Chapter 158: Underwater Battle
While Kaito, Mieko, and Hodaka were clashing with their opponents, the others also began their battles.
Renjiro finally stopped the rogue leader from escaping. The leader looked at Renjiro and shouted, "Renjiro, how the hell are you here? I'm not interested in fighting you. I'll leave this Land of Hot Water. That should satisfy your mission requirements, right?"
Renjiro sneered. He was no stranger to the leader's foul language. He said, "Unfortunately, you've killed too many civilians. The Daimyo is determined to bring back your head."
Anger appeared on the leader's face. He yelled, "Don't you dare underestimate me, Renjiro! In the last war, I killed dozens of your subordinates. If you want to kill me, I'll at least take a piece of your flesh!"
Renjiro didn't respond. There was no point in saying more. He formed hand seals and unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Jutsu.
A water dragon formed behind Renjiro and rapidly flew toward the leader.
The leader formed hand seals while using Body Flicker backward, unleashing Water Release: Water Shockwave.
He released a stream of water that hit the dragon's head and exploded. Both jutsu dissipated. Water poured everywhere. The leader thought, "Too easy. There should be more."
Just as he thought, three water dragons appeared where the two jutsu had just clashed.
The middle one charged directly at him. The other two water dragons split, attacking him from his left and right sides.
The leader retreated backward, forming hand seals. Suddenly, as he jumped backward, the huge head of another water dragon appeared beneath his feet.
The giant dragon opened its mouth and shot a huge water sphere at him.
The leader watched with a serious expression. He continued to form hand seals, unleashing Water Release: Water Formation Wall.
Just as the water sphere was about to hit him, a huge water barrier appeared in front of him.
The water sphere crashed into the barrier and exploded. The water barrier collapsed, but the impact didn't pass through it.
Behind the barrier, the leader used Water Prison Jutsu to protect himself.
Renjiro watched from a distance. The leader, about fifteen meters in the air, was surrounded by a sphere of water.
Four water dragons rapidly moved toward the water sphere, looking like four dragons fighting over prey.
The leader continuously formed more hand seals, unleashing Water Release: Water Wall.
Four thick water walls appeared around the water prison. Each water wall blocked one water dragon.
The water dragons pierced through the water walls and collided with the water prison. They exploded upon contact.
The leader poured a large amount of chakra into the Water Prison Jutsu. The explosion passed through the water prison, but he was unharmed. However, the water prison collapsed.
The leader and the water slowly fell onto the sea surface. As he slowly descended, his gaze was fixed on Renjiro, who stood steadily.
He saw Renjiro make no movement, but he felt a strong sense of danger!
As soon as he landed on the sea surface, a giant claw attacked him. The leader immediately dodged.
The giant claw cut his afterimage in half. However, he wasn't completely unharmed.
Although he was fast, the claw still left three long wounds on his back!
The leader looked at what had attacked him. His eyes widened. It was a giant sloth, seven or eight meters tall! He cursed in annoyance, "What the hell is this beast! I remember reports from the Third War about a giant sloth killing my comrades!"
Renjiro saw the leader get injured and sneered coldly. He had summoned the sloth under the cover of their first clash.
He grabbed a sword and used Body Flicker toward the leader.
The leader noticed Renjiro's movement. The giant sloth also began to swim toward him.
The leader realized his disadvantage and dove underwater. Renjiro and the sloth followed him into the water.
The leader dove to a depth of 100 meters. He created four Water Clones.
Renjiro saw them and also created four Water Clones. In an instant, all eight Water Clones vanished.
Water Clones move very fast underwater. One of the leader's Water Clones attacked the sloth.
Although the sloth was strong and could hold its breath underwater, it was severely restricted by the water.
One of Renjiro's Water Clones went to help it.
The other three Water Clones moved at extreme speed, trying to ambush Renjiro. Renjiro's Water Clones blocked the ambush and also ambushed the leader.
The two men and six clones engaged in a fast-paced melee underwater. They used a large number of Water Release jutsu.
Underwater, the power of Water Release jutsu is greatly enhanced. The sea surface above them became very chaotic due to the fierce impacts below.
The leader was very skilled in underwater combat. He attacked Renjiro from novel and unexpected angles.
However, Renjiro was not to be underestimated and blocked all of his attacks.
The battle between the remaining two clones and the sloth also continued. Renjiro's clone and the sloth constantly attacked, but the leader's clones countered appropriately, preventing the sloth from interfering with the main battle.
The two were at a stalemate underwater for several minutes. To increase the pressure on Renjiro, the leader created three more Water Clones.
Renjiro sneered and responded by creating six Water Clones.
Three of them continued to intercept the leader's three new clones. The remaining three formed a group and moved together. Renjiro thought, "Let's see how you handle this."
The team of three Water Clones attacked one of the leader's clones that was already in battle.
The clone was caught off guard by the sudden attack from three clones. One of Renjiro's Water Clones delivered a flying slash to him, dispersing him.
The leader's expression became grim. He realized the danger posed by these three Water Clones. He immediately recalled his clones.
The leader's Water Clones all stopped fighting and retreated to his side.
Renjiro and his clones tried to attack and disperse them, but they all dodged the attacks and safely returned to the leader's side.
The leader and his six Water Clones looked at Renjiro and his ten Water Clones, as well as his sloth summon.
Renjiro immediately launched an attack. His ten Water Clones spread out, attacking the leader from all directions.
The leader's Water Clones formed a defensive formation, desperately resisting Renjiro's attacks. The leader cursed inwardly, "This damn Senju, and his huge chakra reserves! If I continue fighting, my chakra will run out. I wanted to give him a fatal blow while he was chasing me, but he's always been so careful! I have to escape, or I'll die. Even worse, I'll be eaten by that damned beast!"
Renjiro's Water Clones continued to attack. Renjiro floated beside his summon, observing, "He's at a critical point; if he makes even one mistake, I can finish him. He either needs to create more clones or find a way to escape."
After desperately resisting for a few minutes, the leader made a decision. He formed hand seals. Five more Water Clones appeared around him.
All of his Water Clones immediately sprang into action, attacking Renjiro's clones. The last one attacked Renjiro and his summon. At the same time, the leader turned and ran.
Renjiro noticed. It was just as he had expected. He quickly created two Water Clones to intercept the attacking clones.
He rode the sloth to chase the leader. The sloth bypassed the Water Clone battlefield and swam toward where the leader was escaping.
However, the sloth soon stopped and turned to attack a Water Clone.
Renjiro was surprised; he hadn't instructed the sloth to do such a thing.
However, when he realized why the sloth did it, his eyes widened.
The 'Water Clone' had a grim expression! It turned out to be the leader disguised as a Water Clone. The one who was actually escaping was a clone.
The leader wanted to lure Renjiro's real body away. Then he could create more clones to block all of Renjiro's clones and escape before Renjiro realized he had been tricked.
He immediately began to curse. "What the hell is going on? How can this beast detect me underwater?"
He immediately found himself in a predicament. Renjiro and his clones formed hand seals, attacking the leader with dozens of water bullets.
The leader barely dodged and blocked these attacks. However, several wounds appeared on his body.
After the water bullet attack ended, the sloth moved forward, swinging its giant claws at the leader. The leader immediately dodged.
Renjiro had already appeared in his path of retreat and attacked him with his sword.
The leader knew Renjiro's swordsmanship abilities. He grabbed his kunai and channeled his chakra through it.
He blocked Renjiro's sword and used the force of the blade to move away from Renjiro.
However, Renjiro's clones intercepted him and attacked him with Water Dragon Jutsu.
At the same time, the sloth and Renjiro moved forward together, attacking the leader.
The leader desperately defended himself.
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