Blade Light, Part One

She knew that as long as her hair successfully wrapped around her opponent, she would have a chance to invade Anko's body and turn the tide.

However, faced with Fūfū's ferocious attack, Anko merely gave a cold smile.

She swiftly formed Hand Seals, took a deep breath, and shouted softly:

"Sage Art: Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

As her words fell, an incomparably scorching flame erupted from her mouth.

The flames resembled a roaring beast, rapidly expanding in the wind. In the blink of an eye, they became a massive fireball with a diameter of two meters.

Fūfū did not even have time to react before she was struck solidly by the enormous fireball.

With only her hair remaining, she had virtually no resistance to flames.

In an instant, fire shot into the sky, accompanied by Fūfū's utterly miserable screams echoing through the air.

In just a moment, Fūfū was completely consumed by the blazing flames and reduced to ashes that scattered through the air.

The battle was over, and the air was immediately filled with a thick burnt stench that made people want to vomit.

Anko could not help frowning slightly, but a satisfied smile soon appeared on her face.

After all, this battle had fully displayed her formidable strength.

At that moment, Anko raised her head and gazed longingly toward Orochimaru's laboratory in the distance, saying to herself:

[Sensei, did you see that? I haven't been slacking off at all!]

When she had first begun the inscription process, she had devoted most of every day to absorbing natural energy and using it for her own inscription.

Day after day, she had persisted for more than half a year.

Only then had she finally succeeded in completely inscribing that mysterious and complex seal pattern onto her body.

From then