Taking Action

Boom—boom—boom—

A series of violent explosions rang out.

Within ten meters of Qian, a great number of fiery petals were broken through, detonating one after another as surging flames appeared and shot straight toward the Rock ninja closing in.

None of them had expected that Qian's seemingly defensive ninjutsu would launch a counterattack on its own after being attacked.

They were caught off guard on the spot.

However, these people were all Rock Ninja Elite, and their reactions were extremely fast. Almost the instant they saw the firelight rushing toward them, they scattered.

Just then, one of them shouted, "Careful! Attack with long-range ninjutsu."

At those words, the attacking Rock ninja immediately split into two groups.

Nearly half of them pulled out large numbers of Kunai and Shuriken from their Ninja Tool Pouches, wrapped them with Exploding Tags, and threw them at Qian.

Clearly, they wanted to use this method to suppress Qian, leaving him no chance to escape or use some other ninjutsu to block the follow-up attacks from their companions.

However, what they were doing was completely unnecessary. Even with half of them forming hand seals, Qian remained unmoved.

Right now, aside from keeping his focus highly concentrated and constantly observing the defense of "Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire," he had no intention of counterattacking.

After all, the whole point of making this move was to test the defensive power of "Fire Style: Crimson Lotus Hellfire," so naturally he would not take the initiative to disrupt the process.

Boom—boom—boom—

Kunai and Shuriken shot into the flaming lotus enveloping Qian, and the Exploding Tags attached to them detonated one after another, sending out deafening blasts.

Immediately afterward came a blinding flare of fire.

At the center of the flaming lotus, Qian narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at