Minato opened his eyes in disbelief. Seeing the sturdy figure blocking his way, his expression turned to pure joy.
"Menma!"
Minato barely finished calling out when he immediately remembered something and asked, "Over at Four-Star Village… has the matter with Obito been resolved?"
Minato hadn't expected that Menma, who was stationed in Four-Star Village to guard Obito, would appear in time to save him. Could this be the blood connection between father and son, knowing he was in danger?
Menma tilted his head slightly, glancing at the beaming Minato. He immediately found this chakra Minato much more pleasing to the eye than the Impure World Reincarnation version. He nodded. "Father, the matter over there has been resolved. Obito, the masked man who attacked you ten years ago, has also been dealt with."
Hearing Obito's name, Minato felt a pang of sadness. "Obito… I really don't know why it came to this."
The sadness flashed across Minato's face only briefly before he regained his composure. After all, it was Obito who caused his death, leading to so many tragedies. If he were still alive, he would never have allowed Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo to cause so much trouble.
"Menma?!"
"That Kage of Four-Star Village, the guy who destroyed Konoha?"
While Minato was talking to Menma, Onoki's clone in mid-air immediately connected the dots and identified him. However, Menma before him looked like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy. There was no way Onoki could connect this youth with the powerful figure who destroyed Konoha.
Hearing Onoki's exclamation, Menma turned his attention to him. "People from Iwagakure? Looks like I've been too merciful, allowing you fools to dare harm my Four-Star Village."
Menma had originally planned to decisively resolve the situation in Konoha first, then deal with the other villages gradually. After all, he had no grudge against the other villages; in fact, they were supporters of his business. However, it now seemed that while the tiger may not intend to harm him, the people harbor malicious intentions.
In that case, he decided against taking things slowly. It would be better to sweep through all the villages with overwhelming force, starting with the Hidden Stone ninja present—Menma planned to leave no one alive.
Hearing him call the Iwagakure villagers fools, Onoki's eyes widened in fury. "Ignorant brat, you dare insult my Hidden Stone Village! Today I will kill you all…"
Crack!
Before Onoki's clone could finish speaking, his body was pierced through by a fox tail as fast as lightning. Then it turned into yellowish-brown rubble, shattering into countless pieces!
The Hidden Stone ninja surrounding them also perished. Like candied hawthorns, they were skewered in mid-air by the remaining eight fox tails, blood flowing freely. Agonizing screams filled the air!
Seeing their comrades die instantly without resistance, the Hidden Stone ninja retreated nearly a hundred meters, weapons in hand, not daring to advance.
"It's Nine-Tails chakra again!"
"And it's so fast and sharp!"
Gazing at the nine golden-red fox tails blooming like flowers of hell before them, the Second Tsuchikage's split forms behind Minato and in mid-air a short distance away were both shocked and enraged. The two retreated rapidly, quickly disappearing into the surrounding air.
Although both possessed the Nine-Tails' chakra, this newly appeared youth was clearly several levels stronger than the others. The Second Tsuchikage even felt that the Nine-Tails itself was not as powerful as Menma!
"No, we can't split anymore! Only Dust Release can give the Iwagakure ninja a chance to survive!" Because splitting would divide the original body's strength and abilities in two, Dust Release couldn't be used. Therefore, the Second Tsuchikage immediately became invisible and retreated, preparing to merge back into one.
"Invisibility?" Rinnegan stripes appeared in Menma's eyes, a disdainful smile playing on his lips. Possessing two great dojutsu and a Sage Body, invisibility was tantamount to running naked in front of him!
Watching the two Second Tsuchikage rapidly converge in mid-air, Menma remained motionless. Instead, he extended his palms forward. "Universal Pull."
Whoosh!
A surge of chakra, creating a black hole-like gravitational pull, whipped up a raging torrent of wind. The two split forms of the Second Tsuchikage, carrying him along, hurtled towards Menma's left and right palms.
"He can sense my presence even from this distance! And the shape of those eyes… these are the Sage's Eyes, the Rinnegan!?"
Feeling the irresistible pull, the Second Tsuchikage also noticed the change in Menma's eyes. His face was filled with disbelief and terror. After all, these were the eyes of the legendary Sage of Six Paths.
Before the Second Tsuchikage could recover from his shock, Menma had already gripped his neck. He showed no mercy, his two golden-red chakra hands surging out and grabbing into the two split forms of the Second Tsuchikage. The next second, two souls, only half their original size, were ripped out by the golden-red hands. The Second Tsuchikage's two bodies collapsed with a deafening roar, turning into a pile of dust.
Human Path, Soul Extraction.
"The Second Lord has lost!"
The Hidden Stone ninjas in the distance were filled with fear, never expecting the powerful Second Tsuchikage to be defeated so quickly.
"And the Third Lord! The Third Lord who defeated the Nine-Tails, he can definitely finish him off easily!"
The Hidden Stone ninjas had barely finished speaking when a transparent pillar of Dust Release light shot in from the distant horizon. At the same time, Onoki's furious voice rang out.
"Dust Release: Particle Style!"
Seeing the pillar of light and hearing the voice, the Hidden Stone ninjas instantly felt a surge of excitement, as if they had found their pillar of support.
"Great! It's the Third Hokage's Dust Release!"
"And that guy didn't dodge, he's definitely going to be disintegrated by the Dust Release, he's dead… How is this possible!!!"
The Hidden Stone ninjas, who had initially thought Menma was doomed, all widened their eyes and exclaimed in shock. Enveloped by the Dust Release pillar of light, Menma simply extended his right hand. The Dust Release pillar of light, capable of disintegrating everything, merged into Menma's right palm like a stream flowing into a river.
Preta Path.
---
If this chapter was worth your time, a Powerstone helps others find it.
Want to read ahead, check Patreon
[email protected]/Rogue_Soul