Under the night sky, the Stone Pillar Lotus stood proudly. Behind it, the waterfall murmured as its waters flowed, the sound carried away by the wind. Silver moonlight spilled down, illuminating waves of grass stirred by the night breeze.
The vast grassland lay in silence.
Boom!
Without warning, a flash of intense light burst forth. A blazing white fireball exploded more than ten meters before the Stone Pillar Lotus. The blast wave, mixed with scorching heat, swept outward, turning shattered grass and gravel into a ring of dust that spread in all directions. It struck the Stone Pillar Lotus with a series of sharp cracks, sending sand and grass clippings flying everywhere!
Sizzle!
At that moment, a bolt of pitch-black lightning shot from the newly erupted white fireball. It traced an upward black arc through the air and shot diagonally skyward, leaving behind a streak of black radiance that lingered for several seconds before slowly fading away.
The blazing white fireball seemed to have been split open by the black lightning. It cracked down the middle, flames spraying forth in a cone of searing white fire.
Pfft!
Just as the black lightning and blazing flames shot outward, a teenage figure crashed heavily to the ground several meters north of the explosion. Plumes of scorched smoke rose from his body amid the violent wind and heat, only to be carried away and blend into the smoky waves of grass, staining them with a faint layer of black.
"Cough... cough!"
A fit of violent coughing followed.
It worked! Hirohiko said he had merely used some method to seal powerful Exploding Tags inside a spherical bomb, but compared to detonating Exploding Tags directly, the difference is unbelievable.
That impact... even the Third Raikage couldn't keep his balance!
*Although the explosive power was reduced