When Uchiha Obito found the Jinchuriki hidden by the Shinobi Allied Forces, the battle between Mizuki and Kabuto Yakushi was also growing ever fiercer.
What inspired wariness was not Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, who had yet to reveal himself.
When Mizuki used the Sage Art Lava Release Thousand Conquest Decree to turn the battlefield into a death zone, the threat posed by an assassin-type shinobi like Hatake Sakumo was greatly reduced.
By turning the ground below into a lake of lava, Mizuki had also intended to deny enemies hiding in the shadows any chance to launch sneak attacks.
But now, everything had spiraled out of control.
Hozuki Gengetsu, the Second Mizukage, was capable of causing immense harm in such an environment—he was even more troublesome than Second Tsuchikage Mū.
As one of the rare masters who had brought Water Style ninjutsu to its pinnacle, he had ascended to the position of Mizukage and even perished alongside Second Tsuchikage Mū, who possessed Kekkei Tōta. It was impossible to overestimate someone like him.
Yet in the end, Mizuki realized that he had still underestimated the strength of these exceptional figures who had founded shinobi villages beneath the shadows of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju.
Though he did not possess chakra nearly on the level of a tailed beast like Kisame Hoshigaki and thus could not generate enormous quantities of water, Hozuki Gengetsu's understanding of Water Style was likely unmatched by anyone save the already-dead Tobirama Senju.
Under the scorching heat of the lava lake below, the air should have been extremely dry, and the limited moisture should have turned into vapor and vanished.
Yet under Hozuki Gengetsu's control, a vast expanse of resilient water bubbles spread outward. Not only were they not evaporated, but after exploding, they even possessed considerable offensive