Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 270 Fourth Kazekage VS Fourth Mizukage

"They're here."

On a boulder atop a lush island, a Hidden Mist ninja, peering through binoculars into the distance, suddenly offered a warning.

Beside him stood a middle-aged man dressed in a dark ninja vest. Upon hearing this, the man's brows, which had been furrowed for days, finally relaxed a little.

On the sea.

Seven figures moved across the sea as if on flat ground, running towards the island ahead.

Leading the group was none other than Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure.

Accompanying Yagura were two squads of secret guards.

soon.

Yagura led two ANBU squads to the island.

"Lord Mizukage!"

The middle-aged man said respectfully.

"Okay." Yagura nodded slightly, then said, "Take me to command post."

"Yes." The middle-aged man turned around and said, "Lord Mizukage, please come with me."

The group jumped onto tree branches and headed towards the island. Soon they arrived at a small earthen mound.

The middle-aged Mist Ninja man placed his hand on the side of the small mound, and as he channeled chakra into it, black jutsu patterns appeared.

The small mound dips inward, revealing a dark doorway. Stepping inside, a downward-sloping staircase extends down into the distance, its end nowhere in sight.

Yagura frowned slightly. How could the command post be operated so deep underground?

The middle-aged ninja from the Mist noticed the Fourth Mizukage's confusion and explained, "The Fourth Kazekage has very strong sensory abilities. To avoid the command center being found, we can only hide it as deep underground as possible."

The command center was originally located on the island, not underground.

Only after the Fourth Kazekage located and eliminated the strongholds of the Hidden Mist on various small islands along the coast did they realize that the Fourth Kazekage possessed a wide range of sensory abilities.

Faced with such terrifying perception, the command center could only temporarily hide deep underground to avoid being caught when Li Yaofeng's clones passed by.

This is the method that the Fog Shadow Command has come up with over the past few days to deal with Li Yaofeng's clone attacks.

"The Fourth Kazekage's strength..." Yagura frowned. Seeing that the Fourth Kazekage had forced them to this point, he wanted to ask about the Fourth Kazekage's strength, but after thinking about it, he felt there was no need to ask anymore.

The fact that he was forced to come here is enough to demonstrate the power of the Fourth Kazekage.

soon.

After passing through a long staircase, the group arrived at an underground base.

In a secret room, all the ninjas in charge of directing the operation were gathered around a long table. When they saw Yagura enter, they all greeted him.

Yagura arrived at the main table and looked around. Everyone he saw lowered their heads slightly. Although the Fourth Kazekage was an unexpected factor in the war, the responsibility for the heavy losses suffered by Kirigakure was undeniable.

Yagura shook his head, and without further ado, asked directly, "Where is the Fourth Kazekage?"

He came here to deal with the Fourth Kazekage, at least to prevent him from continuing to kill his comrades with impunity.

"Feel sorry!"

The Hidden Mist ninja in charge of this war, a man named Akamizu, looked guilty and said in a deep voice, "Lord Mizukage, the Fourth Kazekage can fly. We can't find his whereabouts. We only know that he has been looking for our base."

Yagura frowned and asked, "How many people do we have left?"

"Fifty."

"What!" Yagura exclaimed in surprise, "Why are there so few? Where are the others?"

silence!

The entire command center fell silent; no one answered the Fourth Mizukage's question.

Seeing this, Yagura knew without a doubt what fate awaited the others.

Although he knew that the Fourth Kazekage had killed many of his comrades in the village, he never expected that only fifty people would remain.

It's important to know that the number of Kirigakure ninja deployed to the Land of Wind's front has consistently remained at around eight thousand, even though most of them are genin and chunin.

But only fourteen days have passed since the Fourth Kazekage appeared on the battlefield!

In just fourteen days, only fifty people remained!

How exactly did the Fourth Kazekage manage to do that?

Is his perception ability really that terrifying?

Yagura was disheartened.

The six members of the secret service who followed were also deeply shocked.

They finally understood why the command center was located deep underground.

The Fourth Kazekage's sensory abilities are so terrifying, and his strength is enough to instantly kill anything. Unless you hide deep underground, you can't escape his pursuit.

"Repeat everything you know."

Yagura's expression was more solemn than ever before. Although he had not yet fought the Fourth Kazekage, he could already feel the heavy pressure brought by the Fourth Kazekage.

"I……"

What about me?

Yagura waited for a while, but didn't hear anything more. He frowned and was about to ask when he noticed a thin, thread-like bloodstain on Akamizu's forehead.

"Chishui, you..."

Yagura's expression changed slightly. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, Akamizu's body suddenly shifted and slid down in two.

This scene instantly stunned everyone, leaving them at a loss for what to do.

Everyone's mind went blank for a moment, unable to understand how a perfectly healthy person could suddenly be split in two.

until.

Squeak!

Everyone instinctively looked up and saw a thin crack in the ceiling widening.

"Enemy attack!"

Yagura reacted instantly, shouting a warning while simultaneously activating his half-tailed beast transformation mode.

Clang!

It was as if a giant blade had descended from the sky, cleaving the entire island in two, revealing the underground base and a red and black, flowing ball of flesh and blood.

"Here it comes, Fourth Mizukage!"

Above the island, Li Yao's wind-escape clone and Ye Cang stood in the air, enveloped by the wind, looking down at the blood-red fleshy ball below.

That's the flesh and blood chakra mode unique to Jinchuriki in their half-tailed beast transformation; it can transform and possesses very strong defensive capabilities.

The Fourth Mizukage used it to protect the Kirigakure group at the underground base.

Boom!

A massive amount of seawater surged into the exposed underground base on the island through the gap created by Li Yao's Wind Release clone's Wind Release slash.

Yekura stared blankly at this scene from above.

Although she had witnessed the power of Li Yao's Wind Release clones and Wind Release slashes over the past ten days.

However, the blow that sliced ​​the entire island in half, creating a canyon a hundred meters deep, still left her stunned and speechless.

She now understands why Shukaku was defeated and subdued back then.

My brother-in-law has completely surpassed the power a ninja should possess; even the tailed beasts can only look up to him.

too strong!

Ye Cang had only this thought in his mind.

Boom!

below.

The Fourth Mizukage, in his half-tailed beast form, brought all the Kirigakure ninja with him.

Standing on the shore, watching the surging seawater quickly fill the gap and form a river channel tens of meters wide, everyone fell silent.

The Fourth Mizukage looked up at the sky; this was the first time he had seen this guy who had slaughtered eight thousand people in Kirigakure, leaving only fifty.

She looks very young, much younger than him.

"Go to hell!"

A cold glint flashed in Yagura's half-tailed beast form's pupils. Without a word, he opened his mouth wide and unleashed a small Tailed Beast Ball at Li Yao's Wind Release clone.

"Don't rush!"

Li Yaofeng smiled as he used his clone to create a clone. With a thought, the fist-sized Tailed Beast Ball was sliced ​​in two and passed by him, shooting behind him.

Boom!

The dazzling explosions came from behind Li Yao on both sides, and the resulting gusts of wind blew his hair, but other than that, they had no effect on him.

"This guy..." Yagura's mouth gaped slightly, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes, "This guy's Wind Release can actually cut through a Tailed Beast Ball!"

"But how is that possible?"

Unconvinced, Yagura fired two more Tailed Beast Balls, but without exception, they were all sliced ​​apart by Li Yao's Wind Release clone using Wind Release: Wave Slash.

The group of Kirigakure ninja around Yagura were dumbfounded, cold sweat pouring down their backs.

Hearing about something and actually seeing it give you different feelings.

They had never seen anyone so easily resolve a Tailed Beast Ball attack.

For a moment, everyone was stunned by the power of Li Yaofeng's clone.

Even Yagura was momentarily distracted and forgot to continue the attack.

(End of this chapter)