"The ocean, the origin of all things, teems with countless living creatures. Those creatures are far more powerful than anything we know. In one such place, the seawater possesses extreme corrosiveness and can devour a person's chakra. This old man was fortunate enough to find it and turn it into a Summoning Technique, using my clan's secret art to merge it into my body, thereby making my Water Release even stronger. What do you think of that?"
Its vast range prevented shinobi from moving freely within it, and its ability to drain chakra meant that, by Mingye's estimation, even Konoha chūnin would be unable to move within it at all. Jōnin could only barely hold out for a little over ten minutes, while even elite jōnin, though capable of barely remaining atop the black water, would be unable to launch any overly intense ninjutsu attacks. Byakuren's technique was virtually perfect in both offense and defense. Mingye wondered whether his eldest and second brothers' Susanoo could withstand it head-on and kill him, but at least he now knew of this weakness first. Moreover, this technique was ineffective against him, because what he used was Sage Arts rather than chakra. He gave Byakuren a meaningful look before praising him again.
"Heh, very impressive. As expected of a leading figure of the Land of Water."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Byakuren did not modestly decline Mingye's praise. He controlled the black seawater, shaping it into a giant that punched a mountain. After being struck by the giant formed from black seawater, the invisible barrier gave off countless wisps of white smoke before corroding and shattering. The mountain instantly vanished, revealing a village that looked like an earthly paradise. At the village entrance, Uzumaki Jingting watched the two coldly as he opened a scroll