To be honest, the difficulty of mastering the second stage of the Flying Thunder God Technique—mobile teleportation—doesn't lie in whether teleportation is achievable, but rather in what condition the user finds themselves in after teleporting.
Someone like Asahi, who appeared with his back facing the enemy after teleportation, was essentially committing suicide.
In actual combat, this advanced form of teleportation demands precise calculations. The trajectory, velocity, and angle of the special kunai mid-flight must all be computed beforehand. Achieving such precision requires not just deep familiarity with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but also a mind capable of high-speed, combat-oriented calculations.
Unfortunately, Asahi lacked both these requirements.
Luckily, the special kunai was still ascending. Sensing the surge of danger behind him, Asahi instinctively activated the Flying Thunder God Technique again, vanishing from Onoki's strike zone just in time.
This kind of consecutive teleportation is a hallmark of a true master of the Flying Thunder God Technique, something Asahi had not yet achieved. As before, the true test wasn't just using the jutsu but maintaining combat readiness after every jump. If one ends up prone or disoriented after teleporting, they're handing their life to the enemy.
Fortunately for him, Namikaze Minato intervened at the right time.
Minato unleashed another attack, covering Asahi's retreat and momentarily distracting Onoki. The Tsuchikage, eyes narrowing, chose not to pursue Asahi this time. Instead, he elevated himself swiftly and hovered high above, preparing a new technique to retaliate from above.
From that elevated vantage, Onoki aimed directly down at Minato and Gamahiro, who was still bellowing and shaking the battlefield with every movement.
Then came the inevitable cry.
"Gamahiro, charge forward!" Minato shouted.
Just as the blinding white radiance of Particle-style ∙ Atomic Dismantling Jutsu fired downward like divine judgment, Minato reached out with a marked kunai. In an instant, a translucent barrier with black seal patterns expanded from his hands.
Flying Thunder God ∙ Guiding Thunder Formation.
A high-level derivative of the Flying Thunder God Technique, this jutsu rerouted enemy attacks by absorbing them within a sealing formation and ejecting them through space-time to another designated marker. In the original work, Minato had once used this technique to redirect a Tailed Beast Ball, making it one of the most effective defensive applications of space-time ninjutsu in the shinobi world.
The Particle-style beam was sucked into the formation like water down a drain, vanishing without a trace. At the same time, Gamahiro used his massive legs to spring forward, launching Minato directly toward Onoki.
'Perfect timing!' Asahi, who was still plummeting from his earlier dodge, couldn't help but exclaim in his head as he witnessed Minato's seamless execution.
Gamahiro, with both swords drawn, slashed upward at Onoki while Minato soared overhead like a golden streak of death. Their coordination was flawless. With Flying Thunder God ∙ Flash Strike, a technique not previously seen by the Iwagakure shinobi, Minato had finally managed to reach Onoki.
Back during Onoki's first strike, Minato hadn't had time to properly use this jutsu, so this was his first real chance.
Caught off guard, Onoki frowned. Gamahiro's twin swords sliced through the air, but the Tsuchikage nimbly evaded them. However, Minato had anticipated the trajectory of his dodge. From above Gamahiro's head, he dove, his right hand glowing with a GiantRasengan—larger than standard, swirling with condensed chakra.
Onoki tried to defend. He formed a seal, and a stone barrier emerged—Earth-style ∙ Rock Shield—taking the brunt of the attack. Yet the sheer force of Minato's Giant Rasengan still flung Onoki back through the air.
But that was just the beginning.
Minato, already a step ahead, had embedded a marked kunai within the Rasengan's burst. Now, propelled by the explosion's force, that kunai followed Onoki's backward flight.
*Whoosh!*
Minato teleported again, reappearing mid-air, just a few meters ahead of Onoki, another Giant Rasengan ready to drive into his chest.
Onoki gritted his teeth, ascending rapidly by sheer willpower and chakra control. His sharp instincts kicked in just in time, pulling his body upward. Minato's second Rasengan barely missed, carving through the air where Onoki had been milliseconds ago.
"Asahi!" Minato called sharply.
There was no need for elaboration. Asahi, already focused, teleported instantly to Minato's side. Minato shoved him upward with both hands like launching a javelin. Asahi regained control mid-air and rotated his body before unleashing a punch filled with chakra.
Onoki's eyes gleamed sharply.
Earth-style ∙ Weighted Boulder Jutsu!Earth-style ∙ Rock Fist Jutsu!
Onoki responded with precision. His right arm morphed into a massive stone construct, the weight and density dramatically increased. With a grunt, he launched his own counterattack.
*Boom!*
The fists collided in the air.
The result was instantaneous—Onoki's rock fist shattered, cracks spider-webbing across the construct. But while Onoki himself remained unharmed, the same couldn't be said for Asahi.
Asahi's arm hung limp mid-air.
The force of the Rock Fist Jutsu amplified by Weighted Boulder Jutsu had numbed his entire arm. The shock radiating through his bone structure told him immediately—his right arm had suffered a comminuted fracture. Years of medical training let him diagnose it even before the pain registered.
Still, he grit his teeth and refused to scream.
*Whoosh!*
Minato reappeared directly above him, using Asahi as a springboard. With his enemy caught off guard, Minato slammed another Giant Rasengan straight into Onoki's chest.
*Bang!*
This time, it connected. The impact hurled Onoki through the air, spiraling like a ragdoll.
Asahi, falling once more, suddenly felt himself caught.
He looked up and saw Jiraiya.
"Well done, kid!" Jiraiya gave a rare smile, his voice filled with genuine praise.
The fear in Jiraiya's heart regarding Onoki hadn't been unwarranted. As one of the few surviving veterans of multiple wars, Onoki's strength, tactical genius, and deadly Particle-style placed him in the same league as the strongest Kages.
But now, thanks to the combined effort of Minato and Asahi, they had managed to land a significant blow.
'We worked so hard just to barely graze him...' Asahi thought, exhaling deeply. 'Tsuchikage's strength really is terrifying. If he survives this, the rest will depend on you, Jiraiya-sama.'
Even after such intense coordination, even after their strongest jutsu connected, there was no certainty Onoki was defeated.
But for the first time in the battle, the odds were no longer stacked against them.
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