A Super Fierce Battle! Uchiha Riu vs. Yagura!

The wide-range Hidden Mist Technique Yagura had deployed reduced visibility to nearly zero. It was extremely disadvantageous for the Sharingan, so breaking it was the first priority.

From the scroll Madara had left behind, Riu had learned numerous powerful ninjutsu, including, naturally, Release techniques of all five basic natures.

He swiftly formed a string of complex hand seals and extended both arms forward.

Wind Release: Tornado Hurricane!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The raging hurricane swept through, dispersing the dense mist...

Fourth Mizukage Yagura's figure, hidden within the fog, was revealed as well.

With green hair and purple eyes, he had a scar beneath his left eye resembling a stitch mark. He wielded a rod-shaped weapon with a hook at its tip, decorated with green flowers. Bracing himself against the ground with it, he stood firm amid the hurricane, his purple eyes filled with anger. Apparently, having his prized mist technique broken had made him lose face.

Wind Release: Typhoon Passage!

Yagura formed a seal with one hand, swept his staff around, and unleashed a powerful Wind Release.

Boom! Boom!

The two currents of air collided head-on, creating a massive convection storm...

"Urgh..."

"Gah!"

Both Tobi and Yūhi Uzuki were blown away.

Xiyang drew her ninja blade from behind her back and plunged it into the earth. Covering her face with one hand, she watched the two battling amid the gale and thought, They're both monsters!

The storm subsided.

Lightning Release: Chidori!

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

Riu vanished from where he stood, lightning coiling around his right hand as he charged toward Yagura.

Water Release: Water Mirror Technique!

A circular water mirror appeared before Yagura, reflecting Riu's image as he charged forward with Chidori. Whoosh! The water mirror rippled, and the mirrored Riu burst out from its surface. The mirrored Chidori in his hand collided with the genuine Chidori in Riu's...

Crack!!

They annihilated each other. Their power was exactly identical!!

The corner of Riu's mouth lifted. Just as I expected, Yagura would use this move. Then I won't hesitate to copy it...

It turned out Riu's true purpose had been to use the Sharingan's copying ability to replicate Yagura's ninjutsu!

Otherwise, the rare opportunity to fight a Kage Level expert would have been wasted...

"Before my Water Mirror Technique, even an S-rank ninjutsu can be copied perfectly," Yagura said arrogantly.

"Heh, is that so..." Riu focused the Mangekyo Sharingan in his left eye on the mirror.

Kamui!!

Crack!! The water mirror was annihilated.

"What!? It couldn't copy it. His eye technique truly surpasses my Water Mirror Technique!?" Yagura cried out.

"This time, it's your head!"

Riu's left eye focused on Yagura's head!

Not good!

Water Release: Light Refraction Technique!

Fourth Mizukage Yagura constantly covered his body with a special layer of Water Release Chakra. Without needing hand seals, he could manipulate that Chakra to refract light, blurring his image...

"Hm!?" In Riu's eyes, Yagura's figure wavered like a reflection on the surface of a lake.

"Hmph! Kamui!!" Yet he still activated his eye technique.

"Ah!!" Accompanied by a scream, the distorted image settled. Yagura flew backward, dragging a long trail of blood behind him. One hand gripped his staff while the other covered his left ear, blood pouring ceaselessly from beneath his palm...

Although Kamui had missed and failed to twist off his head, it had still taken his left ear.

The distance Yagura had put between them now exceeded the range limit of Riu's left eye's long-range Kamui.

"As expected of the Fourth Mizukage. There truly aren't many who can find a way to survive that move of mine..." Riu said with a smile.

"Damned Uchiha, I'll kill you!!" Yagura's youthful face was twisted with savagery, and the killing intent he radiated grew even stronger.

Water Release: Water Severing Wave!

He sprayed a straight, ultra-high-pressure jet of water from his mouth. It became a sharp water blade that instantly sliced through the ground and cut toward Riu...

Naturally, it passed straight through Riu's body.

So this is his phasing? Hmph! Yagura changed his hand seals. "Split!"

Whoosh!

The water stream split in two. One continued overlapping Riu's body, while the other shot toward Yūhi Uzuki in the distance.

Riu frowned. "This is bad. In this state, I can't intercept it!"

Clang!

Yūhi Uzuki gripped the Lightning Blade: Kiba behind her back with both hands. The instant she drew it, it was already wreathed in lightning. Crossing the twin blades before her, she blocked the Water Severing Wave...

Though she had blocked it, the powerful force of the water sent her flying backward. Still, that was better than having her vital points pierced through.

Yagura looked at the Lightning Blade in Xiyang's hands, tossed his staff aside, and formed hand seals with both hands. His killing intent was chilling as he said, "Lightning Blade: Kiba, property of our Hidden Mist Village, has actually fallen into an outsider's hands. Brat of the Hōzuki Clan, you anger me! All of you will be buried in the Bloody Mist Village."

Water Release: Great Exploding Water Shockwave!

A raging tidal wave burst from his mouth, instantly forming a gigantic ellipsoid body of water that submerged everything within dozens of meters around it—naturally... including the people inside it!

Deep within the water, Riu thought, Such a powerful Water Release can rival Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame. He truly is a man who bears the Mizukage's name... Tobi, I'll leave Xiyang to you.

"Urgh!!" In another part of the water, Yūhi Uzuki's entire body was locked down by the water pressure. She could neither breathe nor move.

Crackle! Fortunately, a vortex spread Tobi's body apart, wrapping it around Yūhi Uzuki.

"Mm, mm..." Yūhi Uzuki struggled fiercely in resistance.

"If you want to live, stay still. I'm only saving you because of Yu..." Tobi said, and Yūhi Uzuki stopped resisting.

Glug, glug, glug! Tobi reached the bottom of the water and sank into the earth.

More than ten seconds later, Tobi emerged a kilometer away from the heart of the battlefield and separated from Yūhi Uzuki's body.

"Cough, cough..." Yūhi Uzuki coughed violently. After taking several deep breaths, she looked down at the massive ellipsoid body of water below. She knew Riu was still inside.

"Don't worry. He won't be taken down that easily," Tobi said.

At the center of the battle.

Yagura thought, Hm? The woman's Chakra suddenly disappeared from the water. Whatever. They can't escape my grasp anyway...

Riu thought, Looks like Tobi has taken Xiyang somewhere safe. This water pressure is quite unfavorable. I'll use Susanoo to hold it off first, then use Kamui to transfer away...

Crack!

Susanoo's skeletal form was unleashed, blocking the water pressure. At the same time, Riu released a Kamui Vortex, preparing to transfer himself out of this body of water.

"Don't think you'll succeed!" Yagura's expression turned cold as he rose and formed hand seals.

Water Release: Whirlpool Turbulence!!

The entire body of water began rotating at high speed, forming a massive whirlpool. At the center of the vortex stood Riu and his Susanoo. Every Spiral Wheel was a massive water blade, and there were hundreds upon thousands of them, spinning rapidly. It was clear... just what kind of assault Susanoo was enduring!

This was only the first-stage skeletal form, yet it nearly collapsed in an instant!

Riu truly hadn't expected Yagura to unleash such a terrifying Water Release attack.

Riu's spatial transfer was forcibly interrupted, and he switched to Phasing Mode instead...

"Heh heh, it seems your spatial transfer failed... Uchiha Riu, though I reside in the isolated Land of Water, I have long heard of your name. You stand shoulder to shoulder with Hanzō of the Salamander, made Konoha's Danzo suffer greatly, and I had already ordered Hidden Mist Village's ANBU to gather information about you. When I heard you were coming to this country, it even made me nervous. Now, the intelligence I collected has finally come in handy."

"Your seemingly unsolvable phasing state appears to last only five minutes. And while in Phasing Mode, you must cancel it whenever you use any technique. Therefore, I have prepared a great gift for you..."

A demonic smile curled across Yagura's childlike face.

"The Land of Water is rich in water sources and has countless underground water veins. The deep mountains Hidden Mist Village relies upon possess underground water veins that are enormous even by the Land of Water's standards. Whenever the Hidden Mist Village's Six-Tails ran wild, the Mizukage of every generation would borrow the power of these underground water veins to use an ultra-large-scale natural Water Release technique, suppressing the Tailed Beast and buying time for sealing techniques. But this Water Release has never been used to suppress a ninja. Uchiha Riu, you have pioneered the Bloody Mist Village's legacy. I have no choice but to praise you! Accept this baptism!"

Clap!!

Yagura brought his hands together.

Water Release Secret Art: Mitsuhanokami!

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble!! The earth collapsed, and the natural water veins buried deep underground transformed into a massive water pillar over a hundred meters wide, blasting straight into the sky...

Yagura laughed wildly. "This underground water vein will continue erupting for six minutes. Its water pressure is so immense that anything other than a Tailed Beast will be flattened in an instant. Once your Phasing Mode ends, it will be your death. And if you try spatial transfer, you'll die even faster. Well? Have you witnessed the terror of the Bloody Mist Village now!!"

"Yagura, I'll accept this gift of yours. So I'll return the favor with an even greater gift..."

"What!?"