The instant he sensed the other man's movement, Qian turned his head.
In that split second, he pushed the insight of his Sharingan to its limit, carefully observing the man's every move.
Once he saw that the final seal ended with the Tiger Seal, he guessed the man was most likely about to cast some kind of Fire Release Ninjutsu.
With that thought, Qian intended to use Water Style: Water Formation Wall to block the attack from the man's Fire Release Ninjutsu.
However, just then, he suddenly sensed an unfamiliar Chakra around him.
At the same time, a sense of danger crept into his heart.
Qian instantly realized something was wrong, so he immediately gave up on the idea of meeting the attack head-on and, with a flicker, dodged behind a large tree beside him.
Almost the very instant he left his original spot, a mass of flame appeared out of thin air, as if this entire area had been set alight.
It was easy to imagine that if he had not dodged in time just now, that mass of flame would definitely have appeared directly on his body.
At that point, even if he could rely on his 19 points of Physical Constitution to withstand it and avoid death, he would probably still have ended up severely injured.
A chill ran through Qian's heart, and he could not help thinking to himself, Sure enough, no matter when it is, I can't underestimate the enemy—especially ninjas raised through this kind of survival-of-the-fittest method.
Wait—
Suddenly, Qian realized that this ninjutsu seemed somewhat familiar.
He remembered that the Leaf Anbu had a secret ninjutsu like this, called Fire Style: Plain Burn Technique. Its effect was to ignite the enemy from a distance.
Previously, after he had Maxed out grinding to perfection