"Again!!"
Uchiha Izuna used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside Uchiha Asuka, then swung a leg directly at him.
Seeing this, Asuka swiftly raised an arm in front of his chest. The instant Izuna's kick came at him, he nimbly grabbed Izuna's calf, flung him away, and pulled out a kunai tied with an Exploding Tag, hurling it fiercely at the flying Izuna.
Seeing the sparking Exploding Tag suddenly enter his field of vision, Izuna's eyes narrowed. After his crimson eyes spun several times, pale red skeletal ribs instantly wrapped around his body.
Boom!!
A fiery mushroom cloud suddenly erupted in the air, and the shockwave from the Exploding Tag's explosion made the surrounding air tremble.
The next second.
A red figure burst out of the mushroom cloud. After spinning lightly twice in midair, he landed steadily on the ground and clapped his hands together. "Fire Release."
Uchiha Izuna took a fierce breath, puffing out his chest as his cheeks bulged.
"Great Fireball Technique!"
Bang! A fireball the size of a house shot from his mouth at top speed, flying straight toward Asuka.
Asuka's pupils shrank as his body instantly leaped into the sky. A fireball that warped the air grazed the sole of his shoe, striking a tree trunk behind him and exploding at once into a raging sea of flames.
"Hey, hey, isn't that a little over the top? This is just a C-rank ninjutsu used by Chunin!"
Asuka turned to look at the blazing inferno and swallowed hard.
Bang! Another fireball came hurtling toward him. Hearing the roar of the flames, Asuka swiftly turned his head, raised the Kusanagi Sword, and slashed at it at high speed, splitting the fireball in two. The halves fell to the ground and exploded again.
The instant the blade split