Chapter 1013: Clone

Heat rose, and the high temperature of the lava evaporated the snow into water vapor.

The cold wind blew, and the steam was blown away. At this moment, three people were confronting each other in the forest.

Su Xiao glanced at Terumi Mei sideways. Terumi Mei belonged to the traditional ninja. Although her taijutsu wasn't weak, she fought by relying on ninjutsu and belonged to mid-range attacks.

As for the white-haired man in front of Terumi Mei, this person was once Su Xiao's cellmate, named Hozuki Mangetsu.

When Su Xiao first arrived in the Naruto world, the location was in the prison of the Hidden Mist Village, and the charge was attempting to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage.

Back then, Hozuki Mangetsu was imprisoned in the cell next to Su Xiao. He was a member of the Hidden Mist Village's war faction, an old subordinate of the Fourth Mizukage. Terumi Mei was the representative of the peace faction. Therefore, Hozuki Mangetsu assassinated Terumi Mei. Because of Chojuro's desperate protection, Hozuki Mangetsu's assassination failed, and he was later imprisoned in the prison.

Originally, Su Xiao thought Hozuki Mangetsu had been executed by Terumi Mei. Now it seemed that wasn't the case. Hozuki Mangetsu wasn't loyal to the Fourth Mizukage, but to the Hidden Mist Village. Terumi Mei also understood this point, so she announced to the outside world that Hozuki Mangetsu was dead, but actually spared Hozuki Mangetsu's life.

Hozuki Mangetsu didn't care whether Terumi Mei spared his life, nor would he be loyal to Terumi Mei because of this. But after Terumi Mei took power, the situation in the Hidden Mist Village indeed began to improve. At least the internal strife had stopped, although the means to stop the internal strife were a bit bloody, killing off more than 60% of the war faction.

Noticing the changes in the Hidden Mist Village, and Terumi Mei's very appropriate solicitation, Hozuki Mangetsu became a sharp blade for Terumi Mei in the darkness. Some things that were inconvenient for Hidden Mist ninjas to do, Hozuki Mangetsu could do on their behalf.

Just like this, through multiple collaborations and negotiations, both sides gradually had a sense of trust. Coupled with the death of Terumi Mei's confidant Ao, Hozuki Mangetsu logically served as the Mizukage's guard, following Mizukage Terumi Mei to participate in the Five Kage Summit.

Hozuki Mangetsu's strength was unknown for the time being, but it was definitely not weak. When chatting in prison back then, Hozuki Mangetsu once said such a sentence: 'That woman is a waste of the peace faction. I almost killed her. If it weren't for that guy Chojuro suddenly popping out, it would definitely have been me winning one-on-one.'

If Hozuki Mangetsu wasn't bragging, it meant he might be stronger than Terumi Mei. That is to say, although he wasn't a Kage, he had Kage-level strength.

Fighting two Kage-level opponents at the same time, Su Xiao secretly thought it was bad, but retreating at this time was clearly impossible, so he could only use tactics.

Amu had already exchanged blows with Chojuro in the distance, and Bubu Wang was looking after Amu over there. If the two of them could solve Chojuro in a short time, Amu could help Su Xiao drag down one of Terumi Mei or Hozuki Mangetsu.

However, Su Xiao had another idea, which was to use Hozuki Mangetsu's bloodline limit to kill Hozuki Mangetsu in a short time.

Although Hozuki Mangetsu was acquainted with Su Xiao, he wasn't very familiar with Su Xiao's fighting style. Conversely, Su Xiao understood the Hozuki clan.

The Hozuki clan had a hydration ability. If Hozuki Mangetsu dared to use the hydration ability to hard-top Su Xiao's slash, then Su Xiao could kill the other party instantly. Blue Steel Shadow energy was the nemesis of hydration.

"Help me clear the field, preferably making the temperature reach between 20 degrees and 30 degrees."

Hozuki Mangetsu suddenly spoke up. That tone clearly meant letting Terumi Mei assist him in battle. One must know that Terumi Mei was the Mizukage, and Hozuki Mangetsu was just a guard.

"No problem."

Terumi Mei formed seals quickly with both hands, not rejecting assisting Hozuki Mangetsu in battle at all.

"Lava Release: Lava Waterfall."

Terumi Mei sprayed a large area of lava from her mouth, and the coverage area was very wide.

A large area of lava sprayed toward the surroundings. Su Xiao was naturally also affected, but he didn't dodge or evade, rushing straight toward Terumi Mei and Hozuki Mangetsu.

An energy shield appeared in front of Su Xiao. His hand pushed flat on the energy shield, and the energy shield took the opportunity to top the lava. Lava splashed, and the energy shield pierced through the lava layer.

"Water Release: Water Gun Jutsu."

Hozuki Mangetsu's right hand was held flat, his palm forming a pistol shape. At the tip of his index finger, a water droplet gathered.

Bang!

The water droplet was fired like a bullet, its speed not lower than the bullets of the Spider Queen, breaking through layers of air waves in the air and attacking Su Xiao.

Su Xiao, who was rushing forward, stopped his footsteps immediately, instinctively turning to the side, and that water droplet flew past him.

The water droplet didn't decrease in momentum. After piercing through an unknown number of trees, it disappeared from Su Xiao's sight. On all the tree trunks that were pierced, bowl-sized holes appeared, and the cut surfaces inside the holes were very neat.

If hit by this thing, even with Su Xiao's physical defense, he would definitely be pierced with a hole.

A large area of lava landed, the snow melted quickly, and several trees began to burn fiercely. The temperature nearby gradually increased.

"That's enough, Lord Mizukage. To avoid accidental injury, please keep your distance from me."

Hozuki Mangetsu held his hands together, and his body gradually became greasy. This was the oil in his body.

"Alright."

Terumi Mei retreated without hesitation. She wasn't fighting with Hozuki Mangetsu for the first time, and she had great confidence in Hozuki Mangetsu's strength.

The oil on Hozuki Mangetsu's body gradually detached from his body. The seal on his hand changed.

Bang!

White smoke rose, and a 'clone' appeared. The clothing of the 'clone' was exactly the same as Hozuki Mangetsu's, but the age was very different.

Hozuki Mangetsu was about thirty years old. The wind and sun of a ninja's career made him look like a middle-aged man. The small beard on his chin made his age look even older.

And the clone beside him was a child about 10 years old. By the looks of it, it was Hozuki Mangetsu's appearance when he was young, with a height of about 1.2 meters.

"Water Clone? No."

Su Xiao carefully observed Hozuki Mangetsu's clone. He didn't rush forward rashly; his Intuition was warning him.

The child clone suddenly floated up and revealed a smile. Just at this moment, Hozuki Mangetsu formed seals again.

Clang!

A sword light flew over, and Hozuki Mangetsu's seal-forming was interrupted, but the ground under his feet had become pitch black and damp.

Bubbles floated up one by one. These bubbles were colorful under the reflection of the sun, floating quietly beside Hozuki Mangetsu.

Hozuki Mangetsu waved his hand, and that child clone flew toward Su Xiao, while Hozuki Mangetsu himself held his hands in a pistol shape, ready to use 'Water Gun Empty Drill Bullet' to attack Su Xiao from a distance at any time.

Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, then rushed toward Hozuki Mangetsu again. The distance between the two sides was already very close, and he rushed in front of the other party in an instant.

Gurgle, gurgle.

The bubbles beside Hozuki Mangetsu expanded.

Boom!

An explosion sound came. These bubbles were like bombs with great power, exploding beside Hozuki Mangetsu.

Su Xiao was pushed back by the impact of the explosion. Dozens of counter-attack shields floated beside him. He flicked his hand, not knowing what he had thrown out.

Just when Su Xiao was in mid-air, that child clone rushed toward him. This thing could float in mid-air and fly, and its speed was also extremely fast.

Su Xiao took the opportunity to slash at the child clone with Zhan Long Shan, but just as Zhan Long Shan was about to touch the child clone's neck, Su Xiao suddenly stopped the slash.

Bang.

The child clone punched the counter-attack shield. The attack power wasn't very strong, and Su Xiao in mid-air continued to retreat.

"Water Release: Water Gun Empty Drill Bullet."

Hozuki Mangetsu took the opportunity to attack, and two water droplets shot toward Su Xiao at high speed. ===== CHAPTER 1014 =====