dmims Chapter 218 Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky, Is That All?
Chapter 218 Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky, Is That All?
Chapter 218 Divine Soldiers Descend from the Sky, Is That All?
In the Land of Wind, on the vast desert, a group of over a hundred people were slowly advancing. Not far from them, a figure was lurking behind a sand dune, secretly observing the group as they moved forward.
"Such a powerful cluster of soul light, and that scarlet halo around it, this is definitely a Shukaku without a doubt?" Taiichi muttered to himself, his eyes filled with indescribable excitement.
More than half a year has passed since I last encountered Mata-batsu on the northern battlefield.
In the past six months, Taiyi's strength has improved by leaps and bounds. It is no exaggeration to say that the current Taiyi can easily overpower the two Taiyis from back then.
This is not only a significant improvement in physical fitness and chakra attributes, but also an increase in strength brought about by mastering new ninjutsu such as the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Now that Taiyi has the confidence to go toe-to-toe with the Tailed Beasts, he looked at the team not far away with such eagerness.
Unfortunately, there are more than just tailed beasts there.
Looking at the soul that was significantly larger than the other soul orbs, and its color that differed from the five elemental escape techniques, Taiyi could easily guess that it was the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa.
Come to think of it, such a big thing as transferring a tailed beast, especially one in such an unstable state, naturally requires the Kazekage, who has mastered Magnet Release, to participate.
Even if the tailed beast goes berserk, Rasa's Magnet Release can suppress Shukaku.
Besides the Kazekage, there were fifteen larger clusters of soul light scattered around the group; these were clearly the Jonin of Sunagakure.
With such protective power, Taiyi didn't want to take any risks. If he tried to steal a chicken but ended up losing the rice instead, it wouldn't be worth it.
Silently watching the team, Taiyi's heart was itching like a cat scratching at it. Should he just give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
If Minato were here, maybe we could still manage to do something!
Thinking of Minato, Taichi suddenly remembered that he and Minato had exchanged Flying Thunder God kunai.
He patted his head, realizing he had forgotten something so important.
He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surroundings. He realized that he had buried too many Flying Thunder God Techniques in the Land of Wind, making it difficult for him to find a specific one among them.
After about half a minute, Taiyi smiled and finally found a moving spell among the many sensor nodes. Then his figure disappeared from the spot.
On the Sunagakure supply team's side, Taichi's figure had just disappeared when the sensory ninjas on this side reacted.
"Lord Kazekage, the ninja we were investigating has disappeared; he vanished suddenly."
"Disappeared suddenly? It must be Matsushita Taichi without a doubt. He didn't even test us. Did he go to find help?" Rasa was still full of confidence. This was the desert, his home ground. He wasn't afraid of Taichi, let alone Minato Namikaze.
However, while we may not be afraid, necessary caution is still indispensable.
"Be more vigilant; he'll definitely come back. We must find his trail as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Lord Kazekage!"
When Taiichi reappeared, he was already at the edge of an oasis market. Instead of a warm embrace, he was greeted by sharp kunai.
Fortunately, Taiyi's reaction speed was also fast, and he raised his hand to block the fierce swing.
"Senior Brother Minato, it's me!"
Taiyi spoke up first, explaining that the Flying Thunder God technique had this drawback: it could only appear around the edge of the spell, and couldn't even be a little further away.
He used the Flying Thunder God Technique twice to find Minato, but he was met with ruthless attacks both times. He really wondered if he hadn't reacted in time that day, he might have died at Minato's hands.
"Taiyi, you scared me! I thought I'd been discovered!"
Minato's expression immediately changed from cold to sunny. He scratched the back of his head sheepishly, and his eyes glanced intentionally or unintentionally toward the market, as if he were watching someone.
Taiyi followed his gaze and saw that it was also a supply team, but not very large, making it a target that could be ambushed.
It seems I really scared them. When someone suddenly appears behind you while you're being watched, anyone would be startled. If they have a bad temper, they might even turn on you.
Taiichi felt embarrassed, but the matter was urgent, so he didn't waste any words. "Minato-senpai, I've discovered traces of the Sand Village's Jinchuriki!"
"A Jinchuriki!" Minato immediately became interested. He was all too familiar with this; Kushina was the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki. "The Sand Village is going to use a Jinchuriki on the battlefield!"
"Yes, we're on our way to the Land of Rivers, but there are too many of them, including the Fourth Kazekage. I can't take them down alone, so I came to ask you to join me."
Then Taiichi gave a general overview of the escort team, speaking as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, which left Minato speechless.
Was my junior brother being too optimistic? How could he think that the two of them could attack such a large team?
Listen to who's in there: the Fourth Kazekage, fifteen Jonin, a large number of Chunin, and most importantly, a Jinchūriki. Even the most unstable Jinchūriki is still a Jinchūriki; he can't control him when he goes berserk.
"Isn't this a bit too much of a stretch? The two of us can't handle a team like that."
Taiichi looked at Minato with a surprised expression. Good heavens, I just wanted to cause some trouble and take advantage of him. Minato, you are usually so gentle, but you actually want to devour them all. You really can't judge a book by its cover.
"Let's go cause some trouble. I think that Jinchūriki is unstable and needs to be sealed to move. Maybe if we provoke him, he'll go berserk. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?"
Upon hearing this, Minato's eyes lit up. He realized that he had made a mistake earlier, and Taichi's idea was also highly feasible. With their Flying Thunder God Technique, there would be no safety issues.
"Okay, let's do it!" Minato was decisive and got right to it.
The two high-fived, indicating that they enjoyed their collaboration. Taiichi then used Flying Thunder God Technique to leave first, and after a while, Minato followed suit, disappearing from the spot using Flying Thunder God Technique as well.
Ten kilometers away from the group where the Jinchūriki was, Taichi appeared. This was a Flying Thunder God technique station he had set up beforehand. He naturally wouldn't return to the original location he left from; that would be too unsafe and make him easy prey for.
Not long after, Minato also appeared beside Taichi.
Without saying much, Taichi led the way, taking Minato with him as they headed towards the Sunagakure troops.
In about 10 minutes, the massive supply team appeared in Taiichi's chakra perception. But before he could tell Minato, Minato spoke first, warning Taiichi, "We've been discovered. Sunagakure has powerful sensory ninjas!"
Goodness, are your senses that sharp? I didn't feel anything at all.
Wasn't I discovered by Sunagakure earlier? Luckily, I didn't act impulsively just now.
"Minato, how did you train your senses? I consider myself to have pretty good senses too, but I didn't detect anything." Taiichi looked on with envy. With this ability, he wouldn't have to be afraid of being ambushed anymore.
"Uh—this is innate, no need to train, it will gradually become stronger as your strength increases."
Versailles's remarks were so incomprehensible; the genius was just that incomprehensible, and Taiyi had no choice but to give up.
Taiichi looked into the distance, towards the target direction that had not yet appeared in his sight. Now that it had been discovered, he no longer hid it. He scanned with all his might using his chakra perception, and the specific situation of the team immediately appeared in Taiichi's perception.
This immediately alerted several members of the Sunagakure team. Such blatant probing would be noticed by any Jonin with decent perception.
"Lord Kazekage?" The ninja with the senses looked up at his Kazekage with a puzzled expression, clearly indicating a confrontational attitude.
"It seems they know we've already discovered them, which is why they're not even bothering to cover it up anymore."
Kazekage stared intently in the direction of Taiichi and the others, while slowly circulating his chakra and channeling it into the sand beneath his feet. What does it mean to be on your home turf? In the desert, he could consume less chakra and extract more gold dust.
This will increase the power and range of his ninjutsu many times over, far surpassing anything he could achieve in the Land of Rivers.
"Pass down the message: the enemy has appeared. Everyone, be on high alert!"
Thus, the two sides marched and confronted each other. At their closest, both were within the other's attack range.
Sunagakure did try to drive Taichi and Minato away, but it was ineffective with too few people and they would run away if there were too many.
If you still don't dare to chase them, what if you chase them too far and they launch a surprise attack with Flying Thunder God Technique? Then our team will be in danger.
"Senior Brother Minato, why don't we launch a forced attack? This stalemate isn't a solution," Taiyi suggested. However, doing so would undoubtedly increase the risks significantly.
"It's a pity this place is too far from the camp, otherwise we could have brought more helpers." Minato said regretfully, looking at the group not far away. But gradually he noticed something was wrong. "Taiichi, look over there, isn't the sandstorm a bit too strong? Why is it so yellow?"
Upon hearing this, Taiyi immediately increased the intensity of his chakra perception and immediately realized that something was wrong. It was not yellow sand at all, but gold dust that was widely distributed and extremely rare.
Luo Sha was actually spreading his gold dust over a large area. If he continued like this, there would be no need to fight anymore; he could wear them down with the gold dust alone.
After explaining the situation to Minato, he made a decisive decision: "We can't wait any longer. Let's try an attack first. If it doesn't work, we'll go back immediately and report the situation to Jiraiya-sensei."
"Alright, let's all go together!"
Taiichi immediately became excited, and he and Minato made no attempt to conceal their presence, quickly rushing towards the Sunagakure troops.
When the distance was right, Minato sprang up, twisted and spun around, and threw eight kunai at the Sunagakure team.
Taiyi, watching from behind, clearly saw that it was just an ordinary kunai, used to lure the snake out of its hole.
Sure enough, there was immediate movement over there. The gold dust, which had been scattered far and wide, immediately coalesced and formed a huge shield in the air. Although it didn't have much defensive power, it was more than enough to block a few kunai.
Taiyi, seeing the gold dust coalescing from behind, didn't hold back. He formed hand seals, took a deep breath, and unleashed a raging sea of fire towards the gold dust in the air.
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.
Under Taiichi's control, the bright golden flames fanned out and followed Minato's kunai as it struck the gold dust shield. Immediately, the already thin gold dust turned into molten gold droplets that fell down.
Minato seized the opportunity and threw out eight kunai again, this time, they were real Flying Thunder God kunai.
"Be careful of those kunai, destroy them all if you can—"
Before he finished speaking, Minato's figure disappeared from the spot, but within the Sand Village's formation, a burst of yellow light flashed wildly. With each flash, a splash of blood splattered and a life fell.
Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique is far superior to Taichi's. While Taichi's Flying Thunder God Technique has a one or two-second gap between executions, Minato can execute it seamlessly.
Eight flashes, eight lives lost. When Minato stopped, he was back in his original position. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue, but his Flying Thunder God Kunai had all been destroyed.
Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the water gate, Taiichi also tried to rush forward to find an opportunity to fight, but he was blocked by the rain of gold dust after only a few steps.
Looking up, his face darkened. That was too damn shameless; it could even fly.
In the sky, patches of gold dust converged to form an inverted sand mound, upon which Luo Sha stood, though his complexion was not good.
He thought he could block all the Flying Thunder God Kunai with the gold dust, but he clearly underestimated the cooperation between Taichi and Minato. With just a little trick, they fooled his defense and threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai into the group.
Fortunately, there were only eight, and the ones who died were only Chunin; otherwise, it would have been heartbreaking.
At this moment, a large number of Sand Ninja below also reacted. They were well-organized, with four Jonin rushing forward, two on each side, in a close-combat stance, while the remaining ninjas who were nearby used ninjutsu in batches.
Its main strategy is a saturation attack, leaving you no time to retaliate.
In the sky, the Fourth Kazekage continued relentlessly, unleashing waves of golden sand and rain of gold dust, relentlessly attacking Taiichi and Minato from behind.
"Damn it, I've never fought such a frustrating battle."
While dodging, Taiichi formed a hand seal, and two shadow clones appeared on his sides, one on the left and one on the right, clearly helping Taiichi to disperse the Sand Village's attacks.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Taiyi quickly formed hand seals and unleashed Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. Bright golden flames transformed into a fire dragon, rushing straight into the crowd. If he could break through, the power of Taiyi's Fire Release would surely cause massive casualties.
However, Sunagakure was clearly wary of this move.
Above, Feng Ying clasped his hands together, and a large amount of gold dust rose from the ground, forming a huge wall of gold dust in front of the fire dragon.
Below, a dozen Sand Villagers leaped onto the Gold Sand Wall and spewed a violent hurricane from their mouths at the Fire Dragon. The wind was mixed with countless wind blades, which tore the Fire Dragon to pieces in the blink of an eye.
Just as the fire dragon was destroyed, a figure leaped up against the fierce wind and unleashed three fiery slashes in mid-air, forcing all the Sand Ninjas who had been on Sand Gold back.
However, before he could jump off the wall again, another wave of ninjutsu attacked, forcing Taiichi to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to temporarily retreat.
Thirty meters away, Taiichi's figure appeared, and a moment later, Minato also arrived beside him.
"What's wrong? Are you injured?" Minato asked with concern as he looked at the four or five cuts on Taiichi's body caused by the wind blades, but no blood was flowing out.
Taiyi glanced down at his tattered clothes and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing!"
Those wounds have been erased by the cremation technique; they just look terrible now.
"Let's go, they're too well-prepared, we can't break through at all."
Taiichi glared at the supply team and the Fourth Kazekage floating in the sky, and finally nodded.