Chapter 344: Fierce Battle
On the battlefield, where the white mist permeated, the screams of the ninja enveloped by the acid mist sounded briefly, and then quickly returned to silence.
On the other side, where the Lava Style giant dragon had wreaked havoc, the extremely corrosive liquid, after melting a few ninja, condensed into hard gray-white stones.
In an instant, two dead zones were created on the battlefield!
The rebels suffered heavy casualties and finally reacted—
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"
The air was driven by chakra and turned into a violent storm; in an instant, a fierce wind blew, rolling up countless water splashes and gravel, sweeping away the acid mist permeating the field and blowing it away!
It was the Wind Style ninja who had attacked her just now. Haruno Sakura narrowed her eyes slightly and realized. The only ninja on the First Elder's side who could use a low-level Wind Style ninjutsu with the power of a high-level Wind Style was that person.
"It was cracked..." Mei Terumī said coldly. The disadvantage of mist-type ninjutsu was that it was not suitable for use in open areas. "But the reaction was too late!"
The Skilled Mist Technique completed its task and finally vanished into smoke; on the other side, the giant dragon condensed from Lava Style was also tottering under the siege of the enemy.
"Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet Jutsu!" "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!"
Under the siege of more than a dozen water dragons and earth dragons, the Lava Style giant dragon also began to falter, unable to chase and kill the rebels as freely as before.
ROAR—!
Earth-shaking roars and the sounds of ninjutsu collisions and destruction rose one after another!
Giant dragons of three different colors, body shapes, and attributes entangled together, tearing and biting non-stop. The Lava Style giant dragon's extremely corrosive sharp teeth and claws, as well as its body size far exceeding the other long dragons, obviously had the advantage. Under Mei Terumī's control, a slap or a bite could eliminate an earth dragon or water dragon, but the effect of many ants biting an elephant to death also began to manifest gradually: the water dragons were constantly diluting the concentration of the Lava Style slime, and the earth dragons also gradually suppressed the Lava Dragon's steps!
The Lava Dragon's body size gradually shrank. After a moment, it finally let out a sad cry and turned into a lump of solidified gray-white stone scattered on the ground.
After Mei Terumī's ninjutsu ravaged for two rounds, the rebels finally defeated her ninjutsu.
However, the price paid was dozens of ninja lying on the ground, or melted and corroded without a trace.
There were even more ninja who were slightly affected by these two moves and were corroded until their skin split and flesh tore, or even missing limbs!
After the ninjutsu subsided, the battlefield was a mess. Turbid sewage mixed with mud, earth, and stones flowed on the ground, painting the training ground an ugly gray-brown and dark red. The mottled filth and muddy water made the pink-haired girl frown.
The First Elder's figure emerged from the water again, his face solemn, looking at Mei Terumī and Haruno Sakura with awe-inspiring killing intent.
On the battlefield, the ninja on the First Elder's side stood on the ground with some embarrassment, their number reduced by a small half. Opposite them, Haruno Sakura and Mei Terumī stood proudly on the shoulders of the towering Ice Golem, confronting them.
The sun at the end of May was already somewhat bright, but shining on the field, one could not feel a trace of heat at all.
Condensed killing intent permeated the entire battlefield, and both sides were silent for a moment.
"As expected of Lord Mizukage, the power of Lava Style and Boil Style is indeed amazing..." The First Elder glanced at the white bones corroded of flesh and blood in the mud not far away, and said coldly, "However, we already know how to deal with your ninjutsu!"
Mei Terumī looked down at the First Elder and said nothing. Instead, the girl beside her sneered.
"Hmph! Your so-called dealing with it, isn't it just the stupid method of slowly wearing us down with ninjutsu!" Sakura snorted and said, "Also, drilling out of such dirty water, don't you think it's dirty? Or are ninja like you used to standing in filth?"
The First Elder turned his gaze to Sakura, not responding to her provocation, but said calmly, "As long as a stupid method works, it is a good method. We still have many people. You can't outlast us in a contest of chakra!"
"Besides, Mist ninja have long been accustomed to living in dark and filthy environments," he said.
Mei Terumī opened her crimson lips lightly and said faintly, "No one gets used to living in darkness and filth. More than ten years of the Village of the Bloody Mist have pushed everyone to the limit, so we overthrew the bloody rule of the Fourth Mizukage, ended the dark bloody mist era, and that's why we want to implement a new policy of openness and peace."
Her eyes looked coldly at the First Elder, narrowing them, and concluded, "And you think Mist ninja should be accustomed to blood and cruelty. This is where our fundamental difference lies, and it is also the root cause of today's battle."
The First Elder just laughed disdainfully.
"This is not blood and cruelty, but the tradition of the Mist... Ninja like you who softly and hypocritically engage in friendship and mutual assistance will only bring about your own destruction!"
Tradition? How much ugliness is done in the name of tradition! Haruno Sakura sneered. Closed countries and regions were most prone to such bad habits. For example, on Earth in her previous life, hundreds of millions of women in Africa and other places were brutally circumcised.
On the other side, Mei Terumī sighed, her eyelids slightly lowered.
Forget about such stubborn people. Sadly, there are still many Mist ninja who hold the First Elder's idea. Even among those neutral ninja, many feel that this is correct!
Even though they have all been hurt by this cruel system.
As victims, they don't think about stopping the harm, but hope to impose the pain they have experienced on those who come after, repeating this, cycling hatred and pain continuously, passing it down...
As the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumī had long realized this, and she had long been clear about her mission, which was to break the tragic cycle of the Mist and prevent the next Village of the Bloody Mist era from reappearing in the village.
The struggle between the First Elder and other rebels and her faction had turned into a battle of beliefs! Both sides firmly believed that their beliefs were correct, and the Mist should move forward according to their ideas. No amount of words could change each other's thoughts.
Words could not convince the opposing side.
Then, they could only eliminate each other physically.
This was the only consensus between the two sides fighting until now!
Mei Terumī suddenly opened her eyes. There was no longer any emotion of treating the opponent as a Mist compatriot in her eyes, only ice coldness!
"It seems that no matter what, we can only fight until one side is completely down to determine whose choice is the correct answer!" The woman's voice was like the polar wind, cold and biting, killing intent attacking!
"Aren't we already doing this? You and I both know that after those ghostly tricks and useless plans failed, we have only one battle left!" The First Elder said coldly. "However, our chances of winning are greater..."
"Although you can still use powerful ninjutsu, your bodies are still paralyzed, am I wrong! Your biggest weakness is that you cannot move easily, just two small targets on the shoulders of this big target, the Ice Golem... The second weakness is that Lava Style and Boil Style have strong attack capabilities, but average effects for defense!"
"This is where your lifeline lies. Once we pinpoint this, we will soon be able to defeat you!"
Speaking of this, the First Elder seemed to have found the key to victory, and a smile appeared on his face.
Haruno Sakura shook her head.
Defense power... Even if they treat the Ice Golem as a target, it's enough for them to hit for half a day.
As for not being able to move, this indeed greatly limited their performance. Even ninjutsu-type ninja couldn't stay in place as turrets forever. Now they could move, dodge, and attack on the battlefield by moving with the Ice Golem, which barely made up for this weakness.
However, if they thought they had a chance of winning because of this, they were really thinking too much!
The two women looked at each other.
Both could see from each other's eyes that there was no fear, but instead full of fighting spirit!
Haruno Sakura put her hands in front of her chest and said calmly, "Don't waste words with him. I'm going to finish them off completely!"
Mei Terumī nodded lightly and said, "Then let's begin... I also want to see your Ice Style!"
The Fifth Mizukage formed seals first, quickly casting ninjutsu:
"Lava Style: Melting Apparition Technique!"
A large range of corrosive slime sprayed out from her mouth, enveloping the ninja below. Several ninja who couldn't dodge in time were hit head-on by the acid and died on the spot!
The First Elder shouted, "Don't panic, deal with her moves the same way as just now!"
The ninja beside him were already forming seals the moment he reminded them, quickly casting counter-ninjutsu to block the Fifth Mizukage's Lava Style.
"Suppressed." Mei Terumī glanced at the battlefield below and said calmly. The enemy's reaction was very fast. The powerful Lava Style giant dragon had been tightly entangled by countless small ninjutsu, like falling into a quagmire, its movements gradually becoming sluggish!
Fighting against the many with the few is indeed somewhat strenuous, Haruno Sakura thought silently. This is the first time I've faced so many strong enemies!
But... it doesn't matter.
With Mei Terumī's experience just now, Sakura had already thought about how to fight.
Mei Terumī glanced at the girl beside her. The chakra overflowing from Sakura's body was astonishingly large, indicating the amazing power of the ninjutsu she was brewing!
"Ice Style: Cold Frost Ice Funeral!"
In an instant, without warning, the water flowing on the ground suddenly froze, condensing into hard ice blocks.
Then, sharp and hard ice spikes and ice blades suddenly protruded from the ice layer on the ground, piercing fiercely and sharply at the rebels!
Swish, swish, swish—
In the blink of an eye, endless ice blades, ice spears, ice pillars... accompanied by the sound of ice piercing the air, emerged from the surface of the ice layer, turning the entire ground into a forest of ice.
Many enemies didn't react at all to the sudden drastic change, or didn't dodge, but instead overestimated their own abilities and wanted to fight against the Ice Style forest. As expected, they were injured by the cold stabbing, or even pierced through the body, dying immediately!
When the ice layer finally stopped growing, the number of ninja on the First Elder's side was reduced by a lot again.
However, the remaining rebels were not so easy to deal with.
After the screening of large-scale ninjutsu by Mei Terumī and Haruno Sakura, the ninja who could survive, except for a few who had been protected all along, were almost all quick-reacting and agile people, and their strength was quite extraordinary!
Then.
Next is—
"Ice Style: Legion Ice Clone Jutsu!"
"Last time, Orochimaru was almost defeated by this move..." The girl revealed a cold smile on her face.
"I wonder if you can perform better!"
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