Under the cover of night, hundreds of meters above the ground, two figures stood suspended in mid-air.
They were none other than Naruto and Minato, who had originally planned to head to Sunagakure but had encountered Rasa's team along the way.
The biting cold wind at this altitude couldn't penetrate their bodies, but their clothes flapped violently in the wind, a testament to the ferocity of the gusts.
"Naruto, should we make our move now?"
Minato asked, looking down at the line of torchlight snaking through the desert below, which is the trail left by the Sunagakure Ninjas.
From their current height, they could clearly observe the movements of the Sunagakure Ninja below, but it was difficult for the enemy to sense their presence.
"Let's say hello first," Naruto replied with a smile, his gaze fixed on the Sunagakure Ninjas below.
He stopped suppressing his Chakra, and a massive surge of Chakra erupted from him. The combined Chakra of Naruto and Kurama created an overwhelming pressure that bore down on the Sunagakure Ninjas below.
Even Minato swayed slightly under the force of the released Chakra.
Similarly, the Sunagakure Ninjas below felt an oppressive Chakra that made their hearts heavy suddenly appear.
Rasa was also startled and quickly stopped, raising his right hand to signal a halt.
The Sunagakure NInjas behind him, already feeling the oppressive Chakra, immediately stopped upon seeing the signal and slowly gathered around Rasa.
If any danger arose, they would protect Rasa with their lives.
Rasa looked up in the direction from which the Chakra was coming.
A Ninja's vision is extraordinary, even in such darkness.
With the faint moonlight, Rasa could see a dark figure suspended hundreds of meters above, right above their heads.
Behind the figure, he could also see a menacing black shadow.
'This is... Tailed Beast Chakra!'
'A Perfect Jinchuriki?'
Rasa pondered, but soon frowned.
Because Naruto's figure was rapidly descending, now within clear view of Rasa and his team, he looked down at them from above.
His appearance was also clearly visible to everyone.
"Sir, why are you blocking our path?"
Rasa naturally wouldn't judge by appearances, his expression very serious. After all, the strength of a Perfect Jinchuriki is never weak.
He just didn't know which Tailed Beast it was, as the Chakra he felt was even more terrifying than the One-Tail's.
Naruto smiled faintly, then a voice that everyone could hear clearly echoed through the valley.
"I'm not one for unnecessary words, but for you, the Kazekage, I'm willing to give you a choice."
"What choice?"
"I plan to create a new world, and Sunagakure is part of that plan. Rasa, are you willing to represent Sunagakure and pledge your loyalty?"
Upon hearing this, Rasa's face darkened, and the Sunagakure Ninjas around him, after a brief moment of shock, also became indignant.
"You, who do you think you are??"
"How dare you look down on Sunagakure!"
Many of the Sunagakure Ninjas had already drawn their kunai, and if Rasa hadn't signaled them to stop, they would have charged without hesitation.
Naruto ignored them and looked at Rasa.
Rasa's face was also grim, he was considering which village this Ninja was from and what his strength was like.
"I'm sorry, sir, but Sunagakure has no intention of submitting to anyone at this time."
"Really, won't you reconsider? Think about it, for the sake of the lives of these hundred ninja behind you, how about that."
Naruto's expression was playful, but Rasa and the Sunagakure Ninja around him were furious upon hearing this.
Rasa's face turned even uglier, he didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble, but that didn't mean he would let others humiliate him like this.
He had already started to mobilize the chakra within his body.
"Are you threatening me?"
"You can take it that way,"
They say a man can be killed but not humiliated, he might be wary of the opponent's strength as a Perfect Jinchuriki, but no one had ever dared to threaten Sunagakure so blatantly.
Even the God of Ninja, Senju Hashirama, had to give Sunagakure some respect, so he wondered where did this brat get such audacity.
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Spear!"
Rasa struck first, quickly forming hand seals.
A large amount of gold dust formed a drill-like spear, heading straight for Naruto.
"That's really a pity."
Facing Rasa's sudden attack, Naruto's expression showed no anger.
"Since we are meeting for the first time, consider it my gift."
"Maybe you'll change your mind later."
He quickly ascended, dodging the Gold Dust Spear, while a small black planetary sphere began to form in Naruto's hand.
As a greeting gift, Naruto decided to slightly reduce its power.
"This guy, is he running away already?"
"Heh, I thought he was something."
"I didn't expect him to be a coward."
"With this, he dares to threaten our Sunagakure?"
Seeing Naruto's figure rising higher, Rasa and the Sunagakure Ninja first showed puzzled expressions.
Then came the disdain and mockery from the Sunagakure Ninjas, they weren't afraid even of a Jinchuriki, because the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, was a powerful Ninja who could easily suppress One-Tail.
But Rasa himself was filled with gravity. Although Naruto had moved away, he could sense that something was brewing.
Rasa narrowed his eyes slightly, noticing that the black dot which was Naruto seemed to be growing larger again.
'Was something falling?'
As the descending black dot came closer, it became clearer in Rasa's vision, and his perception of it sharpened as well.
'That was...'
A spherical object emitting an extremely terrifying Chakra fluctuation, with two rings of light floating around it.
Upon sensing the terrifying chakra contained within that small black sphere, Rasa's internal alarms blared loudly. He felt as if his very life was under threat.
Rasa's expression changed dramatically in an instant.
"Defend quickly!"
He immediately let out a roar that echoed through the valley.
Then, he formed the fastest hand seals he had ever made in his life.
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Funeral!"
This technique was originally an offensive Ninjutsu, but now Rasa lifted it up, suspending it above everyone's heads to block the descending sphere and protect the Sunagakure Ninjas below.
The Sunagakure Ninjas, already on high alert, though they hadn't clearly seen the small black sphere, quickly reacted upon seeing the vast sandstorm Rasa had created.
They knew if the Kazekage was this nervous, the threat to them was even greater.
"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"
The Sunagakure Ninjas who knew Earth Release also collectively performed defensive Earth Release Ninjutsu.
But the black sphere had already landed on Rasa's Gold Dust Funeral.
Boom!!
The sudden burst of Chakra made everyone's hearts tremble.
At that moment, all the Sunagakure Ninjas present felt as if time had slowed down, with the fear of death lingering in everyone's heart.
In the next instant, a blinding flash and a tremendous roar passed through the gold dust created by Rasa and the earth walls made by the others.
Rasa continued to control the gold dust to block the explosion, but the gold dust was also dissipating in the white light.
Soon, the sea of fire ignited by the explosion engulfed everyone.
In this terrifying explosion, many Sunagakure Ninja disappeared in the white light without even having the chance to scream.
After a while…
The dust gradually settled, with flesh and blood scattered everywhere, and blood covering the ground.
Dozens of Sunagakure Ninja lay dead or injured on the ground, and some Sunagakure Ninja left not even a trace of remains.