Rasa looked at the figure that appeared in an instant, his face showing a look of fright.
'This kind of sudden ambush without any sign? Fast, truly too fast!'
But he had, after all, once used the advantage of the terrain to fight the Third Raikage, and he was not without countermeasures against such high-speed assaults.
Immediately, the sand beneath his feet began to gather toward his body.
As long as he had a little time, even just a tiny bit, he could construct a shield of sand wrapped in gold dust to defend against the enemy's attack.
But, it was a bit too late.
That flash of yellow light was too fast, how could it possibly leave him enough time?
Just as he was about to be hit by the Rasengan, suddenly, a puppet burst out from the ground. It wrapped around Rasa entirely.
Moreover, the shield on the puppet's back suddenly opened up and collided head-on with the oncoming Rasengan.
The Rasengan's powerful destructive force merely left a faint mark on the shield, then dissipated entirely.
Having missed with one strike, Minato immediately turned his head and looked at Chiyo, who was controlling the puppet.
Chiyo looked at Minato with a solemn expression, "As expected, the Yellow Flash of Konoha. Such incredible speed."
"But if you want to break through the Salamander's defense, your technique seems to be a bit lacking."
Chiyo's heart eased slightly. The Yellow Flash was indeed as Ebizō had gathered in the intel. Though extremely fast, his offensive power seemed a bit insufficient. If full-body defense was maintained, the risk could be greatly reduced…
At this moment, suddenly, the yellow sand under Minato's feet began to stir. A large amount of sand mixed with gold dust formed into a huge arm, grabbing toward Minato.
It was Rasa, who had just been protected by Chiyo, activating his own Magnet Release.
On the other side, numerous Suna-nin also discovered the enemy and had prepared various attack kunai, shuriken, and ninjutsu, launching them toward Minato all at once.
Minato's expression hardened. Indeed, ambushing the Kazekage in Sunagakure's base was not an easy matter, always facing the risk of counterattack.
If it weren't for cooperating with Obito, and if he were alone without having set up a large number of time-space barriers beforehand, even he would be in danger.
However, right now…
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Minato's lips.
Suddenly, the space around him twisted, and then, his entire figure disappeared.
Ebizō's expression turned grim, "The time-space barrier we set up actually doesn't affect him? Just how advanced is his mastery of time-space ninjutsu?"
"If this kind of space transfer is without cost and side effects, we're in trouble."
At this moment, having gotten out of danger and walked out from Chiyo's Salamander puppet, Rasa frowned.
He couldn't help but say, "Yes, a very troublesome ability. Even I dare not relax in the slightest. If he really can come and go so freely, then we basically don't need to do anything."
"Just constantly defending and staying alert will wear us down."
However, fear comes to those who fear.
The next moment, the space twisted again, and Minato's figure reappeared.
Having experienced it once, this time, Rasa almost instantly had sand covering his entire body, layering his defense.
Even if his sand shield could not completely resist the Rasengan, it could significantly reduce the power of that move and undoubtedly improve his safety.
However, this time, Minato's target wasn't him, but Chiyo, who looked physically weaker.
He once again formed a Rasengan in his hand and rushed toward Chiyo…
Chiyo had very little time to react. The Salamander puppet made by her grandson Sasori, though extremely strong in defense, had already been used by her to save Rasa and sent far away.
Now, her body was in an almost undefended state.
But having gone through the Second Great Ninja War and fought against Hanzo of the Salamander, this veteran powerhouse already had a scroll in her hand the moment the space fluctuation occurred. With a swish, she unrolled it.
From the scroll, ten sealed puppets sprang out.
White Secret Technique, Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets.
Among them, three puppets opened the mechanisms on their mouths simultaneously, revealing the characters "Buddha," "Law," and "Monk." They quickly formed a formation, blocking in front of Chiyo, and performed a combination technique, Three Treasures Suction Destruction.
Immediately, a powerful suction force emanated from the three puppets, rushing toward Minato.
Forced by the situation, Minato had no choice but to twist his body, using his exceptional reflexes to change direction midair and dodge the attack.
But this slight obstruction had already caused him to miss the best opportunity for a surprise attack.
Minato frowned, Chiyo was even more troublesome than Rasa.
Unfortunately, his current space movement was executed by Obito. Though already at extremely fast speed, there was still a delay. It couldn't be like his own Flying Thunder God, which was nearly instantaneous.
This delay wasn't actually in the speed of the technique, but in his own reaction time.
In a clash between experts, even a split-second delay could be critical. Now Chiyo was already surrounded by the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, and with various time-restricting sealing techniques being deployed, he had lost the chance to approach and assassinate in the short term.
With no other choice, Minato tilted his head slightly, making a subtle motion to release the predetermined signal to Obito in Kamui's dimension.
In the next instant, the space beside Minato twisted again, and his figure disappeared once more.
Right where he vanished, Rasa's Desert Layered Burial with gold dust mixed in also landed.
However, this powerful sealing technique once again struck empty air.
Rasa could only helplessly retract his Magnet Release and gather with Chiyo, Ebizō, and the other strong fighters, waiting for Minato's next unpredictable ambush.
A group of sensory-type ninja quickly arrived to support. Ebizō immediately said, "The enemy's time-space ninjutsu, even within our space lockdown, shouldn't be able to transfer too far. Sense with full force, see if there are any chakra fluctuations nearby."
However, despite using all methods, the sensory-type ninja only detected emptiness in the surroundings.
"Sorry, Lord Ebizō. We did not detect any chakra fluctuations nearby. The enemy truly vanished this abruptly."
The leader of the sensory team reported.
Ebizō's face became extremely grim, "It's impossible to not leave a single trace. Even if it's time-space ninjutsu, as long as they're still in this space, there should be spatial fluctuations."
"Could it be, the enemy is hiding in some other dimension?"
Ebizō was utterly baffled.
At this time, Rasa did not dispel the sand gathered around his body, remaining on guard against a sudden ambush from Minato.
He asked, "What should we do now?"
Ebizō sighed, "Now, it's troublesome."
"I'm not sure if the enemy can transfer to a place with sufficient food and rest. If he can, and we can't locate it…"
"Then he can teleport over to ambush at any time, then retreat to recover. This war won't even need to continue, just exhaustion will be enough to kill us."
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y