The Death of Mei Terumi! Dissolve Everything? One Punch Through the Mizukage's Heart!

Three days later, in the Land of Water, on the outskirts of the Hidden Mist Village.

This place was shrouded year-round in a white fog so thick it could not be dispersed. All around, it was so quiet that only the sound of waves striking the reefs could be heard, and the air carried a mingled stench of brine and decay. Yuan walked alone down the slick stone road, his black windbreaker looking especially heavy in the damp air.

Before he could reach the Hidden Mist Village's worn-out gate, the white fog ahead suddenly retreated to both sides as if split by a sharp blade.

Hundreds of elite Hidden Mist ninja wearing gas masks and carrying long blades were already waiting in full battle array in the valley ahead. These killers, who had survived the brutal elimination of the "Village of the Bloody Mist," gave off a colder, purer killing intent than ninja from other villages.

And at the very front of the army, a woman with a fiery figure, dressed in a blue deep-V long dress, stood atop a huge reef. She had long brown hair, and her emerald-green eyes were filled with undisguised hostility and vigilance.

The Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi.

"I hear you killed four Kage in a row and broke the bones of the Wind, Earth, and Lightning villages." Mei Terumi's red lips parted slightly, her voice carrying a hint of charm, but her eyes were as cold as ice. "So you came all this way to our backwater little place because you want me to be the last one?"

"Not the last one." Yuan stopped, both hands tucked leisurely into the pockets of his windbreaker, the Mangekyo Sharingan glowing red in the mist. "I'm here to wipe this broken patch of fog of yours completely off the map."

Mei Terumi's expression darkened, and the charm on her face vanished without a trace. "Arrogant Uchiha! The Hidden Mist Village finally managed to end the era of the Bloody Mist. I will never allow anyone to destroy it! Today, this great fog will be your grave!"

The instant her words fell, Mei Terumi's hands flew, forming seals so fast they left afterimages.

"Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique!"

She suddenly opened her red lips, and a viscous orange magma-like liquid giving off a pungent acidic smell sprayed out like a tidal wave, turning into a strong-acid waterfall dozens of meters wide that came crashing down over Yuan's head. This was absolutely no ordinary magma, but a deadly strong acid capable of melting even steel within seconds.

At the same time, Mei Terumi did not stop forming seals, and her abdomen sharply contracted.

"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique!"

In the already dense fog, a massive amount of white high-temperature steam instantly mixed in. This steam carried terrifying corrosive power; even the surrounding reefs let out teeth-aching "hiss, hiss" sounds the moment they touched it, turning into puddles of white foam.

Facing two extremely tricky kekkei genkai attacks, Yuan gave a cold snort. The violent chakra inside him, vast as an ocean abyss, exploded in an instant, and a half-bodied red war god clad in tengu armor rose from the ground! Susanoo directly blocked the pouring Lava Release acid outside.

However, what made Yuan raise a brow slightly was that the Boil Release mist with its extremely powerful corrosive properties actually seeped in through the gaps in Susanoo's joints. The surface of the red chakra crystal began making "sizzle, crackle" sounds, and it actually showed signs of slowly being corroded thinner!

"Your ninjutsu can actually corrode my Susanoo?" Yuan looked at the defensive layer gradually growing thinner, and not only was there no panic in his eyes, there was even a trace of excitement.

Standing on the reef, Mei Terumi took a breath, her chest heaving violently, and sneered. "In this Boil Release steam, all chakra and matter will be dissolved. The Uchiha's absolute defense is nothing more than a slightly tougher bone to chew. Turn into blood-water for me!"

She increased her chakra output again, and the acid and boiling poisonous mist instantly wrapped the red war god completely into a huge white cocoon.

"Dissolve? You're playing decomposition in front of me?"

From inside the Susanoo wrapped in the white cocoon came Yuan's wildly arrogant laughter. Immediately afterward, a terrifying fluctuation that did not belong to this village, or even to conventional ninjutsu, erupted from the center of the white cocoon.

"Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique!"

A dazzling semi-transparent white pillar of light, like a giant sword that split heaven and earth, directly cut open Mei Terumi's Boil Release and Lava Release encirclement from within!

The strong acid and poisonous mist that could dissolve chakra, the instant they touched the Dust Release pillar of light, seemed to have encountered their true master. They did not even have room to resist before they were stripped away at the molecular level and erased completely!

The white cocoon in midair vanished without a trace. Yuan stood in the center of the huge pit, maintaining the transparent Dust Release barrier in his hand, a mocking cold smile hanging at the corner of his mouth.

"How is that possible..." Mei Terumi staggered back two steps in horror, her eyes almost bulging out. "That's Onoki's Dust Release? How can you use it! My kekkei genkai... was decomposed by you?!"

"I told you long ago, all these trash ninjutsu you're so proud of are garbage in my eyes." Yuan crushed the Dust Release barrier in his hand with one grip and raised his right hand. "If your kekkei genkai isn't hard enough, then I'll use my fist to teach you what true smashing means!"

Yuan withdrew Susanoo, lightning flashed beneath his feet, and his entire body turned into a black hurricane, directly smashing through the air along the way and appearing in front of Mei Terumi in an instant.

His right fist was raised high, and over its knuckles, violent black lightning and the conceptual decomposition power of "Annihilation" coiled madly!

"Don't even think about it!" Mei Terumi was also a Kage-level powerhouse who had been through countless life-and-death battles. At the critical moment between life and death, she did not retreat. Instead, she gathered all the chakra remaining in her body into both hands.

"Lava Release: Great Melting Apparition Technique!"

She directly sprayed the most concentrated high-temperature acid from both hands, turning it into a strong-acid shield half a meter thick, blocking firmly in front of herself. This was her final trump card, capable of instantly burning through even the Raikage's armor.

Yuan had no intention of dodging at all. Facing that strong-acid shield capable of melting steel, he brought his fist down with fierce force!

"Squelch!"

Yuan's right fist smashed directly into the strong acid. The instant the high temperature and acid made contact, they burned the flesh on the back of his hand black and curled it back, exposing stark-white finger bones.

"You fell for it! My Lava Release will follow your arm and burn all your organs rotten!" A flash of joy crossed Mei Terumi's eyes.

But before she could rejoice, a brilliant blue light suddenly lit up over the surface of Yuan's mangled fist. The terrifying recovery power of the Strength of a Hundred Technique activated instantly, and granulation tissue writhed and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, forcibly healing the burned flesh.

At the same time, the ocular technique "Annihilation" wrapped around his fist exploded directly from within the Lava Release!

Bang—!

The strongest defense that Mei Terumi was so proud of shattered like glass. The decomposition power of "Annihilation" spread along her arms, directly stripping away the chakra connections in them.

Yuan's iron fist did not lose any momentum. Carrying monstrous strength capable of destroying heaven and earth, it slammed solidly into Mei Terumi's chest.

Crack!

Her ribs shattered completely, and the violent black lightning instantly pierced through her heart.

Mei Terumi spat out a huge mouthful of blood, and her body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, smashing heavily into the reef behind her and blasting a human-shaped pit into the rock.

The hundreds of Hidden Mist ninja were all stunned stupid. Their mouths hung open, and they did not even react when their weapons fell to the ground.

Yuan shook the remaining acid off his right hand and walked expressionlessly up to Mei Terumi.

Mei Terumi lay in a pool of blood, a terrifying huge hole torn open in her chest. Her life force was rapidly draining away. She looked at the man before her, who was like a demon god, and deep unwillingness and despair surged in her eyes.

In these few seconds as death closed in, countless images flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.

She remembered the tragic scenes from her childhood in the Village of the Bloody Mist, when companions slaughtered one another to survive; she remembered the oath she had sworn to change this cursed village, abolish tyranny, and let everyone smile beneath the sun; she even remembered the joke she often kept on her lips—when would she find a good man and marry herself off?

But now, everything was over.

"Kill me..." Mei Terumi struggled to raise her bloodstained hand and grabbed the hem of Yuan's windbreaker, her voice so weak it was almost inaudible. "But... spare the Hidden Mist... they... are innocent..."

Yuan lowered his head and looked at her. There was no human emotion in those scarlet eyes.

"Whether they live or not depends on whether they obey. As for you." Yuan raised his foot and suspended it mercilessly above her head. "You blocked my path, so you must die."

Bang!

His foot fell, and Mei Terumi's head burst apart like a watermelon, leaving her utterly silent.

[Ding! Killed Kage-level Mei Terumi! Obtained orange fragments ×50!]

[Detected that the host pierced through the enemy's strongest defense and brutally killed them in public, triggering a double critical hit! Final reward: orange fragments ×100!]

[Unlocked enemy abilities: Boil Release specialization, Lava Release specialization!]

The system prompt sounded in Yuan's mind, declaring the end of the ninja world's old era. Yuan took a deep breath, his icy gaze sweeping over the hundreds of elite Hidden Mist ninja around him who were so frightened they had collapsed to their knees.

He drew his short blade and pointed it straight at the heavens, his wild, arrogant voice piercing through the layers of thick fog over the Hidden Mist Village. "The Five Kage are destroyed, and the old order has collapsed. From today onward, the ninja world has only one voice—mine."