Chapter 179: Phoenix Immortal Flower Flame Bullet

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"Fire Release·Balsam Flame Bullet!"

As the hand seal in his hand was completed, a large mass of highly condensed chakra fireball.

In front of Dong Shilang, it rotated and compressed, then turned into a series of ping-pong-ball-sized flame bullets, shooting toward the backs of those rock ninjas.

This is a fire release ninjutsu he developed after years of study, inspired by the continuous fire bullets Pain unleashed after Naruto went berserk during his invasion of Leaf Village in the original work.

Of course he couldn't, like Naruto wearing a tailed beast cloak, fire dozens or hundreds of these highly compressed fire-attribute chakra shells in one go.

Even less possible to use this move continuously to launch a saturation attack on the enemy.

This ninjutsu was developed based on the Uchiha clan's inherited Fire Release·Phoenix Immortal Flame Technique, adding the principle of the Fourth Generation's Rasengan, merging into a very practical offensive ninjutsu.

It possesses the characteristics of the original Phoenix Immortal Flame ninjutsu—many in number, with controllable attack trajectories—and has made great progress in attack speed and power,

The original Phoenix Immortal Flame Technique could only control soccer‑sized fireballs, launching only mildly annoying attacks on the enemy, serving to force the opponent to move or restrict their movement trajectory.

But now, after copying the principle of the Rasengan, the volume of these fireballs has been reduced by spinning and compression, and their power has increased even further.

Of course, considering the difficulty of combining fire-attribute chakra with the Rasengan, and the balance of the technique's execution cost, he also made some trade‑offs here.

It is impossible to perfectly fuse nature transformation and shape transformation; the difficulty would be too high.

However, when this technique hits a target, the highly condensed, spinning fire‑attribute chakra can still cause a small‑scale explosion, simultaneously forming fireballs two or three meters across.

At the same time, because these flame bullets are smaller and keep spinning, their speed becomes even swifter and their trajectory harder to dodge.

"Watch out! Someone's ambushing from behind!"

Just as Dong Shilang began to mobilize chakra, preparing to unleash a ninjutsu, under his squad leader's demand he had not joined the fight but was vigilantly observing the surroundings; the sensing ninja Qingyan immediately detected the anomaly behind him.

He instantly noticed the abnormality behind him, with no time to wonder why someone was there; his face paled, he grew anxious, and he shouted a warning to his teammates.

"Dodge!!!"

And his superior, that experienced Ridge Mountain Jonin, had already sensed it when he gave the warning, relying on the intuition he had honed from repeatedly brushing with death over the years.

Veteran Jonin like them have extraordinarily keen battle instincts; trying to hit them with simple ambush tactics is practically impossible.

Just like now!

But by the time he turned his head to look, it was already too late; seeing the numerous flame bullets, like Phoenix Immortal Flower fruits, plump and tempting, he sensed the danger they held.

Unable to unleash a ninjutsu in time, he could only hoarsely shout those two syllables.

Dong Shilang, who had just launched an attack, did not stop his hand movements; instead he reached into his ninja tool pouch, took out eight kunai, holding four in each hand, and threw them at the enemy.

He didn't aim too precisely.

Because time was limited!

One could see his hand movements never stopped; he smoothly formed several seals while simultaneously releasing his own chakra.

As his seal completed and his chakra burst forth, the kunai he had thrown multiplied—eight became sixteen, sixteen became thirty‑two…

Finally they turned into a rain of kunai, carrying icy killing intent, like a merciless downpour pouring down on the rock ninjas still dodging the Phoenix Immortal Flower flame bullets.

"Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

At that moment, Dong Shilang softly spoke the name of this ninjutsu, which was developed by the Third Generation based on the principle of the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Although he couldn't use it to achieve S‑rank ninjutsu effects like Minato, at this moment it could also create a wide‑area AOE damage against the rock ninjas.

And he, who deeply loves a one‑wave flow, at this moment did not stop his hand movements; he still understands the plain truth of 'strike while the enemy is down'.

If he doesn't beat the drowning dog now, he'll have to wait for the enemy to regroup before he can go head‑to‑head with them.

A scarlet light flashed in his eyes; through his Sharingan, Dong Shilang locked onto part of the enemies' silhouettes, his expression grim without any pity, his hands continuing to form seals:

"Fire Release·Dragon Flame Chant Technique!"

Chant!

With that dragon's roar, five formidable fire‑dragon heads flew toward the rock ninjas still dodging Dong Shilang's first two attacks.

Meanwhile, while performing the ninjutsu, Dong Shilang did not stay in place but leapt upward into mid‑air.

Doing this had several reasons: one was to give the Dragon Flame Chant Technique more space to unfold; the other was that he had just sensed a faint discordant aura rapidly approaching him from underground.

Sure enough, just as he leapt into mid‑air, a thick arm burst from the ground, snatching at the afterimage Dong Shilang had left behind.

Just looking at the knotted muscles on that arm and the bulging veins, one could tell how terrifying the owner's strength was.

If he hadn't dodged in advance and continued to perform the ninjutsu in place, the outcome would certainly not be pleasant.

At that moment, the rock ninjas who were dodging Dong Shilang's Phoenix Immortal Flower flame bullets and the ensuing kunai rain now faced the successive Dragon Flame Chant Technique.

Their situation was undoubtedly like adding fuel to the fire!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosive sounds rang out from among them, and at the same time bursts of orange‑red flame engulfed the rock ninjas who couldn't dodge in time.

Although most of the rock ninjas, under the warning of their superior and the sensing ninja, successfully dodged Dong Shilang's first attack.

But there were always five or six, either inexperienced or making mistakes in the heat of battle; after withstanding a not‑very‑strong explosion, they were then swallowed by the ensuing flames.

They let out a desperate, painful howl before death.