A deafening explosion rang out amid the storm. An Explosive Tag had been detonated.
The surviving ninjas were struck again. This time, the combined assault of the Fire Tornado and the Explosive Tags wiped them all out.
Some ninjas tried to counter with Water Release and Wind Release, but the raging flames vaporized them on the spot.
The Fire Tornado was like a desert storm, with flaming debris raining down like meteors.
It set every flammable object near the Sunagakure camp ablaze.
The mighty Fire Tornado instantly drew everyone's attention.
The ninjas fighting at the very front escaped disaster because they were far from the tornado.
But the storm that had appeared out of nowhere behind them immediately made them realize something was terribly wrong.
The storm was directly behind them, where their supplies were stored.
But when they saw a firestorm of such a scale, the Sunagakure ninjas understood one thing.
They couldn't hold the outpost. Not only would the supplies be lost—they would all die, too.
One ninja saw the red storm, a sight like a natural disaster, and dropped the sword in his hand without even realizing it.
He was a Chunin who had only recently graduated, and today was the first time he had seen a ninjutsu this powerful.
It was practically a natural disaster, like something wielded by a god.
Anyone could tell that the storm's timely appearance was the enemy's doing, and that was precisely what made it so despairing.
"Looks like Yayoi did an excellent job with the mission."
A flash of silver. Shuomo cut the chakra threads controlling the puppet, then slit the black-haired kunoichi's throat as she glared at him with hatred.
After killing the two elite Jonin, Shuomo looked up at the powerful firestorm in the sky.
He couldn't help