137 Chapter 137: Master and Disciple Showdown
"Uh-oh! It's the Tailed Beast Bomb!!"
"The entire village will be destroyed!!"
Witnessing the Nine-Tails launching the Tailed Beast Bomb to obliterate the entire Konoha village, all the ninjas present were filled with intense fury.
At this critical moment, a figure appeared above the image of the Fourth Hokage of Konoha on the cliff. A white ceremonial robe fluttered in the wind—it was none other than the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!
"Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder!!!"
Facing the incoming impact of the Tailed Beast Bomb, Minato Namikaze held the Flying Thunder God Kunai in front of him. The space in front was filled with the symbols of the Flying Thunder God technique, and an invisible spatial barrier instantly unfolded!
The Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb, powerful enough to destroy an entire mountain, struck the Flying Thunder God barrier without creating the slightest ripple. The entire Tailed Beast Bomb was directly engulfed and swallowed by the spatial barrier.
"Boom!!!"
Not long after, a massive explosion resounded from the distant back mountains of Konoha.
It turned out that Minato Namikaze had used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to deploy a barrier, directly shifting the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb outside the village.
"He managed to shift away the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb?"
"He truly deserves to be the Fourth Hokage of Konoha..."
Having just relocated the catastrophic Tailed Beast Bomb unleashed by the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze barely had time to catch his breath when a swirling distortion appeared in the space behind him. The mysterious figure of the masked man had silently emerged.
Clang!!
A sharp glint of chakra flashed by, sensing the masked man's ambush from behind. Minato Namikaze, with reflexes unmatched in the Shinobi world, swiftly brandished a specially crafted Kunai in a counterattack!
"What is this?!"
However, what surprised Minato Namikaze was that the enigmatic masked man before him seemed like a mere illusion. The specially crafted Kunai in Minato Namikaze's hand directly passed through the figure as if it were just a shadow!
"Your opponent is me... and it's already over!"
In the astonished gaze of Minato Namikaze, as the masked man seized the moment when the Kunai passed through his body, he immediately solidified, tightly gripping Minato Namikaze's wrist.
Following this, the space around the two once again rapidly distorted in a swirling manner. Evidently, the masked man intended to absorb Minato Namikaze entirely into his own dimensional space!
Swoosh!!
Feeling the incredibly mysterious ability of the masked man before him, Minato Namikaze gritted his teeth and reluctantly activated the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, instantly disappearing from his original position.
"Gone?"
Seeing that Minato Namikaze had actually evaded his Must Kill attack, the masked man was momentarily stunned. Soon, the crimson eyes beneath the mask deepened in intensity, "Quick on your feet, it seems. Next time, I'll have to absorb you quickly, settle you in the instant I touch you..."
As his words fell, ripples once again spread through the space, and the figure of the masked man also vanished from the original location.
"Has the confrontation begun?"
"This showdown between the master and disciple involving the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and Kamui, the two prominent space-time Ninjutsu, is too good to miss..."
Although the distance was vast, Yu, who was still observant, noticed the brief encounter between Minato Namikaze and the masked man on the cliff of Konoha's rocky face.
"Summoning Jutsu: Monkey King Enma!!!"
At this moment, the Third Hokage, who hurriedly arrived beside the Nine-Tails, summoned a ninja monkey.
The monkey instantly transformed into an infinitely elongating staff, forcefully pushing the Nine-Tails all the way outside the village.
"Yu! The Fourth Hokage is facing a formidable enemy!"
"That guy is the key to this disaster! Hurry and help the Fourth Hokage deal with him!"
After successfully redirecting the rampaging Nine-Tails outside Konoha village, Lord Third, clad in old-style ninja armor, urgently shouted to Yu, who stood nearby in the air.
Despite a previous unpleasant dispute with Yu, Lord Third could only think of Yu as the high-end combat power willing to intervene in the entire Konoha.
"Well... I can't ignore the old man's face."
"Although it's a tough task... it suits me just fine."
Upon hearing Lord Third's words, Yu's lips gently curled up, and with that, he instantly vanished into the night sky.
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Meanwhile, outside a deserted forest in Konoha.
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was engaged in a space-time Ninjutsu duel with the mysterious masked man on the grassy ground. Although the time of their battle was fleeting, Minato Namikaze, armed with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, and the masked man, who could phase his body using the Mangekyo Sharingan's Dojutsu Kamui, temporarily found themselves evenly matched.
"Calm down..."
"We must end this quickly, resolve this guy as fast as possible..."
The village was suffering from the destruction caused by the Nine-Tails, with the newborn Naruto and Minato Namikaze's wife, Kushina, in imminent danger due to the extraction of the tailed beast from her. Minato Namikaze's heart was in turmoil.
However, being the Fourth Hokage renowned as the Yellow Flash in the Shinobi world, Minato Namikaze ultimately forced himself to calm down.
"This kind of space-time Ninjutsu... and the ability to control the Nine-Tails..."
"Within my knowledge, there's only one person who can pull off such a feat—Uchiha Madara."
Locking his gaze firmly onto the mysterious masked man before him, Minato Namikaze rapidly analyzed the situation in his mind.
"However... you can't be him; that person has long been dead."
"Who you are doesn't matter... what matters is that I'll finish you off right here!"
As he finished speaking, Minato Namikaze's hand flashed with chakra, instantly producing a specially crafted Flying Thunder God Kunai.
To quickly return and dispel the Nine-Tails while taking care of Kushina, he decided to employ the Flying Thunder God: Second Step, seizing the masked man's vulnerability and defeating him in an instant.
"Hmph..."
"Let's see who will meet their end here today..."
Feeling the formidable aura emanating from Minato Namikaze, the masked man's heart skipped a beat, but he let out a deep and ominous chuckle.
Relying on his unique space-time Ninjutsu, even facing the renowned Yellow Flash in the Shinobi world, he had complete confidence in standing undefeated.
Clang...
After speaking, the masked man reached into his cloak, pulling out a chain and attaching both ends to his arms. This chain allowed him to entangle his opponent in the moment when the intangibility was lifted, swiftly absorbing the opponent into his own dimensional space.
Swoosh!!
As the battle was about to commence, both Minato Namikaze and the masked man simultaneously disappeared from their original positions.
Swish!!
In the next moment, the two collided in a sprint. Minato Namikaze's specially crafted Kunai pierced through the masked man's body, but it seemed that ordinary attacks had no effect on him.
"I've got you!"
Seeing Minato Namikaze behind him entangled in the chain, the masked man revealed a cold smile. The crimson Mangekyo Sharingan in his right eye suddenly emitted a strange light, and the space began to gradually distort.
But at this moment, the masked man suddenly felt a sense of danger and immediately halted the absorption of Minato Namikaze.
"Bang!"
The ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded, and a Thread shot out like a bullet, piercing through his body in an instant. It created a massive hole in the ground beneath him.
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