"It's a large-scale Water Release technique! This is bad—fall back!" Faced with Suikazan Fuguki's Water Style: Exploding Water Colliding Wave, the Kaguya Clan commander hurriedly warned the people around him.
Like the Kaguya Clan, who took the greatest pride in their bloodline, they were the only clan in Kirigakure that hardly practiced Water Release.
So the changing battlefield worked against the Kaguya Clan's ability to fight, and only made things easier for the Anbu closing in on them.
But now that the natural environment for Water Release had taken shape, how could the well-coordinated Kirigakure Anbu let them retreat so easily?
"Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique."
"Water Release: Water Fang Bullet."
The techniques were performed by Biwa Juzo and Raiga Kurosuki, respectively.
Although Raiga Kurosuki specialized in Lightning Release, Water Release was also one of his basic skills.
A giant water shark charged savagely into the Kaguya Clan ranks. After knocking three Kaguya Clan members flying, its sharp teeth cruelly tore apart two others nearby, and the blood that burst forth stained its body red.
Blood mixed with bits of their innards sprayed from the mouths of the three Kaguya Clan members who had been knocked flying. They were clearly as good as dead.
After killing five people, the water shark returned to the vast pool created by the Exploding Water Colliding Wave, waiting for its next chance to attack. This undoubtedly saved the user a great deal of chakra.
Raiga Kurosuki's Water Fang Bullet was just as fierce. A stream of highly condensed water shot out from the Exploding Water Colliding Wave and swept straight through the Kaguya Clan ranks. Many Kaguya Clan ninja who failed to dodge in time were flung dozens of meters away. Even the physically powerful Kaguya Clan couldn't withstand an attack of this force, and most of those who hit the ground were gravely injured and unable to move.
Seeing that the clan's defensive line was about to fall back yet again, the Kaguya Clan commander hurriedly began organizing an effective resistance.
"Fight back! Quickly, fight back!" At his command, the remaining Kaguya Clan ninja hurled all kinds of projectiles at the Kirigakure Anbu or used long-range attacks such as Three-Finger Bullet and Five-Finger Bullet to impede their advance.
"Water Release: Water Wall." With the home-field advantage of Water Release, the Water Wall jointly performed by several Kirigakure Anbu easily blocked the Kaguya Clan's counterattack. Then they continued advancing into Kaguya Clan territory.
Seeing the defensive line they had just managed to put up on the verge of collapsing again, the Kaguya Clan commander shouted encouragement. "Don't give up! Hold on a little longer! The clan chief is already on his way with the clan's elite!"
Encouraged by his words and trusting in their clan chief's strength, the Kaguya Clan members present managed to hold the Anbu back.
"You're asking for death." Using the Body Flicker Technique to dodge a bone bullet flying toward him, Suikazan Fuguki pulled Great Sword: Samehada from his back and swung it at the Kaguya Clan commander.
Great Sword: Samehada: It could absorb an opponent's chakra and inject the chakra it absorbed into its wielder. This sword was primarily used to shave people down. Its dark-blue blade was covered in barbs and usually wrapped in bandages.
Great Sword: Samehada was alive and only accepted people it liked. Its wielder could not only drain an opponent's chakra for their own use, but also use the vast amount of chakra stored in Samehada to stimulate the regeneration of their cells. They could even merge with Samehada and become a fish-man.
Facing Suikazan Fuguki's deadly attack, his opponent dared not be careless and immediately used all his chakra to defend himself.
"Bone Membrane Hardening." Driven by chakra, the Shikotsumyaku formed a layer of hard bone beneath his skin, ensuring his internal organs wouldn't suffer severe damage.
"Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Camellia." Next, the Kaguya Clan member pulled a steel-hard arm bone from his shoulder and turned it into a bone sword to counter Suikazan Fuguki's Samehada.
"You think pulling out a bone will stop me?" Faced with the Kaguya Clan member's resistance, Suikazan Fuguki put more force into his swing.
"Clang!"
To Suikazan Fuguki's surprise, the bone sword actually withstood Samehada's attack.
"Hmph." Suikazan Fuguki quickly recovered, then gave his wrist a slight twist. The raised barbs on Samehada snapped every white bandage wrapped around it.
"Samehada, absorb his chakra." Under Suikazan Fuguki's control, his opponent's chakra flowed into Samehada through the point where the sword and bone blade met. Samehada stored some of it, while the rest replenished the chakra Suikazan Fuguki had just spent on his technique.
"Gah... This can't go on. I'll be drained dry." Feeling the chakra rapidly leaving his body, the Kaguya Clan member hurriedly aimed his other palm at Suikazan Fuguki.
"Five-Finger Bullet." Five bone bullets shot straight at Suikazan Fuguki's face, forcing him to retreat for the moment.
"But how many more times can your chakra withstand that?" Suikazan Fuguki glared at his opponent. The instant an opening appeared, he would swing Samehada and hack into him.
Ignoring the standoff between the two, Raiga Kurosuki had already charged into the Kaguya Clan ranks and begun slaughtering them.
"Thunder Burial: Banquet of Lightning." Raiga Kurosuki plunged both swords into the ground. After a brief moment of gathering power, four branch-like bolts of blue lightning burst from the blades and struck the Kaguya Clan ninja in front of him.
Four Kaguya Clan members were directly hit by the lightning. In an instant, they turned into charred heaps scattered at his feet.
"Now that's satisfying! Again!"
Raiga Kurosuki, who had been pent up for a long time, grew more excited as he fought. He raised both swords over his head and crossed them to gather electricity. A bolt of lightning came down from the sky and struck the point where the blades crossed.
Once the swords had finished charging, Raiga Kurosuki suddenly spread them apart, and the charged lightning blasted in every direction.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Fang."
The lightning attack, infused with the power of heaven and earth, instantly cleared the area around Raiga Kurosuki.
"Senior Fuguki, if you can't handle him, just leave him to me."
Already caught up in the thrill of killing, Raiga Kurosuki didn't care whether he stole Fuguki's opponent. He used his twin swords to channel lightning from the sky and send it crashing down on Fuguki's opponent.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Strike."
"This is bad—move!" Seeing that the lightning strike was impossible to withstand, the Kaguya Clan member immediately scrambled backward.
The lightning strike missed its target, but blasted a deep crater into the earth beneath him.
"Raiga Kurosuki, your blades are reaching a little too far." Fuguki stared at Raiga Kurosuki with displeasure. The other man's actions just now could be taken as a challenge to his authority.
"Sorry, Senior Fuguki. That guy really is tough to deal with. I'll leave him to you." Though he apologized, there wasn't the slightest trace of remorse in Raiga Kurosuki's voice.
"Hmph." After giving him a long look, Suikazan Fuguki raised Samehada again and charged at the retreating Kaguya Clan member.