Fourth Mizukage Yagura couldn't understand Uehara's intention, but he could see Uehara's hands forming Hand Seals. Yagura wasn't sure if the young man was seriously forming Hand Seals or trying to lure him into attacking.
After all, the sequence of Uehara Naraku's Hand Seals was completely chaotic, and some of the Hand Seals were not even properly formed…
However, his expression was unusually serious as he formed the seals.
Watching from the side, Hoshigaki Kisame, who was extremely particular about Hand Seals, found Uehara Naraku's seals unbearable and corrected him, "Lord Uehara, your seal is wrong again. This way of forming the Boar Seal is ineffective…"
"Shut up!"
Uehara Naraku's face turned red as he retorted, "What does it matter if the Boar Seal is effective or not? As long as the jutsu can be released…"
After speaking, Uehara Naraku raised his hand to the sky to validate his words, shouting loudly, "Lighting Release: Heavenly Thunder Prison Jutsu!"
Thunderclouds instantly covered the sky!
Lightning moved among the thunderclouds, and suddenly a bolt of lightning shot forth, striking Fourth Mizukage Yagura!
The thick tail behind Yagura blocked the bolt of lightning. He glanced at his slightly scorched tail, with a puzzled look in his eyes.
How… how did he release Lighting Release Ninjutsu?
Yagura hadn't figured out why Uehara Naraku suddenly released Lighting Release Ninjutsu when another bolt of lightning fell, striking his tail again!
"Hmm?"
Yagura came to his senses, watching as another bolt of lightning shot out from the storm clouds. His expression finally became serious: "This Jutsu strikes twice every second?"
The interval is too short!
Not to mention Yagura releasing a jutsu; even rushing to Uehara Naraku and interrupting his jutsu with Taijutsu seems too late.
"Kid, no wonder you dare to come to assassinate me…"
Karatachi Yagura clenched his fists as a mass of scarlet Chakra emerged from his body. The Chakra carried an evil and violent aura, covering his body almost instantly; it was the Chakra of the Three-tails!
"But this power is far from enough!"
In Yagura's angry roar, the red Chakra completely covered his face. At this moment, Yagura was enveloped by a Tailed Beast Cloak, carrying an aura of dread and unease.
Watching from the side, Hoshigaki Kisame also had a solemn look on his face, his hand gripping the restless Shark Skin Greatsword that threatened to leap from his palm.
This is the power of a Tailed Beast!
For millennia, the power of the nine Tailed Beasts symbolized destruction and violence, and any Jinchuriki able to wield that power, could easily become a Kage-level powerhouse.
In the next moment, the ground beneath Yagura suddenly shattered!
The half-Tailed Beast transformed Yagura all but ignored the lightning strikes, transforming into a red creature charging towards Uehara Naraku. His speed was too fast; Uehara could hardly see his movements!
In the next second, Yagura was already in front of Uehara, his fist cloaked with Tailed Beast Chakra about to hit Uehara's chest!
"Command: Shock Wave."
A puppet appeared in Uehara's hand, which suddenly opened, and the surrounding space was immediately distorted visibly!
Yagura was helplessly pulled together by the twisted space!
Uehara Naraku's indifferent gaze fell upon Yagura, and a purple energy ray shot from his eyes, instantly scorching away Yagura's Chakra Armor!
"Ahhhhh…"
The intense pain and the agony of his body surface disappearing caused Yagura to let out an irrepressible scream as scales began appearing on his body, attempting to resist the energy ray with the power of the Three-tails.
Finally, a colossal figure emerged!
The fully transformed Three-tailed Isobu reappeared in front of Uehara Naraku. However, its body was miserably covered in pits and wounds.
"Roar!"
The Life Form Dissolving Beam continued!
Even with the Three-tails manifestation, it struggled with the soul-eroding agony, raising an unending tidal wave, surging towards Uehara Naraku!
Uehara casually extended his hand, summoning a huge wind wall: "Wind Release: Wind Barrier!"
The appearance of the wind wall's Chakra flipped the Three-tails' Water Release Ninjutsu, the waves rushing back and crashing into the Three-tails!
"…Huh?"
Previously calm Hoshigaki Kisame's expression collapsed completely watching this scene: "Not needing Hand Seals to release a jutsu is one thing…but Lord Uehara, can actually release two different attribute jutsus simultaneously?"
Despite racking his shark-like head, he couldn't figure out how this was possible!
Hoshigaki Kisame could only surmise that if the Three-tails remained under the purple energy beam's attack, its death was a mere matter of time.
The purple energy released from Uehara's eyes was overwhelmingly powerful!
Suddenly, a splash of water beneath the Three-tails swirled and transformed into a gigantic waterman, striking it away, rescuing it from the energy beam's assault!
Subsequently, the colossal waterman turned and pointed a finger towards Uehara's direction; a crisp sound echoed in everyone's ears: "Water Release: Water Iron Cannon Jutsu!"
A gushing jet shot towards Uehara Naraku!
Uehara Naraku was hit head-on by a Water Iron Cannon, his body thrown back, the purple energy beam uncontrollably sweeping the surroundings, reducing trees and grass to absolute nothingness!
"When did he get here?"
Hoshigaki Kisame's expression shifted, grasping his Shark Skin Greatsword as he stood, his gaze slowly turning to the gigantic waterman.
The gigantic waterman slowly gathered together, transforming into a youth with sharp teeth appearing before them.
"Kisame-senpai, what's going on here?"
The young ninja glanced at the still observer Hoshigaki Kisame, then at Uehara Naraku who was getting up again, frowning as he asked, "That guy…is he here to assassinate Lord Mizukage?"
"Indeed!"
Hoshigaki Kisame tightened his grip on his Ninja Blade, looking at the young ninja before him with a light laugh: "Could it be you too, like Zabuza, are here to assassinate Lord Mizukage? As the future hope of The Hidden Mist Village, betraying wouldn't be so good…Hozuki Mangetsu."
Now able to perform the Water Transformation Jutsu and the Hozuki Family's unique techniques, possessing such strength, it could only be another member of the Seven-swords Ninja of the Hidden Mist, Hozuki Mangetsu.
He was also regarded as the youngest and reputed to be one of the most powerful of the Seven-swords Ninja in the village's history.
The Seven-swords Ninja always selected its members based on strength and compatibility with Ninja blades, but the Hozuki Family easily earned the favor of the seven swords.
Furthermore, Hozuki Mangetsu possessed extraordinary Ninjutsu talent and a prestigious lineage from the Hozuki Family, always seen by ordinary Hidden Mist ninjas as the man who could lead the village to a renaissance.
Hozuki Mangetsu didn't answer Kisame's question, merely frowning at Kisame's bandaged wounds, asking back, "Kisame-senpai, please answer me first, why are you here? Otherwise, I'll consider you as an enemy to be eliminated."
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