At a depth of roughly five hundred meters below the surface of the sea, Qian stood before a Volcanic Rock Wall, the Byakugan in the center of his brow wide open as he carefully observed the situation inside.
One second, two seconds.
One minute, two minutes.
Only after a full five minutes did he withdraw his gaze.
"Not bad. This is the place!"
Qian murmured to himself.
Then he raised his hands and formed seals, casting the ninjutsu—Earth Release: Earth Vein Swimming Dragon Technique!
The next moment, he stretched out his arm, and the Volcanic Rock Wall before him seemed to turn into kneaded mud, letting his arm sink into it.
Then Qian took a step forward, and half his body also merged into it.
After that, he took another step.
Then his entire body vanished from in front of the rock wall.
Clearly, he had already entered the volcano's interior.
This was Qian, after all. If he had not long ago ground "Earth Release: Earth Vein Swimming Dragon Technique" to the Perfected Realm, and combined it with his extreme control over Earth Release chakra, causing this ninjutsu to lose many of its limitations, then he would not have been able to enter so easily.
As for directly opening up a passage?
It was not that Qian could not do it, but that doing so would destroy the sealed nature of the volcano's interior.
Leaving aside whether that might trigger a disastrous accident like another volcanic eruption, he himself needed the harsh conditions created by this sealed environment to force his body to evolve.
So he could not, and would not, open a passage in the Volcanic Rock Wall.
Uh.
That was getting off topic. Back to Qian himself.
At this moment, he was relying on the power of "Earth