However, doing so would consume an enormous amount of chakra. There was no telling whether she could burn the giant spider to death, and her Shadow Clone might well disappear before then.
Yui did not wrestle with the idea for long. A moment later, she made up her mind.
She kept the Ninjutsu flowing, directing it around her to burn through the surrounding webs.
An endless crackling filled her ears, and waves of scorched odors permeated the air. For a moment, she could not tell whether she was smelling burning silk or the burning giant spider.
Just as she wondered whether the giant spider might escape farther away, an enormous dark shape suddenly appeared amid the flames, accompanied by a piercing howl of agony.
"Wooo, aaaah!"
The piercing sound made Yui's head swim, and she nearly lost control of her ongoing Fire Release. Fortunately, she adapted quickly. She soon endured the noise, focused on controlling her Ninjutsu, and increased its power.
The flames produced by her Fire Release engulfed the shape, illuminating half the surrounding space.
As she watched the enormous figure burning steadily under her Fire Release, Yui slowly furrowed her brows. Her initial delight at having hit something with the flames vanished instantly.
What's wrong with this spider? she asked herself grimly. Isn't it going to fight back? Is it just going to stand there without moving and let me burn it?
Yui had good reason to be puzzled. If she had been caught in a Fire Release attack, her first thought would have been to escape the flames, followed by putting out the fire on her body to save herself.
Yet this spider, with its formidable ability to move instantaneously, had chosen to stand still and howl rather than flee after being caught in the flames. It...