Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

He knew very well that if he didn't defeat Yu Ming, he would have no way to take action against the five great nations.

He also had a solution for the fact that hundreds of war puppets could not defeat Yu Ming.

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"Final Puppet, awaken."

The centipede's consciousness connected with the final puppet underground, and his body was suddenly being sucked incessantly by some force.

The dragon vein's immense energy was transmitted through his body to the final puppet.

However, the centipede's ferocious appearance meant that "the final puppet requires far too much chakra. Even though chakra has been injected into it more than once, it is still difficult to withstand the impact of such an explosive amount of chakra."

As the chakra continued to surge, the centipede's body began to shrink, eventually leaving only skin and bones.

If he hadn't already transformed himself into a half-puppet, he certainly wouldn't have been able to resist this chakra impact.

After the underground war puppet fully absorbed the chakra, it awoke from its slumber.

...

This war puppet, which took the people of the ancient city of Loulan ten years to create, finally awakened at this moment.

"Boom!"

The tower where the centipede was located shook violently, and suddenly, the tower burst open and shattered.

The ground within a radius of several hundred meters began to crack.

Yu Ming and the other three retreated several hundred meters behind them.

They looked at the enormous war puppet that had been pulled out from underground.

Minato Namikaze and the other two felt a strong impact. "This, this puppet is too huge!"

Yu Ming frowned as he looked at the war puppet that had appeared before him.

"They're quite capable. They managed to create such a massive war puppet in just over a decade. It's far superior to Scorpion's puppet."

After the ground completely shattered, a war puppet over a hundred meters tall appeared before everyone.

Sasha, who was watching the battle from a high-rise building, was thrown off the building by this sudden change.

Yu Ming looked over and then flashed away.

The next moment, Yu Ming returned to Minato Namikaze's side.

They were still holding Sasha, who had fallen from the high-rise building.

Sasha was stunned, thinking she was going to die, but Yuming actually saved her.

Looking at Yu Ming's handsome face, Sasha saw up close for the first time what a ninja fighting against centipedes looked like.

"This war will affect you." (Death)

Chapter 272 Thunder Prisoner vs. The Final Puppet

Sasha looked at Yu Ming and asked through gritted teeth, "Is An Lushan your enemy?"

In fact, Sasha had long suspected An Lushan, but An Lushan was too powerful, and she, a queen with nothing, was powerless to do anything.

Yu Ming looked at Sasha and explained, "He is an arrogant man who wants to conquer the world. Look around you, your people are long gone, and the streets are full of puppets."

Sasha had never come down from the tower before, so she looked around as Yu Ming spoke.

Sure enough, the so-called citizens walking around were just puppets. However, because all the energy had been diverted to the final puppet, these puppets were now all lying on the ground.

They were all puppets made of wood.

Sasha clenched her fist and looked at Yu Ming, asking, "Why did An Lushan do this?"

Sasha couldn't understand why An Lushan, who clearly possessed supreme power, would turn against his people.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "His war puppets need to be made by people. The people of Loulan City are probably all used for these kinds of things."

"Furthermore, this An Lushan is a rogue ninja from Sunagakure named Centipede. Alright, that's all I can tell you. Now, leave this place."

Before Sasha could say anything, a bolt of lightning erupted from Yu Ming's body, binding her. The next moment, with a flash of lightning...

Sasha appeared hundreds of meters away.

Sasha had no idea how she got there, but she knew that Yu Ming was behind it all.

Looking at the loud noise hundreds of meters away, she clenched her fist and said, "My people."

However, she also heard Yu Ming's words. She knew that she had no power at all, and joining the battle would only cause trouble for Yu Ming.

So she began searching for her people in the city.

Meanwhile, looking at the final puppet in front of him, Yu Ming smiled and said, "This is interesting."

However, Minato Namikaze and the other two were not in a good mood.

This puppet's sheer amount of chakra is comparable to that of a tailed beast, and its strength is probably not much different, perhaps even stronger than that of an ordinary tailed beast.

Even Minato Namikaze found it difficult to deal with this kind of war puppet.

Turning to look at Yu Ming, she found that Yu Ming smiled slightly.

They seemed to disregard this war puppet.

Minato Namikaze said, "Yu Ming, do you have any ideas?"

Yu Ming thought for a moment and said, "We can just cut off the chakra threads of this puppet, but now Centipede has already fused with the puppet."

"To sever his chakra threads, the only option is to completely destroy the puppet. However, they are connected to the dragon vein. Unless the dragon vein is sealed, even if the puppet is destroyed once, it will still reassemble itself."

"The general principle should be like this."

Hearing Yu Ming's words, Minato Namikaze frowned. "Sealing the dragon vein is quite difficult, because the dragon vein is right under the feet of this puppet."

Yu Ming nodded. "So the only way is to destroy the war puppet and then sever its connection with the dragon vein."

Hearing this, Minato Namikaze was speechless. They had come up with other methods precisely because they felt pressured about destroying this war puppet.

Yu Ming seems to be thinking about proving that he can defeat this war puppet, which is insane.

Ignoring the surprised looks from Minato and the other two, Yu Ming looked at the war puppet in front of him and smiled, "I wonder if it will be stronger than Sasori's puppet, and by how much stronger."

After saying that, Yu Ming put his hands together in prayer.

"Thunder Escape - Thunder Imprisonment".

As Yu Ming clasped his hands together, a massive amount of chakra erupted from his body.

Soon, a spatial vortex appeared in front of Yu Ming.

Minato Namikaze was stunned. "This is a spatial vortex. How could Yu Ming have this?"

In fact, Yu Ming's power was not enough to create a spatial vortex. He simply improved upon the Flying Thunder God Technique and used a clever method to open up space using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Within this space lies another world, a world developed by Yu Ming.

Like the Tailed Beasts, the Lightning Prisoner is a pure chakra creature created by Yu Ming using Yin-Yang Release.

Unlike the Tailed Beasts, which are entirely biological beings, the Lightning Prisoner is not a complete biological being, but rather a conscious chakra energy entity.

It is an energy body, without flesh and blood.

There are three such Thunder Prisoners in the space of this other world.

Yu Ming would almost always use the amount of chakra he had stored for a year to condense a lightning prisoner.

Because Yu Ming's chakra reserves are different from those of the Divine Tree, which has been absorbing very little chakra from Earth since bearing its chakra fruit.

Finally, the Ten-Tails separated an enormous amount of chakra, and the chakra amount became constant...

However, after being divided into tailed beasts, they will actively absorb the world's natural energy to synthesize chakra.

Yu Ming's body is constantly strengthening, which means that his chakra is increasing without limit.

Therefore, the extra chakra he stored for a year was basically equivalent to the chakra of a typical tailed beast.

After Yu Ming infused Yin-Yang Release, these lightning prisoners gained the same consciousness as the tailed beasts.

However, the Thunder Prisoners created by Yu Ming are all humanoid, but they are all composed of lightning.

So it looks like a giant of lightning.

Suddenly, a pair of giant lightning hands grasped the edge of the spatial vortex.

Minato Namikaze suddenly felt a strong chakra emanating from the spatial vortex.

"Roar~".

Soon, a lightning giant over 100 meters tall emerged from the spatial vortex.

"Roar~".

Everyone was stunned, staring at the lightning giant, which was the same size as the war puppet. Minato Namikaze and the others, as well as Centipede, couldn't believe their eyes as they looked at the lightning giant.

"Is this...this lightning giant your summoned beast, Yu Ming?"

Yu Ming shook his head. "No, it's just a kind of ninjutsu."

As he spoke, the spatial vortex disappeared, and Lei Qiu conjured a long lightning blade in his hand.

His body was encased in armor formed from converging purple-gold lightning.

Wearing armor similar to Susanoo, holding a long sword in both hands, Lei Qiu's eyes gleamed with golden light.

After a moment of stunned silence, the 5.5-footed creature focused its attention on the giant lightning giant hundreds of meters away and said, "You're just making a show of things. Witness the power of my ultimate puppet."

After saying that, Centipede controlled the final puppet to charge towards Thunder Prisoner.

A long tail shot out from behind it towards Lei Qiu first.

It's very similar to Hiruko's tail.

Just as the tail was about to pierce Lei Qiu, Lei Qiu raised his left hand, and a shield formed by lightning appeared in front of him.

"Boom!"

The giant tail and the lightning shield collided.

The collision of the two enormous creatures triggered a terrifying energy shockwave.

The buildings within a radius of several hundred meters were all reduced to ruins by the aftershocks of this energy.