Water Saint

"Great Water Spirit, Prince of the Thunder Emperor who ascended to the heavens!"

"Hey, wait, what are you saying, Qingyue?"

No matter how Sakumo called out to him, Qingyue, possessed by Hill, ignored him completely and focused solely on his chant.

"Great Water Spirit, Prince of the Thunder Emperor who set foot in the firmament! Grant my wish, bestow your savage blessing, and show your power to the insignificant! Let the hammer of God strike the anvil and display its majesty, let the earth be flooded! O rain! Wash away everything and drive all things from this world! Violent Thunderstorm!"

As a faint glow appeared in Qingyue's hand, the clear blue sky suddenly darkened, and storm clouds spread across it, blocking out the sun.

"What's going on? Is it suddenly going to rain under this blazing sun?"

Many Hidden Sand ninja in the camp noticed the strange phenomenon overhead. As word spread, they emerged from their tents, set aside what they were doing, and gathered together, all looking up at the sky.

Suddenly, several peals of thunder rumbled with a boom-boom-boom. Since the sensory ninja detected no chakra, they raised no alarm, and everyone assumed it was merely a sudden thunderstorm.

Only a small group led by Rasa, who had stepped out of the command tent and seen the sky filled with dark clouds, felt a sense of foreboding.

"Amazing, Qingyue. You did this, didn't you?"

There was still no response. Qingyue simply kept his fingers tightly interlocked, eyes shut, concentrating with all his might.

Once the magic power had gathered to a certain extent, torrential rain suddenly poured down as if a god were tipping over the heavens. Violent winds followed close behind, lifting every smaller tent into the air and uprooting many young trees!

The sight of nature seemingly raging all around them made many Hidden Sand ninja shut their eyes and pray. The gale was like the force of a creator god, making it impossible for them to keep their footing.

"Everyone, gather chakra in your feet and hold your ground! Wind Release and Earth Release ninja, protect the supplies inside the tents!" Rasa immediately issued his orders.

The Sand Eye in the sky could no longer be maintained. The pouring rain drenched them all in the blink of an eye, leaving them looking as though they had been fished out of water.

"Damn it, what the hell is going on? How could such heavy wind and rain suddenly appear?"

Even in the Naruto world, where weather had yet to be studied, they could tell something was wrong. Dark clouds had instantly filled the sky, followed by thunder, heavy rain, and violent winds with no warning whatsoever.

Such powerful winds could not have arisen so suddenly without a reason, yet no one nearby was using Wind Release. They had no idea what was happening.

"Where are the sensory ninja? Find the enemy, now! Someone must have used some kind of ninjutsu!"

"Reporting, Kazekage-sama, there are no chakra signatures within our sensing range!"

"How is that possible? A ninjutsu on this scale must consume an enormous amount of chakra. It couldn't have been launched from far away—it has to be nearby! This is our base, where all the supplies needed by our frontline troops are stored. Tear up the ground if you have to, but find them!"

"Yes, Kazekage-sama!"

Seeing that the desired effect had been achieved, Qingyue gave one final push of magic power and brought down a bolt of Lightning to strike Rasa before returning control of the body to Qingyue.

The Lightning fell from the sky at incredible speed. Rasa instinctively reacted to the murderous intent, controlling gold dust to gather above his head and form a crude defense.

Boom—

In only a few seconds, the Lightning shattered the gold dust. The weakened bolt struck Rasa's body, and pain like countless bees stinging into his skin and raging flames burning him spread through his entire body.

"Argh—"

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Holy crap, so this was what Hill had been seeing all this time... The moment I exchanged control of the body with her, it felt like I had entered a void. I could only think and watch what was happening in front of me. I couldn't do anything else.

But Hill was seriously incredible. I never expected her to be able to use Water Saint-level magic like Violent Thunderstorm. This spell was perfect for throwing the enemy into chaos!

"Sakumo, go now! Rasa definitely couldn't have gotten away unscathed after taking that Lightning strike. This is the best opportunity!"

Sakumo, who was clearly still completely confused, shook his head and immediately regained his serious expression. Then, with his right hand on the hilt of the short sword behind his back, he shot forward and flashed straight before Rasa.

"You are... Konoha's White Fang!"

"Fourth Kazekage Rasa, either die here or withdraw your troops. We will settle the score properly for your unprovoked invasion of Konoha!"

Before Rasa could recover from the high-voltage shock, Sakumo raised his blade and drove it toward his heart.

Unfortunately, Rasa controlled his gold dust and forcibly diverted the blade. The white chakra blade veered off course and pierced his left shoulder.

"Konoha's White Fang, was that strange ninjutsu your doing? I never expected you, whose renowned abilities had long been thoroughly studied by every major ninja village, to still have a hidden trump card!"

After blocking the ambush, Rasa quickly pulled back, but the effects of the Lightning strike were clearly still lingering. His body was stiff, and his expression was far from pleasant.

Following close behind Sakumo, I drew my ninja sword and charged toward the crowd. Before the Hidden Sand ninja could react, I swung my blade and killed two Chunin.

Water Saint magic was so useful. Magic power could not be detected by sensory ninja at all, and a large-scale disaster could throw their formation into disorder in an instant.

Riding that momentum, I continued killing enemies with Sword God Style swordsmanship, taking down more than ten Chunin within a minute.

There were ninja stationed before every tent, using Wind Release and Earth Release ninjutsu to keep the tents from being blown away, so all I had to do was focus on killing them.

Without anyone guarding them, the tents would be swept away by the violent winds generated by Violent Thunderstorm, and the supplies inside would be destroyed as well.

I wonder if things are going smoothly on Sakumo's side. Even though Rasa took the Lightning head-on, he's still the Kazekage. Rasa, who can go toe-to-toe with Shukaku, isn't someone to be taken lightly.

After I successfully killed every ninja in front of the tents, the Hidden Sand ninja finally gathered. Some went to support Rasa, while the rest surrounded me.

This is bad...

There were twenty people surrounding me. Most were Chunin, but there were also two... who seemed to be Jonin.

"A Konoha ninja actually possesses such bizarre ninjutsu!"

"Only two of you dared to break into the heart of our Hidden Sand camp? You really do look down on us!"

"Hmph, since you dared to come, don't even think about leaving! We'll take your heads to the front lines and throw them before your commander. I wonder what his reaction will be!"

Man, these lines are so laughably fodder-like. These guys must be Chunin or Genin.

The two men I had identified as Jonin did not speak. They merely kept staring at me.

Suddenly, my Observation Haki issued a warning. I realized that one of the Chunin had begun forming hand seals to cast some kind of ninjutsu.

"Don't even think about it!"

The Silent Sword of the Sword God Style activated. In the blink of an eye, I had severed his head.

Then I turned my attention directly toward one of the Jonin. As I charged forward with my sword in one hand, I used my cloak to conceal my left hand and cleverly threw a flying knife with North God Style swordsmanship.

The short blade struck a Chunin standing not far beside the Jonin, killing him in one hit. At the same time, the Explosive Tag attached to the short blade activated.

The thunderous explosion and smoke successfully obscured the Jonin's vision. As he retreated, I swiftly swung my blade and rushed forward.

"Cheap tricks!"

Clang—

My full-force slash was blocked by his kunai. The strike merely cut through the kunai and failed to injure him, while the other Jonin threw shuriken to cover him.

With no other choice, I gave up the pursuit, pulled several red beads with incredible adhesive power from my pocket, threw them beneath his feet, then stepped back and leaned away to dodge a kunai.

"This guy's swordsmanship is strong. Keep your distance from him! All Chunin and Genin, fall back! Do not enter his attack range!"

Just as that Jonin was about to pursue, his movements suddenly stiffened.

Holy crap, this North God Style Red Ink actually came in damn handy!