Overflowing rage did not make Minato lose his sanity.
But it truly ignited his killing intent.
An enemy who mastered space-time abilities was extremely difficult to deal with. If he didn't kill his opponent here, the other party could truly infiltrate Konoha Village.
That would undoubtedly bring devastating disaster to the village!
Even endangering the safety of Kushina and Naruto!
This was Isshiki's conspiracy, exploiting the Hokage's weakness to force Minato to take the initiative to attack, and Minato had no choice but to comply.
But this was also an opportunity, a great chance to kill Isshiki!
It all depended on who had greater strength and better strategy!
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Minato began actively attacking, first controlling a large number of clones to entangle Isshiki.
His main body started setting up the battlefield.
Now that he had made an initial guess about the enemy's abilities and characteristics, he quickly devised a countermeasure.
The greatest advantage of the eye technique was its quick activation and invisibility.
The first wasn't a difficult task given his reaction speed and the Flying Thunder God.
However, the latter was more challenging, as Minato didn't possess the Sharingan, so he couldn't see the shrinking objects.
In other words, as long as he could see the 'nano black rods,' the threat of this eye technique would be greatly reduced!
How could he see them?
It was too late to temporarily implant a Sharingan now, and an ordinary Sharingan might not be able to see them.
But Minato had his own method.
*WHOOSH!*
The four clones spread out and together launched the Four Violet Flames Formation, enclosing an area within a thousand meters.
Isshiki saw this and sneered disdainfully:
"A barrier? Are you worried I'll escape?"
"How arrogant and foolish!"
Minato ignored him and used the Flying Thunder God to disappear.
A moment later, he returned, clapped his hands, and drew a large 'Flying Thunder God Space-Time Barrier' circle on the ground.
The next moment, the space-time barrier opened and connected with the space-time barrier on the other side, forming a wormhole-like space tunnel.
Then, a large amount of lake water from the other side flowed into this side.
Like a torrential flood, the water quickly submerged a vast area around them.
Even larger than the massive water explosion Kisame released with all his strength!
The lake water flooded the area and also submerged Isshiki on the other side.
Isshiki smirked:
"Water from the original lake?"
"I truly can't absorb it, but you don't plan to drown me with water, do you?"
Kama could absorb all ninjutsu, but solid water couldn't be absorbed.
However, what effect would ordinary lake water have?
Otsutsuki wouldn't drown, so it didn't matter if he didn't breathe.
On the contrary, Minato himself would be more limited fighting underwater.
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Minato said nothing. He waited for the lake water to submerge them both, then immediately activated Kyuubi Mode and launched a sudden attack.
Another barrage of shadow clone shuriken rained down toward Isshiki, followed closely by Minato's real body.
"Madness!"
Isshiki easily blocked the shuriken rain, then controlled a large number of shrinking black rods, which expanded and stabbed toward Minato.
But this time, Minato seemed to have foreseen the future and effortlessly dodged all the black rod attacks.
No matter from which direction the attacks came, Minato dodged them with ease.
He didn't even use the Flying Thunder God, relying solely on body movement and speed!
'What? How could he dodge all those black rods? Can he see the shrinking black rods?'
Isshiki widened his eyes, somewhat disbelieving.
With Minato's ordinary eyes, how could he see the black rods?
Between shock and doubt.
Minato was already rushing toward him, wrapping a kunai with Kyuubi Chakra, extending it into a sharp sword, and slashing at Isshiki's neck.
Several black rods suddenly grew from Isshiki's neck, trying to block the sword.
*WHOOSH!*
But Minato changed the trajectory of his attack beforehand, as if he knew the mini black rods were hidden there, then slashed toward Isshiki's chest with the sword!
"...!!!"
Isshiki was shocked and immediately retreated.
He also controlled a large number of black rods to stab at Minato without any blind spots.
This time, there was no room to hide, so Minato had to use the Flying Thunder God to teleport.
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Isshiki's face turned pale as he looked down at his chest. His pristine white monk robe was torn.
Although he wasn't injured, it was quite embarrassing.
But what he couldn't understand was how Minato knew the locations of all his nano black rods beforehand.
'He couldn't possibly see them! Wait... Could it be the water?'
Of course, Minato couldn't see the nano black rods, but he could sense the changes in the water flow around him!
No matter if the enemy's ability was shrinking or invisibility, as long as it wasn't teleportation, movement in the water would create shockwaves and trajectories that Minato could detect!
The natural perception of Kyuubi Mode was no exaggeration.
This way, through subtle changes in the surrounding water flow, he could know where Isshiki's shrinking black rods were hidden!
Even before the nano black rods expanded and attacked, Minato already knew their spread locations in advance.
He not only knew their locations but also had terrifying reaction speed and movement.
These black rods would never harm him in the slightest!
This was why Minato deliberately created such a vast natural lake battlefield.
Every ability must have a flaw!
Even if there's no flaw, there must be a weakness or a targetable spot.
Unless Sukunahikona could shrink the black rods to the size of molecules and move them through the gaps between water molecules, their movement trajectories would still be detectable.
Minato used this water flow to indirectly know the locations of all the nano black rods in advance.
"Good, very good!"
"You really thought of using this method to break Sukunahikona!"
"Fourth Hokage, I admire you a little."
"Why not give you one last chance?"
"As long as you're willing to surrender, I can accept you and your family and promise not to harm you."
Isshiki showed a bit of 'appreciation for talent' and tried to persuade him again.
Or perhaps it could be said that he hadn't encountered many good servants in the past thousand years.
If an outstanding Hokage could become his servant, it would highlight the strength and glory of the Otsutsuki!
Minato didn't respond. It was difficult for him to speak underwater.
But the shadow clones continuously surrounding Isshiki were enough to show his attitude.
Minato had no intention of serving anyone else.
He wouldn't let his children and wife serve the enemy!
"What a pity. Then, you might as well die!"
Isshiki's face darkened, and he rushed toward Minato again.
Since he didn't know what was good for him, the only option left was to kill this Hokage.
Even though Minato could gain a slight advantage underwater and see the traces of Sukunahikona, Isshiki was still full of confidence.
He was still certain he could kill Minato.
Of course, Isshiki could also simply fly out of the water; this way, he could regain his advantage.
But he didn't need to!
How could the arrogant Otsutsuki allow himself to retreat?
The Fourth Hokage was determined to die today, and no one could save him!