From the night of genocide, marching towards the strongest.

A massive water dragon roared out from the thick fog. The highly compressed water dragon spun rapidly and combined with the lightning at an extremely precise angle, forming a white dragon that possessed both the resilience of water and the destructive power and speed of lightning, like a laser beam!

Water Release: Water Dragon Fang Bullet!

The two attacks, both powerful and coordinated, demonstrated the attackers' formidable strength.

Of course, this combination of lightning and water attacks would leave most ninjas in the ninja world helpless and forced to surrender.

However, even the weakened Kakashi, one of the current members of Team 7, can evade the attack by paying a small price.

Naruto, Sakura, and Yakumo, all in good condition, were able to withstand this attack without sustaining any damage.

What truly troubled them was not the seemingly powerful attack, but the sudden surge of water around them.

Splash!

The water flow transformed into several water whips, half of which attacked the group, while the other half intertwined and combined in mid-air, seemingly forming a huge, transparent water shield to surround Class 7.

The ground beneath the feet of Class 7 appeared as if water had been squeezed out of a sponge, and the soil had turned into water.

What made the members of Class 7 even more uncomfortable was that their blood and other fluids suddenly began to stir for some reason, as if they wanted to escape from their bodies.

"A remotely cast water prison technique! Manipulation of water!"

"This is something only the First Mizukage, Byakuren, could do!"

Upon seeing this, Sakura's eyes widened. As a master of water-style techniques, she recognized that the water barrier that was about to form was the Water Prison Technique.

Suddenly, the earth and air appeared, along with natural water flows that she couldn't even perceive for a moment, and the restless chaos of their bodily fluids.

It's all about controlling the water!

The Water Prison Technique can be considered one of the strongest binding ninjutsu among water-style techniques. However, this technique also has a great inconvenience for the user: the user's hands must never leave the water prison, otherwise the technique will be broken.

Manipulating water is even more difficult, as it allows one to extract natural water formed from the earth and air. This gives the user an unimaginable advantage in many environments, something that ordinary water-style ninjas cannot achieve.

Furthermore, they can manipulate the moisture in the enemy's body, causing extreme chaos in the enemy's internal tissues, and even killing the opponent directly.

Sakura can't do either of these two things now, and even the Second Hokage couldn't.

Only the First Mizukage, Byakuren, who was no less powerful than the Second Hokage in his era when he was known as a master of Water Release, could achieve this.

Two years ago, after Tsunade decided to dedicate herself to nurturing the three of them, she provided them with all sorts of conveniences, granting them access to all kinds of precious research and classic texts.

Sakura's focus is naturally on the Second Hokage's scroll notes. Since it's a notebook, besides ninjutsu, it naturally also contains the Second Hokage's experiences or, to put it another way, his "inner thoughts."

Most of the comments are a mix of admiration and criticism for the First Hokage, as well as a complex mix of disdain and caution towards Madara Uchiha.

Besides the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha, the rest are other powerful figures in the ninja world, with the First Mizukage Byakuren occupying a significant portion of the narrative.

Moreover, it was quite rare for him to receive such a humble assessment from the proud Second Hokage.

Of course, the Second Hokage only believed that he was inferior to the First Mizukage, Byakuren, in certain aspects of Water Release, such as the incredible feat of manipulating the body's water.

At the same time, he subtly indicated that it wasn't that he couldn't do it, but rather that he didn't have enough energy to focus on water-based techniques.

Sakura, a fan of all the Hokage, naturally agrees with this, because the Second Hokage is known for more than just being a master of Water Release.

Instead, he was renowned throughout the world as a master of space-time, a master of forbidden arts, a master of sealing barriers, a master of physical combat, a master of illusion, and a true blasting maniac.

Flying Thunder God Technique, Impure World Reincarnation, Red Sun Barrier, Eight Gates Formation, Dark Travel Technique, Soul Imprisonment Technique, Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags - Infinite Explosion Technique, and various other ninjutsu.

The Second Hokage was a pioneer. Even though some ninjutsu were not perfect and had a lot of room for improvement, such as the Eight Gates, the Second Hokage only proposed a theory and foundation at the time.

However, this does not diminish his status as the founder.

"Is it someone else? Or...?"

"Impure World Reincarnation?"

In an instant, Sakura's mind raced, and her movements were equally swift. The First Mizukage's ability to manipulate the body's fluids could indeed bind most people in the ninja world, or even kill them outright.

However, for Sakura, who is also proficient in water-style techniques and has a very strong physical body, it only caused her a little discomfort.

Sakura placed her hand on Indra's sword and looked at Yakumo, who also looked back at her as if by telepathy.

In that brief moment of eye contact, they both understood each other's next plans.

Clang!

Two sword energies, devoid of any trace of smoke or fire, rose up as the two drew their swords, crisscrossing each other silently, affecting both the tangible flow of water and the intangible moisture in the air.

All of them were silently and instantly severed by the crisscrossing blade energy.

Even without any dazzling light or powerful chakra fluctuations, the sword energy of Indra's Blade and Ashura's Blade formed a profound yin-yang force field that cut through and pushed aside everything, causing the surrounding surging water to collapse with a roar.

The raindrops scattered with a deafening roar, yet not a single drop of water touched the members of Class 7, not even the two swords.

"What amazing swordsmanship."

In the thick fog, an old man with long hair and beard, a closed left eye, and a long scar saw this scene and praised it.

He was the first Mizukage, the founder of Kirigakure.

The reason the First Mizukage described the two girls' swordsmanship as "impressive" rather than "exquisite" was because he recognized that their swordsmanship skills were not particularly advanced.

The reason he was able to easily break through his ninjutsu was due to his own powerful strength and the two samurai swords that looked quite impressive.

Behind him stood a man with long blond hair, wearing a high-necked trench coat, and a small mustache with a helpless expression.

A middle-aged man with long black hair and a calm expression.

And a "boy" with green hair and purple eyes, a scar under his left eye that looks like a stitch, wielding a club-shaped weapon with a hook at the front and decorated with green flowers.

Second Mizukage, Third Mizukage, Fourth Mizukage.

Water reflections from all dynasties come together.

"Has Konoha become this powerful now? Just two young girls can achieve this. I wonder how Kirigakure is?"

The First Mizukage sighed and looked at the Second Mizukage.

Faced with the gaze of the First Mizukage, the Second Mizukage shrugged, indicating that he did not know, and then looked at the Third Mizukage beside him.

Seemingly noticing the Second Mizukage's gaze, the Third Mizukage opened his eyes, smiled gently, and gestured to Yagura Karatachi behind the group.

Therefore, all three Mizukage focused their attention on Yagura Karatachi.

Yagura, the tachibana seller: "............"

Faced with the questioning gazes of his three seniors, Yagura Karatachi felt his scalp tingle and was under immense pressure, unsure of what to say for a moment.

I can't exactly say that I've wiped out all your descendants, disciples, and families.

When I died, only a handful of kittens remained in the entire Hidden Mist Village.

Is it possible that only Elder Yuanshi is left to barely manage to keep things in order?

Even though he was manipulated by others, does he really bear no responsibility or guilt as the one who used his power to slaughter his compatriots?

Especially when this knife should have been aimed at the enemy and protecting our compatriots.

So it wasn't that Yagura didn't want to say something, but he simply didn't know how to say it or where to begin, so he could only fall into silence.

Seeing this, the First Mizukage seemed to understand something, and the two Mizukage beside him also seemed to understand.

The First Mizukage sighed.

"It seems the situation in the village isn't very optimistic right now."

"First Lord, I am very sorry."

The First Mizukage shook his head, about to say something more, when his body suddenly stiffened, and a fierce struggle flashed in his eyes, but it obviously had little effect.

And just like that, the First Mizukage vanished from his spot in an instant.

After the First Mizukage disappeared, the other three Mizukage also began to take action.

Earlier, just as Sakura and Yakumo had dealt with the First Mizukage's attack...

Naruto's actions were not slow at all. The First Mizukage's control over water made Sakura and Yakumo feel uncomfortable, and made Kakashi, who was already exhausted, even paler.

However, it had no effect whatsoever on Naruto, whose physical strength was terrifying and who was also carrying the Sage's Staff.

"Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"

Naruto roared and waved his hand, creating a rapidly spinning, highly compressed spiral shuriken with an indestructible sharpness. The shuriken caused intense friction and agitation of the air, and the sharp sound made everyone present feel a sharp pain in their eardrums.

The fierce white dragon was instantly sliced ​​in half, and the remaining half of its body collapsed in mid-air.

However, in the center where the white dragon was cut open, a black shadow suddenly rushed out and headed straight for the group.

"Ok?"

Despite his weakness, Kakashi, who still possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, had the best dynamic vision among those present.

But he could clearly see that it was a large sword, and when he saw the shape of the sword and the dense talismans and runes on the blade, he realized that it was a large sword.

I felt a chill run down my spine and goosebumps all over my body.

This is Exploding Blade - Spray!

"Get out of the way!"

Kakashi reacted extremely quickly, letting out a shout and leaping out first.

He wasn't worried that his disciples wouldn't be able to dodge; on the contrary, he himself might not be able to avoid the blast radius if he didn't hurry.

Therefore, his three disciples had no choice but to step in to protect him.

Under the dense explosion of those explosive tags, everyone except Naruto would be injured to varying degrees.

Just as Kakashi had thought, Sakura, Naruto, and Yakumo reacted quickly as well. The moment Kakashi finished speaking, the three of them dodged.

Yakumo and Sakura were perfectly in sync, simultaneously dodging to the same spot.

Naruto and Kakashi, however, were in other locations.

Thus, the initial probing attacks by the two Mizukage and several Seven Swordsmen, while not causing any damage to Team 7, effectively divided their positions into three.

Chapter 331 Illusionary Techniques that Work on Impure World Reincarnation.

Naruto!

Kakashi-sensei!

As soon as Sakura and Yakumo landed, they searched everywhere for the two, but what appeared to be thick fog was actually an illusion that obscured their vision.