Chapter 188: The Power of Susanoo
The coral staff whizzed past Kyosuke's side. Before Yagura could react, the Kusanagi sword had slashed across his chest.
If it weren't for Yagura's own strength, this single sword strike could have easily taken his life.
Yagura, who was gritting his teeth against the sharp pain, was preparing to retreat, but Kyosuke's blade, like a shadow, was firmly locked onto him. Helpless, he could only choose to release his signature ninjutsu, hoping to break free from Kyosuke's entanglement.
"Water Release: Water Mirror Technique."
Unfortunately, the direction of this ninjutsu, which required the enemy to be reflected in a mirror, was actually wrong. It did not shine on the attacking Kyosuke, but was facing a side position.
Yagura: "...It's this damn feeling again."
Since the ninjutsu had failed, he had no choice but to turn and fight Kyosuke head-on.
However, with the bonus of Sage Mode and his right eye's ability, even though his physical fitness was still inferior to Yagura's, his swordsmanship, which had been raised to the max level, still made the latter suffer greatly.
At this time, beside the two of them, the two clan shinobi and the few Kage Guards were gradually unable to withstand the siege of the Mist ninja. From time to time, someone would bypass the blockade and go to support their Mizukage.
But strangely, a powerhouse of Minazuki Saya's level was not present. While they were relieved, they also thought of Kyosuke's previous assertion.
The truth was just as he had expected. The number of people who wanted the Mizukage, Yagura, to die was probably not small.
He turned and killed a ninja who had come for a sneak attack. By the time Kyosuke faced Yagura again, he had already taken this opportunity to retreat far away.
He looked down at the wound that was still bleeding, and Yagura said with a cold expression, "Now it's my turn."
His hands suddenly clasped together, and a huge stream of water suddenly spewed from his mouth.
"Water Release: Great Water Wave."
The ninjutsu, released in anger, was even more powerful than when it had been used on the Land of Whirlpools battlefield.
The two were not far apart, and Kyosuke had no time to dodge and was directly enveloped in the huge water ball.
"Don't worry. I won't kill you so easily," Yagura's rather childish little face flashed with a hint of mockery, and then a huge water dragon, under his control, charged straight at Kyosuke.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet."
Seeing the water dragon coming, Kyosuke looked at him with a calm expression and said, "I knew you'd pull this trick."
As he spoke, a vortex of water madly gathered in his hands, finally forming a water javelin several meters long.
"Water Release: Hard Vortex Water Blade."
The rapidly rotating water javelin completely shattered the water dragon in one fell swoop, and then, with a long vortex of water, it charged toward the distant Yagura.
This Hard Vortex Water Blade was created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. Its power was among the top of his many Water Release ninjutsu. Although Kyosuke was not very proficient in using it, with the bonus of his right eye's ability, its power would not be too far from that used by the Second.
"His Water Release's power has actually improved so quickly," Yagura thought with great surprise, as he clumsily dodged the Hard Vortex Water Blade.
He had seen Kyosuke's Water Release before. To put it bluntly, he was confident that any Water Release ninjutsu he used with his eyes closed would be much stronger. But in just a few short months, the power of Kyosuke's ninjutsu was actually catching up to him. This couldn't help but surprise him.
This Hard Vortex Water Blade was not only powerful, but its water flow condensation and the speed of the ninjutsu's release and movement were all impeccable. If he hadn't been in the water ball he had created himself, it would have been by no means an easy task to dodge this ninjutsu.
His gaze swept over the young man's face in the distance. Yagura had never thought that he would be forced to this extent by such a young man.
The immense pressure made his eyes fill with countless blood vessels. With a surge of chakra throughout his body, he looked at Kyosuke and muttered in a low voice, "Don't underestimate me. I am the..."
"Mizukage!!!"
With a dazzlingly fast series of hand seals, Yagura's ultimate forbidden jutsu thus erupted.
"Water Release: A Million Waves."
"Not good!" Some of the Mist ninja who had seen or heard of the power of this move, without even having time to explain to their comrades, hurriedly ran away.
Even some of the powerhouses who had been hiding for some purpose also appeared and fled.
His gaze swept over Minazuki Saya and the others, who were fleeing at high speed, and then Yagura refocused his attention on the expressionless Kyosuke.
"There are not many people who can force me to use this move. As a young man, you can be proud."
As his words fell, the surrounding water madly gathered toward him, finally forming a highly compressed sphere.
Kyosuke, who had landed on the ground again, had exited Sage Mode. He looked at the impending attack and said in a cold voice, "Everyone, stand behind me."
The众人 hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked behind him. At the same time, a purple-red light shone from Kyosuke's body.
Instantly, a purple-red skeleton giant, nearly ten meters high, suddenly rose from the ground.
And that wasn't all. Then, a layer of flesh-like tissue appeared on the skeleton giant's body. With the appearance of this layer of flesh, the giant's defense and attack power were greatly improved.
This giant was none other than the third ability of the Mangekyo Sharingan, Susanoo.
At this time, Kyosuke had already used Susanoo to the second stage. In this state, Susanoo would grow countless meridians and flesh on the basis of the original skeleton. Its outer layer would also be wrapped in a skin-like chakra, and at the same time, it would manifest Susanoo's exclusive weapon.
"The Sword of Susanoo."
The second stage of Susanoo was almost the most stable state that the Mangekyo Sharingan could use, and it was also the form that consumed the least visual prowess.
Kyosuke had trained countless times in the dungeons, which made him able to use it with relative ease now.
However, looking at the highly condensed sphere before him, Kyosuke did not dare to guarantee that this stage of Susanoo could perfectly defend against this attack.
Feeling the faint pain in his eyes, Kyosuke gritted his teeth, and his visual prowess suddenly erupted.
Instantly, Susanoo's form changed again.
Karasu Tengu armor appeared out of thin air on Susanoo's body. Its defense was instantly greatly increased, and at the same time, the purple-red Sword of Susanoo in its hand also became more solid.
This form had also been used by Sasuke and Itachi in the original story. Not only was its power great, but the weapons it could use were also more diverse, such as the Totsuka Blade, the Yata Mirror, the Yasaka Magatama, the Kagutsuchi Arrow, and so on.
But its chakra consumption had also greatly increased, and the rate of decline of his visual prowess was also several times higher than the second stage.
It had to be said that before transplanting Hashirama's cells to become a Sage Body or opening the Eternal Mangekyo, the use of visual prowess had an upper limit. Each use would consume a bit.
This was the case with Sasuke in the original story. He had only focused on the chakra consumed to maintain Susanoo and had not paid too much attention to the loss of his visual prowess, which was why he had gone blind in one day.
With Sasuke's precedent, Kyosuke would of course be careful. That was why he had hesitated for a moment before using the third stage of Susanoo.
But the reality was that the second stage of Susanoo could not guarantee to block Yagura's ultimate move. Helpless, he had no choice but to forcibly activate the third stage.
Although not only his eyes hurt now, but also a stinging pain came from the cells all over his body, the extremely majestic purple-red Susanoo, wrapped in Karasu Tengu armor, made him feel that the pain was worth it.
"Is this the legendary Susanoo?" The two clan shinobi, as members of the Uchiha clan, had naturally heard of the legend of Susanoo, but this was the first time they had seen it in person. They were naturally shocked by its power.
As for the other few Hokage's Kage Guards and the distant Yagura, they did not recognize the origin of this giant, but it did not prevent them from feeling its powerful aura.
"What the hell is this trick? This young man's methods are so diverse. He must be left behind today, otherwise..." Yagura looked at Kyosuke, who was standing with his arms crossed inside Susanoo, with a grim expression. With a ruthless heart, the sphere in front of him became a few shades more solid.
Then, the long-accumulated ultimate ninjutsu erupted, and a series of wave-like water blades indiscriminately attacked his front.
However, these water blades could not shake Kyosuke's Susanoo. Seeing this, Yagura directly detonated the sphere in front of him.
Instantly, a sky full of water blades completely covered a range of several kilometers. Kyosuke, with the powerful perception of his Mangekyo, could not even distinguish how many water blades were in the air.
In a single breath, the terrifying natural disaster composed of giant water blades descended upon this pitiful little island.
If it weren't for the fact that the Mist unit had already run out of the jutsu's range, they would have been wiped out by Yagura without Kyosuke even having to make a move.
The violent vibrations lasted for a full three minutes. The Mist, who had run far away, seeing that their Mizukage's attack had ended, wanted to go to the somewhat shattered little island to see the situation. But just then, Minazuki Saya on the side suddenly stood up.
"The situation is unclear now. You'd better not go rashly. Otherwise, Lord Mizukage will have to fight while protecting you," Minazuki Saya said coldly.
"But the enemy is in this..." a jounin-dressed man wanted to say something, but when he met Minazuki Saya's cold gaze, his body trembled slightly and he swallowed the rest of his words.
"The Minazuki clan head is right," Mangetsu Hozuki, who had been lucky enough to survive before, came out. He first gave the former a meaningful look, and then said righteously, "If you go now, you'll only interfere with Lord Mizukage's battle."
The many Mist ninja, seeing them say so, had no choice but to stand on the water and quietly wait for the battle on the island to end.
"Whew... this ninjutsu is still too much for me. With my chakra, I can't fully release its power. If I could become a jinchuriki, then the situation would be different," Yagura, who was panting, thought to himself, and suddenly he thought of the Three-Tails, which had already dissipated into the heavens and the earth. For this, he felt a bit of regret in his heart.
As for the enemy, he did not pay too much attention, because from the day he had mastered this ninjutsu, no one had been able to survive its attack, let alone the young man whose strength was originally not as good as his own.
"Is this move called 'A Million Waves'? It's indeed a very powerful ninjutsu, but unfortunately, it's not enough to defeat me."
A distant voice, and the purple-red giant that had burst out of the ground, made Yagura's eyes widen in an instant.
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