Crushing Kisame

The cold wind in Thunder-Thunder Canyon carried a pungent stench of blood.

Kisame Hoshigaki stared fixedly at Samehada, which Chenshu Senju had casually slung over his shoulder. His browless eyes bulged as though they were about to pop out.

This great sword, which had followed him through countless life-and-death battles, had not only failed to devour the other man's chakra, but had even retracted every spike on its body.

Now, bald and bare, it looked as docile as a freshly peeled sea cucumber.

The ugly blue-green muscles on Kisame's face twitched uncontrollably.

What the hell? This was the most vicious weapon among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, yet it had defected without even putting up a struggle.

This damned weapon had no professional integrity at all. Was it putting on a seamless job-hopping performance right here?

Extreme humiliation and fury set Kisame's reason ablaze. He suddenly pulled back his bleeding hands.

Even as blood continued to flow from the webs between his thumbs and forefingers, he brought his hands together at top speed, his fingers rapidly forming complex hand seals.

An overwhelming amount of water-nature chakra gathered wildly within him. His chest swelled high, and his mouth opened wide.

"Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"

Kisame roared himself hoarse as an enormous volume of clear water erupted from his mouth.

This was no ordinary Water Release. The absurd output was like a dam bursting, filling all of Thunder-Thunder Canyon within mere seconds.

The uneven rock walls and deep pits were completely submerged.

A massive oval water prison, like a small lake, forcibly enclosed the entire area and turned it into an underwater world.

Within this vast body of water, Kisame's body began to transform.

Webbing for swimming rapidly grew between his fingers and toes, while several gill-like slits opened along