Looking at a large number of Shuriken shot towards him, Suijin's heart was a little worried, although he knows that the Demonic Ice Mirrors are extremely sturdy, he still can't help but worry, after all, the Shuriken shot by Sandaime isn't an ordinary one but the giant Fuma Shuriken!
WHiiiiish… Whiiiiish… WHiiiiish… Whiiiiish… WHiiiiish… Whiiiiish…
One Shuriken aligns with the Ice mirrors, the momentum was so high that even if the Demonic Mirrors are extremely sturdy, they couldn't withstand it.
The outermost Ice Mirror was cut into two fragments and fell apart.
The Fuma Shuriken still continued on its path and cut through the inner ice mirrors one after another, the cold air released upon the mirrors collapsing was chilling, the Fuma Shuriken enhanced with the Wind Chakra Nature was like a devil's cleaver, and under its sharpness, the inner ice mirrors kept collapsing.
Crack… Shing…
After breaking through seven layers of ice mirrors in a row, the momentum of Shuriken was finally exhausted and it fell to the ground in the face of the eighth one.
As soon as the Shuriken fell to the ground, several cracks spread all over it and it broke into multiple fragments.
Just shows how much power was used in throwing it that even the specially designed shuriken couldn't bear it.
The other Shuriken shadow avatar also caused too much damage to the surroundings as they all faded away into white smoke after hitting their targets.
At this time, the last layer, i.e., the eighth ice mirror also couldn't bear it any longer, and cracks spread all over it, undoubtedly, it managed to resist the Fuma Shuriken, but it still wasn't spared and a large spider-web shape cracks appeared on it.
Suijin who was hidden inside this Ice mirror breathed a sigh of relief, 'Thank goodness, it was finally blocked!'
However, he didn't seem to have enough time to be relieved, as the last Ice mirror was shattered into countless fragments with a crisp sound by the Adamantine Staff.
Suijin fell out of the ice mirror and spurted out blood, at the same time, Sandaime didn't give the enemy any opportunity and pressed his hands on the ground after printing some hand seals.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's Chakra flooded the mud, and under his command, the mud was like a snake that rose up rapidly and wrapped around Suijin's body in its grip, trapping him instantly, and restricting his movements.
Sandaime still wasn't finished, as he extended the Adamantine Staff and the Monkey King Enma's arm, which appeared out of the front end caught Suijin by the throat, giving him no chance to breathe.
With Suijin caught, Sandaime walked over slowly and said, "Finally caught yo-!"
However, he didn't have time to finish, as an eye appeared on the Adamantine Staff and the voice of the Monkey King Enma came out, "No Sarutobi, this is a clone!"
"What!?"
As soon as, Sarutobi's words fell, Suijin's body turned into water that froze rapidly and exploded into Ice Spikes that shot out in a three hundred sixty degrees circle.
Sandaime barely jumped up using the adamantine Staff and avoided the Ice Spikes.
Landing on the ground with a backflip, Sandaime observed the battlefield.
At this time an Anbu member shouted loudly, "Hokage-Sama, something is coming at your nine o'clock!"
Sarutobi's expression turned sharp, and he immediately lifted the Adamantine Staff and blocked an attack that even sent him flying because of the huge momentum it carried.
Regaining his balance, Sandaime looked over and found nothing at the sight, however, the fact remains that he was indeed attacked, and yet he is unable to see the enemy!
'What was that just now? Where did he go?' – thought Sandaime with a frown.
"Hokage-Sama, he is coming from your right!" – Another voice of the same Anbu came.
Unsurprisingly enough, Sandaime suddenly felt the sharp wind coming from the right and hurriedly blocked in the same way, and again he saw nothing and was again sent flying!
Most of the Anbu ninjas watching this were shocked, it's like something invisible is attacking Sandaime!
The same thing kept happening, the same Anbu ninja kept giving directions, and Sandaime kept trying to defend himself yet it seemed as if no one was able to understand what was happening!
Sandaime, who tried again and again but failed to defend thought at this moment, "It's as if he has gone invisible-! Wait, invisible! That's it, but how did he become invisible, and why is Dog able to see his tracks!? Does he possess another Jutsu to turn himself invisible?" muttered Sarutobi, as he was sent flying to the other side of the battlefield and heavily collapsed in the rubble.
The Anbu ninja had cold sweat on their foreheads, couldn't fathom just what in God's name was happening here.
Sandaime came out of the collapsed rubble while wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the battlefield with sharp eyes.
At this time, a sound resounded on the battlefield, "What do you say, Sandaime Hokage-Dono, would you like to continue? Or shall we put an end to this farce?"
"I have understood the principle of the technique you have been using!" – Said Sandaime as he rotated the staff in his right hand.
"Oh, do enlighten me?" – Came out Suijin's curious voice.
"It is simple actually when one calmly thinks about it, somehow, you are able to change the characteristics of your body from opaque to translucent and then lower the refractive index of your body to that of the surrounding air, this way, no light is reflected or refracted from your body, making you invisible, isn't that right!?"
"Hohoho, as you'd expect from the one known as the 'Professor' your analysis ability is really beyond incredible!" – Suijin said as if he was genuinely impressed.
"This also explains why only one Anbu is able to see and understand what is going on, you can make yourself invisible, but you can't hide from dojutsu that can see chakra itself, can you!?"
"Sigh, unfortunately, I am unable to, but I still have a huge advantage over you, as you don't have either of the two dojutsu Konoha is famous for!" – said Suijin with a mocking tone.
These words greatly irked Sarutobi Hiruzen, indeed he doesn't have them, and yet never felt the need, never thought that he would be facing an opponent that only someone with dojutsu will be able to deal with.
"So, what do you say, Hokage-dono, would you like to continue or shall we put an end to this farce!?"
"This old man has just warmed up; I can keep going!" – said Sandaime with a confident smile.
Seeing that smile, Suijin's face darkened.
As early as he used the Ice Mirrors to defend against the barrage of Shuriken Shadow Clone, Suijin used that opportunity to cast Water Clone Technique and it was the water clone that hid inside the Ice Mirror, while he; himself changed the opacity of his body to make it translucent ice and then lowered the refractive index to match that of air, this requires a great deal of chakra.
Suijin was inspired to create this technique from the other similar techniques like Gekko Hayate's 'Transparent Escape Technique,' 'Dustless Bewildering Cover' of Nidaime Tsuchikage Mu, and other similar camouflage techniques.
Anyway, after using the Ice Camouflage, Suijin hid away and waited for the attack of Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique to end, since he didn't actually want to kill or injure Sandaime, he had to be careful with his attacks, initially thought that once Sandaime realizes the severity of the situation, he would end this farce, but Suijin was expecting too much, it appears, that as a Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen can't afford to back off, in front of his Shinobi as that would lower their morale.
Honestly, he wants to retreat, but Sandaime isn't giving him enough opportunity.
Thinking of this, Suijin deactivated the Ice Camouflage technique and appeared before Sandaime, waving an Ice Staff that appeared to be similar to that of Sandaime's Adamantine Staff.
Looking up, Suijin saw that although the clouds were no longer there, the night still appeared gloomy.
'Huh, just how much more troublesome this matter will become?' – thought Suijin with a soft sigh, Suijin calmed his mind and thought of the ways to retreat.
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At this time, Uchiha Shisui, in his cat Anbu gear kept running towards the direction where the battle between the said mysterious bounty-nin and the Sandaime-Sama was taking place.
With his fast speed, Cat encountered many Anbu colleagues who were also rushing towards the site of the battle.
Through some casual inquiry from those Anbu members, his doubts not only didn't disappear but were further increased.
'A bounty-nin with Ice Release Kekkei Genkai!? But it was Kuroto-san who took away Watanabe's body!' – he thought doubtfully.
Initially, he thought that Kuroto-san himself was being hunted down by Hokage-Sama and the Anbu elites, so he hurried over, although he knows that with Kuroto-San's strength, even if he fought against the combined might of the entire Anbu force, he wouldn't be defeated.
But Shisui also knows that Kuroto-San, can't go all out against the shinobi of his own Konohagakure, therefore, Shisui was incredibly worried and hurried over!
And now that he heard the Anbu Shinobi mentioning an Ice Release user, he was increasingly confused, because Shisui doesn't think that Kuroto-San uses Ice Release, does he?
'Does that mean this bounty-nin is someone else helping us out? But if that's the case, then where is Kuroto-San? Regardless of who this person is, as long as he isn't an enemy, I have to hurry and help him out!' – With this thought, Shisui used the Body Flicker technique and his speed became so fast that not even an after-image was left behind.
The other Anbu looking at the disappearance was also amazed, 'Who was he?!'
After a while, he finally arrived on the battlefield.
However, Shisui didn't actively venture on the battlefield, nor did he revealed his presence to the other Anbu Shinobi guarding the periphery. Instead, he hid in the canopy of a tree far away and looked at the battlefield carefully.
On the Battlefield, at this time, Suijin and Sandaime were engaged in battle.
Because Suijin had used all sorts of Water Style and Ice Style Jutsu, therefore, the entire battlefield was filled with mist, water, and ice.
Seeing this scene, Shisui muttered, "Sure enough, Sandaime is fighting a bounty-nin who has the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai." – After conforming to this, Shisui hesitated whether he should intervene, and if he should, then which side should he help out?
It stands to reason that as a Konoha Shinobi, Shisui should assist Sandaime to capture the bounty-nin, but if the bounty-nin was entrusted by Kuroto-San to help in dealing with Watanabe's corpse, then Shisui isn't sure.
If the bounty-nin is captured, and if he is carrying the dead body of Watanabe, then the fact of Watanabe's death at the hands of the Hyuga patriarch will be exposed.
If the truth is exposed, then Kumogakure will take the initiative to pressure Hokage-sama, and Konoha will be in the dilemma to either sacrifice the Hyuga patriarch or go to war with Kumo.
Shisui doesn't want Konoha to go through either of the situations, therefore he has only one option left.
"For the sake of the peace of the village, this bounty-nin must not be captured!" – After making up his mind, Shisui calmed himself and put on a black cloak.
With that done, his figure disappeared and came to the side of two Konoha Anbu guarding at the periphery.
"Who is-!?"
The two Anbu were startled by the sudden presence next to them, but before they could react, both of them fell asleep.
After dealing with two Anbu, Shisui looked at the battlefield. With a retreat route secured, he immediately jumped to the canopy of the tree and immediately shouted,
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
In an instant, a huge sea of fire exploded out from Shisui's mouth and covered the entire battlefield.
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