"There's no choice! We can only defend! Earth Release: Earth Style Wall Technique!" The Chunin ran downhill as he turned and unleashed an Earth Release defensive technique.
The Earth Wall that Chunin Nobunaga raised in his panic was quite fragile. Once the oil barrels hit the wall, Shiyu held up his index and middle fingers and shouted, "Explode!!!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The barrels exploded, blasting the Earth Wall to pieces. The force of the blast sent the three shinobi below flying, but they were incredibly lucky: the shock wave only knocked them down, and none of them suffered serious injuries.
"Wahahahaha!" Nobunaga was surprised to find that he was unharmed, and burst into laughter again.
"Big bro! What are you laughing at now?!"
"We're already miserable enough!"
Foxfire and Yukimura were on the verge of breaking down. They almost covered Nobunaga's mouth.
"I'm laughing at him. He planned so many things, but still failed to take us down. If it were me—"
"If it were you, you'd use the terrain, attack from above, and hit us with a powerful jutsu, right?" Shiyu spoke the Chunin's thoughts aloud.
"What! How did you know that? Can you read minds?!" Nobunaga was shocked.
"Read minds? You literally just said it yourself!!!" Foxfire and Yukimura covered their faces, laughing helplessly as they thought, This is it for us.
"Since you want one, I'll give you one! Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
"What... Haha! You're kidding, right? You're just a kid. How could you know a jutsu like that? You're just bluffing, aren't you?"
At first, Nobunaga didn't believe him. Then his face turned pale, as did the faces of his two sidekicks.
The raging waterfall behind Shiyu was no bluff.
"Boom! Rumble-rumble-rumble!"
The waterfall, with its tremendous force, surged straight down the slope. As