Uchiha's personal opinion

Yagura was so angry that his teeth ached.

However, he still followed the tactical plan and leaped out of the army formation to block Hanzo the Salamander.

"Your opponent is me!"

Yagura Karatachi roared and immediately activated his Tailed Beast Transformation.

The red tailed beast chakra enveloped its body as it lunged at Hanzo the Salamander.

Hanzo the Salamander remained expressionless, only making a hand seal with his right hand.

"Water Release Secret Technique: Dark Realm Frenzy!"

As Hanzo the Salamander stirred his chakra, a dark green wave gathered behind him, rising higher and higher under the constraint of an invisible force.

"This is……"

Yagura, the tachibana manga artist, was also taken aback by what he saw.

There seemed to be a strange sweetness in the air, making people feel drowsy.

"Sweetness..."

Yagura's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately sensed something was wrong!

"It's poison!"

Some members of the Hidden Mist Ninja Army also realized what was happening and immediately ordered their troops to disperse and break up their formation.

This enormous tide was actually formed by toxins!

Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation!

Hanzo the Salamander maintained the secret technique with his right hand, while his left hand formed another hand seal on its own.

The sound of exploding tags echoed from within the formation of the Hidden Mist Ninja Army.

After discussing the Dao with Uchiha Tokumitsu, Hanzo of the Salamander also improved his secret technique, enhancing the Exploding Flame Formation. The water clone that just broke through the formation was the medium for the Exploding Flame Formation!

"you……"

Looking at the chaotic Kirigakure ninja army, Yagura Karatachi, feeling like he had been tricked, turned red in the eyes and unhesitatingly activated his berserk mode.

"Water Release Secret Technique: Purifying Black Tide!"

Facing the rapidly approaching Yagura, Hanzo the Salamander urged the giant salamander beneath his feet to meet him, while simultaneously making a hand seal with his right hand and activating the prepared poisonous water-style secret technique.

The black tide transformed into countless black snakes dancing in the sky, charging towards the Hidden Mist Ninja Army. Wherever the black energy reached, vegetation withered and the soil turned black.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!"

Although Kirigakure was thrown into chaos by the attack of the Exploding Flame Formation, they quickly regained their composure and, under the command of their respective Jonin, used ninjutsu to try to intercept this terrifying and highly poisonous secret technique.

After performing his technique, Hanzo the Salamander ignored the attack and began to focus his energy on the berserk Yagura.

Although the summoning beast, the Salamander Ibuki, is much larger than the tailed beast-transformed Yagura Karatachi, in this kind of melee combat, its agility and attack power are far inferior to those of the Jinchūriki enveloped in tailed beast chakra.

Hanzo the Salamander gripped his kusarigama tightly with his right hand and held the hilt of his sword at his waist with his left.

"Chain Sickle Double Strike!"

Seizing the opportunity when Yagura was dodging the salamander's ambush, Hanzo the salamander immediately unleashed his secret technique and charged in.

At the same time, he commanded his summoned beast companions to evacuate and block the Hidden Mist Ninja Army.

While still airborne, Yagura Karatachi had no time to dodge and had to quickly gather his chakra to take the brunt of the fierce slash.

"Humph……"

With the kusarigama scythe slicing through his body, a layer of the tailed beast's cloak was ripped away, and Yagura was also knocked down by the powerful slash from Hanzo the Salamander.

"Draw Sword Slash!"

Hanzo the Salamander immediately used the Water Body Flicker Technique to appear below Yagura Karatachi and slashed at him as he fell from mid-air with an Iai Slash.

"Water Release: Water Mirror Technique!"

In a moment of desperation, Yagura condensed a water mirror and shone it on Hanzo the Salamander.

A gray figure, identical to Hanzo the Salamander, leaped out of the mirror and blocked Hanzo's slash.

Yagura was then able to land safely.

However, the dummy created by the Water Mirror Technique was easily cut into several pieces by the composed Hanzo of the Salamander using his swordsmanship after only a few rounds. He then continued to attack Yagura with his Kusarigama Katana.

At the same time, Hanzo the Salamander pulled out a signal flare from his pocket and fired it into the sky.

The Rain Ninja Army behind them slowly began to form ranks and advance.

Chapter 200 The Cicada Awaits

As the battle intensified, Hanzo of the Salamander increasingly sensed something amiss about Yagura, the renowned ninja powerhouse.

According to the information provided by Uchiha Tokumitsu, Yagura Karatachi was not just a Jinchuriki; he was also a strong member of the Kirigakure Water Release lineage, whose unique Coral Ninja Taijutsu was ruthless and distinctive. Moreover, he was quite accomplished in ninja army command and battlefield combat.

In short, the preconceived notion of Yagura Karatachi is that he is a genius ninja from Kirigakure who has already turned his talent and abilities into strength.

However, in the actual battle, Hanzo the Salamander simply could not reconcile the image of this seemingly insane fighting maniac with the cold and ruthless high-ranking officials of Kirigakure that he remembered.

"Ninja Art: Thousands of Raindrops!"

Using the pervasive, highly toxic tide, Hanzo the Salamander casually condensed a ball of rain senbon and shot it towards Yagura the tachibana.

Yagura Karatachi showed no intention of dodging. Relying on the protection of his Tailed Beast Cloak, he stubbornly used his Tailed Beast Chakra to incinerate the highly poisonous Ame Senbon and continued to pounce on Hanzo the Salamander.

At this time, the Rain Ninja Army had already begun to engage in battle with the Mist Ninja Army.

After undergoing rigorous training with the Uchiha ninja, the Rain Ninja's formation and combat skills have significantly improved. Although their numbers are only half that of the Mist Ninja, with the aid of the Salamander Fish Poisoning Grounds and the highly poisonous environment, they were able to hold their own against the constrained Mist Ninja.

With his ninja army performing admirably, Hanzo of the Salamander's worries subsided somewhat, and he refocused his energy on dealing with the troublesome Jinchuriki in front of him.

"He's like a mad dog..."

However, relying on his strong armor and high defense, Yagura Karatachi charged forward relentlessly, which made Hanzo of the Salamander curse him inwardly.

The most important reason he applied to Uchiha Tokumitsu to lead his own ninja army on a northern expedition was to make his performance worthy of the high hiring fee; at the same time, he also wanted his ninja army to see blood and, incidentally, to plunder some wealth.

However, Hanzo the Salamander did not originally have much of a fighting spirit to the death.

However, Yagura's relentless and desperate pursuit was truly disgusting, and Hanzo of the Salamander couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

"A nonsensical, mad Jinchūriki!"

After somewhat awkwardly dodging Yagura's "Monkey Steals the Peach" attack, Hanzo the Salamander, his anger reaching its peak, ripped off his gas mask, releasing highly toxic gas into the air with each breath.

After being pestered by Yagura for so long, Hanzo the Salamander finally lost his temper!

Hanzo the Salamander put away his kusarigama, quickly forming hand seals to create an enormous water sphere that floated above his head.

Both sides' ninja forces were somewhat stunned.

Even Kirigakure, renowned throughout the ninja world for its water-style techniques, rarely witnessed such a terrifying, massive water-style secret technique.

"Water Release: Water Dragon Barrage!"

One after another, enormous water dragons leaped out of the giant water sphere and pounced on the crazed Yagura.

"Roar!"

Yagura Karatachi roared like a wild beast, his chakra cloak becoming more solid and his figure growing even larger.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

More than ten water dragons pounced on the chakra cloak, chewing away a portion of it before being burned away by the tailed beast's power. However, the originally thick tailed beast cloak began to thin out.

The madness in Yagura's eyes also faded slightly.

Hanzo the Salamander noticed this detail and deliberately slowed down his attack.

But his hands continued to move, forming hand seals and condensing the released chakra, which stirred up the scattered poisonous toxins. Under the amplification of the chakra, the black toxins began to grow and spread.

"Secret Technique: Poisonous Soil!"

As the black toxin spread rapidly across the ground, both sides' ninja forces were forced to retreat.

The deadly poison of Hanzo the Salamander was extremely harmful even to his host, and the Rain Ninja, who had only ingested a broad-spectrum antidote beforehand, was not immune to this poison that was fused with chakra.

As the tailed beast cloak faded, Yagura's eyes regained their clarity.

He also noticed Hanzo the Salamander's deadly, yet restrained, poisonous attack.

"A secret technique of the Poison Realm..."

Hanzo of the Salamander used this move once during the night raid on the Sunagakure camp in the Second Shinobi World War, and it was this move that forced the powerful Sunagakure to stop and cease fire.

As one of the high-ranking members of Kirigakure, Yagura Karatachi had also learned about this unique technique from intelligence reports.

Therefore, he dared not let his guard down at all and immediately manipulated the tailed beast's chakra to use ninjutsu in an attempt to protect himself.

However, as the Tailed Beast's chakra condensed and became thicker again, Hanzo of the Salamander mistakenly believed that Yagura was once again bewitched by the power of the Tailed Beast, so he no longer held back and immediately launched a ninjutsu.

"Secret Technique: Poisonous Tide!"

Under the influence of Hanzo's chakra, the rapidly spreading black toxin, imbued with water-style power, immediately covered the direction of the Hidden Mist Ninja Army. The Rain Ninja Army, having broken free from the battle, also quickly retreated to the rear.

"Water Release: Water Tornado!"

Although Yagura Karatachi was not afraid of the Salamander's venom due to the protection of the Tailed Beast Cloak, it was hard to say about his subordinates. So Yagura Karatachi instantly flashed in front of the poisonous tide that was crashing in like a giant tidal wave, and used Water Release ninjutsu to summon an enormous water dragon that rushed towards the black tide.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

The Hidden Mist Ninja Army also joined forces to use ninjutsu in an attempt to stop the spread of the deadly poison.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!"

The toxic tide and the waterspout collided violently, producing a deafening roar that shook the heavens and the earth.

The ferocious, crystalline water dragon lunged at the black, poisonous tide, breaking down a portion of it. However, its body was quickly tainted by the toxins and was subsequently eroded and devoured.

A portion of the remaining Poisonous Tide that had not been defeated continued to slam into the water barrier of the Mist Ninja Army. Only after it successively shattered multiple water barriers was it diluted and dissipated.

Even so, the gray water, diluted with toxins, still contained enough poison to kill a person.

The Hidden Mist Ninja Army also began to retreat.