Chapter 352: , the frozen Tailed Beast Bomb

"Hum hum hum"

The pitch-black sphere shook violently, seemingly trying to tear through the ice wall in front of it. After a series of fruitless attempts, a dazzling white light suddenly burst forth from the Tailed Beast Bomb.

Mizunuki Ryosuke knew this was the prelude to the Tailed Beast Bomb's imminent total eruption.

Even with a certain degree of confidence in the defensive power of Absolute Zero, Mizunuki Ryosuke was not arrogant enough to take a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on at such close range.

Ice Style: Absolute Zero was only meant to block the Tailed Beast Bomb's flight path; he had other ways to deal with this bomb.

Mizunuki Ryosuke performed hand seals at a speed so fast it was a blur.

Then, he opened his palm, and an ice-blue sphere that was spinning rapidly appeared in his hand.

The moment this sphere appeared, the already cold air on the battlefield became so frigid that it was impossible to breathe.

Ninja Art: Body Flicker Technique!

Mizunuki Ryosuke flashed to the side of the Tailed Beast Bomb at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Then, he slowly extended his right hand toward the Tailed Beast Bomb, which was about to erupt completely.

What is he doing?!!!

Everyone on the battlefield, including Lao Zi, was stunned.

What kind of move is this? Body Flickering to the side of a Tailed Beast Bomb and grabbing it with one hand??

The terrifying power the Tailed Beast Bomb was about to unleash was already beginning to show; the pitch-black, unstable matter began to fission bit by bit, and a scorching white light slowly burst out.

The terrifying force made the surrounding space seem to twist and deform.

It could be predicted that after the next second, there would be no living person within a ten-kilometer radius of this Tailed Beast Bomb.

Yet Mizunuki Ryosuke just looked at the Tailed Beast Bomb in front of him with indifference, and casually grabbed it with the palm covered by the ice-blue sphere.

The moment the rapidly spinning ice-blue sphere made contact with the Tailed Beast Bomb, a dense ice-blue freezing aura erupted violently.

In an instant, everything in the world seemed to stop.

Only a streak of bright, translucent ice-blue remained.

"Click, click..."

The crisp sound of rapid freezing spread through the air, and then a scene that made everyone's jaws drop appeared before their eyes.

On the surface of the Tailed Beast Bomb, there was still a lot of pitch-black Tailed Beast chakra that had not completed fission, while the parts that had already fissioned emitted a dazzling halo.

Anyone who saw this Tailed Beast Bomb would surely understand in their heart that it was about to unleash a terrifying power capable of destroying everything.

And the problem was just that: now, this Tailed Beast Bomb was completely "motionless," or rather, it had been completely "frozen."

It remained forever in a "semi-activated state."

A thin layer of solid ice adhered to the surface of the Tailed Beast Bomb, freezing the entire thing into a cube-like block of ice.

And at this moment, this Tailed Beast Bomb, frozen into a "cube of ice," was held in Mizunuki Ryosuke's hand.

It was hard to imagine that relying solely on a thin layer of solid ice, he had actually sealed the terrifying potential energy, comparable to a nuclear explosion, within that thin ice wall.

But reality was just that; no matter how much anyone tried to rub their eyes to see if they were hallucinating, it was all in vain.

Ice Style: Mahapadma!

A low temperature sufficient to freeze the world appeared in the world once again.

The reason this Tailed Beast Bomb ended up in this state was less about the low temperature freezing its potential energy, and more accurately described as "time" being frozen by the cold ice.

Mahapadma—Mizunuki Ryosuke had once used this move to instantly kill a clone of Black/White Zetsu in front of Uchiha Madara.

The power of this move could only be described as beyond the specifications of the current ninja world.

Because Mahapadma did not freeze ordinary people or objects; it froze only one thing—time!

From the moment the Tailed Beast Bomb touched Mahapadma, its "time" was frozen forever at the moment just before it exploded.

Mizunuki Ryosuke held the ice-blue cube "ice block" in his hand and looked at Lao Zi on the opposite side with his usual gentle smile.

At this moment, even with the double barrier of the lava cloak and the Tailed Beast cloak on his body, cold sweat still dripped from Lao Zi's skin onto the ground.

Only at this moment did he realize what kind of "monster" he had been fighting all along.

The Tailed Beast Bomb had actually been frozen.

Since "courtesy demands reciprocity," and since Lao Zi liked to use Tailed Beast Bombs, Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't mind returning the favor.

Mizunuki Ryosuke slowly opened his other hand. In his palm, covered by a scarlet gauntlet, Tailed Beast chakra began to brew in a 2: yin-yang ratio.

A pitch-black color full of ominousness began to condense in Mizunuki Ryosuke's hand. In less than a second, a pitch-black sphere the size of a human head appeared in his hand, and it was still expanding at a terrifying speed.

As a perfect Jinchuriki, Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally did not need to deliberately imitate the posture of a Tailed Beast to release a Tailed Beast Bomb.

Not only that, anyone with eyes could see it.

The Tailed Beast Bomb Mizunuki Ryosuke was about to release was much larger than the one Lao Zi had released earlier.

The head-sized Tailed Beast Bomb continued to expand, soon reaching the size of a car tire, and only when it expanded to the size of a truck tire did Mizunuki Ryosuke nod with satisfaction.

At that moment, Mizunuki Ryosuke gave a casual push, and the Tailed Beast Bomb in his hand flew toward Lao Zi.

Not only that, as if throwing away trash, Mizunuki Ryosuke casually tossed the Tailed Beast Bomb frozen by Mahapadma in his other hand toward Lao Zi as well.

Two Tailed Beast Bombs, one large and one small, came at Lao Zi from the left and right, respectively.

While flying toward Lao Zi, the Tailed Beast Bomb frozen by Mahapadma was constantly "thawing." By the time it reached Lao Zi's side, it would be the moment the bomb completely "thawed."

And what would happen after this frozen Tailed Beast Bomb "thawed" went without saying.

Lao Zi, who had just been fantasizing about "reversing the situation," was instantly forced into a desperate situation again.

Two Tailed Beast Bombs, one of which he even had to "produce and consume" himself—how was he supposed to block this?

From the start of the war until now, even when his pride-and-joy Lava Style was crushed by Mizunuki Ryosuke's Ice Style, he had never felt this desperate.

But now, everything was telling him what despair was.

Thus, Lao Zi stood frozen on the spot, foolishly watching the two Tailed Beast Bombs speeding toward him.

"Kid!"

"Wake up quickly!!!"

Just then, a rough, low voice rang in Lao Zi's ears.

Lao Zi snapped out of it, but his heart remained covered in despair.

"You brat!!!!"

"Are you scared by such a small setback?"

"Do you still remember what you promised me just now?"