Having missed his strike, Esidisi whipped his head around to face Indra, who had flashed behind him.
He's so fast-completely different from before! A trace of anxiety welled up within Esidisi, but pride still shone in his eyes.
"But no matter how fast you are, it's useless against my Flame Mode [Molten Lava King]!"
"Flame Mode: Lava Purgatory!"
Esidisi plunged both arms into the ground, pouring lava release chakra into the earth without pause.
Scorching lava spread rapidly outward from Esidisi, covering the ground for hundreds of meters around him in an instant!
Standing in the center of the magma, Esidisi sneered. "Jo, your Earth-Wood Style is the most useless of all. Go back to hell!!!"
"Oh? Is that so? Let's see if you have what it takes!" Watching the scorching magma spread toward him, Indra clapped his palms together.
"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Rumble!!!
In an instant, the river of magma beneath their feet began to shake, until the ground split apart and burst open!
From the enormous fissures, trees pushed through the searing lava and grew out of the earth, instantly forming a forest that covered the outskirts.
Esidisi could scarcely believe what he was seeing. His lava was losing to trees? How was that possible?!
But as thick roots tore out of the ground and hurtled toward him, Esidisi had no choice but to believe it.
"Flame Mode: Lava Fist!"
Esidisi's fist swelled as he swung it, erupting the instant it struck the root tendrils and unleashing an impact like a volcanic eruption!
Boom!!!
The blast of exploding magma pulverized and vaporized dozens of root tendrils, while the magma bombs it scattered burned down more than a hundred trees.
But against the endless forest, Esidisi's counterattacks fell woefully short. He could not keep up with the