He raised his Crane Cry Sword and pointed it at Blaze. An arc of lightning shot from the tip of his sword and hit her hair.
"You said you wanted to take me back with you? You can try."
Blaze saw this and gave a contemptuous smile. "Sage Mode, you seem to be very confident in this form."
Torifu said calmly, "It's not that I'm confident in myself. I just believe that the combined strength of all of us Kage should be enough to defeat you!"
"Then let's find out!"
Blaze roared, then released scorching flames from her hands that engulfed the entire ground. The temperature of the flames was so high that even a Kage couldn't easily withstand them. Even Hashirama's face was covered in sweat.
The moment the flames touched the ground, they quickly spread, melting the ground into pits. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer places to stand, Tobirama made his move. The vortex around him exploded, and a seemingly endless amount of water gushed out, extinguishing the flames on the ground.
But Blaze was not to be outdone and increased the intensity of her flames. For a moment, the water Tobirama released even began to boil. Seeing this, the other ninja immediately made their moves! Onoki's Dust Release aimed at Blaze, who was wantonly unleashing her flames, and forcibly interrupted her jutsu. Anyone would have to dodge the Dust Release, and Blaze was no exception.
And then, the ground suddenly began to rustle! Countless black grains of sand rose from the ground! A pair of black wings condensed behind the Kazekage's back. However, his wings looked much cruder than Torifu's. He flapped his wings and slowly flew into the air, then clapped his hands! The iron wings completely disintegrated! But he remained floating in the air!
The iron sand condensed into a giant drill! It drilled down from the sky! Blaze immediately moved to block it with her hands. The scorching flames melted the iron sand into molten iron, which dripped down. It then solidified into lumps of iron on the ground. But the Kazekage didn't care. He continued to refine the iron sand from the ground with one hand while using the other to condense it into spikes, which he used to attack Blaze.
This melee was on the verge of turning the entire Amegakure into ruins! Onoki had only torn a corner of it with his Dust Release before, but under Blaze's flames, the main gates of Amegakure had been reduced to nothing but a single door jamb. The city walls were even warped by the high temperature.
But from beginning to end, Torifu didn't hear a single cry of pain from within. Either everyone had been evacuated a long time ago, or they had been made into the kind of power-enhancing medicine that this woman had.
"What about the people in this village? Did you kill them?"
Blaze looked up at Torifu. "What's wrong? You feel sympathy for the lives of others?"
"Where are they?"
"Naturally, I refined them into medicine. Otherwise, how do you think I got so many Kage-level ninja? I just miscalculated your Konoha's strength. I didn't expect you to have so many Kage-level ninja."
"And the First Hokage is still alive."
Blaze laughed loudly, her voice piercing. "It seems you have as many secrets as we do, Torifu Kumotsuru."
Torifu's face remained expressionless. He didn't want to engage in a pointless debate with her. This woman wanted his life, so Torifu had no choice but to kill her. There was nothing to be conflicted about.
He swung his sword! Several bolts of lightning merged into a single sword aura and flew toward her! The speed was so fast that it left an afterimage. All they saw was a flash of electricity. Blaze immediately dodged, but she was still a step too late. The sword aura sliced her arm, and blood flowed from the wound.
"I thought you didn't have any blood. It seems you're still in the human category."
Blaze just smiled. "Human? I am not human. How can weak and pathetic creatures be compared to me?"
Torifu shook his head. "There's no need to argue. Use your full power, or you're going to die very soon."
Blaze rose and looked at the Kage around her. Every one of them had a fierce look in their eyes and wanted to kill her.
"Fine. Since you are so determined to die, I will grant you your wish!"
A ball of fire erupted from Blaze's body! It then violently burst open! Several fiery blades condensed and spun behind her. She waved her hand, and the blades flew out! They slammed heavily into the ground! A massive wave of fire then erupted from the blades! Torifu quickly erected an ice wall in front of everyone, blocking the terrifying wave of flames.
"Why are you hiding? Don't you want to kill me? Then face me directly!"
Flames erupted from her body once more! Suddenly, many flames appeared out of thin air, like fireflies in a field. They looked very gentle and beautiful, but they contained a thick aura of slaughter. Every flame was a vibrant green, looking very dreamlike. There was no telling how many flames there were, but the battlefield was now filled with them.
This stuff was extremely dangerous. Torifu immediately made his move, releasing his Cloud Release to wrap them up.
"It's useless! Explode!"
With a boom! All the flames exploded at the same time! The Cloud Release that was wrapping them was instantly evaporated. The monstrous sea of fire had already spread to where Torifu was. He clapped his hands! A giant cloud sphere appeared in his palm! Its suction was terrifying! All the flames were sucked into the cloud sphere before they could even get close to the people! After a short while, the cloud sphere had absorbed all the flames here.
Thankfully, no one was injured. This was a great stroke of luck.
"Are you out of moves?"
Torifu landed on the ground and plunged the Crane Cry Sword into the earth! Storm clouds suddenly appeared in the sky. Torifu then threw the cloud sphere that had just absorbed the endless flames into the sky.
Instantly! A lightning bolt as thick as a barrel struck down! It hit Blaze squarely! No one had ever experienced what it was like to be cleansed by lightning, let alone this kind of divine punishment! But it wasn't over yet. A dragon condensed from lightning stuck its head out of the clouds and, after aiming at Blaze, descended from ten thousand meters in the sky.
"Sage Art: Lightning Release: Descent of the Thunder Dragon!"
At this moment, the ninja's eyes and mouths were wide open! Could this really be a ninjutsu that a human could perform? The end of the world wouldn't be much different from this!
Blaze felt a deadly crisis and tried to dodge, but the numbness from the previous lightning bolt hadn't faded. Her body couldn't move, and she could only watch as the thunder dragon continued to descend, completely helpless.
With everyone's exclamations! The massive thunder dragon descended!
Instantly, electricity and fire! Stray lightning bolts shot everywhere! They pierced through the walls, and even Hashirama's Buddha statue was left with a huge hole. As for Blaze, she was in even worse shape. Even Torifu might not have survived such a blow. She was lying on the ground, the flames on her body now gone. She was in a very miserable state. Her once fair skin was now scorched black from the electricity, and some parts had even turned into charcoal.