In an era when combat required hand seals, the advantage of seal-less ninjutsu was particularly evident. In essence, Juzo Biwa died a rather wronged death, because under Habara's pressure, he hadn't been able to use a single ninjutsu in the end.
Unable to form seals, and with his taijutsu style perfectly countered by Habara, Juzo Biwa could be said to have "died a fitting death."
Habara, who had been fiercely swept away by Juzo Biwa's dying blow, his body drawing a standard parabola in the air, directly crashed into the water. After rolling for a long distance, Habara extended his left hand and grabbed the water surface as if grabbing the ground. Thus, his figure swung half a circle around his left hand as the axis, and then he stopped.
But Habara didn't stand up immediately. He took deep breaths while coughing violently. Some parts of his body had been severely burned, and as he breathed heavily, drops of mercury began to seep out from the surface of his skin...
Although Habara had the ability to control metal, and it could even be said that this control was quite comprehensive, the difficulty of controlling high-temperature, irregularly fluctuating things like mercury vapor was considerable.
Therefore, this technique, which was very likely to injure himself, should be avoided as much as possible.
Fortunately, he could quickly squeeze out the heavy metal from his body. Feeling that the mercury on his body had been cleaned up seventy to eighty percent, the lightning on Habara's body gradually extinguished. Then, dark red patterns emerged... the Blood Release Technique.
After switching modes, the natural energy flowing in Habara's meridians directly filled his body, and then the areas on his body that had been burned by high temperatures began to recover rapidly. However, this was less due to the influence of natural energy and more due to the unique recovery power of Jugo's factor.
While dealing with the injuries on his body, Habara stood up. Then he reached out and took off the Kubikiribocho that was still hanging on his waist.
On the other side, Juzo Biwa had already sunk to the bottom of the water. A small area of the lake was stained with a faint red.
The fierce battle with the jonin drastically consumed Habara's chakra. Although most of his techniques had low consumption, the high-speed Lightning Release ninjutsu body technique was obviously not among them. So at this time, Habara's chakra had dropped below 30%.
If he continued to fight, he would be shut down.
However, at this moment, a translucent humanoid bulge appeared on the surface of the water in front. Then Hozuki Mangetsu's figure reappeared.
Faced with the fact that one of their jonin had already died, the other two young Kirigakure ninjas didn't react at all!
What puzzled Habara was that he had clearly hit the opponent with his attack just now, but why was this guy still alive and kicking? And, he didn't know if it was his illusion, but Habara felt that this young ninja's physique was more than a circle thicker than at the beginning.
Could it be...
A Nature Transformation user? (Referring to someone able to transform their body, like the Hozuki clan's Hydrification Technique)
But now wasn't the time to consider these things. Hozuki Mangetsu quickly rushed towards Habara. He once again swung the special big sword in his hand.
And now, Habara wasn't afraid of a head-on collision at all. If he was in speed mode just now, then now he was undoubtedly in pure power mode!
Habara also began to charge forward. Then he swung the Kubikiribocho in a wide arc, smashing it towards the Hiramekarei that was starting to release chakra...
No, perhaps "smash" was more appropriate.
Under this fierce impact, the Kubikiribocho snapped in response, and Hozuki Mangetsu was instantly sent flying!
Habara looked at the broken big sword in his hand, frowned, and then threw it into the water... This broken thing was inferior to his Cold Plume, Burning Feather.
As for Hozuki Mangetsu, who was smashed away, he rolled even further than Habara had just now. He even rolled all the way back to Mei Terumi's side. Just as he finally stopped and was preparing to launch another attack, Mei Terumi spoke up and stopped him.
"He's good at both speed and power, his attack power and defense power are far beyond the jonin level, his casting speed is incredibly fast, and he has the special ability to control mercury...
The enemy should be a Magnet Release ninja. Hozuki, you can't deal with him with your abilities.
Don't get too close to him... Use my technique to eliminate him."
At this time, Mei Terumi had already completed the hand seals, and then she began to spray pesticide from her mouth:
Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique.
A light white mist began to spread across the entire lake surface, centered on Mei Terumi. Habara instinctively felt that this thing was very dangerous. Then he saw the plants on the shore quickly wither, carbonize, and disappear.
Acid mist?
It wasn't until this moment that Habara figured out the identities of these two young enemies. If nothing unexpected happened, they should be the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, and Hozuki Suigetsu's brother.
Fortunately, these two were both mini versions, otherwise Habara would really be in trouble here.
However, although this acid mist technique was very lethal, it was relatively easy to deal with. After witnessing Habara eliminate Juzo Biwa, Mei Terumi misjudged his combat intent. She thought that a ninja of this strength would definitely seize the opportunity to annihilate their group of Kirigakure ninjas... And in a frontal battle, Lava Release was definitely not afraid of Habara.
However, after witnessing this large-scale attack, Habara made a very courageous decision... to turn around and run.
Seriously, is courage tougher than Susanoo? This thing could even melt Susanoo.
And Habara felt that his abilities were slightly countered. After his mercury mist was invaded by the acid mist, it seemed to become more difficult to control. Coupled with the fact that his chakra was bottoming out, when else would he run if not now?
Habara's purpose from beginning to end was to delay the enemy's pursuit, and this purpose was declared a failure from the very beginning, so his battle here was meaningless.
So when the weapon covered the entire lake, Habara had already bolted.
And shortly after rushing into the woods, Habara found the body of a Konoha ninja. He was lying on the ground, his neck twisted at a strange angle. He should have been killed instantly from behind.
And as he moved forward, more and more bodies were found. Their common characteristic was that they were killed instantly.
About fifteen minutes later, Habara saw the body of the youngest child in that team.
The small body of eleven or twelve years old was leaning against a tree, looking as if he was asleep.
Habara subconsciously stopped. He came to the other side, checked his breathing and heartbeat, and confirmed that this child was really dead.
The collapse in his chest indicated that this child was likely hit in the chest by an enemy with a club.
However, just as Habara stopped to check on this child's situation, a figure hiding in the dark saw him, and then the other party staggered out.
"Hey, the captain ordered, immediately escort me to escape from here!"
It was Captain Hayasegawa, who felt good about himself. Obviously, at this time, he realized that Habara's strength was very unusual.
And for such an order, Habara directly turned around and swung his left arm.
At the same time, the bright mercury longsword was also swung out.
The longsword cut through something. Captain Hayasegawa's body fell to the ground, but his head was still held steadily in mid-air by the longsword.
"Captain, how do you think this child died?"
"Stop talking, because I don't want to hear your voice anymore."
Although Habara didn't like Konoha very much, he couldn't help but do a good deed for Konoha.