Jiraiya cried out in alarm.
Tsunade shook her head, rejecting that explanation.
The way Xia Le used it seemed more mysterious and more flexible. He could even coat his body in chakra, using it as armor to defend himself.
Just then.
The Salamander suddenly raised its head and roared.
Xia Le sprang off both feet, soaring into the air in a blink.
Hanzo's eyes flashed as his hands rapidly formed seals. "Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation!"
In an instant, the smell of burning flames swept over them.
"When did he do that?!"
Tsunade cried out.
They looked up to see Xia Le's legs rapidly catching fire, the explosive tags on them about to detonate.
Yet none of them had noticed when Hanzo had used this move.
Not even Xia Le had detected it.
"Interesting!"
A grin spread across his lips as he looked down at the explosive tags about to burst.
The three tomoe in his eyes abruptly spun, transforming into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Rewind Clone!"
Space seemed to freeze for a moment, peeling away the version of him at this point in time while an unharmed version appeared in another space-time.
Boom!
A ball of flame blossomed, setting a vast swath of the air ablaze.
But Hanzo's expression grew even graver, and a trace of terror even appeared in his eyes.
"When did that happen?!"
Somehow, another Xia Le had appeared before him.
He simply stood quietly atop the Salamander's head, not far from Hanzo.
Even his position was unchanged. He stood exactly where he had a moment earlier, as though space-time had become misaligned and he had returned to the recent past.
Yet the explosion overhead was still raging.
The other Xia Le was also being burned into nothingness within the flames.
Just then, Xia Le raised his