The dense fog, where you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, instantly covered the surrounding forest. The trees touched by the white mist began to dissolve as if they were melting.
Terumi Mei's heart trembled. What Aomi displayed was none other than her exclusive Boil Release technique...
However, Boil Release was not a technique exclusive to Terumi Mei alone.
Within The Hidden Rock Village, the Five-tailed Jinchuriki, Han, also mastered this Kekkei Genkai, though the way he used it was different.
Han utilized the steam produced by Boil Release as a power source, greatly enhancing his speed and strength, serving as a method of augmentation for close combat. This earned him the name "Steam Ninja" in the Ninja World.
Only Terumi Mei, who mastered "Lava Release," could combine steam and acid mist to unleash such a unique Boil Release.
So, how did Aomi manage to learn it?
Could it really be as he said, that the Sharingan can actually copy Kekkei Genkai?
This doesn't make sense!
Terumi Mei took a deep breath and similarly unleashed an acid mist, barely managing to counteract Aomi's mist with her controlled one...
Meanwhile, Zabuza and Kisame, on the sidelines, found their skin rapidly ulcerating and dissolving.
"Water Release: Great Bursting Water Wave!"
In this life-threatening crisis, Kisame lay prone on the ground, still meticulously and quickly forming hand seals, mobilizing the huge Chakra within him, pouring all his strength into maximizing this Water Release!
Water as vast as a waterfall poured from his mouth, diluting the acid mist lingering in the air.
Aomi smiled slightly, "Using physical properties to counter Boil Release? A good idea..."
As Kisame used the Water Release to wash away the acid mist covering him and Zabuza, dazzling lightning surged in Aomi's hand, mingling the electricity with the water.
Thus, Kisame and Zabuza, who had just escaped from the acid mist, were instantly engulfed by electric currents. They lay on the ground trembling, like two dead fish.
Terumi Mei shivered as she watched this scene. Aomi released the Lightning Release just now, without even forming a hand seal...
Boil Release, Lava Release, hand seal-less Lightning Release, power enough to crush Dead Bone Pulse, formidable physique, Three-Tomoe Sharingan...
This strange Uchiha examiner gave Terumi Mei an oppressive feeling stronger than facing the Third Mizukage!
Aomi slowly turned his head, his enchanting pupils fixed on Terumi Mei, and he softly said, "Do you still want to resist?"
Looking at the black Tomoe in Aomi's eyes, Terumi Mei's heart shrank.
As a ninja of the Hidden Mist, she had been educated in the Blood Mist Village, and could easily kill comrades whose resolve wasn't firm...
Surrendering to the enemy was a crime punishable by death in The Hidden Mist Village!
But even though she didn't want to do it, Terumi Mei very honestly put her hands on her head, slowly squatting down, indicating she had no intention of forming hand seals and was in a state of not wanting to resist.
Aomi looked at Terumi Mei's strange posture and smiled.
This wasn't the master's order; it seemed Terumi Mei had somehow learned this on her own, possibly with some strange preference deep inside...
Aomi walked over slowly, gently patting her face.
A black curse mark quickly spread across Terumi Mei's body, immobilizing her Chakra and posture.
Feeling the warmth of Aomi's palm and her stiff body, Terumi Mei's heart tightened.
Aomi actually didn't kill her and truly accepted her surrender, merely restraining her...
But the fate of a captured kunoichi, as a mature ninja, Terumi Mei knew all too well.
Her heart was in chaos.
However, Aomi didn't look at her again but instead softly spoke to the Kaguya Kimijiro in his hand:
"So, what about you?"
With Kisame and Zabuza down and Terumi Mei bound by a curse seal, the Hidden Mist Squad was left with only Kaguya Kimijiro.
He was still showing with his actions that he had no intention of surrendering, powerlessly but resolutely struggling in Aomi's hand.
Remarkably...
Although the acid mist had corroded Kaguya Kimijiro's skin, thanks to the healing ability of his Dead Bone Pulse, he still maintained a human shape.
Truly, as a talented gray-haired member of the Kaguya Clan, the development of his Dead Bone Pulse was far from ordinary, comparable to the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan, somewhere near a half-step Mangekyo...
Kaguya Kimijiro's eyes flashed fiercely, and his tone was very firm, "You think I would surrender!"
"Kill me, I don't want to see your hypocritical smile anymore!"
Aomi gave him an unexpected look.
No wonder even after being beaten, he remained emotionally unshaken...
Truly, a tough guy!
Having experienced Aomi's terrifying power, Kaguya Kimijiro had lost any desire to resist.
All he wanted was a swift death.
Aomi sighed and slowly shook his head, "That's twice; you've criticized my smile for the second time, and I'm really displeased..."
Kaguya Kimijiro's heart leaped for joy.
To his ears, Aomi's remark meant he was about to be killed.
Kaguya Kimijiro did not fear death.
Growing up in the Kaguya Clan, satisfaction was only found in battle, and only slaughter and victory gave him a sense of existence. From the moment he lost the fight, his life's path was shattered.
Even someone as proud as he didn't believe that, even if he survived today, he would have another chance to seek revenge on Aomi, this terrifying enemy.
In his worldview, facing an unbeatable foe was a call to die by that enemy's hand, to swiftly end his own life...