"It's useless! That's the Four Violet Flames Formation. Touch it and you die! You can't get in!"
Kakashi's furious shout echoed through the arena. His Sharingan stayed fixed on the purple barrier atop the Hokage Building, his eyes filled with a deep sense of helplessness. As one of Konoha's elite jonin, Kakashi knew very well how terrifying the Four Violet Flames Formation was. It was an absolute defense jointly cast by four ninja proficient in barrier ninjutsu. Its surface carried chakra flames of extremely high temperatures. Anything that tried to force its way through, even steel, would be burned to ash in an instant.
Several ANBU had already tried to rush inside to rescue the Third Hokage, only to be burned to cinders before they even touched the edge of the barrier.
Yet Shengu Xuan turned a deaf ear to Kakashi's warning.
Deep blue Rabbit Talisman light flashed through Shengu Xuan's eyes.
Whoosh!
Like a ghost defying the laws of physics, Shengu Xuan shot off the ground, crossed several hundred meters in an instant, and landed steadily on the edge of the Hokage Building's roof, less than a meter from the Four Violet Flames Formation and its terrifying waves of heat.
At the barrier's four corners, Orochimaru's Sound Four-Jirobo, Tayuya, Kidomaru, and Sakon and Ukon-sat cross-legged, their hands holding the seals that maintained the barrier.
Seeing Shengu Xuan suddenly appear outside the barrier, the obese Jirobo sneered, his fleshy face twisting.
"Where did this suicidal brat come from? You don't even have chakra, and you dare come here to die?" Jirobo curled his lip in disdain. "Kakashi was right. This is the Four Violet Flames Formation, cast by all four of us together. Forget trash like you-even a Kage-level fighter couldn't break it from outside! Get lost if you know