Bang!
Accompanying the Third Raikage's movements, a series of booms echoed in mid-air.
That was the sound of breaking the sound barrier due to extreme speed, which now directly vibrated through the surroundings.
"Hokage-sama!"
Behind him, Danzo Shimura and the others could only see an afterimage, having no time to react at all.
Even those with the Sharingan, like Uchiha Kagami, could at most barely catch a glimpse of the Third Raikage's movements.
But being able to see and being able to react are two completely different things.
Compared to the Third Raikage, their speed was simply too slow.
As the Third Raikage lunged forward, Minamikawa Yuu's figure suddenly vanished.
Boom!
Where he had originally stood, the ground was struck by the Third Raikage, directly creating a massive crater; the scene looked quite terrifying.
But Minamikawa Yuu's figure appeared to the side.
"Too slow."
His voice slowly drifted out.
Then, a Kunai was thrust forward, striking directly at the Third Raikage's back.
"When did he...?"
Feeling Minamikawa Yuu's movement, the Third Raikage was instantly astonished: "The Flying Thunder God Technique?"
He naturally recognized the Flying Thunder God Technique of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.
He had thought that after Second Hokage Tobirama Senju died, no one on Konoha's side would be able to use this technique anymore; he didn't expect to see it again now.
However, after feeling Minamikawa Yuu's action, he couldn't help but sneer: "Are you just scratching an itch?"
Under the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, not only would his speed become incredibly fast, but his body would also become indestructible.
This was truly the origin of the title 'strongest shield'.
Sure enough, when the Kunai pierced into the Third Raikage's back, it felt as if it were stabbing into a block of indestructible steel; the sensation was stiff, and it couldn't penetrate at all.
"The strongest shield, it truly lives up to its reputation."
Minamikawa Yuu nodded, not feeling surprised by this: "But what if I do this?"
The next moment, he swung the Kunai in his hand, slashing forward heavily.
Bang!
The Kunai swung down, and the powerful Chakra contained within transformed into a slash that shot directly forward.
This strike contained the nature transformation of Wind Release Chakra; compared to a normal slash, it was incredibly violent, carrying a sharp intent that seemed ready to sever anything.
The Third Raikage's pupils constricted; he chose not to tank it head-on, but instead moved forward directly.
With a burst of the 'strongest spear's' speed, he leaped, leaving behind afterimages that gave off an incredibly fierce impression.
However, although his speed was fast, Minamikawa Yuu's speed was even faster.
He not only possessed extraordinary reaction time but also the Sharingan with its powerful dynamic vision.
The combination of these two with Flying Thunder God produced an effect that was not much worse than Minato Namikaze's.
After all, while Minato Namikaze's neural reaction speed was fast, in terms of dynamic observation, he couldn't compare to Minamikawa Yuu with his Sharingan.
The two crossed paths here, performing a race between speedsters that left the onlookers behind dazzled.
"That is Sensei's Flying Thunder God Technique... to think he has mastered it to this extent."
Uchiha Kagami and the others were deeply shaken, not knowing what to say at this moment.
As students of Tobirama Senju, they had seen Tobirama Senju perform the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Precisely because of this, they could better understand Minamikawa Yuu's current terror.
Purely in terms of the execution of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minamikawa Yuu's current performance was actually superior to that of the Tobirama Senju of the past.
"I see..."
Behind them, Uchiha Kawaaki and the other Uchiha Ninjas had fanatical looks on their faces: "The space-time teleportation of Flying Thunder God combined with the dynamic observation of our Sharingan can actually explode with such an effect."
They could already imagine the scene of Minamikawa Yuu appearing on the battlefield.
Possessing the Flying Thunder God Technique allowed for rapid space-time teleportation, and once Minamikawa Yuu, who himself possessed the Sharingan, appeared on the battlefield, the result would inevitably be catastrophic.
Even Tobirama Senju probably couldn't compare to him in this regard.
"Damn it!"
The Third Raikage roared, throwing a punch directly forward.
However, in just a moment, Minamikawa Yuu's figure vanished from before him, just like that.
For the Third Raikage, this was absolutely the most frustrating battle.
Facing Minamikawa Yuu, the god-like speed he took pride in couldn't be utilized at all; he was suppressed by the opponent the entire time.
While the attack power of the strongest spear was great, it had to actually hit the opponent to have any effect.
Judging by Minamikawa Yuu's reactions, just touching him was a difficult task.
As for defeating him, it was completely impossible.
If not for the massive defense provided by the Lightning Release Chakra, the Third Raikage's current state would likely be much worse.
If an ordinary Ninja were here, even a so-called Kage-level, they would likely have been worn down to death long ago facing the current Minamikawa Yuu.
"Do you want to continue fighting?"
In the distance, Minamikawa Yuu's voice slowly rang out.
He stood at a distance, his face calm, looking at the Third Raikage and speaking quietly: "If you want to continue, I am happy to oblige."
"No more fighting!"
The Third Raikage shook his head and directly deactivated the Lightning Release Chakra Mode: "Your Flying Thunder God Technique is much stronger than Tobirama Senju's."
He had also witnessed the Flying Thunder God Technique of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, and back then, he didn't think much of it.
Facing Minamikawa Yuu personally now, he felt that this thing was truly disgusting.
The Flying Thunder God Technique used by Tobirama Senju and the one used by Minamikawa Yuu felt like completely different things.
After the major battle, the atmosphere between the two sides became much more harmonious.
Ninjas are like that; as long as you have enough strength, you will naturally earn respect.
The Ninjas of Kumogakure were especially so.
"The Kinkaku Brothers are inside."
The Third Raikage spoke: "We'll just kill our way in and take care of them."
"Is there anything we need to watch out for?"
Minamikawa Yuu looked at the Third Raikage and asked.
"They have several of the six paths tools in their possession."
The Third Raikage explained: "Those are treasures left behind by the legendary Six Paths Sage, possessing effects beyond ordinary people's imagination."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment but finally took the initiative to share the intelligence with Minamikawa Yuu.
The Kinkaku Brothers held several of the six paths tools.
They were respectively: the gold rope of the calamity, the seven-star sword, the crimson gourd, the basho fan, and finally the amber purifying pot.
"The gold rope of the calamity can extract word souls, while the seven-star sword can perform curses."
The Third Raikage spoke: "As for the effects of the other six paths tools, I'm not very clear."
These six paths tools were held by the Kinkaku Brothers and had always been mysterious.
Even the Third Raikage only knew the effects of some of the tools.
Of course, it was also possible that he knew but didn't want to tell others.
After all, these were secrets belonging to their Village.
But Minamikawa Yuu felt that the other party likely knew less than he did.
The six paths tools held by the Kinkaku Brothers were very interesting, each having different effects.
The effect of the gold rope of the calamity was to extract word souls; once struck by it, one's own word soul would be extracted.
The so-called word soul generally refers to high-frequency words spoken in daily life.
After the gold rope of the calamity extracts the word soul, it can be applied to the seven-star sword; once the opponent speaks the word soul, the power of the seven-star sword can be used to curse them.
At the same time, the seven-star sword itself was an incredibly sharp tool with powerful attack capabilities.
The crimson gourd could perform seals; once the opponent spoke their word soul, its sealing power could be used to suppress the opponent.
Even if one were just marked by it, even if you didn't speak for a long time, it would eventually trigger its timeout mechanism and activate the sealing power within.
These three tools could be considered complementary, forming a linked effect.
The basho fan could unleash extremely powerful attacks, which could be one of the five elemental releases, or it could consume a massive amount of Chakra to unleash an incredibly terrifying Five-Element Burst comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball.
It was considered an extremely terrifying offensive treasure with immensely powerful force.
As for the final amber purifying pot, it possessed a special sealing mechanism where one only needed to call out the opponent's true name and receive a response to seal them inside.
This was a mechanism-based tool like the first three six paths tools, but much simpler and more direct; just calling out the name was enough.
Overall, among these six paths tools, except for the basho fan's effect which was straightforward, the other tools all functioned as mechanism-based kills.
Minamikawa Yuu estimated that the reason Tobirama Senju, despite having the Flying Thunder God Technique, would lose to the Kinkaku Brothers was likely due to these six paths tools.
After all, the effects of these six paths tools were truly bizarre; if one didn't have prior intelligence and encountered them for the first time, it was highly possible to be taken out by a mechanism kill.
Of course, if one knew the intelligence, the power of these tools would be greatly reduced.
In the distance, the great battle had already begun.
The Ninjas under the Kinkaku Brothers had already clashed with the Allied Ninjas.
Unsurprisingly, the Ninjas under them quickly fell into a disadvantage.
The Kinkaku Brothers themselves were Ninjas of Kumogakure, so their subordinates naturally were as well.
Within Kumogakure, those willing to follow them in rebellion were not in the majority, and now facing the joint forces of Kumogakure and Konoha, they immediately fell into a disadvantage.
Seeing this situation, two burly figures stepped out from the front.
"What a rare scene indeed..."
Kinkaku looked at the many Ninjas fighting ahead and couldn't help but sneer: "It's rare to see such a scene; my blood is starting to boil."
The next moment, he swung the basho fan in his hand heavily forward.
Five-Element Burst!
Terrifying five-element power brewed within the basho fan and then violently surged forward.
Bang!
The terrifying power exploded, directly blasting apart here.
With just one strike, many Ninjas within the Kumogakure camp were killed or injured.
Before such a powerful offensive comparable to a Tailed Beast Ball, ordinary Ninjas were simply too fragile.
"Kinkaku, you deserve to die!"
Looking at the tragic state of his own position, the Third Raikage was instantly enraged.