While Feng Zheng, Mieko, and Hodaka were clashing with their opponents, the others also began their battles.
Renjiro finally stopped Kubota Mitsutsuka from escaping. Mitsutsuka looked at Renjiro and shouted,
"Renjiro, how the hell are you here? I'm not interested in fighting you. I'll leave this Land of Hot Water. That should satisfy your mission requirements, right?"
Renjiro sneered. He was no stranger to Mitsutsuka's foul language. He said,
"Unfortunately, you've killed too many civilians. The Daimyo is determined to bring back your head."
Anger appeared on Mitsutsuka's face. He yelled,
"Don't you dare underestimate me, Renjiro! In the last war, I killed dozens of your damn subordinates. If you want to kill me, I'll at least take a piece of your flesh!"
Renjiro didn't respond. There was no point in saying more. He made a Hand Seals gesture and unleashed Water Release: Water Dragon Technique.
A Water Dragon formed behind Renjiro and rapidly flew towards Mitsutsuka.
Mitsutsuka made Hand Seals while flickering backward, unleashing Water Release: Water Shockwave Technique.
He released a stream of water that hit the dragon's head and exploded. Both Ninjutsu dissipated. Water poured everywhere. Mitsutsuka thought,
"Too easy. There should be more."
Just as Mitsutsuka thought, three Water Dragons appeared where the two Ninjutsu had just clashed.
The middle one charged directly at Mitsutsuka. The other two Water Dragons split, attacking Mitsutsuka from his left and right sides.
Mitsutsuka retreated backward, making Hand Seals. Suddenly, as he jumped backward, the huge head of another Water Dragon appeared beneath his feet.
The giant dragon opened its mouth and shot a huge water ball at Mitsutsuka.
Mitsutsuka watched with a serious expression. He continued to make Hand Seals, unleashing Water Release: Giant Water Mirror Shield Technique.
Just as the water ball was about to hit him, a huge water mirror appeared in front of him.
The water ball crashed into the mirror and exploded. The water mirror collapsed, but the impact did not pass through it.
Behind the water mirror, Mitsutsuka used Water Prison Technique to protect himself.
Renjiro watched from a distance. Mitsutsuka, about fifteen meters in the air, was surrounded by a sphere of water.
Four Water Dragons rapidly moved towards the water sphere, looking like four dragons fighting over food.
Mitsutsuka continuously made more Hand Seals, unleashing Water Release: Water Wall Technique.
Four thick Water Walls appeared around the Water Prison. Each Water Wall blocked one Water Dragon.
The Water Dragons pierced through the Water Walls and collided with the Water Prison. They exploded upon contact.
Mitsutsuka poured a large amount of Chakra into the Water Prison Technique. The explosion passed through the Water Prison, but Mitsutsuka was unharmed. However, the Water Prison collapsed.
Mitsutsuka and the water slowly fell onto the sea surface. As he slowly descended, his gaze was fixed on Renjiro, who stood steadily.
He saw Renjiro make no movement, but he felt a strong sense of danger!
As soon as he landed on the sea surface, a giant claw attacked him. Mitsutsuka immediately dodged.
The giant claw cut his afterimage in half. However, Mitsutsuka was not completely unharmed.
Although he was fast, the claw still left three long wounds on his back!
Mitsutsuka looked at what had attacked him. His eyes widened. It was a giant sloth, seven or eight meters tall! He cursed in annoyance,
"What the hell is this beast! I remember reports from the Third War about a giant sloth killing and eating my subordinates!"
Renjiro saw Mitsutsuka get injured and sneered coldly. He had summoned the sloth under the cover of their first clash.
He grabbed a sword and flickered towards Mitsutsuka.
Mitsutsuka noticed Renjiro's movement. The giant sloth also began to swim towards him.
Mitsutsuka realized his disadvantage and dived underwater. Renjiro and the sloth followed him into the water.
Mitsutsuka dived to a depth of 100 meters. He created four Water Clones.
Renjiro saw them and also created four Water Clones. In an instant, all eight Water Clones vanished.
Water Clones move very fast underwater. One of Mitsutsuka's Water Clones attacked the sloth.
Although the sloth was strong and could hold its breath underwater, it was severely restricted by the water.
One of Renjiro's Water Clones went to help it.
The other three Water Clones flickered at extreme speed, trying to ambush Renjiro. Renjiro's Water Clones blocked the ambush and also ambushed Mitsutsuka.
The two men and six clones engaged in a fast-paced melee underwater. They used a large number of Water Release Ninjutsu.
Underwater, the power of Water Release Ninjutsu is greatly enhanced. The sea surface above them became very chaotic due to the fierce impacts below.
Mitsutsuka was very skilled in underwater combat. He attacked Renjiro from novel and unimaginable angles.
However, Renjiro was not to be underestimated and blocked all of his attacks.
The battle between the remaining two clones and the sloth also continued. Renjiro's clone and the sloth also constantly attacked, but Mitsutsuka's clones countered appropriately, preventing the sloth from interfering with the battle.
The two were at a stalemate underwater for several minutes. To increase the pressure on Renjiro, Mitsutsuka created three more Water Clones.
Renjiro sneered and responded by creating six Water Clones.
Three of them continued to intercept Mitsutsuka's three new clones. The remaining three formed a group and moved together. Renjiro thought,
"Let's see how you handle this."
The team of three Water Clones attacked one of Mitsutsuka's clones that was already in battle.
The clone was caught off guard by the sudden attack from three clones. One of Renjiro's Water Clones delivered a flying slash to him, dispersing him.
Mitsutsuka's expression became solemn. He realized the danger posed by these three Water Clones. He immediately recalled his clones.
Mitsutsuka's Water Clones all stopped fighting and retreated to his side.
Renjiro and his clones tried to attack and disperse them, but they all dodged all attacks and safely returned to Mitsutsuka's side.
Mitsutsuka and his six Water Clones looked at Renjiro and his ten Water Clones, as well as his sloth summon.
Renjiro immediately launched an attack. His ten Water Clones spread out, attacking Mitsutsuka from all directions.
Mitsutsuka's Water Clones formed a defensive formation, desperately resisting Renjiro's attacks. Mitsutsuka cursed inwardly,
"This damn Senju, and his huge Chakra reserves! If I continue fighting, my Chakra reserves will run out. I wanted to give him a fatal blow while he was chasing me, but he's always been so careful! I have to escape, or I'll die a miserable death. Even worse, I'll be eaten by that damned beast!"
Renjiro's Water Clones continued to attack. Renjiro floated beside his summon, observing,
"He's at a critical point; if he makes even one mistake, I can kill him. He either needs to create more clones or find a way to escape."
After desperately resisting for a few minutes, Mitsutsuka made a decision. He made a Hand Seals gesture. Five more Water Clones appeared around him.
All of his Water Clones immediately sprang into action, attacking Renjiro's clones. The last one attacked Renjiro and his summon. At the same time, Mitsutsuka turned and ran.
Renjiro noticed. It was just as he had expected. He quickly created two Water Clones to intercept the attacking clones.
He rode the sloth to chase Mitsutsuka. The sloth bypassed the Water Clone battlefield and swam towards where Mitsutsuka was escaping.
However, the sloth soon stopped and turned to attack a Water Clone.
Renjiro was surprised; he hadn't instructed the sloth to do such a thing.
However, when he realized why the sloth did it, his eyes widened.
The 'Water Clone' had a solemn expression! It turned out to be Mitsutsuka disguised as a Water Clone. The one who was actually escaping was a clone.
Mitsutsuka wanted to lure Renjiro's main body away. Then he could create more clones to block all of Renjiro's clones and escape before Renjiro realized he had been tricked.
He immediately began to curse.
"What the hell is going on? How can this beast smell underwater?"
He immediately found himself in a predicament. Renjiro and his clones made Hand Seals, attacking Mitsutsuka with dozens of water bullets.
Mitsutsuka barely dodged and blocked these attacks. However, several wounds appeared on his body.
After the water bullet attack ended, the sloth moved forward, swinging its giant claws at Mitsutsuka. Mitsutsuka immediately dodged.
Renjiro had already appeared in his path of retreat and attacked him with his sword.
Mitsutsuka knew Renjiro's swordsmanship abilities. He grabbed his kunai and channeled his Chakra through it.
He blocked Renjiro's sword and used the force of the sword to move away from Renjiro.
However, Renjiro's clones intercepted him and attacked him with Water Dragon Technique.
At the same time, the sloth and Renjiro moved forward together, attacking Mitsutsuka.
Mitsutsuka desperately defended himself.