As Hozuki Gengetsu spoke, the arm Yoru Machi had severed earlier slowly regenerated due to the immortal body granted by Impure World Reincarnation.
Honestly, although he was a battle maniac and was quite thrilled to encounter such a powerful opponent as Yoru Machi, this damned immortal body still annoyed him somewhat.
A fight where he could neither be injured nor exhausted—was that even a fucking fight? If he could, he would rather have been killed by Yoru Machi just now than linger on in such an almost shameless manner.
He, Hozuki Gengetsu, was a man of standing, not some shameless old bastard like Muu.
"Brat of the Uchiha Clan, I admit that you are true gold among the sand, but you'd better be careful from here on out!"
Looking at the hand seals he had formed, Hozuki Gengetsu knew exactly what technique he was about to use, so he could not help but warn him.
"Steam Impending Violent Wave—!"
As a mass of oil and water mixed and condensed, a child-sized version of Hozuki Gengetsu appeared before Yoru Machi and the others. It looked just like him, except that its right arm bore a massive axe blade.
The technique known as Steam Impending Violent Wave was an endlessly explosive ninjutsu developed by Hozuki Gengetsu himself.
Hozuki Gengetsu used the oil and water within his body to create a childlike clone, which possessed tremendous speed and fairly formidable taijutsu abilities.
Since the clone's outer layer was made of oil while its interior was water, it was highly susceptible to both heating and cooling.
Once it moved, the oil on its surface heated up rapidly, causing the water within its body to evaporate and trigger a steam explosion.
The more water vapor accumulated inside the clone, the larger it became. Its speed