The village's residential area was not particularly large. The small plaza hollowed out inside the mountain was only a hundred meters across and six or seven stories high. As poisonous smoke poured in, thick clouds already engulfed the half nearest the exit, and even the fires providing light and warmth were beginning to dim.
In the rear half, where the poisonous mist was thinner—
Through his Mirror Clones' eyes, Akaseki's real body had confirmed that the enemy was blocking the exit and pumping poison inside. He no longer hesitated.
Wind Release: Airflow Wild Dance!
Seizing his last chance, Akaseki unleashed this large-scale A-rank Wind Release Ninjutsu!
He swung the Uchiha Gunbai, setting the air surging. Almost all the thinner poisonous air in the rear half rushed violently toward the exit.
But—
The enclosed space made the poisonous mist difficult to disperse.
If there had been another entrance at the rear of the mountain hollow, Akaseki's Wind Release would have been far more effective. Unfortunately—
—there was none.
Air from the areas with thinner poison surged toward the sole exit, only for the surrounding, more heavily poisoned air to flow in and replace it—
All that churning amounted to little more than beating an egg, mixing the white and yolk together.
Of course, it was not entirely useless. The violent currents did blow some poisonous air out of the enclosed hollow, but—only a tiny portion!
"We need to finish this quickly!" Ranwu said at once.
In this environment, the poisoning would only worsen. The longer they dragged this out, the worse their situation would become.
"Careful. They have more than two or three Jonin!" Akaseki warned.
Normally, only Jonin among the Rain Ninja possessed giant salamander ninja beasts.
Or rather—
Even those whose abilities fell short would be rated as Jonin