A massive amount of water fell, instantly forming a terrifying impact of floodwaters.
Akashige and Sara were unable to dodge at all, and were washed away before they could run a distance, along with their puppets. Once the floodwaters passed, the formation the two had formed with their puppets had been scattered to the wind, and many of the puppets had landed far away from them.
Meanwhile, the surrounding environment had turned into a swamp, with the water level reaching their waists.
Akashige and Sara lay in the water, struggling to stand up from the ground, and then quickly waved their fingers, trying to use the chakra lines connected to the puppets to gather the scattered puppets around them.
But at this time, Kirito's new ninjutsu had already been completed, and they were not given the opportunity to regroup.
Two huge water vortexes suddenly appeared, engulfing Akashige and Sara as well as their puppets.
"Water Release: Water Colliding Wave"!
For a moment, Akashige and Sara struggled within the huge water vortexes, but their superb puppet techniques were useless in the terrifying water vortexes. The invisible and lifeless water was not afraid of their puppets, which were packed with lethal weapons.
As a last resort, the two had no choice but to give up puppet techniques and turn to ninjutsu to save themselves.
As elite jōnin of the Sunagakure, the two naturally knew more than just puppet techniques and were equally proficient in one or two types of ninjutsu. It was just that, compared to puppet techniques, which were more convenient for them to kill their enemies, they rarely used ninjutsu in battle.
Akashige masters the properties of Earth Release and Wind Release, while Sara masters the properties of Fire Release and Thunder Release.
Akashige begins to form seals, using an Earth Release technique he has not used in a long time.
Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!
A huge wall of earth appeared instantly from beneath him, pushing him out of the whirlpool.
But just as he managed to break free from the whirlpool, he despairingly realized that he had merely gone from one desperate situation to another.
Around him, five enormous water dragons were watching him hungrily, roaring at him silently.
"Feel the despair. This is the price you pay for provoking me."
Kirito stood on the head of one of the water dragons, looking at Akashige with cold eyes and speaking coldly.
The next moment, the remaining four water dragons pounced on Akashige.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
Seeing the water dragons surging towards him, Akashige immediately formed another seal quickly, once again using Earth Release: Earth Style Wall.
However, he was only able to use this Earth Release jutsu to create two defensive walls of earth.
The two walls successfully blocked the two water dragons, and the remaining two water dragons, one of which was blocked by the puppet released by him using the Summoning Scroll, was blocked by the puppet technique, Machine Light Shield. There was no time to block the last water dragon with other means, so he could only jump up to dodge it.
"So naive,"
Kirito watched Akashige struggle and sneered.
Once again, five seals per second, and once again, he successfully used a small amount of chakra to release the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet technique.
A new water dragon instantly pounced out of the whirlpool of water beneath Akashige, instantly biting him in midair with nowhere to apply leverage, carrying him towards the sky before crashing back down to the ground.
A huge pit immediately appeared on the ground, and Akashige was already lying unconscious at the center of the pit.
The surrounding water quickly engulfed the pit, and a trace of blood quickly appeared in the murky water.
"Akashige!"
At the same time, Sara used a wind-evading ninjutsu that could create a tornado to break free from the water vortex by self-inflicting injuries. She had witnessed the entire process of being carried high into the air by a water dragon and then falling to the ground, and she let out a cry of both anger and grief.
"Your turn, woman,"
Kirito stared coldly at Sara.
As he spoke, he completed the hand seal in one second with both hands again, successfully using the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet technique once more.
"Unforgivable!"
Sara yelled angrily, then quickly completed the hand seal, preparing to use a powerful lightning-based ninjutsu technique to die together with Kirito.
But before she could complete the hand seal, she was already bitten by the water dragon that had pounced out of the whirlpool below.
The heavy high-pressure water inside the water dragon instantly interrupted Sara's release of the ninjutsu, and then carried her up into the air before she fell heavily back down to the ground.
"Akashige..."
Sara fell to the ground, covered in wounds. She looked with difficulty at the spot where Akashige had fallen, and quickly lost consciousness in frustration.
"Akashige-sama, Sara-sama."
Seeing Akashige and Sara fall one after the other, some Suna-Nin nearby with the strength of a Chūnin could no longer hide. They emerged from the shadows one after the other, trying to rescue Akashige and Sara from Kirito.
However, there was no need for Kirito to intervene. Some Ame-Nin who had already arrived immediately took the initiative to block them, denying them the opportunity to get close to the battlefield.
"You trash, don't even think about disturbing Lord Masanari."
"That's right, Lord Masanari is not someone you trash can provoke."
"Stop, stupid Suna-Nin, the outcome of this unfair battle is already decided, it's your despicable Sunagakure that has lost."
...
On the other side, not far away in a large tree, Jiraiya was also watching the situation on the battlefield with binoculars.
Seeing that the battle had already been decided, he said with a grave face, "This time Sunagakure lost really badly. They underestimated the strength of Hattori Masanari too much, and they were actually so arrogant as to fight him where there was a river. What a lack of self-awareness."
With his eyesight, how could he not see that this battle was a crushing defeat.
He knew the two puppet masters from Sunagakure, and they were no ordinary people. On the battlefield of the Land of Wind, countless Konoha ninja had died at their hands, including more than two dozen jōnin.
Even he, if he were careless and encountered them alone, might be in danger.
However, in this battle, the two had been defeated utterly, and the reason for their defeat was that they had underestimated the strength of a powerful Water Release user in a place with water.
As soon as the battle began, Kirito stunned them with a technique called Great Waterfall. Then, before the two had time to counterattack, they were controlled by Kirito's Water Release: Water Colliding Wave. Unable to do anything, they had to give up their puppet technique, which they were best at, and switch to using ninjutsu to fight Kirito.
At this point, Jiraiya also understood that the outcome was already decided.
When a puppeteer gives up on their puppet technique, they can already be considered defeated.
Jiraiya put himself in his opponent's shoes and reckoned that he himself could only summon a large toad with his summoning technique to fight Kirito in a place with water, and even if he did, he might not be able to win, and even if he did, he would definitely not be able to keep Kirito.
"Record the details of the battle here and take the information back with you. Hattori Masanari is not someone to be trifled with as an Ame-Nin, and it is best not to clash with him within the Land of Rain,"
Jiraiya turned his head and said to a Konoha ANBU ninja behind him:
"Ha."
The ANBU ninja immediately nodded and disappeared in the spot using the technique of instant body transformation.
At the same time, ninjas from other nearby villages also sent people to report the news back as soon as possible.