Chapter 658: , the frozen Tailed Beast Bomb

"Hum, hum, hum—"

The pitch-black sphere vibrated violently, seemingly trying to tear through the ice wall before it. After a series of futile 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 detonation.

Even with a certain level 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 Release: Absolute Zero was merely 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 spread his palm, and an ice-blue sphere that rotated 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!

With a speed invisible to the naked eye, Mizunuki Ryosuke flashed to the side of the Tailed Beast Bomb, which was about to detonate.

He then slowly extended his right hand toward the Tailed Beast Bomb, which was on the verge of erupting completely.

What is he doing?!!!

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

What kind of maneuver is this? Using Body Flicker to get next to a Tailed Beast Bomb and grabbing it with one hand??

The terrifying power the Tailed Beast Bomb was about to release had already begun to show; the pitch-black, unstable matter began to fission bit by bit, and a scorching white light slowly began to erupt.

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 people within a ten-kilometer radius of this Tailed Beast Bomb.

Yet Mizunuki Ryosuke just looked at the Tailed Beast Bomb before him with indifference, nonchalantly grabbing it with the palm covered by the ice-blue sphere.

The moment the continuously rotating 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 translucent ice-blue remained.

"Crack, crack..."

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 remained a large amount of pitch-black Tailed Beast chakra that had failed to complete fission, while the portion that had already fissioned radiated a dazzling halo.

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

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

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

A thin layer of solid ice clung 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 managed to seal 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 Release: Mahapadma!

A low temperature sufficient to freeze the world manifested 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 technique to instantly kill a clone of Black Zetsu right in front of Uchiha Madara.

The power of this technique could only be described as beyond the standard for 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 the explosion.

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 Tailed Beast Cloak attached to Lao Zi's body, cold sweat still dripped from his skin onto the ground.

Only now did he realize what kind of "monster" he had been fighting all along.

The Tailed Beast Bomb had actually been frozen.

Since it is impolite not to reciprocate, and Lao Zi liked to use Tailed Beast Bombs, Mizunuki Ryosuke didn't mind using "an eye for an eye."

Mizunuki Ryosuke slowly opened his other hand. In his palm, covered by a scarlet gauntlet, Tailed Beast chakra began to brew in a 2:8 Yin-Yang ratio.

A pitch-black color full of ominousness began to condense in Mizunuki Ryosuke's hand bit by bit. In less than a second, a pitch-black sphere the size of a human head appeared in Mizunuki Ryosuke's hand, and it continued to expand 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.

Furthermore, 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 sped toward Lao Zi.