Chapter 101: Kakashi: I was just a step away from death.

"It's nothing special, just marveling at the greatness of the Second Hokage!" Sakura didn't give a direct answer to Kakashi's question. Instead, she asked another question, "Kakashi-sensei, do you know what Kekkei Genkai is?"

"Why do you ask?" Kakashi felt increasingly uneasy. He had a feeling that there was some kind of trap waiting for him.

"Kekkei Genkai is something that, besides some special ones like the Byakugan and Sharingan, is obtained by fusing two different types of chakra. For example, fusing fire and earth chakra creates Lava Release, wind and fire chakra creates Scorch Release, water and lightning chakra creates Storm Release, and wind and water chakra creates Ice Release. These Kekkei Genkai with different chakra attributes can be created through chakra fusion!" Sakura spoke slowly and calmly. "As a research expert, the Second Hokage naturally studied chakra fusion experiments. Coincidentally, all his experiments on chakra fusion were recorded in the Sealing Book. And for the past two years, I've been studying all the information he left about chakra fusion..."

"Why are you telling me this? Did you succeed?" Kakashi stared nervously. He had a bad feeling that he was about to suffer.

"Yes!" Sakura nodded and admitted it frankly. "Not only that, I've also created another way to use Kekkei Genkai by combining my own situation. Do you know, Kakashi-sensei? I can manipulate all the energies I know. In other words, as long as there is energy present, I can easily fuse them together!"

As Sakura spoke, her hands quickly formed hand seals. "My chakra attribute is water and earth, Naruto's is wind, Sasuke's is fire and lightning. I control the fusion of Naruto's wind and Sasuke's fire, and the result is Scorch Release..."

Three orange-red balls of light appeared around Sakura. The orange-red spheres looked like small suns. Although there was no apparent heat on the surface, Kakashi knew that there was a terrifying power hidden beneath the orange-red exterior.

Scorch Release is a very powerful Kekkei Genkai that can quickly evaporate the water in a person's body with high temperatures, turning them into a mummy with just one touch. In the Third Great Ninja War, Pakura, the Scorch Release user from Hidden Sand Village, showed off his skills on the battlefield and became famous. Unfortunately, he was ultimately betrayed by the Fourth Kazekage and died at the hands of the Mist Village.

"Be careful, Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura reminded him. The three Scorch Release fireballs quickly flew towards Kakashi.

"I say, are you trying to kill me?" Kakashi broke out in a cold sweat and quickly dodged, while the wooden stake behind him took the brunt of the attack, being hit by the fireball. In the blink of an eye, the only remaining moisture in the stake was vaporized, and the entire stake was covered in cracks, as if it would shatter at a touch.

Seeing this, Kakashi's forehead broke out in even more cold sweat. If he had been hit, his life would have been over.

"How can you say that, Kakashi-sensei? This Scorch Release isn't mine. I just formed the hand seal, which only acts as a relay station. All I can do is combine the chakra that Naruto and Sasuke extracted, and it has nothing to do with me!"

Sakura put on an innocent expression, drawing waves of white eyes from Kakashi.

"I don't believe you!" Kakashi chuckled lightly, and his body disappeared into the ground in an instant.

"Are you trying to ambush me from underground? Kakashi-sensei, the ground is too hard, be careful your hands may get frozen!" Sakura laughed indifferently, forming several hand seals. A flurry of frost began to spread from under her feet and quickly covered the surrounding ground. With the effect of Ice Release chakra on the solid ground, Kakashi could only give up his original plan and emerge from the side.

"Ice Release. Multiple Ice Crystals..."

A huge ice wall condensed around the three of them, trapping them inside. The thunder and lightning that emerged from the trees quickly struck the ice wall, which was constantly being destroyed by the lightning, but was quickly repaired by chakra. When the lightning dissipated, the ice wall was still standing, though it was now in tatters.

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