Another desert. Rowan couldn't but throw some insults at the guy who created these dungeons. Jayden was on his back urging him to go faster. Looking back at the guy who his clone said might have a crush on him, he couldn't help feeling…well, weird.
'Luckily, he has a girly face,' Rowan thought and chuckled. After walking in the desert for a while, they stumbled upon a temple. They entered the temple and was surprised to find that the temple looked far bigger inside than they could've guessed.
Kyaah! A voice came from above them. Rowan cursed the creator of the dungeon again as he looked at the bird above them. The bird's wings was on fire. The hair on it's head was on fire and it's tail feathers was on fire. A fire bird that was twice as big as the ice bird.
Rowan was about to launch an attack when he realised that Jayden was still on his back and it didn't look like she was keen on getting off. Rowan looked at the bird and gave Jayden a pat on her metallic bum. This caused her to glare at him but she still got off.
Rowan placed his hands together to create a shadowclone. Rowan took a hold of the clone before throwing it into the air. The fire bird saw the clone coming towards it but it just slightly moved out of the way to get out of the clone's reach.
'Fool,' Rowan thought as he placed his hands together to form a seal. This seal caused the chakra in the clone to go rampant and the clone exploded. The fire bird that was close to the clone got caught in the explosion and it got damaged pretty badly.
Although the fire bird got hurt, it didn't affect it's fighting spirit. On the contrary, the fire on the bird's body was shining brighter. The fire bird opened it's mouth and a beam of fire was shot towards Rowan. He rolled out of the way but small drops flew to the pink armour.
The small drops burnt a small hole in the pink armour. Rowan looked over to where the beam hit the ground and saw a huge hole in the ground. He could not even see how deep it was. Rowan thought of all his battle strategies and was about to pick one but Jayden was faster.
"Don't forget about me. Full Moon Slash!" a giant full moon projectile flew through the air and cutting the fire bird cleanly in half. Luckily for Rowan, he managed to catch the moment Jayden used that move with his sharingan.
Jayden collapsed after using that move and gave Rowan a thumbs up. Rowan smiled and was about to return the thumbs up but a weird noise was heard. A huge fire was burning where the body of the fire bird fell and this caused him to worry.
Kyaah! The fire bird cried and rose from the fire. Jayden forced herself to get up and Rowan got into a battle stance. The flames on the body of the fire bird was brighter and redder. Rowan couldn't help but feel blinded by the bird's flames.
The bird shot out a bunch of fire feathers at Rowan and Jayden. Jayden ran behind Rowan and Rowan immediately created a chakra layer on his body before spinning. "Rotation," Rowan muttered as he created a type of some which the feathers bounced off of.
The fire bird shot out a beam of fire towards the two. Thanks to the sharingan, Rowan saw it coming and he pushed Jayden out of the way before rolling away himself. The beam created an even bigger hole than the last one.
Rowan took this chance to throw out an air palm. The air palm flew through the air but it dissipated before it could even reach the fire bird due to the heat coming from it. Rowan was thinking of multiple strategies in his mind and chose one.
He created another shadowclone and pulled out the Kusanagi Sword. He attached five paper bombs to the sword and got ready. Rowan threw his clone towards the fire bird again and the bird flew further away so that it wouldn't get effected if the clone exploded.
The clone did care about this as he had another job. He opened his eyes and cast a genjutsu. Demon Illusion Shackling Stakes. The fire bird was paralyzed and Rowan threw the Kusanagi Sword at the fire bird. It pierced the body of the fire bird before exploding.
Rowan could hear a sigh of relief coming from Jayden and he smiled and gave Jayden a thumbs up. He looked at where his sword fell and went to go grab it. He barely picked up his sword when a fire burst from the remains of the fire bird that was close by.
Rowan felt like he was about to go nuts. The fire bird flew back into the sky and gave it's signature cry. Kyaah! The flames on the fire bird's body was even more brighter and redder than it was before. Rowan looked at the bird with his sharingan and realised something.
The fire bird looked far smaller than it initially was. Suddenly he felt like they had a chance. Now he only needed to come up with another plan. The fire bird was really angry as it shot out fire beam after fire beam. Rowan knew that they really had to kill this thing before they ran out of standing place.
Looking at how hard Rowan fought against the fire bird, Jayden felt adrenaline rushing through her veins. "I have a plan. Throw me up into the air," She told Rowan and he immediately took her hand and threw it up.
As she got closer to the fire bird, she felt scared but a voice rang out that took away all her fear. "You Can Do It Jayden! I Believe In You!" Rowan's words reached Jayden and she held her sword with a tight grip. This is it. This is everything that she has.