Seeing this, Anko's lips curled slightly into a confident smile.
She took a deep breath, then suddenly spewed a raging torrent of flames toward Kazuma's position.
"Sage Art: Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"
The flames surged forward with overwhelming force, carrying a destructive aura capable of burning everything to ashes.
Empowered by senjutsu chakra, the power of this Fire Release was downright terrifying.
Before the flames had even touched Kazuma's body, he could already feel the scorching heat, as if the blazing inferno was about to dry him out completely.
Kazuma's hairs stood on their end.
He never could have imagined that some random person from Konoha would possess such terrifying combat strength.
At that moment, he felt as though he had fallen into a bottomless abyss, his heart filled with endless despair and fear.
Large beads of sweat rolled nonstop down his pale face, soaking his trembling hands.
Grinding his teeth, he shoved the completed hand seal forward with all his strength.
In an instant, the Fire-Sealing Seal from the Five Elements Seal appeared on his palm.
This seal possessed the mysterious power to revert blazing flames back into pure chakra and disperse them into nothingness.
Unfortunately, the Fire Release Anko used wasn't an ordinary ninjutsu, but a devastating sage art.
Against flames infused with senjutsu, the Fire-Sealing Seal in Kazuma's hand was completely useless and incapable of neutralizing it.
Accompanied by a sharp screeching roar, the terrifying flames surged up from Kazuma's arm like a savage beast, instantly spreading across his entire body.
"AAAH!"
An unbearable agony crashed over him, making him feel as though his organs were splitting apart from the pain.
Cornered like this, there was nothing he could do except watch helplessly as the flames mercilessly swallowed him whole.
Once the flames wrapped around him, the giant white snake coiled around his feet loosened its grip and vanished.
The senjutsu flames came violently and fiercely, and the heat they carried was as unbearable as standing beneath a blazing sun.
At this life-and-death moment, scene after scene from Kazuma's past flashed through his mind like lightning.
All these years, he had planned and prepared everything.
Yet the first time, before Sora had even matured, he had been stolen away by someone else.
And this second time, after pouring every ounce of strength into launching this massive war against Konoha, in the end, he hadn't even gotten the chance to lay eyes on Konoha's Hokage.
'Is it over?'
At that moment, Kazuma no longer seemed able to feel the intense pain burning through his body.
His consciousness gradually blurred as he slowly sank into a pitch-black abyss without end.
From the moment Kazuma caught fire to the instant he was burned into charcoal, only three seconds had passed.
Seeing this scene, Fuka was so terrified her soul nearly left her body.
Her dark bluish-black body instantly collapsed into a pile of soft mudm
Only her long hair remained, as if it possessed a life of its own, frantically fleeing into the distance.
This was Fuka's true body, while the body she normally displayed had merely been molded from yellow mud.
Fuka was already scared out of her mind, cursing inwardly in despair:
'What the hell is this monster? How the fuck are we supposed to fight this? There are barely any people in the ninja world who can use sage arts, so how are we unlucky enough to run into one?'
Below them, Fuen watched helplessly as their leader was utterly incapable of fighting back against the enemy, unable to survive even a single exchange.
Terrified, she immediately turned and fled in panic like a startled bird.
After all, as a trap specialist, her actual combat ability was far inferior to Kazuma's. At this point, she couldn't even spare any thought for her teammate Fudo.
Just after landing, Anko forcefully exhaled a blast of scorching hot breath.
She casually wiped the corner of her mouth, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.
The next second, she stomped hard against the ground. With a loud bang, shattered rocks exploded in all directions.
Meanwhile, Anko herself shot forward like a cannonball, charging toward Fuen and Fuka at astonishing speed.
The enhancement Anko gained in Sage Mode wasn't limited to ninjutsu alone. Every aspect of her abilities, ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, had undergone an enormous all-around boost.
Her pursuit speed was unbelievably fast.
Fuen and Fuka originally fled in the same direction like arrows loosed from a bow.
But while they were running, an overwhelming pressure surged toward them from behind.
It felt as though an invisible hand had clamped around their throats, making it hard to breathe and causing their hearts to pound wildly.
Faced with such an overwhelming threat, both Fuen and Fuka understood that if they continued fleeing along the same route, they would likely both be caught and cornered.
So at the critical moment, they made a decision without hesitation, they split up and fled in two different directions.
At least this way, one of them might still have a chance to survive. It would depend on who ended up becoming the unlucky target chased down.
At the same time, Anko immediately noticed what they were planning.
She quickly glanced to either side and saw a group of Konoha shinobi rapidly approaching as reinforcements not far away.
What pleased her even more was that among those shinobi were several familiar faces.
Without hesitation, Anko immediately flashed a tactical hand signal toward her allies.
As for Anko herself, she moved like a nimble leopard, instantly darting toward Fuka, whose only exposed part was her hair.
Her speed was lightning-fast, and in the blink of an eye she had already closed the distance between them.
Step!
Step!
Step!
The slightly heavy footsteps sounded as though each step was stomping directly onto the earth's heart, sending vibrations and echoes through the ground.
Like a meteor burning with raging fury, Anko charged toward Fuka at incredible speed.
Her figure moved as fast as lightning, and in an instant she was already upon her target.
Fuka realized that no matter how desperately she tried to escape, she couldn't shake off the relentlessly pursuing Anko.
Driven into despair, she suddenly spun around and let out a crazed scream before lunging recklessly at Anko.
Her wildly dancing hair shot out like countless vicious venomous snakes, baring their fangs as they swept toward Anko.
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