Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 297 Scorching Release - Red Temperature Mode

"It's too late!"

Hyuga Doko's expression changed, and he made a gesture of giving it his all to Aburame Shiro and the others who were not far away.

Aburame Shiro and the others instantly understood, or rather, the moment their comrade was killed, they knew that they had no choice but to fight to the death.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived until reinforcements arrived.

"Ninja Technique - Insect Karma Damage Transformation!"

In an instant, Aburame Shiko formed hand seals, and the large gourd behind her creaked open, from which black insects seeped out. Soon, the entire gourd was devoured by the insects, which then turned dark green, clearly possessing terrifying venom.

"go!"

Aburame Shiro pressed his hands to the ground, and a sea of ​​dark green insects instantly dispersed, some seeping into the ground and others quickly merging into the surrounding air.

Hinata Toko and the others almost simultaneously swallowed a black pill.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh... Hyuga Toko and the others, including the Konoha ninja fighting against other Sand ninja, immediately abandoned the Sand ninja and rushed towards Pakura.

Only Nara Shimada used Shadow Imitation Technique to assist from the rear, and Aburame Shiguro did not control the insects and did not rush forward, while everyone else rushed forward.

Yecang noticed the pale green mist rapidly spreading in the air, frowned slightly, and immediately jumped backward.

"Don't touch it!"

In an instant, Ye Cang's intuition told her that she must not let the pale green mist touch her.

"Don't even think about escaping!"

Ahead, Hyuga Tomitsu roared as he charged forward, his right hand forming a palm strike aimed at Yekura.

Others rushed in from the surrounding area and surrounded Yecang, ignoring the kunai being shot at their backs by the Sand Ninja behind them.

"Idiot, who ran away!"

The moment he landed, Yecang gathered high-temperature compressed heat source blades in both hands, spun around, and the heat source blades suddenly extended to attack.

Of the sixteen Konoha ninjas who surrounded them, three were cut in half at the waist on the spot, and six others were shot in the back by kunai from the Sand Village ninjas who had reacted. Only seven people managed to dodge the attack in that instant by relying on their intuition and experience, and continued to attack Pakura.

Of the seven, six had already drawn their kunai daggers.

"madness!"

Seeing that the six people were trying to use a siege and sacrifice their comrades to create an instant that left her no time to form hand seals and use the Blazing Escape Technique, thus leaving her with nowhere to avoid it, Ye Cang sneered inwardly. Did these guys think that was all the improvement she had made?

"Scorching Escape - Temperature Pressure!"

In an instant, before her hands could even form hand seals, Ye Cang simply moved her mind, and a spherical, pale red protective shield, like a barrier, spread out from her body.

It instantly enveloped a five-meter radius around him, including Hyuga Doki and the others.

In an instant, temperatures exceeding 800 degrees Celsius descended upon Hyuga Toko and the other Konoha ninjas. Intense pain struck them instantly, their clothes were ignited, and their eyes were burned, causing them to lose their sight.

"what……"

"Well……"

No one could withstand such pain without groaning, but to Yecang's surprise, the seven Konoha ninjas did not retreat immediately.

Although the thermo-pressure technique she developed by imitating her brother-in-law's slashing barrier is not a barrier ninjutsu, it is a type of ninjutsu without hand seals that radiates a large amount of heat outwards from her center.

The temperature wasn't high, only around 800 or 900 degrees Celsius.

At this temperature, a person who touches it will not die immediately; as long as they leave its temperature and pressure range in time, they can still live.

But the Konoha ninjas who lost their eyes afterward also did not survive.

Did they know that retreating would mean certain death, and that's why they were fearless?

As Ye Cang thought this, his actions were swift. He slashed at Hyuga Toko, who was striking with a palm strike, with the high-temperature compressed heat source he had gathered in his right hand.

The lack of vision, coupled with the pain, caused a momentary pause in the actions of Hyuga Tomomitsu and the others, but they quickly recovered with their strong willpower and continued to charge towards Yekura.

However, having lost their sight, they have become easy prey for Yekura.

"What?"

"How is that possible?!?"

Just as Yekura's high-temperature compressed heat source blade sliced ​​through half of Hyuga Doko's hand, her body was frozen in place by the Shadow Imitation Technique.

Yecang was shocked, but she didn't panic.

"I see!"

Soon, Yekura noticed out of the corner of her eye that the shadows of Hyuga and the others were connected by a thin shadow.

The instant she severed Hyuga Doki's palm, her shadow overlapped with Hyuga Doki's shadow, thus allowing Nara Shimada, who was using Shadow Imitation Technique to connect the shadows of his comrades from behind, to control her body.

"I never knew shadow imitation could be used like this!!!"

Yekura thought to herself, "As expected, the ninjas of Konoha are the most troublesome."

During the battle against Kirigakure, Pakura had never experienced such a constant stream of abilities; at most, she had only encountered some unexpected tactical maneuvers.

Only Konoha always seems to have some strange abilities that appear weak but are actually deadly, making them impossible to defend against.

"Shadow Imitation Technique... Success!"

Behind him, Nara Shimada gasped for breath, his veins bulging, as he unleashed his full chakra to control Pakura's body.

In that instant, without Nara Shimada needing to warn him, Hyuga Tomitsu felt the high-temperature compressed heat source blade that had sliced ​​through his palm stop for a moment, and roared, "Kill her!"

Upon hearing this, the other six Konoha ninjas, enduring the excruciating pain and intense heat, opened their arms and lunged at Yekura, attempting to subdue her.

At the same time, beneath Yecang's feet, pale green insect mist seeped from the soil, though a large portion of it was instantly killed by the high temperature.

However, the dense swarm of insects gathered together, and the insects inside briefly survived the high temperature, covering the leaf stalks.

Fortunately, Yekura was wearing special leg warmers with some protective capabilities, so she wasn't bitten by Aburame Shiguro's dark green insects immediately.

However, the special gaiters are no match for the insects' bites. In just a third of a second, the insects can bite through the gaiters and enter to bite the leaf pods.

With the six people rushing towards them, if they manage to hold onto Yekura tightly, and with Nara Shimada's Shadow Imitation Technique controlling her, Yekura will undoubtedly die.

Of the ten Sand Ninja who came with Pakura, two were seriously injured in the previous battle, while the other eight, out of concern for Pakura's Scorching Release's high temperature, did not approach within a 15-meter radius of Pakura during the battle.

At this point, even if they saw Ye Cang's perilous situation, it was too late for them to do anything.

"Go to hell!"

Shiro Aburame's eyes blazed with fury; he hated Yokura to the core. So many of his comrades had sacrificed themselves, and all he wanted was to kill Yokura.

If the dead insect bites the leaf larva and enters its body, the leaf larva will only die.

But just as the dead insect of Aburame Shiguro took a bite, Yekura's body suddenly turned red, and a terrifyingly high temperature emanated from her body.

"Scorching Release - Red Temperature Mode!"

Yekura parted her sexy lips slightly, finally unleashing the biggest trump card she had been researching over the past year.

The Ninja Taijutsu, Scorching Release - Red Temperature Mode, is a ninja taijutsu similar to the Third Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode. It was developed by Yekura herself after Lee Yo shared his Wind Release clone with his Wind Armor.

(End of this chapter)