Yagura's body flew backward like a rag doll and slammed into the distant cliff.
Blood gushed from the gaping hole in his chest, staining the surrounding water dark red.
"Lord Yagura!!"
The Mist Ninja around him cried out in alarm. Yotsuki Sora slowly withdrew his finger, his expression indifferent.
"Looks like you can't copy everything after all."
The Water Mirror Technique could indeed copy any ninjutsu. That much was evident from how it had just copied his Lightning Release: Horizontal Lightning, and how it had perfectly replicated Naruto and Killer B during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Add Isobu to that, along with the various powerful Wind Release and Water Release techniques Yagura himself possessed.
In terms of overall combat strength, Yagura ranked among the best of the many Kage.
Unfortunately...
The current Yagura was not yet a jinchuriki.
That meant he lacked the chakra needed to maintain the Water Mirror Technique's perfect replication.
Moreover, although Yagura had extensive combat experience, his entire repertoire proved useless against a monster like Yotsuki Sora, whose raw strength overwhelmed every technique.
Compared to Dust Release, a kekkei tōta capable of breaking objects down into atoms, Yagura's Water Release posed far too little threat to Yotsuki Sora.
Yagura's body was embedded deep in the cliff, loose rubble raining down around him.
His pupils had lost focus, but his right hand still clutched his broken Coral Staff.
"Protect Lord Yagura!"
A desperate cry tore across the battlefield.
The surviving Hidden Mist elites surged forward like a tide, utterly heedless of their lives.
"Water Release: Water Wall!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Dozens of ninjutsu erupted simultaneously, forming layers of barriers in front of Yagura.
Several Hidden Mist jonin even placed themselves directly in front of Yagura, forming hand seals as they prepared to fight to the