Chapter 61

"Are you worthy of the village's cultivation of you all these years?"

Mizunuki Taki scolded Hozuki Suigetsu, cold glints flashing in his eyes.

"Hehehe..."

"Old thing, it's come to this, and you're still spouting such nonsense."

"If it weren't for you old thing holding onto the position of Mizukage and refusing to let go, how could today's situation have arisen?"

Hozuki Suigetsu wore a ferocious look; things having reached this point, he knew the situation was lost.

Even if he killed the Third Mizukage in the current battle, the situation was already completely beyond saving.

"Even now, you still don't know how to repent!"

"Hozuki, let me send you to the underworld to repent before the past Mizukages!"

Mizunuki Taki shouted angrily, then slashed Hozuki Suigetsu away with a sword.

That's right, the Third Mizukage, Mizunuki Taki, was not only a bloodline ninja skilled in Ice Release, but also a master of swordsmanship.

The sword in the Third's hand was a cold ice sword condensed from his own bloodline.

On the other side, Hozuki Suigetsu held a strange weapon that looked like a club, but with a large red flower blooming at the tip.

"Die!"

"Hozuki Suigetsu!"

The Third Mizukage quickly formed seals with both hands, and a large amount of cold air suddenly overflowed from his body, which made Hozuki Suigetsu on the opposite side feel terrified.

"Not good!"

Knowing that the Third Mizukage was about to use his "ultimate move," Hozuki Suigetsu hurriedly began to form seals for defense.

Ice Release Secret Technique: Heavenly Frost Cold Air.

After the seals were completed, a giant ice blade stretching dozens of meters appeared in Mizunuki Taki's hand.

This giant ice blade was currently overflowing with astonishingly cold air.

Hozuki Suigetsu's defense was also completed at this moment, and layers of dense water walls condensed from flowing water rose around him.

Water Release: Water Formation Wall!

The giant cold ice blade descended from the sky and slashed straight onto the Water Formation Wall.

With almost no resistance, the Water Formation Wall instantly froze into ice blocks under the Heavenly Frost Cold Air, and was then directly shattered by the immense force of the ice blade.

"Heaven has forsaken me!"

Seeing this terrifying cold ice blade, Hozuki Suigetsu had nowhere to dodge, and just as he was preparing to close his eyes and wait for death.

Suddenly.

Ripples suddenly appeared on the calm water surface, and a huge shadow appeared under Hozuki Suigetsu's feet.

Because most of the ninjas participating in the battle were walking on water, many ninjas standing on the lake surface also noticed the shadow under their feet.

"This is..."

Before everyone could be shocked, a huge body broke through the lake surface and rushed out.

"ROAR!!!!"

The terrifying roar was enough to pierce eardrums.

The huge body with three tails made everyone feel their own insignificance.

This massive body was none other than the Three-Tails Isobu, which should have been lingering at the bottom of the lake!

As luck would have it, the spot where the Three-Tails surfaced was exactly between Hozuki Suigetsu and the Third Mizukage.

The suddenly appearing Three-Tails happened to block Mizunuki Taki's powerful strike for Hozuki Suigetsu.

"Boom!"

The cold ice blade, stretching dozens of meters, slashed onto the Three-Tails' hard turtle shell.

The blade, condensed from a massive amount of ice, shattered with a bang.

"ROAR!!!"

The Three-Tails, having just surfaced and been hit by a heavy blow, let out a painful roar, but Mizunuki Taki's attack was not that simple.

The shattered ice splashed everywhere, and the bursting ice crystals caused secondary damage.

The terrifying cold air spread across the Three-Tails' shell, and before long, an ice mountain had condensed on its back.

If this were any other Tailed Beast, taking this hit head-on would likely be enough to finish them.

But this was the Three-Tails; as everyone knows, the Three-Tails' true form is a turtle, and the hardest part of a turtle is naturally its back shell.

This wave could only be considered using one's own spear to attack one's own shield.

All in all, the Three-Tails basically didn't receive any major damage.

Because the vast majority of the damage was borne by the Three-Tails, Hozuki Suigetsu was lucky enough to escape disaster.

"Hahahaha!!!!"

"Heaven truly helps me!"

Hozuki Suigetsu let out a ferocious, wild laugh.

He had thought he was about to die, but he hadn't expected to be saved by the sudden appearance of the Three-Tails.

How could Hozuki Suigetsu not be ecstatic after such a roller coaster of emotions?

On the other hand, the Three-Tails had just appeared and was immediately hit by a heavy blow; isn't this bullying a beast too much?

Moreover, the Three-Tails certainly remembered that it was the Third Mizukage who had sealed it into Okubo's body back then.

Old grudges and new hatreds welled up in its heart; the Three-Tails directly opened its blood-red mouth, aimed at Mizunuki Taki not far away, and a pitch-black sphere began to condense in its mouth.

It was the ultimate move of the Tailed Beasts — the Tailed Beast Bomb!

In a situation where the Six Paths had not appeared in the entire Naruto world, this move could be considered to have reached the peak level of damage.

Just what no one noticed was that deep within the Three-Tails' huge beast pupils, three blood-red tomoe were constantly spinning.

"It's over!"

Mizunuki Taki never expected that the situation would take such a sharp turn.

Having just exhausted a massive amount of chakra, the Third's body was currently in a stage where the old strength had not yet faded and the new strength had not yet been born.

In gaming terms, the Third was currently in a "skill cooldown" period.

Wanting to resist the Tailed Beast Bomb head-on was almost an impossible thing.

"Hahahaha!!!"

The moment he saw the Tailed Beast Bomb, Hozuki Suigetsu suddenly became excited.

Happiness had come so suddenly that he was even a little unaccustomed to it.

On the other side, Hozuki Mangetsu, who was watching the battle, also secretly called out that it was bad.

As the core of the faction, the Third absolutely could not have anything happen to him!

Once something happened to Mizunuki Taki, this battle would completely lose its meaning.

I'm afraid that in the end, it would be completely impossible to clean up the mess.

But right now, Hozuki Mangetsu was seriously injured, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were still fighting fiercely.

The battleground for ordinary ninjas was too far away to provide support in time.

Who else could block the Tailed Beast Bomb and save the Third Mizukage?

"My life is over!"

There was no time to think about why the Three-Tails, which should have been extremely weak, would appear here and have the spare energy to release a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Mizunuki Taki's heart was left with only this sentence.

The pitch-black light sphere, carrying the power to destroy everything, was sprayed from the Three-Tails' mouth; at this moment, the Third Mizukage's body was so insignificant in front of this Tailed Beast Bomb.

At the critical moment, a tall and straight figure suddenly blocked in front of the Third Mizukage.

"Ryosuke?!"

Mizunuki Taki exclaimed, because the person who suddenly appeared was none other than Mizunuki Ryosuke.

"Ice Release: Absolute Zero!"

Mizunuki Ryosuke slapped both hands onto the lake surface.

A large amount of water gathered in front of the young man and then condensed into a magnificent ice wall; on the front of the ice wall, there was even a giant ice dragon head carved.

Under the extremely cold temperature, the solid ice condensed in this way also possessed extreme hardness.

"Boom!"

The pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb crashed into the magnificent ice wall, erupting with terrifying energy fluctuations.