Grind is My Ninja Way

"You again?"

Seeing Namikaze Minato's sudden appearance, Roshi said through gritted teeth.

However, Namikaze Minato didn't respond to him. He just said to Seimei, "I'll take over the rest of the battle. You go and rest first!"

Hearing this, Seimei didn't stand on ceremony. He nodded and then used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat to the edge of the battlefield.

Seeing Seimei leave so readily, Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and didn't say anything more.

"Damn it! You're courting death!"

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Roshi roared and charged straight at Namikaze Minato.

However, who was Namikaze Minato? His reaction speed was even faster than Seimei's current three-tomoe Sharingan.

Seimei could dodge such an attack, let alone him.

Just as Roshi was about to reach Namikaze Minato, his figure flashed, and he skillfully avoided the attack. Then, with another flash, he distanced himself from Roshi.

He quickly scanned the surroundings, seeing lava and flames everywhere on the ground. He abruptly raised his right hand and bit his thumb.

Then, he quickly formed the hand seals "Boar - Dog - Bird - Monkey - Ram," using blood as a medium, and performed the Summoning Technique!

With a puff of chakra smoke dispersing, a giant red-skinned toad covered in bumps appeared on the scene.

It had a giant pipe in its mouth, a white bandage wrapped around its waist, a blue vest on its body, and a short knife at its side.

This was none other than one of the three infamous toads of Mount Myoboku - Gamabunta!

It appeared quite normal at first.

But after standing for less than a second, it suddenly jumped up and shouted in frustration, "Ouch, it's burning me to death! What kind of place is this?"

As it spoke, it looked down.

Then, it saw the flames and lava all over the ground.

Instantly, its eyes widened.

If its dislike for seawater, which made it itch all over, was a one, then its dislike for flames, which creatures instinctively feared, was a ten.

Without any hesitation, Gamabunta immediately formed hand seals and used a powerful Water Release ninjutsu.

The next moment, a waterfall-like stream of water descended from the sky, instantly extinguishing a large area of flames and lava on the ground.

The water and flames met, making a "sizzling" sound and producing a large amount of water vapor.

This water vapor condensed into a mass, forming a layer of white fog, causing visibility in the surroundings to drop sharply.

However, this situation didn't last long. When Gamabunta descended from the sky, this white fog was blown away by the strong shockwave.

Gamabunta squatted on the ground, took a deep puff from his pipe, exhaled a large smoke ring, and then looked at Namikaze Minato.

Seeing Namikaze Minato waving at him, Gamabunta said grumpily, "Kid, don't you know I hate fire? You actually summoned me to such a place? And also..."

Before Namikaze Minato could respond, he pointed at Roshi and said, "I don't want to mess with such a troublesome guy."

Obviously, he had already seen Roshi's special nature.

However, saying he didn't want to mess with him was just talk. Otherwise, he could have already canceled the Summoning Technique and returned to Mount Myoboku.

Namikaze Minato knew Gamabunta's temperament, so he gave him enough face.

Going along with his words, he said, "Yes, yes, yes, Boss Toad, it was my fault this time. The key is that I'm not good at dealing with such enemies. I need your help."

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Gamabunta just snorted coldly and turned to look at Roshi.

Being stared at by such a giant, even Roshi, who had seen a lot, couldn't help but feel a bit intimidated.

However, in this current situation, he couldn't retreat.

With a thought, Roshi stomped on the ground, and his entire body shot out like a cannonball, actually using himself as a weapon, smashing towards Gamabunta.

Seeing this, Gamabunta shouted, "Annoying guy, stay away from me!"

As he spoke, he took a deep breath and then exhaled forcefully.

Instantly, a gust of wind erupted from his mouth, its power no less than the Wind Release: Great Breakthrough that Seimei used by consuming a thousand chakra points.

Roshi's forward momentum was blocked by the strong wind, but he wasn't discouraged. He immediately raised his hands and formed seals, using the ninjutsu - Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!

In the next moment, seven or eight magma balls condensed in front of him, and he controlled them, smashing them towards Gamabunta's wide-open mouth.

The mouth was Gamabunta's most vulnerable spot, so he naturally didn't dare to take this wave of attacks head-on. He jumped into the air.

Then, he formed hand seals, seemingly about to use some ninjutsu.

Seeing this, Namikaze Minato seemed to have thought of something and immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge to the edge of the battlefield.

Seeing his movement, Roshi was confused.

The next moment, a giant water ball descended from the sky, rapidly smashing towards him.

This water ball wasn't an ordinary one but a water ball condensed by Gamabunta using the Water Release: Water Bullet Technique, containing dense chakra within it.

Roshi reacted quickly, dodging the attack with a sideways movement.

But the next moment, another water ball smashed down, followed by the third, the fourth...

In the blink of an eye, Gamabunta spat out seven or eight water balls.

It was as if he was playing a tit-for-tat game with Roshi. The opponent had just condensed seven or eight magma balls to hit him, and now he was returning the favor with the same number of water ball attacks.

Unfortunately, Gamabunta dodged all the attacks, but Roshi couldn't.

Even though he tried his best, in the end, he only dodged the first four water balls, and the last few all hit him.

*Boom boom boom~*

Dull explosion sounds rang out continuously.

This ninjutsu lived up to its name of "Water Bullet Technique." The condensed water balls looked soft, but when they hit the ground, they were really no different from cannonballs.

Even standing at the edge of the battlefield, Seimei could clearly feel the ground shaking.

However, even such a terrifying attack still didn't take Roshi's life.

Seimei cast his gaze towards the area where the water balls had concentrated their bombardment and saw a figure slowly standing up amidst the smoke and dust.

It was none other than Roshi.

At this moment, the lava armor on his body was already shattered, replaced by a layer of extremely dense dark red chakra.

An extremely oppressive aura emanated from him, making everyone around feel their hearts sink, as if something heavy was pressing down on them.

Vaguely, amidst the rising chakra smoke, Seimei saw a red-haired ape roaring at the sky.

Seimei knew that this was the Four-Tails' true form - Son Goku.

"Roar--"

A non-human-like roar erupted from Roshi's mouth.

Then, a chakra-condensed tail appeared behind him, and the aura around him surged once again.

This wasn't the end. After this tail formed, another tail quickly condensed.

At this point, even Seimei couldn't help but feel his heart tighten.

(End of this chapter)