Extremely Steaming Murder vs. Minus 18 Degrees

Shunren's use of Katarina's ward-planting Shunpo techniques is almost identical to the Yellow Flash's Flying Thunder God technique, and the speed of ward-planting is obviously faster than the Flying Thunder God Kunai. The only drawback is that the skill has a certain amount of downtime and a limited range.

However, with Ezreal's Arcane Shift, the second teleportation can be completed instantly.

"What?!" Pakura had already used the Body Flicker Technique to catch up, but unexpectedly, Shunren still managed to push her away. She gritted her teeth and hurled the fireball in her hand.

"Scorch Release: Fireball!"

"Next Dance - White Ripples!" Shunren pointed his Sode no Shirayuki in retaliation.

The scorching heat and the freezing cold met again, melting and canceling each other out.

In a purely long-range attack scenario, neither side can gain the upper hand.

Continuing to fight like this will only lead to an endless battle, and in terms of Chakra reserves, Shunren is no match for Pakura, so he has no choice but to use his best techniques!

Shunren held up his Sode no Shirayuki, blade facing inward, and raised his left index finger, gently piercing the tip of the blade between his fingers...

Sode no Shirayuki – The cold air emanates from the tip of the blade; the blade itself is merely used to amplify the range of the cold air. Its true power is to freeze the user's body to below zero degrees Celsius!

"Hoo~" He exhaled a deep breath of cold air. At this moment, Shunren's eyebrows and hair were covered with a layer of frost, and the ground beneath his feet was quickly frozen.

"Huh?!" Pakura suddenly felt a shiver run through her body, her eyes widening involuntarily. "What is this feeling? Cold... I can actually feel cold?!"

Inheriting the excellent Kekkei Genkai of Sand Ninja, Scorch Release, Pakura's Chakra is naturally scorching hot. Therefore, she never feels cold in her life. Even in the snowy winter, she doesn't feel the slightest chill even when wearing only a single layer of clothing. Even after being slashed by Shunren's Sode no Shirayuki last time, she only felt a slight coolness.

The real cold caused Pakura to experience shivering for the first time.

"Uchiha Shunren, you've made me experience so many 'firsts'..."

From initial astonishment to inexplicable excitement, Pakura smiled gently, her trembling abruptly ceasing, and scorching orange-red Chakra emanating from her body.

"Then, Pakura, the Scorch Release user, shall also fight with your full strength!" Pakura's words shocked everyone present. Had Pakura, who had just displayed such ferocity, not even used her full power yet?

It's cruel, but that's the truth. How could Pakura, who was ordered to lead the Sand Ninja to attack Kikyo Mountain, possibly exhaust her Chakra for the sake of Shunren alone?

However, Pakura now understands that if she doesn't defeat Shunren today, she will not be able to complete the mission of conquering the mountain.

Shunren gripped Sode no Shirayuki tightly in his hand, struggling to control his Chakra and protect his vital organs from the cold. Although he had successfully drawn out the true power of Sode no Shirayuki, he needed some time to prepare before unleashing it.

At the same time, Shunren's body temperature began to drop sharply.

However, on the other side, Pakura had all the fireballs that were originally surrounding her gathered in the palm of her left hand, eventually condensing into a small orange-red mark.

"Scorch Release - Extremely Steaming Murder!"

This was the fatal blow that severely injured Uchiha Kyosho; it was the strongest attack from Pakura, who possessed the power of the Scorch Release!

Pakura slowly raised her left hand, "One move!"

As Pakura adopted this posture, Shunren was not far away, also narrowed his eyes.

With Sharingan Dōjutsu's power of perception, Shunren saw that his opponent had locked him into their next attack, making it unavoidable.

"Whoosh~" The crimson in her eyes faded.

Shunren deactivated his Sharingan. Since it was unavoidable, there was no need to use Sharingan. He would channel the saved Chakra into Sode no Shirayuki! "Haha! That was exhilarating! If you survive this attack today, you'll surely become a great man someday!" With Shunren deactivated his Sharingan, Pakura could now look him directly in the eye without having to dodge her Dōjutsu. A life-or-death duel would be far too boring if one couldn't look their opponent in the eye!

Although he had lost his Sharingan, the determination in Shunren's eyes remained unwavering.

At this moment, a dazzling orange-red light emanated from Pakura's left hand, as if he were holding a small sun, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at him. However, with the battle having progressed to this point, even if Pakura were to unleash a power comparable to Kage Level shinobi in a desperate gamble, Shunren could only raise his sword to meet the attack. Although he possessed the composure and calmness of an adult, deep down he still harbored a stubborn streak as a man!

Faced with the passionate challenge from this woman, there's no reason not to accept!

Shunren slightly waved his Sode no Shirayuki. He was gradually adapting to the sub-zero temperatures, and his facial muscles were somewhat stiff. "Thank you for the compliment, but I must regretfully inform you that I will be leaving a second scar on you."

Upon hearing this, Pakura laughed instead of getting angry. Her hearty laughter carried an unparalleled domineering aura that was in no way inferior to that of men. Even though she was a woman, she was an extraordinary and fiery lady!

"Come on! Uchiha Shunren, if you can strike me a second time, I'll call you a real man!"

"Hehe~" Shunren's mental age was older than Pakura's, but he had always been treated like a little brat, which made him quite unhappy. Now that he had been holding back, Shunren was determined to unleash his power and arrogantly shouted, "Little girl, how dare you speak so arrogantly!"

"Hey!" Pakura didn't waste any more words. His figure transformed into a streak of flame and rushed towards Shunren. Without the surrounding fireballs, he didn't feel any heat. He concentrated all his power on the profound mark on his left hand.

Pakura's all-out attack, though seemingly effortless, concealed immense killing intent!

Shunren did not use any sword techniques at this time; he simply raised his knife and swung it forward.

-18 degrees Celsius.

He lowered his body temperature to -18°C. However, the coldness was not just a number on the surface. It was the temperature that Shunren reached under the full resistance of his Chakra. In other words, he was able to ignore the opponent's resistance of the same intensity and bring the target's body to the same temperature inside and out with a single strike.

The contact between the mark and the blade tip did not produce the explosive force of ice and fire as before; instead, they remained locked in a silent stalemate before separating.

Shunren and Pakura passed each other by in this way.

All battles have come to an end.