Meanwhile, the Mist shinobi stationed at the camp had also recovered from their shock over the assassination attempt on the Mizukage.
"Quickly go protect Lady Mizukage!"
"Hurry and inform all the jonin to return for reinforcement!"
Even though their defenses were thin, there were still over a hundred shinobi left behind in the camp.
They all sprang into action at once, making a huge racket.
"Aha! Behold the Proud Azure Beast of Konoha appears!" Guy struck a pose like a white crane spreading its wings as he blocked the enemy's path. "If you want to interfere with my senior, you'll have to get through me first!"
Despite the tense atmosphere filled with killing intent, when they saw Guy's outfit and appearance, the Mist shinobi responsible for this direction instinctively shuddered.
"Pervert!"
"A super disgusting pervert!"
Guy froze in place like he'd turned into stone. He muttered in disbelief, "Pervert?"
"Don't fool around. Get ready for battle!" Asuma reminded him, but seeing that Guy was still feeling depressed, he could only encourage loudly, "What's wrong with being a little weird? Embracing your quirks isn't against youth, is it?"
"You're right! That's what youth is all about!" Like someone illuminated by holy light, Guy suddenly regained full vitality as he charged toward the enemies. "Behold my Super Perverted Hurricane Kick!"
"What a guy!" Asuma sighed helplessly, then glanced at the two figures inside the barrier with the corner of his eye. "Seiki, you will definitely win, right?"
Inside the barrier.
"They're just preventing others from disturbing us. It's just me who will truly fight you!" Seiki calmly replied.
"What an arrogant brat. Have those victories clouded your judgment?" The Mizukage's face darkened. "It seems necessary to remind you that defeating a jinchuriki and defeating a Kage are entirely different matters!"
[Ice Release - Demonic Mirroring Thin Ice!]
Moisture in the air condensed into ice, instantly transforming the interior of the barrier into an icy world.
Next, the Mizukage seemed to sink into water, her figure gradually disappearing from the surface of the ice.
"This is... similar to Haku's Ice Release?" Seiki showed slight surprise. He knew the Mizukage possessed Ice Release, but hadn't really known about her specific development tendencies within it.
In the next moment, copies of the Mizukage appeared in every corner of this frozen world. All the Mizukages simultaneously formed hand seals, unleashing hundreds upon thousands of ice spears that attacked Seiki from all directions without leaving any blind spots.
[Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness!]
A technique originally used to trap enemies became a shelter under Seiki's control, blocking all the ice spears flying from all directions.
"Tsk, I thought you would use Ice Release!"
"Oh please! I'm not falling for that!"
Facing a Mizukage who could move freely across ice surfaces, Seiki couldn't afford to recklessly use Ice Release.
Take this Earth Release technique for example; he could have achieved similar effects using Ice Release, but the consequence would be allowing the Mizukage to teleport much closer to him.
"If you love ice so much, then freeze there forever!"
Seiki smashed the ground with Monstrous Strength. Cracks spread like lightning, shattering the entire frozen world into fragments.
However, the Mizukage's voice didn't disappear; instead, it became increasingly chaotic and cacophonous.
"It's useless. Even if the Ice Release shatters into powder, as long as it's still frozen at its core, it has no effect on me!"
As he spoke, those shattered ice fragments automatically reassembled themselves, then shot out beams of cold light, carrying frigid frost, rushing toward Seiki Shimaseki at incredible speed.
[Sage Art: Paper Arts!]
Seiki Shimaseki manipulated his body like soft clay, freely changing its shape and dodging the attack from an impossible angle.
However, those beams didn't vanish after missing; upon colliding with the ice layer, they refracted outward directly.
From the outside perspective, it seemed as though the entire Chakra Barrier space had transformed into a laser network.
"Don't underestimate the power of ice. The temperature you control is merely the most fundamental aspect!" Mizukage's proud voice came from within the ice mirror, "It took me decades of research before I could barely master Ice Release!"
"My apologies, but I really don't get your approach to training." While dodging the beams, Seiki Shimaseki sighed wistfully, "I truly envy these ordinary-talented ninja who can spend so much time on just one aspect!"
A rush of anger rose in Mizukage's chest — how dare he, the mighty Mizukage, be called a ninja of average talent?
Yet compared to this little monster before him, perhaps that really was the case!
The more Mizukage thought about it, the angrier he became, "Then why don't you stop running away!"
"I never intended to escape in the first place!" Energy continuously gathered in Seiki Shimaseki's palm, gradually forming into an oversized chakra sphere, "Besides, I'd also like to see whether you can survive when ice crystals break down into molecules and atoms!"
As Mizukage sensed that terrifying chakra fluctuation, even within the otherworldly realm, his scalp began to tingle, "Is this bastard a transformed Bijuu? No good, staying any longer in the Glacial World might really become troublesome!"
But if he exited now, he'd have to confront the impact equivalent to a Tailed Beast Ball head-on!
"I must seize the right moment—to leave when the storm has passed but the ice hasn't completely shattered yet!"
The energy sphere in Seiki Shimaseki's hands slammed onto the ground. Although he tried his best to confine the attack to a small area, the sudden burst of energy still made the Chakra Barrier tremble unstably.
If even the edges of the barrier were affected like this, then those at the epicenter definitely faced far worse.
Even Seiki Shimaseki himself had armored his body with an Earth Release shield inside and wrapped it in an Ice Release barrier outside just to survive the blast.
Mizukage had no intention of attacking Seiki Shimaseki either; immediately after exiting the Glacial World, he hastily applied another icy barrier around himself.
Survival comes first!
The two sides locked in battle around them were also startled by this unexpected 'earthquake'.
Even from outside the Chakra Barrier, the surrounding ninja could sense the tremendous commotion within.
"Has that Seiki Shimaseki lost his mind? He's going way too far!"
"Could both Mizukage and him have died?"
"No matter how you put it, this attack is excessive—absolutely like a living Bijuu!"
Seeing at last that Mizukage had emerged from the Glacial World, Seiki Shimaseki slightly relaxed as well. Using such large-scale ninjutsu within this relatively confined and enclosed space indeed carried significant risks.
One or two more attacks like that, and the Chakra Barrier would certainly come crashing down.
Mizukage pressed his chest to steady his breath and suppress the rising internal chaos, then snapped furiously, "You crazy bastard! If you wanna die, don't drag me down with you!"
Seiki simply grinned. "Don't you think this is exciting?"
Mizukage was speechless. The previous Raikage used to be the same—always going for a mutual-kill move like he wanted to take me down too. Who the hell fights like that?!
"Hmph! I have no intention of dying with you!"
If push came to shove, he wouldn't mind using his old life to take out a Konoha prodigy full of promise.
The problem was, this time the enemy had rushed straight into his own home. All he needed to do was stall a little longer until reinforcements arrived—that's when victory would be sealed.
Under these conditions, there's no damn way he'd go all-out against this guy.
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