Flashy but Impractical

Qian gathered his thoughts, first setting aside the books that recorded training insights, then reached out and picked up a scroll.

His gaze swept over it, and he saw that it recorded a ninjutsu—Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire!

This technique was a defensive ninjutsu. Once successfully cast, it would condense a crimson lotus around the user. The crimson lotus was divided into three layers, and each layer of petals had a different defensive strength.

Moreover, after these petals were shattered, they would explode and injure the enemy.

And the farther inward they were, the stronger the petals' defense became, and the greater the power of the explosion.

It seemed pretty good, didn't it?

However, that was only how it looked.

In reality, this was a ninjutsu as useless as a chicken rib.

Indeed, the petals condensed by this technique had decent defensive power, and their ability to reflect damage was passable as well, but there was one key point: it consumed an enormous amount of chakra.

After all, Fire Release Ninjutsu was not good at defense to begin with. If one wanted to force it to display such an ability, then a vast amount of chakra had to be condensed.

Clearly, that was somewhat not worth the cost.

In addition, this technique's reflected damage did not distinguish between enemy and ally.

What did that mean?

It was simple. Once the petals that formed the crimson lotus were broken through, the resulting high-temperature explosion would not only injure the enemy, but also injure the caster inside.

The first two layers were still manageable. With the crimson lotus's own second and third layers of petals blocking it, they could be ignored.

Although this would consume its own defensive power, at the very least it would not harm the user.

However, once the