Judging by this, Hozuki Zangetsu was essentially a younger version of the Second Mizukage. Not only that, after using Steam Imp, the Second Mizukage would temporarily hide. After using Steam Imp, the caster would become extremely weak.
The principle behind Steam Imp was as follows: the caster extracted the oils and water from his body to form a child clone. Therefore, the child clone was not energy, but a mass of biological oil and water.
It was no wonder Hozuki Zangetsu's Chakra had been directly depleted by one-third after extracting that much oil and water from his body. However, Hozuki Zangetsu was not weakened. Instead, he could use Water Cannon: Air Practice Bomb to attack Su Xiao from a distance.
"It seems it's about time."
Hozuki Zangetsu exhaled. His cheeks were visibly sunken, a side effect of having water extracted from his body in such a short time.
"Not good."
Su Xiao turned and charged into the distance.
"Hidden Mist Technique, explode!"
Hozuki Zangetsu let out a loud roar, and the child clone, which had already expanded to five meters in size, exploded.
Boom!
Scorching hot steam spread out, and a massive steam explosion engulfed the surrounding two hundred meters.
The explosion was not the most impossible-to-counter aspect of Steam Imp. The truly troublesome part was that the child clone could not be attacked with a sharp weapon, or it would explode immediately—and at close range, too. Su Xiao's instincts had detected this long ago, which was why he had never used Dragon Slayer Flash to attack the child clone, instead probing it with Blue Steel Shadow.
Hozuki Zangetsu was the successor of the Second Mizukage, Hozuki Gengetsu. If he fought Mei Terumi one-on-one, Mei Terumi would not be his opponent. His Steam Imp was even stronger than the Second