Ding! Successfully absorbed Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard. Congratulations, Host, for obtaining Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard!
Ding! Absorb ten more ninjutsu, and you'll unlock the eleventh Strange Flame, Kurei Chika Fire. This flame can transform into a giant turtle covered in sharp, fiery spikes to aid the Host in battle!
"Looks like this Kurei Chika Fire works like a summoning beast. Not bad, not bad!"
Sure, Kazama's previous Beast Spirit Flame could also take the form of various animals, but they were always too small, no different from ordinary wild beasts. At first, Kazama thought that was pretty impressive, but as his power grew, he naturally started craving stronger flame-based summoning beasts. This Kurei Chika Fire perfectly fit the bill.
Having gained the Ice Release, Kazama smirked coldly at the one who'd just attacked him—none other than the usurping lord of the Land of Snow, Kazahana Doto.
"You little punk, you can actually absorb my ninjutsu?"
Doto had been certain his sneak attack would take Kazama down easily, but he never imagined it wouldn't even scratch him.
"Give it up, Kazahana Doto. The treasure of the Land of Snow you're after? It's nothing but a pipe dream!"
Familiar with the Naruto manga, Kazama knew Doto's treasure hunt was a fool's errand.
"Shut up! Who do you think you are, you little brat? Blaming me for not finding the treasure? If I can't have the Land of Snow's treasure, I'll take you all down with me! Ice Release: Frost Giant!"
In his madness, Doto unleashed his ultimate secret technique. A hundred-meter-tall frost giant took shape, its sheer presence enough to make Kakashi and the others tremble.
But to Kazama, this so-called frost giant was all flash and no substance.
"Amaterasu!"
With his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated, Kazama unleashed a blaze of Amaterasu's black flames, rivaling the frost giant in intensity. Against an enemy like this, he didn't even bother using his Strange Flames. Amaterasu alone was more than enough to crush Doto's frost giant.
The searing heat of the black flames melted most of the giant before it could even approach, causing it to collapse in a heap and trigger an avalanche around them.
"Kakashi-sensei, get Naruto and the others out of here!"
Kazama had intentionally caused the avalanche. It gave him the perfect chance to whisk Doto away unnoticed, where he could use his strongest genjutsu, Betsu Tensei, to force Doto to reveal the location of the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror.
After all, Kazama's main reason for coming to the Land of Snow was to find that divine artifact.
It didn't take long for Kazama to drag the chakra-drained Doto to a secluded spot.
"I've got questions for you."
"Save it! You think just because you spared me, I'll do whatever you want? A punk like you has no right to question me. Go eat dirt!"
Though Doto was on his last legs, his sharp tongue hadn't dulled one bit.
"Hmph. In the past, I might've been helpless against you. But things are different now. When I say kneel, you will kneel!"
"Betsu Tensei!"
Once hit with Betsu Tensei, no one could resist the caster's commands—not even Kazahana Doto.
"Tell me where the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror is hidden."
"It's thirty thousand meters beneath the Land of Snow's royal palace."
"If you knew that, why didn't you go get the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror yourself? Why waste all that effort chasing other treasures?"
Kazama had assumed Doto only had a vague idea about the mirror, but to his surprise, the man knew its exact location. Knowing that and still not pursuing it? That puzzled Kazama greatly.