The raging wind carried searing flames as more than a dozen elite ANBU hung in midair, their hands blurring into afterimages.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Flame Technique!"
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
Wind fed the flames. More than a dozen techniques merged perfectly in midair, transforming into a colossal fire dragon over twenty meters long. The blistering heat instantly evaporated the frost and blood on the ground. With the force to burn everything in its path, it opened its gaping maw and swallowed toward Hyuga Xiao at the center of the ruins.
At the same time, Hiruzen Sarutobi descended from above. The Golden Cudgel in his hand rapidly expanded in midair, crashing down at Xiao's head with crushing force.
Faced with this pincer attack that could level a small hill, Xiao did not even raise an eyelid.
His left hand still held Hinata's steadily. The girl's fingers were slightly cold, yet filled with absolute trust. In his right hand, Xiao held Danzo like a lump of mud, blue starlight swirling deep within his pupils.
"Get lost."
The icy monosyllable slipped from Xiao's lips.
Boom!
Centered on Xiao, an upgraded gravitational field of Almighty Push erupted outward.
The roaring fire dragon slammed into an invisible wall of sighs three meters from Xiao. Its violent flames instantly curled backward, brutally torn apart by the repulsive force into a rain of fire that crashed into the surrounding broken walls and rubble. The elite ANBU in midair did not even have time to cry out before the backlash hurled them away. Like kites with severed strings, they crashed into the ruins, the sounds of breaking bones rising one after another.
"Clang—!"
The Golden Cudgel struck the blue gravitational barrier with savage force. A deafening clash of metal tore through the air, kicking up a visible