The True Strength (Fourth Update)

"Earth Release: Water Whip!"

A rope formed from water-attribute chakra suddenly flew toward Uchiha Matsuri, who was five meters away. Before he could react, he was tightly bound by the water whip from head to toe.

Seeing Uchiha Matsuri struggling while bound by the water whip, Yoru Mizuzuki gave a wicked smile. "Little brother, don't bother struggling. No one has ever managed to escape once I've bound them with my Water Whip."

"Damn it."

"Hee hee hee, little brother, I'll give you one last chance. Join us." Yoru Mizuzuki used her finger to lift Uchiha Matsuri's chin.

"Pah! You ugly hag, I'll never join you," Uchiha Matsuri refused flatly.

"If you won't drink the toast, you'll be forced to drink the forfeit!" Yoru Mizuzuki slapped Uchiha Matsuri across the face. Since he was tightly restrained by the water whip, he could only passively take the blow.

A few minutes later, the left side of Uchiha Matsuri's face was completely red and swollen. Having finished teaching Uchiha Matsuri a lesson, Yoru Mizuzuki immediately stopped.

"Now, it's time to fulfill my promise." Yoru Mizuzuki drew a kunai from her pocket with her right hand.

"You—what are you doing?" Uchiha Matsuri felt a sudden sense of dread.

With a "shing" sound, a scratch appeared on Uchiha Matsuri's face, and he let out a cry of "Ah!"

"Big sister, please don't cut me anymore, I know I was wrong," Uchiha Matsuri pleaded, kneeling down.

"Only realizing you're wrong now? It's too late! You called me an ugly hag earlier, so let's see if I can't turn you into a real monster!" Yoru Mizuzuki said viciously.

After dozens of slashes, Uchiha Matsuri's once-handsome face had become unrecognizable.

Gazing at Uchiha Matsuri's disfigured face, Yoru Mizuzuki felt her mood improve instantly.

However, a few seconds later, Yoru Mizuzuki suddenly frowned.

"Something's wrong," Yoru Mizuzuki thought suspiciously. "Why do I feel like something is off?"

"How could all of this be so easy?"

After staring at the weeping Uchiha Matsuri for a few seconds, Yoru Mizuzuki suddenly realized the truth. "So that's how it is."

"It seems I've been caught in his genjutsu for a long time. The binding, the begging—it was all an illusion," Yoru Mizuzuki mocked herself.

Without hesitation, Yoru Mizuzuki stabbed herself with the kunai she was holding.

Poof!

The scene before her eyes shifted rapidly. The kneeling, weeping "Uchiha Matsuri" gradually vanished, replaced by the real Uchiha Matsuri, who was holding a kunai and about to reach her side.

"Not good."

Yoru Mizuzuki hurriedly unleashed an Earth Release technique, finally repelling the suddenly attacking Uchiha Matsuri.

After being pushed back, Uchiha Matsuri didn't lose heart; instead, he revealed an intriguing smile.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless," Uchiha Matsuri taunted.

The genjutsu Uchiha Matsuri had just cast on Yoru Mizuzuki was one that followed the inner desires of the victim, and as the caster, Uchiha Matsuri had naturally watched the entire play from a god's-eye view.

"You played me?" Yoru Mizuzuki said viciously, glaring at the smug Uchiha Matsuri.

"You're the first person to ever realize they were caught in my genjutsu," Uchiha Matsuri praised without reservation.

"Damn you!" Yoru Mizuzuki, humiliated and enraged, attacked Uchiha Matsuri regardless of the consequences.

"Water Release: Water Style: Water Torrential Rain!"

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

Yoru Mizuzuki and Uchiha Matsuri unleashed their ninjutsu simultaneously.

The Earth Dragon Bullet and the Water Torrential Rain collided, and both forces instantly disintegrated.

Yoru Mizuzuki looked at Uchiha Matsuri with fury and shouted, "Since conventional methods can't finish you off, then I'll show you my true power!"

"True power?" Uchiha Matsuri asked, puzzled.

In truth, during the half-hour they had been fighting, Yoru Mizuzuki hadn't used her full strength. Her reason was to conserve energy so that after defeating Uchiha Matsuri, she could still fend off attacks from other factions in the dense forest.

However, dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel. Since conventional means couldn't defeat Uchiha Matsuri, Yoru Mizuzuki had no choice but to use her trump card.

As she spoke, Yoru Mizuzuki's hands began to weave seals at high speed:

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A massive water pillar hundreds of meters high suddenly rose from the nearby lake. Gradually, the water pillar took the shape of a dragon and surged toward Uchiha Matsuri.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow City Wall!"

Uchiha Matsuri instantly deployed an Earth Flow City Wall to block the Water Dragon Bullet (among chakra attributes, Earth suppresses Water).

However, Uchiha Matsuri never expected the Water Dragon Bullet to instantly shatter the Earth Flow City Wall. The massive shockwave of the Water Dragon Bullet struck Uchiha Matsuri in the chest, and he felt as if his internal organs were about to be shattered.

At the same time, hit by the Water Dragon Bullet, Uchiha Matsuri was sent flying hundreds of meters backward before crashing heavily to the ground.

Cough, cough.

Uchiha Matsuri spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Such powerful Water Release," Uchiha Matsuri said with difficulty, clutching his chest. "It even instantly destroyed the Earth Release that is supposed to suppress it."

Seeing Uchiha Matsuri sent flying by the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Yoru Mizuzuki smiled triumphantly before glancing over the state of the battlefield.

Dozens of meters away, Jiraiya, in Sage Mode, was locked in an inseparable struggle against three men wielding great swords. To the right of the carriage, Kiba Inuzuka was being suppressed at every turn in his fight against the Mist ninja, gradually losing the upper hand.

Meanwhile, on the left side of the carriage, the formidable Narishige Sawa was being firmly suppressed by Minato Namikaze, his body covered in wounds.

"What a piece of trash, you can't even beat a genin," Yoru Mizuzuki mocked, looking at the disheveled Narishige Sawa.

Although Yoru Mizuzuki and Narishige Sawa did not get along and were notorious rivals within the Six-Man Squad, as teammates who had faced life and death together, Yoru Mizuzuki still ran over to assist him.

Seeing Yoru Mizuzuki arrive as reinforcements, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but frown.

Why did this person come over? What about Matsuri? Could it be... Minato Namikaze couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for Uchiha Matsuri.

"You idiot, you can't even beat a genin; you're about to lose all the face of our Six-Man Squad," Yoru Mizuzuki sneered at the battered Narishige Sawa.

"Hmph, you think you're so great? You won't be laughing for long!" Narishige Sawa retorted defiantly.

"Hahaha, Narishige Sawa, watch closely and see how this lady teaches this brat a lesson." Yoru Mizuzuki's eyes turned icy in an instant.

"Water Style—Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

Yoru Mizuzuki used the technique once again, and a dragon-shaped column of water spiraled through the air, charging toward Minato Namikaze, who stood calmly on the ground.

"It's a hit!" Just as the Water Dragon Bullet was about to strike Minato Namikaze, Yoru Mizuzuki was so excited she nearly shouted out loud.