Boom! Amid the thunderous blast, another wave of Mist Ninja was completely wiped out.
"Impressive. Is this Iwagakure's trump card?" The Fourth Mizukage barely endured the explosion with defensive ninjutsu, spat out a mouthful of blood, and glanced around.
The Artificial Human Ninjas possessed tenacious vitality and had already reached Kage-level strength. Though such explosions were powerful, most of them were merely injured rather than killed. Only a handful of unfortunate Artificial Human Ninjas died for various reasons.
But ordinary ninja did not possess that kind of strength. Looking around, of the several thousand-strong Mist Ninja army, only a few hundred remained.
"Those Iwagakure lunatics—what kind of ninjutsu are they using? Have they really gone so mad that they do not care about their own lives?" Beside him, the Kaguya clan's patriarch gently twisted his body. With a series of cracking sounds, his previously broken bones healed once more.
"This should be Iwagakure's contingency plan. I never expected them to have Exploding Ninjas like this."
The speaker was the leader of the Hozuki Clan ninja sent here this time. His face was deathly pale, the result of losing a great deal of water when his liquefied body had been evaporated just now.
"I never thought the first ones to be hit by such a contingency plan would be us from Kirigakure. I thought Konoha would definitely be the ones to run into this move!"
The Fourth Mizukage waved a hand. "Let's go. We'll withdraw for now and attack again after we figure out how to deal with these Exploding Ninjas!"
His expression was calm, showing not the slightest emotion over the heavy casualties.
Or rather, he had anticipated this outcome long ago. Thus, the vast majority of the cannon fodder in the ninja army he had brought to launch this