The terrifying heat radiating from the blade had become almost visible to the naked eye!
Yugito's beastlike pupils shrank sharply, the wariness in her heart reaching its peak.
The Two-Tails was already skilled in Fire Release. That was precisely why she had devoted herself to mastering it, combining it with the Two-Tails' abilities to develop Fire Mouse Jade.
When it came to talent for Fire Release, even across the shinobi world, she could be called among the very best.
Yet at this moment, looking at the sword in Uchiha Shingen's hand, Yugito felt her scalp crawl!
She could tell.
What had gathered on that blade was not ordinary Chakra, but an intermediate state in the nature transformation of Fire-nature Chakra.
The transformation would be completed the instant it struck its target, in exchange for ultimate destructive power!
Whoosh—!
A stream of crimson flames suddenly erupted from the Remnant Flame Sword, flowing and writhing like lava. Even the surrounding air twisted continuously in its wake.
The sight made Yugito's scalp go numb!
Those flowing flames were even licking at Uchiha Shingen's arm, leaving streak after streak of crimson scorch marks!
"Quiet."
Uchiha Shingen frowned.
But after his sharp rebuke, the flames on the blade not only failed to stop—they trembled even more violently!
They had even begun uncontrollably spewing fire downward!
"I said—be quiet!"
A furious roar, tightly restrained, burst from Uchiha Shingen's mouth.
The tomoe in his eyes spun faster, and the already violent aura around him became even more extreme.
Yet strangely, following Uchiha Shingen's roar—
The increasingly unstable sword in his hand gradually calmed. The flowing flames along its blade slowly subsided, returning to their original form.
Only the light on the blade gradually dimmed. It was no longer dazzlingly bright as before, yet that inexplicable pressure instead