As they stood in shock and fear, the hundred-meter-high wave finally crashed down.
"Use the Water Wall Encampment Technique to protect yourselves! Don't let the seawater touch you at all!" Yagura shouted loudly.
When they heard the Mizukage's command, the stunned shinobi finally snapped out of it and quickly activated the Water Wall Encampment Technique.
However, not everyone could perform Water Release, nor could everyone's water wall withstand a wave of this magnitude!
Once the giant wave poured down, the entire sea in this area trembled violently several times.
"Ahh! I can't hold on anymore!"
"Darn it! How long will this wave keep going?"
Amid panicked screams, more than half of the Mist shinobi were slammed into the sea and instantly subdued.
When the tidal wave finally passed, those who remained on the sea surface gasped for breath like survivors narrowly escaping death, eyes filled with terror as they looked toward the distant man with the purple eye markings.
"Monster! All of them from Konoha are monsters!"
"Isn't he just a subordinate raised by Seiki Shimaseki?"
"Impossible! If even his subordinate is this powerful, how strong must Seiki Shimaseki himself be?"
A single attack had already cost them four-fifths of their elite forces. This overwhelming power almost made the remaining people lose all courage to fight back.
Suddenly, the sea surface began to churn violently.
The azure seawater transformed into writhing tentacles, dragging those who had fled underwater back to the surface.
Mizuki could've easily suffocated them or crushed them directly with the power of the sea—if not for wanting to establish a certain faith in Mist.
"My Sage Chakra is depleting rapidly," Mizuki said with feigned calmness while barely supporting his body. "If you want their lives back, hand over the Three-Tails!"
Everyone's still alive... Upon hearing Mizuki's words, the remaining Mist shinobi were both surprised and delighted, looking hopefully toward Yagura, who stood atop the turtle's shell.
Yagura, however, after a moment of silence, spoke, "I will absolutely never hand over the Three-Tails to you Leaf shinobi—the murderers of the Third Mizukage!"
Hearing his words, the hearts of the remaining Mist shinobi sank.
Asuma couldn't help but mock, "You dare talk about avenging the Third when you yourself killed the entire family of the Third Mizukage?"
Yagura remained unmoved. "They betrayed the Third's will. Even if the Third were still alive, he would definitely approve of my actions!"
Asuma's lips trembled furiously. "Approve of you killing his entire family?"
Mizuki slightly shook his head, then looked at Kakuzu. "What about you? You don't care about your comrade's life at all?"
Kakuzu looked at Ruiga, who was bound in a shameful posture by the sea tentacles, and without hesitation, launched an attack.
[Earth Grudge Fear: Final Shot!]
Mizuki hadn't expected his opponent to be so decisive and ruthless, not showing the least regard for his comrade's life.
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Caught off guard, the tentacle binding Ruiga was instantly severed by a chakra beam.
After escaping, Ruiga didn't retaliate against Kakashi and the others from Konoha. Instead, he angrily shouted at Kakuzu, "Damn it! You nearly hit me too! You trying to get me killed?"
"If you die, that's just your bad luck," Kakuzu replied coldly before turning to Mizuki. "Sure enough, using a jutsu of that scale has exhausted you, hasn't it? How much chakra do you have left?"
Yagura watched with cold eyes. "You don't even have the strength to kill them now, do you? I almost fell for your act!"
"Damn it! They've seen through my weakness!" Mizuki thought helplessly. Although his combat abilities had improved dramatically, he still lacked the battle experience of these seasoned veterans.
"After all, I'm not a true genius like Shuseki!" After this thought flashed through his mind, Mizuki's eyes hardened again. "If you want to save them, go ahead and save them yourselves!"
With that, most of the seawater tentacles instantly dissolved, causing the unconscious Mist shinobi to fall into the ocean.
"Damn it! They'll drown!"
"Hurry and get them out of the water!"
Without waiting for the Mizukage's command, the remaining Mist shinobi quickly jumped into the sea to rescue their comrades.
Before long, the vast sea surface was left with only a scattered few people remaining.
"Hm? Why did he leave a small group of Mist shinobi still on the sea surface?" As Kakuzu pondered this, he suddenly heard Yagura shout, "He's using [Wood Release] to absorb their chakra! Hurry and attack! You don't want Konoha to get the Three-Tails, do you?"
After a brief pause, Kakuzu joined him in attacking.
Now that the sealing scroll was lost and neither of them were skilled in sealing techniques, under these circumstances, letting the Three-Tails fall into Mist's hands was actually the best choice.
After all, it would be easier to capture a jinchuriki from Mist than from Konoha!
Realizing this, Kakuzu decisively shot a Thunder Lance from the mask on his shoulder at Mizuki.
[Lightning Release: False Darkness]!
Beside him, Yagura launched a Water Dragon toward his own trapped subordinates!
Kakuzu was visibly shocked.
Yagura glanced sideways at him. "Idiot! He has [Yin Release]. Attacking him directly is useless! Just kill my men to stop him from absorbing chakra!"
Kakuzu was shocked to see his Thunder Lance had been absorbed!
"Still, this guy really is ruthless! He doesn't even hesitate to kill his own comrades!" After casting a wary glance at Yagura, Kakuzu used [Lightning Release: False Darkness] once again—this time, however, he aimed at those trapped Mist shinobi.
Meanwhile.
Ruiga was being surrounded and overwhelmed by Kakashi and the others.
One-on-one, he might have had a slight advantage, but five against one was just too much!
Within just a few seconds, he was already in extremely dangerous situations!
"Damn it! Someone come help me! If no one comes, I'm running for it!" Ruiga shouted without hesitation.
He had run away before—doing it again wasn't a big deal!
"This guy has [Yin Release]; we can't kill him, and it's difficult to enter Sage Mode again so soon. We'd better go deal with the others first!" Kakuzu explained before turning and leaving.
Watching the two charging toward their direction, Kakashi felt anxious and desperate.
After all, they were close to Mist territory. The longer this dragged on, the more unfavorable it became for them!
In the distance, Mei Terumi stood by the coastline with dozens of ninja.
"They're really something. Only six people, and they've fought this far!"
"If those two hadn't interfered, they might've already won!"
As others expressed their admiration, Mei spoke seriously, "I'm thinking of giving them a hand. If we let our allies die here, not only will the agreement be voided, but Seiki Shimaseki might also take it out on Mist!"
Hearing about the possibility of Seiki Shimaseki taking it out on them, everyone felt a chill.
"Then let's hurry and join the fight!"
"We absolutely can't let our allies die right before our eyes!"
Amid the voices of agreement, Ao scratched his head and asked, "But earlier weren't we saying we couldn't go public with this cooperation?"
"How could this be considered cooperation?" Mei smiled. "We're not helping Konoha against the Mizukage. We're here to capture Raiga Kurosuki, who betrayed Mist, and Kakuzu, the bounty ninja who assassinated multiple political figures!"
Ao's eyes lit up. "Oh! Got it now!"
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