Boom!
The storm collided with the flames. In terms of Chakra nature, Fire Release countered Wind Release.
However, what Sarutobi Toru had unleashed was no ninjutsu at all, but a genuine natural storm formed by the movement of air!
Thus, when the entire Fire Bullet struck the storm, not only did it fail to stop it for even a moment, it instead dyed the storm with the colors of flame, transforming it into a massive Flame Storm that swept back toward Jiraiya!
Jiraiya let out a strange cry. He did not dare use any ninjutsu to block it and hurriedly scrambled away with the Body Flicker Technique. At the same time, his hair grew wildly, immediately wrapping him into a white hedgehog.
The massive Flame Storm blasted hundreds of meters away. Everything in its path was instantly reduced to ash, while the ground was burned into a black, glassy trench several hundred meters long and nearly half a meter deep.
Fortunately, the potential for destruction had been considered when the Training Ground was built. The seals and barriers created by the Uzumaki Clan had been buried deep underground, so the Training Ground was not affected by the Flame Storm.
Though Jiraiya had avoided the Flame Storm's direct impact, merely being grazed by its edge had burned his white hair into a ragged, dog-chewed mess.
Fortunately, his Needle Jizo was originally a ninjutsu that controlled hair, so he did not need to worry about walking around with a mangled haircut.
Rather, it was fortunate that he had such a technique. Otherwise, he would have suffered second-degree burns.
"That's insane. Isn't Toru way too strong?" After that move, Jiraiya finally had a clearer sense of the gap between himself and Sarutobi Toru. *Had he just been fooling around when he fought me