Seeing tons of water crashing toward them in a wave, Jiraiya and Kakashi immediately prepared to retreat.
But before they could move, a strange flame appeared out of thin air before their eyes.
Stars seemed to glitter within that flame. Looking at it was like seeing a miniature universe.
At the sight of that flame, Kakashi and Jiraiya instantly felt a sense of insignificance rising from the depths of their souls.
It was just like the feeling of looking up at the night sky as children.
By the time they recovered from their shock, they discovered that the wave was already upon them.
Their hearts lurched. It was too late to retreat now.
But in the next instant, something happened that stunned them.
The wave, over ten meters tall, vanished the moment it came within five meters of that tiny flame.
It was not like liquid evaporating under high heat; it was simply annihilated completely, because the water vapor produced in the process was nowhere near proportional to the liquid that disappeared.
The water that had a chance to turn into vapor only did so because it was farther from the flame. After all, the flame was only a tiny wisp, while the wave was over ten meters tall and dozens of meters wide.
The sight left Kakashi and Jiraiya utterly stunned.
The flame was only the size of a fist, looking as though a single bowl of water would be enough to extinguish it, yet the reality before them was precisely the opposite.
Tons of water were annihilated outright, with only the water to the sides getting a chance to evaporate into vapor.
Water and fire countered each other; whichever was stronger would suppress the other.
In the present situation, the water appeared stronger, given the enormous difference in