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Chapter 74 - Chapter 74: Shifting Tides (Part 1)

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On the northeastern border of the Land of Fire, at the junction with the Land of Hot Springs, the terrain gradually transitioned from geothermal hills to dense forests and perilous mountain passes. Here, the most extreme speed duel in the history of the Ninja World was currently unfolding.

The Kumogakure army, like a black thundercloud, pressed in. Standing before them was the Konoha defense force led by Minato Namikaze. The battle entered a heated phase from the very beginning, but the protagonists were not the chaotic melee of thousands of soldiers, but three figures clashing like lightning!

"Lightning Release: Lariat!" "Yo! Idiot! Bastard! Liger Bomb!"

Ai and Killer Bee's cooperation was seamless. One transformed into a blue lightning flash, charging in a straight line with unparalleled power; the other wielded short blades wrapped in lightning, launching continuous stabs from strange angles.

However, they encountered their nemesis. A golden light, as if teleporting, flickered across the battlefield. Minato Namikaze moved with a speed that defied the physical laws of the world. The specially made kunai in his hand was an anchor for his existence; the moment it was thrown, he was already there.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Ai's Lariat crashed down with destructive speed, only to shatter a golden afterimage. Minato had already appeared next to another kunai, pressing a Rasengan toward Killer Bee's flank. Even the Eight-Tails' sweeping tentacles couldn't catch that speed, which surpassed the limits of human vision.

"So fast! Faster than lightning!" Killer Bee's tone grew grave, his rhythmic rapping silenced by the intensity of the exchange.

"Damn it! I can't hit him at all!" Ai roared. His speed in Lightning Release Chakra Mode was the peak of human conditioning, but Minato's space-time ninjutsu was a conceptual "fast"—he wasn't traveling the distance; he was simply arriving.

Minato's figure was a golden flash, appearing in the east and west simultaneously. He didn't engage the A-B Combination in a war of attrition. Instead, he used his absolute speed to rescue Konoha comrades and precisely sever Kumogakure's offensive nodes. Every time he appeared, a Cloud elite fell.

Kumogakure was astonished: their strongest spearhead was being held back by a single young Jōnin. The Cloud's momentum collapsed into a stalemate.

This was a humiliation for the Third Raikage. His surprise attack on Sunagakure had been repelled by Rasa, and now his sons were being stalled by a "Yellow Flash." Voices of doubt emerged from his Council of Elders.

"Damn it!" The Third Raikage smashed his desk, lightning leaping across his massive frame. "Are they all laughing at me?!"

He would not tolerate this. He needed a victory to re-establish his status. His gaze swept across the map to the Land of Earth.

"Ōnoki, you old fox... your main forces are tied up at the borders of Grass and Wind, aren't they?" A crazy, resolute glint flashed in the Raikage's eyes. "I will personally lead my direct subordinates and launch a surprise attack on the Land of Earth! I'll strike at Iwagakure's lair!"

Meanwhile, the moniker "Yellow Flash" spread like wildfire. Kumogakure issued an unprecedented order: any shinobi encountering the Konoha Yellow Flash could immediately abandon their mission and flee without penalty.

The speed duel had concluded, but the Raikage's fury was about to bring a terrifying new variable to the Land of Earth.

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