Explosion Release (Please Vote!)

On an uninhabited deserted island.

"Hah!"

Hyuga Kagami, controlling his second Earth Release clone, let out a sharp cry. A series of rumbling explosions immediately erupted nearby, and the ground seemed to tremble faintly beneath his feet.

In the fresh sea breeze, scattered sparks danced through the air as thick smoke billowed upward!

Watching the explosion before him, Hyuga Kagami's second Earth Release clone curled his lips into a smile. A faintly smug look appeared on his somewhat youthful face.

Just moments ago, he had successfully used this second Earth Release clone to detonate a clay bird.

That clay bird had been made from a new type of Explosive Clay he had formulated himself. Whether in explosive power, the smoothness of chakra control, or detonation speed, it was close to the Explosive Clay Deidara used.

"Heh, improving Explosive Clay formulas isn't as difficult as I imagined!"

Hyuga Kagami chuckled as he kneaded Explosive Clay in his hands.

Although the Explosive Clay formulas recorded in Konoha's Archive were all outdated formulas used by Iwagakure during the Third Shinobi World War, Deidara's improvements to Explosive Clay formulas had likewise been based on those outdated formulas.

Thus, after obtaining several Explosive Clay formulas from Kirigakure, Hyuga Kagami combined all the Explosive Clay formulas collected by Konoha and Kirigakure for a comprehensive analysis. He then prepared dozens of improved Explosive Clays of his own, eventually discovering one formula extremely similar to the Explosive Clay used by Deidara—the formula for the clay bird he had just detonated.

In truth, ordinary Explosive Clay, regardless of the formula used, was not much more powerful than an Explosive Tag.

However, because Explosive Clay had a high affinity with Earth Release ninjutsu and could often produce remarkable results when used alongside Earth Release techniques, it was highly favored by