"You guys forced me to do this, you guys forced me to do this!"

The centipede howled madly: "Yakura! Even if you are the hero of the Sand Village, you can only force me to use my final form. I am invincible like this! You are dead, all of you are dead!"

Kakashi Hatake's eyes flashed. According to the information reported by the Sand Village, Ye Cang should have been killed by them, but it turned out that he was still alive.

He looked at the two beautiful androgynous white-clad ice-style ninjas and thought to himself: [Ye Cang is actually mixed up with the people of the Snow Clan. This is important information. I must report it to the teacher and ask him to pass it on to the Fourth Hokage.]

[The people of Sand Village are really dishonest! ]

Hao suddenly said, "Ye Cang, retreat, the enemy's situation is not right!"

Ye Cang tried several Scorch Escape attacks at this time, but was unable to effectively break through the enemy's defense, and couldn't even see the wooden protective armor.

Hearing Hao's call, she returned to her teammates from the Snow Clan without any hesitation.

Only then did she ask, "What happened?"

Hao explained in a low voice: "I felt a strange force, which seemed to be the natural energy mentioned by God, and the target's size continued to grow, with no tendency to stop at all."

"Ye Cang, I judge that he will soon be so big that he will fill the entire room, and you will soon not have enough space to move around."

"It's too dangerous for a ninja to have no room to dodge. It's safer to come back first."

Ye Cang said "hmm" and stopped talking, standing behind Hao.

The Ice Release Ninja then waved his hand and summoned an ice crystal magic mirror to cover the three of them.

On the other side, under the stimulation of the natural energy of the dragon vein, Uzumaki Naruto's body actually began to slowly absorb natural energy, and even showed the characteristics of frog transformation on his body.

He panicked all of a sudden, and frantically asked for help in his heart: "Big fox, nine-tailed big fox, what should I do?"

Kyuubi was also confused, muttering: "You clearly didn't apply toad oil, how did you absorb the natural energy yourself?"

It was also anxious, and was spinning around in the seal: "Quick, stupid Naruto, follow what Jiraiya and the two toads taught you, and quickly digest the natural energy to synthesize Senjutsu Chakra!"

"You can't die! I feel really bad now. If you die, I might really die too, and I might not even be able to be resurrected in a few years!"

"Chakra, by the way, I'll give you all my chakra. You must hold on and don't die!"

Uchiha You was surprised to find that the ripples of time were even bigger, and this time it was not only the Nine-Tails that was involved, but also a familiar cold smell.

[It turned out to be the smell of the toad from Myoboku Mountain. They closed off Myoboku Mountain, so how come they were involved? ]

[Ouch, it turned out to be Uzumaki Naruto. He actually began to passively absorb natural energy in the natural energy environment of the dragon vein and was forced to practice fairy arts.]

[I understand. Naruto was taken to Myoboku Mountain by Jiraiya. After experiencing the effects of toad oil, the Myoboku Mountain mark has been left on his body.]

Following the increasingly strong ripples of time, Uchiha You saw the existence of Myoboku Mountain and the giant toad that echoed the ripples of time.

Even this giant toad that claimed to be able to see through time in dreams could not see Uchiha You in the opposite direction. It just felt panicky, as if a disaster was about to happen.

But in this special situation, what it can sense is that the future of Myoboku Mountain is safe, and all the toads are alive and well.

Because Uchiha Yu, who was facing the ripples of time, decided to temporarily let the toads of Myoboku Mountain go in order to protect the dragon veins and the secret of time.

Compared with the benefits that are about to be obtained, Mount Myoboku is not worth mentioning.

And thanks to the feedback of the time ripples, everything in Myoboku Mountain was exposed to Uchiha Yu's eyes, and instantly became a fish in a cauldron. It really didn't matter whether it was killed or not.

[Haha, Gamamaru has dug his own grave. He originally wanted to brand the Child of Destiny with the mark of Myoboku Mountain, but now he has revealed his whereabouts to me.]

[It is indeed a very dangerous thing to spy on fate. As a living being in a world, you can only see the single perspective of the world you live in. 】

[A seemingly impeccable layout, in the eyes of people with higher dimensions or more perspectives like me, the more you do it, the more sophisticated the layout, the greater the possibility of error.]

Uchiha You couldn't help but reflect on himself and set a new rule for himself: [I must be very careful in the future and try not to use direct layout methods, so as not to send myself into the hands of an enemy. ]

As Uzumaki Naruto was in danger, Might Guy and Hatake Kakashi hid him behind them and used their bodies to block the puppet's attack.

Fortunately, these puppets were affected by the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and their defenses were greatly weakened, so they could be easily broken. Moreover, their recovery speed was extremely slow, so they were not as dangerous as before.

In addition, Baizu's attention was attracted by the Snow Clan and Ye Cang, and he couldn't take care of the Konoha Ninja at all. The two of them were still able to maintain the defense circle.

Uchiha You was very satisfied with this. As time went on, Uzumaki Naruto and the Nine-Tails cooperated more closely. More and more Nine-Tails chakra from the other world combined with the natural energy of the dragon veins to become fairy chakra with the breath of Myoboku Mountain.

The connection between the two ninja worlds is becoming closer and closer, the time errors caused by the dragon veins are becoming more and more serious, exposing more and more time secrets, which makes Uchiha You extremely excited.

A bold plan gradually emerged in his mind.

Uchiha Yuu wants to use the power of the dragon veins to travel to a certain era in the past of the ninja world, before the appearance of the Six Paths Sage and before the power of the dragon veins is exhausted, to accumulate a powerful force strong enough to suppress Otsutsuki Kaguya.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Six Paths Sage, he merely disappeared for a moment, but in that short moment, he suddenly became a powerful existence that surpassed the Six Paths Sage.

Uchiha You couldn't help but even imagine how shocked Otsutsuki Hagoromo's expression would be when such a scene occurred.

But traveling through time must be dangerous.

Not everyone is Uzumaki Naruto, who can travel back and forth through time safely with the power of the protagonist's halo.

Uchiha You looked at the ripples of time and deeply understood the risks involved. The power of time is more powerful than the power of space, so the risks involved are naturally extremely dangerous.

You have to know that the Ninja World is not a plane, but a real planet. It is a planet that is moving at high speed every moment, and even the star system is running at high speed.

As we all know, speeds involving astronomy are often extremely exaggerated.

For example, the Earth's rotation speed is 1,600 kilometers per hour, while its speed in orbit reaches 108,000 kilometers per hour, and the sun carries all the planets at a speed of 900,000 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, any slight error in time will cause unimaginable dislocation in space.

Moreover, time is the main expression of gravity, and gravity is the core force that maintains the existence of the universe. It is really unimaginable what terrible consequences a slight error in time will eventually cause.

Of course, it is impossible to destroy the universe by making a time error.

The universe has unparalleled fault tolerance. Although space is extremely rigid, it is not without flexibility. Errors in time can be easily absorbed by the universe or celestial bodies.

But for those who are at the core of the mistake, it is hard to say what their fate will be.

Uchiha You began to observe more carefully, recording every change in the ripples of time.

At the same time, he also began to make advance plans before traveling through time.

[I need to study time travel through practice, I need volunteers, I need a large number of testers.]

[The dragon vein travels through time and the world, and the system gradually matures in Uchiha Shisui...]

[I seem to have gathered all the extraordinary elements. Maybe before I travel through time, I can become a true master god of my own generation? ]

[Very interesting idea.]

[Loulan Kingdom and the Dragon Vein must be mine, no one can stop me! ]

Uchiha You made up his mind. As the wooden clone sent back the information, Uchiha You himself took Miwa Masaya and started to act.

It's not that he had to do anything, but when doing something big, he had to leave the fixed location to avoid being caught by the Six Paths Sage following some clues.

His game with the Sage of Six Paths went beyond the scope of ninja, so they were unfamiliar with each other's methods and it was hard to say where the flaws would be revealed.

For example, today, Uchiha You glimpsed Mount Myoboku through the ripples of time and grasped the weak points of the toads in a way he could not have imagined.

This made him realize that no matter how secret the hiding place was, it was not as safe as random movement.

Therefore, he could not stay in Konoha Village and had to leave Konoha Village until the incident in Loulan Kingdom was completely over and he obtained the ownership of Loulan Kingdom and the dragon vein.

Once he had the power of the dragon veins and with the help of the cover of the power of time, Uchiha You had absolute confidence that he could completely hide the Kingdom of Loulan, making it difficult for the Six Paths Sage to discover it, let alone sneak in quietly.

Uchiha You and Miwa Masayo walked aimlessly in the Land of Fire. His unique way was to transform the trees into his wooden clones.

These wooden clones all carried abundant strength, and using the Flying Thunder God Technique, they quickly arrived at the Kingdom of Loulan.

As more and more Uchiha Yuuki clones arrived, he surrounded the entire Loulan Kingdom and began to build a new barrier.

Relying on the endless natural energy of the dragon veins and the countless puppets accumulated over the years, the Centipede once again gained the upper hand and put the Konoha ninjas and the Snow Clan at a disadvantage.

Human power is limited. No matter how large the chakra of a ninja is, it can never be compared with the dragon veins, which have almost infinite natural energy.

Just when Baizu was feeling proud again, his face changed drastically, because Namikaze Minato had already approached the Loulan royal court with the queen.

"not good!"

Baizu exclaimed in shock: "I actually completely forgot about the existence of Minato Namikaze and let him bring the queen to the royal court..."

"We can't let them get close to the royal court. If the queen cuts off my authority, I will risk traveling through time, and everything I have worked so hard to create over the years will be destroyed!"

"I can't do this. I can't accept it!"

The centipede had just transformed into a giant clay puppet, but it no longer cared about destroying the enemy in front of it, let alone using these excellent ninjas as materials to make human puppets.

He exerted force suddenly, destroyed the wall of the building, exposed himself in the air, and then jumped down.

Using the extra membrane wings to gain momentum, the centipede rushed directly from the air to the royal court at the lowest level of the Loulan Kingdom.

Accompanying the Loulan royal family and his female students, Minato Namikaze walked forward amidst the heavy encirclement of puppets.

Unlike Hatake Kakashi, Minato does not need to use ninjutsu to destroy the puppet.

He has solid physical skills, and he can easily destroy the outer shell of a clay puppet and destroy the puppet's core mechanism by just swinging a kunai, causing it to enter a long recovery process.

With his efficient killing ability, Minato Namikaze easily maintained a large enough safety circle so that the three women could move forward with peace of mind.

It was not until he intuitively discovered the danger falling from the sky that he pulled the three women together and performed the Flying Thunder God Technique, taking them out of the encirclement in an instant.

When the centipede used its huge body to break through the dome and appeared in the underground passage leading to the royal court, it did not see its target.

He crushed a puppet that had recovered halfway and yelled, "Sly Konoha ninja, I won't be fooled!"

"Don't even think about tricking me away. You have no chance of getting around me and sneaking into the Loulan royal court."

"I will go to the Loulan Royal Court and wait for you. If you are not afraid of death, come to the Royal Court and fight to the death!"

"I! The strongest puppeteer of the Sand Village, Centipede, is waiting for you!"

Namikaze Minato looked at the Queen of Loulan with a bewildered look on his face and asked, "Has this centipede, also known as Minister An Lushan, always been so stupid?"

The Queen replied sheepishly, "Yes."

"It was because he was so stupid that I easily believed him and handed over the power of the country and the resources of the dragon vein to him. Who would have known..."

Minato nodded and said, "Who knew he would be stupid enough to do that to you and use poison directly against you."

The Queen of Loulan nodded and said, "Yes, I am the King of Loulan. If you kill me, his use and control of the dragon veins will become like a tree without roots. In a few years, he will be devoured by the dragon veins."

Namikaze Minato sneered and said, "The ignorant are fearless. The fact that the small country of Loulan was able to guard the dragon vein and not be taken away by the Sand Village and the Hidden Leaf Village speaks volumes."

However, Minato looked at Queen Loulan thoughtfully at the end, and the queen also sighed deeply.

Yes, Baizu was indeed ignorant and fearless, but his fearless exploration successfully developed the use of dragon veins, giving them strategic value.

These silly-looking clay puppets may look stupid, but their fighting power is quite strong. They can at least fight against Chunin and easily crush Genin.

The problem is that the cost is low and any Chunin-level puppeteer can make it. In just four years, he has created tens of thousands of puppets.

Once the Sand Village knew about such an exaggerated manufacturing speed and such simple production requirements, they would definitely come to snatch it at all costs.

This is not only good news for the puppet masters of the Sand Village, but also the greatest confidence for the Sand Village to defeat the Konoha Village.

Maybe it's not possible in the era of the Fourth Hokage now. The Wood Release Ninja Uchiha Yu is an invincible existence. Even if he has 100,000 puppets, they are not enough for him to defeat with just one Wood Release: Tree World Descent.

But the Sand Village must be thinking that by the time the Fifth Hokage, the Sixth Hokage, or even longer, when Uchiha Yuu dies of old age, Konoha Village will no longer be able to fight against the Dragon Vein Puppet.

If Baizu can make tens of thousands of clay puppets in four years, why can't the thousands of puppeteers in the Sand Village make a million puppets in ten years?

Millions of puppets, and puppets that can self-repair. Even if the entire ninja world unites, it will be impossible to resist this huge force.

By then, the strongest ninja village in the ninja world would be their Sand Village.

The Queen of Loulan had actually thought of this problem a long time ago, but she had no idea how to solve it.

Although she could communicate with the dragon veins and control their energy, she was unable to transform this endless energy into real power.

The dignified Queen of Loulan couldn't even deal with the rebel Chunin Baizu from the Sand Village, so how could she deal with the Konoha Jonin Minato Namikaze in front of her.

Perhaps Minato Namikaze can prevent the information from leaking to the Sand Village, but he will definitely report it to Konoha Village. Will Konoha Village let Loulan go just because they don't have the inheritance of a puppeteer?

Impossible.

Even the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru would be ecstatic and control the Loulan royal family with mild reasons and directly occupy the Loulan Kingdom.

No matter how gentle Konoha Village has behaved in the past, it cannot change the fact that they are the largest ninja village in the ninja world, nor can it change the fact that Konoha Village is a violent military organization.

If such an organization did not actively pursue the strengthening of its power, they would not have survived to this day, let alone become the strongest ninja village in the ninja world.

The Queen of Loulan had no hope for Konoha Village. She knew that the demise of Loulan was irreversible. The only difference was which ninja village would take action.

Although the Kingdom of Loulan no longer had a chance to survive independently, she had not yet given up hope.

Because the first person to obtain information about the Dragon Vein Puppet was the Konoha ninja, and according to the past style of Konoha Village, the mother and daughter would at least not be treated as prisoners.

Even the people of Loulan will be resettled by Konoha Village.

Perhaps apart from losing his freedom, he could still live a prosperous life in the Fire Capital of the Land of Fire, or even in Konoha Village.

As for the people of Loulan, they can also migrate to the rich Fire Kingdom.

As long as they can survive the first few years of construction, their lives will be much more comfortable than in this barren land surrounded by a vast desert.

Namikaze Minato smiled and said: "Since the enemy has already chosen the battlefield, we don't need to take any risks."

"Lin, protect the Queen and Princess of Loulan and let them rest here for a while. Wait until the fighting noise in the royal court ahead subsides, then slowly approach them."

"If possible, it's best to wait until Kakashi and the others come over and reunite before going over."

"Yes, teacher."

Lin asked, "Minato-sensei, do you want to go over and subdue that centipede first?"

Namikaze Minato nodded and said, "I hope I can subdue him. Even if I can't subdue him because of the dragon vein, I have to find out his intelligence first, and then consider the subsequent battle plan."

Minato smiled and pressed on Lin's shoulder, leaving a Flying Thunder God mark, then disappeared.