The instant flames surged from Lu You's mouth, a violent tempest swept through the entire forest.
That Fire Release was clearly no ordinary technique. As a B-rank ninjutsu, Great Fire Annihilation's scale depended on how much chakra its user was willing to invest.
Although Lu You was still a child and did not have much chakra, his superb chakra control allowed him to precisely reduce consumption.
In short, a glass cannon.
So the ninjutsu alone was already powerful enough, not to mention that something even hotter was mixed into Lu You's chakra.
That heat seemed to spread from the depths of his soul, pushing the Fire Release's power far beyond normal levels. Compared to ordinary orange-red Fire Release, its color was closer to gold.
This move looked absurdly powerful just from watching it!
Crimson-gold flames spread out into a fan-shaped wall of fire roughly twenty meters wide. Wherever it passed, the air warped, vegetation instantly charred, and the surface of the soil burned into a dark-red, glassy substance.
Under the intense heat, the fragments gave off faint cracking sounds.
Heat waves at the flames' edges swept up fallen leaves and gravel from the ground, crushing forward like ocean waves.
Uzumaki Kana, who had still intended to cover the rear, froze in place.
She looked at the six-year-old child before her and found him utterly unfamiliar. In the flickering firelight, his robes snapped in the wind, while ash and air currents swirled around him.
"Sir, do we really not need to arrange any other guards for this trip to Konoha? I might... I'm not very strong. If something unexpected happens..."
"Hahahaha, it won't. I trust you, and of course, I trust him even more."
Recalling her conversation with Kusagakure's leader, Kana's expression filled with understanding.
"You've got to be kidding! Is