Chapter 415: Great Fire Annihilation
Although the Flying Thunder God Technique was fast, and Ino was rushing around like a firefighter, Mei Terumi had plenty of time to react in those few dozen seconds. But she watched the scene in silence. Even when Raiga Kurosuki was blown to bits, even with her reputation now in tatters, she maintained her basic composure. She was the Fifth Mizukage; she had her pride.
Of course, Mei Terumi recognized Ino. They had almost gone to a hot spring in the Land of Hot Water together before. Now, a slight smile finally appeared on her gloomy face.
"Konoha's new generation's Yellow Flash, Little Sister Yamanaka, truly remarkable. In just two short years, you've grown to this extent..."
"The Mist Village also has elites. Maintaining a peaceful relationship with Konoha and striving to cultivate the next generation of ninja, wasn't that the previous policy of the Mist Village? Don't stray further down the wrong path," Ino said.
She was intentionally stalling for time.
With her arrival, the Konoha side immediately began rescue operations. Medical-nin were quickly dispatching personnel to save the wounded, while the uninjured, like Konohamaru, filled the front lines to face the enemy. The three young ones were extremely nervous. Udon even had a shuriken stuck in the back of his right hand, which was gripping a kunai. When he pulled it out, blood gushed out.
Iruka, who was also not lightly injured, patted his shoulder, signaling him not to be afraid, that he would protect them.
"Why? Lady Mizukage, you at least have to give me a reason for betraying the alliance, right? Is it just because of Chojuro, or should I add Ranmaru to the list?" Ino pressed loudly.
She noticed that the expressions of the Mist ninja were very unpleasant, completely devoid of the joy of victors. She knew the problem was more serious than she had anticipated.
"The Cloud ninja launched a surprise attack on the Mist Village. Our families and friends have all fallen into their hands. What do you think I could do?"
Words like "Nani?" and "Impossible!" flashed through Ino's mind.
More than that, she was annoyed. Are you Mist ninja idiots? The Cloud ninja are all over here with Konoha. If they launched a surprise attack, a thousand or so would be the limit. With so few enemies, your entire village was taken over? I had to put in quite an effort to capture Ao back then. I never expected you to be so weak!
"The reason and the result are no longer important. What's important is that today, Konoha will surely be defeated!" Mei Terumi quickly formed hand seals. She had seen Ino's Wood Golem Jutsu and immediately unleashed her ultimate technique.
"Lava Release: Lava Gloom Technique!" A large amount of viscous and corrosive acid spewed from her mouth, spraying towards Ino in a 120-degree fan shape.
Knowing that this stuff could melt a Susanoo, Ino didn't try to block it with her Wood Golem.
With Ino's current status, as long as it wasn't too outrageous, she could use any ordinary ninjutsu at will.
Seeing the direction of the Lava Release, she also took a deep breath and spat out a high-pressure wind ball with even greater force.
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
The black wind ball howled, its strong wind striking the front of the gelatinous, viscous liquid like an arrow, blowing the corrosive-smelling liquid back.
Mei Terumi possessed extremely high chakra control. She held the final hand seal for the Lava Release tightly, re-condensing the viscous liquid that was on the verge of breaking apart. Ino's Wind Release didn't stop either.
The two were deadlocked for several seconds. At this time, the Mist ninja behind Mei Terumi also shouted and charged forward.
Mei Terumi had only brought three thousand ninja to join the allied army. Among them, Gonbee had led two thousand to the front lines, leaving only about eight hundred in the rear. Konoha, on the other hand, had stationed over a thousand ninja in the rear camp.
Although Ino's side had more numbers, most of them were wounded soldiers and civilian-post ninja with low combat power.
She quickly analyzed the positions of both friend and foe, saw the enemy's position and the angle of Mei Terumi's Lava Release, and then, quite rarely, formed hand seals with both hands.
With her current strength, she had to form seven consecutive seals to gather enough chakra. Finally, with the "Horse" seal in her hand, she used a B-rank Fire Release ninjutsu that the village had rewarded her with, a jutsu that required a large amount of chakra.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
In an instant, a sea of flames engulfed a thousand-meter range. For a moment, the firelight shot up to the sky, as if the God of Fire had descended upon the earth. The tents, trees, and supplies along the way were all turned to ash. Shikamaru and Choji, who were rushing to provide support, saw the pillar of fire shooting up into the sky and urged their subordinates to speed up.
Through continuous practice with shadow clones, Ino's Fire Release had now reached lv4, which was equivalent to a jonin's level. Normally, it wouldn't have such great power.
However, she had a lot of chakra, and the mental distortion of love caused by the Sharingan could affect the physical world. The Sharingan had a considerable bonus effect on Fire Release ninjutsu.
From her battle with Koji Kashin, Ino had copied his Flame Bullet and Great Flame Bullet jutsu. In addition, she had previously learned the technique of oil-infused chakra from Jiraiya. Now, she secretly added a large amount of oil-infused chakra to her Great Fire Annihilation.
For a moment, the flames blazed fiercely. Mei Terumi's Lava Release was not within the five-element chakra counter system, but the fire burned too intensely. The viscous liquid was still a liquid, after all. In less than half a second, it was turned to nothing by the oil-infused Great Fire Annihilation. A few Mist ninja who had charged too far ahead were engulfed by the flames and cremated on the spot.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet!" Zabuza Momochi, having been taught by Mei Terumi, had simplified the hand seal sequence for the Water Dragon Bullet and no longer foolishly formed those 44 seals.
But his Water Release was simply not enough to face the Great Fire Annihilation.
He switched to "Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique" to extinguish the fire.
The other few quick-reacting Mist ninja were all using Water Release to resist the great fire.
Their response was very correct, but in the face of Ino's Great Fire Annihilation, it was ultimately a bit lacking.
"Water Release: Water Formation Pillar!" As the powerhouse of the Mist Village, Mei Terumi indeed had some skills. Her hand seals were extremely fast. She spat out a meteorite-like water ball. When the water ball hit the ground, it spread out in all directions, and the temperature of the flames instantly dropped by more than half.
Then she used "Water Release: Water Formation Wall," using a rotating wall of water to shield the other Mist ninja from the aftershock of the flames.
The great fire was gradually extinguished, and a large amount of steam rushed into the sky like a pillar, reducing visibility to a minimum.
Zabuza was extremely familiar with this environment. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, and the fact that he had been cultivating his character recently, he would have wanted to perform a Silent Killing again.
"Steam? This steam isn't right!" Mei Terumi shouted. "Everyone, fall back, spread out! Chuyoshi, connect your perception to me!"
The Mist ninja named Chuyoshi was a fat man. He looked clumsy, but his perception ability was actually superior to Ino's. With just one hand seal, he covered a range of dozens of miles with his perception.
After seeing the contents of the perception, Mei Terumi's face changed drastically. No longer caring about her Mizukage demeanor, she performed two consecutive side flips and a Body Flicker to dodge the "Fat Ino" that had rushed out of the thick fog.
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