Kisame Hoshigaki was submerged in the sea, feeling the temperature of the surrounding water rise sharply. Even his shark skin was scalded red.
"Fire Release on this level... what the hell is going on?!"
Kisame Hoshigaki wanted to flee, but the black flames filling the sky pursued him like maggots clinging to bone.
"I can't get away..."
Kisame Hoshigaki turned in the seawater, a glimmer of resolve flashing through his eyes.
"Then let's see whether your Fire Release burns faster or my Water Release absorbs faster!"
Kisame Hoshigaki completed his hand seals underwater. The seawater around him instantly condensed into a gigantic shark, which opened its maw full of sharp teeth and charged toward the sea of black fire.
"Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique!"
This was one of Kisame Hoshigaki's ultimate trump cards.
Its greatest difference from other Water Release Ninjutsu was that the Great Shark Bullet Technique could absorb the chakra of an opponent's ninjutsu and make it its own.
The stronger the opponent's ninjutsu, the more chakra it absorbed, and the more powerful the water shark became.
But the temperature of the [Blaze Release] flames was too high.
When the water shark lunged at that sea of black fire, it did indeed try to absorb its chakra.
And then...
It tried and died.
The giant shark sank its teeth into the black flames, trying to extinguish the bizarre fire with its chakra-devouring property. But the instant it touched the black flames, the entire shark evaporated.
This was no longer a matter of one ninjutsu countering another.
This was sheer, utterly unreasonable numerical superiority!
Run!
I have to escape right now!
Without hesitation, Kisame Hoshigaki plunged deeper toward the seabed, fleeing into the distance like a torpedo.
He dared not look back or pause, only swimming away from