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Naruto looked curious: "Hey, what's with your sand?"
He raised his voice and asked, "I sense there's another chakra within?"
In fact, Naruto had been filled with doubts since the beginning.
During the battle, he repeatedly slipped into Gaara's blind spot to launch attacks, which Gaara should have had no chance of noticing in time.
However, whenever Naruto's attack was about to hit Gaara, sand would automatically and quickly gather to block his vital points.
Gaara was taken aback for a moment, then burst into a ferocious laugh: "Hehehe... Not bad, you were actually able to detect Shukaku's chakra!"
He formed hand seals, and the sand surged violently with his chakra. "This is the power of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast! How could an ordinary person like you possibly comprehend the terror of a tailed beast?!"
With Gaara's roar, a surge of violent chakra erupted from his body!
A strong wind blew across the field, and yellow sand swirled in the air.
Gaara's expression grew increasingly frantic, and faint traces of tailed beast chakra appeared on one side of his face, while his voice became increasingly hoarse.
Vast swathes of sand surged wildly, roaring around him as if they were alive.
Naruto seemed completely unaffected by this scene.
His gaze was calm and composed as he slowly spoke, "That's not the power of a tailed beast. The chakra of a tailed beast wouldn't be so gentle."
You should know that his mother also had a tailed beast living inside her.
And it also has nine tails.
"Wh...what?!" Gaara was stunned.
In the brief moment that Gaara was stunned, something strange happened—
High in the sky, pure white feathers began to fall!
The feathers appeared out of thin air and scattered across the entire competition venue, creating an extremely eerie scene.
……
in the audience.
Sakura exclaimed, "What happened?!"
"This is a large-scale illusion!"
Seeing this, Jiraiya's expression hardened. His previously relaxed posture vanished, and he involuntarily sat up straight, staring at the screen with a serious expression: "It seems that the battle against Konoha... has already begun!"
Jiraiya's words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky, making Naruto tremble violently.
He jumped up from his seat in a flash, his eyes wide as he shouted, "What?!"
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
……
At the same moment that a large number of spectators and genin were hypnotized and collapsed by the genjutsu "Nirvana Abode Technique", the situation on the high platform also changed dramatically in an instant!
Feng Yingluo Sha flipped his hands, and several giant black snakes suddenly emerged from his wide sleeves!
The giant snakes flicked their scarlet tongues, opened their blood-red mouths wide, and hissed as they lunged at Minato Namikaze!
At the same time, the Mizukage of Kirigakure, Yagura Karatachi, suddenly launched an attack.
His eyes were bloodshot, his body was enveloped in crimson tailed beast chakra, and three chakra tails that looked like real things quickly extended from his back!
"Roar--!"
A roar like that of a wild beast shook the high platform, and Yagura charged towards Minato Namikaze like a cannonball, his three tails whipping wildly as he attacked Minato with tremendous force!
At the same instant, the venomous snake's bite and the tailed beast's tail attacked Minato Namikaze from the left and right!
Chapter 127: Sealing the Three-Tailed Fox
Faced with the sudden attack from two Kage-level masters, Minato Namikaze merely smiled slightly, his expression calm and composed: "Finally unable to hold back any longer, are you going to make your move?"
Before he finished speaking, his figure had vanished from the spot, leaving only a pale golden afterimage.
The giant snake missed its target and crashed into the air with a muffled "bang".
Yagura, enraged, missed his target with a tail sweep, his three tails slamming into the ground and splitting the thick bluestone floor, sending sand and gravel flying everywhere.
Minato Namikaze remained calm. He raised his eyes to stare at the Kazekage, his brows furrowed slightly, and said sharply, "Orochimaru! The Third Hokage already let you off the hook, yet you still dare to sneak back into Konoha and cause trouble?"
Once his identity was exposed, "Fengying" chuckled in a low voice, then suddenly raised his hand and tore off his disguise, revealing his pale and sinister face.
It was Orochimaru!
His golden, snake-like eyes gleamed with excitement, and his hoarse voice rang out menacingly: "Heh! What can I do, Minato Namikaze! There are plenty of people who want you dead!"
Orochimaru stuck out his long, thin tongue and licked his lips, exuding an indescribable eerie fervor.
Kakashi Hatake, Shisui Uchiha, and Might Guy flashed simultaneously, landing steadily in front of Minato and protecting the Hokage behind them.
Kakashi's eyes were filled with shock: "The Kazekage was actually Orochimaru in disguise?!"
[Ding! Kakashi Hatake's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
Meanwhile, attackers on the other side.
The Mizukage of Kirigakure, Yagura Karatachi, with bloodshot eyes like a wild beast, let out a low growl as if he had lost his mind.
His entire body was enveloped in the surging chakra of the tailed beast. Yagura Karatachi suddenly locked onto the golden figure not far away and charged straight at Minato Namikaze once again!
He was incredibly fast, his figure transforming into a crimson afterimage, leaving scorched black marks on the ground wherever he passed.
Matt Kai shouted.
"Eight Gates Formation, Sixth Gate, Gate of View! Open!"
He suddenly unleashed his chakra, his muscles bulged, and a layer of green energy vapor faintly emanated from his body.
This is the liberation of the Eight Gates!
Kai's speed and power instantly increased, and he transformed into a gust of wind as he rushed towards the out-of-control Yagura.
boom!
The two figures collided violently at the edge of the platform, creating a shockwave!
Kai swept his leg across, colliding head-on with Yagura's chakra-coated giant tail, producing a dull thud.
The bricks and stones on the stage were broken, and the two had already engaged in a fierce battle. The clash of their fists and feet stirred up layers of strong winds, causing the nearby curtains to flutter loudly.
Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and did not immediately give chase.
He stood at one end of the platform, his gaze sweeping over Uchiha Shisui opposite him.
Minato Namikaze snorted coldly upon seeing this, not wasting his attention on Orochimaru.
He stood with his hands behind his back, turned around and bowed slightly to the two Kage-level guests still seated on the other side, saying apologetically, "I'm sorry to have made you both laugh. Under these circumstances, the Chunin Exams will probably have to be canceled."
The Tsuchikage, Onoki, was already hovering in mid-air, keeping watch over the surroundings. Upon hearing this, he snorted coldly, "Hmph! This is your own business in Konoha. Don't expect us to lend a hand!"
After speaking, he glanced warily at Yagura and Kai, who were locked in fierce combat, his short frame beneath his sleeves tensing slightly.
Minato Namikaze nodded: "That's natural."
His expression showed no surprise; he had anticipated that Iwagakure and Kumogakure would not intervene.
Just then, a series of deafening explosions suddenly came from all around the training ground.
"Boom—Boom!"
As flames soared into the sky, several houses in the distance outside the stands collapsed and were destroyed.
The screams and shouts of killing rose and fell in waves.
Clearly, at the same time, other corners of Konoha Village were also attacked by the enemy!
The large-scale illusion that was activated sometime earlier was a signal of invasion!
Upon seeing this, Onoki's expression suddenly changed.
He abruptly clenched his hands and bowed to Minato Namikaze: "Farewell! I must go protect the examinees from our Iwagakure!"
Before the words were even finished, the small figure had already floated into the air, leading a group of Iwagakure followers as they flew swiftly down from the high platform.
On the other side, Lei Ying Ai also stood up abruptly upon seeing this, and said in a gruff voice, "I can't just sit idly by either!"
Without pausing for a moment, he leaped down from the platform and charged like a tiger toward the direction where his fellow examinees from Kumogakure were located.
Those taking the exam are all elite geniuses from their respective villages!
It would be one thing to die during an exam due to a lack of ability, but to die in an attack like this would be a huge loss!
In the blink of an eye, the two leaders of the Shadow Villages, each leading their own forces, had left the spectator stands, leaving only the empty platform.
Minato Namikaze watched the two distinguished guests depart, confirming that they had left the battlefield, before turning his gaze back to the enemy not far away, his expression gradually turning cold.
He slowly pulled out his kunai, his blond hair shimmering slightly in the heat of the explosion: "All done—"
He spoke in a solemn tone to Orochimaru opposite him, "Next, it's your turn."
Orochimaru maintained his sinister smile despite facing Minato Namikaze's sharp gaze.
"Heh," a strange excitement flashed in his dark golden snake eyes, "Minato Namikaze, do you think... your opponent is me?"
He swiftly formed hand seals and suddenly shouted, "Release!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than a muffled groan came from the direction where Kai was.
It turns out that Orochimaru's seal actually released him from some kind of control over Yagura.
In the arena, Yagura's body suddenly trembled, and the chakra within him surged wildly.
His originally short body suddenly swelled up like a balloon, and a hard, grayish-brown carapace grew on his exposed skin!
Yagura Karatachi's aura surged wildly, and he was beginning to transform into a massive three-tailed beast.
"Oops!"
Kai realized something was wrong. If Yagura was allowed to fully transform into his beast form and the Three-Tails appeared here, the consequences would be unimaginable.
He tried to suppress it by force, but was forced back several steps by the sudden surge of power.
Yagura let out a beast-like roar, and the three chakra tails behind him swung with even more ferocity, about to completely transform into a true tailed beast in the next instant!
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