But how long would that take to take effect?
Heguri Hisaichi wasn't sure.
He glanced at the five younger ninjas behind him, whose bodies, faces, and hair were covered in frost, looking utterly miserable. Heguri Hisaichi felt they could talk.
The Kusanagi Sword was drawn, emitting a dazzling bright blue light under the enhancement of the Dispersion Release Chakra.
Shimizu unleashed his chakra aura without restraint, completely disregarding Heguri Hisaichi's cellular-level explosive insects.
"Shimizu of the Sand Village, wielder of Dispersion Release, we can talk. This war benefits neither of us. You've already been infected by my explosive insects. Even if you kill me here, it's meaningless. I am sixty-three years old, while you are not yet twenty. After Rasa's death, you will surely become the Kazekage. There's no need for us to suffer mutual destruction."
Heguri Hisaichi, with one hand behind his back, adopted the air of an expert and spoke to Shimizu.
"Old man, it seems you don't know the extent to which medical ninjutsu has developed in this era."
Shimizu sneered, forming a hand seal with his left hand, then slowly opened it.
In the faint green light, all the explosive insects that had invaded Shimizu's body were extracted before they even had a chance to develop, using the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.
Heguri Hisaichi's face slowly darkened, his eyes filled with disbelief.
But regardless, there was no need to talk now.
His strongest means were no threat to the enemy. Victory was already impossible. Since the opponent could counter his insect manipulation, he would definitely not let him go!
The key now was to consider how to survive!
The explosive insects were useless against this person, but they were useful against others. If he could threaten the other Sand Village ninjas outside, making the opponent hesitant, there might still be a chance.
But…
Through the translucent ice, one could vaguely see that the rat-like blue puppet outside was still continuously spraying the substance that could freeze into ice in all directions.
From the beginning, the opponent had already restricted the battlefield environment, using the information disparity to deploy tactics, turning what was originally his home field into the opponent's.
To escape, he had to withstand the opponent's attacks and break through the ice cage, which was constantly being reinforced by the blue puppet, to create a glimmer of hope.
"I'll hold this guy back, you guys hurry up and break the ice!"
Heguri Hisaichi teleported to dodge a bright blue sword aura and shouted to his only five nephews.
"The old guy's reaction is quite fast, but you have to see if you can hold out until then."
Shimizu, as if foreseeing the future, teleported to dodge the rising stone spikes on the ground, then turned into a bolt of lightning, wielding the Kusanagi Sword, and thrust towards Heguri Hisaichi.
When the explosive insects could pose a threat, this old man only needed to plant the explosive insects on the enemy and retreat unscathed, and he could almost kill any enemy.
Excluding this special mechanism, the opponent's strength was still remarkable.
His mastery of Fire Release and Earth Release was quite impressive. The nature of his chakra was extremely similar to the chakra on the explosive insects. Obviously, nurturing and manipulating these explosive insects required this special chakra to support them.
This reminded Shimizu of the Explosion Release of the Hidden Stone Village.
There were many similarities between the two, but Heguri Hisaichi did not develop Explosion Release, but instead used insects as a medium to obtain this related ability.
The sky was filled with endless streams of insects, each with a stronger explosive power than an explosive tag. In terms of attack power alone, this old man already possessed a level close to the top of the ninja world. Not many could win against him in ninjutsu. His taijutsu, combat awareness, and other aspects were slightly lacking, but still passable, weaker than Rasa and the current Yekura, but a master whose strength was close to the Kage level.
This strength was quite strong, ensuring that he had a chance to retreat unscathed when facing any enemy.
However, Shimizu also discovered the opponent's weakness during the battle.
The amount of chakra.
Explosive insects need to absorb a large amount of chakra to grow in foreign organisms to have explosive capabilities. Now, Heguri Hisaichi can only use his own chakra to cultivate these explosive insects and ripen them.
Even if the chakra in his body was highly compatible with these insects, and the cost of cultivating a single explosive insect was not high, in order to stop Shimizu in a short time, he had to spend a huge amount of chakra to breed and ripen a large number of explosive insects.
He had to do this because Shimizu was too fierce.
It was estimated that he would have to explain himself here in less than a hundred moves.
How could there be such a strong guy in the ninja world now?
"Hurry!"
In a short while, Heguri Hisaichi couldn't hold on any longer, covering his arm, which had a hole burned by a Dispersion Release ray, and shouted.
Five young ninjas in various colored clothes were frantically attacking the ice surface with ninjutsu.
These people were quite strong, and the oldest one or two even had the strength of a Jonin level.
Logically speaking, even if the ice layer was thick, with this strength, they should still be able to break it.
It was just that the blue squirrel outside was still continuously spraying freezing rays, and wherever the ice layer cracked, it would block it.
At the current rate, they shouldn't think about running away for a while.
"Damn it!"
Heguri Hisaichi was now really regretting it.
He had been developing ninjutsu in seclusion for many years. He finally had a strength no less than that of the clan chiefs of the Warring States period. He thought that after coming out, if he didn't rebuild the family, he could at least be a guest of honor in the Daimyo's court and the current major ninja villages, and enjoy the life of a big man in his later years.
As a result, he became a guest of honor, but after only a few days, he was involved in the complex political game between the Daimyo and the ninja villages, and now the political game has even evolved into an armed conflict.
Wasn't it said that in the ninja village system established by Senju Hashirama, the Daimyo and the ninja villages were a symbiotic relationship of mutual restraint and mutual support?
Now the Daimyo may not necessarily die, but he is very likely to die!
Moreover, not only is he likely to die, but these few remaining seedlings of the Heguri clan are probably going to be buried here together!
What the hell is going on!
He had thought about surrendering, but he felt that the other party should not agree.
Because until now, Heguri Hisaichi still believed that Rasa was already dead, and the conflict between the two sides was irreconcilable.
Shimizu didn't think about reconciliation either, but planned to capture him alive directly.
This insect manipulation technique was still very valuable.
Konoha Village has the Aburame clan, and Hidden Stone Village has the Kamizuru clan. Although the latter has declined, the inheritance is still there after all.
Insect manipulators are good at both offense and defense, and their abilities are unpredictable. Whether it is used for lurking, reconnaissance, or tracking, it is first-class and quite comprehensive, and it is worth cultivating.
It would be good to be able to capture him and take this insect manipulation technique by coercion.
If not, just kill him directly, use the Mind Control Art to see how much can be dug out from his memory, try to restore it, then seal and dispose of the body, and throw it to Sasori to make into a puppet, and you can still obtain this method.
“Lightning Release: Breath of Lightning · First Form · Ion Cut!”
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi drew a perfect arc in mid-air, cutting down countless exploding insects that were pouncing towards Shimizu, followed by streaks of high-temperature plasma sword energy flying out, splashing towards the surroundings.
Before a large number of exploding flying insects could approach Shimizu, they had already fallen to the ground, and many attacked the five young ninjas of the Tsuruga clan.
“Not good!”
The older red-clothed man was the first to react, and hurriedly slapped his hands on the ground. The others also hurriedly took action, either defending or dodging.
“Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!”
“Water Release: Water Formation Wall!”
“Wind Release: Gale Palm!”
The five used their methods and managed to block this move.
Then several more sword energies attacked, forcing them into a miserable state.
This time, it wasn't so smooth, and soon someone was injured.
“We can't drag this on any longer!”
Feeling that his chakra was about to bottom out and recovering slower and slower, Tsuruga Hisaichi gritted his teeth, then took out a kunai, cut off a large piece of flesh from his arm, and threw it out to feed these exploding insects.
This method is very effective. It can greatly strengthen the flying speed, explosive power, and impact resistance of the exploding insects. If it were just like this, it wouldn't be anything, but doing so is very likely to cause the exploding insects to go berserk and backfire due to the special chakra contained in the caster's blood.
That way, he would be the first to be eaten away by these exploding insects.
Without a wrong word, one head, one hair, one content, one look!
So he didn't dare to throw too much.
“Oh? Interesting.”
Shimizu raised an eyebrow, and Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi in his hand danced again.
“Lightning Release: Breath of Lightning · Fifth Form · Wind and Thunder Lightning Storm!”
Inside the ice prison, it was as if a storm had risen, a storm caused by countless plasma light blades!
It was as manic as a plasma cloud storm caused by solar winds, but each plasma light blade had the swiftness and sharpness of Wind Release while possessing scorching high temperatures.
“Third brother!”
The red-clothed ninja looked at his clansman who was affected by the aftermath and had nowhere to dodge, eventually losing an arm, and couldn't help but cry out in grief.
The other three were also stained with blood and suffered serious injuries.
But for them, it wasn't all bad news.
Shimizu's powerful attack had instead made the previously solid ice prison somewhat shaky now.
This is their last chance!
Shimizu coldly glanced at the five people, and judged Tsuruga Hisaichi's state through his sensory abilities, then no longer hesitated, stepped forward, and his figure turned into a moving point of electric light, closing in.
“Lightning Release: Breath of Lightning · Second Form · Flowing Lightning Dance!”
Tsuruga Hisaichi was shocked, and quickly retreated, leaving countless obstacles in front of him with Earth Release, narrowly avoiding the sword energy emanating from the blade of Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi.
Only the next second, this sword hilt, which looked simple and exquisite after Shimizu's modification, suddenly lengthened and probed into the distance.
This Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi has the ability to extend its range!
“Lightning Release: Breath of Lightning · Seventh Form · Lightning Mirror!”
A full moon-like mirror rose, covering the entire ice prison.
Tsuruga Hisaichi had no choice but to create a thick sphere with Earth Release to protect himself inside.
The next moment, the round mirror and the earth wall shattered at the same time.
Tsuruga Hisaichi's clothes became tattered, and wounds burst out all over his body, with blood flowing straight out.
And the five young ninjas of the Tsuruga clan in different colored clothes were all had their tendons severed in their hands and feet, and were knocked unconscious by Shimizu on the ground.
“Still want to resist? These few should be the only remaining juniors of your clan, right?”
Shimizu put his sword on the red-clothed ninja's neck and said to Tsuruga Hisaichi.
The latter looked at the blood on his body, and then looked up at the exploding insects flying somewhat chaotically, losing their original rhythm.
“Of course I am willing to surrender, but these insects will not agree. Shimizu-kun, I hope you can take my descendants away from here as soon as possible. The exploding insect swarm is about to go berserk and will soon backfire on my body. You have already won!”
Tsuruga Hisaichi said helplessly.
“In order to seek a chance of survival from my hands, you had to use this forbidden technique that would be backfired? But just mere insects.”
Shimizu snorted lightly and raised his left hand.
“Wind Release: Airflow Condensation!”
A powerful airflow surged, frantically condensing and compressing towards Shimizu's palm.
This is a ninjutsu that Shimizu developed on his own in the past in order to better improve the efficiency of the pneumatic device, which can condense and compress a large amount of air in a short time.
The change in the airflow also affected the flight of these exploding flying insects, forcing them to lower their flying altitude, and then roared more fiercely towards Tsuruga Hisaichi, their bodies expanding rapidly and their bodies glowing, about to explode.
Tsuruga Hisaichi hurriedly rummaged through the tattered ninja tool bag for broken bandages and wrapped them around his body indiscriminately.
“Is it your flesh and blood that caused these things to riot?”
Shimizu pondered for a moment, and understood the key to this, then hooked his fingers and re-controlled the airflow, isolating the smell from Tsuruga Hisaichi's side.
Good fellow, having lost their target, these crazed exploding insects became even more manic, scurrying densely in the air.
“These insects will explode together once they are attacked or stimulated in any way now.”
Tsuruga Hisaichi said in a low voice.
“Tsk, it's really troublesome.”
Saying it was troublesome, Shimizu instantly appeared on Tsuruga Hisaichi's body, condensing green light in his hand and patting it on the old man's body.
Hemostasis, but with the Great Burial Sealing – this sealing technique was developed by Chiyo after spending two years digesting the sealing technique knowledge obtained from Konoha Village, integrating the village's past research on Shukaku patterns.
This sealing technique is currently the highest-level and most effective sealing technique in Sunagakure. In Chiyo's evaluation, it has an effect close to that of high-level sealing techniques such as the Five Elements Sealing, and has the ability to seal tailed beasts.
It's hard to say for tailed beasts that are too strong like Kurama, but at least according to what the monk Bunpuku said, this technique made Shukaku feel very uncomfortable, and the influence he received from Shukaku was also reduced a lot.
Now, using it to seal such an old man, as long as the other party is not the top sealing technique master in the ninja world, then there is no possibility of breaking it in a short time.
I'm so sleepy, I fell asleep halfway through writing, I almost didn't finish it.
Speaking of which, today's three-times team copy produced two 140 Extreme equips, none of which were useful...
