Avici Banquet, Clothes in Disarray

In Impermanence Hell, Susanoo swept through the air over towering mountains and treacherous ridges. An endless sea of lava appeared below, a hundred times more dangerous than the lava lake before. The heat rising from it alone left the two inside Susanoo drenched in sweat, as if they were sitting in a steamer!

Not a single soul could be seen on the vast sea of lava.

Madara said, as though it were obvious, "At that temperature, even souls would melt away!"

"We should get away from this area as quickly as possible..." Riu said cautiously.

Hum!

Just as he thought that, an immense pressure descended from above.

Susanoo plunged straight toward the sea of lava!

"Damn it!"

Splash!

There was no way to change course. Susanoo crashed into the lava, its outer armor rapidly disintegrating in the terrible heat!

Riu and Madara were protected by the Yata Mirror, but it was, after all, an artifact of Susanoo. If the rest of Susanoo was destroyed, the mirror alone would have nothing to attach to!

Gurgle!

Suddenly, the sea of lava began to boil. Its surface heaved, then started to sink.

Whoosh! At a certain point, the lava contracted at tremendous speed, exposing Susanoo's battered body. In its right hand, now reduced to bone, it held a black gourd. Lava surged into the gourd along the great sword extending from its mouth!

Only after the entire sea of lava had been drawn inside did the sword begin to retract. It squeezed out several huge pools of lava before finally becoming a stopper and sealing the gourd!

"That was incredible..." Riu said, still shaken. "The Sword of Totsuka's gourd could seal several Nine-Tails now, yet that sea of lava filled it!"

Crack!

No sooner had one crisis passed than another began!

Bitter cold