Hikari reached both hands into the pouch at her waist and pulled out more than a dozen shuriken. Her arms seemed to turn into bone whips as she flung them out.
The shuriken spun through the air, carrying sharp whistles as they flew.
At the same time, she formed a one-handed seal with her right hand, raising her thumb and index finger as scorching fire-nature Chakra gathered in her throat.
"Fire Release—Phoenix Sage Flower Claw Red!"
More than a dozen fireballs burst from Hikari's mouth and wrapped themselves around the shuriken.
The flames were orange tinged with red, infused with changes in Chakra nature. They were high-temperature flames compressed to an extreme degree.
Yugimaru stepped forward, rapidly forming hand seals. The lingering mist in the air gathered together and became a massive water dragon that shot toward the fireballs in the sky.
"Water Release—Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"
Just as the flames were about to collide with the water dragon, Hikari's pupils abruptly changed. They spun at high speed and transformed into Mangekyō Sharingan.
She directly imprinted Yachihoko upon the water dragon.
The water dragon strangely began shrinking at a rapid pace, while the flames in the air kept expanding. The fire gradually connected together, with the shuriken seemingly becoming nodes that formed a fire dragon.
The shuriken gathered at the fire dragon's head, forming its dragon head.
Hikari threw out another shuriken, a wire tied to it, and pierced the fire dragon's head.
"Puppet Shuriken Technique—Flame Dragon Dance."
Guided by Hikari's fingers, the fire dragon plunged fiercely downward.
When everyone saw Yugimaru's ninjutsu vanish so strangely in midair, only for the enemy's Fire Release to evolve into a fire dragon, they could not help becoming wary.
It seemed that the ninja named Hikari possessed some secret technique capable of absorbing