Chapter 417: Well Done!
Bang!
As everyone fell into silence, Hashirama clapped his hands together and made the first decision.
"You're too dangerous. The Tailed Beasts must not fall into the hands of such a dangerous person, and…"
Hashirama shouted angrily, "A person who has done this to Konoha, who killed little Tsunade, do you really think we will just let you go?!"
"Senjutsu!"
Hashirama immediately activated Sage Mode, with black markings spreading across his forehead, and a terrifying chakra fluctuation erupted from his body.
"Wood Style – True Thousand Hands!"
A massive wooden figure erupted from the ground, with countless arms extending like the Thousand-Armed Kannon.
Standing at two thousand meters tall, it was half the height of the surrounding mountains, even Li Yao had to look up to see it.
The nine Tailed Beasts beside it looked like nine little kittens standing next to a tiger, pitifully small.
If it weren't for recognizing Hashirama as one of their own, the Tailed Beasts would have long since fled.
It was terrifying!
Minato, Tobirama, and the others stood atop the massive wooden figure, feeling the terrifying chakra, and their hearts shook.
For the first time, they felt what it meant to be a god among ninjas, what it meant to experience the might of the Sage.
True Thousand Hands was not just a larger version of the Wood Style technique; it was the True Thousand Hands formed from Sage Mode chakra.
Each wooden fist felt as powerful as a Tailed Beast Ball, and the chakra fluctuations from the countless fists were even stronger than Tailed Beast chakra.
The nine Tailed Beasts shivered in fear from the overwhelming chakra.
Minato's half of the Nine-Tails trembled inside him, silent.
Back in the day, he and Madara had lost to Hashirama's True Thousand Hands, and the immense power of those fists could still be felt by the Nine-Tails even now.
"This is… the power of the First Hokage?"
Itachi had calmed himself significantly. While the unknown enemy's abilities were indeed tricky, the First Hokage's Wood Style once had the power to pacify the world.
"You guys have never truly experienced what despair feels like!"
Li Yao's clone, watching the expressions of Minato and the others, knew that they truly thought that Hashirama alone could stop his next move.
"Well, let's see about that!"
Li Yao's clone sneered and quickly created nine Shadow Clones.
"What is he trying to do?"
Minato and the others wore serious expressions as they watched Hashirama not waste any time. The wooden fists behind the massive wooden figure shot forward toward Li Yao's clone.
Whoosh!
Li Yao's clone instantly teleported away, along with the nine Shadow Clones.
However, Li Yao's clone teleported to a much higher sky, while the nine Shadow Clones appeared on the backs of the nine Tailed Beasts, immediately marking each of them with the Flying Thunder God seal and using the technique to teleport them into Obito's Kamui space.
Now that Obito's clone had perfectly transformed into Uchiha Madara, he no longer bore Minato's Flying Thunder God seal, and Minato could no longer enter Kamui space.
"This time, no one can stop me. You can play with my Shadow Clones while I'm at it!"
Li Yao's clone coldly laughed as he prepared to use the Flying Thunder God to return to Kamui space and reseal the Tailed Beasts into the Outer Path Statue, making them Jinchuriki once again.
The nine Shadow Clones would then reappear and launch an attack on the Land of Fire, showing Minato and the others the consequences of angering him.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
At that moment, Minato bit his finger, formed hand seals, and pressed his hands together in the air, summoning a massive summoning array.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
White smoke exploded, and the nine Tailed Beasts were summoned back into the ninja world.
Minato looked up at Li Yao's clone in the sky and said, "As long as I'm here, you will never become the Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails again."
"When?" Li Yao's clone's expression darkened as he looked at Minato atop the massive wooden figure.
"Right when I destroyed the seals in your body," Minato said calmly, but with a flash of pride in his eyes.
"Well done, Fourth," Tobirama laughed.
"Good job, Minato," Sarutobi also smiled.
"Of course, as expected from you, Minato," Li Yao's clone also smiled slightly, but this smile was cold, with a hint of self-mockery.
When Minato had brought him out of Kamui space, he hadn't immediately killed him.
At the time, Li Yao's clone had thought it was because Minato respected Obito's identity and wanted to persuade him.
Now, it seemed that was only part of the reason.
The bigger reason was that Minato needed time to connect through chakra and convince the nine Tailed Beasts to sign the summoning contract.
Minato knew how terrifying space abilities were.
Li Yao's clone didn't mention it, but the layered space Li Yao controlled also made Minato cautious. He was afraid that if the nine Tailed Beasts were brought into the layered space, he wouldn't be able to handle it.
After all, he had no Flying Thunder God seal on Li Yao's clone.
The best solution was to sign a summoning contract with the nine Tailed Beasts.
This way, no matter where the nine Tailed Beasts were taken, whether by Li Yao or Obito's clone, Minato, with his infinite chakra from the Edo Tensei state, could summon them back immediately and prevent them from being resealed.
One had to admit that Minato's battle talent was terrifying, or perhaps he had already prepared for every eventuality before arriving here.
This summoning technique completely thwarted Li Yao's clone's plan of resealing the nine Tailed Beasts into the Outer Path Statue.
With Minato's reaction speed, Li Yao's clone had no chance.
At this thought… Li Yao's clone laughed, a wide grin appearing on his Madara-formed face.
"Hahahaha... well done!"
"Well done, Minato!"
Li Yao's clone let out Madara's iconic insane laugh, perfectly matching the form he had assumed.
After laughing, Li Yao's clone calmed down.
"I've changed my mind. Originally, I just wanted to destroy the Land of Fire, but now… hehe."
Li Yao's clone's eyes turned cold as he said, "Let's start with the survivors of Konoha. I have all the time in the world!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yao's clone flew toward the nearest Konoha survivors.
Boom!
The massive wooden figure trailed behind, seemingly moving slowly, but it was actually fast enough to keep up. However, it could only follow Li Yao's clone, and the wooden fists couldn't reach him.
Minato and Tobirama couldn't do anything either. Their Flying Thunder God technique needed seals, and while it worked on the ground, it was useless in the air where they had nowhere to latch onto. Even if they used kunai to move, their speed wasn't fast enough, and Li Yao's clone also had space mobility, so they couldn't reach him.
"Damn it, don't run!"
"You said you'd make us suffer, why are you running?"
As they saw that they couldn't catch up to Li Yao's clone, Minato and the others frantically taunted and provoked him, hoping to draw him into a deadly battle.
They had already guessed what Li Yao's clone was planning.
"Afraid, huh? Hehe, since you think I'm too dangerous, I'll do something dangerous to match your expectations."
Li Yao's clone turned around and coldly laughed. He deliberately avoided using space mobility to escape from the five, wanting them to personally feel what despair felt like.
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