Soul Freeze (Part Two)

Kabuto's plan was very shrewd. Issui's body could be used as material for researching the power of the Heavenly Kekkei Genkai, and his soul could be used by him through the Impure World Reincarnation. Once he had a powerful Heavenly Kekkei Genkai, he could become a person with advanced talent, and he would find his own value. In this bloody world, people with talent can find their value, while those without talent will be eliminated by this world.

Dou took out a scroll and a brush, unfolded it, and wrote a lot of various characters and symbols on it with the brush. This was to be used to seal the Issui.

"Roar..."

But just as he was about to seal Issui's body, a huge monster with a lion's head and a tiger's body, its entire body emitting golden flames, appeared in front of him. The aura it emitted was so powerful that it made Kabuto tremble all over.

"This is a monster even more powerful than a Tailed Beast, absolutely beyond my ability to withstand!!!" Kabuto thought to himself. The monster's aura continuously cleansed his body and soul. Under the monster's gaze, he remained motionless, not because he couldn't move, but because he dared not. The monster's power was such that even if he used Sage Mode and unleashed all his trump cards, he couldn't contend with it. It was truly frustrating; where did such a monster come from?

Leins' body is now over two hundred meters long and over fifty meters tall, its entire body emitting golden flames. Its lion head is ferocious and extremely terrifying. It's no wonder that even Xiang Xiang couldn't clearly know Leins' power. After all, when he fought Leins, he was defeated by Leins as soon as they made contact. If it weren't for the strange Ice Soul Seal, he would probably have been defeated by Leins as well.

To put it roughly, Leins' power is no less than that of the Nine-Tails compared to the Tailed Beast of this world, and may even be much greater. However, compared to the Ten-Tails, he is slightly weaker, since the Ten-Tails is Tailed Beast capable of destroying the entire world. Even so, Leins' power is still considerable, and is something Kabuto simply cannot withstand.

Leins glared at Dou and said, "What's wrong with him?"

Kabuto had no choice but to obey Leins's orders, saying, "It's Heaven's Punishment. The Eye of Heaven is also known as the Eye of Heaven's Punishment. Each stage has a corresponding Heaven's Punishment, and the condition for triggering this Heaven's Punishment is the corresponding weather phenomenon. The frost I just threw out was collected during the Frost Festival, and this kind of frost can be used to Heaven's Punishment those who use the third stage of the Eye of Heaven."

Leins asked in confusion, "Heaven's Punishment? What kind of Heaven's Punishment? Is it their current state?"

Dou nodded and said, "This frost can freeze his soul and stop his life force. If he can't be saved within five minutes..."

"What if you don't? Tell me!!" Leins said impatiently, hoping he wouldn't resist. If he cooperated well, he might spare his life. After Issui, this guy had ruined Yishui's life, so it was better for him to take revenge. If he took care of this guy for him, Yishui would probably be very dissatisfied.

"If not, he will truly die in five minutes..." Kabuto could only obediently confess. Compared to everything else, his life was the most important thing. If he lost his life, everything would vanish. If he didn't confess honestly, it would probably erase him from this world immediately. "Since you know these things, you should also know the methods of treatment. Hurry up and tell me, my patience is limited," Leins said calmly. Time was running out. Two minutes had passed since Issui's slump, and there were only three minutes left. He hoped it would be enough. He couldn't die; if he died, he would be finished too. After all, the imprint of his soul was with him. If his soul perished, he would naturally perish as well.

"The cure is simple, all you need is a woman's tears," Kabuto said, inwardly lamenting his bad luck. He had almost succeeded, but a monster had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. How tragic! What a pity! After this, Issui would be on guard, and he wouldn't have a chance to deal with him. Apart from the Impure World Reincarnation Madara Uchiha, probably no one could stand against him. The feeling of going from heaven to hell was truly unbearable, making Kabuto somewhat disoriented. No, this wasn't his own feeling; it seemed to be influenced by something external. That's right, it was the flames—the golden flames on this monster's body. Terrifying! He hadn't expected such strange flames that could devour the spirit. This monster was a mystery. He didn't want to stay here for another second; he felt extremely unsafe.

"I hope you're not lying to me, otherwise I won't let you off the hook," Leins said fiercely. "Oh, and here's a souvenir for you: the Blazing Liger Seal!!"

A ball of golden flame with the word "Seal" flew out from Ryans' forehead and immediately stained Kabuto's forehead. The golden flame with the word "Seal" stuck tightly to his forehead...

"Ugh... Ah..." Kabuto felt most of his spirit being drained by the flames on his forehead, and a portion of his life force was also drained away. He lost all his strength, howled, covered his forehead, and cried out in pain. His whole body went limp and he collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

Leins tossed Issui onto his back and quickly headed towards the Allied Shinobi Forces camp, saying as he ran, "You have Mark of Fire on your forehead that I placed there. I hope you don't lie to me, otherwise the Mark of Fire will quickly incinerate you. If you don't lie to me, the Mark of Fire will disappear, but it will torment your mind for three days. I hope you can endure it. If you die, it won't be my problem..."

Issui felt a wave of dizziness. He had walked into a world of ice and snow. It was snowing heavily, and thick layers of snowflakes covered the entire ground completely, so that not a single patch of land could be seen.

Where am I? Is anyone here?

Issui asked helplessly, sounding rather lonely. In this world, there was nothing but snow falling all around, and everything in sight was white, making it extremely desolate.

It's so cold, so very cold. I need to find somewhere to take shelter from the heavy snow. Although years of cultivation have given him some ability to resist heat and cold, for some reason, he feels extremely cold, almost unbearably so, and the surrounding air temperature is getting colder and colder...

Although Issui didn't know his destination, he still quickened his pace, not knowing how many miles he walked, how much snow he trudged through, or how much time passed...

And so, Issui wandered aimlessly through the snow, his pace slowing from rapid to very slow. He was so hungry and tired, his body utterly weak. He even contemplated death. Walking in this environment was worse than dying; that would be his release, a relief from this place. Sometimes, death was a good choice...

But Issui immediately regained his senses. He still had so many things to worry about. How could he die so easily, and so unjustly? That would be too pathetic. He had been through so much. How could these current difficulties make him lose his will to live? No, nothing and no one in this world could make him bow down. He had nothing to begin with, but now, through his own efforts, he had gained the recognition and trust of his wife, friends, companions, and all sorts of people. With them, he had a place to belong in this world, a meaning and reason for his existence.

Although the surrounding air was still cold, Issui's heart was filled with warmth. With each step, he recalled his past, his memories with Hinata... Haku... and so on. One after another, figures appeared before his eyes. A smile played on his lips as he walked forward with hope, leaving behind a trail of footprints of varying depths...

Leins quickly led Issui towards the Allied Shinobi Forces' camp, arriving at the entrance in less than ten seconds. He shrunk rapidly and ran towards a tent where Issui, and Hinata lived. Only Issui's woman would shed tears like that.

As soon as Leins entered the tent, Shuriken was shot at him. It was Hinata who fired the Shuriken. She sensed someone approaching the tent and immediately threw a Shuriken.

However, Leins wasn't so easily hit. It dodged in a flash, placed the Issui on the ground without a word, and said, "He... is dead..."

Hinata relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Issui contracted beasts. But when she looked at the figure that Leins had placed on the ground, her eyes widened in shock...

"He... is dead... dead... dead... gone..."

Issui lay there motionless, without breathing or heartbeat, her forehead bruised and her body cold and pale...

"No... I don't believe it... I don't believe it..."

Hinata's tears flowed like a burst dam. She staggered towards Issui, but before she could reach Issui, her body went limp, and she knelt on the ground, embracing Issui's body and crying bitterly. Her voice was desolate and sorrowful.

"I don't believe it! You promised you'd never leave me, you promised to protect me for life, you promised to spend your old age with me, you promised to have children with me, you promised you'd never hurt me, you promised to listen to me, you promised... How could you break your promise? You're gone! What am I supposed to do? I've given you everything, I've placed all my hopes on you, but you left without a word, leaving me all alone in this world. Don't you understand that when you left, my heart went with you? I only ever loved you. You gave me hope, you gave me strength, you gave me love, and now you're taking it all away... everything is gone... what am I supposed to do?..."

One by one, glistening teardrops fell onto Usui's forehead, disappearing into the Issui like droplets merging into the ocean. The strange phenomenon continued; Hinata's tears sank one after another into Issui's forehead...