Roshi heard Han's mockery and could not help snapping, "Cut the crap! Why aren't you using a Tailed Beast Ball? Don't want to?"
"You still have the mood to chat, Chief Examiner Roshi?" Akaseki said as he took the chance to form hand seals.
Combined Ninjutsu: Roar of the Thunderfire Dragon!
Akaseki expanded his chest, puffed out his cheeks, and exhaled. A dragon-shaped blaze interwoven with lightning surged forth—
"Combined Ninjutsu? Lava Style: Protective Wall!"
Roshi spat out a magma-like fluid that formed a sphere around him. Rather than directly blocking with Lava Style Armor, he let the lightning and fire pour down upon it, erupting into a blinding flash. However—
After being battered by the ninjutsu, the protective membrane held!
"Hell's Gate? Kid, let me show you the real—" Roshi continued forming hand seals as he spoke. "Lava Style: Hell's Gate Technique!"
The next moment, Roshi slammed both hands onto the ground. The earth around them immediately softened and churned. And then—the churning earth turned into magma, surging toward Akaseki!
Akaseki:
Fine, fine. You were blatantly copying me, huh? You did not even change the name?
Speechless, Akaseki leaped away to evade it—
Forget the still "rudimentary" Susanoo—even in its second stage, the area beneath one's feet remained a weakness. It was no longer entirely empty, but only by the third stage could the feet receive defenses equal to the rest of the body!
It had to be said that using Lava Style, a combination of "fire + earth," to power Hell's Gate was considerably stronger than Akaseki simply combining Fire Style and Earth Style.
But that did not change the fact that Roshi was copying Akaseki!
He had probably set his sights on it during the Chunin Ninja Exams—
As the surrounding trees toppled one after another and