Water Style: Water Severing Wave is one of the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama's killing moves—as long as the enemy is hit, they are cut in two.
The form of this S-rank Water Style ninjutsu involves spraying a high-speed, ultra-high-pressure thin stream of water from the user's mouth, using the cutting power of the compressed water flow to slash the enemy.
Although it hasn't been tested to see how many kilopascals of pressure it possesses, and thus the power of the technique cannot be expressed in data form, what is certain is that the water pressure and speed within the jutsu is the pinnacle of Water Style.
Therefore, it is capable of cutting through anything.
Water Severing Wave is not only extremely powerful, but its attack distance and range of effect are also incredibly broad.
This is a technique that even a Jinchuriki cannot leave unscathed.
In terms of principle, this was similar to Hagoromo's Iron Sand swords.
Hagoromo was hidden inside the Water Formation Wall. His vision was not affected by his own technique, but the enemy could not see his movements hidden within the water vortex.
Consequently, Roshi had no way to judge his attack method or angle.
In fact, while the enemy thought he was still defending, he had essentially already entered the offensive phase.
Water Severing Wave sliced both the air and the Water Formation Wall in two. Because the speed was so fast, the upper half of the fluid water curtain actually managed to maintain the solid form of a water wall!
Danger!
Regarding the perception of this Water Style ninjutsu's danger, Roshi instantly cranked it to the highest level. Was it unavoidable?
In such life-threatening moments of crisis, the higher the skill of a ninja, the more they are able to produce reactions far beyond their own imagination.
Roshi was actually able to complete the defensive ninjutsu he had just used within the almost negligible time before the Water Severing Wave struck.
Lava Style: Granite!
This was already a defensive ninjutsu of extremely high scale and strength, but it didn't stop there. After accurately judging the power of Water Severing Wave, Roshi used Lava Style: Multi-Layer Granite!
Just a moment ago, Granite had defended against Hagoromo's Water Dragon Bullet.
However, the current multi-layered defense was split in two by the Water Severing Wave the instant they made contact!
The power of the technique was perfectly demonstrated.
Yet, it was precisely because of this slight time difference that Roshi had enough room to dodge.
Having identified the attack angle of the technique and having a moment of defense and obstruction, Roshi dodged the attack.
"This technique... the power and timing are perfect. It cannot be done without a considerable amount of practice. Considering your age... it is worthy of respect," Roshi said, his expression becoming much more serious.
Ninjas truly need to speak with their ninjutsu.
"As expected, he still dodged it." Hagoromo felt it was a bit of a pity.
When fighting a Jinchuriki, one thing that must be noted is that one cannot fall into a war of attrition. If the battle enters a stage of exchanging chakra consumption, it is obvious who will eventually fail.
After all, the chakra of an average ninja is not on the same order of magnitude as a Tailed Beast. Competing in that area was clearly not a smart choice.
"Although using Water Style for gradual suppression is a good tactic, it is clearly difficult for my chakra to achieve that. More obviously, I clearly don't have that much time right now..." Hagoromo silently thought about what to do next.
At this point, he could no longer hear any movement from Kakashi's side. he hadn't kicked the bucket, had he?
"So..."
So after playing around with this and that, he still had to play with electricity.
The fluctuations of chakra completely receded from his body, but an even brighter lightning light lit up upon him.
Hagoromo began to walk toward Roshi step by step.
"Lightning Style? Do you think close-quarters combat will be advantageous?"
Roshi thought silently. No matter what, close combat was not a good choice, was it? So he was a bit confused by Hagoromo's actions.
"It's phase two."
Hagoromo, as if seeing through his confusion, kindly offered a reminder.
Although this ninja was strong, he probably didn't even have his own exclusive BGM, which meant he fell into the category of those who could be killed. Moreover, it was best to end the battle before the opponent underwent Tailed Beast Transformation, otherwise things would get troublesome.
In Roshi's eyes, the Lightning Style on Hagoromo's body grew stronger and stronger... and then, it could no longer be described simply with the word "strong."
The lightning was like flowing fire, spreading outward in a ring shape.
Five meters, ten meters, fifteen meters.
With Hagoromo as the center, the area within a fifteen-meter diameter turned into a lightning domain.
It was also the enemy's lightning prison.
The leaking energy caused the surrounding snow to melt instantly, while something in the ground seemed as if it were about to rise up.
Seeing "Lightning Style" of this scale, even if Roshi was still in Lava Style Chakra Mode, he instinctively felt that things were bad.
So he retreated rapidly. Experience and reason told him that he absolutely must not set foot into this area.
But that wasn't enough!
The buzzing sound of what seemed like tens of millions of bees flying came out, echoing with the sound of the electric current coming from Hagoromo not far away.
"Swoosh!"
Before even hearing the sound, Roshi instinctively tilted his head in an instant!
Whips of iron sand snapped up instantly at the edge of the lightning domain! Furthermore, it was an electromagnetic launch; one could imagine the speed.
That buzzing sound came from the high-frequency vibration of the iron sand. It easily tore through Roshi's lava armor and left a shallow scratch on his face.
If he hadn't dodged, would this strike have pierced his head? Pity there are no "ifs"; a miss is a miss.
The blood was not evaporated by Roshi's own move but flowed down his cheek.
Since ordinary Lightning Style couldn't even break the defense, he might as well go straight to LV5.
High-frequency vibrating iron sand surpasses all sharp blades and is enough to cut through anything one wishes to cut.
Furthermore, for the sake of the suddenness of the attack, Hagoromo did not use the iron sand behind him but performed a hidden extraction from the earth.
Facts proved that such an attack method was effective.
Lava Style Chakra Mode could not withstand iron sand swords. Before the high heat could melt the iron sand, Hagoromo could turn Roshi into a human kebab!
Hagoromo accelerated instantly! He wanted to get close to Roshi!
And when he was close to Roshi! Then the lightning played its part, restricting the opponent's movements.
No matter how Roshi moved, he found he could not leave the fifteen-meter range around Hagoromo.
From the ground, whips of iron sand, swords of iron sand, and arrows of iron sand sprang out!
With the paralysis of electric shocks, even if Roshi were truly a monkey, it would be impossible to dodge such a dense barrage of attacks. So in an instant, large and small wounds appeared on his body.
But was Hagoromo satisfied? He wasn't a sadist, so what was there to be satisfied about? Not a single one hit a vital spot!
However, relying on blood loss like this could also solve the enemy, right?
But things were not that simple. In a situation where there was no retreat and no way forward, Roshi became enraged.
This meant that after courting death for so many years, Hagoromo finally screwed up once.
The enraged Jinchuriki began his Tailed Beast Transformation.
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