Mizuki had just been worrying about Deidara's self-destruction attack, yet he had fallen for it in the blink of an eye.
Even Mizuki, who had been careless, could not help blaming himself.
But what was done was done. Regret would accomplish nothing; he might as well think about how to salvage the situation.
The power of Deidara's Edo Tensei body's self-destruction would not wipe out all life in the vicinity, but the devastation wrought by its extreme shockwave left even Mizuki feeling helpless.
What would happen if an enormously powerful bomb were thrown into a lava lake? Ordinary people might think the lava would ease the pressure of the blast, but that was far too naive.
Mizuki had played with this as a child. If he threw a lit firecracker into water, it would either be extinguished by the water, or, even if it exploded, its power would be greatly reduced, raising only a small splash.
But that was merely because a firecracker was not very powerful. What would happen if a firecracker were lit and tossed into a water-filled glass to explode?
Lava Release, Yin-Yang Release, scorching temperatures and heat—before absolute force, all of them crumbled away.
The lava was blasted high into the sky, forming a crimson mushroom cloud of magma. Scalding magma rain poured down, reducing everything it touched to ash.
Below, the lava lake heaved into towering waves of magma that spread in every direction.
The explosion's shockwave first destroyed every foothold created by the Inorganic Reincarnation Technique. Before Gongzhi's Susanoo could descend, a colossal wave of magma crashed down head-on and buried him within the lava lake.
"This really is reaping what we sowed."
Mizuki could not afford to worry about anything else. He had to deal with the immediate crisis first.
"Nagato, use Chibaku