"Fire Release: Dust Concealment Technique!"
They snapped their mouths open, spewing not flames, but great clouds of scorching volcanic ash infused with chakra. Like a deadly sandstorm, the ash instantly filled the entire Four Violet Flames Formation. It was hot enough to melt steel, carried toxins that could paralyze the nerves, and completely blocked all vision.
Yet amid the scalding ash, where no one could see a hand in front of their face, Toru Kujyo's Rinnegan remained utterly unaffected.
Those purple ripples saw through everything, even detecting things smaller than the dust itself-countless nanoscale poisonous insects, invisible to both the naked eye and ordinary sensory perception, were creeping toward him beneath the cover of the ash. They were Root's specialized version of the Aburame Clan's kikaichū, lethal and stealthy.
"Cheap tricks."
A contemptuous smile curled Toru Kujyo's lips. He did not even bother raising a hand.
"Shinra Tensei."
His words became reality.
BOOM!!!
A repulsive force even more violent and concentrated than before erupted from him in every direction!
The scorching volcanic ash was swept aside in an instant. Before that absolute power, the nanoscale poisonous insects were compressed along with the air, crushed, and obliterated. The storm of repulsive force surged onward unabated, slamming into the inner walls of the Four Violet Flames Formation.
This time, the barrier failed to hold for even a second.
The purple walls of light cracked like glass struck by a massive hammer, then shattered with a deafening crash! The four Root ninja maintaining the barrier had no time even to scream before the rebounding barrier energy, mixed with repulsive force, engulfed them. Their bodies burst into four clouds of blood in midair.
The terrifying shock wave swept through the entire underground chamber, hurling every nearby Root ninja away and smashing them against the