Mist Ninja Routed

The sky was overcast, and a howling, cold wind blew.

With a deafening roar, the rock platform collapsed. A cloud of sinking acid mist turned the entire platform into a hollow chimney. As the acid mist destroyed the underground continental shelf, the platform collapsed uncontrollably.

A huge plume of smoke shot into the sky, the gray column of smoke piercing directly into the heavens.

"Wow! That move was incredibly destructive."

With the Third Mizukage's corpse in one hand, Katsuki leaped onto the sea surface, riding on lightning, and admired the magnificent sight before him.

This astonishing turn of events brought a brief moment of calm to the fiercely battling ninjas. Almost everyone instinctively turned their gaze to the enormous pillar of smoke that seemed to connect heaven and earth. The first to react were the sensory ninjas, especially those from the Mist Ninja side, who all wore expressions of astonishment and disbelief.

The Third Mizukage's Chakra fluctuations disappeared.

The disappearance of Chakra fluctuations is something sensory ninjas know all too well. Generally speaking, there are only two possible outcomes: either the fluctuations are blocked or the chakra is blocked, such as being taken away from this space by Reverse Summoning Technique, or the chakra is enveloped by a super powerful barrier, which is rare. The second outcome, death, is more common!

"The Lord Mizukage? Hahaha... Hahaha... What am I saying? I'm out of my mind... How could the Lord Mizukage be dead... Impossible, impossible..."

The Mist Ninja's expression shifted between light and shadow as she spoke, and her trembling voice betrayed her inner confusion.

As it turns out, the Jonin were not heartless. The news that their own village's Kage might be dead was a huge shock to Jonin. Many sensory ninjas were in a daze, forgetting their opponents who were still fighting, their minds blank!

"Kill!"

"Dance of the Willow".

"Ice Release, Lance".

Although it was unclear why the Mist Ninja were in such a chaotic state, the Jonin from the Yuki and Kaguya families wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass by. They acted swiftly and decisively, immediately turning the Mist Ninja into a bloodbath.

"Retreat! Retreat! Lord Mizukage has fallen! Everyone retreat..."

Suikazan Fuguki swung his sword horizontally with a backhand strike, the monstrous spikes of Samehada scratching Yuki Hatsuzuki's right arm. His bulky body sprang back towards the sea at incredible speed, shouting for the Mist Ninja to retreat.

Samehada is incredibly sensitive to life fluctuations, so Suikazan Fuguki knew very well that the Third Mizukage had died. He understood that the Mist Ninja had lost this time, losing both face and substance. Now, all they could do was get as many survivors as possible out of there.

The Third Mizukage is dead. The Hozuki Clan Head, the Koshimizu Clan Head, and the high-ranking leaders of the Anbu were all killed by Katsuki. Among the remaining people, only Suikazan Fuguki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, is still alive and holds the highest position. Moreover, the Seven Man Group of the Mist, who were already badly beaten by Katsuki, are now almost completely wiped out.

The user of the Hiramekarei was riddled with holes by three Jonin from the Kaguya clan, making him as transparent as a sieve. His Ninja Blade was also stolen. Munashi Jinpachi used his Exploding Blade Shibuki to blow people up, and in the end, he and a Jonin the Yuki clan were blown to pieces. Only his sword was left, which was fortunately picked up by a nearby Mist Ninja. The survivors were Biwa Juzo, Ringo Ameyuri, and Suikazan Fuguki.

The Mist Ninja were thrown into chaos. Some, like Suikazan Fuguki, believed they had already lost and that their only option was to preserve their strength and begin to retreat. But others fought on relentlessly, revealing the madness inherent in the Mist Ninja's very nature, determined to die fighting to the death.

"Hey, help me freeze this body."

Katsuki, riding on lightning, forcefully entered the battlefield, crushing a Mist Ninja to death with one hand, and tossing the Third Mizukage's corpse to a bewildered Jonin from the Yuki clan.

The latter hurriedly caught the corpse, watching as Katsuki transformed into a streak of lightning and began hunting down the crazed Mist Ninja.

"... So strong."

The Jonin the Yuki and Kaguya clans gradually stopped, because all their opponents had been defeated by Katsuki with a single strike. Almost no Mist Ninja could force Katsuki to use a second strike.

The Kaguya clan, these brutes whose brains were practically filled with muscles, were overflowing with admiration for Katsuki. They used their bare hands to withstand the attacks of the Mist Ninja, taking down katanas, Kunai, Shuriken, Taijutsu, and Ninjutsu with ease, their mutually destructive fighting style taking down one Mist Ninja after another.

"...Monster! Monster... He's a monster..."

Even the most cold-blooded and insane Mist Ninja could not withstand such a one-sided massacre. One Kirigakure Mist Ninja screamed hysterically and turned to flee in the southeast towards the direction of Kirigakure.

Then came the second, the third... The despair spread like a plague among the Mist Ninja. The remaining three hundred-plus Mist Ninja scattered in all directions, each using their own methods to escape with all their might. Many of them plunged into the sea and swam away underwater.

At this Katsuki was too lazy to deal with these guys one by one, so he set his sights on the fat bastard Suikazan Fuguki.

"Damn it... Samehada!"

The Suikazan Fuguki reacted incredibly quickly. Samehada suddenly opened its mouth wide and swallowed the round Fuguki whole, then with a splash, it plunged into the sea, transforming into a plump half-mermaid who nimbly dived into the deep ocean...

"Holy crap! This is absolutely appalling..."

The Katsuki creature bared its teeth; its rounded, half-mermaid form was almost too much to bear looking at.

"You got there fast this time."

The deep sea is not Katsuki's forte. His swimming skills are quite ordinary. It's not that he's a landlubber, but his swimming ability is just average. Once he's in the water, he can hardly use his skills.

"Clan Chief Yuki, have someone take possession of those ships...? Were they damaged?"

Yuki Hatsuzuki's right arm fell unnaturally to the side. Suikazan Fuguki's sudden attack at the last moment had caught him off guard, and his right arm had temporarily lost sensation, rendering it useless.

"Hey, stop chasing those guys! Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall, and a cornered rabbit will bite. If you're really pushed to the limit, you won't be able to escape either. Hurry up and go protect those ships. Those things are our spoils of war; we'll use them when Land of Fire. Be careful not to let the Mist Ninja destroy them."

While Katsuki the ninjas from both families to take over the eight warships carrying the Mist Ninja, a large group of Shadow Clones began healing the wounded.