"Boom!"
The next instant, a large crater was blasted into the wall of the tower, followed by two whooshing sounds, and two figures instantly appeared outside the tower.
Meikyō and Hanzo continued their battle as they ran down the tower walls.
"Sun Breathing, Second Form: Azure Sky!"
The blade flashed, and a fiery slash rushed straight at Hanzo. Hanzo simply blocked it with his chains, while holding his scythe horizontally in front of him to deflect a straight kick from Meikyō. He then used the momentum to fall to the bottom of the tower at an even faster speed.
"Kid, you're quite strong and have decent combat experience, but you're still far behind me!"
Hanzo quickly formed hand Hand Seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu Technique!"
A Suiryu formed by the flow of water quickly appeared and roared towards the Meikyō.
Tobirama Senju was able to simplify the Water Dragon Jutsu into three hand seals. After him, only Maruboshi Kosuke was able to do this. However, other Water Style masters also had the ability to simplify the complicated Hand Seals process of the Water Dragon Jutsu. Even if they did not use only three hand seals like Tobirama Senju, they were still able to use it quickly in battle.
Hanzo's Water Style is also at the top level in the current Ninja World.
"Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"
Not to be outdone, Meikyō retaliated with her own Fire Style attack.
The fire dragon and the Suiryu collided, creating a large expanse of white mist.
Hanzo's purpose was to use this mist to obscure the vision of the Meikyō Sharingan as much as possible, thereby reducing the threat posed by the Meikyō Sharingan.
Unfortunately, the Meikyō has Transparent World; as long as one is not too far away, it can see everything.
"Sun Breathing, Tenth Form, Shining Light!"
Meikyō descended from the sky, his blade wreathed in flames as intense as the sun, unleashing countless spiral slashes.
After this move was combined with the Sword Leap Flame technique of the Uchiha Style Swordsmanship, its power underwent another qualitative change.
"Water Style · Water Wall Jutsu!"
A water Water Wall Jutsu and larger than any ordinary water barrier, rose up and blocked Hanzo's path.
The Meikyō's fiery slash blocked Hanzo's evasive routes from all angles, forcing Hanzo to use Ninjutsu to block it head-on. This also made Hanzo realize that his plan to use mist to obscure the Sharingan's vision had failed.
The next moment, Meikyō's figure rushed in front of Hanzo and raised his hand to strike again.
Hanzo seemed unable to dodge in time and was struck by Meikyō's sword, but he turned into a puddle of water left in the same spot.
"Water Clone, and..."
Meikyō watched as the pool of water receded, transforming into a massive water prison that trapped Meikyō within.
Fortunately, he had already seen Hanzo's process of using Water Clone through his Transparent World.
"Clang!"
The sound of clashing swords rang out again.
"Was what I just trapped merely Shadow Clone? And all these clones in front of me... why do they all seem to be solid entities?"
Hanzo brandished his scythe, his sharp eyes scanning the dozen or so Meikyō who surrounded him.
He certainly has ways to counter Meikyō's move. He only needs to use a sufficiently large-scale Water Style or summon Salamander Ibuse to release a large amount of poison gas, which would yield excellent results.
No matter how amazing the Ninjutsu is, even if each one is a physical entity and Meikyō can use Shadow Clone to attack from multiple directions at the same time, he is still just one person.
Wide-range Ninjutsu is originally designed to deal with large numbers of ninjas or those with extremely high speed.
But...
This is Amegakure.
If Hanzo were to use Ninjutsu of that scale, even if no one in Amegakure were accidentally injured, many buildings and other structures in the village would be destroyed.
Konoha might not care much, but Amegakure is just Shinobu village in a small country, dirt poor.
[Forget it. He's just a sword I have no use for, and an ordinary Chunin with no real ability or important information. Konoha already has this kind of strength just from this kid, plus Hiruzen Sarutobi's no less than me, and the Sannin and Dan Katō who have grown up. Their strength is even greater than during the Second Shinobi World War. It's better not to offend our allies over such a trivial matter.]
Hanzo silently convinced himself of this.
The Demigod of the Ninja World is getting old after all. Not only has his strength begun to decline, but his mentality has also become conservative.
He now has an entire ninja village to lead, and the entire Land of Rain needs the protection of his reputation.
"Kid, stop. I agree to your request. If we continue, I will use my full strength. Although I don't know if you can withstand it, Amegakure will definitely suffer losses. There is no point in continuing this battle."
Hanzo sighed and signaled to end the battle.
"Alright."
Meikyō and Hanzo jumped out of the battle together and sheathed their swords.
The battle just now was enough for Meikyō to assess his own strength.
Without using powerful techniques like the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Sun Halo Dragon, he could fight Hanzo, who only Water Style and Taijutsu, to a standstill.
If Hanzo summons the Salamander Ibuse or uses poison gas, he has the Sun Halo Dragon to deal with such a huge opponent, and he can also use Susanoo to block the poison gas.
His own strength has indeed reached the Kage Level, and there are no obvious shortcomings or weaknesses.
Even Hanzo would never be able to defeat himself.
Of course, Meikyō also knew that he was no Hanzo with his own strength.
In the distance, beyond the perception of the Meikyō, Transparent World, a pitcher plant stands quietly on the ground.
A half-black, half-white hermaphrodite silently watched the two who had stopped fighting.
"Oh my, he's really amazing. This brat that Lord Madara asked us to monitor can't even handle Hanzo. Can you please stop making me monitor him and send another White Zetsu instead? His senses are too sharp. Several times I almost got detected by him. I had to test him several times before I could find the limit of his sense range."
White Zetsu spoke to Black Zetsu in a strange tone.
"This kid's strength has grown too fast, and it will probably be difficult to make plans with him. Moreover, he is too smart and not easy to control. Let's inform Lord Madara to use other alternative members as the subjects of the representative plan."
Black Zetsu looked at Meikyō's back and said in a hoarse voice.
This kid's talent is terrifyingly high; his early growth rate has already surpassed that of many reincarnations of Indra.
However, since the other party is not the reincarnation of Indra, and has no brothers to help him unlock the Eternal Mangekyō, even if he grows up, he will not reach Madara's level, so it should not have any impact on my plans.