A fire of this magnitude could no longer be extinguished by a simple Water Style jutsu. Watanabe Mousse used a basic Water Style to drench the three of them, and they forced their way through the ring of fire.
"They're out! But one of them is missing."
"I know. From the chakra reaction, it was just a genin. But that guy's flying summoned beast is a problem. Send one person to try and take him out. If you can't, then give up. He's not the mission target. As for the others, leave no one alive!"
"But before we came, Lord Zuo Xun said that none of these Yugakure ninja could be let go, otherwise it might affect his ascension in the Hidden Hot Water..."
The leading Root ninja wore a wolf-style mask. Hearing this, he let out a disdainful sneer. "Zuo Xun is a useless thing! A mere Hidden Hot Water Village, and he hasn't been able to take it down for Lord Danzo in several years. He's simply trash!"
"I heard... those Yugakure ninja are particularly united," a Root ninja said in a low voice.
"Stop making excuses for him, Kakkaku! In my eyes, that Zuo Xun is a complete and utter piece of trash! If it weren't for the fact that the leader of the Hidden Hot Water, Zhi Yujing, is on his last legs, he probably wouldn't have even found an opportunity like this!"
"...Yes, sir!"
...
"They're coming, Father!"
Looking back, Watanabe Sheren cried out nervously. Under the soaring firelight, the figures of the Root ninja with their bizarre masks were crystal clear. The three of them, under Mousse's lead, quickly fled in another direction, away from Hebian Pu's convoy.
"Do you blame me? Sheren... and Tianfeng!"
Sheren and Tianfeng, who were running at full speed, were slightly taken aback, then they understood. The nervousness in Sheren's heart suddenly vanished without a trace. He smiled and looked at his father in front of him, saying softly, "How could I? In my eyes, Father is a great ninja!"
Tianfeng, with his honest face, was calm. He also understood Mousse's action of kicking Shangguan Mo out of the battle. "I don't blame you, Captain Watanabe. That guy Shangguan Mo is indeed much more outstanding than the two of us. To be able to fight to that extent against Konoha's most outstanding genius of this generation, Jonin Minato Namikaze, relying on his summoned beast... he will be the future hope of our Hidden Hot Water! It's just..."
"Just what?" Mousse turned his head and looked faintly at this young man who had always seemed carefree.
"It's just that, with Shangguan Mo's personality, would he really run away alone?" Tianfeng smiled slightly.
"That's right, Father. Although Shangguan Mo doesn't talk much, I can feel that he is a ninja with love in his heart!" Sheren's face showed a look of certainty.
"He should understand that in this situation, even with his summoned beast, he would be powerless..."
"But he has never been such a rational person, Father..."
...
"Fire Style · Great Fireball Technique!"
This Root ninja formed hand seals, and a massive amount of chakra began to frantically pour into his mouth. A huge crimson fireball howled towards the giant bird overhead, igniting all the branches in its path. The air was once again filled with the smell of something burning.
Shangguan Mo, on the back of the Wind Eagle, only felt a wave of high temperature rising from the ground. Without needing his command, the Wind Eagle flapped its wings forcefully and disappeared from this space just as the fireball was about to hit it.
That Root ninja was a little helpless. Faced with a ninja who could fly, he was completely at a loss.
"Little Feng, don't worry about him! Fly that way!" Shangguan Mo pulled back the indignant Wind Eagle and pointed in the direction Mousse had left.
"Chirp!"
...
"Captain! They're coming!" Tianfeng shouted in a low voice. With two chunin, Tianfeng and Sheren, Mousse's speed was inevitably dragged down by them. In the woods behind them, the Root ninja had already closed in to a range of about twenty meters. At such a range, the power of ninjutsu could often be maximized.
"Fire Style · Grand Dragon Fire Technique!"
"Wind Style · Great Breakthrough!"
Eleven Root ninja formed hand seals one after another, at this time casting a combination ninjutsu. The wind fed the fire's momentum, and in this instant, a monstrous firelight ignited in this forest. The soaring wave of fire spread out for dozens of meters, rushing unstoppably towards the three of them who were quickly leaping through the forest ahead.
This fierce momentum of wind and fire completely tore the night apart, dyeing this piece of land a crimson red. The coolness of the night quickly receded, and the temperature began to rise sharply. The sea of fire behind them came rolling in. Even before it was close, it already made them feel as if their backs were being roasted on a fire rack. Their whole bodies were extremely hot, as if they were about to self-immolate and die in the next moment.
"Father! What do we do?" Sheren's expression changed, and he cried out urgently. He and his father were both Lightning Style ninja. Tianfeng was an Earth Style ninja. Faced with a combination ninjutsu of this scale, he simply didn't know what to do. Fire Style was usually known for its large coverage area and strong killing power, and it could only be extinguished by Water Style. But a wind and fire combination jutsu of this scale was not something an ordinary Water Style could extinguish. Its range and power had already surpassed what an A-rank ninjutsu could achieve.
And this... was also one of the reasons why the Root ninja were so feared. They were as calm as a machine, and their cooperation was seamless. The strength they could exert was simply not something an ordinary ninja could imagine.
Mousse didn't have to look back to know that a ninjutsu of this scale was simply impossible to dodge. He turned his head to look at Tianfeng. Although Earth Style couldn't counter Fire Style, at this point, this was all they could do.
Tianfeng took a deep breath, nodded, and began to form hand seals. The chakra in his entire body was mobilized by the seals and, in an instant, gathered beneath him. This time, he had completely output all the chakra he could release in one go.
"Earth Style · Earth-Style Wall!"
BOOM!
The earth beneath his feet began to shake violently. The next moment, a brown earth wall, a full ten meters high, rose up, and dust instantly filled the air. This all-purpose Earth Style jutsu... its strength could change according to the chakra strength and amount of the caster.
POW!
The continuous sound of explosions roared in their ears. Mousse and the others had already stopped. They only felt their ears begin to ring. They couldn't help but cover their ears and look around. A monstrous firelight gushed out from above and from both sides of the earth wall. The fierce wind with its scorching temperature passed by them, making their clothes rustle loudly while also causing their body temperature to rise rapidly.
But at this time, none of them had the time to care about these things. Although this combination ninjutsu had been temporarily blocked by Tianfeng's Earth Style, it was foreseeable that the moment the ninjutsu's power dissipated would be the moment they were chased and besieged by the Root ninja.
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