that was growing taller and taller.

Finally, what appeared before everyone was a giant tree, hundreds of meters tall, soaring into the clouds.

As hands and legs grew from the tree trunk and a human face appeared at the top, the giant tree eventually transformed into a towering wooden Arhat statue.

"What...is this?"

Kakashi stared in disbelief at the wooden Arhat statue, muttering to himself.

This level of ninjutsu was unprecedented not only for him but also for all the ninjas of Konoha and Sunagakure. The shock they felt was unimaginable.

"It's the First Hokage's Wood Release: Wood Release technique. Orochimaru, that guy..."

Jiraiya was even more shocked. His gaze pierced through the hundred-meter distance, landing on the top of the wooden Arhat's head. Orochimaru stood there, looking down upon all living beings like a god.

"Orochimaru's strength has increased by more than one level compared to before; he's practically a different person."

Minato Namikaze frowned, his expression filled with doubt and confusion. Could this be Orochimaru's true strength?

Just then, under Orochimaru's control, the wooden dummy moved.

"Roar!"

A lifelike wooden dragon, tens of meters long, coiled around the wooden figure's shoulder. At this moment, it let out a deafening roar and descended from the sky, rushing towards Konoha and Sunagakure.

"Quickly open!"

Jiraiya immediately shouted, and everyone used their Body Flicker Technique to escape from the valley in all directions.

Boom!

The wooden dragon crashed to the ground, creating a crater over ten meters wide, and billowing dust rose into the sky.

"Fourth Hokage, let's retreat! If we continue to fight them head-on, we'll definitely suffer heavy casualties."

Rasa shouted to Jiraiya from afar.

Jiraiya nodded, agreeing with Rasa's opinion, and immediately ordered the Konoha members to evacuate the area, instructing Minato Namikaze to cover their retreat.

Minato raised his head, looked at the wooden Arhat figure ravaging the earth, his gaze sharpened, and he decided to give it a try.

Whoosh.

He used his teleportation technique to rush towards the wooden Arhat. His figure flickered and quickly climbed from the wooden figure's feet up to its knees, waist, and upper body.

Finally, Minato leaped and reached the same height as the wooden doll's head, only ten meters away from Orochimaru.

call out.

He raised his hand and threw a trident-shaped kunai at Orochimaru, aiming straight for the latter's face.

Orochimaru was startled, but reacted quickly, dodging the attack with a tilt of his head, and immediately launched a counterattack against Minato, shooting out a large number of Wood Release vines from his sleeves.

Just then, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Swish.

He appeared at the position of the trident kunai, right behind Orochimaru, then grabbed the kunai with his backhand and thrust it straight at the latter's heart.

With a soft "plop," the kunai pierced deep into the flesh, signifying success.

But the next second, Orochimaru's body turned into a wooden figure, and the gaps in the wood even stuck Minato's kunai and arm.

Wood Release: Wood Clone

The assassination attempt failed.

As for Orochimaru, or rather Kisame's true form, he quietly appeared behind Minato Namikaze and activated Kamui.

Minato sensed a strong sense of crisis and turned around abruptly. He immediately saw Orochimaru's Mangekyou Sharingan emitting intense ocular power.

Without a second thought, he instantly cast Flying Thunder God Technique again, attempting to escape and teleport to another Flying Thunder God location.

To Minato's utter horror, his Flying Thunder God Technique failed for the first time, as a mysterious spatial force acted upon him, interfering with his casting.

next moment.

A spatial vortex appeared, carrying Minato Namikaze away from this world and teleporting him to the Kamui Dimension.

"This is getting interesting."

Kisame muttered to himself, a slight smile playing on his lips.

He knew that the Kamui Dimension couldn't possibly trap Minato Namikaze, but it would probably take him some time to escape smoothly from there.

During this time, as the master of the Kamui dimension, Obito Uchiha might encounter a big surprise.

After outmaneuvering Minato Namikaze, Kisame stood atop the wooden doll, looking down at the ground.

On the ground, the Konoha and Sunagakure ninjas scattered like birds and beasts, disappearing without a trace. Kisame didn't intend to chase after them, and immediately released the Wood Release: Wood Human Technique, vanishing into the mountains of the Land of Rain.

Ten minutes later.

A few kilometers away from the valley.

Jiraiya, Rasa, and the others gathered here one after another, looking with lingering fear at the place where the wooden Arhat had disappeared.

That terrifying power left an indelible shadow in everyone's hearts.

Fortunately, after a headcount, it was found that most people were safe and sound, some were injured, but no one died.

However, Minato Namikaze, who was ordered by Jiraiya to cover the rear, has yet to appear.

"Is Yellow Flash alright? He's my savior."

Rasa walked over, frowning as he asked, seemingly concerned. But in reality, he was secretly delighted, hoping that Orochimaru would kill Minato Namikaze, thus depriving Konoha of a major fighting force.

This is Luo Sha's character: a treacherous schemer.

"Let's not wait any longer. Let's go back to Amegakure and make plans then. Minato may have already used the Flying Thunder God Technique and returned ahead of schedule."

After thinking for a while, Jiraiya said this, but he already had a bad feeling.

And so, the group returned to Amegakure.

A few hours later.

Kisame, still in his transformed Orochimaru form, reappeared outside Amegakure.

During this time, he had already absorbed the second Kusanagi sword he had stolen from Orochimaru—the Tenfu-ryu sword—and, relying on its hardness and sharpness, strengthened his physique once again.

At this point, Kisame, in terms of physical strength alone, was already the strongest person in the history of the ninja world, leaving everyone else far behind.

This powerful physique laid the most solid foundation for his subsequent evolution plan; it could be said that everything was ready except for the final push.

However, Kisame hadn't finished watching the movie before going back.

Like Jiraiya and the others, he was very curious as to why only Orochimaru returned to Amegakure.

Based on Kisame's understanding of Orochimaru, he speculated that Orochimaru was probably coveting Nagato's body and had tried to possess it, but failed and was defeated and fled.

Just like in the original story, Orochimaru tried to possess Sasuke's body.

Kisame never doubted Nagato's talent; with his aptitude, it was only a matter of time before he learned the Sage Mode of Ryuchi Cave.

At that time, Nagato will definitely return to Amegakure and clash head-on with Jiraiya, Rasa, and the others.

How could he possibly miss such a wonderful show?

Kisame strode into the entrance to the sewers and once again infiltrated Amegakure, lying in wait patiently.

Divine Power Space.

This is a space-time detached from the real world. The sky is completely dark, without sun, stars, or moon, like an endless, pitch-black curtain.

On the ground, there are cubes or cuboids standing tall, gleaming with a cold metallic luster, stacked together, making those who walk among them feel extremely desolate and lonely.

If this space represents a person's inner world, then the depths of their soul must be filled with despair, pain, and emptiness.

Da da da.

With a series of crisp footsteps, Minato Namikaze emerged from the darkness.

"here it is……"

He frowned, looked around, trying to find a way out, but suddenly felt himself step on something.

Looking down, I saw it was a pile of dog poop.

179. By a twist of fate

The Divine Might Space was dark and gloomy.

Besides Obito himself being able to freely enter and exit this place using the power of his right eye, Kisame also sent many things here after obtaining Obito's left eye.

Minato Namikaze found all of these things.

He moved the shoe off the pile of dog poop, walked a short distance, and found another severed arm, which had rotted away to the bone.