Minato Namikaze had his mouth hanging open in shock, unable to make a sound for a long time.
He had completely lost the ability to describe the scene before his eyes with words.
Creating the Rasengan was already unimaginably difficult. This technique, which forced chakra into high-speed, irregular rotation while compressing it at the same time, had already reached the level of an A-rank ninjutsu in terms of difficulty.
Although it required no hand seals, just mastering compression and rotation alone was enough to discourage ninety-nine percent of people.
Not to mention continuing to develop it even further on top of that.
"Chizan... you're a monster, aren't you..."
Looking at the Rasengan thoroughly soaked in flames, as well as the blazing cloud rising from the scorching heat, Minato Namikaze knew that Gekko Chizan had raised the Rasengan to an entirely new level.
By integrating chakra nature transformation into it, he had pushed the Rasengan from an A-rank ninjutsu into the realm of S-rank.
"Hehehe, being praised by the Fourth Hokage-sama is truly an honor for me."
"Come on, let me treat you to my Fire Release · Rasengan!"
Hearing his words, a trace of seriousness flashed through Minato's eyes, and he immediately nodded.
The two charged toward each other at high speed, Rasengan gathered in their right hands—one ordinary, one advanced.
"Boom!"
The collision of the Rasengan erupted instantly. Gekko Chizan felt no discomfort at all, only that his Rasengan encountered absolutely no resistance.
The violent flames exploded the moment they collided, completely engulfing Minato Namikaze in fire.
Minato's situation, however, was far worse. The instant his Rasengan made contact, he felt an overwhelming strength pressing down on him.
Even as he continued pouring chakra into the Rasengan, he couldn't stop it. In fact, if he hadn't increased his chakra output, his Rasengan would have shattered long ago.
And that wasn't even considering the searing flames. Surrounded by fire, he was at a severe disadvantage. Left with no choice, he activated Flying Thunder God to evade the attack.
As Minato withdrew his force, Gekko Chizan's Rasengan lost all resistance and fully erupted.
The spinning Rasengan drove the flames into motion, forming a fiery dragon tornado in front of him, incomparably scorching flames shooting straight into the sky.
This streak of red light in the black night instantly alarmed the ninjas and ANBU on duty, who rushed toward the scene at top speed.
"What the hell, is this still a Rasengan?"
"Isn't this way too powerful?! And Chizan, are you trying to kill me?!"
Minato's shaken voice sounded beside Gekko Chizan. Looking at the calm, raging fire tornado, he completely lost his composure.
[Ding! Detected that the host used flame nature transformation—Fire Release · Rasengan—to severely strike the creator of the Rasengan, Minato Namikaze, breaking his defense. Special reward: Rasengan second nature transformation unlock progress +50%!]
Good! He knew it—targeting the creator himself would definitely yield unexpected rewards!
Just look at how generous this reward was.
Even so, Gekko Chizan was a bit surprised by the power of Fire Release · Rasengan · Flame Cloud. It was still a close-range attack, but the collateral effect was terrifying.
The fire tornado was still burning, and because of the rotation, the flames were only growing stronger.
"Tsk tsk tsk, don't mess around. I know your strength. Look—your Hokage robe didn't even get burned."
"Bastard! That's because I ran fast! If I were even a second slower, this robe would've been burned to nothing!"
Minato Namikaze cursed loudly. His hair had nearly caught fire—just as he said, if he'd been half a beat slower, he would've been ignited.
"And hurry up and put out these flames!"
"I'm guessing plenty of people are already on their way!"
Seeing Minato's face dark, Gekko Chizan clicked his tongue, then formed hand seals with both hands.
"Water Release!"
A massive column of water instantly enveloped the fire tornado, and a huge wave of steam surged outward.
"Hokage-sama! What happened here? Is there an enemy?!"
"Hokage-sama!"
The steam dispersed the surrounding darkness, and dozens of figures arrived one after another.
ANBU, chūnin, jōnin—more than eighty people in total…
By the time the steam cleared, Gekko Chizan and Minato Namikaze were already surrounded.
"It's nothing. Chizan and I were sparring. The commotion just now was his doing."
"Hey, hey, hey, Minato, that's crossing the line! You were the one who dragged me into sparring!"
Seeing Minato trying to shift the blame, Gekko Chizan wasn't having it.
"Everyone, causing you such a scare in the middle of the night is really inappropriate."
"Our Hokage-sama here relied on his status and insisted on sparring with me. Look at all these kunai on the ground—they're all his!"
"I was just a passive sparring partner!"
"To quote Hokage-sama himself: 'There are only the two of us in the village who can use Flying Thunder God. If you don't spar with me, who will?'"
"What could a small fry like me do? I could only take the beating passively. Look—I didn't even place any markers, and now he's trying to bite back at me!"
"I've been wronged!"
Under everyone's gaze, Gekko Chizan looked like he was one step away from tears. When the crowd looked around, it was exactly as he said.
On the ground were only Minato Namikaze's uniquely shaped kunai.
This made Minato's eyes widen in disbelief. He couldn't understand it—he couldn't figure it out!
Clearly, during the spar earlier, Gekko Chizan had thrown even more kunai than he did! So why wasn't there a single one left now????
With a face full of confusion, he looked at Gekko Chizan, who revealed an extremely sly grin, then extended his right hand, using the moonlight's reflection to shine a ray of light directly into Minato's eyes.
Seeing that glimmer, Minato immediately understood. Damn it! This bastard had used Crystal Release to crystallize all the kunai!
No wonder not a single one could be seen! How ruthless!
[Ding! Detected that the host publicly set Minato Namikaze up in front of many ninjas and ANBU, making him deeply experience the host's craftiness! Special reward: Rasengan second nature transformation unlock progress +20%!]
[Note: Reach 100% to unlock the second nature transformation!]
"I see. Then it's fine. Hokage-sama, get some rest early..."
"Hokage-sama, we're withdrawing."
"So are we."
Seeing that the flames were already extinguished and that the one who caused the incident was their Hokage, what else could they say? Best to just pretend nothing happened.
Minato Namikaze: I... he... damn it, I give up!
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