Chapter 236

Just like the effect of God Spear, the ice blades converging at the tip of Sode no Shirayuki instantly elongated before Roshi could react.

With a hiss, they pierced straight through Roshi's chest!

"God Spear?!"

Before the projection screen, nearly everyone cried out in shock.

This manifestation looked far too similar to Ichimaru Gin's God Spear!

However, they soon realized the truth.

This was not Ichimaru Gin's God Spear.

God Spear possesses the ability to extend and retract because it is truly his blade.

Kuchiki Rukia's strike, on the other hand, was merely another application of ice.

But admittedly, this move was truly unexpected,

so much so that even Roshi, in his Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, failed to react in time.

Roshi's chest was pierced by the ice blade, and the wound at his heart was frozen solid.

Yet, in his Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, he displayed no expression whatsoever.

Roshi raised his hand and gripped the ice blade that had impaled him.

The moment his hand touched the ice blade, wisps of cold air erupted from his palm.

Roshi exerted force.

Crack-Boom!

The ice blade was instantly crushed!

Yet Roshi seemed to have suffered no injury at all.

Kuchiki Rukia's eyes shifted.

According to research conducted by her own Research and Development Division within the Intelligence Department,

Kuchiki Rukia also understood that this world contained nine monsters known as Tailed Beasts.

It could be said that these nine Tailed Beasts were currently the most powerful existences in the Ninja World.

Furthermore, there were clear distinctions in strength among the Tailed Beasts.

Kuchiki Rukia did not know where this particular Tailed Beast ranked in terms of power.

But she could feel just how troublesome this Tailed Beast was.

"It seems I need to get a bit more serious."

"?"

Tsuchikage Ohnoki was somewhat bewildered; what did she mean? Even after all this, she still wasn't serious?

Tsuchikage Ohnoki clearly did not believe her nonsense.

Roshi, in his Half-Tailed Beast Transformation, also tilted his head, and within those empty eyes, one could surprisingly detect a hint of human-like mockery.

Kuchiki Rukia paid it no mind.

She suddenly exhaled a cloud of cold air, her eyelids lowering as she spoke in a cold voice: "The true power of Sode no Shirayuki is far more than what I have shown so far..."

"?"

A flicker of confusion passed through Roshi's eyes, but he soon dismissed it.

Suddenly, clumps of Magma rose behind him; he condensed them into cone shapes and shot them toward Kuchiki Rukia with a whoosh.

Kuchiki Rukia neither dodged nor evaded, nor did she even raise Sode no Shirayuki.

"Giving up?"

The thought flashed through Roshi's mind.

But soon, they saw Kuchiki Rukia simply throw a punch.

Boom!!

Cold air erupted from Kuchiki Rukia's fist, freezing the incoming cone-shaped Magma!

Snap!

Several cones of Magma turned into ice spears, fell to the ground, and shattered into fragments.

Roshi's heart suddenly tightened.

Without using a blade, just with a fist, she can still unleash that ice ability?

"Sode no Shirayuki is not a blade that releases cold air only from its tip."

The moment Kuchiki Rukia finished speaking...

In the next instant, she appeared beside Roshi!

She slashed down onto Roshi's shoulder!

Roshi's pupils contracted sharply.

Crack—

A cut suddenly appeared on his shoulder, severing it!

The wound was completely frozen by ice!!

"Minus eighteen degrees; blood will freeze and will not flow from the wound."

Roshi glanced sideways at the wound, and indeed, it was just as Kuchiki Rukia had said.

【Spare】

"Minus fifty degrees; the moisture in the ground beneath my feet will be instantly frozen, causing an ice quake."

As her words fell,

Roshi's body suddenly tilted, and the earth beneath his feet indeed began to tremble.

Glug!

The crowd watching the projection could not help but swallow hard.

Is this really still Ice Release?

"Absolute Zero..."

Kuchiki Rukia turned around, her eyes cold, and raised Sode no Shirayuki.

"At this temperature, my movement is restricted to merely four seconds."

As her voice fell, a patch of White Frost instantly penetrated Roshi!

Crack, crack, crack—

In the span of a single breath, Roshi was instantly frozen!!

His eyes widened as if he had seen something inconceivable.

"Hoo~"

Kuchiki Rukia exhaled a cloud of cold air; the White Frost on her face dispersed, and her body temperature slowly rose.

The crowd before the projection stared in dumbfounded shock.

"Absolute... Zero..."

A Technique capable of freezing a person instantly...

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes widened slightly.

At this moment, the Fourth Tailed Beast Jinchuriki looked completely different from how he had been frozen previously.

Last time, he had been frozen inside a block of ice; this time, only a layer of frost coated him, as though the temperature within his own body had vanished.

Even without being controlled, his body simply could not move no matter what.

If this continued, he would likely die from hypothermia!

Sode no Shirayuki...

I thought it was merely an Ice-type Zanpakuto, but now it seems more like a Temperature-type Zanpakuto.

This manifestation is far stronger than Ice Release!

Tsuchikage Ohnoki narrowed his eyes slightly, seeing through the principle behind Kuchiki Rukia's move at a glance.

"Freezing a person from the inside out..."

Truly, the Land of Whirlpools lives up to its name; yet another terrifying blade!

But!

The dignified Fourth Tailed Beast Jinchuriki cannot be taken down so easily!

Just as Tsuchikage Ohnoki had thought.

Just as Kuchiki Rukia's temperature began to rise, the frozen Roshi suddenly underwent a change.