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Chapter 126 Fierce Battle with Yagura! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Genichi's shadow clone and Yagura arrived at the front line almost simultaneously.

For a moment, both sides at this defensive point stopped fighting, and Genichi Kinoshita and Yagura became the focus.

"Xuan Yi Jun, is that a shadow clone?"

Holding a coral cane, Yagura remained polite even to his enemy: "Your shadow clone is no match for me. Let your real body come over here!"

"Or let your commander, Mr. Jiraiya, fight me. None of the others here are my match."

"I'm willing to wait for you!"

Genichi Shushita removed his mask, looked at Yagura, and nodded, saying, "I've come to fight Yagura-senpai."

"However, please wait a moment, senior!"

Yagura nodded.

Bang!
Shadow clone dissipated.

Yagura waited quietly, and the Mist Ninja on this front did not attack again. This strange silence left many Konoha ninja looking at each other in bewilderment.

This commander of the Mist Ninja is truly... a gentleman!
rear.

Genichi Shushita was slightly taken aback when he received the memories from the shadow clone. He then left one of the shadow clones behind and said to Ina Uzumaki and the others, "I'm going to the front line. Ina, you and the shadow clone should be careful not to miss the infiltration team of the Mist Ninja."

Uzumaki Ina nodded quickly: "Yes, Captain!"

Genichi Shushita removed his mask and handed it to Ina Uzumaki, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.

He left Flying Thunder God Kunai on each line of defense yesterday. He didn't use the Shadow Clones before to save chakra, but now he's not using the main body.

Of course, the kunai was not marked at the location where Yagura was encountered.

So it still took Genichi Kishita almost 2 minutes to arrive.

Several dozen meters away, Genichi turned slightly to the many Konoha ninja behind him and said, "You all step back a bit!"

shhhhhh!
Many Konoha ninja retreated a distance.

Yagura, on the other side, gave the same order.

"Lord Yagura, be careful of his Sharingan and genjutsu!"

Fog Ninja is here to warn you.

Although Kaguya wanted to kill Genichi Kinoshita herself, she had to obey the orders of Commander Yagura.

Thus, the vast battlefield was left empty.

Yagura stood on a tree branch and waved his cane: "Genichi-kun, come on!"

Facing the polite Yagura, Genichi Kinoshita was as gentle as a friendly older brother next door: "Then be careful!"

Swish!
Xuan Yi drew his sword and vanished from the spot beneath the tree.

"So fast!"

"It seems to be even faster than the previous shadow clone!"

Staring at the fog over the battlefield, many were alarmed. They couldn't keep up with Genichi's speed and looked around frantically, wondering, "Where is he?"

"Up there!"

A ninja with a hidden mist uttered a low shout.

Many people then saw Genichi Kinoshita appear above Yagura, slashing down with his twin swords.

Yagura used his coral staff to block Genichi's twin swords under the tree, but the force transmitted through the swords exceeded Yagura's expectations, so much so that the branches under his feet could not withstand the force and broke directly.

But Yagura took the opportunity to dissipate the force, and the moment he landed, he flew backward with a light touch on his feet. At the same time, he raised his left hand and opened his mouth to spew out a stream of water that shot towards Genichi under the tree.

shhhhh!

Genichi Shushita's figure flashed, dodging the water-escape attack, while his short sword flew out and was thrown out as a shuriken.

Yagura dodged the short sword by tilting his head, and his coral cane swept horizontally, colliding with Genichi Kinoshita's long sword, which had arrived in an instant.

But the next moment, Genichi Kinoshita disappeared from Yagura's sight and appeared behind him, slicing Yagura's back open from behind with a horizontal slash.

Genichi's twin swords were custom-made chakra swords, with Flying Thunder God Technique symbols on the hilts.

However, Yagura was not unaware of Genichi Kinoshita's information. He sensed it the moment Genichi Kinoshita threw the sword and thus concealed his hand seals.

Blood splattered, but the next moment Yagura's body turned into a stream of water and fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the water surged up and condensed into Yagura, whose cane, like a stick, stabbed Genichi under the tree.

clang!
Genichi under the tree blocked with the blade, using the momentum to leap backward, already sheathing his sword and forming hand seals in mid-air.

Wind Escape-Vacuum Jade!
Shuxia Xuan opened his mouth and spat out a dense barrage of vacuum bullets.

Yagura planted his palms in the ground, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, and finally clasped them together.

A gale arose, spinning rapidly around Yagura himself, forming a tornado that tore apart the surrounding vegetation.

Even the Vacuum Jade of Tree-Under-Head Xuan-Yi could not penetrate the rapidly spinning and increasingly thick tornado.

I never expected Yagura to be a master of Wind Release!

Watching the rapidly expanding tornado sweeping towards him, Genichi under the tree used the "Word Technique" and then clasped his hands together.

The surrounding water converged and spun rapidly, forming a water vortex hundreds of meters high. Then, under the tree, Genichi spread his arms and poured his Wind Release chakra into the rotating water array wall.

Stormy waterspout!
When the two different tornadoes collided, the Yagura tornado disintegrated first, sweeping away the winds in all directions, uprooting trees wherever it passed.

The Konoha and Kirigakure ninja watching the battle all covered their faces with their hands and used chakra to stick their feet to the ground so as not to be blown away by the storm.

"Combining Wind Release and Water Release to form a water tornado, and with such a fast casting speed, he's truly a genius!"

Yagura secretly praised him, his expression becoming serious. He quickly formed hand seals, then opened his mouth and spat out water, one layer after another, lifting his small body.

Water escape, water blast and waves!
Rumble!
The water surged and crashed towards the waterspout.

But Yagura knew that the Exploding Water Wave was not enough to defeat Genichi Kinoshita's combination ninjutsu, so after finishing the Exploding Water Wave technique, he formed hand seals again and completed the second ninjutsu in less than half a second.

Water escape, water dragon bullet technique!

It was also a Water Dragon Bullet Technique, but it was more powerful than the ones used by the several Mist Ninjas who had previously surrounded and attacked Genichi's shadow clone under the tree.

Its enormous size was no less than the storm water tornado that Xuan Yi had condensed under the tree.

The water dragon's enormous body swam along the ground with a roar, carrying a huge flow of water, spiraling upwards around the rapidly spinning storm tornado, until finally the dragon's head was even higher than the storm water tornado under the tree.

boom!
With the dragon's head swooping down and its body coiling around the water tornado, Genichi Shushita could no longer maintain the technique. The water tornado exploded, and the force that was originally directed inward burst outward, tearing apart Yagura's water dragon.

At this moment, both Konoha and Kirigakure were dumbfounded.

This is a waterless area, yet they still managed to unleash such a large-scale water escape technique.

"too strong!"

"Watch out, a storm is coming!"

Some were amazed, while others cried out in alarm.

The next moment, a violent storm lashed out, indiscriminately bombarding the heads and bodies of the Konoha and Kirigakure ninjas, making it impossible for them to open their eyes.

Some people lost their footing and were swept away by the storm.

After the storm passed, a vast open area, spanning over a thousand meters in diameter, appeared in what was once the forest.

No.

Or rather, it's a lake.

Meanwhile, the ninjas from Konoha and Kirigakure who were watching the battle had all retreated outside this area.

On the water, Genichi under the tree stared at Yagura, who was holding the coral cane again, and then suddenly moved.

He glided rapidly across the water, darting left and right, like a water snake swimming around Yagura.

shhhhhh!
High-pressure water jets burst forth, shooting towards Yagura from different directions as Genichi Kinoshita moved at high speed.

With such a high frequency and such rapid attacks, Yagura could hardly even use the Water Mirror Technique.

They can only use the same Water Instantaneous Movement technique, or dodge attacks at the same extremely fast speed, or swing their coral staff to collide with the incoming high-pressure water blades.

This coral staff is also extraordinary; it's a chakra weapon that can be infused with chakra and won't be cut by high-pressure water jets.

Meanwhile, the ninjas watching the battle had almost forgotten that they were in the midst of a war, completely immersed in the unique battle unfolding before them.

"That's terrifying! Such attack speed is impossible to react to!" "No wonder the Seven Ninja Swordsmen all died at his hands!"

"Damn it, it seems that Lord Yagura is at a disadvantage!"

"Shut up, Lord Yagura won't lose!"

"Lord Xuan is truly too strong!"

"Such water manipulation techniques have never been seen before!"

"They're on completely different levels!"

……

Having just arrived, Jiraiya watched the two figures moving rapidly across the water and the bursts of water shooting out. He couldn't help but mutter to himself, "Orochimaru didn't seem to be exaggerating at all!"

He rushed over from elsewhere after receiving the news, fearing that Genichi Kinoshita wouldn't be able to handle Yagura.

But now it seems that Yagura has fallen into a disadvantageous position.

So Jiraiya watched the battle quietly.

Suddenly, Yagura stopped and plunged his cane into the water with both hands.

Rumble!
Water surged upwards from all sides, and the next moment a gushing wave pierced through the water and passed right through Yagura's chest.

Wow!

Yagura's body scattered into water, but the surging water did not scatter; instead, it coalesced into a giant dragon that rushed towards Genichi under the tree.

"Hmm? A water clone..."

"Underwater!"

Genichi under the tree narrowed his eyes, stopped, clasped his hands together, and the water beneath him immediately swirled around his body and surged upwards, then condensed into a water dragon.

The water dragon opened its mouth, and a huge high-pressure water ball shot out, shattering Yagura's water dragon.

Jiraiya was stunned when he saw this ninjutsu. He immediately thought of Gamabunta's Gunball, which was exactly the same.

"This guy actually thought of using water dragon bullets to increase the intensity of his spells, how cunning!"

Jiraiya secretly praised him.

Xuan Yi's water dragon under the tree continuously sprayed out huge water balls, which crashed into the lake.

Rumble!
The lake water exploded, sending up sprays hundreds of meters high.

Although Yagura was hiding at the bottom of the lake, he could not escape Genichi's perception from under the tree.

On the third shot, Yagura was blasted out of the water like a fish and flew into the air.

however.

Behind Genichi Kinoshita, another Yagura appeared, pointing at the back of Genichi Kinoshita's head.

Water Release: Water Gun!

At the same time, Genichi Kishita fired another water dragon cannon at Yagura in the air.

The two launched almost simultaneously.

Yagura's water gun pierced through the water and accurately struck Genichi under the tree on the back of the head, creating a hole in his skull.

Immediately on the other side, Yagura in mid-air forcibly twisted his body, wielding his coral staff, and collided with the huge water sphere that came hurtling towards him.

The water sphere exploded, the coral cane flew horizontally, Yagura's arms broke and he was also sent flying, then caught by the Mist Ninja who took off into the air.

Rumble!
Xuan Yi collapsed under the tree, and the water dragon disintegrated.

Seeing the fallen Genichi Shushita turn into a stream of water, Yagura's expression changed. He immediately turned around, but before he could use any means, his eyes met Genichi Shushita's Sharingan, and he was instantly unable to move.

"Xuan Yi Jun, how do you know that it must be my true form?"

"Have you been hiding your true form in the water all along?"

Since it was just a water clone anyway, Yagura gave up resisting and asked a series of questions.

Genichi smiled without saying a word. He did indeed prefer to hide his main body using Water Release and fight with his clones first.

Yagura was not annoyed by the lack of an answer, but calmly said, "I have lost this time. Genichi is indeed an unparalleled genius, just as the Third Hokage said."

"Thank you for your guidance this time. Next time, I will face Xuan Yi Jun with an even stronger presence."

Yagura was completely convinced.

Genichi nodded slightly and smiled, "Then I'll be watching closely, senior!"

Wow!

Yagura's body disintegrated into water and fell.

Genichiro looked towards the Mist Ninja, only to see that they had already retreated.

Although Yagura did not die, he was seriously injured by Genichi Kinoshita's Water Dragon Cannon.

shhhhhh!
One figure after another landed beside Xuan Yi under the tree.

Jiraiya patted Genichi Kinoshita on the shoulder, about to offer some words of praise as a senior, but Genichi Kinoshita spoke first: "Lord Jiraiya, I'll head back now."

"The people of Kirigakure may have already taken action."

Jiraiya's expression changed: "You mean Yagura deliberately fought you to attract attention?"

Genichi Shushita said with a hint of helplessness, "I used shadow clones in the previous battle, while my main body was in the rear, and my intentions were unclear."

"Yagura will naturally overthink it."

“A man like him, though he may appear gentlemanly and polite, would never joke about war.”

Jiraiya nodded solemnly: "That's true."

"Then your chakra..."

Shuxia Xuanyi smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's no problem."

After saying that, he vanished.

……

Despite the excruciating pain, Yagura, who had retreated, immediately asked Ao upon seeing him appear, "Have Mugetsu and the others already set off?"

Qing nodded quickly: "After receiving your order, Wuyue and the others immediately set out. Without Shushita Genichi and Jiraiya, they should have broken through several lines of defense by now."

Yagura sighed, "I hope they don't run into Genichi Kinoshita."

Ao asked doubtfully, "Lord Yagura, after fighting you, Genichi Kishita must have exhausted a lot of his chakra, and he couldn't stop you in time."

"Once they get through Konoha's defenses, it won't be easy to lock down Mugetsu and the others."

Yagura said, "Kushita Genichi is a sensory ninja, and his sensory abilities must be extremely strong!"

Qing's expression changed.

The Mist Ninja carrying Yagura said, "Lord Yagura, even if Genichi Kinoshita is a powerful sensory ninja, the battlefield is so vast, he couldn't possibly cover it all, could he?"

Qing nodded in agreement.

Yagura did not answer the question, but said, "Sabotage behind enemy lines, cutting off supplies, even decapitation strikes, and attacks on medical camps are all common tactics. It is not surprising that Konoha could think of our tactics."

"But Genichi Shushita was only using shadow clones to fight on the front lines before, so he's probably the one who specifically carries out counter-infiltration missions!"

After saying that, Yagura solemnly ordered, "Ao, go and relay my orders."

"From now on, launch a series of attacks on Konoha's defenses without stopping!"

Ao instantly understood Yagura's intention and immediately took the order, leaping away to relay it.

……

Yagura's retreat was not a full-scale retreat by the Mist Ninja.

The war continued, and soon the Konoha ninjas felt the madness of the Kirigakure ninjas.

Jiraiya began receiving information shortly after Genichi left the tree.

There was an elite Mist Ninja unit, fewer than ten people, but extremely powerful. They broke through all defenses and their whereabouts are unknown.

(End of this chapter)