Although she had been absorbing for a few days, she had only absorbed ten percent, equivalent to the chakra capacity of ten Kage-level ninja.
If she could have absorbed everything, Blaze would have been absolutely certain she could take Torifu back.
But now, everything was ruined, and her only and most capable subordinate was also killed.
Blaze was unprecedentedly furious. The rage within her body had solidified into a tangible form. When the two clones arrived before her, the intense flames instantly ignited them.
In just a moment, the two clones were completely defeated and destroyed.
This gave Torifu on the surface a fright. "Get ready. That guy is angry. Let's deal with her according to the way we discussed before."
Ōnoki and the Kazekage nodded, just preparing to enter their combat stance, but the ground suddenly began to vibrate intensely!
And it started continuously emitting steam, completely evaporating all the standing water on the ground.
"Retreat quickly! We can't endure this high temperature!"
Torifu roared, then used Cloud Style to envelop the Tsuchikage and the Kazekage, pulling them backward and flying them high into the sky.
In less than a few seconds, the ground suddenly collapsed! Forming a massive sinkhole.
And the falling soil was completely decomposed into molten rock by the high temperature.
"You will all die!" Blaze's angry voice traveled from the bottom of the deep pit. The echo of the pit made this angry threat even more intimidating.
Immediately following, a large amount of lava spewed out from the deep pit! Countless molten rock meteorites scattered and smashed towards the ground.
The three people flying in the air could only continuously dodge.
If one was hit by this lava, they would instantly be dissolved.
The soaring heat wave completely scorched away the perpetual rain clouds in the sky, and the sun's light rarely appeared in the sky.
But this was not good news for Torifu. The clouds for miles around had been dried up by Blaze.
This prevented Torifu from using the Amegakure rain clouds to enter his Lightning State.
"It seems this guy was well-prepared."
"That's right. Her goal is to prevent you from using those rain clouds to enter that state you used last time."
During the Second Great Ninja War, the cloud state Torifu entered caught Blaze completely off guard.
So this time, Blaze directly cut off the possibility of Torifu entering that state by drying up all the accessible clouds in the sky.
If he forcibly absorbed clouds from a farther distance, it would undoubtedly require charging, and Blaze would seize that opportunity to interrupt him and gravely injure Torifu.
A very meticulous plan, and it was indeed effective.
Torifu having one less technique increased the difficulty of dealing with Blaze significantly.
The lava spewing from the deep pit gradually subsided, followed by the appearance of a ball of scorching fire!
The flame exploded, releasing a powerful shockwave toward the surroundings.
Torifu waved his hand, and a water screen appeared in front of the three of them, completely blocking the shockwave.
When the water screen and the flame dissipated, what appeared was a face familiar to all three of them.
Her stunning beauty and fiery red hair left no doubt as to her identity.
"You killed Hanzō. He was my close confidant for many years. Since you killed him, prepare to join him in death."
Then she fixed her gaze on Torifu. "As for you, I will torture you for as long as possible and will not damage your body. Otherwise, I cannot bear the responsibility of damaging the Master's vessel!"
With that, she shot straight toward the group like a blazing meteor!
"Hey, hey, hey, that's too quick to go into battle mode, isn't it? Don't you need to say a few words of reunion?" Torifu spread his hands helplessly.
"Hokage! What time is it? You're still joking around! Prepare for battle!" Ōnoki sternly scolded, then condensed a large amount of rock to hurl at Blaze.
Unfortunately, these rocks were quickly melted when they encountered the flames surrounding her, adhering to the outside of the fireball and turning into a layer of armor.
"Tsuchikage, don't easily use Earth Style anymore. Her flame temperature is too high."
However, the Kazekage himself could attempt to strike! "Magnet Style: Heaven's Punishment!"
The Kazekage stretched out his hand, and a large amount of Iron Sand surged up from the ground, converging into a gigantic Iron Sand spiral!
"Go!"
The instant the Iron Sand touched Blaze, it was melted into molten iron by the flames surrounding her body, but the Kazekage was not surprised.
Or rather, he was waiting for this exact moment: "Magnet Style: Dance of the Iron!"
The melted iron liquid was controlled by magnetic force, coalescing into a chain of molten iron that pierced through the fire screen and tightly wrapped around Blaze!
The extremely hot molten iron directly contacted Blaze's skin, causing her to cry out in pain!
A burst of fire instantly erupted from her body, shattering the molten iron chain.
Ōnoki was momentarily stunned. "You can play it like that? I truly never thought of that."
Even Torifu was surprised by the Kazekage's imagination. When faced with an ability that greatly countered his own, he was able to find a countermeasure so quickly.
Blaze, scalded by the molten iron, cried out in pain and fell to the ground, stopping only after rolling around frantically a few times.
But Torifu was astonished to find that her injuries had almost completely healed in the short time it took her to tumble.
"When did she acquire a healing ability?"
But there was no time to worry about that now. This was a good moment to attack her.
Cloud Style would be evaporated by her flames, but Torifu had other abilities.
Torifu transformed into a crystal and fell to the ground. Then, a gigantic crystal lotus bloomed from beneath Blaze's feet.
However, Blaze's speed was also incredibly fast. Torifu's jutsu was relatively slow, allowing her to easily evade the attack.
But she clearly didn't notice the second stage of the jutsu.
The moment Blaze dodged the jutsu and smiled, the petals suddenly unfurled!
Countless crystal needles shot out with them.
Even though Blaze's reaction was very quick, she still couldn't completely block the second stage of the attack and was struck in the palm by the crystal needles.
Blaze raised her hand to look, and her expression immediately turned grim. The blood flowing out around the wound had turned into crystals!
Her palm even showed signs of crystallization.
"Is this poison? But it won't work on me!" A burst of flame erupted from the wound, incinerating the wound and all the toxins inside her body.
After doing all this, Blaze also launched her counterattack. Being attacked repeatedly had made her extremely furious.
Clenching her fists, she flew high up, and a pair of fiery wings appeared behind her.
"I'll make you the first victim!"
The Kazekage's chain had made Blaze feel pain and humiliation, and now she would repay it tenfold.
Using the thrust generated by the explosion of fire beneath her feet, Blaze shot out like an arrow released from a bow.
When the eyes of the group finally captured her again, Blaze had already arrived in front of the Kazekage!
An extremely dangerous sensation flooded the Kazekage's heart.
The next second, a fist was thrown, smashing heavily into the Kazekage's chest!