"You make a very valid point."
Akihara Kagura strongly agreed with Hatake Kakashi's words, raising his hand to swiftly gather the vines above the sea!
"Then let it witness…"
"The gap between my Wood Release and that of the First Hokage!"
"Roar!"
The Three-Tails roared, slamming its tail heavily onto the sea surface!
In this sea, even if the most formidable Nine-Tails of the ninja world were to appear, it would not be intimidated. Wave after wave surged towards Akihara Kagura!
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Jutsu!"
A wooden dragon emerged, swimming against the waves!
Standing atop the head of the wood dragon, Akihara Kagura could only exert his utmost control to navigate through the waves, preventing being overwhelmed by the engulfing sea!
"This is the power of a Tailed Beast…"
Itachi, standing behind Akihara Kagura, could not hide his astonishment.
"Water Release is greatly enhanced at sea…"
Hatake Kakashi, standing beside them, explained: "Moreover, the Three-Tails is the Tailed Beast most skilled in Water Release techniques among the legendary nine…"
Hatake Kakashi's gaze was primarily on the giant wood dragon below: "Even having seen this jutsu before, it's still shocking every time."
"Hold tight."
Akihara Kagura looked back at the two tourists observing the sea and raised his hand to control the massive wood dragon, charging towards the immense Three-Tails: "Next, comes the most spectacular performance!"
"Roar!"
The Three-Tails roared, facing the charging wood dragon!
Clusters of tiny chakra, like dust, rapidly converged in front of the Three-Tails, gradually forming a purplish-black sphere!
This is…
The Tailed Beast Bomb!
By condensing the chakra of the Tailed Beasts with Yin-Yang attributes in a 2:8 ratio, one can manifest the simplest and most powerful technique that a Tailed Beast can release!
Fortunately...
The Three-Tails is not fast at condensing the Tailed Beast Bomb!
Akihara Kagura quickly brought his hands together, and the wooden dragon's head slowly transformed. A pair of wooden dragon horns grew on its head, its mouth rapidly enlarged, and its body slowly sprouted thick tree roots. These roots quickly converged to form four huge dragon claws!
This wooden dragon now looked quite different from the First Hokage's Wood Dragon Technique. Instead, it resembled the Eastern Dragon from the legends of Akihara Kagura's previous life!
"This is..."
Hatake Kakashi looked around curiously.
"Oh, I am trying to improve the Wood Dragon Technique."
After further evolving his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, Akihara Kagura had always wanted to find an opportunity to develop his bloodline limit. Now, he was just making preliminary changes to the shape of the Wood Dragon Technique.
"This… in the middle of a battle..."
Kakashi's eyelids twitched as he couldn't help but say, "Improving a ninjutsu during a fight, isn't that risky? The technique that the Three-Tails is about to release is very dangerous..."
Akihara Kagura calmly interrupted Kakashi: "That's why this is a necessary improvement based on the technique it's about to release."
When the wooden dragon swiftly moved next to the Three-Tails, the Three-Tails finally completed the condensation of the Tailed Beast Bomb. In an instant, it sprayed the Tailed Beast Bomb at the wooden dragon's head!
"Be careful!"
Hatake Kakashi tightly grabbed Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi, wanting to take the two of them and jump off the wooden dragon's head!
"Don't worry."
Akihara Kagura's expression remained calm.
Suddenly, the wooden dragon raised its body and grabbed the Tailed Beast Bomb with a huge dragon claw, pressing it down towards the Three-Tails like catching a ball!
The wooden dragon's claw tightly gripped the Tailed Beast Bomb, continuously absorbing the chakra within it, controlling the rhythm of the bomb's explosion!
Under the wooden dragon's claw, the Tailed Beast Bomb slowly turned into a glowing orb that could explode at any moment, potentially blowing away everything around it!
The wooden dragon, holding the about-to-explode Tailed Beast Bomb, firmly pressed it against the Three-Tails. The light of the explosion shone dazzlingly in an instant!
Boom!
The entire sea surface trembled!
The Three-Tails was in agony, howling in pain as it was blasted by its own Tailed Beast Bomb!
The three people standing atop the wooden dragon were also tossed about by the blast wave!
However, the wooden dragon seemed unharmed, slowly coiling its body around the Three-Tails, tightly wrapping around it!
The Three-Tails struggled violently!
The two colossal creatures clashed fiercely on the sea's surface!
The Three-Tails violently swung its three tails, smashing them like hammers onto the wooden dragon's body, breaking a part of it and scattering splinters everywhere!
However...
The wooden dragon's body was rapidly healing!
Because it was not a summoned creature, but formed by the transformation of Wood Release chakra, its body could quickly regenerate under the flow of Wood Release chakra!
Numerous vines and roots grew from the tail of the wooden dragon, binding the Three-Tails's three tails to prevent further trouble!
The Three-Tails's chakra was being rapidly absorbed by the wooden dragon!
Wood Release is called the bane of the Tailed Beasts because it can absorb their chakra, weakening their combat power more and more!
The Three-Tails desperately shook its head, trying to do something in this dire situation, twisting its body violently, attempting to roll back into the sea!
The wooden dragon's head quickly approached the Three-Tails, a dragon claw fiercely extending from below, locking onto the Three-Tails's throat, rendering it unable to move its head!
The Three-Tails could no longer make any moves!
"The battle is over."
When the wooden dragon subdued the Three-Tails, Akihara Kagura declared the end of the battle, not all Tailed Beasts could resist the art of the wooden dragon.
As expected.
The strength of the Three-Tails weakened more and more as the wooden dragon absorbed its chakra.
This massive Tailed Beast, under the onslaught of the wooden dragon, couldn't withstand for even a few minutes and was completely suppressed, unable to resist in any way.
If Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, had fought in human form, Akihara Kagura would probably have had to spend more time and effort. But Yagura, facing Akihara Kagura's Wood Release, foolishly thought he could confront him in his strongest Tailed Beast form...
Boom!
A puff of smoke arose!
The Three-Tails gradually lost its strength, and its massive body dissipated in an instant!
The small figure of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, appeared, lying weakly and motionless on the sea surface.
"Is it over already?"
Hatake Kakashi felt an inexplicable sensation.
"Is it over already?"
Uchiha Itachi echoed Kakashi's words.
Originally, they thought the battle between the Three-Tails and the Wood Dragon would be a tough one. They didn't expect that Akihara Kagura's Wood Dragon would defeat the Three-Tails so swiftly.
"Don't think it was easy..."
"This is because I improved the Wood Dragon technique..."
Akihara Kagura was quite satisfied with his modification of the Wood Dragon technique.
If he hadn't modified the Wood Dragon's body shape on the spur of the moment, just the proximity of the Tailed Beast Bomb would have been troublesome enough!
Akihara Kagura raised his finger, continuing to control the Wood Dragon, which grew vines from its body. These vines wrapped around the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, on the sea surface and slowly brought him to the trio.
"..."
Hatake Kakashi became somewhat silent.
The situation seemed to have suddenly become complicated.
They were originally on a mission from the Mist Village to track Uchiha Obito, but instead of conducting their reconnaissance, they ended up capturing the leader of the Mist Village.
The problem is...
They've captured the Mizukage...
Should they continue to infiltrate the Mist Village for reconnaissance?
"Let's deal with the trouble at hand first!"
Akihara Kagura turned to Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi: "The Mizukage can't resist anymore. Can you control him with genjutsu to prevent any trouble on the way?"
"..."
The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, strained to open his eyes wide, staring intently at Akihara Kagura, not as if looking at a demon, but as if looking at a savior!