Heroes Turncoat, Jonin Instantly Slain!

The handcuffs slammed into the sand.

The chakra Pakura had suppressed for days erupted at once.

A heat wave spread outward from her, and the lingering poisonous mist at the bottom of the pit was incinerated the moment it drew near.

The four Scorch Release fireballs behind her rose higher and higher.

Each fireball was only the size of a human head, yet it contained heat compressed enough to drain flesh and blood dry.

Three Hidden Cloud elites rushed out from behind the Lightning Net.

They had been waiting for Minato to undo Pakura's seal.

"Kill Pakura first!"

One of them drew his ninja blade, lightning-nature chakra spreading along its edge.

The other two split to either side, preparing to use Lightning Release to seal off her escape routes.

Pakura did not form any hand seals.

She merely raised her right hand.

The four fireballs arced through the air, three of them flying toward the three Hidden Cloud ninja.

"Scorch Release: Oversteam Kill!"

The Hidden Cloud ninja at the front swung his blade into the fireball.

The blade passed through the searing mass of air, and its lightning-nature chakra immediately collapsed.

The fireball pressed against his chest.

The color drained rapidly from his face, his skin shriveling inward as the fingers gripping his sword dried out.

Before he could even scream, the Hidden Cloud elite turned into a desiccated corpse and crashed into the sand.

The other two saw their companion's death and hurriedly turned around.

But the Scorch Release fireballs had already caught up from behind.

The scorching heat enveloped their bodies.

The moisture in their flesh was forcibly evaporated, and two shriveled corpses fell one after the other.

In no more than two breaths,

all three Hidden Cloud elites were dead.

The bottom of the pit fell briefly