hydrification

"Did he just kill that girl?!?!"

The announcer announced loudly in shock and the audience was still in a daze upon witnessing the death of a prospect,the whole arena was silent.

On the stands where the samurai captains were sitting,the captains were all surprisingly calm,it's almost like Mizugestu being slashed apart by Kuki meant nothing to them.

"That girl is too showy"

Suzune chuckled as she munched on some snacks.

Just as Kuki had slashed apart Mizugestu, Mizugestu's severed upper body suddenly launched at Kuki and slashed Kuki in the leg.

Luckily,Kuki was able to react in time to launch himself back,making the slash on his left leg shallow.

"As expected,you can use the hydrification technique of the Hozuki clan"

Kuki spoke with a knowing smirk as he activated his byakugan,observing Mizugestu.

Mizugestu's body stuck back together as she enlarged her right arm that was holding her wakizashi and swung it at Kuki.

Kuki attempted to parry it but it was too much for Kuki at the moment.The strike flung him away and disarmed him.

"So that's the infamous hydrifaction in action"

Kuki mumbled as he made the triangle seal with his hands,launching chains at Mizugestu.

Mizugestu continued to approach Kuki with no concern for the chains that appeared,needless to say,the chains passed right through her body with little resistance.

"So you know about my clan's technique huh?well that doesn't matter,you're not winning this"

Mizugestu boasted confidently.

"We'll see about that hehe"

Kuki laughed maniacally as he continued to observe a Mizugestu with his Byakugan and throwing knives at Mizugestu ,although every knife passed right through her,Kuki didn't stop.

Meanwhile,a few yards away,Hozuki was struggling while exchanging strikes with Hori.

"What's up with this woman??,she perfectly parried all of my attacks!!"

Hozuki hadn't managed to land a single hit on Hori even though he's using chakra flow and she's not.

With every slash he threw at her,Hori masterfully parried and changed their direction before countering with her own attack,while Hozuki was charging in and recklessly attacked like a bull,Hori masterfully moved around with her profound footwork and misdirecting Hozuki's barrage of sword strikes with graceful techniques like a bullfighter from earth handling a raging bull,thanks to that,Hozuki's whole body was filled with shallow cuts and scratches.

In Hozuki's mind,Hori was no different than an impenetrable wall,no matter what he did,he could put a scratch on Hori. The announcer wasn't joking when he said that she was a prodigy in kenjustu.

Seeing that she is slowly wearing him down,Hozuki decides to use everything he has to break through.

"Enough of this!!"

Hozuki shouted with all his might,startling Hori for a moment as a faint blue aura covered his body.

'This is bad!'

Hori thought to herself as she saw Hozuki using full body chakra flow.

"Mizu let swap!"

Hori hurriedly shouted towards Mizugestu who pushed Kuki back.

Hearing this,Mizugestu instantly enlarged her leg by filling it with water and leaped at Hozuki as Hori ducked below Mizugestu and moved towards Kuki who was also steadily approaching.

Soon enough,Mizugestu and Hozuki clashed swords,creating a loud noise that shocked the surrounding.

They continued to exchange swords with neither side having a visible advantage.

"Give up redhead!!"

Mizugetsu shouted as she kicked Hozuki.

"Keep dreaming, you pipsqueak !"

Hozuki roared as he grabbed Mizugestu's leg and slammed her into the ground.

Instead of the sound of a body colliding with the floor,all Hozuki heard was a slpash sound as Mizugestu's foot turned into water and slipped away from his hands.

Suddenly Hozuki was slashed in the back,as Mizugestu made use of turning into water to reshape behind Hozuki.

"That's dirty!!"

Hozuki shouted in displeasure as he moved away.

"Heh,cry about it"

Mizugestu responded in a cheeky tone with a smug expression as if she had done something to be proud of.

This really ticked off Hozuki.

"YOU PUNK!!!"

Hozuki shouted as the aura around him became brighter and the aura around his sword grew five times in size.

Hozuki changed at Mizugestu while maximizing his chakra output,dramatically increasing his power and speed.

Mizugestu tried to block in vain and Hozuki was easily slashing through her and flinging her around the arena leaving her with only choice of defending and using her hydrification to just survive.

While Hozuki was busy rampaging,Kuki and Hori were in a stalemate as none of them were able to land a strike on the opponent with Hori's incredibly honed swords skills and Kuki's byakugan activated.

But unlike Hori,Kuki's defective dojutsu was starting to strain,Kuki was forced to deactivate his eye,allowing Hori to land some shallow cuts

"So that's how your style works"

out of nowhere ,Kuki suddenly let out these words as he was hit with shallow cuts.

"You can't attack, can you?"

Kuki let out a statement which shocked Hori and the audience alike.

"What makes you think that is the case?"

Although her expression did not change,her voice was definitely a bit shaken.

"Well,although you are very good at parrying and countering strikes,your strikes don't hold much power and seeing that you having used chakra flow until this point,it's safe to assume that you can't,as a matter of fact ,that body of yours is pretty frail,you're just trying to stall of time."

Kuki replied without a hint of hesitation.

"You…"

Hori tried to refute but Kuki's assumptions were all correct.Hori Unemi had always been frail since birth,she was bedridden until six because of her underdeveloped muscles compared to her peers,she is the daughter of one of the first division's cook so she had visited the first division many times since young.

Fascinated by the sword techniques of the samurai as a child,one time when she was 8,she secretly borrowed the samurai's training swords to play and imitate their techniques;she was able to perform them just as the experienced samurais did with no difficulty.

Suzune,who happened to pass by at the time instantly picked her up as her disciple and trained her upon seeing her monstrous talent for kenjustu,even after discovering that Hori had a frail physique and below average chakra reserves,she never gave up on her and trained her in the arts of parrying and countering with her limitations in mind.

All of that training allowed Hori to shine and defeat most of the younger samurai's at the first division giving her a spot as the first division's representative for this tournament.

Now that Kuki had grasped her style,she had to choose but to retreat to where Mizugestu was.

Mizugestu was now pushing back an exhausted Hozuki,while his chakra pool was humongous,his stamina wasn't,with fatigue from all the rampaging and accumulated damage from Hori and Mizugestu,Hozuki was on his last leg.

The exhausted Hozuki fled to Kuki and Hori went to Mizugetsu's side.

"Can you continue?"Kuki calmly asked Hozuki?

"I don't think I can"although Hozuki was prideful,he wasn't stubborn,it hurt his pride but Hozuki answered truthfully.

"Then let's do "that" "Kuki excitedly proposed to Hozuki as he let out a defeated sigh.

"I guess I don't have a choice"

"Third fang:devouring palm"Kuki mumbled as he stabbed Hozuki in the shoulder after activating his byakugan.

After this,Hozuki promptly fainted as he was at his limit.

"This feels good"Kuki's chakra pool was being overloaded with Hozuki's stolen chakra as he smiled confidently.